barracks where sean cullen was assigned when he joined the force back in august of 2014. this evening he is remembered as a dedicated law enforcement officer, an athlete and a family man. >> this morning the flag was lowered outside of the bellmawr state barracks to honor their fallen brother, sean cullen. >> because of the job we do, any time a police officer loses their life it impacts everyone because people realize it could be them. >> the 31-year-old trooper responded to a crash, he was going across the street to get a statement when he was struck by a 21-year-old driver. he was flown by shopper to cooper medical hospital and was pronounced dead later. >> we held out hope until the end that there would be a miracle in this case. >> cullen was born in dublin, ireland and moved to new jersey

as a child and graduated from cinnaminson high school and he dreamed of a career in law enforcement and served on several departments including sea isle city, mount holly and west hampton before joining the state police where his brother serves as a detective. >> he was everything, he became full-time in west hampton and it meant everything to him and when he had the opportunity to work side by side with his brother that was his goal. >> he leaves behind a mother, father, two brothers and a sister and a fiance a baby and one on the way. >> they are a strong spiritual family and we hope that will help them get them through it. >> reporter: the driver of the car did stop immediately at the scene and give a voluntary blood test and the driver has not been

charged. the police have received an outpouring of supfrom police departments from around the region offering to help them in any way. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. knowledge governor, chris christie, expressed his condolences today. he released this statement in part, new jersey remembers the loss of state trooper sean cullen and reminds us how the dangers delivers face on the job. and the college posted a remembrance on their facebook page today. sean cullen is one of great ones. an all american, he finished his career 94-30 and was inducted into the hall-of-fame in 2012. our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this

incredibly painful time. our coverage of trooper cullen's death continues on our website you can see more show of support from his friends and colleagues and leave your condole lances as well at 6abc.com. a woman and her two daughters were hit by a tow truck on a north philadelphia street. it happened last night before 7:00 at the corner of b and ontario streets. the driver stayed on the scene waiting for help to arrive. vernon odom is live at saint christopher's hospital in hunting park where the two young victims are recovering tonight. >> reporter: rick, those two young victims are struggling to recover here after the accident scene last night that could have been deadly and their mother remains in critical condition also and hospitalized elsewhere. the mother is listed in critical condition. this is video of the horrific

accident at b and ontario, we are freezing the video before a tow truck slammed into a mother pushing her two children in a stroller. the mother was was taken to pennsylvania state hospital and she remains in critical condition and her two daughters, ages 4 and 1 are in saint christopher's hospital. the 1-year-old is in stable condition at this hour. the tow truck driver remained at the scene. the preliminary investigation finds he was not at fault here. neighbors point to this few hole in the sidewalk as a possible cause for the mother veering out into the street. >> six months ago a man in a wheelchair also went to avoid the hole got hit by a car also. approximately the same area the woman was in. >> that is what you believe happened last night? >> that is my theory. >> we saw pedestrians stepping

off the curb avoiding this hole in the sidewalk. the hole in this east kensington neighborhood is hardly a new problem. >> they cross the street to avoid this hole and the people from the city see is like this and do nothing about t that is why people get into accidents because of this hole. >> city hall says that sidewalk repairs are the problem of the property owner, and if they were notified of it they would put heat on the owner to fix it. >> monica police tell me their full investigation will take a few days. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. nearly four dozen students at lafayette college in easton have sought treatment for a stomach ailment. the symptoms seem consistent

with a contagious stomach virus. now the early arrival of spring like weather, look at this, the action cam found people snowboarding with their jackets open in the poconos. we pasted 70 today and possible record temperatures tomorrow despite the wintry conditions. at least they are having number, meteorologist, cecily tynan outside with a first look at the forecast. did we break a record today cecily? >> not yet. not yet. but it looks like we'll break records for the next two days. looking at temperatures near 80. made it up to 75 degrees today. we had three cold marchs in a row and the really different now and temperatures only get warmer. 72 degrees currently in philadelphia. looking to the south now, richmond and roanoke, 67 degrees

and we'll tap into that. close to 80 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing us we had some clouds from that front that is over new york state now and plenty of sunshine. and temperatures are slow to drop. the overnight low dropping to 50 degrees by early tomorrow morning. that is normal high for this time of year. but i'll talk about the record warmth on the way and when it all ends coming up in the full accuweather forecast. inon officialed say they are closer to a contract. they were without a deal for nearly five years. the unions have authorized a strike to begin at 12:01 a.m. on sunday if contract talks don't pan out. pennsylvania governor, tom wolf is calling on lawmakers to raise the minimum wage

statewide. after he raised the state minimum wage for all state work workers. he put his support behind a bill to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour. >> if we raise it to $10.15, that will reduce the poverty level in pennsylvania by 9%. that will take 160,000 people off the poverty level and raise them from the poverty level in pennsylvania that. is worth doing. >> the bill will also tie wages to the rate of inflation and eliminate all wage restrictions related to tipping. the state of pennsylvania has a new tourism motto, state officials unveiled it, pennsylvanians review your happiness. it replaces the old motto, the state of independence, selected

from public submissions more than 10 years ago. some fresh. and something fresher, matt pellman. just kidding. >> i try to be nice and fresh in a good way of course. good afternoon to you rick and monica, if you are pursuing happiness, 422 westbound is not for you. we have this accident blocking both lanes from time to time. it's an absolute stand still westbound out of king of prussia, solid jams coming away from the schuylkill and 202, if you head towards oaks or phoenixville, collegeville use ridge pike or route 23, not the westbound side of 422. off 422 in lower pottsgrove, a scratch near lynn field and saratoga road. and in springfield township, burlington county, an overturned vehicle accident at julius road and in camden county a downed

pole blocking factory road. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you sir. more ahead on "action news" at 5:00. it's primary day in four states around the country and what son the line for both republicans and democrats on yet another super tuesday. >> first, new video from a standoff at a wildlife refuge in oregon. what law officers failed to do that has them under investigation.

the fbi released new video today of a standoff at a wildlife refuge. the officers involved in a traffic stop thatwildlife refug. the officers involved in a traffic stop that ended in an occupier dying. now they say that fbi also shot at the occupier and failed to say anything about it. the u.s. department of justice is now determining the next course of action. tonight in health check. tasacks is a genetic disease with no known cure. erin o'hearn is at the big board

with more on that. >> reporter: this is little nathan hardy, he passed away in 2014. is parents were only able to share four short years with them. they deal with that and share two new miracles in their lives. >> it looks like he will be the one that runs around and tears up the house -- >> that would by ryeland. they predict he will be the troublemaker and his twin jacob will have the laid back demeanor. they share the bond of twin and the middle name of their brother, nathan. >> it's bitter sweet we wish they would have known their brother, nathan. >> he passed away after a long and painful batting with tay-sachs. the gene was found more

prevalent with people of jewish decent and now studies are examining a different lineage, th ba are talking in the irish one in 50, that could be 2% of the irish population. parents both carry the gene but are heaion.hy but as a couple ty have a one in four chance of having the disease. >> we would have been tested if we had known, and we could have still had completely heaion. ca children. >> jacob and ryeland are healthy. they tested before katherine went through ivf. they sted iew having more child was -- >> we wanted to spread the awareness even after we were gone. >> a strong family there, to help spread the awareness and research.

there are two screening, the first during a st. patrick's day c vent at whyy in philadelphia.y and on march 17th which is sat. patrick s day from 1:00 until 3:00. to be part of the scrvinning process, have you to be 18 and at least thrvin grandparents of irish decent. to register on our website go to 6abc.com. so inspiring they can go through that tragedy and still want to help others. >> thank you erin. astronaut scott kelly spoke about his year in space for the first time. he sat down with his first interview in houston texas. he says he is sore and movements like getting up from a chair are still painful. >> a number of days, very, very sensitive, a burning feeling almost. idecause my skin doesn't have ay pressure on it for so long. >> kelly had trouble sleeping at

first and now he is doing fine. one thing he missed in the year of space was the rain. he told our sister station he doesmidet know what is next but will plan to be an advocate for nasa and space travel. what an amazing experience. >> welcome home. still to come on "action news" at 5:00, the commewarial airlin training anyone to be a pilot. no flying experience needed. and the new cast of "dancing with the stars." when "action news" comes right back.

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>> and mischa barton and marla maples and talk show host geraldo rivera. "dancing with the stars" retupeing to abc march 21st at 8:come p.m. i like that lineup. still ahead we'll check the accuweather forecast. looking l kae from sky 6 hd a pretty sunset over accepter city. cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast.

time for a check of stunning weather outside. the accuweather word with cecily tynan. >> if you liked today you'll love tomorrow. >> if you like temperatured around 80 degrees you'll like the next few dair a. some people complain it's too hot for this time of year but i like it. the sun is setting at 6:01 and sunday nee tht it sets at 7:06 daylight savings time. philadelphia 75 degrvins, that s 25 degrees above the average high for this time of year. allentown 74 and wilmingtonee t and with the sea breeze, cape may 65 degrees. 72 in philadelphia and reading

73 and millvilleee th0 and tren llen and with the sea breeze, ce may has dropped now to 56 degrees, it's nice to be south of this warm front. this warm front moved through earlier today and brougthisk ss clouds north of the front though and temperatures own in the 40s. south of it temperatures are in the mid tok se oferee thtod and warmth will be building for the next few days. satelliteome along with action radar showing here is the cloud cover from the warm front advanced to the north and that will continue to push to the north and tonight temperatures really very slow to cool off. a few clouds here and there and the overnight low, 1 degree higher than the normal hee th f this time of year. cape may 48 and allentown 44 and wilmington 46 degrees, so especially mild and tomorrow a great day to take the kids to the playground. no jacke c1 nvinded but sunscre a good idea. mostly sunny skies and by 11:00 only 71 degrees and by 4:come ,

tearaeratures close to 81 degrvins, 79 is the record. record highs set back in the year 20come , philadeirinhia forecastingen 0 that would shatter the old record of 73 and allentown a new record hee th o 76 and trenton is t, wilmingto7 and a new record the only place temperatures may fall place of the record hee th is aomoantic y airport. i'm forecasting a high of 76 the record high is 78, with the sea y 65vin sta it may be tough to o the record but it will be excekinionally warm. the f kae-day forecast tomorrow 80 degrees loads of sunshine and we do it again on thursday, feeling like june and then friday still well above normal. but not quite that watin,ome6 degrvins heading into the wvinkd and saturday increasing clouds and 62, don't forget to spring forward as we start daylight savings time and the beginning

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"action news" continues. >> hello again "action news" continues now with the latest on the 2016 race for the white house. voters in four states will pick their candidates. donald trump has top support and lets get the latest from megan hughes with more on presidential politics. >> reporter: good evening, polls close in michigan at 8:00 tonight and with a huge number of delegates to be won, the stakes couldn't be higher. >> the battle at the ballot box today playing out as voters in four states. idaho and hawaii holding

republican contests and michigan and mississippi both parties compete. donald trump is shown to be leading in all of them. today the better business borough setting the record straight. when it was opened they received multiple complaints. >> this affected the trump bbb rating which was as low as a d minus in 2010. >> democratic frontrunner, hillary clinton is expected to win tonight. ted cruz in north carolina a state that votes next week asking republicans to consolidate. >> maybe now you are supporting marco rubio or john kasich, none of them have a path to beat donald trump. >> the state of michigan send a message and launch me into the state of ohio where we'll have a whole new day in the state of politics. >> role calls from mitt romney

may have given him a boost. >> romney did another one for marco rubio in florida. making good on his pledge to help any candidate take on trump. >> rubio is in florida today looking ahead. >> florida as well as ohio are among five key states voting next tuesday a week from today. megan hughes, abc news detroit. meantime the department of homeland security is investigating the so-called secret service choke slam incident at a trump event last month. it shows the agent putting a "time" magazine photographer in a chokehold and slamming him into the ground. after he stepped out of the area. the photographer was briefly arrested and then let go after the incident. world news tonight with david muir will have more on the race for the white house, you can watch that at 6:30 tonight

following "action news" at 6:00. we have breaking news now out of west philadelphia tonight where three people have been stabbed. chopper 6 hd was over the scene at 56th and baltimore. we are told that one person has died. dann cuellar just arrived on the scene and has the latest. >> reporter: rick, police describe this as a crazy situation that unfolded here that nobody was expecting on this beautiful spring-like day when a man began stabbing people at 6th and baltimore. when the 55-year-old assailant walked into the cricket store be stabbed a man in the chest and then walks to a car with a man with the windows down and he jumps in and tries to stab him. the assailant then walks across

the street to a 30-year-old male talking to his girlfriend while getting his car fist and stabs him in the chest. he staggers to baltimore after and collapses dead on the trolley tracks. the victims were unknown to the assailant. >> they saw him and stabbed him and saw another person and took another opportunity and walks across the street and sees a guy talking to his fiance and walks up and stabs him and keeps on walki walking. a terrible, terrible situation. >> now the 55-year-old suspect has been taken into custody and the weapon is recovered. the two victims that survived are being treated for their injuries. we are live here in south philadelphia on this very tragic day. dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. from our delaware newsroom, delaware police are looking for a man that shot a man and left

him on the street. the 27-year-old victim was hit in the chest and he was rushed to christiana hospital and did not survive. anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call wilmington police. philadelphia police arrest toward people in connection with a deadly shooting last week. one suspect is just 15 years old. police arrested the teenager along with khalil davenport yesterday, they are charged in the murder of 20-year-old jay von pendleton middleton on lambert street in north philadelphia. this is 35-year-old jose, the suspects leader of a pottstown gang. it was the group's rivalry that brought violence to pottstown city streets. he was one of several people arrested last may as part of a

joint sting operation. now a major grown breaking for project home in philadelphia. the advocacy group is now providing a new space for people trying to rebuild their lives. mayor kenney joined sister mary scullin and others as they broke ground here at 15th broad street. they will have 88 apartments for men and women that were homeless and officials say having a safe place to live helps those having hard times to thrive and even give back to others. >> everyone of those individuals that find themselves in the homeless situation say human being with a story and if you understand their story you'll understand how they got where they are. and in many cases it's not their own fault. >> i want to help other youth like me who have gotten through challenges in their life and i want to let them know they have somebody by their side. someone that went through it too. >> project home says the location of their new apartment

building is no coincidence. it's walking zdistance to the septa route and temple university. thank you. some of our local heroes returned home to delaware today after serving months overseas. the c 138 plane arrives this afternoon at the 160 air wing in newcastle. kisses and hugs and little people and the family dog joining in the celebration. the men and women are back from serving in the middle east. >> being gone two months is not too tough some guys were gone four months and probably more happy to be back than i am but i am happy just the same. this is my 13th trip i think.

>> the pilots and crew and maintenance teams flew daily missions to bring cargo to various locations. now a check of traffic scene tuesday night. now matt pellman with the latest. the backup on 422. >> the westbound travel time four times what it should be in the westbound lanes, thanks to this crash between trooper road and oaks, you can see it occupying both shoulders the roadway and so the two lanes are open but wow is the traffic in them ever moving slowly, 9 miles per hour come ago way from 202 and the delays on 202 westbound are stilling back on to 20 and the schuylkill expressway it's a real mess, head to ridge pike or route 23. lower pottsgrove a crash along lynn field road and saratoga road. and a crash on montgomery drive

to the westbound schuylkill, so westbound is busy from south street on out. still police activity 55 and baltimore, and as a result of that the septa 44 trolley is shutting between 56th and baltimore. >> back over to you. >> thanks matt. still ahead an officer is being hailed as a hero after jumping into action after he spot a car on fire. and one of maria sharapova's biggest rivals is talking about the failed drug test. what serena williams said today. as you look to the south temperatures in the upper 70s near 80 in virginia and the carolinas, and that is moving in our direction. we'll talk about the summer-like warmth heading in our direction.

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whatever your definition of success is, helping you pursue it, is ours. t-i-a-a. a highway patrol officers was in the right place at the right time enwe spot aid car on fire. he happened to be driving behind the car when it erupted in

flames and he jumped into action. you see the woman getting out of the vehicle and the officer pulls a crying child from the smoking car as well and hand its to the parent and then a second child out that was screaming, everybody was safe. treated for smoke inhalation, but thanks to the officer in time. a possible storm possibly a tornado went through the dalles area leaving destruction and flooded streets, downed trees and power lines and nearly leveled a gas station in denton season one video captured heavy rains and roadways from ft. worth to denton were under water leaving some drivers stranded. >> tennis star maria sharapova a, after she acknowledged taking a recently banned substance for a decade that she took it since 2006 for numerous health reasons

and did not realize it was banned at the beginning of this year. serena williams was asked about her situation and it makes her sad. >> people were sad and shocked and most people were happy that she was up front and very honest and showed a lot of courage admit to what she had done. >> sharapova asaid she made a mistake and hopes this does not end her tennis career. the eagles were the big story with all the changes the team was making and they are not finished. >> byron maxwell is not moved yet and the eagles have moved on. today the team made its first free agent move. mckelvan, a former first round pick started nine games for jim

schwartz for buffalo in 2014. and he played 16 games just three times and is thrilled to get a chance with the eagles d. >> come to play for philadelphia, it's a great honor just to come out and play for this organization. and thank you to the buffalo bills to give me an opportunity my first eight years and now starting over my career with the eagles. >> maxwell is out and we learn that the birds were in the process of trading the big agent corner along with keiko alonso, and sending disgruntled did he marco murray to the titans, we'll learn exactly what the eagles will get in return. breaking phillies news. not good.

aaron altear will need surgery. and look at that. all right. phillies hosting the pirates today after blanking them 1-0 and they got more offense and the same result. darren ruf with a home run in the first inning and the four run lead, for adam morgan, pitched four scoreless innings. march madness and madison square garden. the wildcats takes on the winner of george town and depaul this weekend. and jay wright says his guys will in no way be on cruise control. the big east tournament is like a separate season that we love. it's so exciting to go up there

and be in manhattan, all the alums from all the schools at the garden. it's never something we want to look past. and i want our players to relish in it. and win or lose they will remember playing in the garden. >> things get interesting for the flyers. two points back behind detroit for a wild card spot and five of those are against the red wings and penguins. the two teams they are chasing. they capped off the 5-1 home stand, of the red hot lightning. and brayden schenn's redirection was the go ahead goal. this is getting exciting down the stretch for them. >> absolutely. meantime we have an exciting night of prime time including new episodes of fresh off the

boat, the real o'neals and fresh off the boat and then the new biblical saga of kings and prophets. it follows the path of two men, we meet king saul and the shepherd david. they play out in the midst of war and tragedy. "action news" spoke with ray windstone who played king saul. >> i enjoyed every moment of it. for me that was a great thing about tv. if you have a series like that, you can go to places but you maybe not have time to do it on film. >> i had a lot of time in the uk as a stage actor and it's a great education but i am more interested in film and television as a medium. >> 8:00 fresh off the boat and real o'neils at 8:30 and then

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talk about magnificent weather. this just a stretch of it. and temperatures warmer than today. and you hear the sky red sky at night sailors delight.

looking at sky 6 hd the sun is about to set below the horizon at 6:01, a lot of blue sky and high clouds and a beautiful couple of days ahead in fact june like here, as we look at double scan live radar you look at that image and say there is nothing on the radar and that is the way it will stay for the next couple of days. as we open up the almanac. it was 75 in philadelphia, 25 degrees above normal. the record for the date we didn't hit it. it was 80 degrees set in 2000 and tomorrow's record was set in 2000 but to give you a fact here. in 2000 each though we had records of 80 plus for a couple of days in a row. that year in april of 2000 we had an inch and a half of snow on the ground in philadelphia. so even though you have 80 or so degrees in march, you can still have snow in the month of april. we'll see if that happens this

year. as we look at the temperature, 68 in quakertown and 72 in center city and upper 60s not north of the lehigh valley and 70s in central delaware ans you hit the shore, the sea breeze kicked in and temperatures are cooler in the low to mid-50s. a warm front pushed through and all of those clouds have fallen apart at the present time the wispy clouds here and there and it stays exceptionally mild with clouds around and 44 to 51 with the split in temperature. and the normal high again for this time of year. that is where we settle for a low tonight. the day planner, 7:00 a.m., 55 degrees, jumped to 67 at 7:00 and near or at 80 degrees at 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon with just a few high clouds around. this march heat pump continues into thursday and the high pressure is off the carolinas

southwesterly wind and it brings in the warmth everywhere on the eastern seaboard, heading into northern new england and eastern canada. we look at the records and smash and or break it it was set back in 2000, we break the old record of 76 set in 2006. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast back to back june like days here wednesday into thursday, friday not as warm, a weak cold front in a drops the temperatures to 56 and still above average. the next front pulls through with showers late saturday night into sunday and a lot of clouds and we move the clocks ahead an hour. we lose an hour of sleep but the sunsets at 7:06 and stays unsettled monday and tuesday with a few showers but 10 to 20

degrees above normal in the 60s. remember in 2000 the 80 in march turned into snow in april. >> we don't want to go there. >> thanks for reminding us. katie: the u.s. has added 14 million new jobs

since the great recession - a good start. but too many families see the special interests gaining the upper hand in washington, while paychecks don't go far enough. if you work hard, your paycheck should show it; you earned social security - it should be there when you retire.

and you shouldn't have to go broke to afford college. i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message because it's your turn. right now jim gardner and the "action news" team is standing by with these stories next at 6:00. a new jersey state trooper dies after a tragedy. and upper darby man turns over a bag of cash he found. and the tale of two activity as head next at 6:00. for adam joseph, cecily tynan, jaime apody, rick williams i'm monica malpass have a great night enjoy the weather.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. tuesday night and governor tom wolf backs the minimum wage hike for all workers in pennsylvania and a good samaritan turns over $15,000 found in upper darby. but the big story on "action news" is tragedy for the new jersey state police. the trooper injured in this episode on i-295 last night in west depford died overnight. 31-year-old sean cullen was pronounced dead shortly after 12:30 at cooper medical center. nora muchanic is live at state police headquarters in ewing. and sara bloomquist is at state

police barracks in bellmawr. nora lets start with you. a different day in new jersey for every state trooper. >> reporter: it's a terrible loss and every trooper knows it could be then. there say memorial garden here and now trooper sean cullen's name will be put here. >> someone that was motivated and enthusiastic and energetic. >> that is how colonel rick fuentes described trooper cullen. >> two officers were managing the scene when he was struck, you can appreciate that that was a chaotic