>> we're working on a breaking news story thursday april 23. a rob picks the wrong guy to hold up on a philadelphia street. the victim was walking his dog and just so happens to be a police officer. >> a sinkhole situation just got worse for the family living near the edge of the crumbling cliff in south jersey. the judge known as southern judge judy as cold as a violent

gang member. >> let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman who is in for karen rogers. >> reporter: we had a 71 gust at philadelphia international airport. not a lot of thunderstorms, a couple of trees down here and there, we dodged any major widespread damage. we're on the look out of cooler air coming in. you can see how the precipitation in western pennsylvania is snow right now rather than rain. by the time it gets here it will be sprinkles and showers in the northern suburbs. 45 as you get outside in philadelphia. 43 in wilmington. 39 in allentown. 43 in millville. there's a bit of a breeze blowing that's making it feel chilly. heading out the door to catch the bus this morning that's an interesting way to display that. we'll be in the 41 to 43-degree range for the bus stop.

we get up to the 50s only 55 this afternoon. there's a freeze watch in effect across the suburbs tonight and friday night into saturday morning. we want to you protect the sensitive plants bring them in or cover them up. it's a warning in the bucks and montgomery and lehigh county. the pollen count easing back in the wake of the rain, but going back up to the medium high range. >> reporter: it's february 23, right? >> >> reporter: isn't that nice? >> reporter: we're trying to stay warm in the vine street as we say way. we have roadwork going on in the westbound lanes of 676 traffic weaving around through the construction zone to get through the seasons heading toward the

schuylkill expressway, but the road is open, it's just restricted hopefully the crews will be out of here shortly. we'll have extra traffic on the vine, as well as schuylkill and the ben franklin bridge, the penn relays are back in town. it's that time of year ago. this is i-95 by cottman avenue no overnight construction traffic moving in both directions. a construction for you in haddon township the ramp 130 southbound to 168 blocked until 6:00 a.m. with restrictions on 268 itself. tam. >> a bandit tried to hold up a man out walking with his dog. the target turned out to be an off-duty cop. katherine scott is live with all the breaking details. good morning catherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam

that's right the officer was off duty, he was not injured in all of this, police say he had just finished his shift at the 12th district, home walking his dog and this all happened. there were several cars on the block that were shot in the process of this investigators are calling this an steamented robbery. it happened at 11:40 on the 5800 block of malvern avenue. police say the suspect came up behind the off-duty officer out walking his dog. the off-duty officer saw the gun in the suspect's hand and drew his weapon. the suspect took cover behind a car and fled on foot toward up land. law enforcement searched for the suspect in the air and on foot. >> we called out the k-9 unit to search thet's path of travel to see if he disguarded his weapon.

we had a thermal search. back alleys to see if he fled into the back alleys and may have been hiding in there. >> reporter: police have a vague description of the suspect but he had a hoodie pulled over his head. if you have any surveillance video notify police, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> a wilmington firefighter suffered a minor burn while battling a blaze. the flames broke out on east lawn avenue at midnight. the fire spread to a neighboring home before crews placed it under control. when you see breaking news or severe weather join the action, e-mail your videos or photos to join the action at 6abc.com or use the #6abc action on social media so you can be part of "action news." police are looking for the people involved in this wild

melee. police say no one reported the fight. actually found out about it when they discovered the video. kenneth moten has the very latest. >> reporter: another violent attack inside another subway station involving teenagers. this massive fight ignited tuesday around 3:00 p.m. students from nearby ben franklin high school kicking punching and falling on the tracks. septa transit police say the officers in the school district communicate now their efforts will increase during what has been a busy spring of senseless after-school acts. >> we're trying to identify disorder and acts that are unsafe that we can share with the school district. last month teens attacked a 15-year-old boy at broad and

locust. a week later teenagers surrounded a 60-year-old on the frankford market lionel before someone hit him. arrests are expected. >> we'll be making sure in supporting septa that there areville charges in addition to anything else we'll do at the school level regarding this incident. >> reporter: community college student edward bush said charges may deter others, but don't solve the problem. >> involvement ccp have a mentor to teens in high school. >> reporter: investigators have identified two victims from tuesday's attacks septa says it has ten hot spots on the system where more school and transit police officers will be deployed after school. reporting in spring garden, kenneth moten channel 6 "action news." >> a woman accused of deserting

her disabled son could return to philadelphia today. parlor allegedly abandoned her son in the couldbs creek woods. she'll face charges of attempted murder. police are trying to figure out how heroin ended up in the hand of a first grader in north philadelphia. after showing the drugs around the lunchroom investigators say he tossed the narcotics into the trash. four children who handled the gun were evaluated at the hospital. they are all fine. no charges have been filed but an investigation is going on. the news just keep getting worse for the owners of a home in florence township burlington

county. their back yard is collapsing. the action cam is taking these pictures here. the engineers said it's no longer safe to stay in the home. they were ordered to evacuate the home on east front street. they fear the house and one next-door are in danger of sliding into the delaware river. both sit on the hill top along the banks below. this news was heartbreaking. >> when we walk away, we could be walking away for good and losing everything. that's hard to take, but the same tone we're both standing here grace of god. we haven't gone over and they are finding us at the bottom of the cliff. >> the family said the backyard and the next-door neighbors have been slowly collapsing for two years, on monday the heavy rains came and mate it worse. engineers covered that a capped off stormed soar drain

maintained by burlington county was leaking underground and it's undermining the soil. happening today the penn relays get underway the nation's oldest track and field event. believe it or not, one of the contestants is 100 years old. george dash is training for the race on saturday. 94 he looks great. he runs faster than a lot of people who are 34. >> 440. coming up more news stories you didn't see last night. a convicted sex offender on parol is accused of stealing a school bus and driving around a town in utah trying to pick up a kids. >> an australian company recalls a massive number of

condoms. >> reporter: it's cooler this morning, a heavy sweatshirt or coat on the way in. we'll have improved temperatures that's coming up.

>> so are someplaces in the 30s right now? >> reporter: up north allentown, poconos. overnight tonight and overnight saturday morning freeze watch. sometimes you get in a in april but, oh, man. storm tracker 6 live double scan we're dry this morning. there might be a sprinkle popping through up north we'll talk about that in a moment. that's later on today. as we look outside, looks like partly cloudy skies over the airport. winds not doing too much, although overall looks like it will be blustery. the temperatures are cool. wind out of the west at # miles per hour. making -- # miles per hour. making it feel cooler. future tracker 6 looking at partly cloudy skies overall. by noon in the poconos we could have a snow shower mixing with rain. around here, sprinkles up north. future tracker pulling this farther south as we go into the

late afternoon and evening hours, i think the best chance of sprinkles and showers are north. maybe some of you see it down south. this is not a big deal in terms of rain. 43 degrees by 8:00. 50 by 11:00 a.m. 54 by 2:00 p.m. 55 by 3:00 p.m. we'll be sitting on that for a couple of hours partly sunny skies and sprinkles. high temperatures, not a big range. cooler in allentown 52. 53 in reading. 54 in trenton. down the shore in the mid to upper 50s along the ocean. it will build into a windy day. speaking of day the phillies play day baseball with the rubber match against the marlins. 54 in the first pitch, 59 in the 9th inning. bublgdz -- bundle up for the

business person's special at citizens bank park. penn relay 56 degrees and breezy conditions, and pretty much the same story on friday, saturday, 60. a fair amount of sunshine, it will be cool, probably not bad for the returns, it will be breezy the next couple of days, we'll see if that has an impact. windy and chilly, partly sunny skies, 56 degrees, still windy and chilly tomorrow, there's the sunny high of 60 on saturday, still breezy. on sunday mostly cloudy skies. might be a little bit of rain in the morning. otherwise, 6 # -- 62 degrees, monday, high of 64. looks like we hold in the mid 60s tuesday into wednesday. wednesday looks to be a gray day with showers possible. >> possible. >> reporter: possible. >> which means stay tuned. thank you david. new this morning here, a

paroled sex offender in huntington utah is accused of stealing a school bus and tried to pick up a child. when he tried to pick up a child up a father stepped in, police arrested him as he was heading to another child's house while in jail, frederick son broke a water pipe and flooded his cell. good morning, at the big board take a first look at business, home depot said it's doing something different if you're showing up to look by vinyl flooring. the element that makes the floor flexible because they are carcinogenic. group from australia is recalling condoms saying they are counterfeit.

that's a problem. many had serious flaws, if you wonder why more births in australia, now we know why. wall street, stocks finished higher on thursday, futures look like they are pointing to a lower open. amazon is teeming up with audi if you're a premium prime customer you could have the option of having packages delivered to your car. it trial runs starts in germany next month. we like it because you get everything in two days, imagine you order if -- >> if you quote unquote live in your car like some do traveling for business. >> the tennessee judge known as the southern judge judy. took a known gang banger a few seconds to learn he mouthed off to the i don't think judge or

not bench. a new volcano erupts in chile, we'll show you the pictures when "action news" comes right back.

>> reporter: good morning, it is world book today and so far today our story is a pretty good

one on the roadway. looking at the vine street expressway. the construction has cleared out, all the westbound lanes of 676 have reopened at broad and the benjamin franklin parkway. you're good to go on 676. we expect extra volume on the schuylkill expressway and our good buddy ben thanks to the pen relay. we are talking about the work zone on the wednesday of the ben franklin bridge, just out of the toll plaza in camden. they have the right lane blocked, the good news once you get beyond this point toward the mid is span all four lanes are open again. it didn't cause abnormal delays yesterday, we'll see what it's like with the penns landing relay traffic. we have a work zone on the ac expressway westbound heading toward the 42 freeway meet up. that is blocking the right lane until 6:00 a.m. tam. >> thank you matt. new video shows the ash

cloud billowing out in southern chile. it had been dorm nant for 42 -- dormant for 42 years. the senate is finally going to vote on the confirmation of loretta lynch as the u.s. attorney general. her confirmation has been delayed for months over battles between republicans in the white house. gop senate leaders insisted passing antitraffic legislation first which was snarled by a division on abortion fund that was approved yesterday. more fallout in the shooting and killing of an unarmed teenager in ferguson, missouri that sparked national protest. a little girl made her

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>> new on "action news," a tennessee judge didn't minutes words when face -- mince words when facing a defendant on a murder charge. owe shea smith said he shot a rival gang member for being in his hood. the judge said it belonged only to the hard working people who

lived there. the judge said she wanted to show smith that the courtroom was an area he could not intimate or control. "good morning america" will have more on the judge and her tongue lashing after "action news." >> today is take our sons and daughters to work day. the first lady invited children from washington, d.c. child and family services and kids whose parents work at the would you also. mrs. obama took questions from the crowd. >> how old are you. >> reporter: i'm 51. >> what's that look? say that again give her the mic. you're too young for 51-year-old. >> i would put that on repeat. the first lady clearly enjoyed that response and invited that girl on stage for a big hug. >> kids say the darnedest

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>> good morning everyone, it is 5:00 a.m., on this thursday, april 23. we're following a developing story. an off-duty philadelphia police officer opens fire during an attempted robbery. an afterschool brawl caught on camera has septa stepping up patrols. and police are looking for who took part. >> we have a chilly change stretching into the weekend. matt pellman is in for karen rogers and david murphy has weather. >> reporter: out to the west you can see snow showers north of