parents, "action news" investigates why, next. it is friday night, and a big story on "action news" tonight is a slow move away from days of dreary and rainy weather, it is not happening, without a last shot from mother nature. we are ending up, with over an inch of rain, in the

philadelphia area, but there is hope, for a much nicer day for mothers day on sunday. lets get right to meteorologist cecily tynan at the big board, cecily. >> jim, it business time. what a flip flop over the past 20 days, first ten days of that period starting april 17th we have had mega block and we were trapped under high pressure. that meant it was warm, temperatures, more than 6 degrees above average and it was dry, only about a third of an inch of rain the flip side, past ten days, temperatures averaging more than 6 degrees below average and we had more rain the past ten days then we have had the entire month of april, more than 2 inches and it is still raining in parts of our region. double scan live is showing you look at this spin, low pressure is sitting over us. it is verticalcally stacked which means upper level low is right over the surface low. that will help weaken the storm. it will start to dissipate but we have a solid area of rain right now, generally north and

west of philadelphia, north of the pennsylvania turnpike, we do have some pockets of some heavier rain. things will be changing over the weekend but future tracker is showing don't want to expect to see bright sunshine when you wake up tomorrow morning at 9:00 o'clock, lots of clouds with a few spotty showers. into the afternoon i think we will see some breaks in the clouds but also the possibility of some instability showers but then a system moves through sunday morning and that will bring us a huge change in our weather. we will talk more about that with the full accu weather forecast, jim. >> thanks, cecily. lets go live to "action news" reporter john rawlins in manayunk. john, everybody itching for warm and dry weather now that we're into the month of may. >> reporter: it would be nice, wouldn't it? it is may. tomorrow is first saturday in may. it should be lovely weather. it has not been. we have had a pattern that does not want to change. the on again/off again rain of this evening is off again at least here in manayunk for the moment. the it is pretty busy on main street or has been throughout the day.

folks are bundled up, some folks with umbrellas from time to time. the consensus is all this cool, wet weather has over stayed its welcome. >> april showers bring may flower. now it is like may showers will bring june flowers i guess. >> reporter: main street manayunk in may. friday night often find outdoor cafe crowded but no dining outside tonight, all serious socializing was indoors, because. >> it is very cold, non-stop rain. very glummy. >> reporter: tonight's cold,tories will not a deterrent to these teens. they loved this sport. so much so, that they convinced their folks to drive them to the local pitch tonight. >> i love to play soccer and i want to be better. >> reporter: raining out here harder. >> would i still be out here. >> reporter: this weeks rain, having a fun raising impact on the saint dennis fair a fixture for 48 years. but while the gold fish didn't seem to notice, all of that

water on the ground that the electrically powered rides had to be shut down tonight as a safety precaution. no ride costs the fair tens of thousands of dollars an evening so the hope is that the sky will clear in the coming days. >> we're hoping for better weather. as long as it is not raining they will come. we are hoping in more wet weather. >> reporter: amen to that. it has been a soggy start for those folks. organizers are hoping they will get a break in the weather for tomorrow night when they will be opened as well as next week. they have a second week of events scheduled out there between wednesday and next saturday. they are hoping for a break in the weather, as the gentlemen says, everybody seeming to like to see this weather pattern, shift about now. live from manayunk, john rawlins for channel six "action news", jim. >> john, thank you. the rains have contributed to a sink hole in bridgeport, montgomery county, washing out some of the road bed a long route 23, upper merion township police say river road will be closed in both

directions, from swede land road to fourth street for an extended period of time. this is what the shattered windshield looks like, punctured by a blink that was thrown from the pennsylvania turnpike, overpass in bristol township. this is what the face of the truck driver randy blake looked like tonight. a bloody streak, five stitches, framing his broken eye socket the and a fractured jaw. somehow he managed to maintain control of his big rig and safely exit the turnpike yesterday at 6:00 p.m. >> bricks, rocks, and stuff like that, i mean, look at me, i mean, it could have been a lot worse. i could have lost an eye honor my life. >> it could have been worse for everybody. blake was hauling barrels of the flammable material, state police are asking for tips looking for the people who threw the bricks and rocks off overpass. man accused of killing his estrange wife last night, and two more people today is behind bars at this hour.

apprehended by police in the state of maryland. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live from our the satellite center tonight, dann, you've got the story. >> reporter: it is a federal security officer who has been taken in custody in connection with the two day shooting spree a spree that left three dead and three others wounded. new tonight, caught on tape, final moments police surround federal officer's car ramming it, leaving him startled. watch again as suspect walk to the car, police rammed his vehicle guns drawn. he gives up, without a fight. >> he came out with his hand up in five minutes. >> reporter: arrest would end a 24 hour period that began a day earlier. police suspect eulalio tordil, an officer with the federal protective service shot and killed his estranged wife outside prince georges county high school on thursday as she wait todd pick up their kid. the his wanted poster issued with this warning, the suspect has made threats to commit suicide by cop. home land security officials tell us that eulalio tordil had been placed on administrative leave and his badge and gun taken after a court order to stay away from

his wife was issued in march. >> we have a shooting at mall. we are trying to set out a perimeter looking for a gray silver car. >> reporter: today around 11:15 with thousands of customers at montgomery mall in bethesda, shots ring out in the parking lot. woman hit. two men trying to help her, shot as well. all rushed to the hospital where one of the good smart tans later died. a short time later 10 miles away another fatal shooting. woman gunned down near this giant super market. >> these shooting is here and shooting in aspenville are related. >> reporter: fortunately violence came to an even without incident. >> we have no reason to believe at this point that the victims knew the suspect. >> reporter: shooting and subsequent manhunt brought back scary memories of the washington snipper spree back in 2002. tonight, people are breathing a big sigh of relief. live from the sat center i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >> dann, thank you. police say a woman who survived a car crash in gloucester county new jersey was killed by a hit and run

driver, after she got out of her vehicle. three two-year old anabell a uponty crashed in the tree on route 55 in deptford at 5:30 this morning. investigators believe that she got out of her car to look for help and that is when she was struck. evesham police are asking for your help, identifying this suspect serial bank bandit. investigators say that he robbed a bb and t bank on lincoln drive on tuesday morning, and a citizens bank last night, fortunately nobody was hurt in either episode. philadelphia police commissioner richard ross led a procession of hundreds of men and women in blue. as they paid tribute to former commissioner willie williams. tonight was first of two public viewings for williams who died last week, at the age of of 72. a second viewing is scheduled for 8:00 o'clock tomorrow morning atsion baptist church, and, funeral services will follow. and casino workers

protested outside the trump hotel in atlantic city today, for unite here union, as they begun contract talks and looking to get something back, what it gave up to help save casinos from going bankrupt. union officials say casino workers are making only 80 cents an hour more then they did 12 years ago. high tech fire truck, now has a new home in newark, delaware. at the aetna hose hook and ladder company and by tradition, fire fighters must push it into their fire station, by hand, but that was mostly ceremonial, the fact is, the truck weighs over 56,000-pound. they needed everybody to kick in. this very versatile fire truck can serve five functions, including an engine, and a area ladder. this was a night the for new beginningness olde city. it doesens of formally homeless men graduated from the ready, willing and able

program at old pine street church, family and friend were there to cheer on accomplishments of these men, many of whom have have gone from sleeping on the streets to full-time jobs and permanent housing, the program is in its 15th year. still to come on "action news" tonight... temple university now using cardboard boxes, in efforts to save babies. we will have that report. >> in addition to the rain, it was chill toy day, high only 56, minneapolis, 92. i amtraking return of sunshine. i will time it out and tell you when summer like temperatures move in the accu weather forecast. investigative reporter wendy saltzman is here tonight with a story that will tug at your heart strings. >> a local family says they believe their child was kidnaped after being a accused of child abuse. baby boy was just three months old when x-rays showed injuries all over his body. tonight we will investigate a

medical mystery could prove their innocence, 12 months after their son was taken. ducis rodgers with phillies highlights tonight, and that and more when "action news" continues. ♪

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republican party's presumptive nominee donald trump didn't talk very much about uniting the the g.o.p. at a rally in omaha, nebraska today. even coming as a did one day after speaker paul ryan called on trum top unify the party. ryan announced that he was not the ready to support trump and today south carolina senator lindsey graham said that he won't even vote for trump. same from another formal rival jeb bush. former presidential candidate bob dole, did endorse trump today. hillary clinton set her sights on trump during her rally in oakland, california. she said donald trump doesn't care about equal pay for woman quote because he doesn't think much of women. california primary is june 7th. bernie sanders said today that

the dnc's committees are stacked against him and he threatened to fight overrules, and platform, at the convention in philadelphia. unemployment remains on track at 5 percent as employers added 160,000 jobs last month, that is troubling to some analyst because job growth is well below the average pace of the past, six months. but others say, that this is expected, and a more reasonable pace, and importantly wages are now the on the rise, up to two and a half percent. berks county family claims that their three month-old should never have been taken from their arms. and now, they stand accused of child abuse. "action news" is investigating whether a possible miss diagnosis has put that family a at risk. "action news" investigative reporter wendy saltzman is here with that story. >> reporter: jim, this child, the couple's first and only son, has been out of their care and in the care of the state for more than a year. are they monsters or is there

a rare genetic disorder to blame? caesar, was born on january 6th of last year. his parents jessica and caesar senior say he was a healthy 6-pound, 11-ounce baby boy. >> he was such a happy baby. >> reporter: parenthood wasn't without some stress for these first time parents. in the first three months they took caesar to the doctor approximately, 13 times. and then when caesar was three and a half months old a trip to saint josephs medical center check on what was a bug bite on his left leg left their family suddenly shattered. >> how does this happen? it didn't make any sense to me. >> reporter: jessica and caesar said they asked for little caesar to be transferred to hershey medical center where a full body scan was done. fine goes were horrifying. the caesar had 20 bone fractures across his body from his fingers to his wrist and legs. >> how does my son have have so many fractures and is so happy. >> reporter: family was given an estimate that the fractures

happened three to eight weeks back and in that time caesar had multiple trips to the doctor. and not until that possible bug bite was a single bruce observed on his body. but medical care team, led by doctor catherine crowel said this was child abuse. >> i'm thinking there has to be something wrong with the x-ray machine or something that was missed. >> reporter: three month-old was immediately ripped out of their home and placed in the care of the state. >> i just felt like i lost my soul. i lost everything. >> reporter: at first parents say they felt power less to fight accusations but soon they started an uphill battle to prove their innocence. their search led them to three leading experts in the area of vitamin d deficiency a common shortage associated with breast-feeding. one with doctor michael pollack a world renowned endocrinologies at boston hospital and said lack of vitamin d can result in broken bones just from every day handling. >> there is a very high

likelihood, that he was vitamin d deficient. >> reporter: the doctor examined little caesar and jessica. on top of the potential vitamin insufficiency he diagnosed both with a disorder called eds, that can mimic the signs of child abuse. >> combination of those two, markedly increases the risk for fractures, that are about to be due to abuse when in fact, they are due to a compromised, system that is very fragile. >> reporter: in a february hearing, where parents of caesar return, doctor crowel testified, caesar's injuries were consist tend with juror physical abuse. hershey medical center added in a statement, that the medical facts in this case, clearly reached, reasonable suspicion. and we supported it. >> i think is a miss diagnosis. >> reporter: he represents jessica and also the attorney for another family accused of child abuse by doctor crowel whose child was also taken from their home.

>> in that case a father sat behind bars for 414 days, and charged with abusing his daughter and unable to make bail. that father was ultimately acquitted at trial. he is now suing crowel and others hoff all denied any wrongdoing. >> i feel like my baby has been kidnaped from me. >> reporter: it has been more than a year since caesar was taken away. >> i just want him to be home, i want him to be happy. i don't want him to forget that i'm his mom. or he is his dad. >> reporter: we have reached out to berks county children and youth services for a response but they would not confirm or deny their involvement in this case. but the agency has now requested a gag order from a judge. so far no criminal charges have been filed against the parents. >> what is next for the parents? how do they go about trying to prove that this is a a vitamin deficiency and not a case of abuse. >> reporter: they have been

trying to prove that in court. here's the frightening thing that child has been in the care at 12 months. at 15 months they can put that child up for adoption. three months they could lose their son. >> all right. you will stay on this. thanks, wendy. on health check at 11:00 tonight temple university happies launching an ambitious project to save lives of new born babies in philadelphia, the infant mortality rate, in the city is nearly double the u.s. average. one of the ways to reduce the risk of sids, sudden infant death syndrome is to encourage safe sleeping habits. so temple will prove every mother with what is called a baby box, literally a cardboard box lined with the mattress that can be used as a bass inn net. the doctors say that is safer then bringing a new born into bed with adults. temple expects to give out 3,000 baby boxes, and will also provide baby clothes, diapers, and educational materials. the baby's may also be going home with one of these names from the newly released,

list of top ten names in the country. for the second year in a row emma was most popular name for girls and noah has held the top spot among boys for three years in a row. the social security administration, says that last year noah was followed by liam, mason, jacob, and william, the fastest rising boy's name is riaan. and girls owe live, yeah so fee, ava and isabella. names making biggest jumps were aalayha and add line. >> no james. >> no james. >> and heaven forbid, no cecily. >> and no ducis either. >> no ducis. ducis has yet to make a top ten list, any year, any country, but we love ducis. >> i think mine is before his. >> what about that weekend accu weather forecast. >> thank goodness we will see some sunshine, about time. storm tracker six double scan

is showing that we are still dealing with some showers, they are generally on a light side, generally north ape west of the i-95 corridor but we have some pockets of heavier rain that are right now, moving through pottstown and note that is rain is moving from the east to the west, and kind of the opposite of most weather systems. that low pressure is just spinning over it. but it is weakening, but today, temperatures, going no where, fast. our low 50, our high, it is only managed to make it up to 56 degrees. that is 15 degrees below normal. we will get up in the 70's. it will feel like a heat wave after this past week, 51 degrees in philadelphia the trenton 49. cape may 51. allentown and reading 50. wilmington also 50 degrees. the a satellite six with action radar is showing that the spin, the low pressure that has been flagging us for really the past ten days. you can see it weakening but it still will be over us tomorrow. so that means it will be a little bit unsettled. future tracker showing at 8:30

don't expect a bright, sunny morning. we will have cloud with a scattering of showers. as we head in the a afternoon we will see peaks of sunshine but we will see a few spotty showers. i want to show you what happens sunday morning. this is when a cold front rolls rolls through with yes, another round of showers, but what this cold front will do is finally, sweep that low pressure out to sea. by lunchtime the sunshine is here and the sunshine is sticking around, for several hours. it is in the like you see a few peaks of sunshine on mothers day. this is a gift for you mom from mother nature. 9:00 in the morning some cloud. 56 degrees but 11:00 o'clock through 5:00 o'clock we are looking at load of sunshine and temperatures more seasonal backup in the lower 70's, for moms and really for everyone, we have got a gift from mother nature because we deserve some sunshine. the exclusive a accu weather seven day forecast, tomorrow will be nicer than today but still more cloud and sunshine with a few scattered showers.

fifty-six the high. sunday morning cloud and early morning showers and sunshine is back, breezy, 70 and monday just gorgeous, mostly sun which a high of 72 degrees. heading in to tuesday it is warmer up to 78 degrees. partly sunny. slight chance of the stray afternoon thunderstorm. we have better chance have of afternoon thunderstorms on wednesday with the high of 78 degrees. we will dry things out on thursday, cloud, mixing with sun, 73 and i then friday, dad vail regot at showers are likely but this is a week ahead of time that could change with a high of 7o enjoy sunshine this weekend, it will be back by lunchtime on sunday. >> happy mothers day. >> all right. >> talk about a perfect pair, a pup puppy named jagr met his new owner tonight, for the first time in philadelphia international airport. she is a very special young lady named amanda muldune living with end stage kidney disease. she spotted jagr a monk lit

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tonight, here's ducis rodgers. >> where am i on the list you are not on it. >> are you sure. >> positive. >> check your sources. >> as much as phillies surprised people, this season, so have the marlins. they have won ten of 11. phillies having lost three of four. vince velasquez has been phillies best pitch they are season. he find himself in the three to nothing hole in the second inning. martin prodo with the rbi single forced in a run. velasquez gives up four runs in six innings.

peterberges, he comes through here. two run double. phillies are within one. it is four-three. fifth inning, they close the gap, miguel franco. day off yesterday. sixth home run of the season. game tied at four. franco with two hits on the night. we will go to the eighth, her tech nearest facing jean car low stanton, my goodness. he should ab rested for hitting a ball that hard, 475 feet, longest home run this season. phillies lose, six-four. seven down, one to go, eagles now have just one draft pick left from having agreed to the contract and that topic carson wentz. two they lock up to day are guard isaac say mol owe taking in the third round and tackle, fifth round pick from tcu. both get four year contract. eagles have a three day rookie mini camp that begins next friday. new eagles guard brandon brooks spent time in the classroom today. lineman signed a 40

million-dollar deal with the bird in march, took a personal finance class at plymouth white marsh high school. brooks played financial football with the students, as for real football, he feels good about the eagles, quarterback situation. >> very exciting. you know, we have number two pick in carson wentz. get him in here and get work and learning from both sam and chase. both guys, have done good things in this league. i think in the locker room, we're building something special. our chemistry is good. everybody is getting extra work, working hard. coach pederson has been awesome. like i said looking forward to big things. just kind of shocking people as far as what we do this year. "action news" returns after this.

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es prize is upon us, kentucky derby is tomorrow, thinks your favorite. nyquist at three to one. horse is unbeaten in seven races. if you are unfamiliar with nyquist his trainer talks him up. >> first round draft pick, that you know, we paid 400,000 for him. he was well thought of. just had an amazing rookie career. and now we're here in the second season and he is going for the championship. >> and that is sports. >> thanks, ducis. jimmy kimmel live next on channel six followed by night line. "action news" continues at 5:30, now for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner, good night, happy mothers day. >> ♪ "jimmy kimmel live!"

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