at the king of prussia mall last night. amoore is now behind bars on a half million dollars bail. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live at the district justice's office. chad, what are the charges against amoore tonight? >> reporter: jim, amoore is charged with kidnapping unlawful restraint and other related charges. according to court records she told police she doesn't know why she did it. she can't explain it. cherie amoore said nothing amidst a gauntlet of reporters as she was escortd into district court where she was charged with kidnapping and other offenses. inside the courtroom she broke down and cried as she saw her parents sitting behind her. >> it's a very difficult day for everyone. it's difficult for her, it's difficult for her family. i mean, you saw her in the courtroom. she was, sharks shaken. >> reporter: police say amoore walked into the king of prussia mall yesterday engaged malekah hunter in conversation, then walked off with seven week old ahsir simmons.

>> she has told our investigators that she did not go to the mall with the intention to steal a baby. >> reporter: this was the scene last night as hunter was reunited with her unharmed son. police tracked down amoore at her wayne home after receiving tips and other leads. ahsir's mother was thankful for the public's help. >> first off i would like to thank god for allowing my baby to come back and i want to give a special thanks to the upper merion township police department and everybody on social media that helped me get my baby back. >> reporter: amoore is the daughter prominent republican renee amoore who has been a panelist on "action news"'s public affairs program inside story. she had no comment outside of court. court records reveal her daughter cold investigators she delivered a baby in february but it died shortly after birth. police have not been able to confirm that pregnancy and she told detectives i just got up and walked away. i remember walking. it was like an out of body

experience. and the mother of amoore's boyfriend tells "action news" she was skeptical all along that amoore was ever pregnant. amoore remains behind bars unable to post $500,000 cash bail. i'm live in king of prussia, chad pradelli, channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you, chad. hundreds of thousands of youths saw the picture of the baby and the suspect last night on the "action news" facebook page and twitter feeds. police have said tips from the public helped lead a happy conclusion in this case. so make sure that you're getting important and breaking information from "action news" all the time. just follow us on twitter at 6abc and please like us on the facebook.com/6abcaction news facebook page. a developing story from the spring garden section of philadelphia. a 13-year-old girl was hit by a police cruiser a short time ago and is now at hahnemann

university hospital. lie at broad and fairmount is "action news" reporter jeff chirico. jeff, what are the details here? >> reporter: jim, the street opened up a few moments ago. the action cam was first on the scene here right after a police cruiser that was responding to a call apparently hit a 13-year-old boy. you can see from the video that that 13-year-old was alert, was conscious and talking with the emergency crews as they strapped him onto a stretcher. he was taken to hahnemann university hospital. now, police shut down this very busy roadway here on a friday commute for about a half hour as they investigated. they interviewed a couple witnesses about what they saw, but again, that officer apparently was responding to a call, lit that 13-year-old right here at the intersection but that 13-year-old does not appear to have life-threatening injuries. we are live in spring garden, jeff chirico, channel6 "action news."

>> i said girl. my apologies. thank you jeff. despite our very warm temperatures, we have got a cold front bearing down on us and that will cause some showers, maybe even some thunderstorms. let's check in with double scan radar and cecily tynan. cecily. >> and jim, we do have a line of thunderstorms moving in really right on schedule and some of these storms have been producing some high gusty winds and even hail so the national weather service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of bucks county into hunterdon county until 6:15 for the potential for damaging wind gusts. i want to show you this area that does have the severe weather and this right now is basically between 309 and 611. it's across the northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike. we've had 69 lightning strikes alone in this area and also something we can do on storm tracker, we can flip it over and we can see the hail and so we have had reports of hail anywhere from the size of pea,

the size of pennies along that stretch as it continues to push to the northeast pretty quickly at about 50 miles per hour. we'll flip this over to radar mode and show you that this line of storms does extend to the south moving through chester county heading towards west chester, malvern, should be moving into philadelphia within the next half hour so it is causing a wet evening commute and it will bring an end to the near record warmth. temperatures today 80 degrees in philadelphia, only 1 degree shy of the record. behind this system temperatures are in the 60's but i'm tracking even colder air and potentially damaging winds for the second half of the weekend. as well as showers tomorrow t all the details in the accuweather 7-day forecast. forecast. jim. >> tomorrow the wildcats continue their quest for app second championship in a final

four matchup with oklahoma. "action news" reporter jeff skversky and alicia vitarelli are in houston covering the team and their fans every move. we'll hear from jeff in just a few moments but first, alicia vitarelli and it looks like everybody is having a pretty good time, alicia. >> reporter: yeah, they sure are, jim. here at the team's hotel, the royal sonesta in houston. one of the stars, ryan dee arcarcidiacono has been gettinga lot of attention. his parents are particularly proud because their son is playing and winning for their alma mater. mom and dad arch as they are lovingly known or joe and patti more formally met at villanova when he was a senior and she was a junior.

college sweet hearts they got married in 1983 but their villanova story didn't end on graduation day. ryan is their fourth of six children. they say they knew he was born to do this. >> since he was little and arch's mom said he was the same way when he was little he always had a ball in his hand and that's how ryan was, too. >> law very physically mature. he was tall. you agree early and awkwardly i signed him up either a year or two years early in basketball. put him on the court and he was doing so well and might be something special at five but you got to hold onto your mind-set. then as he evolved he got a little older we took him down to a camp in philadelphia to a high school then coach had players that went on to play high school -- college ball and he goes ryan is just like them and that's when i thought all right maybe he is that level and he continued on his progression and villanova was the school for him and it's been amazing.

>> reporter: and extremely amazing because they could not be more thrilled that he is wearing their wildcats colors. they say ryan's focus is razor sharp and on game days it's all business with the rare exception of the moment you're looking at right here, their big win against kansas on his 20 seconds birthday and the entire family will be here tomorrow night, all five of his sicki siblings, mom and dad. they all sit in the same order. it's kind of a lucky charm if you will, a family tradition. more on their story, their wildcats family story coming up on a very special "action news" show coming up at 7:30. march to a championship. it is a sports special here on 6abc. you won't want to miss it. we have all of the in depth coverage here at the final four. we are live in houston, alicia vitarelli, channel6 "action news." back to you jim. >> alicia thank you so much.

can coming up on "action news" tipoff is now just 24 hours away. we he will go back live to houston and jeff skversky. more on villanova's preparations for their matchup with the sooners. captain john darby is now off duty. ahead the success and the regrets of the head of the special victims unit says farewell to the philadelphia police department. >> well, this wave of low pressure over georgia will ride along tonight's front bringing us a wet start to the weekend tomorrow and then get ready for wicked winds on sunday. we'll have the details in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight.

>> a car slammed into a wawa in burlington county this afternoon. police and firefighters responded to a store in the 3700 block of church road in mount laurel at 1 o'clock. the vehicle crashed through the front doors. fortunately nobody was hurt. >> ♪ new at 6:00 tonight the philadelphia police department is losing one of its best known and most highly regarded leaders tonight. and every man and woman in blue is wishing him well. "action news" reporter vernon odom has the story. >> you know, i'm proud of my service. 35 years with the police department. >> reporter: captain john darby is now retired. for nearly a decade and a half he's been the heart and soul and face of the city's special victims unit which has become a national model for how the crimes of sexual abuse, rape and child abuse are handled. >> the idea of screening applicants for the unit,

training them to do the job was lacking. >> reporter: john darby found the sex crimes unit as it was called then in shambles when he took over 14 years ago. his mission was to reinvent it completely and to build credibility with the public at large and activists as well. >> there were literally thousands of cases that had been downgraded, coded to noncrime categories. >> reporter: former police commissioner sylvester johnson told me that darby was chosen because of his reputation for dedication and hard work, sensitivity and compassion. critical to changing the culture and perception of this unit. >> you opened the door and you became totally transparent. that is, you allow advocacy groups to come in and basically look at your entire process. >> reporter: the baton has been passed to 35 year veteran mark bergman who says he's

ready to assume the leadership of this key unit especially in dealing with the crime victims and their families. >> these people it's the worst time in their life. you have to have a lot of compassion, sensitivity. >> our work goes on. >> reporter: the city says well done, captain, thank you and enjoy your retirement years. in hunting park, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news."

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stood up for marriage equality and protected our environment. now i'm fighting for criminal justice reform. i'm proud to be backed by president obama and people who care about our families. i'm josh shapiro. i'll be an attorney general who always fights for you. >> 24 hours from now you know what's going to be happening. >> yeah. little basketball game. >> villanova is a slight favorite two points. days getting longer, thankfully the wait is getting shorter. this time tomorrow nova and oklahoma will be under way in the final four. the winner will be one win away from a national title t our jeff skversky is in houston with the cats. he joins us live. jeff. >> reporter: ducis ryan arcidiacono may be their star but villanova would not be here in the final four without jalen brunson. that freshman is so poised, so

polished, sometimes jay wright says he doesn't know where he gets it from. you know where he gets it from, how about his famous father. >> he really. >> reporter: villanova freshman jalen says he never would have made it to the if i'm four without the help from us father rick brunson who is by his side here in houston. >> i think my dad really just tough fend me up got me ready for coach wright with the workouts. >> the whole time we were recruiting him rick was telling me i'm preparing him to be coached by you. >> reporter: that tough love over the years rick learned from temple coach john cheney and he's passed it down. but this final four story isn't like father like son. brunson only made it to the elite eight with temple during his college days in the 1990's. >> i wasn't able to do it and it's just -- i'm just so happy that he did it for our family and for villanova and it's amazing. i was watching him, taking it

in, enjoying it. aological nervous. >> he doesn't want to be satisfied with just getting here. he wants me to keep pushing ford want actually try to win it. >> reporter: perhaps jalen can can school his dad on what it's who particular play in the final four. he can school him in a game of one-on-one. is he better than you were? [laughter] >> i hope so. yeah, he is. >> i'll say me just because i'm younger. i could probably move a little faster a little quicker reporter: he says he can take in you a game, you know. >> yeah, not like 10 years ago. >> reporter: how about that, a little father-son trash talking but brunson's little boy is all grown up now and he is playing some big minutes for villanova, 24 points per game and how about this, he's hitting some big 3's and they'll need him tomorrow against oklahoma in the national semifinal. rick, villanova wildcats at the final four, jeff skversky channel6 "action news." ducis. >> jeff thank you so much. tonight at 7:30 it's an "action news" sports special. march to a championship. we will break down the matchup

and temple head coach fran dunphy he will join us live from houston to share his thoughts on jay wright. that's tonight 7:30 here on 6abc. to the ice, ray emery just can't get enough. he's joining the flyers for the third time. emery signed for the remainder of the season. he had been playing in europe. this is good news because the flyers host ottawa tomorrow afternoon. eagles have signed former chargers linebacker ryan mueller to a two year contract. the birds plan to play him at full back. the eagles newest receiver met with the media today. reuben randall signed away from the new york giants last week. last season he was second on the giants with eight receiving touchdowns. randall has only been in the league for years but he'll be viewed as a veteran with the birds receiving core. >> i can can come out here and also help those young guys be better players, you know, by me p-, i'm willing to help my teammates out and get those guys good as well. so, with my presence i can kind of lead the group is

little bit. >> and the nfl draft coming up at the end of this month. >> all right, ducis, thank you. we want to see how you are cheering on the nova nation this weekend. some of our viewers have already shared photographs showing off their villanova team spirit and you can join the action, too, just send us pictures on social media using #6abcaction. for years, i was a laboratory chemist,

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thunderstorms. storm tracker6 live double scan showing that it's pushing east across our viewing area pretty quickly. it's moving through the northwest suburbs and it really is knocking on the door of philadelphia right now. we've got this line, the most intense part of it right over chadds ford. three lightning strikes with some heavy downpours so southwest philadelphia olney, north philadelphia, center city frankford and south philadelphia really rolling here between now and 6:40 and this line extends farther up to the north where we did have a severe thunderstorm warning posted earlier. that has been discontinued but still we've got 21 lightning strikes moving through lansdale, worcester, doylestown, up towards new hope and this is also moving quickly at about 50 miles per hour. and this is ahead of a cold front that will bring us some cooler changes tomorrow but the real cold air arriving on sunday. but highs today 21 degrees above normal for philadelphia 80 degrees, reading 81, philadelphia and reading just 1 degree shy of the record highs. trenton and wilmington 78 and

sea isle city not quite that warm but still well above normal, 67 degrees. the normal high for this time of the year is 59. but with those winds out of the south, ahead of that cold front, it's still very warm. philadelphia 78. millville 73. trenton 75. and dover 75 degrees and satellite6 along with action radar showing here is the front with that broken line of storms and what will happen tomorrow, the front moves off shore but there's a wave of low pressure to the south. that will pull up along that front and cause it to retrograde, to move to the west and that will bring the showers back into our region. so, future tracker showing around 10 o'clock, the showers moving off shore but tomorrow you wake up, it's cloudy. we have some showers around and they actually will intensify around lunchtime. late in the day if we're lucky we'll see some peeks of sunshine. the next cold front arriving on sunday and this front has a lot of cold air so much in fact the poconos could have a

coating of snow by the morning and then with this front the timing is key. because it moves through right at the time that we have the low level jet right over us. so, what this is, winds about 5,000 feet above the surface, up to 60 miles per hour and that front could tap into those winds and pull them down to the surface. so, through the night on saturday and really the first half of the day, the winds are going to be howling. a high wind watch has been posted for midnight saturday through noon on sunday for wind gusts 50 to 60 miles per hour. that's strong enough to bring down some trees and power lines so we could have some pout outage and it's going to have a big effect on the way it feels. wind chill sunday morning, caesar rodney half marathon adam and i will be running, when you're warming up the wind chill will be 24 degrees. wind chill in philadelphia 25. and even in the afternoon despite a good amount of sunshine wind chills will be stuck in the 30's so it's going to feel like winter on

sunday. association the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, tomorrow a gloomy start to the weekend. lots of showers. otherwise mostly cloudy. hoping for a few peeks of sunshine late in the day. the high 62 degrees. so, cooler than today. but sunday is when it really feels like winter. wicked winds, 47 degrees. wind chill in the 20's and 30's. temperatures bump up to 65 degrees on monday. next front brings us another round of rain and look at what happens on tuesday. the high 45 degrees. overnight low 26 by wednesday morning. then we bump it up to 49 degrees on wednesday. finally back up near normal on thursday, 59 degrees but with some showers and thunderstorms and mostly cloudy on friday, 56 degrees. so, put on the seat belt. a wild ride of weather. >> thank you cecily. finally a birthday celebration a century in the making. helen turner marked her 109th birthday today at the

brandywine senior living homes in linwood new jersey. helen is a retired schoolteacher who began her career teaching in a one-room school louse in maryland. last year she joined social media. she has more than 1100 friends on facebook. as her advice on living a long life, helen says she is happy from morning until night. not a bad prescription for living. >> that's great. >> abc's "world news tonight" with david muir is next on channel6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff, sharrie also williams, adam joseph and ducis rodgers. join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel6. for cecily tynan ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us at 11:00.

tonight, the severe weather outbreak hitting right now. tornadoes already. blinding rain. millions now bracing for high winds. and across much of the east, snow on the way. also breaking, the new video tonight. the wrong target. an undercover officer shot more than a half dozen times by mistake. >> or okay? breaking developments in the shootout at a greyhound bus station. police revealing just a short time ago, the size of the arsenal. several shot. a state trooper killed. donald trump, and tonight, his troubling numbers among women. and hillary clinton fighting mad, and fighting off bernie sanders in new york, where she was once senator. the runaway ship. the 150-foot sightseeing boat coming in too fast. the crash, and bystanders running. and, "america strong."