you know has been knaped and is in danger unless you pay a nm. the that is exactly what happened with one woman we spoke t >> he just kept calng me a threatening my doubt ther what he would to to rf i didn't follow itructions. >> reporter: no worry for her safety this woman aed we conceal her identity. caller to her he kidnaped his daughter and wted thousand dlars for her fe return. >> he convinced me to folw his suctions, and exactlyhat he said, or he will blow daughter's brain away. >> reporter: victim was instructed to stay on the phone as he srn to a western unitnd wired him money. she wired him $800 i was allhe had in the nk aunt. manung up. she thenade contact with her ughter and realized th she de aed. >> she really did ju do a good job on me. i felt stupid. butifficult what i tught you know did at i thought was right to protect my daughter. >> reporter: police say there have been 17 such casings in camden since nry 24th. ialls th virtual kiappings andheyeem

real. they useocial mia to learn about their victims where they live as where they visit friend my. the fbi ss it haseen a increase in these typesf calls across the country oftenhe scammers are operating orseas using phony accounts and can bvery difficult to trace. andhere are also vy practiced at the art of e intimidation. >> his voice is horrible. it is scy. he did a goodob convincing me of that. >> reporter: add rise from police. >> they should not be sending out, paying out any money to anne. again, just writeownhe number miately terminate e landhone the police department. >> you should know sometime scammers use a block or private nuer. ab leather if you t one of these. tryol wn e conversation, ask for re time, try toext or call the personhat supposed to be kidnaped and most importantly call police. a at camden county police headquarters i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action w. if you areot a nf the wintry tperatures then you arenor a tre th

weend. it sess to feel a lot re like singtime. meteorologist cecily tyn is outside with details with the big wm up, comingp this weekend, cecily. >> exactly, jim. really opposite of last weekend when we had an arctic invation. even tonight temperatures not as cold as th time last nig. this time last night we re to degrees. thirty-nine in philadelphia allentown 35. the atlantic city rrt 40. wilmington 36. so 39 was o high d. looking to the west and you see to the u there is plenty ofarm a. it is ming our y. chicago is in fruary, 62 degrees. that is r mass we will be dealing with tomorrow. tomorrow 62 which is typical of early ail. sunday behind cold front not quites r 58 degrees. but we are okingt temperatures ten to 15egrees above nmal. hard to bieve i'm tracking a chance of some snow, moay morning in parts of the viewing area i ll tk about that and upcoming coastal storm from the accu weather seven day forecast,

jim. >> all right cy. police in bsalem y they were able to end a five ho long standoff toy without firing a o swat officers took mark fleming into custody on t 3200 block oflive avenue. police had originally been trying tourvey warrant on him for nerous charges including a ledgely trying to intimidate and retaliate ain a witness inhe previous case. wilmington police say 49 year-old robert smith the man who rred h girlfriend and then led police on a chase last nh authorities alleged that the smith killed, inga young at their home in the 2300 block of north tnall street. police say i took off when officers tried pulling m over last night. was taken in ctody when s dodge stratus crashed in the lare state police vehicle and tn into a hse on the 1500 block of linden street. a montgomery uy district attorney says at bill cosby suld not bable to delay or dismiss the case before it goes to trial.

kevin steele, will aed crt today noto hear cosby's fast ack appeal. he says cosbyan apal afr the tal, if he is convicted. coy is apaling the hearing he searlier th month when he s argued he was protect from prosecution on sexssault charges by an agreement with the former, d.a. bruce cast. they are heading in the sixthour of o at penn state, the school's basketball arena is pk and dancers are on their fts they try to raise more than 13 million-dollar for the fight against cldhood cancer. live at the bryce jordan center tonight is "action news" reporter chad pradelli. chade can hear it. what is the situation right now. >> reporter: well, jim it is a rocks o here in the bryceordan cter. justoments ago cal ban got offhe stage they had beatles pying hey je, great performance. take a lo at e dance.

they ha be dancing qte a while. they have lo ro aad until day 4:00 p.m. the stand are packed. supporters and spectators on their e providing inspiration but the re ipation, as you know jimmies the children wh cancer. >> three two, one... >> with that 700 ps penn statetudents srted a 46 hour uey of perseverance. >> it is scial really special. thet unique. it is largest stentun philanthropy in the world. this ishat penn state isll about. >> i'm orwhelmed with emotion. we have been talking about this weekend for the entire year. it unreal. it is finally he. >> reporter: these spirational young men a men entered bryce rn center to a rock us crowd th dance marathon culminates year long commitment to raise money f fouriamond n penn state hershey children's hospital and pediatric cancer. >> one in five iren are stlyg tre th

disease, killing more children in the you had then any other sease. reporter: since 17, th s raised more than a 127 million-dollar, the record for oneear is a little more than million, and sunday we ll learnust how muchas raised this year. >> thon is so much more than just a total at e e ofhe year. the it a machine try representation but it represents so much more. we could raise a dollar or raise 20 million-dollar and 're making a difference in the the le of a child and t just onehd b hundreds of children. >> reporter: this years e is believed to be beyond boundaries. cancer can put up walls where bound drizzle seem limited but for these sdts it is ftk for the dthey are the inspiration to not sleep not sit, a dance f 46 straight hours. >> it is really undescribable. i cannot even think of a word, but it justo rewarding. you seell of the work you have put for the enre year and see sme their face d it just makes it

worth . >> reporter: tonight we he heard from the dancers and tomorrow we will hear from them again see h they are doing in this journey er weekend. we will hear from the families d cldren impact by thon. m live from the y jordan center, chad pdellior channel six "action ns we are pased to be streaming all 46ours of thon on our web sitehe at six abc.com, you c see more of chad's photosnd videos, all weekend long on the six c "action w febook pe. delaware will keep some of the jobs it thought it would lose to the merger ofu pt and dow chemicals. the merged company as it turns out ll keep its agriculture company and key corporate suprt functions in daware even asuch of the t new company will be based in iowa and indiana. delaware offered the company almost ten million-dollar in grants for capital expenditures. thomas jefferson university hospital in phadelphia isang the unusual step of spending all

art transplants. jefferson health says has potentially taking a ti out for six tnine nths as it the redesigns its program. theealth system ss it is working with an g sharing network to make sure pients on the transplant list fd a hospital that willake them during the shut w still to me on "action news" nht the gernment crackdown on herboards pl e veo of the sool bus just cs from disaster, with a speeding a. and long lines tonight to see justice antonin slia lying in repose. we will show you dignitaries paying tribute. we will be png into warm air tohe the southwest. it is going to be warm and feeling like spng but next week weather gets the very active. i'll elain in the accu weather seven day forecast. we have the latest from the campaignrail on the e of two state's electricians, plus jamie apody with the flyers takes onhe canadian when agoews nnues

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a school bus fled with students, came to justnches from tragedy in houston and it wasll pred on ce. you can see razor thin margin as a train was going by the side of the bus. students say that the driver stopped in the middle of t tracks the tin was coming, and ts hpened last month but administrators just learned of it yesterday. the dver has been fed. new details are emerging about that dramatic tourist helicopter crash in hawaiit pearlarbor. man shot this video turned fis camera a jumped in the waro help. the pilot inn three canadian tourists on bod made it out but a 15 year-old boy was trapped under water. rescuers had to cut his seat belt toree him and he remains in critical condition tonight. today, divers used fattation

b to lifthe chopper wreckage to the rce a ce, pulledt out. > hoverboards are simply t safe. that is thone conclusiony u.s. consumer products sety commission. commission says therea been 52 reports of hoverboards catching fi as. now the vnmentants the industry toa safety standard andf vboard makers don't cply, officials sayhey w't hitateo issue a recall. republican contenders for theresidential nomination were pushingor t fish line day in south carolina donald trump has a commanding lead indvance of mrow's primary and depending on the vote, he could get most even if lf the a's 50 delegates. ted cruiseook a trump mpaign slogan again let's ke america eat agn. cruz aing do you understand what made arica great in the first a? john kasich, jeb bush and marco rubio were fhting for the scalled establishment vote.

two democrats are clawing for ery vote fe tomorrow's ccus in t nevada. hillarylinton focused on t state's j population nter toy le las vas whi bernie sanders barn stormed across northern part of the state. nevada has 23 delegates but cop tests really more important than. that ion oe he a ge lead he. nevada was supposed to be h firewall but polls have clinton and nrs running ne and neck we will bng you live coverage tomorrow of both south colina republican primary, and t nevada mocratic caucus, osix abc to the come, beginning at 5:00 o'clock. the nal of the supreme court justice antonin scalia will take place tomorrow morning in washington. his casket laid in repose today in the pme urt building accompanied at all times by at a fourf his 100 former law clerks. it is eight collogues on the

high court stood behind the coffin with members of the the public, and president and m. obamaho will not attend the funeral tomorrow, paid their respects tay. meanwhile flags a halftaff in new jsey for a native so scalia was born trenton in 1936. he moved with h family queenss a young boy flags ll ma lowered through tomorrow. > tributes are pouring in night, honoring the fe and work of author harper lee. lee, who wte to ll a mockingbird, died last g athe age of 89. novel about racial iustice and small townn alabama became one of the most led bos american sry. in 1962, it was made into a movie. todayresident obama sd this statement yg in pt, ss lee cnged america for the better. lets get e weekend cu weather rast, meethe role goodies cecily tan. >> what a frence a wk

makes. last week i was telling pple stay inse dangerous coal this weekd go outside leave winter at at home. storm tcker six ve double scan showing we he a thin ban of some showers really ving through new jersey rit no from eon really crossing, route 55 moving pretty quickly and little bit of sleet mixed in. this is fromhe rm front that will be delivering us a taste of sing this weekend. temperatures rlly. dropped at all from the high. the high 39 degreesn philadelphia that is our temperature now. wea di now we are backup to 39. alntown 35. the atlantic city airport 40. wilmington 36 degrees. reason why weave wind southwest, we have cld cover, a associated with this st. that w eure is moving over southern canadae have got at warm o on its heels cold frt that will move through tomorrow g. but wt is happening g ange in the jet stream. the last wk we had jet stream down to the south with that pool of arctic air reaming . new jet stream is re zonal.

rly straight from the west to the ea. this is aowing th rm air for southwest to me in. we are lookg at mratures in the 50's and 60's and 70's, not too r n a compare this to last ny. theast sday the gh 20. wind cll ten bow below zero. is sunday will feel close to 07-degree warmer. 58 degrees. that 13egrees above normal. that being i so areas couldee a little bit of snow, on moay morning. future tcrhing after the sunsets on sunday we will have some showers rng from the west, weak disturbance rolling along that stalled cold o and then early in the rng around 1: o'clock some of th snow, wet snow aoss northwestern suburbs it is a quick eventt is out of here by monday morning. the besthance of seeing any accumulation will be north of theennsylvania turnpike but with the e ground wm, from the temperatures this weekend we are looking at a grassy coating at best. not a big event i just n't want you to be rised if

you wake up a see snow on the lawns ny morning. so the exclusive ac aer seven day rast is ry breezy tomorrow and very warm. partly sun wch a high 62. sunday 58 degrees, cloud up for rain and snow showers sunday night. and thenoay temperatures step down, even if it is columnar with a hh of 49, and tn real tuesday in early thursday morning we are getting to an unsettled time period. we ha two low pssus. righthe now track is up in the air, it looks li prably rain with the mix of rain and snow in the northwestern suburbs d then we will clear out on thursday aeoon, 44, and friday partly sun which a high of 42. stay ted to "action news" rough the weekend a wilget better grasp on the lowressure andhe tck. some of theurlington county's bravest men and women were honored tonight in cinnaminson. a bagpipe tribute kick off 212th aual valor award th recognize members of the the law enforcementire gers and emergency medical work

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squad new oeans. sixers down by 22 but did not stop fighting. his triple pulls him within the. andhen few seconds after that isaiah cannon would match . another, three put them wn by just two. in the fourth qrter tony douglass helped p the mighty pelicans ahead for good. sixers fall 114. only day two d we're talking aboutn injury. sayt ain so. here's jeff skversky, in clearwater. >> phillies starter jed eichoffho made his dut i 2015 is offo a slow srt in camp. he has yet to pitch off a moundecause of the bk nen his rhthumb he suffered last we during bunting drill, don't worry, he istill expectedo stt the season in the rotation, come the start of the seon. while he is behind, others are getting a he srt. most of the position players are he and lake codey asche, darren ruf odougal herrera even though th dent

report until monday. ly positionlers t here, are corner infielders, ry ha and muel franco the two power hitters. isanager pete mackanin upset that they are in e in ca yet. >> sure iould like to see them here. same thing with franco. it is vy long sson. i'mure these gs have gd reasons why they are not r i don'tave any problems with it. >> mackanin says howard has en hting on h own a good framef mind. when he comes to camp he could becoming in a situation he has nevereen bore as a part-time player splitting time, with rn ruf. in clearwater with the phillies, jeff skversky for cnl six "action news". coming up one local college team in

> well, before the number one team inhe naon tes on butler, the pavilion tomorrow they will nor winningest senior classn school history. ryan archie arcidiacono, dn you'll ochefu have won a record 105 games and two big east titles. they also helped the am hieve number one nng for first time e jayright likes how his team is handling all of t pressure that comesith that. >> there is a lot of responsibility and a lot of challenges that come with it. more so tn the hype. i think 're handlingt pretty well so far d you just never kw until you show up ainst butler. >> college hoops, penn hosting mound. this is tt howardith the running, one handed, to help

akersin it 79-74. okay. >> okay. jimmyimmel li next on channel six followed by night line. "action news"ontinues the 5:30. forecily tynan jamie apody dus rodgers and the entire "action news" a i'm jim gardner. okay. good nht have a great weekend. >> ♪♪

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