two other men kidnapped a woman at a parking garage on chestnut street. they tortured her and robbed her then dumped her into a cemetery. police are looking for two other suspects right now. sarah bloomquist just got an update minutes ago from police about all this. she'll have a live report for us coming up tonight on action owe "action news" at 5 o'clock. >> the latest on a disabled man abandoned in the woods. police say his mother left him there with a blanket an bible. chad pradelli is live with the southwest detectives division in west philadelphia with the latest on this investigation. chad. >> reporter: shirleen, niah parler is officially charged in this case but she's not here in the city. authorities say she's in a montgomery county maryland hospital and police here are waiting for her to be released and then extraditeed. this afternoon detectives served a search warrant at the home of niah parler the mother accused of abandoning her

quadriplegic son in cobbs creek last week. police say parler left him with only a blanket and bible. he survived nearly five days in the elements unable to move and with no food and water. >> just sort of blind sided me and the neighborhood because when you looked at her she come and goes, you looked at her as like a struggling mother but she looked like she was handling it. >> reporter: neighbors say parler seemed like a doting mother. oscar robinson says she sold meals to help to pay for him to attend prom. he attends the high school of the future. >> she kept him clean. i never seen him in any type of argument or fight and i don't know what this woman where she coming if but to my eyesight she was a fine fit mother. kept her kids clean. they set out here, laughed and joked and played. >> reporter: parler is currently in a hospital in maryland for undisclosed reasons. police say after abandoning her son she visited her boyfriend there. on her facebook page tuesday

she posted the comment i'm so happy. she now faces aggravated assault, neglect and other related charges. >> i've never thought that it would come the -- to a paint where she would leave him in the park like she did. >> reporter: the victim remains at children's hospital of philadelphia. i did speak to his aunt by phone. she says he's in stable condition. he was malnourished and dehydrated but he's improving. live in southwest philadelphia, chad pradelli channel6 "action news." >> chad, thank for that update. there is a manhunt under way in north carolina right now hours after a gunman shot and killed a man on the campus of the community college. police say kenneth stancil a former student at wayne community college shot ron lane this morning as the long time campus employee was at work in the library building. investigators locked the school down and canceled classes but later revealed the shooting was any other random

and stancil and lane knew each other. she say the shooter did not need special access to that school. >> we are an open door campus. we do not have locked facilities. some of our classrooms you need a code but not into the actual buildings themselves. >> officials believe stancil has left the area but not the state of north carolina. so far the motive for that crime remains unclear. >> an electrician is in critical condition after getting shocked at the king of prussia mall today. police say two workers were on a scissor lift when they accidentally cut into an energized cable that had 13,000 volts of electricity running through it. it happened just before 7:30 this morning. coworkers pulled the 36-year-old subcontractor to safety and started cpr until police got there and took over. >> everybody was working together as a team to try to save this individual and take as many steps as we could. >> they were able to revive him and get him to paoli

hospital. police have not told us the name of the second man on the lift but they say the 27-year-old only has minor injuries. >> as you can see from all of our video outside today another beautiful day across the region. plenty of sunshine, warm temperatures out there as we get a check of the accuweather forecast. >> let's go outside to meteorologist adam joseph. hey, adam how is it out here. >> sunshine and very warm breeze, another day the third a row of seeing that sun and temperatures above normal. in fact, they're way above normal this afternoon. not only for philadelphia, the midatlantic where we're between 74 here, 73 baltimore and new york city at 68 degrees but you go to the west in pittsburgh and syracuse on the verge of 80 degrees, very june-like out there and even new england which had a horrific winter feeling springlike right now. as you head out this evening clouds will be thickening up as we get deeper into the evening hours. temperatures will fall from the 70's into the 60's by 7 o'clock. by 7 o'clock we'll be around

62 degrees with those stars starting to be swallowed up by some of that cloud cover working in from the west and south. as we take a look at storm tracker six live double scan we're tracking a cold front that is approaching the ohio valley, even some showers near nashville and the tennessee valley. all this is heading in our direction, so we got to say goodbye to the sun temporarily this week. we'll let you know when those showers, brian come in in that full accuweather forecast in just a little bit. >> all right. as long as it's temporary adam. thanks so much. a borough manager in delaware county will learn her fate at a council meeting tonight. paula brown went back to colwyn borough hall to pack up her belongings this morning. last week she locked herself inside that building for almost 24 hours after a majority of council members voted to fire her. brown says the borough can't pay its bills if she's fired. she wants d.a. jack whelan to get involved. "action news" reporter david henry has been following this stormy he'll have a live report today at 4:30.

well, you're going the notice major road work as you move through center city starting this week but this project is no quick fix an overhaul that is expected to take years. vernon odom now live above the vine street expressway. vernon all of this is about the bridges that go over that highway just like the one on which you're standing today. >> reporter: brian, i'm standing on one of those 60-year-old bridges that needs work. and i mean lots of work. take a look over to i676 eastbound at 21st street. you see traffic there but that's an old bridge that's going to need a lot of work and we're about to enter a brave new world along i676 and it will be that way well into 2019. the seven bridges over i676 were built in the 50's and they're now in bad shape. penndot says the bridges from 18th to 22nd are all structurally deficient now and penndot says the time to act is now. >> they're not dangerous they're not weight restricted. they are a type of construction that has a lot of

problems internally that we can't necessarily see. what we can see gives us some concern about their condition cracked concrete, rust, surfaces that look like there are things going on underneath. >> reporter: penndot engineers looked over the area in question today in preparation for startup tomorrow morning preparing for phase one of this four year makeover. some of the bridges will be demolished and replaced. >> some of these bridges will be built under phased construction. the ben franklin parkway, 21st street, 22nd street but others 19th, 18th and the pedestrian bridges will be removed altogether and detoured. >> reporter: there will obviously be major impact on traffic through this vital area of the city which handles traffic from i-76 and i-95. the three lanes each way will be narrowed for work space and that begins right away. >> what that means is that the vine street expressway, 676 will be closed from midnight

to 5:00 a.m. each night this week. there will be two nights the eastbound side will be closed and two nights the westbound side. >> reporter: and that could extend and i say could extend through the weekend if necessary. now the first question to come up, what about impact on the papal ceremony out here on the ben franklin parkway in september? 2 million expected out here. penndot says they have taken care of that. they will remove all the equipment and suspend work out here on i-76 and these bridges for the entire month of september to smooth the way for the pope's ceremony and his visit. live on the ben franklin parkway, vernon odom channel6 "action news." >> going to be a mess out there. hopefully they can mitigate the impact for everyone who uses that. thank you. we have much more on this construction project posted right now on 6abc.com including a schedule of the i676 lane closures. you'll want to take a look t we've also posted a list of detours to help you get around it. >> all of those changes are

definitely going to affect traffic and affect matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. >> going to be a busy man at least through 2019. >> oh, yes job security is what they call that. yes, good afternoon to you brian and shirleen. yeah, we won't be saying all is fine on the vine i guess for a couple of years now but this afternoon all is relatively fine, it's just busy a little heavy westbound and definitely heavy eastbound across town from the schuylkill to 95. this is where they are scheduled to shut down 676 starting tonight at midnight between the schuylkill and broad street. they're going to be segment up the barriers. they're going to be taking away the shoulders of the road which you know that never goes well when there's an accident in the work zone and no shoulder to pull it off onto. when they close the vine during the overnight hours the schuylkill and 95 will take the brunt of the detouring traffic along with the local city streets right there. so, some changes in the works for sure and of course we'll keep you posted as the days end years progress. we're also watching a crash in warrington this afternoon involving a pedestrian

shutting down folly road near picker town road lower state road a possible alternate. and on the nice afternoon like this you have a lot of motorcycles out and about. were ungot into an accident here in abington along edgehill road at susquehanna. we're watching a crash in mid ridley township on macdade boulevard by the blue route. do the commuter report on this monday afternoon. hope you had a nice weekend. we're watching of course oh so many potholes. one here in greenville new castle county is along campbell road. we'll check it again shirleen coming up in the next half hour. >> sounds good. thank you, matt. someone purchased a powerball ticket worth $2 million in our area. whitehall mini ma in the whitehall township lehigh county sold the winner. it was just a powerball away from the jackpot. the buyer also had the power play option which doubled the winnings and the store that sold the ticket gets a $10,000 bonus. so far the winner has not come forward. i feel like we've been saying

these stories a lot. >> yeah, a lot of these unclaimed prizes. come on, dig those tickets out. get to it. still ahead today the race for the white house heating up as another candidate throws his hat in the ring. >> police are asking for your help to track down the man who burglarized a popular south street cheesesteak shop. but the thieves didn't go for the register. the specific item he stole. >> a mouthful, south street cheesesteak. coffee shop trying to prove it's more than just a morning jolt. what a university city cafe is doing, something you will not find anywhere else in america. ♪ there is no royal blood in this country. nothing is reserved for anyone. it's all just out there... ...waiting... ...for someone to reach out...

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>> ♪♪ >> florida senator marco rubio is set to officially join the race for the white house today. rubio will give a speech in miami in just a few hours' time. the first term lawmaker would be the third republican to join the race after senators ted cruz and rand paul. he could also face some tough competition from his political mentor former florida

governor jeb bush. if he wins the nomination he would be the first hispanic candidate to lead a major party ticket. meanwhile hillary clinton hit the road today for her first full day as an official candidate. the former senator secretary of state and first lady is en route to iowa which of course is the first state to vote in the primary process. clinton officially entered with a short youtube video. polls show she is the favorite for the democratic nomination by a long shot. she's also the first democrat to officially declare. >> there are new calls tonight for a second officer to be arrested in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in carl -- charleston south carolina. video emerged showing officer michael slager talking with another officer. officer clarence halberstam allegedly directs slager on what to do when he gets home. the national bar association claims that halberstam filed

an incomplete police report and left out material facts. scott was shot and killed on april 4th following a traffic stop. slager who is a native of south jersey has been charged with murder. >> jurors are now in their fifth day of deliberations in the murder trial of aaron hernandez. the former nfl star is accused of killing oden load who was date his fiancée's sister at the time. the jury spent nearly twenty hours on this case last week. they're expected to work late today unless they come up with a verdict before going home. if hernandez is convicted he could spend the rest of his life in prison. 19 people were hurt when a double decker bus crashed on a highway in indiana this morning. the mega bus was heading from chicago to atlanta. police say it hit the back of a semi that was stopped on i65. the impact of that crash sent the truck into two other vehicles. the semi was stopped because of construction and police said the mega bus driver didn't hit the brakes fast enough. this is the fourth crash

involving a mega bus in indiana since october. everyone who was injured is expected to be okay. >> to business now the market started the week off on the wrong foot over concerns about the next round of earnings reports, a down day all across-the-board. dow losing 81 points just about and then the nasdaq loses just about eight points and finally the s & p 500 losing just about 10 points. the apple watch made a strong debut this week. the company received about a million preorders in the united states alone on friday. that was the first day the watch went on sale. the numbers came from slice intelligence which is a shopping research firm. slice says more than half of the orders were for the less expensive model of the watch. the apple watch officially launches april 24th. you only have two more days to file your tax returns but this year even the irs

says it's behind. the agency says it's slightly behind processing returns. leaders had warned there could be problems this year with customer service after congress cut its funding. they have been asking taxpayers to file electronically and use the web for help. visitors to the irs.gov o web site are up 12 percent this time from last year. >> a new coffee shop celebrated its grand opening today in university city but this one is brewing more than just a cup of joe. the action cam was there as saxby's coffee at drexel university opened its doors at 34th and lancaster. the shop is 100 percent student run as part of drexel's close school of entrepreneurship. the students work in the coop for six months and they get college credit at the end. drexel says this is the first cafe like this anywhere in the country. delaware's leaders rolled out a new program to help train people to join the workforce.

jack markell and congressional delegation were in wilmington to detail the program they're calling wonder. it will train people on food stamps to find a job or a better job in hopes of moving them off government assistance. about 5300 people will be trained in construction, culinary arts manufacturing or broad based job placement. the program is paid for with an $18.8 million grant from u.s. department of agriculture. >> it is time now for your accuweather forecast and i have to admit i was one of those people who had my winter coat on, went downstairs. it was beautiful outstares and had to go right back upstairs and change. >> adam is very upset with you for not listening to his forecast. >> i wasn't here over the weekend so i'll let it slide a little bit but my counterpart may be listening to you. absolutely beautiful start to the work week. we're looking at sky six live in wilmington. the christina river you can see the sun glistening off of the water. we're going to lose the sun for your tuesday but it will be back by midweek. as we look at the numbers

most of us are on the warm side this afternoon with the exception of the shore again because of a southerly wind. much like last week when the inland locations were mild, the shore only in the low and the mid-50's since the water temperature is still only in the 40's. you pull that wind off of the cold ocean and it cuts the numbers back but then you jump to millville 69, dover at 76 degrees and even the lehigh valley right now 75 degrees. winds gusty at times, 17 miles an hour in philadelphia, gusting to over 20 right now. 18 miles an hour in wilmington sustained wind in the lehigh valley of 20 miles an hour and in dover right around 14. we had some high clouds kind of whisk through here this afternoon, continue to do so right now but they're so thin they're only made of ice crystals so the sun can penetrate through that cloud cover. you have to go back to the ohio valley and the deep south to see the clouds thicken up and there's precipitation but you can see it's a very pencil thin line of showers now from cleveland to cincinnati so not a lot of moisture with this

front but it will get a little kick of atmospheric energy south of philadelphia tomorrow. but tonight clouds thicken up, showers arrive by dawn -- a mild night lows in the lower 50 for the lehigh valley 55 in philadelphia and lower 50's for the shore. future tracker will show by the morning rush tomorrow especially north and west it is a wet start to your tuesday, still waiting on the rain south side and east and then as the front collapses you can see the winds here coming from the north. the winds near wilmington coming from the south so that is what we call convergence. that's when the air collides at the surface lifts up and creates those showers and downpours and that continues into the evening hours especially down towards the shore, southern new jersey and delaware still cloudy to the north and west but we'll be drying out in the afternoon especially for the lehigh valley. so, the heaviest rain looks south of philadelphia, less to the north anywhere between about .04 for allentown the four day at 4:00 rain heaviest

south tomorrow, 66 degrees. so it's a mild rain and then sunny and nice midweek on wednesday, 68 degrees. 63 looking pretty good on thursday and clouds build again, maybe a late shower on friday afternoon 66 degrees. now can we get two weekends in a row of sunshine and dry weather and warm temperatures? >> can you blame me for not being able to keep track. >> i don't blame you but watch the app. we have the apps. >> there's no excuse. >> and i do have the app. >> thank you adam. >> thank you adam. today five-year-old got to meet the author of a popular children's book in upper darby. the children attended the one book every child program at sellers library. officer and illustrator of the had of number one sam calm to talk about this book's premise that sometimes other things are more important than being number one. >> great story. >> yeah. >> up next a burglary at a popular cheesesteak shop caught on camera.

the surveillance video police want you to see today. >> a borough manager in delaware county will learn her fate in the next 90 minutes. we'll have a live report on the shakeup that's led to all kinds of finger pointing in colwyn. >> and we want to remind you to go to facebook and like the 6abc "action news" facebook page. that will give you access to all the stop stories we're following, weather updates breaking news and of course the best viral videos out there. you can also communicate with us, members of the "action news" team association we'll see you on facebook. >> ♪♪

>> ♪♪ >> police in philadelphia are looking for the man who burglarized a popular south street cheesesteak shop. they gave us surveillance video of the crime back on april 1st. someone uses a rock to break the glass door and get inside. the suspect took a picture frame off the wall that had money hidden inside of it. then ran off toward lombard street. police are asking anyone who can identify this man to call

them. >> one man was badly hurt after a two car crash this morning in burlington county. the action cam was on route 130 in burlington around 3:45 this morning. police say a dump truck and car collided near high street. medics flew the driver of that car to the hospital. he's in critical condition right now. police say he's 26 and from bridgeton but have not given us his name so far. the driver of the dump truck was treated at the scene for minor injuries. still ahead on this monday afternoon, will she stay or will she go? we're live in colwyn as the embattled borough manager fights to keep her job. >> those so-called free range parents from maryland are making headlines once again. why their children were taken into protective custody for walking to a park alone. >> ♪♪

>> ♪♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph alicia vitarelli shirleen allicott and brian taff. >> it is 4:30 and "action news" continues with the restaurant owner going viral for what she did when she noticed someone had been going through the trash. >> plus, it's called no jab no pay. why australia's prime minister says parents want to keep getting welfare benefits they better get their children vaccinate. >> and small wonder. you won't want to miss the story of a tiny ballerina determined to dance despite one big setback. what she did at this performance that brought people to tears. >> but we're going to begin at 4:30 with the latest on the

chaos in colwyn. embattled borough manager paula brown has been fighting tooth and nail to stay in officers since friday. for more on this we turn to david henry. it's been another dramatic day, david. >> reporter: it certainly has brian. they fired her last week but paula brown refuses to leave office so borough council will be meeting with the borough solicitor tonight to determine their next move, what they can do about her but she refuses to go without a fight and this morning she went nuclear demanding that the four council members who voted to have her fired be arrested immediately. >> removed me because i didn't pay you cash money. that's what happened. it's extortion. >> reporter: last thursday borough council voted to fire brown along with code enforcement officer dan rutland. both claim they were victims of extortion. they say council president

fred leasher came to them demanding thousands of dollars in exchange for keeping their jobs. leasher denies it. brown has refused to leave her office claiming council illegally eliminated her job after its last meeting had been adjourned. brown says council wants her out because she's uncovered evidence of fraud and outright criminal activity. she showed us credit cards billable to the borough that she says were obtained by several council members. >> these credit cards were used all over the country for clothing hair salons, restaurants. >> reporter: over the past year brown has turned over hundreds of documents to the delaware county district attorney's office. detectives from the county were back in colwyn on friday collecting more documents. a grand jury has been hearing testimony and gathering evidence investigating past and current officials since at least february. for years the town has been a poster child of dysfunctional government. things have gotten so bad the

state has stepped in to monitor colwyn's effort to get out from under over a million dollars in debt. brown who has testified before the grand jury says much of that debt has come from the abuse of town credit cards one of them was applied for and obtained in the name of a former council person who had resigned seven months earlier. >> the woman resigned seven months before they applied for a credit card in her name. that is theft. that is identity theft. this is criminal. >> reporter: now brown is asking district attorney jack whelan to act immediately on this matter but the district attorney's office says it cannot comment on an ongoing grand jury investigation although it says its office is actively investigating the financial affairs of this town. so, we'll see how it shakes out when council meets tonight. live in colwyn, david henry channel6 "action news." shirleen. >> all right david thank

you. a a hostage standoff shut down a city block in chester today. two children in the chester-upland school district told the teacher their mother and five-year-old brother were being held at gun point this morning. police and swat responded to the home near 22nd and howard streets and tried to talk to the armed suspect. after two hours of negotiations the neighbor reported hearing the woman being attacked. swat teams rushed in and arrested the suspect now identified as allen freeman. freeman is now facing a number of charges including assault. the mother and child are okay. a kensington restaurant became the scene of a crime for the second time in less than a week last night. surveillance cameras captured a young man walking into the business then heading downstairs. police say once in the basement the suspect forced open oh an office door and swiped a bag of money. last monday cameras captured a woman stealing a backpack from the same restaurant. the customer left that bag

which contained a loaded gun and knife behind. if you recognize either suspect call philadelphia police. >> it was an event full morning for some children in delaware after their school bus caught fire. state police sent us these pictures of the burned out east millsboro elementary bus. the engine caught fire just before 7 o'clock. there were only two students on board the bus at the time and the driver was able to get both of them to safety before calling 911. officials believe a mechanical issue of some kind to blame. a 77-foot fishing boat that was stranded on an ocean county beach is free today. the captain was successfully removed from point pleasant beach on saturday night. a tugboat was able to pull it back into the ocean as the tide was coming in. it has been towed to staten island now. the boat was carrying 600 pounds of scallops when it ran aground last wednesday morning. >> if only you had gotten

there in time. >> if ownly. >> love some scallops. >> perfect tweaked have a barbecue and that weather continues. >> yeah, this evening if you have a grille and you got some food why not head out this evening because you won't be able tomorrow night as the rain will be pushing in. as we take a live look at the walt whitman bridge on sky six live from center city, 74 degrees. the dewpoint at 50 so it's very comfortable. now, the pollen is high because of those winds, kind of pushing that pollen around at 17 miles an hour and atlantic city with that southerly wind coming off of a water temperature of 50 degrees, the air temperature's a lot cooler along the boardwalk only 55 degrees there. and as we head to the north in the water is back, time to take that shrink wrap off some of those boats with the winds out of the south-southwest at 13 miles an hour. beautiful day. we're tracking that rain. we'll let you know who can see the most on tuesday and what the rest of the work week forecast looks like. >> thank you adam.

as that rain heads our way we invite you to keep updated at 6abc.com/weather. you'll find live storm tracker six radar scans from across the region and get visual updates from our live sky six cameras. >> prosecutors just announced charges for a deputy who said he accidentally killed a suspect during an undercover investigation. "action news" anchor rick williams live in there news room with the details we're learning about this today. hi, rick. >> reporter: hi, brian thank you, that's right. the 73-year-old deputy says he mistakenly fired his handgun at the suspect instead of his taser. the 44-year-old man died a short time after the incident captured on camera in oklahoma. coming up tonight at 5:00 we'll explain what happened in the moments leading up to that shooting. also coming up tonight well now is the perfect time to get your kids out of the house with spring activities but it's important to know if you're forcing them to do too much. we'll tell you three ways to figure out if you're overscheduling your children and how to dial it back. some of the stories we're covering for you when we see

you just a little bit later on "action news" at 5:00 brian back to you. >> all right rick. thanks. a local organization that answers the call to our beloved four legged friends in an emergency was recognized today as parter of national volunteer week. this ceremony at philadelphia city hall honored volunteers of the red paw emergency relief team. they respond to fires and other emergencies across the city to give pets a safe haven. philadelphia fire commissioner derek sawyer says that 85 percent of the responses are for house fires. >> cooper university hospital honored child abuse awareness month today in a very symbolic way. hospital employees and staff hosted a pinwheel planting event. 59 blue pin wheels representing the 59,000 children under the age of 18 here in camden covered the front lawn of cooper. the blue pin wheels are the new symbol for child abuse and are an uplifting reminder of childhood and the bright futures all children deserve. and still ahead a warning about wrinkle creams. what the government is saying

about false promises. >> plus australia getting tough on parents who won't vaccinate their children. why the decision not to immunize will cost some people up to 15 grand per kid. >> and a tiny dancer proves she has grit and grace beyond her years. you won't want to miss the post-surgery performance that brought people to tears. >> just thinking that of song tiny dancer and meteorologist adam joseph back with that full accuweather forecast. little bit of rain, lot of sun. "action news" at 4:00 continues next

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>> on health check at 4:00 today the government is putting makers of some wrinkle creams on notice. don't promise what you can't deliver. >> i have the power to make you beautiful. >> the agency says that with the surge in antiaging products companies are making bolder and bolder claims. last month the fda sent a

warning notice to strivectin. the fda bars products from claiming they they can make these promises. >> they need to make sure their labeling is clear and not misleading. >> its web sites reads it's proven to gram doctor ma'am at the you cannily reduce the length of wrinkle. the fda says if you pick up a product that sounds too good to be true, it probably is. >> over here at the big board with the big talkers we begin with the controversial new plan in australia to hit some parents who don't vaccinate where it hurts the wallet. prime minister tony abbott announced the government will be cutting child care benefits to families who refuse immunizations. the move would take up to $15,000 per child in tax breaks and welfare assistance

out of the parents' pockets. abbott says his no jab no pay policy would still allow for some medical and religious exemptions. the plan is meant to curb the dramaticup particular of unsac 98ed children. many australians would be affected because they are wealthy and don't rely on government benefits. definitely a global issue there. turning now to new developments in the case of the so-called free range parents. the maryland couple first made headlines last month after they were found guilty of neglect for letting their children walk home from school alone. yesterday those kids were found by themselves once again danielle and alexander meitiv's children were taken into protective custody after a neighbor spotted them at a park without supervision. the can couple went liking for their 10 and six-year-old kids when they weren't home by their 6:00 p.m. occur fee.

the meitivs say cps didn't call them until after 8::leaving them to panic for hours. the children now home again with some stipulations. >> made us sign a safety plan that says that we will not leave them unattended at all until they follow up. and i'm not going to risk my kids being snatched again like this by cps. >> the meitivs say they know their style of parenting which involves giving their kids more space and more responsibility is old fashioned but they don't believe it's illegal. officials have not yet decided whether the couple will face more charges. definitely a lot of parents talking about this one. and finally we want to introduce you to an incredible little girl. she's so adorable. she may have lost her leg in a terrible accident but she never lost the determination to become a prima ballerina. this is eight-year-old alyssa sizemore twirling through the new miss sick video dare. that alone would be a triumph for any child but especially

for sizemore. last may the utah girl was hit by a ups truck. her leg amputated below the knee. still, sizemore refused to let the operation keep her off stage just 11 months after her surgery, the ballerina took part in her first recital. halfway through her performance she decided to show friends and family why she chose colby's ballad try a song about embracing life's beautiful imperfections. >> ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> ♪♪ >> so beautiful. sizemore's mother says it wasn't a dry eye in the gym by the end of her performance. >> what an incredible little girl. almost not a dry eye in this room either shirleen. got to pull it together. >> let's get another check on the roads.

matt pelman live in the "action news" traffic center with an update. >> always is, isn't it, brian. good afternoon to you on such a nice afternoon. you know what we often see road construction and we had plenty of it earlier today on the schuylkill expressway eastbound. we warned you this morning it was going to be out there. it slowed us down. at this point everything is reopened and we're just watching normal afternoon volume building in in each direction, about 10 minutes above where it ideally would be on those travel times each way and warning for the future tomorrow during the midday they're working westbound on 76 near the conshohocken curve so a slow down expected then. in whitemarsh, township we're watching a couple accidents right now. one in germantown pike marple lane by the post office. also one along joshua road at militia hill road and we have the accident involving a motorcycle in abington along edgehill road at susquehanna road. in london britain chester county a crash along chambers rock road near arc corner road. crossing into delaware things look good so far this afternoon on southbound 95 with speeds in the mid-50's but in town's end a crash

closing route 13, the northbound lanes there at union church road. pine tree road is one possible alternate for you n glassboro gloucester county an overturned vehicle crash along grove street at academy street so that's a good intersection to avoid. east green niche a brush fire in cohawkin near union. we'll check it again brian and shirleen in the next half hour. >> one more note to inspire here a business woman from oklahoma city is getting national attention not for who has come into her restaurant but who she wants to come in. ashley jaron owns a sandwich shop called pb jams. she started to notice when she put garbage bags containing food scraps someone were you tearing into the bags and eating the leftovers. rather than post a sign asking them to stop she posted this sign and said are you a human being worth mower a dumpster. please come inside for a free

sandwich. >> you think a we've all been in that position where we needed somebody's help and we needed somebody to extend that hand and if i can be just that one person to extend that hand to another one being and make their day just better i will definitely do it. >> it is inspiring a lost people. business has picked up since she posted that sign. further proof that one can do very well by doing just a little good. >> ♪♪

>> ♪♪ >> all right meteorologist adam joseph joining us with that accuweather forecast. just a stunning day. >> it is. >> i think i'd like to just. >> suspends it. >> for the rest of the week. >> even though you're suffering with your allergies you're okay with it. >> we all are. >> after this winter who cares. as we take a look at the action cam, down near 30th street station you can see the four fishermen just kind of

sitting there on the ledge. hopefully they have some good balance as they're looking to catch something here in the schuylkill river. as we take a look at double scan live radar around the region bright sunshine today. anything to do outdoors, even if you had to work outside today, not a bad day for an office outdoors. 74 in philadelphia, 74 in trenton, 71 in wilmington, 76 in dover mid 70's for the lehigh valley but the cool spot being the shore where temperatures right now are only in the mid-50's because of that wind coming in off of that 50-degree ocean. the one thing though, that we are dealing with with these very warm sunny windy days is the pollen. it is spiking big time because everything is so delayed this year, everything is now starting to kind of pop so to speak, all at once so your pollen levels are are jumping to the medium high level basically for the maple the juniper, the alder over the weekend and today but it will go back down to the low side tomorrow because of rain but it doesn't take long to spike

right back up here midweek right through the end of the week. we are tracking that rain. it's not a lot of it right now on the satellite and radar as you can see from cleveland cincinnati up through north bay. this front not a lot of power with it but it will get a little kick of energy south of philadelphia tomorrow with the heaviest -- where the heaviest rain will fall. that rain is not going come in this evening to ruin any outdoor plans. the clouds thicken up overnight, showers by dawn warm temperatures between about 52 to 55 degrees and future tracker tomorrow morning again will show some ribbons of rain around the area. it will be very light to start but as the front sinks to the south it it will catch a little energy. south of philadelphia weak low trying to develop near dover and wildwood. that will enhance the rain south and east of the city for basically all of new jersey and delaware in the afternoon tomorrow while north and west we begin dry out with respect to the rain really not much in the way of sunshine here, even north where the rain ends first tomorrow afternoon. so about a quarter to

three-quarters of an inch again the heaviest to the south. then high pressure wedges in pulls the front far enough off the coast. the sun is back, mostly sunny and pleasant on wednesday with more more of a northerly wind. above average at 68 degrees. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, 66 tomorrow with that rain especially south in the afternoon. and sunny and nice for wednesday with 68. back closer to normal here on thursday 63 degrees with some high clouds. and then friday rather cloudy, some showers in the afternoon of 66 and right now the weekend looks to start a little damp on saturday with some showers in the upper 60's but much brighter on sunday and dry of 66. and then clouds begin to thicken up on monday of 66 degrees. so we get the 60's all week and generally that's still above average for this time of year so we'll take it where we can get it. >> we certainly will. >> not too bad. >> not a bad thing. >> thank you adam. saving with 6abc is coming up next.

>> ♪♪ >> it is time now to save with 6abc. if you're a tax time procrastinator you have another reason to stress out this yearly by waiting to file your taxes you may be opening yourself up to potential fraud. abc's chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis has tips to save you from becoming a victim. >> reporter: it's called the stolen refund scam and last year more than 100,000 victims filed complaints about it. the irs says thieves are stealing people's social security numbers and filing false tax returns then having the refunds center to them. >> most people only find out that they've boone victimized when they file their actual tax return and the irs says, oh we already have a return in your name. >> reporter: what follows can be a red tape nightmare. the irs says victims can still get their refunds but it will require patience and lots and

lots of work and effort. >> the first thing you have to do is notify the irs and file a police report. and then you're going to be asked to file an affidavit of fraud and it's going to take about 120 extra days before you're going to get your refund. >> reporter: the irs says it's focused on weeding out scammers flagging 19 million suspicious returns last year. still, consumers need to be vigilant and proactive. >> the big thing is just to keep your information private. keep your social security number private. file your tax return as early as possible to beat the scammers at their own game. >> reporter: filers can find more information on avoiding tax scams at irs.gov. rebecca jarvis abc news, new york. >> and that will do it for "action news" at 4:00. for shirleen allicott alicia vitarelli adam joseph i'm brian taff. the whole gang will be back at 10:00 on phl17. >> "action news" at 5:00 is coming up next. stay right here.

>> it's your turn. >> coming up next at 4:00 new information about a center city abduction. the increase reward about it has just been announced by federal investigators. >> also two men are hurt on the job at the king of prussia mall. what happened to the workers during the mall expansion project. >> and another reply enters the race for the white house one day after hillary clinton of course announced her campaign. >> those stories and much more coming your way next on "action news" at 5:00. >> ♪♪

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>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody meteorologist cecily tynan rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪♪ >> a suspect in a center city abduction is coming back to philadelphia to face charges. today a judge ordered his extradition after he was captured in south carolina. and investigators are promising to catch his alleged accomplices who remain on the loose. monday evening and the big story on "action news" is the new effort to find the men who kidnapped a woman from a parking garage. >> one suspect is in custody but at least two others are still at large tonight and we have just learned of an additional reward in the case. "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist live in center city with the new details tonight.

sarah. >> reporter: monica and rick that's right late this afternoon the atf announced an additional $10,000 reward bringing the reward to $20,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. we also learned more about the suspect already in custody in south philadelphia and how police identified and tracked him down. local and federal authorities are now working together on this investigation. they believe they are looking at least -- for at least two more people involved in this brutal crime. 31-year-old khayree gay of philadelphia appeared before a federal judge in south carolina this afternoon on charges of kidnapping and attempted robbery. he waived extradition and will be returned to philadelphia this week. now federal and local authorities want to find his accomplices and today the the atf increased the reward for information. >> atf today announced a $10,000 reward for any and all information leading