center city, where septa officials release said video showing this massive fight among students, it happened yesterday at a platform at the spring garden station on the broad street line. >> police say that not one person not even the victims reported the fight. kenneth moton is live sought side with more. >> reporter: rick and monica say they happened to see the fight when they were monitoring the camera feeds later in the day and they have done work with the school district to identify those involved and the very is disturbing. >> it's an all out brawl cameras capture students purging and kicking each other and one young man fell on the tracks at the broad street line. >> this is outrageous this is so dangerous it's not even funning, we are operating trains down there and there are passengers waiting for the

trains and someone falls into the track area, it's horrendous. >> authority says it happened at 3:00 p.m. and an argument happened at the kid's school ben franklin high and ended with this massive platform fight. no one reported the indense and accept tad caught it on their camera, two victims and two potential suspects were tide if ied. >> from you going to act up on septa, we'll have a picture of your face, and we are sharing it with the school district. and between the two of us we'll address it septa is working to combat the after school incidents, the agency released the subway attack at broad and locust. septa says that they have more officers at 10 hot spots that are hot spots when schools are

dismissed. >> we have notified the principals in the area to let know about the situation. >> they are working to deploy officers where needed despite the violence we saw in the video investigators say no one was injured. reporting live here in center city kenneth moton channel 6 "action news." >> kenneth thank you. turning now to the weather, rain and strong winds have been moving across the region the storm has the field covered at citizens bank park here in south philadelphia, and wilmington delaware, a tree toppled over at edgemore and marsh roads. traffic lights are also reported out tonight. cecily tynan is here with more from accuweather. >> the line of strong winds the gusts that rolled through earlier has now pushed off the coast and i had a lot of people sending me felt owes on facebook and twitter of large trees

toppled over, that is because of gusts pulling down the winds and the actual cold front brings us the change in our temperatures will move through by about 6:00, the wind gusts at philadelphia 71 miles per hour, nearly hurricane force winds, category one is 75 miles per hour winds. allentown reporting a 55 miles per hour wind gust. double scan live showing the heaviest downpours and the strongest gusts have moved away, and philadelphia we had one downpour moving up and down the i-95 corridor and notice no lightning strikes, no thunderstorms just heavy showers and they continue to push up to the north and east as the cold front moves through, a change, this morning temperatures in the

70s and we drop down to 60 degrees but the cool air is to the west and northwest where the temperatures are in the 30s and 40s, we'll talk about a big cool down and what it will be like for your morning commute and the possibility of frost or freeze in the accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily. hospitals in the lehigh valley are dealing with an increase in drug overdoses linked to synthetic marijuana like k2. sara bloomquist is live outside of sacred heart with more tonight. >> reporter: monica lehigh county authorities are calling this a health emergency since the start of this month doctors here and across the county have treated dozens upon dozens of patients suffer from alarming side effects from synthetic marijuana, eight people died in

this county just this week alone and that synthetic marijuana may be to blame. emergency room doctors have treated 30 patients suffering from the adverse effects of overdosing on synthetic marijuana there are 70 cases city wide all since last week. >> i am alarmed off the spike we are seeing and you know, the question is at what point does it stop? >> the synthetic marijuana surfacing in this county and others is similar to k2 it's packaged to look like potpourri and costs as little as $20 and people may think it's hafrmless to smoke but users from 16 to 60 have come to money rooms with extreme reactions like kidney failure and muscle break down. >> they come in acutely

delirious and agitated and show remarkable strength that is requiring three four or five people to hold them down. >> this week eight people died from overdoses in the county and police believe that synthetic marijuana may be to blame. they are sounding the alarm avoid synthetic marijuana. >> why put yourself at risk if it can be avoided by not using it. i don't mean to sound naive when i say that. but it's a pretty simple solution to what could be a life-threatening problem. >> the bottom line is that parents need to talk to their children and adults need to alert other adults, if you come across the synthetic marijuana

they would like you to turn it into police they want to test it. >> thank you. the mayor of paulsboro new jersey has plead guilty to driving while intoxicated. jeffrey hamilton entered the plea this morning. police say he failed a field sobriety test and refused a breathalizer, he admitted he had a few drinks but it was a mix of medications he took for bronchitis that made him impaired. >> i didn't know it would have that affect on me i was not impaired when i got up to leave to go home. >> hamilton must pay fines and will lose hisness. a long awaited multibillion dollars expansion has cleared a block, "action news" reporter vernon odom is live at the airport to explain.

>> it's always a major milestone and this is another one as the city and region continue to try to grow this airport. getting a done deal on a major project like this one is always a turbulent journey. >> with these four signatures it's up up and away for philadelphia international airport and its $6.5 billion capacity enhanced program. two runways will be expanded yet another new terminal is on the horizon, this is the settlement with the dispute with delaware neighbors. >> it will create 4,000 construction jobs and 2,000 professional services jobs. >> the city and the delaware council and the city of tinicum township have battled for years because this will displace 300

residents. they will pay money to be slit with the county government and tinicum and the school district and a direct payment to tinicum for ten years will be imminent. >> new terminal facilities and an automated people mover system and new cargo facilitys projected over the next six years or so. >> it's a proposal for two brand new runways and that could raise the expansion cost to $2.5 billion as the city gobbles up autopsy the available land in these parts the people in tiny tinicum has made their peace with the ever growing philadelphia international airport and the growing noise. >> we knew it would happen and we couldn't stop and and we saved our tax base. >> the airport takes care of

itself financially the airport funding comes from concessioners not from the city government's general fund. live from the philadelphia international airport vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. meantime, thep penn relays are set for this weekend, they are going strong for more than 100 years and believe it or not one of the contestants is nearly hundred himself. this is 94-year-old george scott, he is training for the 100 meter dash this saturday at the relays we caught up with the phenom his relay is for men 79 years of age and up. he has won gold medals in several competitions. >> i play basketball twice a week and that keeps me in fairly good shape and do i a lot of

dancing. >> and just to show how serious this 94-year-old is about his sport, this video was posted on youtube. ♪♪ ♪♪ yes, that is scotty running through the hallways at his retirement center drinking raw eggs lifting weights and dominating young boys on the basketball court and he is absolutely ready to go. as can you see he is quite the athlete. >> what an inspiration. >> i would go to that movie thank you sharrie. time now for a check of the "action news" traffic report. >> lets go to matt pellman in the traffic accepter and see what's up. >> i'll take the baton we are not running smoothly on 422, since last week spoke on the turnpike overpass a car burst into flames and what is left is the shell of the vehicle, that

they are getting ready to load on the flat bed tow truck, i won't send you to 23 instead because that is closed now for the bridge construction and use bridge pike through norristown and royersford is closed and 29 say possible alternate around that and northeast extension around landsdale restricting traffic and several on 95 one southbound near academy taking out the left lane and in burlington county downed wires at creek road at newton's landing road and some blocking old marlton pike. a busy afternoon i'll catch you again in a half hour. much more ahead on "action news" at 5:00, adopted twin sisters undergo life saving surgery thanks to their dad and an unknown organ donor. and a federal judge resolves

the settle for concussion lawsuits. and cecily is back with a closer look at the accuweather forecast. well, sir. after some serious consideration

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time for health check, word how bird flu is spreading in chick and and turkeys this is one flu that does not pose a threat to humans. ali gorman is here to fill us in. >> this is called h 5 n 2. it has not been found on the east coast yesterday but is dangerous to poultry farmers. it killed more than 5.5 million hens they produce more than 20% of the eggs in the u.s. and 2 million turkeys are also killed some strain of bird flu does spread to humans it's a low risk this time. they are kept out of food supply if someone affected birds get

through proper cooking kills the virus. we have questions and answers about the bird blue at our website at 6abc.com. >> we have a heart warming story out of ontario canada twin sisters that needed liver transplants are on the road to recovery after a donor. dad was a match for both girls but who only donate part of his liver to one and one got it more urge urgently one daughter got his liver. and then after a public appeal someone came forward. and that procedure was performed a few day ago. >> i want to thank the goner. she is incredibly brave to come

forward. give me a minute -- an incredible gift. >> one girl was at the news conference, the other is not strong enough yet but both girls are expected to recover and do well. >> nice to hear. thank you ali, meantime more "action news" coming your way.

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some places in atlantic city are closing its doors and owners are looking to hire more employees, they played host today and nearly 100 positions need to be filled from cocktail servers to desk clerks scores of perspective employees were hired on the spotd challenegesy says that jobs could be permanent. wilmington, delaware is winning honors, they won an award for planting trees over the last 22 years the arbor day

foundation give the awards a nice way to breathe cleaner air and help the environment.

time now for accuweather at the "action news" big board cecily tynan has the low down on pretty wild weather for much of

the afternoon. >> this is a clash of air mass going on we had temperatures in the 70s earlier this afternoon and now cold air is moving in and this is creating a battle zone and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that the heaviest rain with the gusty winds has really rolled offshore but we have lingering showers and downpours and there is one broken band of downpours from ocean county to north of trenton this is lifting to the northeast, one lightning strike associated with that but they are mainly showers and showers near downingtown and salem and route 40 right now. a few more hours of showers and then our atmosphere drys out and then we cool down. this is the scene for much of our area work had a driving force of rain and it pulled down the stronger wind from the higher atmosphere to the

surface. i was sent this, the older trees, the damaged trees could not sustain the wind gusts, 70 miles per hour in philadelphia and close to 60 in parts of south jersey temperatures are beginning their downward tumble, philadelphia 56 degrees and 70 at 1:00 this afternoon millville 61 and allentown 55 and dover off degrees the winds have eased off but we have wind gusts up to 25 miles per hour now and the winds of change will be blowing through overnight. satellite 6 along with action radar showing why this vortex is strong the upper level low north the great lakes this is what provided the cold front that is moving through right now, you look at the white, those are snow showers and that is an indication that the air mass that is settling in is unseasonably cold. tonight we have a few scattered rain showers until 9:00 10:00

and skies are clearing. 38 in millville and tomorrow morning you'll want the jacket. the five-day at 5:00 tomorrow it's windy and cold and 56 degree, that is 10 degrees below normal and feeling closer to 50 with wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour, a shower north of philadelphia and maybe a shower in the poconos 62 on saturday and monday mostly sunny and 64 can we continue the upward trend next week adam joseph will have that answer in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> i think we can continue that trend. >> that is my hope. >> what do i know. next at 5:00, a school bus carrying students involved in a chain reaction crash in new jersey we'll explain how that happened. and a thief that targeting s gas

stations.

now the details, french authorities say a terror suspect had the means and intent to carry out an attack. the plan to attack a church was own discovered when he accidently shot himself at a paris apartment and called for help. marcy gonzales is live with more from new york. >> reporter: the suspect is hospitalized in police custody saying nothing to investigators but still they say they know a lot about his plans a close

call in paris authorities stopping what could have been another charlie hebdo type of massacre, a man caught by chance as investigators say he was about to launch a terrorist attack against churches. >> this person was in contact with north person that may have been in syria which who he explained information of an attack. >> but the 24-year-old suspect accidentally shot himself on sunday and they claimed he called for help and when police arrived they followed a trail of blood back to his car, there in his apartment they found combat weapons ammunition and a bulletproof vest and an outline of his plan and communication with isis, he was already on a terror watch list because he wanted to go to syria. >> much like the boston marathon

bombing they were on the screen but not to the level that would require on going surveillance before he was caught he took one life shooting this 32-year-old mother to death choosing her at random they say because he wanted to steal her car. >> today police searched a home in france that they say is connected to this case as they try to track down any potential coconspirators. rick back to you. >> thank you. by the way france is the target of several terror attacks this year, back in january, armed extremists attacked the newspaper, charlie hebdo and a supermarket. two had been flagged by french intelligence and another was released from prison but surveillance was called off of them months before the attack. world news with david muir will

have more on the french terrorist plot. eight people including three school children received injuries from a chain reaction bus crash that is crockner road in hamilton detectives say that the school bus and a medical transport van caused the collision and sent the car up on to the sidewalk to people in the medical van and the driver of the car and a person standing at the bus stop were all injured. all of them are expected to be okay. two children are in childrens hospital after they were hit by a car in southwest philadelphia this afternoon. it happened in the area of 68th and cobb's creek parkway, initial reports say the driver lost control and hit a pole and then hit the children. the driver is expected to be

under the influence. if you see breaking news or severe weather, we want you to join the action, send us your photos or videos to jointheaction@6abc.com or use #6abcaction. at the "action news" big board, the search is on for an armed thief and the entire incident was caught on camera. this is surveillance video from inside of the speedway gas station from the 2400 block of island avenue last week, the robber pulled out a gun and forced the cashier to clean out the register the thief grabbed the cash and several cartons of cigarettes. the clerk was not hurt. central detectives were searching for the woman that broke into two apartments inside of the same building this was taken from the building on the 1200 block of walnut on march

14th a resident reportedly found the woman in her living room with several items of her roommates clothing and the two got into an argument and walked out and later the same suspect broke into a second apartment and took several items as well and walked out again. authorities want to you take a good look at the woman in this surveillance video we posted this on our woeb at 6abc.com. if you recognize her give police a call. >> thank you sharrie. authorities in montgomery county are warning residents to get rid of their prescription drugs the safe way they are holding an event called off with your meds. it's held in several locations across montgomery county, the district attorney says with more and more people becoming addict addicted to medications these are more important. >> the most disturbing of them that heroin addicts are created

by prescription medication. >> the event started in 2010 since then the county has collected more than 9,000 pounds of prescription drugs. a federal judge in philadelphia has approved a potential $1 billion plan to resolve dozens of nfl concussion lawsuits filed by former players. nearly 6000 of the retired players will suffer from alzheimer's or dementia some day, it pays each of them $190,000 and may go higher for younger players. time now for an update on the highways and by ways on a kind of wild wednesday evening weather wise. miserable in some places. matt pellman is here. >> it turned into a soggy earth day, with lots of traffic

troubles like this one a car fire along 422 by the pennsylvania turnpike overpass the fire is long out and waiting to get rid of the car here. and as you do your detouring, you can't use 23 that is closed long-term because of the bridge work there. and landsdale that crash is giving us restrictions coming up from plymouth meeting with slow speeds and slow speeds on the schuylkill and 95 and downed tree as well. fishtown along girard avenue and downed trees and traffic lights out in northern delaware, one tree is blocking edgewood avenue. thank you again. more to come on "action news" this evening gone but not forgot and delaware police honor one of their own that died

during the line of duty decades ago. and two students are being rewarded for making their lives brighter. up next the chilly winds from the north and west. 42 in pittsburgh we talk about a march chill in the forecast. >> those stories and exciting news about a performer at musikfest this year.

a delaware county woman was honored today for being advocated for victims of violence, like providing crime victims with care. and lane received honors from county officials. leslie established a thrift store andrea's attic in honor of her daughter, she works there and donates the proceeds for local scholarships. police are honoring one of their own that died in the line of duty decades ago. ♪♪

♪ the special moment rell service was held for trooper first class harold b. rupert. trooper rupert was killed in a crash during a high speed chase on april 19th 1962 his family was on hand and given special mementos including a brick from the building where rupert worked. dozens of philadelphia's finest were given commendations more than 80 officers were hoppered for making outstanding arrests. turning to sports tonight, the phillies will try to make it two against the marlins tonight. ducis rogers is here with more on that. >> a day off is all they needed. the phillies got back on track with a 7-3 victory over miami last night. ryan howard had two hits, none bigger than this go ahead home run in the sixth inning.

the first zinger of the season. whatever he has right now is contagious the two teams play again in an hour and jaime apody is live at the park with more. >> hey ducis, it felt great to see ryan howard get the first home run it would be better to see cole hamels get his first win of the season is he 0-2. the tarp is on the field and they should get the game in they got to be feeling good after last night's win a game where they scored seven runs the first time this season they scored more than 5. and marks their second win. ryan sandberg says it's about time. >> it helps the morale of the team and the pitching and bullpen pitching with a lead, it was a good combination and team effort and the guys came through

with galvis and howard and ben revere coming up big in those situations. >> because of that sandberg kept the lineup the same ryan howard batting sixth. lets hope he can hit another one. jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you jaime. >> the nfl draft is eight days away and people are wondering does chip kelly have another trick up his sleeve. we are talking about marcus mariota he is expected to be drafted first to sixth overall. it is out of his control but would like to play for his old coach again. >> it would be a great opportunity, to play for a coach i previously played for. we'll see it's a crazy process. chip kelly has a plan to everything he does. and he'll find a way to make his

team the best team come the first game of the season. >> mariota recently signed a deal to endorse subway the sandwich maker thought it was a good idea to create this, a mariota replica out of sandwich materials. why his lip as peer bloody is beyond my. >> ever look for something and it was beneath your noses the entire time. he plays the puck off the boards and it disappears, and he doesn't know where it is. and the officials don't either, check your pockets and shake a leg. he searches and searches and oh wait, it was in my pads the whole time. that is a look at sports sharrie back over to you. for the past ten years on earth day, local schools competed for recognition of

their efforts to better their environment. each year two schools are chosen and presented with a $5000 check, meteorologist david murphy has this year's winners. >> the winner of the grand prize is the douglas school. >> the douglas school in wilmington is the first school in delaware to win this award. >> we are so excited, we appreciate the opportunity to search this community as well as receive this gift. >> the students planted a garden on site and harvest their own vegetables to create healthy lunges. >> i was happy to see it progress and get fuller and bigger. >> and schools around the u.s. should do this as a healthy alternative. the douglas school got a $5000 check. and a fun visit from the wawa goose. schools and administrators in

this urban south philadelphia setting took this idea of going green and boy have they run with it. >> the school created a storm runoff that redirects rain water to their gardens. >> the water is now more useful since it will be running through the plans. >> the school even replaced a portion of its concrete grounds with recycled tires. >> they learn about recycling and do a lot of upcycling. >> and they received a $5000 check and a visit from the goose. >> we can buy a few more things for the school yard that is sorely needed.

a big announcement from the folks at musikfest jerry seinfeld is a guest this year. the first time a none musical act is in the show. tickets go on sale april 28th for arts fest members and the public can start buying tickets on may 1st. >> that is a great place to see

a concert or anything. >> you can't pick and choose the weather though. >> you know it changes literally by 5 to 10 minutes we went from sun to showers and gusts and back to sun and now showers. it's changeable all afternoon, the powerful winds that came with the rain, they are long gone at this point but we are dealing with scattered showers around the region and you can see a batch towards i-95 towards philadelphia and the western suburbs in media and newark delaware this is the last bit of rain, one this passes through to the east and across new jersey in the next couple of hours we'll start to clear the sky out tonight. the temperatures crashed this afternoon as the front blasted through 73 degrees prior to it at 1:00 in philadelphia down to 56 degrees and the peak wind

gust close to hurricane force of 71 miles per hour as the rain pushed through, did not come with a thunderstorm some really strong winds a few thousand feet in the atmosphere and the rain brought down that wind and it slammed down on the ground and spread east into new jersey a couple of hours ago. again, the strong winds are gone 61 is the air temperature and 55 in wilmington and 52 in reading and 40s in the poconos and the numbers continue to quickly drop overnight tonight as this large low pressure, can you see, encompassing the great lakes and eastern canada and spinning into new england and the snow showers in the atmosphere is very cold behind this cold front in fact we look at future tracker at 11:00 tonight and the rest of us drop into the 40s and the breeze stays strong overnight tonight and by tomorrow morning many

areas are in the 30s to start your thursday morning. since the wind will be whipping up tomorrow night frost can't form when you have winds in the atmosphere, also with the sky cleavering overnight tonight, you get to see the showers tonight looking to the western sky away from lights, especially the city of philadelphia the best viewing is from midnight until dawn and you can see 10 to 20 meteors per hour, and then the winds drain from the northwest with the low slowly moving into canada and the high pressure trying to come in through the central part of the u.s., that means temperatures 10 degrees below normal season highs of only 56 for the next few days, it's windy and breezy thursday and friday and the 56 feels cooler, maybe upper 40s to low 50s, we'll watch the next few nights friday morning into

saturday morning for the possibility of a frost or freeze in some locations that is not a concern for tonight. then over the weekend, slowly climbing into the 60s, a lot of sun saturday and clouds building on sunday and we stay in the low to mid-60s, monday tuesday and wednesday and the next chance for rain is midweek next week we'll struggle total try to get back to normal. 67 68 this time of your. >> thank you adam. >> some young inventors show off their creations today in cinnaminson, this is the 30th annual convention, pretty amazing ideas light up ladder for bunk beds, or the tooth brush squirter, a tooth brush all in one.

about 20 u.s. coast guard pilots honed their skills through this special workshop at the regional medical center in

egg harbor township today. they are often the first responders to medical emergencies today trained professionals tackled all sorts of topics. and right now jim gardner and the "action news" team is standing by with these stories next at 6:00. police are working to identify the students caught in a nasty brawl on septa video. and homeowners get the news they feared as erosion eats away at their backyard. doctors believe that synthetic marijuana caused the death of eight people and dozens of others are sickened. for cecily tynan rick williams sharrie williams and jaime apody, i'm monica malpass have a grade night.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. wane night princeton new jersey raises the age for buying tobacco products and gusty storms topple trees in areas across the delaware valley. but the big story on "action news" is the probe into an after school brawl on the platform of spring garden septa station. this is the station on the broad street line, police have identified two of the victims but they are in the process of attaching names to other teens the suspects in this confrontation. "action news" reporter, kenneth moton is live at septa heat

headquarterers. >> how are police and septa reacting to all of this. >> reporter: they are acting aggressively they are sending a message, if you act up the cameras and officers will catch you. it was violent and senseless another after school battle caught on septa cameras kicking and punching and a kid falling on the tracks. >> this is an outrageous event it's not even funny. this happened on the broad street line, an argument happened between female students and it moved into the station with the boys. >> we have identified two of the victims and potential aggressors. >> it ended with the