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months ofol ticking by pridential hopefulsome down to decision night in iowa and tt decision has been utterly dramatic both for decrats, and r republicans. the voters of iowa he turned this io a presidential free for al its mond g and the big story o"action news" tonight is tighter than tight ccus resultsn iowa tonight, and let'segin with the republicans. these resultsre notable as much for who didn't win as who did win. senator ted cruz has bten donald trump ur percentage points, substantially exceeding expectations, regardless of what we may hear trump has to be very disappointed but t sf senator marco rio who with 23 percents n very much in t m by the way chris christie next to last, with 2 peent. on the democratic d hillary inton and bnie saers are in a virtual dead
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heat with 90 percentf the vote counted. as of a w minutes ago llary clinton d 49.8 percent sanders 49.6 percent separated by just .2 of 1 percent. martin o'malley got 1 percent toght and he has suspended his campaign. rick williams li in des moines nht at the media center. rickome utterly dmatic things going on, iowa. reporter: that is rht jim. it has beenue a g. so much for polls and pundits most of whom pdicted ted cruz would finish second to dold u in the iowa caucus b uz cr tonht donald trp second and mco rubio cle i. good night for rubio. on the democratic side it is a real horse re, bernie sandersnd hillary ion dead locked with 90 percent of the encts 10 percent still having to rort.
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meanwhile, the g.o.p. is reporting a record turnout of voters throughout the hawkeye ateonight which certainly helped cruz to victory and that was at we saw throughout t oning as well. when we visited precincts caucus sites we saw hu record of iowa ridents ready to vo. the lets te a look. it was a huge crowd no bones about it. this historical museumas jammed packith iowa caucus ers, hundreds of wh got re early aicipating large crowd ando wait. after registering, the t democrats gathered in one room, the the republicans in anotheroom, d that is where t silarities eed. each party chooses thr cdate differently. the the republican meeting rooms were subdued orderly participants voting by secret llots. for t mrats. >> she's the work horse. she has work ha her o life. >> reporter: loud and lively almost like a sporting event. voters encourage to switch ranks. this o caulk a was
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rubbing us and perhaps a party, in more ws than one. >> back here live we ha late word that republicanike huabee h decided to spendis mign after a dismal show here in ia. but a wee still waiting for the results ofhe democratic side, and jim, it looks like itould be a photo finish. quite a night here in iowa. back to you. >> quite a night indeed, tnk you, rick. "actionews" will be back on the campaign til r the the first pmary in the country, "action news" cr monica malpass reports fr manchester new hampshire th gins on sunday. we have breakingews tonight, a n is in very critical condition, after beingit by several cars, in northeast philadelphia a. it happened shortly after 8:00 o'clock on roosevelt boulevard, near harbison avenue. police tell "action news" that thean was partially clothed running in southbound outer lanes wne was hit the by a car. the impact was so hard poce
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saye was thrown and h by possibly three other vehicles, police say the original striking hle did stop. >> the behavior he s displaying. the the fact that he was wearingust uerwear in the wintertime and running ang the boulevard waving his a m in the air singing loudly is ite a od possibility this individual was sfering from se mtal heth issues. >> police just reopened the boulevard, a half ho ago. a 16 year-old philadelphia girl is hing to te a brutal experience and u to help untold mr of otr young people. this all ban with her bng beaten in thehe bathroom, at ntast high school. "aion news" reporter dann cuellarsive at the school district headquarters tonight dann? report report ji victim sa video was posted on social median an ft to humiliate and torment her but she decided to rost that video and make a bold statement against bullying. shepoke exclusively to "action ns".
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>> when i saw it, i was embarrassed because people re reposing and laughing about it and i just, it msed me up in my helps. >> reporter: sixteen year-old mia dejesus aophomore at northeast high school said was last wednesday wn she was viciously aacked bfour other female unts who didn't ke her. they pummeled her ov and over. shead ton treated f seral contusions. some of the girls sd footage on sial media. >> i felt alone and feeling one lot have people feel this way d nody really does anything about it. >> reporter: mi a and her mother decided to ta a stan. >> lets make a positive and lets s sw everyone the cowards that they are. ey are not instagram famous w. now they are famous for being ward. >> reporter: me a maid a powerful video that has gone viral on facebook unr the hashtag team mi >> i ruse to be held hostage byh d and my fear. i will not be a vtim.
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i will st thisvy day until something is de for all of the people who continue to experienceh pe of humiliation. >> reporter: video has been viewed ateast 2 million mes. >> all of the people that ha en texting me on facebook and tellge their sry it is like fe le i did help a lot of pple in this short amount ofime my video has been . >> reporter: about the attack a school dtricts skeswoman saideo not connownh behavior d appropriate a tion was ken against the four unts. further we would not characterize this as bullying but a neighborhood dispute that spilled over into the school iing. mia'som dagrees. >> you know what, listen, four on one is bullying. i n care what you s four on one is bullying. >> reporter: the 49 students were given suspensions, one of the girls is beg vtigate by policeor aggravate add sault. as for mia she's being transferred to another school. at school district headquarters i'm's da cuellar for channel six "action news". the the ntsb today
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released more than 2,000 pages of documents about e the crhf amtrak88 last may 12th. eight people were killed and 200 were hurt when train derailed at fnkford junction in port rhmond. threeeconds before t the train lthe track is it was going at 106 miles an hour. today the documents talk about engineer brandon bostian telling investigators that his last precrash memoryas ringinghe bell, three mites fe the t crash happened but this past november btian said wouldn't use the the word dre likeecause he doesn't think heas asleep. attorney robert mgeluzzi w represents some victims d families is skeptical. >> and the problem remains his changing story which started with i have have no recollection whatsoever, and now becomes i he memory of what occurred, but i mysteriously have a gap as we. the the ntsb released series of os
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taken by a mera at the head of the tra and they show cotive actually tipping over. some were originally worried a lt did this but tonight arak believes the projectile that smashed in the acela train window w a rk. the sngers reported hearing a loud boom 7:00 last night while traveling rgh the brideberg sectionf iladelphia on their wayo new york. the train stopped in new jerseyor inspection. fortunately nobody was rt. you can e the images from the cera on board amtrak 188 right now on our web site at six a abc.com plus our ptos a veos from the night of t a and stories of eight victims who were killed. former reading city councilresident francisco acosta the has been sentenced to two years prison. 's apologized to day in federal courtn philadelphia a to the people of the reading. acosta took aine in exchange forfforts to repealhe cities campaigninance laws.
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bill cosby is due court tomorrow, in h nng sexual assault case. e cosby a's lawyers plan to gue that the 78 year-old entertainer had an immunity al with former montgomery county district attorney bruce castor that was backhen the the accuser filed a cil lawsuit against cosby a decade ago. a a judge will determine if the county has enoughvidence to ing the new criminal case to trial. meanwhile a federal judge ll sentence chaka a fattah junior mrow. fattah junior faces between 57 and 71 months in prison for misusing money from federal loans, as well as misu of fund as a school management subcontractor. temple university is moving forward on plans to build a n ftball stadium on campus. temple's president madehe announcement to more than 200 students tonight during a eting hostedy the temple student vnment. the president of me and athletic director prick cr wereoth on hand at t student center inor philadelphia to answer
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questions, they said, that e 100 million-dollar stadium will be funded with donations from alumni, and th money that is currently going tard these of lincoln financial field, money th yo the gles. falls bridge in fairmount park isow closed for emergency repairs. city inspectors und 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 pladelphia building now has a new owner and will be gting a a multi million-dollar make over. theourse building has been bought and mrp reality s acquired the htoric property between enut d mket east of iependent mall along with other build initial olde ci. bourse was built in 1895 d a ha230,000 square feet of office and retail space. mrp wants to up great at ant, nate t fod and
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redo the garagehich includes the the tz theater. philadelphia city councilman markquilla singing a different tu tonight about controversial bill he introduced regarding the local sic scene. thehe councilman tells "action news" he is withdrawing the glation that after a vocal bklash from sians promoters and venue etors. criticslaim it amounted to a registration requirement of the personal contact information for performers. and that it would both a burden and intrion of privacy. squilla says h intention was to close a lo ho involving nightclubs that only played music on the smart phones. he will work with the iustry torafnew glation. still to come ction news"onight they are calling it a international public health emergency, tonight we are finding out om a major caribbean travel web site whether the zika vis is affecting vacation plans. we will explain how google has dhrown ale in one
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majoray and how it effects your tement accounts, cecily. for second time today temperatures climbed in the upper 50's. i'm tracking record warmth on wednesday ong with heavy rain th could cause flooding. all of the details in the accu weather rast. and ducis rgers on the super bowl quarterbacks what they had to say when "action news" continues tonight.
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the the world health organization is dlaring the explosivepread of the ka a rus a ol emergency. the agency re us that term t la timeas for thehe eba a out break in 2014. zika is spread by a specific kindf mosquito. the there is no definitive proof yet but public health ofcials are concerned over a potential link to bth defects where babies are bo with abnormally small heads
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but t world health organization is not recommending traveling rrictions at leastot t. a "actionews" pter christie llo iin the satellite center tight with that part of the story. christie, even potential for birth defects has manyn america, ehe won wondering fit is wise to to the rbean. >> reporter: that is right jim. some pplere bking their tripsor dferent destinations and others are canceling all gher. then there are those that e not psed by th out bak but will take extra precautions when they travel. >> cheap caribbean. >> reporter: cheap caribbean.com average is a a thsand calls a d and s last wk 20 percent of those calls noweal with concerns about the the zika vus an illne spready mosquitoes, t people. >> are oeho are existing reservations trying to cancel? >> some people areome people are looking change destinations, change dates or looking to ccellation. >> reporter: doylestown based travel agency says w bookings have not been impacted ashey put out th
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avel advisory for customers warninghem that the virus is sweeping through several uth america a caribbean countries. brazil is at t epicenter of theut bak with aut 4,000 suspect s that may be linked toirth dects and brain damage in n born babs. >> itasn'teen athing i wod determine from going. >> reporter: puerto rican native louise says he will be more cautious. he travels home every six eks. >> usually when io bore zika was out i wldn't allyorry bi this time will. >> reporter: while there are no cfirmed cases sake in pennsylvania, health officials are awaiting te results a half dozen residents who may have gotten the virus while traveling abroad. officials are kg those who do trav to those areas to wear longleevesants and wear insect repellant. reporting live christie lleto for channel six a "action news", jim. thanks chrt. former new york city health commissioner went after smoking and dm during s ture is philadelphia's new health commissioner.
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mayor jim kenney named thomas farly the head of the partment today yg that heill make the ty a althier place f everybody. he spent four years in new york. he cceeded in banning smoking at bches and pun parks and raised legal age to perfect toe owe back owe to 21. reduced sodium levels in foods across the the ury. so at this veryoment ogle's parentompanies the st valuableorporation in e worl it stchedhatrown from apple this evening. phabet stocks soared after e market closed wn it reported huge profits. apple is your paced exxon in 2011 as the the world's mo valuable public company tf the nbers hold wh market opens tomorrow morning google will be worth roughly $570 billion to apple's mere number of $535 billion. pretty
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impressive. >> what can you say. >> lets get that ac aer forecast from cily tynan. >> showers have mod out storm tracker six live ue scan showinghat they have movedff the the cot and the aion cam in manayunk where we haveeen seeing the wet rd and a lot sn lt from the showers today generally less than a tenth of an in but i'm tracking a a cysthem th wi brgs quite t more rain on wednesday. rig n stl very mild, 45 degrees in philadelphia a. average high for th ti of year is 41. today we me it to 59. allentown 40. atlantic city a airport 46. wilmington crently 37 degrees. satellite six with action radarhowing this ndf rain fromhe the weak co front. again, it h push f eastern seeame. we have lingering cloud a even a ttle bit ofog but the the fog wille mixing out once the wind pi up overnight. satellite six is showing next stormystem is is what will be aecting our y on wednesday andhis is rlly beginning
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to gathertrength. it wi bring blizzard conditions a across t the upper midwest and ttaps in the moisture from the gu of mexico and could u out break of severe wet's crs thehe deep south torrow. tomorrow here though we ha got quiet day. bus stop forecast, e ol with the light ee. nothat cold at 6:00 o'clock 35 degrees. by 8:00 o'clock 38 degrees. morrow wi gh pressure in the noh exerting i influence. we wi see sunshine, high thin clouds late in the da cooler then today th a high of 50 but that is 9egrees above normal. wednesday is wn this powerful low pressure works up to the rth. we will not tiehlith any snow. we will get trailing cold front a head of it we will get r of moisture from the gulf of mexico a vy rm air. record hi is 62, setback in 2006. we are likely setting a new record and could g a go squall line of thunderstorms and heavy win in the afternoon. because of that the the national weather service has posted a fod watch for most
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of the viewing area from noonan wednesday through the dayn trsday a are looking at a inch of ra but considering we have snow pack rth of philadelphia, and with the record warmth we e dealing with mting d th could cause localized flooding. the exclusive ac weather seven day rast for ground hog day will be some sunshine, cooler but still mild with a high of 50. wednesday, it is warm, wet windy, hi 63 degreesith at heavy pin e afternoon. that means flooding a rtainty. ereould be flood ago long schuylkill river sin and possibility of s thunderstorms. low lel jetties very intense. we could get high wind bught to the rce. behind the system thought clears thursday with a high of 50. temperatures step down on friday. cloud mixing with sun with a high of 42 degrees. weekendn saturday looking niceostly suy a 46. on sunday pple were asng me abouthis possibility of snow on ny, doesn't look to be a big storm just a cold
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front moving through could bring us ra or sw shower, 44 degrees. behind thatystem on monday partly sunny a and 42. t breather tomorrow and heavyainoving bulkf at will be on wednesday afternoon. >> cecily, thank you. fifth grade students and theirarents in bks cnty worked tonight on a engineering project. the it w all part of the family send night at charles sambergiddle school in levittown. more an 30 teens used combination ice math to ge out how to dp an g 40 ft withoutt breaking. jimmy kimmel le mg up at 11:35 right after "action news". the here's jimmy with a preview of tonight's show. hello, philadelphia he's a glimpse what we accomplished because we put r head together. >> i'm ton ygt is e to be known. it really is. is
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some local cheerleaders are heading to florida to compete in the national championship. all three central bucks hi school teams gathered at cb east in buckingham perform
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their work for fend and family. before theyit t ro. this rst me that l three high schools inhe district have afiednd we wish a three of tmhe the best of luck. quarterbacks, of the p bowl teams. extend the best of luck. >> super wl 50 coming on sunday rs has ce to townnd ts is thisnstance the circus is p bowl, e town is santa clara california. i told you itas a issuing is us. by the the way m real sportscaster never wear plastic. i know because i py one on tv. l, apartmenters androncos will me nyt super bowl 50. payn manning looking for another gem on his hall of fame resume. he and camewton ha tl respect. >> he has been a passer, runners, and one at starting quarterback without being awesome.
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>> payton is, a player, that is le a o on one ty of guy. i say that because it is never one before h pbably will never bene afr h. it has be a person that has made this me a better game and, bumped the be out ofo many people. >> winter break is over for the ys. it isime for tm to get to work on making po season. today sirst practice following all-star e a they crently stand five-point out of the final ayoff ot. ey have tight m 13 ds, beginning tomorrow nit against montreal. >> i think is is our season right here the the in of february, amount of m that short amount of ti. weaveo have a good month. like i sa this is the the mess important stretch of our year in terms of being a playoff team orot the od we shall see. still ahead here in sports villanova up to the hhest ranking in the basketball lls of the ason. plus sixers plain why they are
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villanova bketball has reached new heights, wildcats arep to number three in the nation in the latest pl, highest nng this season. st. joes did receive one vote. sixers play dsday at me against atlanta a. this is young basketball team but sixs are showing signs of fight pvement. and some reigning champion golden state warriors surday night. there areo moral victories but they n take something away from that eerience.
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>> we're young. i hate that we learned that way, i think we lost, new rk game utah ga um, aot of games, you o cleveland game i thk we we down two with two sething to go. those a the development of young teams, we ve to gond get tr at it. that is next st for us. >> by the t sck n ts team will get bee i promise you. >> thank you si > it is catholic sools week and tight new jersey schools marked occasionith basketball and fun. harlem wizardtopped by holy cross a ademy in delran to show off their talents and they are nderable. several students got to participate in the two hour performance, st. paul school and holy cross ademy sponsored thevent tight for families. jimmy kimmel live next on channel sixollowed by night line. jimmy's gst are ke winslet, richard dryuss, music from old dominion. "aion news" nnues at
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4:30 withamala eard, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and ren rodgers r traffic. forecily tynan dus rodgers and the entire "action news" te i'm jim rer good night. >> ♪♪
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