54-year-ol54-year-old abdul ande ahmaddiya were arrested. police say saturday night as many as 300 teenagers showed up at their house in the 3900 block of mary street in drexel hill for a party their 17-year-old daughter promoted on social media. >> i will not allow parents to have these types of under age drinking dope smoking parties in the township. it apted going to happen. >> reporter: around 10:30 police started receiving dozens of 9911 calls reporting under aged drinking and loud behavior. chitwood said the first responding officer saw about a hundred teens outside many more when they entered the house and they all scattered when they saw the police, some jumping from windows. >> running through backs of houses, ripping fences down as they run, so now we get another 20 calls, 9/11 about

all out of control. >> seen like hundreds of kids going down the street screaming yelling carrying on. behind them was a police car just following them. >> reporter: police shut down the streets but it took hours to clear the neighborhood. at one point they say abdul confronted the officers who were at his home telling them the teens were allowed to drink and smoke marijuana in his house. >> you're not allowed in here, this is my house, i'll do whatever i want to do. no you won't. we'll not let you committee a crime. >> reporter: abdul was arrested at the house last night. michelle was arrested here at the police station this morning when she arrived to post his bail. both were able to post 10 percent cash of their $2,500 bail. the 17-year-old was cited for possessing and transporterring alcohol. live at the upper darby police department, i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news. monica. >> thank you sarah. at least five bald eagles have dead, three others are being treater tonight after they got sick in delaware. now, officials say the group of eagles was found acting

erratically and disoriented over the weekend in sussex county. some were unable to fly, others appeared to be stumbling. coming up tonight at 6:00 trish hartman will have more on the recovery efforts and the investigation into the mysterious deaths. >> it was an historic meeting in havana today. president obama and cuban president raúl castro sat down to speak one-on-one. it was all part of president obama's first visit to cuba. he is the first sitting president to visit the island nation since calvin coolidge in 1928. today president obama spoke about his decision to lift restriction on cuba saying engagement can do more than isolation. >> this is a new day. [speaking foreign language] we continue as president castro indicated to have some very serious differences including on democracy and human rights and president castro and i have had very frank and candid conversations on these subjects. >> reporter: during his

speech castro urged president obama to lift more restrictions and return guantanamo to cuba. tonight world news anchor david muir sits down one-on-one with president obama during his historic trip. you can see more of that interview right after "action news" at 6:00. >> hundreds of pennsylvania state employees were forced to stay home from work today all because of a broken water minute the break flooded three floors of offices at eighth and market last week. that building houses several state agencies as well as the philadelphia inquirer and daily news. "action news" reporter vernon odom has more on cleanup efforts. >> reporter: on friday a water main broke heavily flooding the sixth fifth and fourth floors leased by pennsylvania state agencies including dhs, the puc, state police employment training, economic development and equal opportunity. last night managers of some 200 state workers in this building were notified to inform their staffs of the office closure but many told

me they did not get that message and showed up for work this morning only to be turned away. the remediation process includes deploying these powerful fans. state officials are setting up alternative work options in locations for employees and dhs clients to "ensure that the operations involving the employees at this site will continue without further interruption." all online services continue uninterrupted. sometime this evening the agencies respect scheduled to release the alternative locations. but a spokesman for the landlord tells me the cleanup process went on all weekend and the state agencies may be able to move back in virtually right away. >> the building's safe. this building just drying out. we have hygienists and other experts in there to make sure that it stays say. the state agencies have occupied this building since 2009. the flooding did not affect the third floor operations of the newspapers.

the realtor is claiming they can have the floors dry with new carpets down by sometime tomorrow. in the meantime the state is making other contingency plans to get their employees back to work as soon as possible. in center city, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news. >> from our delaware news room tonight police have identified the man who died after falling from a roof in newark. police say 20-year-ol 20-year-om golden died. he slipped and pal fell. the incident occurred at a residence where university of delaware fraternity members are living. but golden was not a udel student. >> an investigation is under way tonight after an off duty new jersey police officer was found shot to death in his car. the police officer was discovered this morning in sayreville middlesex county in the parking lot of a closed movie theater. a spokesman said they're still awaiting autopsy results and the circumstances leading to his death have yet to be determined. >> health officials say a

pennsylvania dairy that supplies raw milk has been linked to two listeria cases. the milk came from millers organic farm. one person each in florida and california became infected from the farm's raw milk back in 2014. the florida victim died. officials say miller's organic farm isn't licensed by or inspectord by the state. the farm's owner says the company is still selling raw milk and hasn't gotten any complaints. >> a former philadelphia city leader will head to trial accused of stealing $200,000 from the region's tourism bureau. joyce levitt waved her preliminary hearing today. the former cfo of visit philadelphia is accused of spending that money on dinners skin care and high end clothes. she's facing felony charges of fraud theft and forgery. >> turning to accuweather after one final taste of winter pleasant be doe dose of spring is in store for us here in the delaware valley. looking live outside at the

commodore barry bridge sky6 showing you a pretty picture on a monday night. that snow that came overnight pretty much disappeared as fast as it fell. now we're tracking a warmup. meteorologist melissa magee is in for cecily tonight and she's outside with a first look at the forecast. hi, melissa. >> hi, rick. yeah as you mentioned a nice recovery after some early morning snow showers but we had a bit of a cool stretch over the weekend. on saturday a high of just 47, yesterday 43, today we're coming in at 50 degrees below, below the normal of 54 for this time of year and the cooler numbers did trigger some snow across the region early today. a touch of snow that philadelphia, just a trace but some locations across portions of new jersey picked up a little more than 2-inches of snowfall. you can see there on satellite6 along with action radar, the early morning snow already starting to depart and we did have plenty of sunshine for the bulk of our day but we are starting to watch some instability clouds that are moving on through as we go throughout the rest of the evening hours. so, looking ahead, it is chilly tonight but, hey, a nice rebound on the way.

70's by the middle half of our work week and it does look to be nice as we get into easter weekend. we'll take a closer look coming up in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. back insides to you guys both. >> melissa see you back inside yourself. >> thank you. >> march madness put college basketball fever in high gear across the delaware valley this weekend. >> one team saw their post season run can come to an end another walked away with a big win. action cam inside villanova's locker room after they beat seven seed iowa. they're heading to the sweet 16 for the first time since 2009. they'll play miami in kentucky later this week. >> going live to saint joe's campus in wynnefield where the hawks are expected to return home in about 30 minutes. the team just landed in philadelphia after last night's loss. the hawks gave up a lead over the top seeded oregon ducks ending their championship hopes. they'll be home soon. >> philadelphia getting ready to host march madness of its own. the wells fargo center where the sixers play of course is the home for this year's men's

east regional. a giant 40-foot banner now sits on the side of the stadium right there to mark the occasion. this will be the 28th time philadelphia has hosted part of the ncaa tournament. >> "action news" of course will be with the villanova wildcats as they continue their push toward the final four. you can watch for jeff skversky's reports from louisville starting later this is week. exciting for them. >> uh-huh, it is. time for a check of our "action news" traffic report see if there's any exciting news for people heading home tonight. >> we don't always love excitement with matt pelman. not anything personal. >> some madness, march madness on the and traffic front this afternoon. drivers in delaware mad at this point because all traffic is stopped as you come southbound on 295 approaching the merge with 95. an overturned vehicle accident is the reason. so, what this means is if you're coming into delaware from new jersey, you don't want to use the delaware memorial driven. you're going to hit speeds like 12 miles per hour approaching blockage. coming from south jersey use the commodore barry bridge

into delaware county, then you can run 95 or even 495 southbound toward wilmington. on 95 northbound in new castle county there's a vehicle fire approaching 202 the concorde pike but speeds there don't look too bad. old man's township salem county watch out for a crash along pennsville auburn road near penns grove auburn road. outside on the schuylkill just some typical busy traffic especially in the eastbound direction. we'll check it again rick and monica, can coming up in the next half hour. >> all right, see you then. thank you matt. much more still to come on "action news" monday night. apple ceo tim cook speaks out about the company's fight for personal privacy amid a high profile product launch today. >> and in health check the danger of mixing medications. why experts say americans are putting themselves at a higher risk without even knowing it when "action news" comes right back. >> ♪ at wegmans we believe the best way to help you

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improperly copied some of the iphone's looks and features. lower courts have already ruled that samsung must give up $548 million to apple. u.s. supreme court will now decide if samsung should have to pay. the high court could can consider that case in october. >> meantime apple takes on the u.s. justice department tomorrow in federal court in california. apple is refusing to unlock the iphone of accused san bernadino mass killer syed farook. the fbi wants to make sure the phone isn't holding more clues to the tragedy. today apple ceo tim cook reiterated his stance that creating new software for the phone is a larger privacy issue. >> we believe strongly that we have a responsibility to help you protect your data and protect your privacy. >> the fbi says it only wants special code written for farouq's phone not all

iphones. >> stocks ended the day with slight gains after wall street opened the week with some early losses. news that home sales fell last month spooked investors if you will but telecommunications and healthcare stocks led a rally late in the day. the nasdaq up 13, the s & p five up by two at the closing bell. >> and turning to health check tonight, more americans than ever are at risk of bad medication interactions. a survey of 4,000 adults found that the number of people using medications which should not be taken together has doubled from eight to 15 percent. researchers cite two prime reasons. more and more diseases are being treated with pills and americans are taking more over-the-counter drugs and supplements. survey leaders say you should tell your doctor about everything you take not just prescription medication. the fda could soon give the final okay for a new treatment for opiate addiction. it is a long acting version of

a widely used addiction drug >> they're implantable. there's no need to be constantly taking something every day. >> the doctor says it is implanted under the arm like a popular birth control device aimed at patients who do not need frequent dose adjustments and is less likely to be abused or misused. >> the amount of medication that they contain is actually far less than what a person would have if they were taking the equivalent in pill form every day. >> the same implant technology could be used for drugs or other conditions. >> federal officials approved a new drug for patients exposed to the deadly anthrax toxin anthem it's given by injection. the drug is for inhalation anthrax when a person inhaling the bacterial spores. five people died in 2001 after they were exposed to anthrax

that was sent in letters. because anthrax is a potential bio terrorism weapon the government has been funding the development of these new treatments. >> and still to come on "action news" tonight how twitter executives celebrate add big milestone for the company today. >> plus a-south jersey police officer gets a big honor for his work with young people. those stories and more when "action news" returns in a moment. >> ♪

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>> in other news a police officer in camden county was honored today for his efforts to get through to young people. leeter? plea merck was given an anti-bullying award. that award is given to folks across the nation for preventing bullying and violence in their communities. merck says keeping children out of trouble has become parter of his daily job. >> when i drive down the street i have can kids that wave at me all over the place and that's something that just hasn't happened in a very long time. and there are -- they're always -- they always want to give us hugs, they always want to see our cars and it's just absolutely -- it's unbelievable. >> when lieutenant merck is not working he volunteers working were students at a tae kwon do academy. >> good for him. much more to come can. a check of the forecast. >> let's go outside right now sky6 h today. showing you cape may new jersey looking gorgeous. meteorologist melissa magee with the exclusive accuweather five day forecast when we come

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>> a cold snap will not stop washington, d.c.'s famous cherry blossoms from blooming this year. the national park service was monitoring temperatures there all weekend long. officials say it was colder than normal but there was not a freeze and that means the blooms should still open up and the festival can can stay on schedule.

it's upn an huge and gorgeous. >> always a pretty time. meteorologist melissa magee in for cecily. boy, do we feel chilly this morning. >> yeah arc little bit. >> rebounding though. certainly rebounding tonight. >> that's for sure guys. a very nice rebound in temperatures and a nice recovery today after some early morning snow showers across the region. sky6 live in hd looking outside at the center city skyline. we've got some instability clouds that are currently moving through at this hour. these were start to dissipate later on this evening. the temperatures are on the cool are side of normal. 50 in philadelphia, 47 in wilmington, 44 in allentown, the lehigh valley, 46 in lancaster at the coast in wildwood coming in at 48 degrees. the winds have been pretty blustery all of the day. we have those winds out of the northwest gusting as high as 35 miles per hour in philadelphia, a gust up to 37 in millville, gusting as high as 38 in reading and 30 out to the west in lancaster. we'll talk about what's going on. satellite6 along with action radar you can see the early

morning snow showers we had across our region already starting to exit to our east. plenty of sunshine earlier today and now we are watching those instability clouds that are moving on through and again after sunset tonight the clouds will start to dissipate and it becomes mostly clear. the call from accuweather for the rest of tonight, lots of stars, less wind as well. dropping down 226 in allentown, 33 in philadelphia and 35 in cape may for the overnight low. the upper 20's out to the west in lancaster. future tracker six showing you we've got a nice rebound in temperature on the way this week. by 4:00 p.m. on tuesday, we've got high pressure just to our south and east with a warm front draped across our north as well. so, it's 55 at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow in our region, 62 in cincinnati and 68 degrees in saint louis as we get into wednesday, high pressure is well off shore, so it's 71 atlanta, 73 in memphis and we're tapping into the warm air as well with a temperature on wednesday climbing up to 69 degrees. one thing to keep in mind is that with high pressure overhead and relatively dry

conditions on the way, the pollen report, well, it's pretty high. htdium to high tuesday rig through thursday. juniper elm and maple are the top offenders but by friday we'll dip down to just medium across the region so some improvement if you are suffering from allergies this time of year. the five day forecast showing it's partly sunny, not bad tomorrow and at 57 much warmer by wednesday and it's 70, thursday it is breezy and warm a high temperature of 75. some early showers for good friday. otherwise plenty of sun by the afternoon and at 64. on saturday, sunny and seasonable with a temperature coming in at 57. we'll talk about easter sunday, guys, coming up in the next half hour. >> okay. >> sounds great. thank you so much. much more ahead in our next half hour of "action news" at 5:00 time to dust off your dancing shoes. tonight is the return to "dancing with the stars." >> that looks like me a little bit. >> not really. >> we'll hear from "gma" contestant ginger zee. she looks pretty good. though those stories and more

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>> ♪ >> hello again. here's what's happening on "action news" tonight. the republicans and democrats vying for the white house have been taking their campaigns to one of the largest lobbying organizations in the country today with one noticeable absence. we'll have details. a thief wanted for stealing from a school book fare is taken into custody. >> reporter: police officers in gloucester township roll out the red carpet for acron flickly ill little boy who wants to be a cop when he grows up. i'm nora muchanic i'll have that story coming up. >> ♪ >> and now to the latest on the 2016 race for the white house. four of the five presidential candidates are speaking today at the american israel public affairs committee in washington, d.c. >> it is their chance to lay out their plans on how to strengthen the u.s. relationship with israel and also to ensure it is bipartisan and has support. >> democrat hillary clinton was the first to speak at the a pac conference this morning. she waste any other time attacking republican frontrunner donald trump's lack of diplomatic experience particularly when it can comes to dealing with heated

conflicts. >> yes, we need steady hands. not a president who says he's neutral on monday, pro-israel on tuesday and who knows what on wednesday because everything's negotiable. >> clinton also highlighted her decades of work in the middle east including her time as secretary of state. >> trump met with republican lawmakers today at a prominent washington, d.c. law firm. among those attending senator jeff sessions and former speaker newt gingrich. >> it was really just a meeting. it's a beginning meeting but it was a very good one with a lot of the most respected people in washington. >> later tonight mr. trump will speak at the a pac conference as well. about 40 rabbis are planning on boycotting his speech reportedly concerned over those previous comments trump made about israel. >> texas senator ted cruz will also speak this evening at the a pac conference. he is said he believes the u.s. and israel are allies in the fight against terrorism and extremists.

meanwhile cruz pinged up another big endorsement today from utah governor gary herbert. he posted on his facebook page that cruz is "consistent conservative who understands the importance of federalism. "mike lee and mitt romney have also backed cruz. >> during his speech tonight ohio republican governor john kasich is expected to tout his tenure in washington and his experience in foreign policy. earlier today kasich assured campaign supporters he's not going anywhere. >> i'm the only one that can beat hillary in the fall. why would -- why would anybody say i should leave? i mean, that's nuts. okay, i'm not going anywhere. >> kasich adds he has enough momentum to make it to the gop convention. >> as we mentioned four of the five remaining presidential prel candidates will attend a pac today. bernie sanders who is jewish is spending the day on the campaign trail. sanders met supporters in spokane washington and boise

idaho today. both have democratic contests this week. he says that he knows donald trump won't become president because "american people will not elect a candidate who lies. >> 112 statements made by donald trump, they rated 78 percent of those statements false, mostly false or pants on fire false. >> meanwhile sanders earned 69 percent of the vote cast in the democrats abroad global primary picking up nine delegates. voters in arizona and utah will head to the polls for primaries tomorrow along with idaho democrats as mentioned. for republicans in arizona, it's winner take all. taking a look at the current delegate count tonight among republicans donald trump has 678. senator ted cruz has 423 and governor john kasich has 143 delegates. and now to the democrats. hillary clinton has 1151 pledged delegates and 467

super delegates. bernie sanders has 839 and 26 super delegates. another violent attack at a donald trump rally over the weekend has prompted the head of the republican national committee to respond. it happened at an arizona rally saturday. the footage here shows a trump supporter down front kicking and punching a protestor as he was escorted out. there it is again. rnc chairman says trump is partly responsible but applauds hiss response. he says a lot has to do with the media. >> when cable shows are on a constant loop on a couple knuckle heads pushing each other and a 24/7 loop, you know, i mean, you create an environment. >> when asked about a contested convention as a possibility, he says there are preparing for every

inevitablity. >> if you live in pennsylvania, you have until next monday to register. in delaware you have until april 2nd. you can head to 6abc.com for links and thousand sign up. >> investigators in new jersey are still trying to determine if slick road conditions led to a deadly crash in vineland. this was the scene just after 2:30 a.m. along route 55 near new garden road. authorities say the driver, 32-year-old michael bennett slammed into the back of an nj dot salt dump truck. paramedics could not revive bennett at the scene. no one else was hurt. four people remain hospitalized tonight following the saturday crash on a blackwood-clementon road in pine hill. two adults an seven-year-old child are in critical condition. a flynn-year-old child is stable. five other people were treated at the hospital and released. investigators are still trying to determine exactly what caused the collision. from our delaware news room a woman from perryville, maryland, was hurt after she

lost control of her truck and rolled it over on 495. happened around 7 o'clock last evening in the northbound lanes in edgemoor. police say 33-year-old jodi hoke was thrown from the wreckage and remains hospitalized. she was cited for driving under the influence. two other people in her truck were not hurt. >> philadelphia police are looking for two men accused of robbing a dominos pizza in tioga. surveillance video shows them breaking in. the clerk and a cust can mer put up their hands. the clerk does give up money. the customers on the floor gives up cash. the heist happened about 1:40 march tenth this surveillance video was just released today. three alleged burglars smashed their way into a beer store in somerton. police say the trio stole lottery tickets and cigarettes from beer express in the 11,000 block of bustleton avenue. the store was not opened at the time on february 23rd. the suspects fled in a 1990's tan or beige nissan maxima and

the car by the way has a sunroof and a blue and yellow ukrainian flag front license plate. if you have any tips about this to help catch these guys, please call police. >> a thief who allegedly stole some school book fair money has been nabbed. police arrested 29-year-old sara higgins of bristol bucks county. she reportedly took money from the saint martha's church school in northeast philadelphia last month. you can see an image on surveillance video came from the church. no word how much money here was taken or just when she will go to court. >> a crash involving a tractor-trailer and two cars caused traffic tieups along the schuylkill expressway this afternoon. "action news" viewers susie asleton was one of the drivers caught up in the collision. she sent us these pictures through #6abcaction. no one was seriously injured but traffic was backed up for several miles while authorities cleaned up the scene. >> speaking of traffic let's see what's going on out there right now. >> matt pelman back in the "action news" traffic center. welcome back.

>> vacation, how was it. >> fantastic. >> what did you bring justice did you bring us anything. >> i'll get back to you on that. >> don't listen to him. >> heading home in the afternoon that can be quite the adventure. this afternoon the unfortunate recipients of some major delays our friends in new castle delaware. southbound 295 at a standstill coming off of the delaware memorial bridge because of an accident involving an overturned pickup truck. another vehicle and possibly a tractor-trailer. no injuries reported. that's the good news. but all southbound lanes of 295 are blocked at 95 giving us big delays coming in from new jersey. if you're trying to do that i instead would head up to the commodore barry bridge take that into pennsylvania, run 95 north or use 495 southbound as well. old man's township crash along pennsville auburn road at penns grove auburn road. a wreck in bellmawr along creek road at midway lane with typical slowing on southbound 295. this is southbound 202 in chester county. the typical afternoon crawl here made a little bit worse

by an accident southbound around 401 but luckily that is off to the side. rick and monica, back to you. >> thank you, sir. still ahead on "action news" tonight the villanova wildcats are home for a bit of a breather before heading to kentucky for the sweet 16. ducis rodgers with more from the team as they prepare for a show down with the hurricanes. >> and a group of high school juniors leave their classroom behind for a chance to explore all sorts of options that their future may hold. we'll show you. and melissa is in for adam tonight in the weather center. >> hey, rick. temperatures a little cooler today. we have a nice warming trend on the way for the middle half of our work week. details coming up in the accuweather forecast. >> those stories and much more when "action news" comes right back. stay with us. >> ♪ katie vo: she works as many hours as the guys do.

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>> manhunt under way for another suspect with alleged ties to the paris terror attacks. investigators say they have identified him as the suspect. police have been looking for him for several months under an alias. during a raid last week, officers arrest edsall la abdeslam in brussels belgium. he's the suspected plotter of those attacks. 130 people were killed during the attacks in november. the pentagon has confirmed

north korea fired five short range projectiles from that country's east coast today. the late of the launches appear to be part of north korea's response to ongoing south korea and u.s. military drills. the launchs are in violation though of multiple un security council resolutions. >> ducis is here with march madness many what an exciting weekend. >> villanova last man standing our three. they look g we spent so much time talking about what villanova has not done. now time to celebrate what the team as accomplished. they're two wins away from the final four. jay wright has plenty to be excited about. nova won their first two games over the weekend by a combined 49 points. the sweet 16 is nice but the prize they're looking for is much sweeter than that. >> if we continue to do all the little things continue to get better on defense and rebounding and the sky's the limit for this thing.

we're young but we're getting better. >> glad to be back. we're ready to work and we know it's not just about getting out of the first weekend it's about bigger goal and that's our next step and that goal starts on thursday. >> jeff skversky will follow nova to louisville. look for this live reports beginning on wednesday. we expect the hawks to return to campus shortly following their disappointing end to the season last night. saint joe's lost a close one. bembry lost a handle other ball. ice say is a miles called for a file there. the ducks hit their free throws to seal the game. saint joe's lost in disappointing fashion 69-64. >> i told them 10 turnovers and under we win going away. we had 12. eight in the first half. two in the last, you know, couple of possessions. so, there's no finger pointing. they came into this building as champions. they're going to leave as

champions. >> i blame this all on me. even though coach don't want me to say this but i can't turn the ball over at the end of game like this especially as the leader of this team. >> to their nba it's the final hopefully not dirty dozen for the sixers. 12 games remain on the schedule beginning tonight at indiana. sixers have lost five games in a row. simmons entering the nba draft. the freshman could be the number one pick in june's nba draft. this is of interest to the sixers fans as the team has a good chance of landing that topic. the 6-foot 10-inch simmons averaged better than 19 points and nearly 10 rebounds per game this season. flyers begin a crucial four game road trip against the islanders tonight. new york is one of those teams they're chasing. the flyers enter the day three points out of a playoff spot. phillies and tigers this afternoon six inning game tied at one and there's maikel franco again. that single brings in ryan jackson. franco batting .326 this spring. cedric hunter with a man on. phillies win four-three.

they are 14 and five in spring training play this season. i don't know if that will hold up in the regular season. >> we'll take it. >> they're in first place in something. thank you ducis. >> yes. >> a group of new jersey high school juniors making plans for their future got to see just how many options there are for them to explore. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic has their story tonight. >> reporter: 143 students from burlington township high school ditched the books today for some real life experience that may help them choose careers after high school. >> get a feel for it what a day-to-day basis what we'll be doing the kinds of things we need to work on, skills that we can build up on. >> reporter: it's part of the school district's project path that is stands for pursuing adulthood through high school. the idea is to expose juniors to a variety of jobs locally and let them learn what it takes to be successful in that field. >> having been here for 11 years i understood just how many careers there were inside a school district and this is a very low cost way of trying to allow our seniors -- our

juniors to explore. >> there's some kids that i know that are still -- that are seniors and they don't understand what jobs they want yet. >> having us get this opportunity is just a major step for us. >> reporter: almost 50 mentors including the mayor met with students to describe their work experience and answer questions. the kids also learned about interview skills resume writing and budgeting. >> how much to spends on bills and lump to save for food and to not just below your money. >> if there's anybody interested. we're not going to be here four and i would like to see -- start to nurture that next round of people who are going to run this community. >> reporter: this is the first time project paths has been offered and the district has been preparing for this for a year now. based on the reaction from the kids it was time well spent. >> it was definitely worth it. we got to open up to new job opportunities like public works mechanics, real world jobs. >> definitely increased my interests about being a police officer. >> reporter: so it's a good day then or it's been worth it.

>> yeah, it's a good day. and that's something you can't necessarily find in a book. in burlington township i'm nora muchanic channel6 "action news. >> ♪ fios is not cable. we're wired differently. in the last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. but we've received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in customer satisfaction for the third year in a row. only fios has the fastest internet on the most awarded network. now get super-fast 100 meg internet tv and phone for just $69.99 per month, online. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, only fios can.

>> they needed to use plows in massachusetts to clean up snow from a spring storm that hit the northeast. they got almost 4-inches of snow in and around boston. plow operators say the winter

was a slow one though and that made it a lot less troublesome, didn't cost them as much. they're happy because they were able to save money on snow cleanup. >> not much for us to clean up this morning. but now we move onto spring. >> yay! >> moving forward guys we have nice temperatures to look forward to. we'll show you what's going on. storm tracker6 live double scan radar it is quiet. that's how we like it on our spring and on our spring season. outside we go, the action cam was outside earlier this afternoon there in fairmount park. got a bright blue sky. we had that earlier today. a few more high puffy and instability clouds are currently moving in to the region. those will start to dissipate later tonight. the high today in philadelphia slightly below average coming in at 51 today. normal is 54. but check out the record highs and low. the record high 85 set back in 1948 and the record low 6 degrees set back in 1885. so, this just gives you an indication of the kind of

temperature swings we can get in the month of march and also for our spring season and it doesn't look like 70's are far-fetched as we get into the next several days. currently 50 in the city, 42 in the poconos, 47 in wilmington at this hour, 48 in trenton, at the coast in cape may and at 50 and 46 in lancaster. here's satellite6 along with action radar. we have some snow showers and some light snow earlier today. that well off to our north and east. plenty of sunshine earlier today, a few more instability clouds are starting to creep into the region but as i mentioned these will start to dissipate and we've got lots of stars on the way after sunset tonight. so for the next 12 hours less winds on the way. earlier today we had winds gusting as high as 35 miles per hour in the city. they're still pretty blustery. we'll drop down to 26 in the suburbs and 33 in philadelphia for the overnight low with that west to northwesterly wind at five to 10 miles per hour. so weir we'll take you into the city tomorrow in center city it is partly sunny and seasonable, nice mixture of sunshine and clouds to enjoy as well but at the shore

tomorrow, really no complaints with high pressure for the most part starting to set up shop across the region. milder by the afternoon in the lehigh valley tomorrow coming in at 56 degrees. down the shore in atlantic city and along the coast, sunshine and clouds sharing the sky, a high temperature at 51 we've got that southwesterly wind at 10 to 20 miles per hour. so here's the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. no issues tomorrow. enjoy it. it's a partly sunny day. minus the wind. we're up to 57 in the city. on wednesday, it is much warmer with a high up to 70 degrees with a warm front that for the most part is lifting to our north so we tap into those south and southwesterly winds. on thursday breezy and warm and at 75 degrees. late thursday a couple of showers are likely, and early showers on the way for good friday. then changing over to some sun by the afternoon and at 64. on saturday, it is sunny and seasonable and at 57 degrees. on sunday, sunshine to clouds for easter sunday, a high of

63. most of the day is dry but a couple of showers are likely sunday night and on monday more showers on the way. high up to 63. so, 57 tomorrow is not bad and 70's, we like that. >> yes, we do. >> thank you so much. >> you got it. >> now that spring has arrived that means another season of dancing with the stars and another star studded cast. develop new celebrities are putting on their dancing shoes in hopes of winning that mirrorball trophy and that includes abc meteorologist ginger zee. she says the travel between new york and l saturday. tough and the dance practices are grueling but the fancy custom fitted costumes make up for it. >> we walk in and it was just like heaven. the costume heaven where everything has been so many gemstones and sequins you couldn't even see, it was like blaring but i love it. >> also taking the dance floor tonight philadelphia's own yuayne morris from boys to men. see the full cast list on our

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the sickened birds are being treated tonight. trish. >> reporter: monica, three surviving eagles are in stable can condition here in newark, delaware. five of the eagles throw were not so lucky and officials are trying to figure out why. this is one of the majestic bald eagles found over the weekend sick and disoriented in dagsborough delaware 11 birds suffering from some sort of mystery illness. five didn't make it but three are being treated here at tri-state bird rescue in newark. this photo shows one of the young eagles being tube fed at the rescue. >> most of the birds that are brought to us for care, they've been injured because of some interaction with man. so, this might be just another type of injury that's man-made. >> reporter: the first bald eagle was found dead in a field in dags borrow on saturday about two hours south of wilmington. not far away a group of disoriented birds was discovered and captured but not all of them survived the