mohawk trail in medford lakes. one person lives inside that house. when firefighters arrived smoke was billowing from the windows as you can see from chopper six and the woman who lives there we're told was still inside trying to get the situation under control. now first responders quickly got her outside and it didn't take long for crews to ring a seconds alarm. several fire crews ended up responding and it still took them about an hour and a half to get it under control. we confirmed three firefighters ended up suffering minor injuries along the way and as you can see a lot of trees in this area and the home is an old mostly wooden structure so today's windy conditions were a factor. >> the wind will feed the fire and fan it to places you don't want it to go so it was a factor in the suppression operations yes. >> reporter: all right back out live all three injured firefighters are expected to be okay. one was already released from the hospital. fire crews is still on the scene checking for hot spots. the fire marshal is on the scene but if all indications

this was an accidental fire that started in the kitchen. reporting live from medford lakes, walter perez, channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you walter. "action news" was at pen presbyterian hospital today as police officer daniel kostick was released this morning he's in good spirit. the man who allegedly shot him and kostick shot in return isn't doing as well. david henry. david we're learning much more about what exactly happened last night. >> reporter: yeah, and it's a case unfortunately the suspect is in jail right now -- he's in the hospital facing numerous charges and you can imagine the great sense of relief here at police headquarters. instead of planning a funeral today, they were glad to see officer daniel kostick going home to his family. officer daniel kostick was in good spirits as he left the hospital this afternoon. he was shot in the upper right arm by a suspected drug

dealer. >> when you get that call from your colleagues on police radio and your heart just kind of stops for a second. >> reporter: officer kostick was on bike patrol in west philadelphia when he and his partner tried to stop a suspicious van. the driver sped off and officer kostick later found the van on the 5100 block of kershaw street. the driver identified as 35-year-old william noblin was walking down the street when the officer confronted him. >> male comes to him and says something to the effect that i don't want to have to do this. then he fires multiple times. >> reporter: sources say the gun jammed or there would have been more shots. officer kostick returned fire and shot him. nobblen is in stable condition at the hospital. police say he has a long arrest record, 13 priors in philadelphia and bucks and montgomery counties. officer kostick is an eight year veteran of the force and has two young sons. tomorrow is his two year old's birthday and he'll be there to celebrate with his family. >> you know they just want to say thanks for everybody's

support, all the well wishes, the prayers for the community as well as all the officers. >> reporter: yeah, real sense of relief here. an officer a wounded officer safely at home with his family now and the suspect william nobblen facing attempted murder and assault charges. live at police headquarters, david henry channel6 "action news." jim. >> david thank you. a judge today sentenced the former headmaster of an elite prep school in delaware to 50 years in prison. christopher wheeler was convicted in december on 25 counts of dealing in child pornography. wheeler was the headmaster of the tower hill school in wilmington. he will be registered as a sex offender and will undergo a mental evaluation. wheeler's defense attorney intends to file an appeal. we are now 154 days away from the visit of pope francis to philadelphia and parts of every one of those days will be spent putting together a security operation to keep both the pope and more than a million pilgrims safe.

"action news" reporter vernon odom is live on the parkway tonight and vernon, we saw evidence today why italian authorities have been so vigilant. >> reporter: we did, jim indeed. the secret service believes what will be coming up here in philadelphia in september will be and i quote here directly, "the largest national security event in american history." so security issues abound with the pope and all of the other dignitaries and pilgrims coming here to be here in september in philadelphia. for some of the nearly 20 alleged terrorists italian authorities locked up in a nationwide sweep of suspects who planned to launch attacks on the vatican through wire tapped evidence police say this plot was being hardy in march of 2010 when a possible suicide bomber from afghanistan entered the country. two of the suspects served as body guards for the late terror master osama bin laden. some of these suspects police say were involved in the 09 bombing of a pakistani market

when more than 100 were killed. this development triggers added focus on the pope's visit to philadelphia in september where unprecedented security planning is under way. the secret service is ultimately in charge with philadelphia police fully engaged and watching developments all across the globe. >> you better believe we are paying close attention to what's happening making any necessary adjustments and i can't go into a lot of detail. the main event of the world meeting of families will be the pope celebrating a mass on the ben franklin parkway where planners believe up to 3 million people may gather. on the planning board now a complete shutdown of vehicular traffic all over center city down to olde city. also engaged in the planning and coordination the region's hospitals, more than 60 of them getting ready with supplies and staffing for any possible situation. >> we're able to care for the routine medical emergency all the way up to unfortunately

maybe, you know, a catastrophic event that could take place. >> we'll get a lot of cooperation from people all around the tri-state area maybe even further than that because it will require that. >> reporter: jim again homeland security officials with a great deal of experience calling this the largest special event they've ever seen here in philadelphia in september a massive security undertaking. live on the ben franklin parkway, vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> thank you vernon. world news tonight with david muir will have more details on the terror arrests in italy. that is next on channel six. police in reading went door to door today in the glenside section of the city hoping to track down leads in a late night murder. a man was shot to death in the front seat of an suv parked in the 1200 block of allegheny avenue last night. residents tell police they heard three to four gun shots. the victim has been identified as 34-year-old jose gonzalez. police have no suspects nor a motive.

philadelphia police are searching for the gunman who should there and killed a delivery man in the crescentville section of philadelphia. police say the 49-year-old was delivering food to the hill creek apartments in the 500 block of hill creek road last night. investigators say 12 shots were fired. he drove off but later crashed. medics took him to einstein medical center where he was pronounced dead. the atlantic city police department today announced new measures to beef up officer accountability. starting today every uniformed officer will wear a body camera. officials will also move internal affairs to city hall to make it more convenient for people to come to report police complaints. and next month the city will implement an improved review process for police officers. a single vehicle accident sparked a fire in hockessin delaware this morning. the crash on the 3700 block of mill creek road knocked down a

utility pole just after 9 o'clock. the downed wires then started a fire. police are investigating what caused the box truck to go off the roadway. fortunately the driver wasn't hurt. students at the chester arthur school in south philadelphia will soon have a great new schoolyard in which to play. today city councilman kenyatta johnson announced a $110,000 grant to revitalize this space. the new schoolyard will include new swings, green space, benches and new playground equipment and the kids are delighted. coming up on "action news" tonight thousands of athletes realize their dreams of meeting in the historic penn relays and we'll take you to franklin field. some eagles players take a swing at playing baseball. it's all at citizens bank park and we'll have that story. >> we've got a cold start to the week. temperature in the 50's right now. it will be dropping into the 20's and 30's overnight with frost and a freeze and i'm tracking a touch of rain over

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>> we are looking live inside franklin field on the campus of the university of pennsylvania. this is the 121st penn relays easily the oldest track and field festival in america. we are waiting for the high school boys to come around the bend. they are running the 3,000-meter championship. it is going on right now. you you can hear the cheers. "action news" reporter eva pilgrim was at the penn relays

today and this is what she found. >> reporter: on your mark, get set, it's go time for the oldest track and field event in the country. the penn relays. >> supporting the jamaican schools. here for the last 15 yearsism really? >> every year. team jamaica all the way. >> reporter: dat high school boys hit the track for the four by 100. >> nothing compares to this, the penn relays. feels like a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> i'm excited. i'm a little nervous. >> they're all nervous. i've rarely seen them nervous at a week. when they're here and one kid is telling me he's nervous he's never really nervous about anything. that speaks volumes about how important this is to them. >> reporter: many of the college athletes here this weekend were here years ago as high schoolers. travis heart took part in the penn relays as part of the team from the bahamas. now he's competing as a senior at texas a & m. >> i was near high school. it was pretty fun.

it helped me. >> reporter: this weekend is a chance far these young athletes to compete on huge stage against some of the best in the world. >> on this it inspires kids to train harder maybe do better. >> reporter: a competition that pushes these guys to be their best. >> it peanut butter will be a good day i hope. >> reporter: if you didn't have a chance to come out and check out the penn relays you have still tomorrow. there's a chance to see some future potential olympians. at franklin field eva pilgrim channel6 "action news." >> and tonight olympian bruce jenner addresses all the tabloid headlines in an exclusive interview with diane sawyer. the interview should tell us more about all the speculation that jenner is under going a gender transition. here is a preview of tonight's 20/20 special. >> what's the question you would ask you? what's the question. >> if i were you what question would you ask me?

>> right. >> are you going to be okay? you know. >> are you going to be okay? >> yeah, i hope i'm going to be okay. i feel like i'm going to be okay. 2015's going to be quite a ride. >> bruce jenner, the interview airs tonight here on channel six. the special two hour broadcast on 20/20 begins at 9 o'clock.

>> phillies begin a weekend series against atlanta. >> hopefully it's a different result than we saw against the marlins the last few days. braves at citizens bank park tonight and so are some eagles. prance the phillies will accept all the help they can get. jeff skversky is live at the park with the phils and the birds. jeff. >> reporter: hey ducis. of course nothing is going right for the phillies right now. nobody in baseball has been

worse at the plate nobody has been worse in the field. it makes you want to talk about football and the eagles who just happen to be here at the ballpark today. take a look. a bunch of the birds here at citizens bank park for a little batting practice. a little home run derby. mark sanchez zach ertz and company. kiko alonzo traded for lesean mccoy dig a different kind of hitting out here. mark sanchez is now sharing a quarterback room with sam bradford and tim tebow. sanchez says he's not going to get caught up in the drama of the wild off season and worry about who is going to be the quarterback. he's going to worry about what he can control. hear what sanchez says about tebow who he played with in 2012 with the new york jets. >> obviously a great guy. he works hard. and we needed another guy to throw while sam's still recovering. so, that's kind of the reason

there and at least as it was explained to me. >> fitting in as a teammate that's all we expect from him. we don't expect him to be anything other than himself and i think he's doing a great job at that. >> reporter: the phillies are not doing a great job out in the field. that's why manager ryne sandberg talked to the team today about being smarter playing smarter out here. nobody has made more errors in baseball than the phillies, 17 of them in 16 games including five in the last few days. that's why they took a little extra fielding before facing atlanta tonight. >> time the play defense play defense, back your pitcher be on your toes, anticipation, focus, all those things and you have to do it as a complete group. >> reporter: well, the phillies lineup has not been a complete group by any means but sandberg going back to ryan howard and chase utley in the lineup tonight against atlanta's alex wood who is a lefty by the way. live at the ballpark, jeff skversky channel6 "action news.

ducis. >> jeff thank you. we are less than a week from the nfl draft. teams often debate drafting for need versus drafting the best player available. there's no debate in the birds' front office. >> our philosophy is best player available for us. association it's not just the best player available for the league. we grade and we set our board for the eagles. so it's according to our height weight speed parameters according to how they fit in our system, how they compare to our roster so it is the best player available but it's the best player available for us. >> makes sense. we will have the eagles covered on draft night. the "action news" sports team will present draft breakdown thursday and friday nights at 11:30 here on 6abc. let's kick it. the union visit columbus tomorrow night. they have just one victory in eight games this season. practice makes perfect so maybe we'll try practicing a little bit more. the union struggles were addressed as a team before practice earlier this week. coach feels that meeting was productive. >> guys owned things and the

coaches owned some things and it was a healthy discussion. some hard talks but at the same time to a man the majority of the guys would be in agreement that they're not playing to their max potential. >> once again that match against columbus tomorrow night in thank you ducis. phillies fans who show up for tomorrow's game can get a new t-shirt. cody asche and his wife. a gee unveiled their new together we fight t-shirt today at citizens bank park. proceeds will benefit the greater philadelphia chapter als association. and fans who buy one will also get ashy's autograph.

>> hi, how are you? >> some visitors to the 13th annual earth fest received that unusual greeting today as they arrived at temple's ambler campus. "action news" meteorologist melissa magee who had the kids hopping with excitement. melissa spoke to the hundreds of students what is exactly she doing? who attended today's event about how to keep the planet clean and healthy. >> was she cold or getting the kids to exercise. >> i think she's getting enthused. >> okay. >> weekend is going to be chilly again before it warns up when next week. >> it will warm up to 60 this weekend. >> not enough. >> up are 60's by wednesday 69 by wednesday. >> okay. >> i glad you approve. storm tracker six live double scan showing we have rain free conditions out there tonight. that's good news and the action cam at battery park in new castle delaware. you look at this picture and

wow it looks like summer with the sunshine glistening off of the water the sale boats ready to go but it didn't seal like summer, didn't even feel like spring today. felt like winter and the accuweather highlights will show that you tonight we have a widespread frost and freeze concern and temperatures tonight will be dropping down near some record lows. freeze warnings have been posted everywhere you see the aqua. most of our viewing area and areas not under the freeze warnings are under frost advisories so this means if you've done early planting you want to cover them up. if you have potted plants outside bring them inside. also a good time to think about the pets make sure they have a warm place to stay tonight. last night winds didn't diminish enough for us to get a hard killing freeze but they likely will tonight. temperatures will really plummet tonight. 35 degrees the low in philadelphia, 33 is our record low but reading likely will set a new record low down to 29 degrees. the atlantic city airport i expect a temperature will drop

down to 31 degrees if it drops that low that would tie the record low for the date. right now temperatures in the 50's, 56 degrees the temperature in philadelphia, the high 57 and that's 10 degrees below average. allentown 54. millville 55. sea isle city 54 and wilmington 55. feels colder thanks to the wind gusts. wind gusts right now 30 miles per hour in reading, 29 in philadelphia. we had wind gusts earlier this afternoon of 37 miles per hour. so some cold winds blowing in but tonight once the sun sets, the winds will begin to relax as high pressure builds right over us and satellite6 along with action radar showing high pressure really carving out an area of clear skies tonight. with those clear skies it will be cold tomorrow morning temperatures in the 20's and 30's. afternoon highs will recover a little bit. 60 degrees, morning sunshine giving way to afternoon high clouds as this warm front gets a little bit closer. then on sunday this low pressure will dive south of philadelphia.

what this means, that south of philadelphia parts of delaware, south jersey could get a brush of some rain showers in the morning. otherwise, just a lot of clouds and temperatures again the same as tomorrow with a high of 60 degrees. if you're heading to the penn relays tomorrow, bundle up in the morning. if you're going to run, make sure you get a good warmup in at 8 o'clock 40 degrees but wind chills will be in the low 30's by noon 55 degrees and by 5 o'clock, some high thin clouds with a high or a temperature of 59 degrees. so the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, some high clouds in the afternoon tomorrow but a nice day a cool day though 60 degrees. on sunday clouds with some sunshine with a high of 60 and future tracker showing again a brush of some rain and in our far southern zones on monday sunday morning. monday widely scattered showers 60. jim look at this wednesday 69 degrees. nice and mild it's about time. thursday a chance of showers 66 and friday sun mixing with clouds with a high of

66 degrees. so, all in all not a bad weekend. not quite as beautiful as last weekend. >> all right cecily thank you. abc's world news tonight is next with david muir. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff shirleen allicott and ducis rodgers. please join us for a special health check report at 11:00 here on channel sick. here's ali gorman with a preview. >> reporter: have smartphones tablets video games computer and television our eyes spend more time looking at digital screens. can this affect your vision in the future? i'll have what you need to know tonight on "action news" at 11:00. >> for cecily tynan ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

breaking news as we come on the air. the baltimore police coming on the air with new video. the suspect with the nearly severed spine, they never put him in a seat belt. 35 million in the path of severe weather. >> the collapse in the news conference late today. students performing as the stage gives way. and the volumecano. and the diane sawyer exclusive.