also impact our weather tomorrow. and the details and the accu weather forecast is coming up. waiting for someone to reach out and take it. ♪♪ and the ones who do. these are the kings and queens of america. ♪♪ it is thursday night, and you're looking at the big story on "action news" tonight, a destructive tornado that hit illinois tonight and 70 miles west of chicago. and this was only one of several twisters accompanied

by hail, and damaging wind and the the reason we're paying a good deal attention to all of this we could see the same weather pattern come tomorrow here. a substantial portion of the midwest and south were covered by tornado warnings and sirens today. more than 700 flights were canceled at chicago's o'hare airport, we're still waiting to hear about damage reports from the twisters themselves. hopefully they won't be severe. needless to say meteorologist cecily tynan will have her eye trained on double scan radar tomorrow, cecily, we should make it clear, that the fact, just because the same system is heading our way that doesn't mean we will be tornado alley come tomorrow. >> that is exactly right, jim. we're getting a piece of the storm system and it will be wakening heading east. live double scan showing what we're track ago this cold front that spawned 16 reported tornadoes today, that is over illinois. that system will be tracking east.

but low pressure with most of the energy will be missing up to the north. in the meantime ahead of the cold front we have a warm front. that will come with some showers, and some fog and once it lifts off to the north, you will feel a big change in the air mass. the right now we have wind out of the north east. 41 degrees. that is how it will be tomorrow morning when kid head to school, when you head to work. you will still want a winter coat in the morning. once that warm front lifts to the north by lunchtime we will get wind out of the south. currently temperatures are in the 70's. they will hit 80's in midwest today. so we will likely be 30 degrees warmer tomorrow, then we were today. you will feel the difference. but already a problem with fog. visibility down to 4 miles in philadelphia an hour and a half ago it was 10 miles. two and a half miles in reading, wilmington and lancaster. two and a half in atlantic city airport. when we have a warm front that creates condensation and that causes the fog. this is what you can expect tomorrow. fog for the morning commute

and showers. midday peaks of sunshine temperatures soaring in the 70's. where you see sunshine you have a better threat of severe weather with downpours and gusty thunderstorms. i will talk about that and weekend in the full accu weather forecast jim. >> cecily, the "action news" morning team will be tracking the stormy weather and any effects on the morning rush hour from the thick fog accu weather is expecting, please join them beginning at 4:30 a.m. gunman tonight shot ape critically injured a security guard at headquarters of the census bureau in suburban washington. police then chased the gun man in the district, and, according to officials, shot him in the head on east street northeast. at alleged gunman is now dead. the all clear has been sounded, at the census bureau. investigators are trying to determine the cause of the town house fire in who will an, bucks county tonight. fire fighters were called to the 200 block of payne court shortly after 8:00 o'clock. when they arrived flames were

shooting through the the roof. fortunately, nobody was injured but a neighboring town home was damage. we now have the opportunity to see exactly what happened during and after the traffic stop, that ended with a police officer in south carolina shooting a a fleeing suspect in the back. "action news" reporter sharrie williams is live from the satellite center tonight. as we have reported, sharrie the fired officer michael slager now charged with murder is a native of mount laurel, new jersey. >> reporter: yes, indeed he has ties to south jersey, jim. we now know as of today this dash cam video from the police cruiser was released today. it shows a brief exchange between officer slager and walter scott. it also captured scott opening his car door and then running away. this is the dash cam video from officer michael slager's patrol car. the footage captures what happened leading up to the traffic stop that ended in a deadly shooting. you see slager following

walter scott hoist driving a mercedes. according to the police report slager pulled scott over for a broken taillight north charleston police officer then approaches scott's car. >> can i see your license and registration. >> reporter: slager returns to his patrol car and then for a moment scott gets out of the mercedes. >> stay in the the car. >> he is instructed to get back inside his car. moments later scott bolts from the vehicle and takes off running. slager gives chase. the dash cam video does not show moments that follows or the deadly shooting. what happens next is known only because of this video, recorded by an eyewitness. the last seconds of scott's life were recorded by feiden san tan a slager radioed that scott grab his taser. santana says that is not what he saw.

>> unaudible. >> reporter: three three-year old slager has been charged with murder so now fired cop, grew up in south jersey attending lenape high school in medford and growing up in this quiet mount laurel neighborhood. >> he was a nice kid. really was. >> reporter: today's slager's emotional mother spoke out for the first time. >> i hope god takes care of everybody involved, not only my family but the scott family because i know they are grieving too like i'm grieving. i want them to know that. >> reporter: the north carl topo lease department said officers tried to administer first aid and c pr. that witness we heard from in the story mr. san tan, he said did he not see that happen jim. live from the satellite center sharrie williams for channel six "action news". bullet holes riddled a car near 24th and wolf this afternoon in south philadelphia. a law man recovered the

vehicle at 39th and wide land in university city. police have yet to locate the second vehicle. one gunshot victim is in the hospital of the university of pennsylvania. a possible suspects was being held by university of pennsylvania police. a chester county bus driver has been charged for allegedly leaving a seven year-old alone on the school van for hours. sixty-six year-old iver rosenlund junior was fired immediately after the incident. tonight he is facing two counts of child endangerment. police say rosenrun picked up the little girl from her west grove home but never dropped her off at the l ang kindergarten center in kenneth square. she was found six hours later in the school bus parking lot still buckled into her seat. the north philadelphia woman who federal agents say was trying to join isis, will be held behind bars until her trial. a judge ruled today that the 30 year-old keonna thomas is a flight risk and threat to the

community. prosecutors say, that the unemployed mother of two bought tickets and a plan to get to another use and join the the terror group. even going as far as suicide missions. only "action news" was at her home in lake march as fbi agents raided the place. outside of court today her family who still lives there has had no comment except to say thomas is a good woman. you may remember the security breach at philadelphia international airport three years ago. as a chester county man, smashed through perimeter fence and drove like a mad man down the runway. a new investigative report out tonight said it is not as up common as would you imagine. security breaches at airports nationwide have had hundreds of times over the past decade, and philadelphia international was the second worst. "action news" reporter dann cuellar has more. >> reporter: in an exhaustive analysis by the associated press it found post 9/11 from

2004 through 2015 intruders have hopped fences, slipped past guardhousees, crash through gates or breached perimeter security at the nation's busiest airports. at philadelphia international in 20112 kenneth may sick ran his suv through a gate and sped on the runway as plane carrying 43 people was about to land. air traffic controllers had to tell 75 aircraft to circumstance is will and held 80 other planes on the ground for about a half an hour. topping list of airport security intrusions, san francisco. with 37 incidents. noteworthy for us here is that philadelphia came in second, with 25 incidents. >> the number itself is bad but it is the kind of breaches, that the airport security people are going to look at are carefully. >> reporter: in all, ap found 268 incidents at major airports across the country more than half at seven airports listed below. that may be an under count because two airports of the 31 surveyed did not have data a

for all years while four others boston's logan and new york city is three main airports refused to release any information. >> this gives the airport the the opportunity to do a full review. i would think if i ran the airport and this came my way, first of all, tsa a would be on the phone with me. >> reporter: while none were linked to terrorism the lapses highlight gapness airport security post 9/11. one says this might be next vulnerable area for terrorist as it is harder to get the bomb on the plane through checkpoints. >> and if you cannot get the bomb on the plane, getting it close to the plane and causing the explosion to cause the loss of life and the terror, that is close enough for the terrorist good dann cuellar reporting from philadelphia international airport. thanks, dann. tuition will not go up next year, in pennsylvania's 14 state owned universities. if all goes a according to the governor's plan. today the board that oversees the higher education system tentatively agreed to the

tuition freeze in exchange for a 45 million-dollar increase in state aid. governor tom wolf requested that in his budget proposal but today's deal is contingent upon the republican controlled legislature approving the extra money. tuition is currently $6,820 for an in state resident. in philadelphia a, a group of fishtown residents met tonight for an update on efforts to save a church that served philadelphia's first polish catholics. saint laurentius was found in 1882 and age has taken its toll. philadelphia arch tie ease says it would cost almost three and a half million-dollar to repair the cracked exterior and the towers. the church has been closed since last year. no date has been set yet for demolition. memorial services were held in bensalem, bucks county for a man who had been the oldest active fire police officer in the united states. fire fighters from throughout the area paid tribute to john

doster who died last week at the a age of 95. he served the edgeley fire company in levittown for more than 80 years. coming up on a "action news" tonight taylor swift makes a heartfelt plea, a plea to her fans after a heart scare in her family. don't paint these men and women with the broad brush, monica malpass shows us how a world renoun philadelphia art program is turning around you the lives of former felons. do you remember this? you may try to forget but the government has a warning for drivers in this area about danger lurking under your car after all those snowy days, cecily. weather dangers bring morning fog and afternoon storms, we will show what you areas has the best chance of seeing severe storms and what this all means for your weekend in the accu weather forecast. phillies in the rubber game against the red sox. can they win their first series of the season? jeff skversky has the answer as "action news" continues tonight.

on the political front tonight all indications that are hillary clinton is just days away from announcing her candidacy for president. a according to abc news, democrats familiar with clinton's plans, say that a announcement could come as soon as sunday. clinton has leased office space in brooklyn that will serve as her campaign headquarters. democratic candidates for mayor of philadelphia shared their ideas tonight on issues such as education job development, affordable housing and public safety. they appeared at a forum held by the philadelphia association of black journalist, and the community college of philadelphia. philadelphia's mural arts program is celebrating, 30 years of beautifying the city. it is so successful that 200 other cities in the u.s. and dozen countries are asking for

advice on how to copy. but there is a back story you a may not know. monica malpass is joining us with more, on that story and quite a story it is. >> reporter: it is a is manning, jim. the program started as a way to redirect destructive graffiti artists but it has grown into an internationally acclaimed program both for renovating public spaces but more importantly for rebuilding broken lives. they use ex-convicts and at risk children to do the paintings. 3800 murals now adorn philadelphia's buildings, bridges and highways, giving our city the world's largest outdoor art gallery. the murals and adjacent landscaping are often the catalyst for transforming struggling neighborhoods. suddenly folks start picking up trash and repaint pennsylvaniaing their homes again. but there is more to it then bricks and mortar. the the sub text is that

40,000 the at risk children have been redirect and 500 ex-convicts have been reclaimed from the streets. i talk to two convicted drug dealers and a quick murderer who are now law abiding tax paying artists. >> i went from being a number and a inmate to covered in paint like doing something that i love to do, and giving back in a positive way. >> if it wasn't for them i don't know where i would be right now. i could be lock up, or on the street. >> just on the street real negative in and out of the jail like a drug dealer and going no where. they change my life. >> reporter: a new study by yale university shows stunning proof that they are not the exception. only 10 percent of the former prisoners now in the mural arts program commit new crimes. that is, 6.6 times better than the national repeat rate. and 100 percent of the at risk children in mural arts graduate from high school, astonishing, since it is double philadelphia's high school graduation rate.

>> everyone is finding this fascinating because we are seeing a impact. we have data that shows us we are moving the needle and that is thrilling. >> reporter: now philadelphia's hoping that london rome dublin madrid, sidney toronto montreal and cities in israel start identical programs which is quite a legacy and growing. >> the numbers are spectacular. >> truly unheard of. >> that is why everybody in the world wants to do it. >> monica, thank you. on health check at 11:00 all it might take is a simple label to get people to make healthier choices at the grocery store. cdc researchers found that in a survey supermarket shoppers try to cut back on salt were much likely reach for items with a low sodium label on the front of the box. even though sodium content has always been a available on nutrition labels on the back or side, majority of the people don't take the effort to look. comparatively six in ten people noticed the low salt

stamp on the front. to qualify for low sodium labels the f.d.a. says food must have less than 140 milligrams per serving. on the subject of salt, federal safety regulators have issued an urgent warning to drivers in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware, following this rough winter season. they want to you watch the underside of your car because of all of the road salt. five-year long investigation by national highway traffic safety administration found corrosive road salt was to blame for rusting brake fluid pipes on 5 million older pick ups and suv's. the advisory applies to models from 2007 or younger. your under carriage is in trouble if you got road salt under there from the winter. >> avoid the potholes too. >> indeed. >> it has been rough. our weather is getting rough tomorrow as well. warm air but threat of some

storms. storm tracker six live double scan showing that right now we do have a few scattered light showers, north and west of philadelphia, and cluster of thunderstorms near baltimore ahead of the warm front that is moving through tomorrow by mid-morning, and with that we will become i should say a big change in the air mass. second day in a row stuck in the low 40's. 43 degrees the the high that is 19 degrees below normal high. that is typical of early february not april and temperatures are holding steady tonight. 41 degrees in philadelphia trenton 40. millville 41. there is a lit wind chill factor that makes it feels like 34 in reading. feels like 31 in lancaster. you need winter coat tonight and early tomorrow morning but then we will get some changes. double scan live showing that here's the warm front that will bring us showers and here's that cold front that spawned 16 reported tornadoes today and that system will be

heading our way. it will be weakening but it will bring us afternoon then are storms. the problem in the morning though the drizzle and fog, chilly breeze and temperatures will be on the cool side at eight, 44 degrees, at 6:42. future tracker showing nothing that organize at 7:30 in the morning. we will have fog and areas of drizzle. as we head early in the afternoon notice south of philadelphia some clearing conditions and notice these streamlines out of the south. that will be pulling up warmer air. day like tomorrow areas that see the sunshine have have a better chance of severe weather. future tracker showing around dinner hour and evening commute that is when cold front will sweep in ape bringing us possibility of thunderstorms. chance of severe weather, better chance south of the pennsylvania turnpike. what this means is could come with damaging win gusts, even possibility of some small hail. lower chance of that happening north of the turnpike where we will see more cloud and cloud

will stabilize the atmosphere. behind this system on saturday high pressure builds in. unshine back. breezy. 62 degrees. our weather is better on sunday. the exclusive seven day forecast morning fog, midday sun, south of philadelphia and then evening thunderstorms, 75. saturday breezy and cooler. the nice day for the union game 62. sunday gorgeous, 65 degrees. gets better next week. monday mostly sunny 72 degrees, another nice monday, tuesday partly sunny finally a dry tuesday 7o wednesday another day with temperatures in the 70's and thursday a cloudy day and cools off with a high of only 66. of course, david murphy will be monitoring double scan live tomorrow morning with the possibility of morning fog and more details on the timing of the then are storms in the afternoon. taylor swift revealed today her mother a has cancer. the berks county native made the announcement on tumbler where she wants to keep details private but wanted her fans to know what is going on.

swift writes that for christmas she asked her mom to get a health screening even though at the time there were in red flags and her mother felt fine. swift is encouraging her fans to remine their parents to get a checkup.

game three of the three game series phillies/red sox. >> we may say this much this season but phillies going for a series win. jonathan papelbon does not feel like a philly. well phillies don't feel like the phillies. expectations are low. they are in position to win

their first series against a project world series contender. don't throw away the season just yet but tonight against boston david buchanan throws this way. disaster ensues. two batters laters bases loaded shane victorino to third. phillies down one to nothing. buchanan walks in the run. big blow, the bloop tore right, takes a strange bounce right there, a away from jeff francoeur, and clears him three runs in. phillies down five to nothing. even their pitcher never bats justin mass furson gets the rbi single. the buchanan a done. charged with all the of the runs. phillies lose six-two. they have dropped two of three to start the the year. flyers season end saturday but craig beruby says he is confident he will be back on the bench next year. beruby claims he doesn't think about his job status but gm ron hextall has thinking to do. vinny lacavalier punching low

in the he can is, vinny punching keying an low. lacavalier would leave with an upper body injury. flyers forced to fight back. ryan murphy beats ray emery. the flyers gown two to nothing. final three minutes. flyers make it interesting. they pull emery. sean couturier redirect in front. flyers on the board within one. and then final minute watch this claude giroux, for the tie, from the point. wide open net. what a save c a.m. ward, canes add a empty netter. flyers lose three-one. it is their 12th straight lost against a non-playoff team. sixers forward nerlens noel sprained right ankle is in bad enough shape that he has been ruled out saturday's game with the bulls. he left at rena in the walking boot and could beside line the rest of the season. sad news to pass along legendary daily news sportswriter exton hochman passed away at the the age of 86. hochman started at the daily news in 1959.

he was a sportscaster here at channel six in the 1960's.

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former eagles todd herman and trent cole return to the link to open up against eagles in august. following indianapolis bird hose baltimore and play final two on the road against green bay and jets. first round of the masters how is tiger woods down. well t shot on nine end up on the fair way of a completely different hole. next shot it is back over to nine. bogeys, tiger finishing plus one. tied for forty-first. sergio garcia way back hanging with the fans on 14. how about the chip shot forbidder i. garcia four under, four shots behind the leader jordan speak hoist eight under. he is the youngest first round masters leader, ever. he is just 21 years old.

he is the favorite going forward. >> thanks, jeff. finally civil war reenactors march to the liberty bell today, to commemorate the 150t h anniversary of the end of the war. on this day, in 1865, union general, grant and confederate general robert lee set terms for confederate surrender and end four years of bloodshed. they also some bolcally tapped the liberty bell to honor efforts for human rights today. jimmy kim live next, followed by night line. "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edwards matt o'donnell, david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for cecily tynan, jeff skversky and ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner good night.

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