men were ordered to strip down to their box stories clean the locker room. a 14-year-old player refused. that's when three seniors allegedly held him down and violated him way broom stick. >> kids reported that the victim was yelling and screaming but he did not have a friend in that locker room on that afternoon. d.a. tom hogan says the conestoga football team has a culture of hazing dating back several years they had no gay thursday. >> you would have an old kid come behind a younger kid and put his genitals on top of the younger kid's head and that was okay on thursdays. >> reporter: in other instances under class men were forced to undress older players. harrison leon is a senior who played on the football team. he was not in the locker room the day of the alleged assault but denies it ever happened and the alleged culture of hazing. >> i know for a fact that none

of the accusations actually happened. this physical confrontation they said in the police report didn't happen. >> reporter: head football coach john vogan has been suspended pending an investigation by the school which is now investigating all athletic programs. the tredyffrin east town school district released a statement that reads in part the process will be designed to determine whether or not code of conduct violations occurred. the awareness and level of supervision by the coaching staff and what further measures can promote inclusive and respectful behavioral the three students are charged with assault conspiracy and other related charges. their names have not been released because they were juveniles when these crimes happened. as for the victim, he is no longer a student here at conestoga high school. i'm live in berwyn, chad pradelli channel6 "action news." >> thanks very much. the three suspects in this are specifically not charged with hazing. at his news conference today

district attorney tom hogan explained why. >> we found in there's a glaring omission in the hazing statute in pennsylvania. hazing statute in pennsylvania only covers colleges. it doesn't cover high schools. >> hogan called on state lawmakers to fix had omission and held up a copy of house bill 1574 which does exactly that. that bill is currently sitting in the senate education committee. hogan says he wants lawmakers to pass it. >> we've got breaking news to get you to here at 4:00. it's a hazmat situation this happening in falk lands heights. an apartment building has been evacuated. this is at 818 woodlynne apartments is what we're being told, the building 818 of the woodland apartments in falkland heights. you can see firefighters themselves being hosed down as this situation is being evaluated, just how serious it is. we're being told that a person

reported opening a bag and then a cloud of fumes came out of it. that person did not require any medical attention but as you can see, they are taking precautions, even firefighters being hosed off here on the scene. again, this is a hazmat incident happening at 1818 falkland road. firefighters are on the scene. of course as we get more information we will bring that to you. brand new at 4 o'clock, police have identified a person of interest in the murder of a cook at a south philadelphia restaurant. they just gave us this picture of a man who goes by the name noelle. they say he was working with the victim 54-year-old thuong nguyen. she was found with her threat slashed in the basement kitchen of lee's cafe and bistro on washington avenue around 9 o'clock last night. the restaurant owner told police nguyen and noelle were in the kitchen together. that owner found nguyen's body after sending a and order to the kitchen and not receiving any food.

a neighboring business owner can't believe what has happened. >> i spoke with her a couple times when i'm buying food and she's a great person. i wouldn't imagine anything like this happening to her. >> investigatoinvestigators saye signs this was a violent struggle. the cafe is closed for the day as the investigation continues. >> police arrested four people for robbing a gas station in newark. they are accused in the crime at the exxon on south college avenue. police say foeman had a gun and demanded money. police say tivon knight and sanders watched the door and tayra knight drove the getaway car. all four are behind bars after none could post bail. >> time for the accuweather forecast and this afternoon looks very different from how it looked this morning. >> the action cam was in egg harbor township earlier today where we got off to a very snowy start. some spots in south jersey saw

several inches of snow but this afternoon, boy, we've seen bright sunshine and that has all of us thinking spring. >> yes, and what better place to dream of spring than the philadelphia flower show. that's where adam joseph is live today with the first look at the accuweather forecast. hi, adam. >> reporter: yeah, maybe winter-like out there especially this morning outside but as you mentioned spring has bloomed at the pennsylvania convention center as the phs philadelphia flower show is back in town, opening doors tomorrow to the public. this year's theme is explore america as they celebrate 100 years of national parks. more about this exhibit behind me in one second, but first let's take a look at the satellite and radar because the sunshine is returned in some locations after the clouds and that morning snowfall, and the storm that is really blossomed to our east, you can see almost has a center to it now with those winds wrapping around it pulling some drier air now in from the north.

thankfully we just missed this massive storm though it did bring some heavy snowfall amounts especially in southern areas. totals in philadelphia just under an inch wilmington about an inch and a halves lindenwold in new jersey just over two and a half inches, wayne 1.2 and in cape may the jackpot coming in just over a half a foot of snow. as you look at the temperatures, it is still chilly down to the south where that snow pack is still yet to melt. wildwood 34 degrees, philadelphia up to 40 degrees, reading 40 degrees and allentown on the brink of that 40-degree mark as well. as we look ahead to that accuweather forecast, it will be a seasonable weekend ahead. and then on sunday morning, we'll have another round of some rain and snow showers but then the 70's return next week feeling like spring outside and this image that you're seeing here behind me is called after the fire by stony bank nurseries, it is inspired by yellowstone national park. basically guys it resembles a

charred landscape where the growth underneath comes back so it's kind of like a death meets back to life imagery behind me. much more on the flower show and show you that main exhibit in a little bit. >> cool stuff t looking forward to seeing more. the temperature not the only things rising. gas prices have been inching up as we move closer to spring but they are still well below what most of us have become hack covered to me to over the last few years. vernon odom live in bala cynwyd with more on the numbers and the direction we're heading in. vernon. >> reporter: good afternoon, brian. compared to the higher gas prices we've had to endure in recent years, the cost per gallon is way down these days and the experts say it's pretty much going stay that way. >> for me it's a fact of life to go with the variations in the price 'cause to do what i have to do. >> reporter: at the end of january the average price per gallon was $1.99 the lowest price since 2001.

it dropped even lower aaa says in february as wholesalers cut prices to clear out winter blended gas. >> we've seen prices locally here in the philly five county area climb two cents in the last week. nationally we've seen the average increase eight cents in the last week. >> reporter: now tracking experts sa saw it slowly creepig up as the switch over to summer blends and many folks feel the uptick. >> before it was terrible. every time you look around you have to make a decision, a home decision, a household decision between the bills and the gas. >> i believe it was $1.79 last week and now it's $1.85. just a slight increase but not filling it up as much. >> i drive a lot so it does affect me. >> reporter: but you hadn't really noticed the rise in the last couple weeks or so he. >> no, it was going down as of here. it was $1.87 earlier. >> reporter: experts say it was never destined remain

under two dollars a gallon but even at the height of summer travel coming up it will never reach anywhere near the price levels of recent summers. >> aaa says the national price will hover around $2.10. that compares to last summer of $2.85 so it's significantly down. >> reporter: so, brian, we found sort of a mixed bag of reaction out here today. so it looks like those going off and driving off on vacations this summer season will be pretty much in a good mood. all i can say about that is hallelujah. live in bala cynwyd, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> preach, vernon. thanks very much. it is time for a first check of the "action news" traffic report. >> let's go live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center and we just heard about the gas prices from vernon. >> no hallelujahs over here at friday afternoon we wish that the speeds were moving in the up direction. live look at the schuylkill

expressway close to montgomery drive and you can see that volume is building in each direction. those 29 minute travel times each way are about double what they ideally should be. so no accidents on the schuylkill right now, just a lot of volume kicking off our friday afternoon. elsewhere on 76, the pennsylvania turnpike, a broken down vehicle westbound by valley forge. that cleared out. but there's a accident blocking the ramp from the ebbet side to route 100, the downingtown exit. get onto 100 northbound and do the old flip around or go eastbound to route 29 if you have the e-z pass. have a motorcycle crash this afternoon in middletown township delco. it's along bortondale road near knowlton road. and there's a gas main break to avoid in princeton along 206 stockton street near library place. traffic is getting by one direction at a time. if you want to use route one that's problem free so far. let's grab the ipad do the

commuter report on this finally friday afternoon and in the heart of center city along market street complete standstill as you sit through the traffic lights and we expect the volume in that area around the convention center to remain heavy for the next week or so with the flower show now in town. brian and sharrie, we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you matt. still ahead, a stunning development in the o.j. simpson murder case much police are trying to figure out if they he have finally have the murder weapon. more than two decades after the high profile trial. >> and it's a new movie state of emergency upper darby's own tina fey and it hits the big screen today. we'll introduce you to the real woman behind the story on which it's based. >> ♪

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>> ♪ >> the lapd testing a piece of evidence that could be related to o.j. simpson's murder trial it's a nye recovered at simpson's former brentwood california estate. a construction worker found

the knife in the late 1990's possibly while the home was being demolished but that worker reportedly gave to it a off duty police officers who for reasons unknown never turned it in. that officer is retired now. police say they recently learned of the knife and recovered it. >> it is being treated as we would all evidence so it has been submitted to our lab. they are going to study and examine it for all forensics. >> now no matter what the testing reveals s-it will not lead to simpson being charged again at the state level because of double jeopardy and police say they are still trying to figure out if the knife even came from simpson's property. >> the u.s. economy added 242,000 jobs in the month of february. that's according to the report issued today by the labor department it also shows the unemployment rate held at 4.9 percent. worker pay, however, slipped last month but more americans started looking for jobs last month and many of them found them.

the report also shows the u.s. economy has held strong despite rough patches in other countries. now here's a look at how the market's reacted to the jobs report and green arrows across-the-board as we end this first friday of the month of march. the dow above 17,000 ending 62.87 points up, the nasdaq up nearly 10 points and the s & p five unup six and change. >> reporters covering wars see all kinds of stories from the tragic to the heartwarming but we don't usually think of their experiences as comedic. new movie today is going for laughs using a reporter's true story about her time in afghanistan and it stars upper darby's own tina pavement >> the network needs reporters on the ground in afghanistan. you folks are all the unmarried personnel in this bureau. it's 2002 and kim baker hits the front lines as a correspondent in the northeast. >> it could be great that kind

of exposure. >> reporter: this is the real life kim barker, not baker. her name and a bit of her story got hollywooded up as she puts it. she admits watching tina fey play her. >> it's so meta. >> reporter: you wouldn't imagine this is fodder for economy but it's what sent barker's book whiskey tango fox trot to the top of the list. >> i was trying to channel the darkest of the sadness that i saw over there but also the funny absorbed things i saw. >> reporter: and she trusted fay to turn her first film into a project. >> i think when people see the movie they'll see tina fey they don't necessarily recognize. >> reporter: she's funny. >> you're boarder line 10. >> what are you like a 15. >> yeah. >> reporter: but barker is pretty funny herself. >> do you think that i thought about tina fey in writing it?

sure i d absolutely. >> reporter: she does say that watching it was almost a little harder than living it. >> i think i watched the movie with one i open and one closed sort of like please let it be over, please don't let it be anchorman in afghanistan. that's your biggest fear. >> reporter: rest assured she tells me that fay beautifully relayed the narrative arc of her life. >> she's been so kind to me and respectful i feel to my story. >> reporter: kim says what's more amazing is just after one lunch meeting fay even nailed her mannerisms. whiskey tango fox trot is out in theaters today and of course you can always read the book, too. alicia vitarelli, channel6 "action news." >> pretty cool. a tie to the delaware valley. >> yeah, looking forward to seeing that. >> should be funny. time for another trip to the philadelphia flower show. >> let's do it. meteorologist adam joseph live there at the pennsylvania convention center with the accuweather forecast and adam no matter what the weekend holds, are you in the perfect place, that is if we can find you.

>> where are you? >> don't worry, you'll find -- i wanted to show you this main exhibit this basically is a big timber lodge. this is where visitors are going to walk underneath this is stone and wood structure. these folks are still putting down the green carpet for the black tie gala for tonight and as the folks enter this main exhibit, they're going to be greeted by park rangers as they are celebrating, that is the national pennsylvania horticultural society is going to be really highlighting national parks. there are 409 across the can country, 100 of them will be on exhibit here within 10 acres and i tell you it is absolutely gorgeous in here. and you know what, it's better outside right now than it was this morning. as we take a look at some of the numbers, we have warmed back up to around 40 degrees in the city of philadelphia and even points to the north and west, reading at 40, millville 39, 36 dover its a little cooler to the south where that snow is still on the ground trying to melt away. as we look at the wind gusts, they are pretty gusty

especially southern parts of new jersey and the coastline because of that storm that is developing over the open water of the atlantic, you're still funneling in some of those winds. still clocking in 28 miles an hour at the atlantic city airport, 24 in wildwood and 23 in millville. as we take a look at satellite and radar, you can see that massive storm that is to our east and brought almost a half a foot of snow in southern parts of new jersey, that storm is pulling away, it's moving in drier air for overnight tonight, so the sky will turn clear later on tonight but it stays on the chilly side with temperatures between 22 and 27 degrees with a much lighter wind out of the north. as we go into the weekend, there will be some changes. we're going to have a little bit of sunshine here early tomorrow morning with temperatures right around the freezing point but those clouds will quickly gobble up that sunshine as they work in from the west into the afternoon, seasonable with temperatures in the lower and the middle 40's. and then saturday night into sunday morning, another weak system is going to be passing

by so we'll see the introduction to more light rain and snow showers. most of the snow showers you see in the blue is north of wilmington, some rain showers to the south where temperatures are a little warmer and then as we get into sunday afternoon, most of those rain and snow showers will fall apart. there will still be a lot of clouds around. there could be a spitting shower with temperatures around 43 in the lehigh valley, 48 in philadelphia, 48 in millville and 47 in dover. as we look at the four day at 4:00 forecast, tomorrow 45 degrees as those clouds build in the afternoon. i like that touch of the tulips on the four day forecast as well. on sunday morning snow and rain showers. a little drier in the afternoon at 48 degrees and then much warmer with high clouds here on monday of 60 degrees and then feeling like spring. not only in the pennsylvania convention center but outside sun, a few high clouds with a high of 70 degrees. and i tell you, this main exhibit, it is jam packed with these flowers. you've got the roses, guys, you've got the cosmos, you can

smell kind of like overdrive here of spring. you got to check it out. it's open for a week from this sunday. you have plenty of time to check it out. in the next half hours guys we'll go to two more exhibits and show you a little sneak peek. >> great. >> remember to tune in tomorrow for a special preview of the flower show. the accuweather team will be at the pennsylvania convention center to take you inside this year's incredible and colorful displays. that's tomorrow night 7 o'clock right here on 6abc. >> and still ahead on "action news" at 4:00, firefighters go door to door to get out an important message that's tied to this time of the year. >> and coming up at 4:30 today, one picture of oranges is going viral. we'll explain why it's upset so many people and why the company selling that orange is changing its ways. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> from our new jersey news room we're still working to learn the name of the woman in her 80's who died this morning in a house fire in burlington county.

the action cam was on francis street in wrightstown where the flames broke out just before 2:00 a.m. firefighters showed up and heard reports that people were trapped inside. when they put out the flames and got inside,. fire started in the living room and it appears accidental. in west philadelphia, firefighters spent the day trying to help seniors keep their homes safe in the event of fire. they teamed up with the local red cross to remind people to change the batteries in their smoke detectors. they performed safety checks on homes in the 100 block of south 58th street. firefighters say people should change their batteries when they change their clocks for daylight saving time and we will spring ahead next weekend. >> good advice. meantime more than 200 adults showed off their skills on the ice this afternoon in ardmore. spin with ease and decked out in crystal studded costumes they're competing for a spot at the u.s. adult figure skating nationals.

the skaters are lawyers doctors engineers and professors by day who manage to have time to keep up with their passion. competitors range from 21 all the way up to 81 proving you're never too old to do what you love. >> awesome. you know who is quite a skater? sarah bloomquist. >> i heard that. >> it is freebie friday. find out what you can get for free and who is offering free admission this weekend. >> plus, philadelphia police officers spend the day giving back. we'll show you how these officers are trying to filled a stronger relationship with their neighbors. >> and a toddler is getting a whole lot of attention after she called police about an emergency. why that phone call is going viral. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. >> it's 4:30 and "action news" continues. we are live with a preview from this year's philadelphia flower show. >> plus, philadelphia's mayor wants the city to offer universal prek. find out hour mayor kenney wants parents to get involved. >> and a major grocery chain responds after this picture was shared on social media peeled. no a plastic container forces the store to explain itself. >> first at 4:30 philadelphia police officers spent the day getting to know the neighborhoods they protect and serve. police officers across the city took part in community day. "action news" reporter gray

hall was with officers from the 19th police district in west philadelphia. gray, a nice way for them to get out and about here. >> reporter: indeed it was, brian and this is actually the first day that all the districts have held a community event on the same day and from the police officers to those who showed up to the events they say the events do work. dominos, bingo pool and police officers, it's a mixture that you may not be accustomed to seeing but this is more than just games. it is community policing. >> right now it's a tough time for police. we get a lot of negative press, so doing things like this is good for us. makes us feel good. >> reporter: police districts across philadelphia are uniting and holding police and community day events in their neighborhoods. >> the idea is police can't fix it by themselves, the community can't do it by themselves. >> reporter: the goal is to meet and greet the public break down communication barriers and show that behind the gun and badge is a real

person. >> what he want them to walk away knowing we're people. we have first names, not just titles. we do this job eight hours a day five days a week different shift but we're people too. >> reporter: those who showed up say seeing the officers outside of their patrol cars makes a difference. they say the one-on-one interaction builds a relationship, a trust on both sides. >> i would love to do this a lot more. it's great to show everybody that it's okay to be with the police. >> without a doubt it's touching me. if it's touching me i know it can touch thousands. >> reporter: across the country and in philadelphia there have been incidents where police and community have clashed creating tensions. many are hoping outreach events like today will help change that and build a stronger bond between the officers and the neighborhoods they patrol. >> to do that we need to engage human beings. there's no other way to do this than actually reaching out and then having at hand -- that hand touch your hand. it don't get any better than this. even talking about it i get

excited. >> reporter: and back out live some of the officers say that they were so impressed by the engagement and the response they plan to hold these events at least twice a year in their districts on top of everything else that they already do. live in west philadelphia, gray hall, channel6 "action news." brian. >> alall right, great initiative, gray. thanks very much. for other officers this was graduation day. 15 philadelphia police department recruits were sworn in today at the fraternal order of police in north philadelphia. they spent the past eight months training at the police academy. >> well, he was the victim of a home invasion but now dover police have arrested and charged him with manslaughter. delaware state police say 21-year-old jacob leaguer chased the two suspects from his home and ended up shooting and killing a woman who was waiting for them in a car. police tell "action news" haley hen dead wood was one of the suspect's girlfriend. both of the suspects have been arrested for the original crime which happened in

october. leager was shot during that incident and his father was killed. a man from philadelphia is charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in warminster. according to police, glen katherine assaulted the girl yesterday inside the aspen grove apartments. warminster police arrested capron without incident. >> the ukrainian man accused of posing as a high school student says he was trying to live the american dream. the attorney says his a client's motives were pure when he enrolled as a freshman. the 23 he-year-old was pretending to be a dean. he's charged with identity theft and having sex with an under aged girl. >> the country's oldest and longest running flower show gets under way tomorrow. >> adam joseph is taking us all inside today free of charge live at the pennsylvania convention center

with details and the accuweather forecast. hey, adam. >> yeah, you're getting a sneak peek because they're getting ready for that black tie tailgate gala overnight tonight. it's the 50th year they've had it. now i've entered acadia nsa national park beautiful looking like spring. it's going to feel like sprang here as well very soon. as we take a look at the temperatures across the eastern half of the country still feeling winter-like right now in the east coast. 40 in philadelphia right now but notice the 70's blossoming in the central part of the united states and the deep south. don't be jealous of them because those 70's will be heading our way but if you're heading up to the poconos could be one of the last weekends to get in some skiing here late in the winter season and into the early spring season. 39 for your saturday, partly sunny up there. and then as we get into the second half of the weekend on sunday, your temperature

bumping up just a little bit into the lower 40's and there could be a quick snow shower or two especially the front end of the day but not a bad way to head up into the poconos. as you are looking into this particular exhibit, these are the types of signs you would see if you were in acadia national park. the great thing about a lot of folks that come here and display their beauty, they bring everything about that particular park here into the pennsylvania convention center so if i was pretending to be hiking through the trails there of acadia national park that is the type of sign i would see. you can see the 18-foot evergreens behind me surrounded by a bed of tulips, pink and yellows again you get that breath of spring in here. if are you an allergy sufferer take medicine before you come inside here. guys, can culling up in that full accuweather forecast we'll bring you to another exhibit and we'll also give you that seven-day forecast and let you know just how warm it's going to get. in fact, record temperatures

are on the way for next week, guys, but sharrie, do you want a flour? maybe i can pick you one. >> don't get in trouble. >> you're going get in so much trouble. >> adam thank you. >> i shouldn't even be in here i don't think. >> no, no, get out of there. philadelphia mayor jim kenney continued his push for universal prek with a visit to lovie lee's stars of tomorrow in west oak lane. the program educates young children in a home environment. kenny toured the city one day after he submitted his budget proposal. >> it's nice to be around these little children and see how wonderful they develop at an early age and it just reinforces the fact that we have to expand our opportunities for prek in philadelphia so all of our little children can get the same experience as these can kids are getting. >> kenney's office introduced a new web site that invites parents and the public to express their support for prek

expansion. you can find a link to that web site on 6abc.com. >> there's an effort under way to turn trash into energy at the jersey shore. abandoned crab pots are being repurposed for power. "action news" anchor rick williams live in the news room with this unique story. hi, rick. >> reporter: hi, sharrie, that's right, unique indeed. officials say those pots are more than just an eyesore. coming up on "action news" at 5 o'clock nora muchanic explains why those rusty traps are a hazard to humans and wildlife alike and she'll walk us through the process to turn trash into electricity. also coming up tonight aspiring college students will have a brand new test to take starting tomorrow. we'll explain the changes coming to the sat and the thinking behind them, the essays are optional. why the heck didn't they have that when we were kids sharrie. those stories and more on "action news" at 5:00. >> we missed all the good stuff. saint christopher's hospital for children is celebrating a milestone.

the hospital went back in time today in honor of its 140th anniversary. patients and staff gathered to learn about the medical firsts that happened here over the years. a special presentation focused on the advancements during the specific time period between 1966 and 1985 and of course so many advancements to celebrate. >> absolutely. okay. the weekend it is here. there are plenty of things to dom details about the two local museums offering free admission. >> and we've got the latest ottering andrews civionthe otte. >> we check back in once again with meteorologist adam joseph. the full accuweather forecast from the philadelphia flower show if he's not been thrown out next.

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was attacked by a student. the fight was recorded by other students on their cell phones. well, it shows the student tackling the teacher and then hitting him several times. a 17-year-old is now charged with aggravated assault. the school district says teachers will be getting new training on how to handle violence. a jury is about to begin deliberating in the erin andrews civil trial against a hotel in nashville. the sportscaster is suing the hotel and its manager after her stalker was able to record video of her naked. attorneys are finishing up their closing arguments and then it will go to the jury. andrews filed a $75 million lawsuit claiming the hotel could have prevented her stalker from making those videos: the hotel manager says they did nothing wrong. >> all right, over the big board now with the big talkers dam we begin with this picture prompting whole foods to offer an apology today. it shows take a good close look a california grocery

store selling a peeled orange inside a plastic container. well, the photo posted by michelle cane has been shared thousands of times on social media. one person tweeting if only nature would find a way to cover these oranges so we didn't need to waste so much plastic on them. whole foods has apologized saying it was a mistake and that they will now leave the oranges in their natural packaging. take a look at this. little girl in south carolina thought she was dealing with an emergency so she called police. >> 911. hello granville county 911. >> well, turns out two-year-old aaliyah was having a fashion emergency. she couldn't quite figure out how to put her clothes on and even though she couldn't tell police that they still responded to her home. aaliyah's grandfather who was babysitting at the time had no idea she had even made that call. >> her grandfather answered the door and she just comes

running up to the front with half a pant leg on and the other one is like falling off. >> deputy marsha lohnes responded to the call earlier this week. she says it was the highlight of her day. all right, finally we think you're going to like this. it's a video evoking a lot of emotion across the internet today. it shows a veterinarian comforting a crying puppy post-surgery and if you've got a soft spot for dogs then you may be about to turn into mush. >> i know. >> yeah, the doctor said the dog was crying because he felt funny from the anesthesia needed to perform the operation. the video has become so wildly popular, the shelter shared this follow-up photo of the pup with her new family just to show that the dog is fine and still surrounded by love. so if you weren't smiling yesterday hopefully you are now. >> very adorable. we all need consoling sometimes.

>> you got it. >> brian, thanks. time to get another check of the roads. matt pelman with the upday. hi, matt. >> busy friday afternoon. we might have drivers whimpering like that as well. at least the lanes are opened on the schuylkill expressway however since last we spoke there was an accident here in the eastbound lanes just past 202 in king of prussia. it's off to the side but attracting a little attention and slowing things down as you come east away from the turnpike in toward 476 the blue route. elsewhere on the schuylkill no accidents but speeds are in the teens in many spots. do have a crash on the roosevelt boulevard southbound approaching third street in the inner drive. as you come down from oxford circle i would stay in that outer drive city. a crash on 95 southbound side as you enter the work zone. it's on the shoulder so not a huge deal this afternoon but causing a little slowing coming down from academy. we had that crash that was blocking ramp from the turnpike eastbound to route 100 southbound at downingtown. the crash is gone but it caused some damage. now the crews are out there making emergency repairs and

partially blocking that ramp and then farther east on the turnpike past fort washington there was another accident. it too is gone but you see the area of yellow there, it is a little slow as you head towards willow grove. couple accidents in south jersey both on the shoulder but both slowing things down, one on 42 southbound by 295, the other on 295 northbound approaching the black horse pike. speeds there just around 10 miles per hour. and we have some delays on some of the septa regional rails already this afternoon. the wilmington newark and trenton lines both running 20 minutes behind because of some amtrak equipment problems. we'll keep tabs on that and all the other stuff, brian and sharrie, in the 5 o'clock hour. >> so much on which to keep tabs. matt, thanks. it is friday of course which means we're going to help you shave money today. freebie friday coming up.

>> ♪ >> well, by luck or by planning we picked a pretty good day to give you a preview of the philadelphia flower show. >> all right, that's where meteorologist adam joseph is live with the best seat in the house. also with the accuweather forecast. hi, adam. >> reporter: yeah, and now, guys, we have taken a trip to the west coast where you'll find the oldest 2000-year-old trees and the tallest in the world, the red wood. the red woods national and state park just outside of san francisco, that is what you're looking at here. right now in this particular exhibit and i tell you, when you take a look at this chandelier tree from the outside it is impressive but from the inside, even that much more impressive which we will show you in just a minute. i got to give you a little team as we take a look at the temperatures outside right now, we're starting to warm it up just a little bit from earlier this morning when we had some of that snow. 40 in philadelphia, 40 in trenton, 39 in wilmington. 34 at the atlantic city airport and even up into the

poconos your temperature coming in at 34 degrees. as we look at satellite and radar we notice that that precipitation is far off the coast but that storm has become a beast. just to our east. thankfully we missed out on the heaviest amount of the precipitation but we got a little blast of winter this morning and now we're starting to see some of that drier air filter in from the north and the east. as we look at the forecast for tonight, turning clear and it will be on the chilly side with temperatures between 22 and 27 degrees with that very light wind out of the north. as we get into the first part of the weekend on saturday we're going to have some sunshine to begin with in the morning and then the clouds will increase in the afternoon but it's seasonable for this time of the year, mid 40's for highs, 44 in the lehigh valley, 41 in cape may and 45 down in dover. then as we get into the second half of the weekend on sunday, we're going to have another very weak system that is going to be passing in from the west and you can see some of the rain and the snow showers that developed. 32 in lancaster, 32 in

reading, 34 in wilmington. rain showers down to the south and again we could see a coating to an inch north and west of philadelphia, especially towards the lehigh valley. in the afternoon, those showers break apart. again it's a very weak system and then those temperatures bounce into the middle and upper 40's despite that we will see a decent amount of cloud cover during the afternoon but overall the weekend not a lot of sunshine, a lot of clouds and we'll watch a very weak system that passes by. then as we get into the middle of next week, we're looking at those temperatures scoring into the 70's as that warmth really builds with the ridge in the east coast. and that is not going to stay just for one day but up to three days in the middle of next week. as we look at the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, we're going to start on the chilly seasonable side for the upcoming weekend and again, morning sun tomorrow giving way to clouds in the afternoon. there will be a morning rain or a snow shower depending if you're north or south of philadelphia on sunday morning. sunshine in the afternoon at

48. we excel the temperature above average to 60 on monday with a lot of high clouds and then as we get into tuesday, temperatures will be up to 70 degrees and then record warmth here by a degree or so, feeling like spring on wednesday and we stay in the 70's for thursday despite a shower and then a chance of a few more showers at the end of next week on friday but a pretty decent warm looking seven day with temperatures still in the 60's a week from now. you saw the chandelier tree from the outside. now you're looking up in the inside and you see five happened herechandeliers and fir chandeliers. you can walk through this particular chandelier tree just like you can drive through some of the red woods out in the west coast and i tell you we've got to give mad props to the american institute of floral designers. it took 25 designers to create this one tree you see behind me and it also took about 25

or so rebar. pretty impressive when you take a look from this vantage point and pretty unique as a lot of these exhibits guys are pretty interactive where you can kind of journey your way through the different national parks that you would see across the country with own one stoonlyone stop. tomorrow night you'll see the preview of the in our show with our accuweather team. hopefully you'll join us tomorrow for that. >> so much to see, yes. >> so cool. >> adam thank you. and we will be right back with freebie friday. >> ♪ thanks, so are these! wow, the new blowout instant games from the pennsylvania lottery, with over $225 million in prizes. did someone say blowout?!

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what is this miraculous invention? it separates our side of the room from theirs. listen. now you hear them. now you don't. every family deserves a two-room suite. yeah, it's pretty great. >> party time. we made it to the end of the work week. that means freebie friday and we have quite the range of free find for you today. >> first up it's the first weekend of the month so on sunday, you can get into

philadelphia's barnes foundation for free. once there, you can enjoy live afro cuban inspired music and picasso inspired crafts. and if you have a bank of america card, you can get into even more museums for free this weekend. for the full list go to our web site 6abc.com. >> red box will send you a code for a free dvd ventail. all you have to do is text word march as in the month to 727272. and if you're like most of us, you use the weekend to get a little laundry done. perhaps a lot of laundry. stop by k-mart first. big box store is offering a free 75-ounce bottle of extra laundry detergent. download the k-mart app on your smartphone scroll down to the friday fix section. >> finally at 4:00 high school students dance the day away at central bucks east high schoo school. >> ♪

they are holding their first ever mini on that. students are raising money and thon. they're raising money for pediatric cancer. this mini thon is modeled after penn state's university's dance marathon supporting the same cause four diamonds. >> great event. so glad to see it spreading. >> good way to do it. >> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00 for the entire "action news" team i'm brian taff. hope you'll join us for a full hour of "action news" on phl17. >> here are monica and rick for what's ahead at 5 o'clock. >> violated in the locker room. the alleged incident that has three high school students facing serious charges tonight and officials investigating a culture of hazing at a suburban school. plus, police have a person of interest in last night's deadly stabbing in south philadelphia. >> also more delegates are up

for grabs this weekend for both republican and democratic c candidates for president. we have the race for the white house. those stories and much more coming up on "action news" at 5:00

>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody,

meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> the locker room was there's to do what they wanted when they wanted and how they wanted. >> an alleged culture of hazing has been exposed at a chester county high school. tonight three students are accused of violating a younger teammate with a broom stick during a locker room attack. friday night and the big story on "action news" is the serious charges those students are now facing. >> the charges stem from one incident but officials say the behavior actually dates back years. "action news" reporter dann cuellar live outside conestoga high school in berwyn with more. dann. >> reporter: monica students we spoke with are in shock and disbelief over these terrible allegations charges that were unveiled today after a lengthy investigation by chester county detectives. >> this is a simple case about ignorance, violence and a shocking lack of supervision.

>> reporter: authorities announce today that three senior football players at conestoga high school had been charged with assaulting a freshman on what the team called no gay thursdays. >> what this tradition was, was things that the football team considered would normally be considered gay were not considered gay on thursdays. >> reporter: authorities say this tradition started by the conestoga football team had been going on for three or four years. on october 15 of last year they say a 14-year-old freshman player was violently assaulted. >> three seniors holding down a freshman and violating him with a broomstick. >> reporter: d.a. tom hogan says one of those charged in the alleged assault is a captain of the football team he says the atmosphere was so bad on thursdays that some players quit the team. >> a lack of supervision here is the fact that all of this happened under the noses of the coaching staff because they were not there to supervise. >> reporter: meanwhile many