"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy.

good afternoon we begin with breaking news at this hour, 200 pennsylvania state troopers are being sent to baltimore to help stand guard in the streets there. the extra help was requested in the riots that erupted two days ago in the wake of the death of freddie gray. >> they are trying to retain the fragile calm in the city. >> reporter: good afternoon it's early but so far officials say the curfew is off to a good start and the city is stable and they are working to keep it that way. >> a new day and a new call for action. >> we are looking for long-term solutions, from members of the group build baltimore marching to city hall for answers. the concern is the city wide curfew is just a band-aid and not a solution. >> it's working because it's pressure, it's force how long can you maintain the force

without dealing with the underlying reasons that cause you to have this force. >> and overnight a spokesman for the family of freddie gray. >> the violence does nothing but distract from the real issue what actually happened to freddie gray. >> for now authorities are standing by the curfew saying it's working despite a few close calls with protesters refusing to go home and the police using smoke and pepper balls to get the crowd to disperse. >> we'll make sure we'll maintain peace in the city so we have more nights like last night and no more nights like the other night. and the baltimore orioles make history, their game is on but is closed to the public the first time an mlb game is played without fans and the baltimore

ravens is canceling a nfl draftee vent they say out of respect for the nighttime curfew. the mother of a man shot and killed by philadelphia police have filed a wrongful death lawsuit, accusing police of planting evidence trying to prove that brandon tate brown was reached for a gun during a traffic stop in september. >> the city has not commented on the lawsuit, tate-brown's mother is addressing it at a news kofrps happening now. we'll have more on her kmethts later today on "action news" beginning at 4:00. a chester county man is facing murder charges after his elderly father died from neglect. 61-year-old edward o'brien iii was designated caretaker and he

died at his home in 2013, investigators say he was covered in bed sores and later discovered there was evidence to warrant a murder charge and he is accused of stealing $30,000 from his father. from our delaware newsroom a woman has died several hours after she was shot in wilmington last night. artise brown died at christiana hospital and a second woman was wounded and remains hospitalized. john rawlins is following the search for the gunman and will have a live report coming up at 12:30. a small fire disrupted a small fire at delaware high school. officials say that smoke was reported by the carpentry workshop and the staffer pulled the alarm as a precaution, it came as students were doing

state testing and seniors were getting their caps and gowns. >> investigators say the fire started in air locker room and there was just minor damage. a police officer crashed while responding to a reported robbery, the cruiser slammed into the guardrail on cruise town road in the bustleton section of philadelphia. the seventh district officer suffered a head injury and possibly a concussion. some temple university students were robbed during a home invasion and an armed suspect broke in on north 13th street the thief took cash and marijuana but nobody was hurt. the campus police sent a warning to all students as a precaution. the power is back on at the former revel casino new owners confirm that electricity has

been restored to the resort. he reached a two week deal to run the fire alarm at the building. he was being fined each day they were not working and expected them to be open in part sometime over the summer he is not sure if the property will offer gambling. >> we are in the middle of an absolutely beautiful day, sky 6 hd looking live over the center city skyline, looks like a painting out there. enjoying the sunshine and warmer conditions david murphy is just outside where we all want to be right now with the latest from accuweather. >> reporter: really an easy decision to do the report from the terrace today we have plenty of sunshine and we see fair weather cumulous clouds work their way in like yesterday but on satellite it's a very good look with no widespread significant cloud cover out

there. and bright white conditions are maintaining themselves. 71 now in philadelphia and even allentown is close to 70 and 72 down the pike in wilmington and 67 in sea isle city down the shore. if are you headed to the playground and why not? by 1:00 still offering around 72 degrees and by 3:00, 75 and a high of 76 at 4:00 this afternoon, the only thing i tell you is once again today use sunscreen outside. here is the 76 degree high and isn't that nice to talk about high temperatures above average and we are definitely in the right direction. 54 is the overnight low and that is above average, we have the pollen count a bit high, you'll see in this graphic it's inching its way downward to introduce a flow of clean air and no plants on the water and pollen free air

is blowing in and that will lower the pollen count along with the dip in pollen we see a dip in temperatures we'll talk more about that when i step inside with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. i hardly want to come inside it's nice out here. >> thank you. more dramatic rescues are unfolding in nepal in the wake of saturday's earthquake, this is video of a 28-year-old man being pulled out alive after spending 80 hours in a collapsed building he banged recentlessly until he was found. he escaped with a broken leg and more video of a 4-month-old boy, he spent 22 hours buried in the rubble, the army nearly left him hundred believing he was dead and they heard his cries and soldiers came back to get him.

vermont senator, bernie sanders will seek the nomination later today. he describes himself as a democratic socialist. and is out spoken about inequality and climate change. five of the candidates for philadelphia mayor shared their thoughts on jobs and workforce development in the city, philadelphia works a nonprofit that connects employers to workers hosted this forum. marissa marie bailey joined them. jewish activists in philadelphia are waging a protest against controversial ads running on septa buses that criticize hamas and islam. >> it reads, jew hatred, it's in the quran. the freedom initiative paid to

have the ads on 84 buses the activists led by a local rabbi is placing black and yellow stickers on them saying it's hate speech. a funds raiser for the slain police officer robert wilson iii is going on now at johnny's fine italian cuisine, it goes from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and the money will benefit officer wilson's new young sons. and a rescue fan with several young puppies inside. and why school officials scolded the girl's mother for what she packed. and david murphy will be back with the seven day forecast from accuweather.

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the parents of missing british girl madeline mccann they sued the man for liable after alleging the mccanns were involved in their daughter's disappearance they have always maintained their daughter was abducted from a hotel room in portugal. they have sided with the mccanns

and banned any new sales of book. and now more on the landing of a gyro copter on the capitol lawn a few weeks ago. the head of the faa testified this morning saying that the gyro copter is indistinctible from other aircraft. police are looking for five puppies stolen in an animal rescue van, they were being taken to their new home in minneapolis yesterday. someone jumped into the van and drove away. she says the puppies need to eat every five hours and is concerned for their safety. they have implanted microchips that could help police track them down.

a man accidentally racked up $2700 worth of toll violations, his trance ponder was not replaced with the new one. he was unaware he was getting one every time. >> every time i went under the toll structure thing the toll station there my trance ponder went beep beep and i didn't receive a notice. >> the actual amount is $700, but he never received warnings and racked up $20,000 in penalties, a collection agency is trying to take his home. a child school lunch is triggering controversy in colorado, natalee pierson's mom packed oreos in her daughter's bag for dessert and was shocked when she came home with a note

scolding her for bringing cookies forred mit day meal. natalie's mother is demanding a better explanation. they don't provide lunch for my daughter, i provide lunch it's between me and the doctor what is healthy for her. >> the school provided her with a replacement snack and the school is looking into the incident. why the budweiser is taking heat for its ad campaign.

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one of america's most popular beers vowing to backlash over its latest marketing campaign. the new "up for whatever" label some finds offensive the sure way to remove no from your vokery at night. the company acknowledged the slogan missed the mark and agreed to remove it. many flights had to be grounded because of an ipad software glitch. the pilots use the ipads for flight plans and navigation and they ran into a glitch yesterday and they had to return to the gate until the issue was fixed. a spokesperson says that a few dozen flights were effected. health researchers have

determined the cause of a botulism outbreak. one woman died and 12 people got sick, it was homemade potato salad made with canned potatoes it's important to use a pressure canner or cooker to kill the germs when you are canning at home. and changing your diet for two weeks could cut your risk of colon cancer, people were asked to give up their meat heavy diets and they were given high fiber meals insaid. a two week switch was enough toism prove the intestinal lining. the "action news" team is out working on news stories for tonight beginning at 4:00. here is alicia vitarelli with a look ahead. >> hey guys, today in big talkers a big question are you a bad parent if you take your

11-year-old to a pink concert, why a judge in ocean county was recently asked to make a decision on that very question and a big talker followup we told you about the montgomery county father in trouble with his twins' school because he took them out of class because he brought them to the boston marathon. today at 4:00 he talks to us you can take us with you on the go the free 6 abc news app. coming up in the next half hour, my first look with the interview with the entire cast of the avengers, and we'll dish about the new movie it has all the action but more heart humor and humanity. >> and row chance angle too.

david with a check now of a gorgeous accuweather forecast today. >> it's absolutely beautiful out there, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you we are rain free and here is a picture we love to show you when the weather gets nice channel 6, 6 abc zoo balloon they have that tethered and ready to go and hopefully we'll take rides in that soon. as we take a look at the current temperature man is the number roared. we started out in the 50s this morning but 71 right now in philadelphia really feeling toasty winds out of the northwest at 12 miles per hour. and a lot of 70s across the region, low 70s, 71 in reading and 71 in millville, down the shore a little cooler in places like sea isle city, trenton currently at 69 degrees, your

winds not all that strong 12 miles per hour in philadelphia right now single digit winds coming in from wilmington and trenton and you can shuffle these around like always and sometimes in the single digits and sometimes in the low teens. that is all we'll get wind wise. all of our major and minor roadways. despite the fact that we have clouds popping up it's bright for the afternoon 74 is your high and lots of sun and warm up in the lehigh valley and as we take a look at the shore a little cooler along the coast and the boardwalk in atlantic city only 65 this afternoon, mostly sunny and cooler and pretty darn nice, and in philadelphia 76 degrees and lots of sun and warm and that is above average for this date. and winds from the northwest running 7 miles per hour. and we dip to 54 under partly

cloudy skies and a bit cool but that number is a bit above average and you'll note the winds die down overnight and for the evening rush hour, no big problems other than you need the sunglasses bright and warm and 76 by 4:00 and 74 by 5:30, and i expect we'll be in the low 70s, a nice evening for a walk, and tomorrow things start to change and we get a coastal low pressure center that begins to develop and joined by a secondary low as it deepens off the coast thursday into friday. it looks like this will produce rain around the east coast and the center of that is off the coast and a slight chance of a sprinkle or shower and a better chance on friday and generally the idea with that is the low itself is far enough away that the precip is not a big deal and the ocean flow is cooling us down as we go into friday in terms of rain, future tracker 6 is not showing that rain making

much of a run at our immediate region. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast today beautiful and 76 tomorrow more clouds than sun and mainly dry and 70 and then the cool air coming in off the atlantic friday the high only 59 ain slight chance of a shower or two, but the storm is out of here for saturday and it's milder with a high of 68 degrees grade fort the union game at 4:00 and the blue cross broad street run great conditions for that with temperatures in the 50s and 60s and in the afternoon can you celebrate your great race with a nice afternoon and the possibility of 80 on monday and tuesday. >> summer-like thanks david. more ahead on our next half hour of "action news" at noon, coming up new at 12:30 a temple university football player is in the clear accused of assault at an off campus party and later a

seattle area teacher is being called a hero, what he did after a student opened fire inside of his school.

"action news" continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist david murphy. >> hello again, here are the stories we are following for you on "action news" at 12:30 now, the city of baltimore continues to sit on edge after police

crack down on protesters that tried to break curfew and it's a race against time in nepal as hope dwindles for the search for survivors and a shooting turns deadly in wilmington and the search is on for a gunman. now the situation in baltimore, help from pennsylvania is headed to maryland, this in the wake of violent protesters earlier this week. crowds gathered in an act of defings for the city's curfew,'11" 10 people were arrested. pennsylvania is sending 300 troopers to maryland to keep the peace and police in baltimore say the curfew is working. >> the citizens are safe and the city is stable and we hope to maintain it that way. >> public schools in baltimore are back in session today and the orioles will still