they are not going anywhere quickly. they are part of a much lafrnler well known group that works up and down the east coast of the united states known as the felony lane gang including financial theft and fraud. last night as we learned about the police chase and aref of the felony lane gain. christie larcher was getting a call from a detective. >> they recovered some of my items, my i.d. and some of many credit cards. >> her car was targeted when she stopped to pick up her daughter at her day care. this is not uncommon. people wearing wigs will impersonate the women at banks. >> as the term felony lane gang

often use the drive-thru lane fartherest from the teller so as not to be seen clearly. >> that is known to law enforcement as the felony lane. >> christine archer learned today that someone scammed her using a stolen check from another victim. >> the check was written to me and this person used my license and said i wish to cash this. because it wasn't a withdrawal they were able to get around the system which i guess is what they are good at. >> indeed they are. >> in that particular case they walked away with the $998, the bank realizing the mistake will return the money to her account. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thanks john. a 65-year-old man says he was forced to shoot two younger men that attacked him and his wife in queen village. it happened at 8:30 on south sec

street. two men in their 20s began assaulting a married couple as they walked home from work and that is when the husband pulled his gun that he was licensed to carry and fired three shots. >> they punched him in the face, the whole side of his face is blown up. and his wife was hit and he asked them to stop and he discharged his firearm. >> they will decide if the 65-year-old will face charges or if they acted in self-defense. both suspects were treated at jefferson university hospital. students at wissinoming charter school didn't have class because of a threat posted online. david henry is live now with more. >> reporter: good evening sharrie, still no official word on whether this high school will reopen for classes tomorrow morning. that is still up in the air. officials are still trying to

decide. at this hour. police are looking for the suspect who triggered this whole disruptive interests den. the tacony high school was shut down and all classes were canceled and students and teachers were arriving for the day after a social media threat to students and faculty. >> students were turned away basically as they left the school. >> this is around 8:00 this morning? >> yes. >> and you weren't told anything at that time? >> no. >> police are investigating a social media posting that included a picture of a high powered gun as an applied threat and a rash of recent fights involving a number of pupils of this through 12 school. >> i want to stress that the tacony high school is an excellent school. >> i spoke to officials saying that the shut down was the

prudent thing to do. >> we received information from one of our parents that there was a possible threat on social media and because we didn't have enough information to know if it was credible or not we decided to investigate with law enforcement. >> they are still investigating the off campus assaults and all students will be treated fairly. >> and again brian and sharrie, the police looking for the suspects in this cyberspace incident and it continues at this hour, and no word yet if this high school will reopen tomorrow morning for classes. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news" in wissinoming. >> all right vernon thank you. now it is time for a check of the accuweather forecast. >> a beautiful day but blustery and cold. adam joseph is standing outside in it right now. what is the latest? >> it's not too bad but the

temperatures tumbled and we have the sunshine to still contend with here this afternoon. we look at the numbers and how they fell. it's too good to last with the 60s the last few days and that was our high of 60 degrees and 53 at 5:00 in the morning and we fell to 43 and maintained that through much of the morning in the afternoon hours. so quite a chill has pushed in and when you factor in the winds, it feels even more harsh. 31 is the wind gust in philadelphia and 33 in lancaster and still in the low 30s in southern parts of new jersey and delaware, as you look at the windchills, 35 in philadelphia and 30 in allentown and 36 in reading and 27 in wilmington and the winter feeling is back and looks to remain throughout the end of the week. it's quiet now but low pressure is week in the northern plains and this will sink to the south but brush us with light snow, we'll have the timing and how

much to expect in the full accuweather forecast. coming up in just a bit. >> all right adam thank you. a lot of eyes and a lot of buzz on this story. mitt romney will give a speech on the state of the presidential race tomorrow. he is not expected to enter the race or endorse anyone. instead he is expected to lay out the case of nominating donald trump. this comes one day after super tuesday. trump had a strong showing winning seven states. standing behind him was new jersey governor, chris christie. and now christie is facing renewed flak at home. six new jersey newspapers are calling on him to step down as the governor of new jersey. the papers all owned by gwinnett say they are fed up with christie's arrogance and the editorial reading in part that

he is disgusting with donald trump spending months on the campaign trail trashing him. and the editorial says if he refused to step down, citizens should start a recall effort. >> still a big rally cry. alicia thanks. now ben carson says he is skipping tomorrow night's presidential debate, he made the announcement this afternoon. saying quote, i do not see a political path forward, despite that statement carson did not suspend his campaign, he will announce more details about his political future come friday. tomorrow night's debate is being held in his home town of detroit. a huge brush fire in seasonal is fully contained but the flames are still burning this afternoon. crews say the fire has burned

through 73 acres and now that it is contained they plan to let it burn itself out. they are trying to figure out how it started and there are no reports of injuries. >> time for a first check of the "action news" traffic report. let go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. hi matt. >> the winds are whipping you'll have to hold tight to the steering while but not a terrible start to your hump day trip home. here on the schuylkill expressway we are starting to slow on the eastbound lanes from this point on montgomery and center city and south street. 29 minutes is double what it should be and there is volume on 76. if you head for the main line in bryn mawr look for a crash on county line road and old lancaster road and on the blue route 476, and on 422, we get word of a vehicle fire in the eastbound lanes past limerick, and the speeds there are in the mid-50s, it's not impacting us a

whole lot just yet. this is impacting us more in gloucester county. 295 northbound to national park, maybe go up to 47 for your exiting instead and a crash in collingswood, camden county at knight avenue and springfield a vehicle flipped over and avoid 6 at mount pleasant road as the emergency crews respond there. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day afternoon. we are watching an object on the road in grays ferry on 43rd street.

the supreme court took up the biggest abortion case in nearly a quarter century today. at issue is a texas law that holds doctors and nurses to higher medical standards, they say the law protects womens health but some say it's disguises against abortion. and both cases made their cases outside of the court today. >> we are standing up to the bullies that are trying to control our bodies and our lives. >> this case is not about overturning roe v. wade. the issue is valid patient regulation and improved safety. >> this is the highest profile

issue to be heard since the death of justice antonin scalia and the justices seem deeply divided over it. american astronaut scott kelly is back on earth and heading home to texas tonight. the capsule landed in kazakhstan today and he said it was amazing to feel the bitter cold air after spending a year inside of the international space station. he now goes to houston for medical tests to determine how the prolong orbit affected his body. nasa hopes to find out if it is safe to send astronauts to mars. and the company filed bankruptcy saying it is more than $1.1 billion in debt. sports authority will close one-third of their locations. the company has not said how many jobs would be affected. they were once the largest sports retailer in america and has struggled with debt over the

last decade. looking at closing numbers, green arrows once again. the dow up 34.4 points today and the nasdaq up 14 points and the s&p up 8 points and change on the day. whole foods has recalled one of its cheeses because it could be contaminated with listeria. the recall affects maytag raw milk blue cheese, the company found two products affected and they suspended distribution and production until they found the source of and they say that no one was got ensick because of this issue. alzheimer's affects millions of american families and right now there is no cure but researchers say they may be close toward finding a way to prevent the disease. here is ali gorman with a preview of a special report you'll see tonight at 11:00. >> if you know are you at risk

for alzheimer's disease there is not much you can do. or is there? researchers want to know if a certain medication can delay or prevent the symptoms of the disease. >> the idea to prevent the worst parts of alzheimer's is exciting. >> i am waiting decades to see this study. >> we'll explain how it works and you can get involved. the cafeteria felt a whole lot lot hollywood at global leadership academy charter school in west philadelphia. it was lights, camera and action with the chew crew shining a spotlight on a very special lunch program spearheaded by one of philadelphia's celebrity chefs. >> here is where we teach things. >> the ceo of global leadership academy calls a lost art and he

is transforming school lunches by making them family style, he says it's not only about what you eat -- >> it's how you eat it. >> like how to sit and how to share and how to socialize. the way you would in a real restaurant. >> how do you have to act when grew to a restaurant? >> professional. >> you sit down and talk. and you enjoy your food. >> see the students in the chef whites, they are the captains who also learn the art of setting a table and presenting a meal. >> you take responsibility, that is why it's special to have things right. on the menu the day the chew crew visited. fiesta rice and chit oatly lime chicken.

>> it's looks good and happy. and i have energy. >> veteri is shrilled the program is shining a light on his program and the little stars on the rise here in philadelphia. >> we love everyone on the chew, this is awesome we have been wanting them to see this for a while. >> and the kids can't wait for everyone to see their daytime debut. >> they are going to be proud and happy. >> reporter: as we are. you can watch the episode tomorrow on the chew at 1:00 p.m. here on 6 abc right after "action news" at noon. mark veteri is sort of the host of this segment and he was kind of joking around saying everyone macon fuse him with michael simon because they have the same haircut. >> very excited to see them here on abc daytime here on the chew. and just watching the kids eat and sit and share a meal and

learn how to sit at a restaurant, it was a great experience. >> and learning from the best in mark veteri thank you. time for another check of the accuweather forecast. all right we are still talking about the possibility of some snow on friday. adam joseph is going to detail that and what the rest of week has in store. >> very winter like at the end of the week as opposed to the beginning where it felt like spring and we are bridging the gap, so to speak. the platt bridge is bouncing quite a bit with the blue upstairs and sunshine is in control and so is the wind. 43 right now after topping off at 60 degrees at midnight. dew point 11 and very dry air has pushed in and winds 18 miles per hour and the windchill just 35 degrees right now and the pressure is on the rise as the cold front passed through early in the morning. windchills 30 in allentown and 20s for lancaster county and berks county and wilmington and

32 in millville. and just above it for the shore locations. as we look at the winds from the northwest. you see clouds to the north and west of the appalachians and when they fall apart you have the wind sloping down and it drys the atmosphere and we see the sunshine through much of the day with the early morning showers and now north and east of boston as we widen out there is low pressure. weak low pressure near omaha, and you see rain and snow showers coming together and this low will stay weak until it passes our coastline and then a bigger storm and by the time it's a big storm it's open the open waters of the atlantic. brisk and cold and clear and 27 in philadelphia, and 29 in cape may. and everyone in the 20s and at times windchills in the teens, future tracker 7:30 tomorrow morning a cold but sunny start to your thursday, clouds start to filter in during the afternoon.

39 in philadelphia and 34 in allentown and wilmington and light snow starts to develop from the south at 10:00, 11:00 tomorrow night and continues into the wee hours of friday morning at 6:00 a.m. with temperatures around freezing but notice this is broken in nature and even through lunch time we are drying out to the north and west and mixing issues to the south and east at the shore. it's a quick hit of light snow here. again thursday night into friday. the four day at 4:00 forecast. chilly and it turns cloudy with temperatured around 39 degrees tomorrow and then snowy start here on friday morning. with temperature at 39 degrees on average about a coating to 3 inches. and then on saturday, sun to clouds and 45 degrees and a few flurries on sunday morning giving way to clouds on sunday afternoon and high of 48 degrees and we look at the seven day in the next half hour you'll see something we haven't seen since december. >> okay.

>> i have an idea but i won't give it away. >> thanks. >> she was listening to you. >> thanks adam. up next schools in our area celebrate the birthday of one of the most beloved childrens authors of all time. >> plus, if you want a better night sleep but don't want to break the bank to get one, we put mass threat -- and it's a scary surreal video from china of a toddler falling out of the back of a minivan and we'll tell you how this happened and how the little guy is doing today.

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from our delaware newsroom one man is dead after speeding away from police in newcastle county this morning. the police said he ended up crashing on coleman street in newport, he was speeding and didn't have his headlights on

and they originally tried to pull him over because the car he was driving was reported stolen. pennsylvania senate candidate john featherman campaigned in center city. they caught up with him at the down home diner. he is running against katie mcdidn'ty for the senate nomination. the winner will challenge republican, pat toomey if the fall. cities and towns across the country books got the due they deserved today. the action cam was at elementary that took part in read across america today. and guest readers brought to life books in the classroom. read across america began in 1998 and falls on dr. seuss's birthday, that famed author would have been 112 years old today and the eagles got in on the action.

joining with sun trust bank they read books at west oak lane charter school. all the books donated there at the branch this last year will be distributed to at risk students city wide. >> love dr. seuss. >> still ahead a desperate plea for a new jersey mother, someone burglarized her home and for her the items are irreplaceable. the story straight ahead. plus, i'm nydia han, your mattress is important for a good night sleep. consumer reports tested mattresses and has recommendations coming up in what is the deal? .

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. it's 4:30 and "action news" continues with a pledge from lengthal students, promising to treat each other with kindness and respect. >> i love that. and a pile of bricks is all that is left with a wilmington house once stood. how the sudden collapse is impacting neighbors straight ahead. and a heart stopping moment is caught on camera. a toddler falls out of a car on to a busy highway and amazingly the child is already. how can this happen. we'll explain how he managed to get out in big talkers. a gloucester county mom is

making an emotional plea to a thief that ransacked her house and stole from her. she doesn't care much about the material things but the thief got away with memories she cannot replace. gray hall has the story. >> reporter: brian, absolutely you can imagine that mother is absolutely devastated, she is grieving the loss of her son and crooks break into her house and steal items that belong to him. and tonight she is hoping that the criminals do the right thing and return the stolen items. >> my son, his i.d. card and school card and drivers license. personal stuff i can't replace. >> an emotional eileen is pleading with the crooks that burglarized her home on monday in mullica hill, new jersey. she hopes they find compassion that they return items that belonged to her son zachary who

died of brain cancer two years ago. her heart sank when she realized they targeted his room and taking things like a watch and ipad. >> it has pictures of the last six weeks in the hop and pictures of his funeral and zachary in the casket. i would love to have that back too. but i don't want to push my luck. >> it's about the memories. >> i can replace a computer but not pictures and videos and all the school work he used to do. i can't replace that. >> more than likely the crooks did not know what they were taking are more than just pricery items, they stole items of tears and laughter and items that cannot be replaced. >> that is all i have of my son 20 years old.

i watch him die and deteriorate knowing i couldn't help him. >> and back out live, you can hear the emotion from that mother, the family telling me tonight they are increasing security at that home. and meantime police say this is an active investigation and if you have information information about this you should call the police. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> lets hope police get some answers. thank you. the red cross is helping neighbors in wilmington after a row home collapsed. a contractor was demolishing the middle house when it came down, the home was vacant and the neighbor was injured when the collapse started. the homes on either side of the collapse are condemned because of a structural issue. a home in delaware county went up in flames this afternoon. the action cam was there as fire

crews continued to douse the house with water. no one was injured here and so far no word on how that fire started. meanwhile, delaware state police made two arrests in connection with an armed robbery at iowa. they say 22-year-old eric paterson held it up and got away with both cash and cigarettes and witnesses helped to follow a get away car that paterson jumped out of and they arrested samantha hooker, the woman driving the green chevrolet tahoe as a get away car and the vehicle is supposedly linked to other armed robberies in pennsylvania. adam joseph is joining us now with a lot of sunshine out there. it's deceiving. >> the winds of change moved in this morning and you probably heard the windows rattling and the winds continue to funnel in as we take a live look now at

sky 6 hd at penn's landing there, a ripple on the water there and 43 is your temperature and the dew point has dropped with the dry air that can't even really support a cloud in the sky, northwesterly wind 18 creating a windchill of just 35 degrees and the crystal clear blue sky here in cape may, the temperature 39 with a land wind out of the northwest at 13 and that is pulling the temperature down to more like 32 degrees, we have the sunshine now and the cloud lds fade tomorrow as the system begins to develop in the northern plains and parts of the nation's heartland. not a lot of moisture with this. and it will come together a little more as it sinks to the south here late tomorrow night into friday morning giving us a quick hit of some light snow, so we'll have the timing on that and how much to expect. the seven day we'll have some pretty decent surprises here coming up in a little bit. >> you keep talking about the

surprises. >> i am giddy on what i'm seeing on the seven day. drexel university is taking the wraps off an innovative school project. schooled unveiled the master plan for schuylkill yards today, a 14 acre mixed use neighborhood in university city. it will be located next to drexel's main campus and adjacent to 30th street station and a new greenway and much more. the goal is to make philadelphia an innovation hub of the east coast. philabundance received a huge boost to help feed those this need. the first niagara foundation presented a check to the food bank, more than 30 bank employees took time out to pack food donations for every dollar donated today philabundance will provide two meals to people in need. special olympics delaware

are joining students across the first state to stop the use of the disrespectful r word. for people with intellectual challenges and students from newcastle and wilmington were among those to sign the pledge to end the word campaign is in its seventh year. calling all hackers, the pentagon is looking for you. you are not in trouble. a matter of national security. monica malpass is live now with more on this. >> they are trying to flip the cards on this one. the pentagon is looking to test its own security system with hackers. they believe they are the best people to find any vulnerabilities. they say the hackers will not have access to things off limits. and the harlem globetrotters, who doesn't love them. we'll take you to their big

septa take over. >> see you in a little bit. it was a fun, messy and sticky day at chester brook academy elementary school in westchester. oh my goodness, the students got to turn their principal and teachers in human ice-cream sundaes. all of this was the student's reward for reading for 100,000 minutes in one month. and the students raised money for the philadelphia ronald mcdonald house. >> the students are loving it and the teachers are not too thrilled. coming up the dentists move into the dental age, find out how new equipment is save you time and money. and calling all instagram s instagramers, if a two week ship to europe sounds great, we'll have more in big talkers. and mattresses are essential

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the anthem of the seas has returned to port in bayonne, new jersey, this morning. cutting a second trip short in the matter of weeks. the weather caused it to skip two tropical stops. high winds and seas caused the battering of the boat in february. many passengers getting off the ship despite what happened say they still had a great time. >> we did all the activities the staff is wonderful. go anthem! >> i didn't get a chance to see some islands i wanted to see but

i had a wonderful time. >> royal caribbean is refunding passengers for the two days they were forced to miss and half off of a future trip. on health check at 4:00, dentistry is moving into the digital age, and today they launched to make it happen. the dental shine program will bring state of the art devices to the school to make sure that students are trained in the high tech new world. and now these procedures can be done in one visit and it saves the patient time and valuable money. big talkers now. this is the scary hard to watch surreal video out of china. that has jaws agape all over the world. a toddler falling from a moving minivan. what is more amading, the good news here is that the 2-year-old boy is just fine. a dash-cam video showed the tiny figure you have a child tumbling

from the van and then hitting the pavement on the road there in china, the little guy gets up on his feet until another driver pulls over and comes to the rescue and grabbed that little toddler and there is grandpa reuniting the two. the boy slithered out of passenger seat and made his way to the back and opened it up because the lock was recently broken during a rear end crash. >> if you are both a film buff, and pretty amazing instagramer, there is a job you may want to apply for. netflix is looking to hire grand masters to visit tv and movie sets in europe and document them in inis a gram picks and wait it gets better, you get paid $2,000

per week with air travel and travel arrangements paid for. the two lucky grand masters will visit sets of popular shows and films and netflix original series, so if you want to apply, you can do so on instagram, pick your three best shots and tag them with grand master 3 by march ofth. finally to a pretty amazing musical feat with an amazing sound. this is winter goden, a musical instrument built with 2,000 marbles. wait until you hear the sound captivating the internet. ♪ ♪ isn't that pretty. it was build by swedish musician martin mowlan. he used pulleys and levers and

gears and whoever is using it turns a crank that moved the 2000 marbled around on tracks and through a bunch of funneled and then coming in contact with other instruments like a bass guitar and drums. that is the original sound. that is on youtube and people are sharing it like crazy today. the future of music perhaps? >> seems like a lot of work. >> i'm happy just to lift and to it. thank you alicia. lets get a check of the roads right now, matt pellman is standing by with the update. >> i'm on a different sheet of music from the last half hour brian and sharrie. things are not so good, people are losing their marbles because we are jammed solid from this point to cotman, a five vehicle pileup in the southbound left lane right here in the work zone

at cotman avenue and police and penndot are on the scene taking out the left lane, this is the scene approaching the accident scene by cotman, 41 minutes, the number shoz be reversed a 14 minute ride instead of 41 minutes. with those speeds like 11 miles per hour. nothing in your way on the schuylkill expressway and speeds are still not great and 18 miles per hour there in the eastbound lanes of girard, and with the whipping winds we have downed wires near 322 by harmony hill nature area and upper merion near the wegmans a crash near gulf road and wanter road and another vehicle fire this one in worchester along 73 and skippack pike and our vehicle fire in gloucester county that was blocking the ramp to national park has cleared. the ramp has reopened.

>> matt thank you. still ahead meteorologist, adam joseph has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast one he can't wait to share with us. coming up.

all right meteorologist, adam joseph, with the seven-day forecast it's eventful -- >> when we get to it now. people will go, that is it? >> there is something great about something coming up. >> i agree. hopefully you do too. as we take a look at double scan live radar not finding anything. lots of sunshine out there this afternoon despite a very winter like wind that whipped in first thing this morning and has continued into the afternoon hours. pulling the windchills back to below freezing for allentown and just 20s for lancaster and

reading and wilmington 32 in millville and along the shore feeling like the freezing point. >> as we look at satellite and radar, the area of rain came through very early in the morning. most of you didn't even see the rain that is now north and east of boston and the sunshine is in control until you get to the middle part of country will low pressure is starting to take shape at omaha and north of wichita and bismark north dakota. it will take time to get in, it's not tomorrow but tomorrow night into friday morning. tonight it's brisk and cold and mainly clear and winds ease a bit 7 to 14 miles per hour with air temperatures only in the middle 20s. tomorrow a chilly day with high temperatures in the upper 30s for most locations, 40 wilmington and flirting with 40 for millville and delaware and a much lighter wind and we'll start with sun and then end with clouds as the system gains some strength to the south and east

and our main concern is tomorrow morning it gains strength in the gulf of mexico and this low skirts to the south and it will become a sizable storm and not until it is out to sea. we really get grazed by this as it pushes to the south and hits us with a period of light showers and snow. the time period is from 10:00 p.m. and noon on friday. it's not a consistent light snow, it just kind of goes on and offer the heaviest looks south of philadelphia and everyone in general looks 1 to 3 inches of this wet snow and there will be slick spots for the morning rush on friday, there could be some delays but overall once the sun breaks over the horizon we'll see melting during the day and much of that melts and temperatures go above freezing and it comes in and we have snow and it quickly melts, a good thing there. the exclusive accuweather

seven-day forecast here it is, snow here early on friday morning. upper 30s and over the weekend 45 degrees and sun giving way to clouds and a flurry on saturday morning and the sun returns and milder on sunday despite clouds and 58 and then we start to feel like spring with a lot of sunshine on tuesday 68 degrees and we are going into the lower 70s next wednesday the first time we'll see 70 plus degrees, the last time was on christmas eve. but the last time it was as warm as 72 was november 6th of last year. talk about a huge recovery from start to finish over the next seven days. is that good enough? >> i think that was worth the wait. i forgot about christmas eve being that warm. incredible. what's the deal is coming up next. and later tonight on 6 abc during prime time, a new series

premiers, the real o'neils is a comedy following the close knit family in chicago. two episodes air tonight, first goldbergs, gets the ball rolling at 8:00 and then the real o'neils at 8:30 and 9:00 modern family and o'neils at 9:30 and 10:00 a new episode of american crime and "action news" at 11:00.

mattresses can be very expensive and most cost well over $1,000 and many sell for much more than that. and nydia han shows us you don't have to break the bank to get a good one. >> a good night's rest is priceless but you don't have to spend a lot on a mattress.

consumer reports will tell you what you do have to spend to get a decent one. consumer reports does all sorts of tests. >> we tested mattresses that cost as little as $250 for a queen size mattress and ones that cost nearly $8,000 and neither of them did particularly well in our test. >> this was eight years of use to see how well a mattress holds its shape and firmness and if it supports your spine whether you sleep on your spine or your side. and in case you have a restless sleeping partner. >> our tests turn up plenty of fine mattresses that cost $1,000 or less they recommend the sealy plus devereux. if you want a memory foam mattress there are plenty of options. casper, lisa and tuft and needle

have consistently made consumer reports recommended lists. and the most inexpensive is from costco, the nova form comfort grand for $600. >> consumer reports recommends the sealy for 15$1500 one of th few that consumer reports tested that limits vibrations across the mattress. can you get more mattress buying advice at 6abc.com. i'm nydia han, channel 6 "action news." >> nothing like a good night sleep. that will do it for "action news" at 4:00. i'm brian taff, hope you'll join me tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. now here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look ahead at 5:00. >> hi there. thank you. >> coming up next on "action news" at 5:00. an investigation is underway after a 65-year-old man opened fire on two men in their 20s.

why that man claims he had to pull the trigger and abortion it back at the supreme court. and the billion dollar waiting game. the funding that health officials were pleading for today on capitol hill. those stories and more coming up next.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. philadelphia police say a man that opened fire on a city street is trying to defend his own life. he shot one man in the leg and one in the shoulder and told police the men started the altercation that led up to the shooting. the big story is the investigation not queen village section. >> the shooting happened after some type of altercation on south second street. sara bloomquist is live with more details. >> reporter: rick and monica, this is the block where it happened. the 65-year-old resident has a valid permit to carry a weapon and he used his .45 caliber last

night when he and his wife were attacked walking home from work and police say at this point it appears to be a clear case of self-defense. today neighbors in queen village were talking about what unfolded here last night at second an bainbridge, a 65-year-old residence they know as sal defended himself by firing his gun at the couple. >> good for him. >> a lot of commotion from what we heard, old man sal we know him from the neighborhood. heard there was a ruckus and he pulled out a gun and shot a couple of people. >> walking down the street you shouldn't be attacked for no reason. >> the couple was walking home from work and they told police two men passed them by and two men said to the husband what are you looking at and punched him and threw him to the ground and started assaulting him and turned their attention to the wife knocking her down and punching her as well.