there's over two hundred thousand students in philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. >> good afternoon, in the news

a terror attack in texas the fbi sensor for evidence after both suspects are killed. >> two people charged in new jersey's bridge scandal appear in federal court. >> but the big story on "action news" is the dry windy weather that's making brushfires a big concern today. >> as of this morning five separate fires were burning in burlington county and red-flag warning remains in effect. john rawlins is in pemberton township with an update on the situation. john. >> reporter: hi, sarah this is where the command center is for the state. they are working with ground crews swells helicopter. there were five fires they are suspicious. two are contained three are not. they total about 60 or 65 acres. this was a controlled burn along

route 70 this morning. the smaller will burn underbrush depriving the larger fire of fuel to advance. water is used for very small fires, controlled containment is used for the bigger blazes. >> as the fire gets bigger it will fall back, defenseively well get out in fronts of it and -- out in front of it and burn the fuel out from under the fire. >> reporter: now, there is a sense of urgency here as the forecast is for the conditions to become windy this afternoon and spreading fires wind is a problem. five fires discovered at the same time early this morning the working theory of investigators they were started deliberately by an arsonist. at this point no one has been arrested we're told. at this juk tur the conditions are such they are still fighting the fires the hope they will

have them contained later today. john rawlins channel 6 "action news." back to you, rick williams. >> thank you let's switch live to meteorologist david murphy for more on the weather conditions that are contributing to the fires. >> reporter: john hit it on the nose, we not only have low humidity and dry fuels on the forest floor because of our lack of recent rain, but it's expected to become breezy in the arch for that reason we have a red-flag warning which means an enhanced chance of brushfires starting and spreading. it winds are expected to pick up at 1:00 p.m. the winds are not that bad but they are getting higher. 7 miles per hour a half-hour ago, now up to 9. it's a little bit more blustery down south. the winds will continue out of the southwest i expect on the average in the afternoon hours they will run 100 to 20 miles per hour. which is enough to kick upment flames and make it harder for the firefighters. that's the red-flag warning.

we have another issue that involves the air quality. before we hit that, some bit of advice for you, if you outside don't set any camp fires. it's warm enough you don't need it. be careful the way you dispose of your cigarette. don't flick it out the window. if you're driving along a wooded area and you see smoldering smoke don't assume somebody knows about it. call 911 and get the firefighters on that. we have an air quality issue it's not a code orange, but we have moderate problems with air quality if you have asthma or other respiratory aliments, limit your outdoor exposure from the afternoon to 5:00 p.m.

temperatures are bouncing, up to 80 degrees starting at 50 for the morning low. we're looking at a warm, toasty high of 85. well above the average high of 70. the overnight low is above average. that is setting us up for a warm one and maybe a thunderstorm, too. i'll have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast and see how many 80s we can hit you with over the next seven days. >> you can get storm tracker 6 live radar by going to 6abc.com/weather. >> two people charged in the bridgegate scadges made their -- scandal made their first appearances in federal court bridgette kelly and bill borioni bail was set at $150,000. the trial is set for july. a third former christy ally

david wildstein pled guilty to two criminal counts. a 71-year-old delaware man was killed as he tried to cross the street in bear. leroy core stepped into the path of a carat 1:00 a.m. the woman who hit him it was not hurt and stopped to talk to investigators, police opened the highway two hours later. 19-year-old janisha perry investigators say she pushed her 1-year-old off the bridge yesterday before she jumped in, as well. officers revived the boy after rescuing him. this appears to be an attempted murder suicide but the investigation continues. the fbi is searching for evidence in a terror attack in texas. two islamic extremists were

killed after opening fire at an antiislam event yesterday. abc news reports with more on the suspects. >> reporter: investigators calling it a possible terror attack in texas. >> get back in the buildings. >> reporter: two men riding up to a civic center east of dallas hosting a controversial contest getting out of their car and opening fire on police. >> both of them had assault rivals came around the back of the car and started shooting at the police car. >> we heard a whole a bunch of gun shots. >> reporter: bruise jvment -- joyner was shot in the leg. the contest offered ten thousand dollar reward for a a cartoon depicting the prophet muhammad. this is an assault on the free

speech, very much like the charlie had he hobo jihad slaughter. the man was put on probation dispt no fly list. officials believe he sent out several twitter messages leading up to the shooting including this one with the #texas attack. fbi believe the other suspect was his room mate. agents and the bomb squad spent the morning searching their home, the investigation on going through and at the scene in texas. channel 6 "action news." >> two candidates are entering the race for the white house carly fiorina and ben carson.

she said americans are ready for an ourder. ben cars -- carson confirmed his plans yesterday and made a speech in detroit. mayor of philadelphia fielded questions from potential future voters. the school district of philadelphia streamed the mayoral forum to classroom. our katherine scott had a question for students. >> as mayor what issues would be important to you? >> to help younger people come to be what they want to be and not let nobody push them around. >> form philadelphia mayor and pennsylvania governor ed rendell hosted the event in spring garden this morning. >> 6abc is hosting a live debate with all the democratic candidates tomorrow you can

watch it live commercial free tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. an we're streaming live at 6abc.com. we wants you to join the action by sending us the question you want answered. e-mail us at join the action 6abc.com or use the social media #6abc action or use the forum at 6abc.com to submit your question. >> a man was able to steal a plane from a nevada airport what he said to air traffic controllers during his illegal joyride. >> meteorologist david murphy will be back with more warm weather in the seven-day forecast, a taste of summer when "action news" continues.

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>> david here with the accuweather forecast, feeling like june or july today. >> reporter: feeling warm out there and better than yesterday if you like warm air. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we're dry. the action cam out in fairmont park with a beautiful picture just the way the gardens stand right now. you still have the tulip also with -- tulips with a lot of the color. and we have wonderful weather and climate to get the flowers

going. the bikes going through fairmont park. the numbers are shooting up everywhere, we have a lot of 80s on the map. up in allentown we're rat 80. sea isle 7878. most coastline areas are holding where you are now now. winds speeds are picking up, too, stronger winds from above will mix to the surface we expect a 10 to 20-mile an hour breeze part of the reason we have a concern with brushfires today already got one going in burlington county. you want to be careful not to set another one. we have shade weather out to the west, we have precipitation moving toward the east we won't worry about that until tomorrow afternoon. allentown, mostly sunny 82. beautiful in the lehigh valley. down the shore cool, a lot of

shore communities getting up to the mid 70s, 76 on the beach. in philadelphia, a high today of 85 degrees a full 15 above the average high, warm and breezy later on with the southwest ten to 20 per hour breeze very nice. sunscreen appropriate the pollen count is high partly cloudy and mild tonight, 62 is the overnight low winds noticeable, but dieing back a little bit ahead of all that. if you want to go to the playground, i mentioned this, sunscreen is a good idea, a cool bottle of water fowl and the kids. we're going -- for you and the kids. we're going to be up to 80s. 82 by 1:00 p.m., 85 at #-- 3:00 p.m. by 7:00 p.m. we're in the 70s.

tomorrow afternoon mix of clouds and sun early the chance of spotty showers and thunderstorms as that front gets through and get ready to push through at night. future tracker 6 shows you the latest run shows you at lunchtime you could see the spotty showers and later in the afternoon, 4:00 p.m. again it's not raining at once. it's not a particularly strong front, but it will be unstable ahead of it, so clouds and sun and rumble of thunder and showers. we'll see a dike? a dieing thunderstorm out at the west. 85 today a nice one. tomorrow 85. tomorrow, more humid and we get the on and off shower and thunderstorm popping through. wednesday the front dips to want south and it starts to feel like springtime with a high of 74 where you would generally expect to be this time of the year. there's a spotty shower or thunderstorm. the front lists past us again

and stays to the north thursday friday, saturday and sunday thursday through saturday i should say gorgeous weather, bright highs in the 80s, great weather for the dadville are a regatta. mother's day a chance of a shower. >> warm temperatures, though. >> spring was nice while it lasted. some people are stepping up to the plate at the phillies field of dream today. they are taking swings in the home run for hearts derby. baseball fans stepped into the batters box, they are raising money for the american heart association. it continues until 4:30. and continues tomorrow morning. some eagles place will take their hacks,. police in delaware are looking for this man. what he took out of a car that

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>> hello again here's some of the stories we're following on "action news" at 12:30 high temperatures and low humidity and wind is causing brushfire concerns around the tri-state

area. we're tracking the fires that have broken out and the warning for everyone this afternoon. also the race for the white house got more crowded. two new names have been added to the republican ticket. a local team of doctors is heading to nepal in the wake of last month's deadly earthquake. >> details on the weather worries due to the winds the dry conditions and warm temperatures today. chopper 6hd live over burlington county. you can see the smoke in the distance that's where several brush fires have broken out and burning right now. officials say more could happen later today conditions are ripe for it. meteorologist david murphy will have the latest from accuweather in just a moment. but first we turn to "action news" reporter, john rawlins with more on the fires burning. >> reporter: hi, sarah multiple fires burning about 65 acres by our calculation apparently not an accident or act of nature.