tonight. authorities make quite a hall in new castle county and that is next. this was the scene tonight as passengers boarded the atlantic city line for points northwest of philadelphia. tonight, these commuters, and almost a million more, statewide, are delighted to hear that new jersey transit will still be there, monday

morning. it is friday night, and the big story on "action news" tonight is tentative agreement between new jersey transit, and its rail workers. there will be no strike. the workers have threatened to walk off the job at 12:01 sunday morning after a dispute that has been going on for five years. the agreement averts agency's first strike in 30 years, on the atlantic city and river link lines. governor chris christie said tonight that he was confident that they would a avoid a strike. >> i never felt, as if we were in danger of a strike or a lock out because i really felt like everyone was, showing good faith, and you can tell i have been in enough negotiationness my life you can tell when people are spoiling for a fight. neither side was spoiling for a fight. >> christie said there will be no cuts in service a and no fare hike until at least summer of 2017. what was supposed to be a donald trump rally erupted in

chaos and violence tonight in the city of chicago. this was the scene at the university of illinois at chicago as protesters turned out in large numbers for the trump rally. and while thousands faced off against each other inside, thousands more a massed outside unable to get in. antagonist were kept separated by police. finally the trump campaign called off the rally. trump never was there. that brought cheers from protesters but it didn't stop the confrontations. trump said he called off rally after talking to law enforcement, but tonight the chicago police said it never recommended that trump cancel the rally. trump said he didn't want to see people hurt or worse. earlier in the day trump spoke to protesters at a rally in st. louis calling them weak troublemakers and ordering them to go home to mommy. thirty-two protesters were a arrested. ted cruz told reporters that he condemned the violence in chicago and that both side

need to be more civil. marco rubio seemed locked into a stop trump tragedy even telling ohio residents to vote for john kasich on tuesday to deny trump winner take all delegates in ohio. the kasich got a standing ovation in ohio today, and talked about, running, positive campaigns. on the democratic side, bernie sanders was in um is it, illinois tonight. he was referring to what happened, in chicago, at the trump rally. sanders said we do things differently in this campaign saying we bring people together. he said, and these were his words, we will not let the donald trumps of the world divide us. hillary clinton left the campaign trail today to attend nancy reagan's funeral. philadelphia special victims detectives are searching for the man in this sketch who bound and sexually assaulted a a young woman. the a attack happened 11:30 wednesday night on the 2800 block of rhawn street near penny pack park. the 22-year old victim, said

of the man that came up from behind, forced her in the wood, duct taped her mouth, cut her wrist, or cuffed her wrist and ankles and then assaulted her. he is describe as 250 to 300-pound, having crooked front teeth and a heart tattoo with tribal symbols on his chest. we have had a bit of cooling off period in the weather department, following two days of record breaking temperatures. the meteorologist adam joseph is in for cecily tynan tonight with the first look at what is a ahead for this weekend, adam. >> temperatures will continue to slide a little bit and even some rain by the even of the weekend but for now we will say good bye to the 80's. yesterday record high of 82 was replaced by 69. that 69 today. then we will call it cooler, breezy, only 3 degrees off the record today which was 72. still, 18 degrees above normal. wind continue to pull in out of the northerly direction, dropping the numbers in many of the suburbs, already to the 40's. forty-three millville.

forty-three allentown. a chill in the air compared to where we have been the last few days. forty-five in the atlantic city a airport. forty-nine right now in cape may. as we look at satellite and radar we have had high clouds, streaming in from the south ape west. you can see moisture gathering in the deep south, tennessee valley, it will take its time before it pushes up into our area. beginning of your weekend here on saturday, tomorrow is beautiful, a lot of sunshine first part of the day, high cloud entering in the afternoon and still mild, although it does go down from today. sixty-five in philadelphia. fifty-eight allentown. sixty-five wilmington. sixty-six in millville. cooler along the shore with temperatures in the 50's. jim, we will let you know when rain arrives and we will give you that seven day forecast where temperatures do tumble but then they do recover, all that coming up in a little bit. >> thanks, adam. this past tuesday night if you will recall it was a particularly violent night in philadelphia with six homicide. one of the victims was nathan atkinson, stabbed to death at 56th and baltimore.

tonight "action news" reporter dann cuellar spoke to atkinson's family. dann is now at police headquarters. dann, how are they coping. >> reporter: well, jim, they are trying to make sense of others say has no sense. the random victim police say, the deranged man, with a long history of arrests who then goes on a stabbing spree. >> to us, you know, it is hard to understand. >> reporter: for laura arena and her mother wendy, it is not just hard but very hard to understand, understand why her brother 31 year-old nate ab atkinson is dead, why he would be stabbed and killed by a man he didn't even know and for no reason. >> i rest will with grief for my son, whom, i loved, but i don't harbor any hate. >> reporter: atkinson is one of the three men randomly attacked by a man with the knife on tuesday in southwest philadelphia. the residents say, five five-year old ronald stanley was high on the synthetic pcp drug known as wet when he

attack. two others survived. >> as far as i'm concerned he was basically a zombie, a non-entity, walking the earth with nothing in him. >> reporter: atkinson had converted to the muslim faith and was laid to rest yesterday in upper darby. he leaves behind a wife, pregnant and due in august. swiger and her daughter had been warn not to go to the place where atkinson died that it was dangerous there but they went any war to power perfumed oil on the spot where he was found dead. >> i want to anoint this place where he died. i want to anoint it and bless it for good so that it does not become a place of evil. >> reporter: as we reported, stanley the accused had a revolving door through the criminal justice system. he had 31 prior arrests including charges ranging from murder, robbery, theft, drugs and assault. something that made his relatives wonder what was he doing on the street. >> just a piece of dirt, piece have dust on the ground as far as i'm concern. i mean i hope he has a soul. i hope got god can get to him

but i think not. >> go fund me account posted on wendy's facebook page has raised over $7,000 for atkinson's widow and unborn child. she was to learn on tuesday if it is to be a boy or a girl. live from police headquarters i'm dann cuellar for channel six, "action news". thanks, dann. elsmere, delaware police are showing us tonight, the haul off drugs and guns, confiscated during a drug bust today. cash includes three handguns, a shotgun, steroid, and more than 25-pound of the marijuana a, officers a arrested 51 year-old robert johnson at his home on the unit block of hazel street and they say they found the rest kept in a their by storage locker. many of you watched a special 20/20 broadcast tonight on heroin epidemic. one of the main themes of the report was heroin is now a drug of choice in america's suburbs. "action news" reporter jeff chirico is live tonight from media delaware county and

jeff, you have talk to families for whom the epidemic is a personal trauma. >> reporter: that is right, jim. experts say heroin is driving a sharp increase in the number of overdose deaths here in the suburbs, and it is devotion families in the process. >> we are absolutely, losing a generation here. >> reporter: teresa bidwell. >> this is a life long fight. >> reporter: and tricia a stout are on the front line of a war that they did in the want to fight against a drug that is killing thousands of americans, every single will year. >> i just could not believe it. i could not believe this could happen to me. >> reporter: bid well of levittown, bucks county said her son and daughter have been in and out of rehab for years. their addiction started with prescription drugs and escalated to the cheaper heroin. >> it the is the devil inside of them. that is all i can say. it is the devil. that is how i look at it. >> she was responsible.

working, saved her money. >> reporter: but stout's state laced doubt are pamela of aston got caught up in drugs and overdosed months after leaving rehab. she was just 19 years old. >> our death rate is higher, last year then it has ever been. >> reporter: district attorney jack whalen says more than a hundred people died of heroin in delaware county last year. in fact, pennsylvania, lead the nation, in overdose deaths among young men. jeff goldberg of any lab test new in springfield says that he has seen an increase in parent testing their children's hair and fingernails for drug use. it is a service he wishes he didn't have to offer. >> it is starting point to say hey, where do we take this and where do we begin the journey to recovery. >> on my free time, even time i was supposed to be working or studying i was fining ways to get high. >> reporter: stout who has been a advocate read from her daughter's journal to schools across the region hoping to stop the epidemic before it claims another life. >> i just thought we would get the kid before they started. >> i wanted people to know

that it can happen to anybody. >> reporter: heroin task force here in delaware county is speaking to students not just about the dangers of heroin but also prescription drugs which whalen says can hook someone in just 72 hours. we are live from media, jeff chirico, channel six "action news". >> jim. >> jeff, thank you. if you have a loved one suffering from heroin a addiction there are a number of ways you can help. first you can start by calling one of the many drug abuse hot lines, including the government's national help line. at 800-662-help. it is opened 24/7, 365 days a year. they can provide referral toss local treatment facilities. often medications such as methadone and others are used, behavioral therapy can be useful, for many addicts and there are also options to help them recovery, such as support groups like narcotic is a anonymous. the federal government announced 94 million-dollar in funding to day to help fight

heroin and prescription abuse. the money will be distributed to 271 health centers nationwide, including over a million-dollar in pennsylvania, and ear mark for philadelphia a, pottstown, and reading. another million in new jersey split among trenton, camden and egg harbor township. residents in the southwest philadelphia neighborhood are dealing with the damage after a car drove down the street striking cars, leaving mangled metal and shattered glass in its wake. it happened on 57th and wittby avenue overnight. police suspect that the driver of the jeep was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. he was injured, in the collision but neighbors say nobody else was hurt. passengers a aboard a september bus in the crescentville section of philadelphia, throughout they witnessed an abduction earlier this morning but woman they thought was the victim denies that anything was wrong. still it was a violent scene. 1:30 in the morning the driver of the car forced the bus

driver to stop. the man punched the bus window, pulled a woman off the bus, hit her and then forced her into his car, this is according to witnesses. police thought it was an abduction but woman is now refusing to cooperate. indicted philadelphia congressman chaka fattah has replaced his lawyers in the corruption case and today they asked the federal judge to throw out the charges. the defense argues that the racketeering charge against fattah is unconstitutionally vague, but the attorneys pledged that they will not ask for a delay but they will be ready for the beginning of the trial on may second if the case is not dismissed. still to come on "action news" tonight, remembering nancy reagan, one word, spoken out by all in attendance at the funeral today about her life and romance with ronald reagan. plus a major announcement from astronaut scott kelly just returned to earth after a year in space. an ad am. jim, very little in the the way of any signs of winter

cross eastern half of the country, we will talk about that continued trend of above normal temperatures but also a little rain in the accu weather forecast. and ducis rodgers with the sixers doing something they have not done in the month of march. did they win? we will find out when "action news" continues.

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or iced tea for 99 cents. america runs on dunkin'. nancy reagan is lying next to her beloved husband once again. she has been buried in a tomb, shared by the former president. on the ground of the reagan library. her intern. came after a funeral attended by a thousand people today, including four of the five current and former first ladies, and friends of nancy from the world of hollywood. the nancy's son ron told mourners outside the library that there would not have been a president reagan without nancy reagan. nancy's forceful personality was described this way by her daughter, patty. >> as her own health declined she was adamantane vocal about reuniting with my father on the the other side after her

passing. i am hoping for god's peace of mind, that she got her wish. >> president reagan's former chief of staff james baker said that ronald and nancy reagan were defined by their love for each other. nancy reagan died last sunday at the the age of 94. if you want to view all of the nancy reagan coverage, you can do that, we invite to you visit, six abc.com, where we have posted videos of her family, friend, dignitaries offering their memories of the former first lady. plus visit our collection of the photographs from the services today. second and erie in north philadelphia a, it is where somebody stole a brass plaque right out of the sidewalk. the plaque paid tribute to philadelphia fire fighter james magee who was killed fighting an oil factory fire at that location in 1898. prominent attorney jimmy bins has been raising money and spending his own for 290 of these memorial plaques around the city.

he and fire fighters union will replace the stolen plaque. police are trying to track down the plaque, bandit. record setting american a astronaut scott kelly is retiring. the five two-year old just spent nearly a year in space, 340 days, and that is an american record, but over the course of his career, the rocket man spent 520 days total in orbit, another american high bar. even though commander kelly will officially retire from nasa april 1st he will be still subjected to a long running medical stud bye how his body faired being in space, for so long. kelly didn't say what his plans are but, nasa administrators say he deserve meals that don't come in a bag, a cold beer, hot showers and the sound of bird chirping and so much more of the pleasures of life. general motors is accelerating efforts to develop self driving cars as it find itself in the race with old rivals, upstart auto

makers like tezsla and tech firms like google today gm has bought a small silicone valley start up called cruise automation. it is one of the few that california has permitted to do real world on street testing of driverless vehicles. they are coming. >> whether you like it the or not. >> in a auto show and it was the most bizarre feeling will when they said let get of the steering wheel and let go of the pedals and let the car do it all. coming off of the highway, not touching a brake and you have to let that car brake itself. >> and it all went well. >> i'm still here. >> yes, you are. >> lets take a look the at double scan live radar, out there and not much in the the way of any rain, as we begin the weekend but it will change the second half of the weekend. many of you, sending in your photos from the sunset this evening. this is from jidith on my facebook page. love seeing them, getting with

them, chatting with you from social media. this is from perkasie, pennsylvania. those cloud playing off of that really spectacular sunset. forty-three allentown. forty-nine in reading. forty-six in lancaster. fifty wilmington. forty-three in millville. mid to upper 40's the at the shore. temperatures have cooled off quite a bit, over the last 12 hours. as we look at satellite and radar a cold front passed through this morning. up very early we saw puddles on the red ways and sidewalks, that is now since moved away to the south and we're awaiting this next system in the gulf of mexico to eject some precipitation our way. so a as we look at the forecast for saturday, 65 degrees. still 14 above average. a lot of sun, first part of the day and then high cloud increasing, during the of afternoon. those high cloud will continue to filter through here, and sat the day night and thicken up on sunday and then showers coming in sunday afternoon, with temperatures a little cooler with high pressure to the north, settling in around 64 degrees. we're only looking at a quarter of a half an inch of

rain sunday night into monday. also this weekend we will remind you to spring, forward on saturday night before you head to bed. turn those clocks ahead one hour. also a good time to check batteries and make sure they are in working order and smoke detectors and with that change on sun take night, the sun will set at 7:06 p.m. and if you are tracking it further down the road, april 1st, they will set the at 7:25 and may 1st, setting close to 8:00 . the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, we have pulled the numbers back a bit over weekend, 64, 65. blighter day saturday, afternoon showers developing. sunday and that continues on and off, sunday night into monday, monies terly wind, that will, the numbers will really drop here by 10 degrees, only 54 on monday but it does in the last long. we will bounce backup with the sun returning mid week with temperatures getting once again between 15 and 19 degrees above average and then on st. patrick's day a cold front arrives.

could be late showers wednesday, going into the day on thursday at times, at 66 and then gradually cooler and crying out by the end of the next week with temperatures of 64 degrees. i know spring doesn't arrive for another week and a half or so but winter pretty much does. >> it is only seven day forecast but you can see beyond that. >> even beyond that seven day good does this go on. >> it does stay way above average. >> i like that. >> yes. >> hundreds of students danced the night away at abington high school tonight. >> ♪ >> the student were on their feet from to second this have a noon until 10:00 o'clock tonight. they were taking part in the, mini thon. youngsters raising money to help fight childhood cancer. this is third year in the row for this event, participants are hoping to raise american $20,000. the philadelphia flower show went to the dogs tonight, for four legged flower fans and their two legged friend had a chance to stop and smell the roses. the flower show hosted fido

friday. the event began with the yappy hour at pop up beer garden and then on to enjoy sights and scent of the flower show.

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sixers tonight. >> the flyers, entered three points back of the wild card spot. another tough opponent for flyers. this time at tampa bay. flyers haven't won there in five years. bernie parent, hockey royalty, in the house, eight straight losses on the road for lightening. the first period sam gagne, on the power play, and they are winning one to nothing. second period again on the power play matt read unleads to make it a a two to nothing lead. brayden schenn later adds his 23rd goal. the flyers win three -one. they are two points back of the wild card. odd man out, quarterback out, eagles traded mark sanchez to denver. sanchez became expendable once they sign chase daniel. in return birds get a 2017 conditional draft pick. sanchez started ten games in his two seasons here, went four and six, 18 touchdowns against 15 interceptions. eagles introduced a couple new players, brandon brooks is their new guard, 6-foot five,

330-pound grown man comes from the texans. and, free agency began, a few eagles lineman texted brooks to put the hard sell on him. >> i wanted to go somewhere where i felt like i could fit in good with the guys and fit in good with the scheme. the not that i could in the do it there. i did for four years. i felt like at this point in my life this is where i need to be. >> nigel bradham is in town and ready to go. he is linebacker he got off bills roster. he had 104 tackles in 204. not surprising but still bad news for sixers, team said jahlil okafor will have minor knee surgery and he is done for the year. sixers and net, jeremy grant and robert covington fans will not like this, covington and grant, they collide. both leave the game, grand with the leg injuries, covering try with the neck injury no later details. nick stauskus i'm not sure if he drew it up that way. sixers get 42 points off the

bench. they are snapping their 13 game skid, they win, by six. more in sports after this.

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or iced tea for 99 cents. america runs on dunkin'. villanova facing providence in the big east tournament semi final game. providence handed cats one of their four losses this scenes on. ryan arcidiacono goes all out, and it is a runner. anytime they get close the cats put them away. chris jenkins 21 points. dann you'll ochefu did in the start, with a sprained ankle. nova advances to the championship game 76-68. temple and south florida in the a ac tournament. second half, temple on the move, obi13 points. owls win by 17. they face u-conn tomorrow.

and, deandre bembry, isaiah miles combine for 36. hawks win 86-8o win number four hundred for coach martelli. phillies and braves ryan hour goes one for four with this two run double. kyle kendrick gives up seven runs in less than two innings, and phillies win easily, nine-two. get this, the phillies, flyers, sixers, nova, st. joes, temple and phils all win tonight. >> just another night in philadelphia. >> not enclose. >> jimmy kimmel live next, filled by night line. "action news" continues at 5:30. now for ducis rodgers, adam joseph, cecily tynan, the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. have a good night, and a safe weekend. >> ♪

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