"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. we begin with breaking news

this hour. "action news" confirmed that former police commissioner, willy williams has died. >> he was living in atlanta, georgia at the time of his death. he ran the philadelphia police department from 1988 to 1992 and was the first african-american to hold the title. this is video of williams' first day in office and took a job as chief of the police department in los angeles. and again was the first african-american to hold that position. the circumstances surrounding his death are not yet released. we'll have updates on air and at 6abc.com as they come in. >> a bucks county mother is behind bars charged in the death of her two-year-old daughter, police say that kayla moore confessed to the deadly beating of her own child before she faced a judge this morning. nora muchanic is live in falls township with the details. >> reporter: rick, she just snapped that is how one police officer described the beating

moore gave her little defenseless 2-year-old daughter. the autopsy suggests she died from blunt force trauma and now she is charged with her killing. >> kayla moore is charged with killing her child, 2-year-old athena wolf. >> i have been here a year and a half and they are quiet, they keep to themselves. it's like hello how are you. you don't expect that right next door. >> police responded sunday night to a 911 call of a child in cardiac arrest. the child was unresponsive and they noticed extensive bruising on the little girl's face and neck and athena was transferred to childrens hospital in philadelphia where she died.

police say that kayla moore admitted to kicking her daughter in the head and torso several times before calling police. >> neighbors saw the little girl on friday. >> i said hi to the mother and to the father. and they were playing around in the grass and the next day you hear something traumatizing like that. >> the man with moore and the child was her boyfriend and not her husband. kayla moore is held overnight without bail at the bucks county corrections facility. police will have a briefing at 3:00 this afternoon to discuss this terribly disturbing case of child abuse and murder. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. philadelphia police are investigating a hit and run that left two officers injured. the officers were driving in an unmarked pickup truck when they were broadsided from another

pickup truck that took off. both were taken to the hospital and expected to be okay. police are investigating a car theft that happened when a driver pulled up to the accident scene. the two suspects hit several other vehicles when they took off. >> katherine scott will have much more on the story at 12:30. the results are in following yesterday's primary elections, donald trump and hillary clinton can claim big victories. donald trump claimed all five, and hillary clinton had four wins losing rhode island to bernie sanders who is still vowing to stay in the race. it turns to indiana's primary on thursday. one of the last chances to push the race towards a contested convention. donald trump has 77% of the delegates he needs to secure the nomination. >> there are big headlines coming out of local races,

indicted congressman chaka fattah will not be going back to washington, he love the primary just before the start of his corruption child. he conceded last night to state representative dwight evans. vernon odom is live with more. >> reporter: rick, congressman fattah is scheduled to go on trial for federal corruption charges early next month, and he could be looking at a long prison term and a loss of his congressional pension. for 11 terms in congress, chaka fattah was considered invincible and the massive corruption charges against him brought him down to defeat and his loss in the primary will have an impact on the city or second district. he was a ranking member of the powerful house committee where funds are clogged up. pennsylvania state lawmaker, dwight evans won the nomination

and is the heavy favorite to win in the fall. >> there is a lot of work to do, and i really want to get something done and i want people to work together. >> i think the gentlemen that have a greater amount of votes at this moment of state representative evans is qualified to take on the responsibility of the greatest congressional district in the country. >> if evans wins in november he will be a freshman congressman and stand back in a long line in the halls of congress. mayor kenney had the reaction to the loss of fattah's seniority. >> everyone eventually has a new person that starts over. i supported dwight and he was successful and life goes on. >> reporter: rick, chaka fattah had until recent years one of

the most politically potent organizations in the city and in fact in pennsylvania, he could deliver the candidates he favored and now that has been severely destroyed and in fact some call it his own self destruction. live in center city, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. montgomery county commissioner, josh shapiro won the nomination for pennsylvania attorney general and take on senator john raverty they are fighting to take the position of kathleen kane. >> mcginty will challenge republican incumbent pat toomey and that could tilt the control of the u.s. senate. accuweather is tracking possible showers today as we go live outside sky 6 hd showing you the ben franklin bridge on a cooler and mostly cloudy

afternoon. adam you have to save me here. >> one could say ghouly out there. clouds out in cape may misting with showers on the southern tip of cape may county. look at the temperature only 48 degrees at the shore. and the dew point and temperature are close that means the atmosphere is saturated and winds from the north-northeast at 9 miles per hour. as we look at double scan live radar, sprinkles down to cape may and lewes delaware and these are slowly working west to the east, the only area seeing concentrated showers. temperatures no matter where you are. what a drop from yesterday. 50 in allentown and 50 in philadelphia and 52 in dover. we have the easterly wind through much of the day and at times northeasterly and southern areas pulling off the cold ocean at 54 degrees, and an impressive

drop over the last several hours. cooler than this time yesterday at the shore. a 26 degree drop in philadelphia and 22 degrees cooler in reading. you can see the boundary has pushed to the south and this is where we have most of the showers and dry air is just to the north of the poconos and a distinctive clearing line not pushing to the south here during the day today. in philadelphia we may try to tickle around the 60 degree mark in many locations staying in the 50s and then by tomorrow morning, this is for the city of philadelphia between 4:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., temperatures in the upper 40s and we are dhating about possible frost sara for a couple of counties tomorrow morning and more wet weather coming up in accuweather. >> thank you. a tornado injured four people in texas north of dallas, this is new video of the damage. a 62-year-old woman died when a

tree fell on her house in a houston suburb and the region was pelted by large hail and several other states are cleaning up from powerful winds. forecasters say that another 60 million people from the gulf coast to the midwest could be affected by strong storms today. there is more to come on "action news" at noon. former u.s. house speaker, dennis hastert is learning his fate in court today. and why harvard officials are more worried than ever over a recent mumps outbreak. >> finding curing together and donate together at aarc foundation. this change in attitude

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surveillance video shows a small plane crashing into a tree and then bursting in flames in alabama. and the pit pilot walked away with just a scratch. several witnesses rushed to the crash and smith made it out with just a cut on his hand. the key suspect in last year's paris attacks is now in french custody. brussel extradited abdelhamid abaauoud to paris.

he'll appear before investigating judges who will decide how to charge him. prosecutors say he coordinated logistics for the attacks that killed 130 people. right now former house speaker, dennis hastert is learning his sentence in a chicago courthouse, the 74-year-old plead guilty for breaking a banking law when he paid someone for trying to conceal secrets from his past. that he sexuallybused four students month years ago. a school bus driver is facing charges for asking a student to move a live power line. the incident happened in the penn school district two weeks ago. patricia ryan asked a boy to get out and remove a downed power line from the street.

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slumping iphone sales are taking a bite out of apple's profit. quarterly revenue dropped for the first time in 13 years. apple sold 30 million iphones in the first three months this year and that is 10 million less than last year. that puts the pressure on apple to come up with new features. it pays to work for greek yogurt maker, chibani, the ceo surprise sd the employees with an ownership stake, the amount they get depends on their tenure and position. it could be worth $150,000 if chibani goes public or sells to an interested buyer. three senators want the fda to ban companies from selling it in bulk, they say the dangers are not clearly spelled out on

the packaging, and they were joined by the families of teenagers that died or suffered harmful affects from taking it. the nation's report card is out, only a third of high school seniors are ready for college. the national assessment for progress is given to seniors for public or private schools and finds that only 25% of 12 and graders proceed at the proficient levels of reading. >> if you like to hug your dog, the feeling may not be mutual. new research shows the embraces could stress them out especially puppies, a professor studied photos of dogs being hugs and some signs of stress shows ears down and a dog's head turned to avoid eye contact and the data shows 82% of the canines with

their heads down. "action news" is working on news stories for tonight beginning at 4:00. alicia vitarelli is live with a look ahead. >> reporter: smart doggy. the race for the white house is heating up today. ted cruz promising a major announcement this afternoon about his campaign and donald trump is about to lay out his plans for foreign policy. we'll have all the details on the candidates as they move ahead from the pennsylvania and delaware primaries. and just one day away from the nfl draft. when the eagles will take their quarterback of the future. jaime apody is coming up live this afternoon. you can take us with you on the go, watch our newscast streaming live on your smart phone or tablet. see you at 4:00. >> thank you. we'll check the chilly

accuweather forecast when we come right back.

adam in for david this afternoon. a shock to the system out there. >> me being here? >> yes. >> that is a terrible segue -- >> as we take a live look at double scan live radar we have a few showers in southern parts of cape may county, but the frontal boundary that passed through to bring in the cloud cover and cooler winds is far enough to the south to keep most of us dry. again the clouds are locked in no matter where you are, live on sky 6 hd the commodore barry bridge no showers here. but it's a damp feeling here especially with the easterly winds off the atlantic, the numbers to the north and west. they don't vary all that much.

saint david's 50 and 50 in kennett square, we topped off at 86 degrees in philadelphia. so we have dropped close to 25 to 30 degrees since yesterday. upper 40s to near 50 at the shore as well as the state of delaware, the warmer spot is 54 in smyrna. there is high pressure to the north, you can see how definitive and clear this line is. where you hit the clouds to the sunshine. and it's not making much of a progression to the south and the boundary lifts to the north tomorrow in response to low pressure to the west and brings severe weather again for parts of st. louis and memphis and down to the gulf coast states and as this pushes to the east, we bring rain back into the forecast and no severe weather. the atmosphere is way too cool. we stay in the 50s for much of the afternoon today, a lot of clouds, continue there could be a shower or two south of

philadelphia, and during the overnight hours tonight, we could break for stars in spots and that could get areas into trouble far to the north. 4:00 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. a frost advisory for huntington county and flemming ton and easton and bethlehem where temperatures dip into the 30s with patchy frost in the morning. early tomorrow morning, 40s and 50s around, and some brightening spots especially north and east of philadelphia but it won't last long and the clouds increase and rain arrives at lunch time from the west to the east and we hit 61 for a high and once the rain pushes in temperatures drop tomorrow afternoon into the 40s and 50s with on and off showers, that continues thursday night into the day on friday morning. mid-40s raw with on and off showers so a wet period is about to ensue and continue for the next 24 to 48 hours, and thursday and friday we are looking at a quarter to half

inch of rain. this is welcome as we need the rain and kind of drop those pollen levels. the exclusive accuweather forecast cool and breezy and spotty shower south of philadelphia today at 58 degrees, we'll hit 68 tomorrow before the rain arrives, and that drops the temperatures into the low 50s tomorrow afternoon and still 50s for highs on friday but the good news is we clear it out for the weekend, saturday bright and 66 and rain could increase sunday late morning into the afternoon. and then it stays unsettled with more rain monday into tuesday. can't complain because we had that long, dry stretch. what goes around comes around. >> april showers and may flowers. >> that is so true. much more ahead in the next half hour of "action news" at 12:30.

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and all the chaos overnight in spring garden. >> clinton and trump move forward with voters in our area. and cruz says is he making a big announcements later today and more than 100 suspected gang members are off the streets in new york after a huge raid. two philadelphia police officers are recovering after a bizarre hit and run incident in spring garden. katherine scott has more. >> reporter: the two plain clothes officers were taken to hahnemann university hospital one had a concussion and the other neck, back and shoulder pain and they are both doing okay. they were the only two people injured in this bizarre event that ended at 15th and parrish. a damaged car and several more damaged ones. police were called to investigate two crash scenes and unravel the confusion, it started