complex. we begin our coverage this afternoon with "action news" reporter, john rawlins, live at the scene. >> reporter: well, the last time we talked to a source here we are told that the situation is still fluid how we were told if the last minute that we will get an official update here. so far officials have said very little except to say there is a hostage situation. all this have began at 11:00 this morning with reports of smoke inside of building c. that is described as a maximum security flow down unit and medium security. where people step down. we are told that a blanket was lit on fire in a closet and multiple hostages were taken at least four corrections office and one counselor and one injury possibly more and a 35-year-old corrections officer was struck multiple times with a mop ringer

and inmate fists. he is transported to the hospital and said to be awake and alert. we don't know how many hostage takers were involved or if they have demands. we are seen armored vehicles and s.w.a.t. personnel in the area, at some point earlier today there had been some communications with the hostage takers and the officials here. it's not clear if that is still going on now. and there is a lot we don't know. >> maybe we'll ask you a quick question. are you no doubt some distance way from the scene. -- from the prison complex but we want the public to understand that there is a lot of fencing and likely contained to the one building. correct? >> that is correct. this is a huge facility with

multiple populations, it has 2500 inmates, the largest facility. all male facility in the state of delaware. it seems to be isolated to this building c known as a maximum security flow down medium security unit. >> john thank you for the info. >> hopefully we'll know more here -- >> thank you. >> we are suppose to get an update in the next few minutes. >> thank you. let go on now to former prison commissioner luis geraldo is live on the phone. you have experience on knowing what these situations might elude to. when we hear this happening and this response. what really is the priority when you look at the response. what has to be first in trying to get this hostage situation

under control? >> good afternoon sharrie. the first concern is to resolve the situation without a loss of life or serious injury. or some serious damage to the facility. there are a number of things that take place simultaneously. isolating the disturbance and minimizing the number of people involved and removing injured individuals and none combatants and then to assess the situation and determine what type of response you'll take. >> lewis we understand that all of these situations are very fluid and there is any number of circumstances that could lead to each one. but i trust there is a lot of training that goes into this and these guards at that facility given it's a maximum security facility would have practiced a situation like this. >> as you can see from the

aerial coverage, the officers are equipped to handle such a disturbance and they train regularly to prevent, not only prevent but to prepare for these eventualities. this is a situation that no prison administrator wants to face but there is always a potential. >> thank you louis for your time. we appreciate your perspective and time. thank you. this is obviously a fluid situation. and we of course will have more as the story unfolds. we'll bring you live reports on air throughout the evening on air and at 6abc.com as well. in other news today. parents in berks county are being charged in their daughter's death, they allegedly refused to give her medical treatment for pneumonia because of their religious beliefs. walter perez is live now outside of the courthouse with the details on this courthouse

today. >> reporter: sharrie this family is part of the final, tabernacle church and this is not the first time that people from the church have been prosecuted for allowing children to die in lieu of going to the doctor. this child with a treatable form of pneumonia is now dead and her parents are facing prison. >> they were notified by a funeral home contacted by the fosters of bethel pennsylvania, who wanted to plan the burial of their daughter, ella grace. they responded to the home and found the youngster's lifeless bodies. they told investigators that she was sick and her breathing was labored and they told authorities that they essentially let her die because it's against their religion to seek the medical care.

the fosters have several other childrens are members of the faith tabernacle church. the fosters face charges including involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child. this is one of the crimes that defies explanation. >> it's hard for many of us including myself to understand. i am old enough now that i have two grandchildren that are 1 and 2. to me it's incomprehensible. >> reporter: the fosters have been released on unsecured bail and the family is monitored by the division of children and youth services, if convicted they face the maximum sentence of 12.5 years in prison. walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a private prep school in bucks county is accu kuccused o

covering up sex abuse claims for 60 years, the officials at the salisbury school engaged in long running exsewell relationships with students, coming from a grand jury report no criminal charges are filed because most of the cases are beyond the statute of limitations, the 127-year-old victim apparently does not want to press charges and sara bloomquist will have a full report on these allegations coming up tonight at 6:00. two 17-year-olds were arrested today after one of them tried to bring a loaded gun to upper darby high school. and they were tipped off that one of them would bring a gun to school today. police say that a 12th grade student had a box if his hand when he got off the box and attempted to hand him the box when officers arrested him. authorities say they found a

loaded .9 millimeter handgun along with marijuana and the student had previously been arrested. >> this 12? >> grader back when the pope visited he threatened to kill the pope and was locked up for terroristic threats and harassment. >> both students are expected to be charged as adults with weapons and drug offenses. kind a gray day and february 1st and sitting near 50 degrees. adam joseph has the forecast for us. >> the temperatures running well above average as we go into the new month. the wedge of warmth in the eastern seaboard. look at the high in philadelphia. 50 degrees. near 50 in washington as well as new york city. 55 in richmond and the colder air lurking to the north and west of the mountains, binghamton and buffalo at 34

degrees. a little sun this morning and the clouds took over. and now we start to see the patchy blueness to the sky developing in spots here before the sunsets. and a ribbon of clouds passed through and temperatures could go well into the 50s if we had sun the entire day. this evening we see the clouds again fall apart in spots and turning partly cloudy with temperatures not dropping quickly from 43 to 39 degrees, the overnight low dropped to around freezing by early tomorrow morning. as we move forward here and we look at the accuweather forecast. a chilly breeze for tomorrow and 30s to end the week and we are tracking another warm-up as we go into the full week of february and the ups and downs of the temperatures and we'll let you know what the weekend has in store. >> thank you. we turn now to the traffic report and our friend, matt pellman in the traffic center for a first check today.

>> i don't know if you'll think that after the traffic report. westbound side of the vine street expressway it's an accident here taking out the right lane approaching broad street a stand still at i-95 through the westbound vine through this point approaching broad. the typical fair on the schuylkill with speeds of 9 miles per hour on the westbound side close to city avenue and check this out. 95 southbound coming away from the airport moving much better than this morning. we had the overturned truck that all morning long blocked the ramp to the blue route and that is open for your afternoon ride and sun glare isn't too bad and southbound travellers doing better then this morning, they are heading through delaware county. we are also getting better here at the tacony palmyra bridge and blocked or a northbound ship and traffic started to move at route 73 in palmyra, speaking of 73 in

voorhees township a crash on the northbound side of william feather drive. in pennsauken a fuel spill approaching 38. lets do the commuter report on this hump day afternoon. southbound close to 401, just 15 miles per hour there. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you matt. still ahead on "action news." we want to take you now to a live look in smyrna delaware, we are awaiting an update, a press concerns from officials there regarding a hostage situation underway at one of the prisons in smyrna, delaware. hey... hold on, i can explain. you better have a good answer... switch to geico and you could save a ton of money on your car insurance. why didn't you say so in the first place?

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wort. judge neil gorsuch visited capitol hill and met with senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, who called him an outstanding appointment. democrat divisions are already running strong over the president's pick. senate minority leader chuck schumer hinted that democrats may filibuster his nomination but president trump is encouraging the republicans to use the so-called nuclear option in the event of a filibustefili >> i would say mitch go nuclear because it would be a shame if a man of this quality was caught up in the web. it's up to mitch but i would say go for it. >> similar tensions are playing outs over a host of other cabinet nominees by president trump. republicans pushed two nominees through a senate committee even

though they were boycotting including congressman tom price to head up health and human services and steve mnuchin as treasury secretary and an angry exchange before jeff sessions was aproved as attorney general. senate general are boycotting a hearing on scott pruit on the next epa and this time another republican senator, this time alaska cannot support betsy devos. the second republican in the senate to have this opinion today and the republican led senate confirmed rex tillerson as secretary of state. a lot of movement happening in the nation's capital. >> thank you. an incredibly close call was caught on surveillance camera in texas. a truck got stuck on the tracks as the train was approaching. look at that.

the locomotive smashed the cab and the trucks passenger jumped out to try to lift the crossing arm across the truck's trailer, and he survived without a scratch and is thanking a higher power for that. >> i'm going to start praying a lot now. that was a near dead life experience for me. >> the driver managed to get out of the wreckage after impact and was checked out at a nearby hospital. >> men and women received an enthusiastic thank you students lined the hallways and cheered on dozens of police officers and firefighters as they walked into saint christopher catholic they are honored with a prayer blessing and ceremony today as part of catholic schools week. commissioner richard ross was there as the children performed songs for their special guest. a brainteaser assembly was part of the festivities at holy cross

school in collegeville today and the students worked to put together bags of toiletries for those in need. they will be delivered to ann's center. and one-third grade class wrote letters of thanks to the sisters of villa flower town. and punxsutawney phil is popular. hotel rooms are higher than those in houston for the super bowl. a one night stay is $450 and a hotel in houston, $340, once the demand drops, the room drops by more than $300. you got to really want to see punxsutawney phil. >> he is a big draw. >> and a big groundhog. >> as we learned yesterday we are advised to trust our

meteorologist when it comes to the forecast. >> always trust the humans, they go to school for this. adam joseph has it's accuweather forecast. >> as we move forward, we see a lot of sunshine tomorrow and you think he would see his shadow that mean ez goes back in and that means six more weeks of winter despite there is six more weeks of winter on the calendar. look agent sky 6 hd in cape may, a lot of clouds out there breaking sunshine and we started this morning with a good amount of sunshine as well. temperatures way above normal for the first day of february, 49 in philadelphia and topping off at 50. 45 in wilmington and over and 40 in reading. and i was chatting yesterday saying i have been running outdoors every wednesday because it has been exceptionally warm, and looked up the facts that was the case, today 50 degrees, we

have had some really warm wednesdays for the last five weeks, last week it was 54 and january 18th, 49. and january 11 and, 54 and january 4th 54 degrees on a wednesday. the pattern is set up. 10 to 15 degrees above normal during the heart of the winter. good news if you are an outdoor biker or walker. satellite and radar there is the sunshine from earlier this morning and the clouds took over and sprinkles up in the clouds and they have not lifted to the ground and won't in the overnight hours tonight be partly cloudy and chilly and upper 20s to the north and west and it's cold and still a little bit above normal. 29 millville and 33 in dover. as we look at the day planner here for your thursday. not bad lots of sunshine tomorrow and some high cloud cover and temperatures once again busting above normal 44 degrees and a big step down from

tomorrow to today. and we'll have the west northwesterly winds sustained between 12 and 24 miles per hour and the middle 40s feel like the middle 30s, below freezing even during the peak of tomorrow afternoon. and by friday morning, it is bitter here windchills in the teens across the area. as we look at the four day at 4:00 forecast. 44 tomorrow and sunny and chilly breeze and cold and limited sunshine and clouds on friday. a high of 35. bitter here on saturday 34. as we do get colder air to wrap in despite the sunshine and cloudy with a flurry or sprinkle on super bowl sunday no big deal at 40 degrees. five wednesdays in a row of 50s or above. same thing for next wednesday. we'll have six weeks in a row of wednesdays that are really warm. >> adam thank you. students at the holy rosary

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vacant house in the city's kensington section. >> firefighters tried to get the upper hand at 6:00 this morning. the fire spread to two other homes where families were able to escape. the licensing and inspections department are called out to check the stability of the burned out structure. >> from our delaware newsroom. john carnie is doing his part to help increase awareness about dating violence among teenagers. he held a meeting in newark declaring february the month for education. students across the state will learn to understand healthy relationships and spot signs of trauma. carnie was sworn in two weeks ago and this is his first official proclamation. >> "action news" at 4:00 continues next with the latest from smyrna, delaware. we are awaiting an update from officials on the scene. our live team coverage of the prison lock down and it's hostage situation continues after the break.

where inmates have taken control of one building it is believed at this point. sources tell "action news" that at least five people have been taken hospital an and there are several injuries. this started to unfold at the

11:00 a.m. hour today. john rawlins is on the scene reporting some facts throughout the day. and there was a blanket set on fire that brought firefighters to the prison in smyrna when this unfolded. when they got there they realized it was a more significant scene unfolding. we join john rawlins again on scene. >> reporter: not a whole lot in the way of an update. officials came to us and said set up in a news conference area. a live picture behind me in a sec. that news conference waiting, about 35 minutes we are still awaiting official word. officials have not said much throughout the day other than to confirm there is a hostage situation on the site here and it began at 11:00 today. there was a smoke situation reported to a local fire company. the fire company responded but was not allowed to come on to the premises here and it was

inside of building c. that is described address a maximum security unit. somewhere from 120 or 150 people in the unit. and report of a blanket lit on fire. that was the cause of that situation, multiple hostages were taken at least four corrections officers and one counselor we are told and there have been injuries we know one in particular to a corrections officer struck multiple times but what is described as a mop ringer and inmates fists and has been transported by ambulance and was described as awake and ale alert. we do not know of other injuries. we don't know how many hostage takers were involved in all of this or if the hostage takers have any specific demands we have seen a number of armored

car units and s.w.a.t. personnel but at this point we don't know what is happening. we think it's probably a half mile to mile away from where we are right now. >> all right john. we expect to learn more in that news conference that could happen any moment now from the vaughn correctional facility. and 6abc.com has ongoing coverage in this fluid situation in smyrna, delaware, photos from the scene and live video from chopper 6 hd and the action cam which is only the ground right now. turning now to the latest on a vicious attack of one group of girls that were attacked by another group of girls. surveillance video shows several assailants converging on three teenagers pummelling the trio with their fists and in one case using a knife. gray hall is live outside of headquarters you have an update on the search for attackers that

include the pregnant teenager, police call this a dangerous situation tonight. tracking down those responsible, including the pregnant teenager. this was captured on surveillance a little after 4:00, showing a 17-year-old girl taking the brunt of the attack from teenage girls, they are punching and kicking and one attacker pulls out a knife and stabs the victim. >> the suspect armed with the knife, she is allegedly pregnant so again hoping that someone can recognize her, you typically don't see someone expecting achild to be conducting themselves like this. >> the footage is from the chinese food takeout restaurant and the fight started on the street and spilled into the takeout spot. the victim was with two girls that were also attacked with a

group of five to six suspects. >> i'm surprised she was not hurt. and anyone else in the group, standing on top of each other and climbing on top of each other's backs. again surprise that no one else was injured as a result of this. >> the owner did not talk on camera but that they were regulared that attending a nearby school. at this point police say they do not have a motive but feel the girls knew each other other or had a type of history. >> don't know if they are afailated with the school in that area or go to the same school and investigators are look into that link and work with school police and school officials to see if we can perhaps attract the individuals that way as well. >> all right back out live, we should mention that the 17-year-old victim was stabbed in the arm and treated and released from the hospital and no other injuries reported in

this incident and police want to track down the pregnant teenager seen in the video with a knife. if you have information you should contact police. jay hall, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. one man is in custody and several others on the loose after a tip that led police to aramingo and york. police saw a 25-year-old woman forced into a car at gun point and the driver sped off and lost control of his car a half mile away, all four suspects got out of the car and ran away and prompted a search by air and foot. and one suspect was taken into cust a short time later and the victim was unharmed in all of this and police believe the crime could be connected to others in the area. a teenager is charged as an

adult in a shooting of a 13-year-old girl in collingdale. police arrested him and arraigned him for the incident. the gun was fired during a fight at the community center, the girl that was a bystander realized she was shot in the leg as she tried to walk home. >> a portion of the blue route in delaware county were shut down for more than five hours today. here is why. chopper 6 hd was over the northbound lanes near exit 1 in woodland, a tractor trailer overturned spilling its load and the driver apparently lost control getting off the i-95. it lands on its side and nobody was hurt. traffic was detoured for equipment sometime in that area. common core is a source of academic controversy from federal imposed standards to hair pulling math curriculum that experts say is too

complicated. >> common core standards have not only changed what students are required to learned but influenced how they learned it and they say it better prepares students for 20th century careers and parents feel unprepared when their kids come home and ask for help. >> are they impressed. >> i quiz them about what they are learning about math and science or stuff and never get any of the questions right. >> we are talking sixth grade math and not ap calculus. today they are engaging in more rigorous math helping them catch up to those that are ahead in other countries. >> our minds need to adapt. this newer approach focuses on how you get an answer not just memorizing the formula. to get the same answer using different methods. >> i can't help them and my

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a chorus of colorful amphibians are hopping around in philadelphia. and 15 different species of frogs, yellow and blue and fiery red are visiting the academy of sciences. their diversity and often overlooked beauty will be on full display on a new museum exhibit opening this saturday. >> pretty interesting. still ahead queen b is adding to her hive. her baby news coming up. and from the american hairless terrier to the pumy. >> and one known commonly known as the cat. we'll explain coming up. we started off on the warm side and cold winter air is moving in and timing it will chill by the end of the week. when "action news" returns.

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we are following breaking news from smyrna, delaware, from the podium we expect the news conference to begin over the next few minutes? >> as we get the latest update from the vaughn correctional center in smyrna. our helicopter is flying over the scene for much of the afternoon. a live look at the prison complex a sprawling facility hope to 2500 inmates some of them maximum security. we are learning more about this and expecting to learn more from officials about the hostage situation, we know there are injuries and several hostages and hostage takers and it's an active and fluid situation, we'll bring you to the news could have been as soon as it begins. let start with the big move to make youth football safer for kids. according to the "new york

times" they are rolling out big changes including fewer players and a smaller field and enrollment is said to be down over the fears that the sport could be dangerous for children and the new format called modified tackle looks more like flag football than traditional football. including players of equal size are lined up against each other and the organization plans to test out the new format over the next couple of years. the westminster kennel club dog show where impressive pups vie for best in show and obedience and this year new breeds in the lineup. the sluggy and the pummy and the cat. they are officially allowed to complete officially. well, one cat to be exact. it's a bengal named jungle tracks, you can watch her in the meet and complete event. the show's opening day.

apparently this decision has elicititied shock and outrage and cries of joy from cat lovers everywhere. and finally swaddling. a soothing method recommended for newborn, you wrap them up to mimic the womb and it's said to calm down the fussiest baby and works for bigger kids like adults. and in japan they call it adult wrapping, there is a person in there and it's popular and can alleviate muscle pain and help posture and you move side to side with a rocking motion and these people say it's relaxing and can understand why babies -- what is happening here sleep so well like this. when they are newborns. >> oh gosh. >> it looks like something.

i guess you breathe through the little hole. >> that is just weird. >> we'll try anything. thank you. lets get a check of the roads right now. matt is standing by with the update for us. >> lets try it after the evening commute that can inspire stress and this evening it could be worse when last we spoke an issue on 202 in chester county. a crash on the southbound side all cleared out of the way, just a little bit of southbound sluggishness. and a crash by the animal hospital along street road westbound. and it sounds like that too is in the process of clearing and the crash on the vine street expressway expressway westbound by broad street is clear sluggish off 95 and the biggest delay is on the eastbound side of the vine on the schuylkill. and that is normal afternoon volume. got rid of the opening at the

tacony palmyra bridge, but the ship is heading for the burlington bristol bridge and it's a northbound ship. you cannot use the turnpike connecter as the alternate still close because of the structural deficiencies and it's options are route 1 or 95. not a nice afternoon in voorhees because of a crash by the hospital, 73 is jammed up in both directions with single digit speeds, we'll check it again coming up in the 5:00 hour. >> okay matt thank you. how about this? beyonce made a big announcement on her instagram today. her daughter, blue ivy will be a sister times two. beyonce is pregnant with twins. she posted a picture saying quote we are blessed two times over and incredibly grateful our family will be growing by two. beyonce is married to wrapper jz

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february 1st. >> that it is. 50 degrees outside today. >> not too bad to start out the new month but it will chill off. the winter lovers they will get their feelings back into the forecast. as we look at the action cam we had sunshine early this morning. if you were up and the clouds took over and a dreary start to the month here, a lot of clouds above normal temperatures and the wind did not make it feel a whole lot cooler if you kind of were blasted by it out of the westerly direction. this is taken into fairmount park early on. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan there are clouded out of there and breaks around the delaware valley and

any rain to the south is stuck up in the cloud cover and a dry atmosphere with the low levels and not reaching the ground and that is what is known as virga. we look at february and climb out the depths of winter the arm high is 41 degrees by the enof the month it's up to 46 degrees and sunrise we gain almost a half hour from 7:09 today to 6:36 in the morning and the sunset we gain over a half hour by the end of the month it's closer to 6:00 p.m. but despite the temperature goes up we have more daylight it's our snowiest winter month. we typically see 9 inches of snow. right now 50 degrees in philadelphia and 44 in millville and 45 in reading and the only cold spot is in the poconos at 31 degrees. early sun and the clouds took over and patches of sunshine and brightening to the sky in a few

locations and again a little bit of energy ripples through. tonight partly cloudy and a light breeze out there. and temperatures running 6 degrees above average and 27 in the suburbs and 23 in center city and we have been spoiled over the last month or so. even temperatures like this 6 degrees above normal is feeling on the chilly side. 44 tomorrow and another front coming through and winds remain on the breezy side, 12 to 20 miles per hour. the 44 despite sunshine is going to feel more like the 30s throughout the day for your groundhog day. and then on friday, high pressure coxs in from the northern plains, unfortunately the clouds end the week on friday and still breezy and to 16 miles per hour. and the breeze will feel colder as the high temperature is only at 35 degrees and windchills friday morning will start in the teens and then head into the 20s in the afternoon. the exclusive accuweather

forecast 44 tomorrow for february 2nd and friday the cold air comes in with cloud cover and limited sunshine and 35 degrees, the core of the cold is on saturday. still a lot of sun but only 34 degrees and then goes back up to super bowl sunday, warmer southwesterly wind starts to come in and a flurry or sprinkle but that is about it here on super bowl sunday of 40 and 42 and turning wet and warmer on tuesday 47 and rainy on wednesday but it is milder as temperatures go into the mid and upper 50s so even though we get 9 inches average snow not an inch or half inch or a trace. >> nothing there. >> a month left though. >> yes. coming up in what's the deal a way to make cash with a host of new apps.

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are saving for along with an amount and unsplurge will give you updates until you reach the goal and it makes saving money attainable and maybe a little fun also. we'll give you links on how to find them on 6abc.com. >> all right. make a little extra cash. thank you. and that will do it for "action news" at 4:00, for sharrie williams, alicia vitarelli anda agdam joseph i'm brian taff. join us tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00. and here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look ahead at 5:00. >> coming up next on "action news" at 5:00. we are continuing to follow breaking news out of delaware tonight where at least five prison workers are taken hostage by inmates, officials say there are injuries and a full lockdown is in place and awaiting an update from officials expected

to begin any minute. we'll have an update and today's top stories next at 5:00.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. wednesday night and the big story is breaking news. a hostage situation is entering the sixth hour at the james t vaughn correctional facility in smyrna, delaware. at least four guards and a counselor were taken hostage and multiple people were injured. >> "action news" was the first to bring you video from the ground in smyrna this afternoon and about an hour ago the action cam spotted s.w.a.t. vehicles mobilizing outside of the prison. john rawlins live at the scene where we are awaiting an official announcement and news conference about it. >> reporter: that is correct.

yes, the key word here is a fluid situation, not long ago we did see an armored vehicle in and around the prison and we are awaiting an update. a news conference is set up behind me here and we should have a live picture and if that briefing starts we'll switch to it. we were ridgely told that we would get it at 4:00 and moved to 4:45 and now we are told it should start any minute. officialed are keeping a tight lid on the situation confirming only that there is a hostage situation and it had gun at 11:00 this morning and reports of a smoke situation inside of building c. a flow down unit and medium security unit that a blanket was set on fire and multiple hostages were taken and at least four corrections officers and one