go their life, and victim of the school beating makes a viral beating of her attack, next. the turnout is high, the voting is tight, is it ever? months of pol ticking by presidential hopefuls come down to decision night in iowa and that decision has been

utterly dramatic both for democrats, and for republicans. the voters of iowa have turned this into a presidential free for all. it is monday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is tighter than tight caucus results in iowa tonight, and let's begin with the republicans. these results are notable as much for who didn't win as who did win. senator ted cruz has beaten donald trump by four percentage points, substantially exceeding expectations, regardless of what we may hear trump has to be very disappointed but not so for senator marco rubio who with 23 percent is now very much in the game. by the way, chris christie next to last, with 2 percent. on the democratic side, hillary clinton and bernie sanders are in a virtual dead heat with 90 percent of the vote counted. as of a few minutes ago, hillary clinton had

49.8 percent, sanders 49.6 percent, separated by just .2 of 1 percent. martin o'malley got 1 percent tonight and he has suspended his campaign. rick williams is live in des moines tonight, at the media center. rick, some utterly dramatic things going on, in iowa. >> reporter: that is right, jim. it has been quite a night. so much for polls and pundits most of whom predicted ted cruz would finish second to donald trump in the iowa caucus but cruz is victor tonight, donald trump second and marco rubio close third. good night for rubio. on the democratic side it is a real horse race, bernie sanders and hillary clinton dead locked with 90 percent of the precincts, or 10 percent still having to report. meanwhile, the g.o.p. is reporting a record turnout of voters throughout the hawkeye state tonight which certainly helped cruz to victory, and

that was what we saw throughout the opening as well. when we visited precincts, caucus sites we saw huge record of iowa residents ready to vote. the lets take a look. it was a huge crowd, no bones about it. this historical museum was jammed pack with iowa caucus goers, hundreds of whom got here early anticipating large crowd and long wait. after registering, the the democrats gathered in one room, the the republicans in another room, and that is where the similarities ended. each party chooses their candidate differently. the the republican meeting rooms were subdued, orderly, participants voting by secret ballots. for the democrats. >> she's the work horse. she has work hard her whole life. >> reporter: loud and lively almost like a sporting event. voters, encourage to switch ranks. this is one caulk thaws was rubbing us and perhaps a party, in more ways than one.

>> back here live we have late word that republican mike huckabee has decided to suspend his campaign after a dismal show here in iowa. but again, we're still waiting for the results of the democratic side, and jim, it looks like it could be a a photo finish. quite a night here in iowa. back to you. >> quite a night indeed, thank you, rick. "action news" will be back on the campaign trail, for the the first primary, in the country, "action news" anchor monica malpass reports from manchester new hampshire that begins on sunday. we have breaking news tonight, a man is in very critical condition, after being hit by several cars, in northeast philadelphia a. it happened shortly after 8:00 t boulevard, near harbison avenue. police tell "action news" that the man was partially clothed, running into southbound outer lanes when he was hit the by a car. the impact was so hard police say he was thrown and hit by possibly three other vehicles, police say the original striking vehicle did stop.

>> the behavior he was displaying. the the fact that he was wearing just underwear in the wintertime and running along the boulevard waving his a arm in the air singing loudly is quite a good possibility this individual was suffering from some mental health issues. >> police just reopened the boulevard, a half an hour ago. a 16 year-old philadelphia girl is hoping to take a brutal experience and use it to help untold number of other young people. this all began with her being beaten in the the bathroom, at northeast high school. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at the school district headquarters tonight, dann? report report jim, victim says video was posted on social media in an effort to humiliate and torment her but she decided to repost that video and make a bold statement against bullying. she spoke exclusively to "action news". >> when i saw it, i was embarrassed because people were reposing and laughing about it and i just, it messed

me up in my helps. >> reporter: sixteen year-old mia dejesus a sophomore at northeast high school said it was last wednesday when she was viciously attacked by four other female students who didn't like her. they pummeled her over and over. she had ton treated for several contusions. some of the girls posted footage on social media. >> i felt alone, and feeling alone a lot have of people feel this way, and nobody really does anything about it. >> reporter: mi a a and her mother decided to take a stan. >> lets make a positive and lets a's show everyone the cowards that they are. they are not instagram famous now. now they are famous for being coward. >> reporter: me a maid a powerful video that has gone viral on facebook under the hashtag team mia. >> i refuse to be held hostage by this video and my fear. i will not be a victim. i will post this every day until something is done for all of the people who continue to experience this type of humiliation. >> reporter: video has been viewed at least 2 million

times. >> all of the people that have been texting me on facebook and telling me their story, it is like i feel like i did help a lot of people in this short amount of time my video has been up. >> reporter: about the attack a school districts spokeswoman said we do not conn down this behavior and appropriate a action was taken a against the four students. further we would not characterize this as bullying but a neighborhood dispute that spilled over into the school building. mia's mom disagrees. >> you know what, listen, four on one is bullying. i don't care what you say four on one is bullying. >> reporter: the 49 students were given suspensions, one of the girls is being investigate by police for aggravate add assault. as for mia, she's being transferred to another school. at school district headquarters i'm's dann cuellar for channel six "action news". the the ntsb today released more than 2,000 pages of documents about the the crash of amtrak 188 last may 12th.

eight people were killed and 200 were hurt when train derailed at frankford junction in port richmond. three seconds before the the train left the track is it was going at 106 miles an hour. today the documents talk about engineer brandon bostian telling investigators that his last precrash memory was ringing the bell, three minutes before the the crash happened but this past november bostian said he wouldn't use the the word dream like because he doesn't think he was asleep. attorney robert mongeluzzi who represents some victims and families is skeptical. >> and the problem remains his changing story, which started with i have have no recollection whatsoever, and now becomes i have memory of what occurred, but i mysteriously have a gap as well. >> the the ntsb released series of photos taken by a camera at the head of the train and they show locomotive actually tipping over. some were originally

worried a bullet did this but tonight amtrak believes the projectile that smashed in the acela train window was a rock. the passengers reported hearing a loud boom at 7:00 last night while traveling through the brideberg section of philadelphia on their way to new york. the train stopped in new jersey, for an inspection. fortunately nobody was hurt. you can see the images from the camera on board amtrak 188 right now on our web site at six a abc.com, plus our photos and videos from the night of the crash, and stories of the eight victims who were killed. former reading city council president francisco acosta the has been sentenced to two years in prison. 's a apologized to day in federal court in philadelphia a to the people of the reading. acosta took a wine in exchange for efforts to repeal the cities campaign finance laws. bill cosby is due in court tomorrow, in his pending sexual assault case. the cosby a's lawyers plan to argue that the 78 year-old

entertainer had an immunity deal with former montgomery county district attorney bruce castor that was back when the the accuser filed a civil lawsuit against cosby a decade ago. a a judge will determine if the county has enough evidence to bring the new criminal case to trial. meanwhile a federal judge will sentence chaka a fattah junior tomorrow. fattah junior faces between 57 and 71 months in prison for misusing money from federal loans, as well as misuse of fund as a school management subcontractor. temple university is moving forward on plans to build a new football stadium on campus. temple's president made the announcement to more than 200 students tonight during a meeting hosted by the temple student government. the president of temple and athletic director patrick crow were both on hand at the student center in north philadelphia to answer questions, they said, that the 100 million-dollar stadium will be funded with donations from alumni, and with money that is currently going toward

the use of lincoln financial field, money they pay to the eagles. falls bridge in fairmount park is now closed for emergency repairs. city inspectors found rust, corrosion, under the bridge. pedestrians can still use the bridge but drivers are being detoured to city avenue bridges. work is expect to be completed by april 1st. land mark philadelphia building now has a new owner and will be getting a a multi million-dollar make over. the bourse building has been bought and mrp reality has acquired the historic property between chestnut and market east of independent mall along with other build initial olde city. bourse was built in 1895 and a has 230,000 square feet of office and retail space. mrp wants to up great at meant, renovate the fisod and redo the garage which includes the the ritz theater. philadelphia city councilman mark squilla is singing a different tune

tonight about a controversial bill he introduced regarding the local music scene. the the councilman tells "action news" he is withdrawing the legislation that after a vocal backlash from musicians, promoters and venue operators. critics claim it amounted to a registration requirement of the personal contact information for performers. and that it would be both a burden and intrusion of privacy. squilla says his intention was to close a loop hole involving nightclubs that only played music on the smart phones. he will work with the industry to craft new legislation. still to come on "action news" tonight they are calling it a international public health emergency, tonight we are finding out from a major caribbean travel web site whether the zika virus is affecting vacation plans. we will explain how google has dethrown apple in one major way and how it effects your retirement accounts, cecily. for second time today, temperatures climbed in the

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organization is declaring the explosive spread of the zika a virus a global emergency. the agency rarely uses that term, the last time was for the the ebola a out break in 2014. zika is spread by a specific kind of mosquito. the there is no definitive proof yet but public health officials are concerned over a potential link to birth defects where babies are born with abnormally small heads but the world health organization is not recommending traveling restrictions at least not yet. a "action news" reporter christie lleto is in the satellite center tonight with that part of the story. christie, even potential for birth defects has many in america, the the woman wondering fit is wise to go to the caribbean. >> reporter: that is right, jim. some people are rebooking

their trips for different destinations and others are canceling all together. then there are those that are not phased by this out break but will take extra precautions when they travel. >> cheap caribbean. >> reporter: cheap caribbean.com average is a a thousand calls a day and just last week 20 percent of those calls now deal with concerns about the the zika virus, an illness spread by mosquitoes, not people. >> are people who are existing reservations trying to cancel? >> some people are, some people are looking to change destinations, change dates or looking to cancellation. >> reporter: doylestown based travel agency says new bookings have not been impacted as they put out this travel advisory for customers warning them that the virus is sweeping through several south america and caribbean countries. brazil is at the epicenter of the out break with about 4,000 suspect cases that may be linked to birth defects and brain damage in new born babies. >> it hasn't been anything i would determine from going. >> reporter: puerto rican native louise says he will be

more cautious. he travels home every six weeks. >> usually when i go before zika was out i wouldn't really, worry bit. this time i will. >> reporter: while there are no confirmed cases of sake in pennsylvania, health officials are awaiting test results of a half dozen residents who may have gotten the, virus while traveling abroad. officials are asking those who do travel to those areas to wear long sleeves, pants and wear insect repellant. reporting live, christie lleto for channel six a "action news", jim. thanks, christie. former new york city health commissioner went after smoking and sodium during his tenure is philadelphia's new health commissioner. mayor jim kenney named thomas farly the head of the department today, saying that he will make the city a healthier place for everybody. he spent four years in new york. he succeeded in banning smoking at beaches and pun parks and raised legal age to perfect toe owe back owe to

21. reduced sodium levels in foods across the the country. so at this very moment google's parent companies the most valuable corporation in the world. it snatched that crown from apple this evening. alphabet stocks soared after the market closed when it reported huge profits. apple is your paced exxon in 2011 as the the world's most valuable public company but if the numbers hold when market opens tomorrow morning google will be worth roughly $570 billion to apple's mere number of $535 billion. pretty impressive. >> what can you say. >> lets get that accu weather forecast from cecily tynan. >> showers have moved out, storm tracker six live double scan showing that they have moved off the the coast and the action cam, in manayunk where we have been seeing the wet road and a lot of snow melt from the showers, today, generally less than a tenth of an inch but i'm tracking a a cyst them that will bring us

quite a bit more rain on wednesday. right now, still very mild, 45 . average high for this time of year is 41. today we made it up to 59. allentown 40. atlantic city a airport 46. wilmington currently 37 degrees. satellite six with action radar showing this band of rain, from the the weak cold front. again, it has push off eastern see game. we have lingering cloud and even a little bit of fog but the the fog will be mixing out once the wind pick up overnight. satellite six is showing next storm system this is what will be affecting our day on wednesday and this is really beginning to gather strength. it will bring blizzard conditions a across the the upper midwest and that taps in the moisture from the gulf of mexico and could cause out break of severe wet's cross the the deep south tomorrow. tomorrow here though we have got a quiet day. bus stop forecast, clear, cool with the light breeze. not that cold at 6:00 o'clock 35 degrees. by 8:00 o'clock 38 degrees. tomorrow with high pressure up

in the north exerting its influence. we will see sunshine, high thin clouds late in the day, cooler then today with a high of 50 but that is 9 degrees above normal. wednesday is when this powerful low pressure works up to the north. we will not tiehl with any snow. we will get trailing cold front a head of it we will get surge of moisture from the gulf of mexico and very warm air. record high is 62, setback in 2006. we are likely setting a new record and could get a good squall line of thunderstorms and heavy win in the afternoon. because of that the the national weather service has posted a flood watch for most of the viewing area from noonan wednesday through the day on thursday and we are looking at a inch of rain but considering we have snow pack north of philadelphia, and with the record warmth we are dealing with melting and that could cause localized flooding. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast for ground hog day will be some sunshine, cooler but still mild with a high of 50.

wednesday, it is warm, wet, windy, high 63 degrees with that heavy rape in the afternoon. that means, flooding a certainty. there could be flood ago long schuylkill river basin and possibility of gusty thunderstorms. low level jetties very intense. we could get high wind brought to the surface. behind the system though it clears out thursday with a high of 50. temperatures step down on friday. cloud mixing with sun with a high of 42 degrees. weekend on saturday looking nice, mostly sunny and 46. on sunday people were asking me about this possibility of snow on sunday, doesn't look to be a big storm just a cold front moving through could bring us rain or snow shower, 44 degrees. behind that system on monday partly sunny a and 42. get a breather tomorrow and heavy rain moving in bulk of that will be on wednesday afternoon. >> cecily, thank you. fifth grade students and their parents in bucks county worked tonight on a engineering project. the it was all part of the family send night at charles

samberg middle school in levittown. more than 30 teens used combination of science, math to figure out how to drop an egg 40 feet without it breaking. jimmy kimmel live coming up at 11:35 right after "action news". the here's jimmy with a preview of tonight's show. hello, philadelphia here's a glimpse what we accomplished because we put our head together. >> i'm ton saying it is great to be known. it really is. it is really great.

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some local cheerleaders are heading to florida to compete in the national championship. all three central bucks high school teams, gathered at cb east in buckingham to perform their work for friend and family. before they hit the road. this is first time that all three high schools in the district have qualified, and we wish all three of them, the the best of luck. quarterbacks, of the super bowl teams. we extend the best of luck. >> super bowl 50 coming up on sunday, circus has come to town and this is this instance the circus is super bowl, the town is santa clara, california. i told you it was a issuing is us. by the the way jim real sportscaster never wear plastic. i know because i play one on tv. nfl, apartmenters and broncos will meet sunday at super bowl 50. payton manning looking for another gem on his hall of fame resume. he and cam newton have mutual

respect. >> he has been a passer, runners, and one at starting quarterback without being awesome. >> payton is, a player, that is like a one on one type of guy. i say that because, it is never one before him, probably will never be one after him. it has been a person that has made this game a better game and, bumped the best out of so many people. >> winter break is over for the flyers. it is time for them to get to work on making post season. today was first practice following all-star break, and they currently stand five-point out of the final playoff spot. they have got eight games in 13 days, beginning tomorrow night against montreal. >> i think this is our season right here, the the in of february, amount of games in that short amount of time. we have to have a good month. like i said this is the the mess important stretch of our year in terms of being a

playoff team or not the good we shall see. still ahead here in sports villanova up to the highest ranking in the basketball polls of the season. plus sixers explain why they are getting better from all of those close losses. villanova basketball has

reached new heights, wildcats are up to number three in the nation in the latest poll, highest ranging this season. st. joes did receive one vote. sixers play wednesday at home against atlanta a. this is a young basketball team but sixers are showing signs of fight, improvement. and some reigning champion

golden state warriors saturday night. there are no moral victories but they can take something away from that experience. >> we're young. i hate that we learned that way, i think we lost, new york game, utah game, um, a a lot of games, you know, cleveland game i think we were down two with two something to go. those are the development of young teams, we have to go and get better at it. that is next step for us. >> by the the stock now, this team will get better, i promise you. >> thank you sir. it is catholic schools week and tonight new jersey schools marked occasion with basketball and fun. harlem wizard stopped by holy cross a academy in delran to show off their talents and they are considerable. several students got to participate in the two hour performance, st. paul school and holy cross academy sponsored the event tonight for families. jimmy kimmel live next on channel six followed by night line.

jimmy's guest are kate winslet, richard dry fuss, music from old dominion. "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edward, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers for traffic. for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, good night. >> ♪

and now abc's "jimmy kimmel live." >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight, kate winslet. from "madoff," richard dreyfuss. and music from old dominion. with cleto and the cletones. and now in all probability, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪