the airport. daring aerial protest end on the lawn of the capitol in washington, that is next on "action news". at 6:00 o'clock tonight all we knew was that a fire enveloped a car in southwest philadelphia and a charred body was discover inside. now we know a good deal more. the victim was no stranger to

the the law and no stranger to unsavory individuals. wednesday night the big story on "action news" tonight is the single word that police are using to describe what happened today on fort mifflin road. have the murder. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at police headquarters. dann, what are police saying about this. >> reporter: police, jim say this a appears to be a grizzly homicide somebody wanted this guy dead and wanted to leave no dna trace of who did it. the the chance that there would be no witnesses was also considered because the area where this took place is remote. in this was what was left of the honda two door coupe you can only imagine what was left of the rick tim. hees describe as a male in the driver's seat in the rekline position. >> fully char at this point. cannot tell circumstances of the incident. there are in cameras out here. we have no witnesses at this point. >> reporter: chopper 6hd was over the scene after police and fire fighters responded in the 4700 block of fort mifflin

road a half mile from enterprise avenue. passerby called 911 shortly after 3:30 reporting a koran fire with the body inside. the location is near perimeter fence of philadelphia international. >> pretty limited access road. it is a public access road but limited by people. >> reporter: sources a say carries registered to someone who lives in south philadelphia a sources say the victim had has three prior arrests for being involved in chop shops. >> as a result of the fire marshall investigation they did find a gas cannot trunk of the car and the fire marshall investigation said that clearly an accelerate was used that burned very hot and not only that, they had to use foam to put this fire out. >> reporter: it was a pretty intense fire. >> yes, very intense fire. >> reporter: the medical examiner will have to determine, the cause of the death, whether he was shot stab or strangled before he was set on fire. presently police in witnesses but they are questioning relatives. we are live the at police headquarters, i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >> dann, thank you.

a violation of warning ton's no fly zone today has raised serious issues at national security. a florida postal worker landed on the lawn of the u.s. capitol. monica malpass is here with more on this man's motivation and about a pennsylvania connection. >> reporter: absolutely, jim doug hughes has been threat authentic act of civil disobedience for a year. he broad his gyro helicopter to the keystone state and flew to washington to personally deliver letters to every member of congress. he says he is fully aware he was violating restrict air space. >> this is in the good, people. >> reporter: well, hughes landed on the capitol ground forcing a lock down. first, a a robot bomb detector rolled out here and then an office's arrived with his gun drawn. hughes was arrested a and removed. he is behind bars tonight. police surrounded this airport in gettysburg pennsylvania this is where they believe he took off from. why did he do such a bizarre

act. >> trying to galvanized millions of people to to a relatively simple things. change the government to build a wall of separation between government and big money. >> reporter: hughes says he is not suicidal. he gave a years warning on his web site and that he asked for a military escort by air so nobody would get hurt. did he really think he might get shot down and killed? possibly. >> i would rather die in the flight then live to be 80 years old and see this country fall. >> reporter: considered that he is just delivering mail only in a different way and says on his web site his ultra light aircraft pose nod major physical threat of course security forces see it much differently tonight. this is the third security breach in washington alone, two the at the capitol and now one at the white house. capitol police are taking ill very seriously jim. >> a lot of questions to be

answered thanks, monica. local and federal law enforcement officers turn independent mall in a giant simulator tonight. all of the practice how they would respond to a real life emergency. live at the scene tonight is "action news" reporter kenneth moton. kenneth, it was quite a site for locals and tourist. >> reporter: are it really was, jim. philadelphia police tried to make this training exercise feel as real as possible. volunteers acting as victims and non-lethal ammunition, with all eyes on the city in the coming year's mergecy response remains a top priority. there is a at near our nation's landmarks that had people stopping in their tracks, and staring out of their car windows on had mark street but this was a drill. only a drill. philadelphia police u.s. park rangers and paramedics took over the independent visitors center wednesday evening. the point, taking out an active shooter and helping the injured. >> in an emergency like this

what matters is time. >> reporter: officers streamed in geared up and dodged munitions. none in lethal bullets blue dye similar to paint ball ammunition. if hit they come with the real sting. >> it is great to have plans and equipment, but in of that means anything unless you train with it, and frequently, because when the waste you train is the the way thaw will respond. >> reporter: chief inspector of home land security says these exercises are needed more than ever with big events coming to philadelphia. the the visit by pope francis in september and the democratic national convention next summer which will also bring state and federal law up force. >> the city of philadelphia will be in the world's spotlight and that is why it is important that our training and our capabilities and our equipment also be on the the cutting edge and i can assure you here in philadelphia they are. >> reporter: blue bell resident hard hoy works in the visitors center had a front row seat for the beginning of the drill. >> they are all walking around and doing their simulated

drills and so glad it was just a drill. wouldn't want it to be the real thing. i'm glad they are looking out. >> reporter: national park service invited philadelphia police in the mall for this four hour training exercise tonight. by coins den the home land security secretary jay johnson happened to be in town to take meeting with the police commissioner and mayor. we are told they discussed security and planning for dnc and pope's visit. reporting live on independent mall tonight kenneth moton for channel six "action news". chopper six was over a smokey house fire tonight in west deptford, gloucester county. authorities say that the the blaze broke out at 7:30 on the unit block of cumberland avenue, fire fighters had it under control within an hour and no one wases hurt. it was a close call tonight at 15th and market in center city philadelphia. a man walked too closely to the ledge and fell on to the subway tracks at 15th street station. a good samaritan jumped down to save the victim.

he was taken to hahnemann hospital where he will be okay. a seven million-dollar settlement has been reached tonight, in the wrongful death lawsuit of a temple university graduate. twenty-three year-old kevin chess was beaten to death while hailing a tax any old city in 2012. police say that kless yelled at a cab and did not stop. three men in another car thought he was yelling at them so they piled out of their reek will and attacked him. civil lawsuit alleged that two now closed nightclubs served alcohol to the three attackers, to the point of physical intoxication, and despite the fact that two of them were under age, at the time. atlantic city is having a big day and night, in its efforts to rebrand itself as more than just a gambling destination. officials hope that bass pro shops will do the there i can to lure in hundreds of thousands of tourist a year. governor chris christie was on hand tonight, to help slice the ribbon on a enormous

mecca of outdoor goods such as fishing, hunting, camping and boating gear. the the 85 square foot stories located on north columbus boulevard at the walk shopping center. inside is there a 13,000 gala quarter yum of fish species found in new jersey waterways. mayor don guardian says he expects 750 million people to visit each year. meanwhile new jersey department of transportation today awarded atlantic city a and nearly one million-dollar grant to fund streets scape improvements along atlantic avenue. the plans include, led decorative lighting trees, sidewalk pavers, bike racks solar parking kiosk and trash and recycling bins. also on the redevelopment front, the gallery mall in center city philadelphia is set for a huge make over. plans announced today called for a transformation to an outlet shopping center with 125 new stores.

a redesign that includes more street level glass at ninth and market. one and a half million square feet of space will get a new name as well. the fashion outlets at philadelphia of market east. project is seeking 90 million-dollar in state and city funding and still need approval from the school district and philadelphia redevelopment authority. mayor michael nutter voiced his support tonight saying the project will create two you this construction jobs and a thousand permanent jobs in addition to benefiting residents and tourist. once approved demolition and constriction work will cause most of the current mall to be closed off until the plan reopening in spring of 2017. it was a truly ground breaking experience tonight at the the intersection of broad and passyunk in south philadelphia. the make over project bypass i young avenue revitalization corporation will transform the concrete triangle in front of the united savings bank into a public space offering seating

areas, new lighting and pedestrian friendly safety improvements. it is set to open up by the middle of the june. vine street expressway will shut down in both directions tonight instead of just one way it happens at midnight and that is to make up for delays last night because of rain. traffic will be detoured between broad street and the the the schuylkill, until 5:00 a.m. this is the the first week of the four week project to replace the overpasses spanning the vine street expressway. more than a hundred alumni of the delaware high school came out tonight to fight a proposed name change. conrad high school in wilmington has been using the nickname redskins since it the opened back in the 1930's but now a group known as retired mascot commit thee is looking into changing the name because of its possible derogatory connotation. supporters argue that the name redskins is meant to keep native american alive. discussion on whether to change the name will continue

into the the next school year. still to come on "action news" tonight, researchers see a way to save money for millions of patients getting eye surgery. it is a happy reunion between a teen missing since monday and her panic mother but questions about her disappearance linger tonight. plus x marks the spot we will show you the attempt to reland a space rocket on a platform rocking in the ocean, cecily. temperatures hit 07 for third time this year. i'll let you know when we will make to it four and track our next chance in the accu weather seven day forecast. and ducis rodgers with the even of the line this season for your 76ers when "action news" continues after this.

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late today where 14 year-old adammaris franco torres was reunited with her mother. they seemed overwhelmed to be back together and with good reason. adammaris had been missing since she left for school on monday. her mother said that her daughter had gone with the friend to meet a man she had met on line but twice she called her mother screaming, mommy, mommy. but the calls were cut off. police are investigating exactly what happened, between monday and tonight. the veterans administration's inspector general says the the situation is getting much better but a government audit released to day blasted the va facility in philadelphia. the report says that the va office took too long to respond to 31,000 inquiries by veterans. audit says it took an average of 312 days for va employees to respond. the va standard is five days. the report says that employees manipulated dates to make old claims look new ape

mistakenly paid out millions of dollars in duplicate benefits. we have told you in the past about military imposter wearing the uniform to carry favor without actually served. well now pennsylvania lawmakers are moving to increase penalty for is what known as stolen valor. posing as a veteran or wearing medals that you do not earn could carry up to two years in prison. senate approved the measure today, the bill is now to the house. >> unaudible. >> fast food work's cross the country and right here in center city philadelphia a sounded a call for a higher minimum wage. they want a federal minimum wage of $15 an hour up from the current $7.25. protesters point to record corporate profits and widening income gap between the rich and poor but opponent say a jump that high would drive many places out of business. in boston today they have observed a moment of silence

to mark the two year anniversary of the boston marathon bombing. church bell told and 2:49 p.m., the exact time that the first bomb went off near the finish line. three people were killed, and 2680 others were injuries: a injury any massachusetts form patriot aaron hernandez guilty of first degree murder. he was quickly sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole for shooting death of the odin lloyd. hernandez was taken to the prison not far from gilette stadium where he played for the the patriots. u.s. marines stormed a california beach today but not on purpose. 100-foot long super stallion chopper made an emergency landing on the sand. that is the largest and heaviest helicopter in the u.s. military. pilot was worried about a oil leak during a routine training mission. you can see them cleaning off brown colored fuel from the

helicopter. nobody was hurt during the beach front invasion in the suburban community outside san diego but it did cause quite a show. the the space x rocket that blasted off yesterday toured the orbiting international space station also had a special side mission. tonight, we have video of that attempt at making history. the first stage rocket booster making a return to earth, trying to land upright on a barge floating in the ocean. executives say it fell over in the last second possibly because of shifting seas. although it may look like a fiery failure space x says it will try again in june on the next launch. on health check at 11:00, getting rid of obstacles to see clearly now. millions of older americans are pushed into getting test that is they do not need before getting their cataracts removed. it the is the most common elective surgery for old's adults taking 18 minutes and

done with eye drops not general anesthesia. the tests are done to prove the patients are healthy enough for surgery but report says that since the procedure is extraordinarily safe that tests are done needlessly. at least many of them are. all of those tests are costing both patients and medicare hundreds of millions of dollar. man who survived the holocaust shared his story tonight in bucks county. daniel goldsmith spoke in richboro. he was captured by nazis when he was child but managed to escape and found refuge with the the catholic priest. the tonight the event as part of the synagogue's holocaust remembrance day ceremonies. lets get the the accu weather forecast for tomorrow and the next seven days. >> jim beautiful spring weather today. we will keep that, through the the day tomorrow and then friday is just a little bit of an hiccup. >> yeah, a few showers on the the way. >> storm tracker six live double scan showing that we have dry conditions out

there, tonight. there was a red flag warning in effect until 7:00 o'clock this evening. the reason why chopper six is showing that this is in northeast philadelphia, we did have a brush fire there a few other once reported far up to the northwest. that is a problem when you get low dew point and is there a breeze there is an increased risk of fire danger. that will continue tomorrow. so good idea to really limit any open flames outdoor flower, or fires be careful with cigarette butts, limit off road driving. if you do see any brush fires, report it immediately with breezy conditions they really can spread pretty quickly. the right the now comfortable out there. philadelphia is 59 degrees. down from our high of 7o allentown 52. wilmington 55. trenton 59 degrees. cooler in millville always a cool spot, 46 degrees along the beaches temperatures in the the lower 50's. the satellite six with action radar is showing clear skies across new york state and new

england as thanks to the high pressure beginning to move down from the south east. you can see how it is beginning to break autopsy cross northern pennsylvania. so tomorrow will be one of those days it is not bright and sunny all day long. we will see mixture of cloud and sunshine, high thin cloud, so a lot like today. it-dry partly sunny, seasonably cool. good idea for light jacket with the kid a as they wait for the bus at a 6:00 o'clock 48 degrees. by 8:00 o'clock 50 degrees w this high pressure in control wind shift out of the south east tomorrow. cooler then today. sixty-six. that is 2 degrees above normal. down the shore with those wind off the ocean, the the ocean temperature is 47 degrees. they are stuck in the mid 50's tomorrow. so where you are really makes a difference. on friday, this front will approach. it is not a big storm system. we're not talking about all day heavy rain but more clouds then sunshine with a chance of

some showerses specially early in the day, the the the high of 67. so still mild. the with you good news is that this high pressure builds in on saturday and saturday plenty of sunshine and warm, perhaps the warmest day of the year, with a high of 76 degrees. the problem though if you have allergies pollen forecast remains high, right through the the week went a little dip on friday with the possibility of some showers. so the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast a nice spring day, sun with some high clouds 66 degrees friday turns cloud which a few showers especially early in the day, 67, but saturday, get outside and enjoy it warmest day so far this year 76 degrees. cold front moves through saturday night. coming through dry with some cloud. shift wind on sunday. sunday it cools off 64 degrees and increasing cloud and late sunday night through monday, a soaking rain, one and a half to 2 inches of rain and we will dry out by tuesday and

wednesday with temperatures in the 40 beautiful weekend coming up. teenagers at catwalk in delaware county for a great cause. prom project was held at upper darby high will school. it helps girls find prom dresses, shoes, accessories at the a fraction on of the cost. more than a thousand students took part in the event tonight, organizers say it is meant to help girls who otherwise wouldn't be able to go to the prom.

phillies played the mets what 18 times in a season. >> yep. >> and three down. >> the the mets have their number, over the last year year and a half. three straight losses on the verge of being swept by the new york mets. neither of those facts are able to stir a victory for the phillies tonight. ryan howard sits against the left hander jonathan niece. tied up at one in the third inning jerome williams. oh boy serves one up. that was a hanger. solo home run puts mets up

two- 16789 lucas duda, two hits last night, a home run tonight. phillies are on a four-one hole. all players wearing number 42 for jackie robinson day. williams defense fails him later in the frame. codey asche fields a grounder. he hits the runner. and that kind of night. phillies lose six-one. they will visit the the nationals tomorrow. the sixth are wrapping up the season with the heat tonight. both teams would benefit from a loss as heat hold the top ten protect pick that the sixers acquired in the earlier trade. now, as they played all season sixers trailed by 18. they come back. jer mist grant fast break dunk gives them a one point advantage. late in the fourth, now down by one. samson steel and dunk. sixers backup by one. and, there is always a but. henry walker with one of his six triples. heat win 105-101.

they finish at 18-six 467891 fewer win then last year. >> although, you know, we just did a great job of continuing to play together and staying close. it has been a learning experience for everybody. you know, how much we have learned. >> all right. this is confusing but the brooklyn nets win tonight and that effects the sixers. heat clinch tenth worse worth they have a 91 percent of hanging on to that protect draft pick. still ahead an update on craig beruby's coaching status well sort of.

we hoped to have clarity concerning flyers coaching situation but only thing that is clear is craig beruby is still in limbo. gm ron hextall announce that had he is still the head coach, for right now. hextall has not decided whether or not to bring him back next season. hextall hopes to have a decision real soon but he says he will not rush it. >> i'm going to be methodical i want to make the right decision. i will not make a quick decision to appease people, or to follow along what is supposed to be done. i will not make a hasty decision, and look back and regret it. >> no more flyers month more

sixers let's check out the soul. they are ready to hit somebody including the action cam. they're out there at practice saturday soul will host cleveland in the nationally televised game on espn two, at 7:00 p.m. that is sports. are we okay. >> yes. break it. unbreakable, jimmy kimmel live next on channel six followed by night line. jimmy's guest tonight tim allen and music from drew holcomb and neighbors. "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edward matt o'donnell, and meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for cecily tynan ducis rodgers the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, good night. >> ♪♪

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