delaware are at half staff in his honor and the investigation into the inmate takeover is underway and all 120 inmates inside at the time are being considered suspects. as fellow officers grieve the prison staffing has taken center stage as a concern. officialed say that an appropriate amount of staffers were working at the time and now this are calls to make sure something like this doesn't happen again. we have live team coverage on the investigation and the emotional aftermath. gray hall is live at the prison many smyrna. >> reporter: we can tell you that the prison is now secure and that is the positive news but sadly a father, co-worker and husband will not be returning home and the state of delaware is mourning. >> i have oshave orders flags a

the first state to be flown as half staff. >> a hostage situation at james t. vaughn correctional center delaware's largest prison came to an end. >> we lost one of our own. it pains me to make these statements. >> three correctional officers and a female counselor. they released two later in the day and the counselor and officer were held overnight and tactical teamed rescued the counselor and authorities say she was protected by some of the inmates. they were not released they came out of the building. we would consider all 120 suspects in this investigation. >> despite efforts to rescue and save all four hostages, tragically we learned that

37-year-old sergeant steven floyd did not make it out alive. >> he was found unresponsive, sergeant steven floyd was with the department for 16 years and was pronounced dead. >> at 5:06 a.m. entered with a backhoe after inmates blocked access points with metal lockers filled with water. >> it created very heavy building blocked and used the blocks to build a wall. >> the facility is sewer but the investigation into why this happened is just beginning and. >> stone will be left unturned. the detectives are going cell by cell collecting evidence. >> a motive is not clear and not clear is the type of weapons the inmated used. we were only told they were

sharp. and three maintenance workers were able to be rescued. >> already gray thank you. this afternoon sergeant floyd's body was removed from the prison in smyrna and a full procession escorted it to the medical examiners office in wilmington. this afternoon the union representing corrections officer in delaware used sergeant floyd's death as a dire warning for other prison employees. chad pradelli continues the team coverage in dover with that part of the story. >> reporter: rick sergeant floyd was reloved and that was evident today. the hugs and tears inside of the correctional officers association in delaware revealed the type of man he was. >> sergeant steven floyd senir.s a father and grandfather and

loving husband. >> and hero. and union president says that the inmates began to take over building c sergeant floyd warned other officers of a trap and they escaped unhurt. >> he saved lives in an emergency situation at c building at vaughn correction center. >> but he says the tragedy could have been prevented and blames former governor, jack markell and charges markell and the a clu allowed more prison freedoms without the staffing. >> it made our jobs more taxing without the staff and the inmates are required to get more time out of their cells and we basically don't have enough staff to do it. >> they called sergeant floyd's death the hardest day of his life the first correctional

officer to be killed on the job in the state of delaware and remembered as a dedicated man both on the job and at home. >> his wife told me at 12:20, and looked at the door because that is when he came through the door and she couldn't believe he wasn't coming through the door. >> an "action news" has been reaching out to the former governor and the aclu for comment but so far at texts are unsuccessful. chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> it's monica thank you chad. our coverage of the deadly takeover continues online, we have posted audio from the police radio reports, as that situation unfolded live and photos from the scene at 6abc.com. in other news tonight. a philadelphia high school cafeteria worker is accused of selling drugs to students.

24-year-old robert lumpkin was caught going into the bathroom with students for short periods of time. more than $250 worth of marijuana was found in think hiz car and house. in delaware county a laudry mat worker turned the tables on a would be rapist who ambushed her with a gun and when she fought back he ended up shot. vernon odom has her story tonight. >> reporter: good evening, this woman is a single mother of three teenage girls and for three years now she works the dangerous overnight shift. and the suspect 23 from wilmington delaware and remains hospitalized in serious condition and his left arm is shatter. >> did he say anything once he was shot. >> ouch ouch. >> she is describing her attackers response when she managed to grab his gun, a .9

millimeter in an a rape attempt. she was the overnight manager at this laundry mat. the gunman enters and traps her in the restroom and tells her to disrobe and she resisted. >> would either take my chances, either grab the gun from him or try to get out or that was it. >> after the suspect was hit in the left arm. this 35-year-old mother of three fled to an all night convenience store to call police. he staggered out and collapsed and then picked himself up to flee only to be arrested several blocked away and he remains hospitalized in serious condition facing multiple charges and she said she did what she had to do because she feared for her life. >> i had to either take the gun away from him or else after ward he will shoot me and i'll be dead. >> i think there is not a police officer in this building that is

not proud of what she did and who she is. and the courage she has shown. she did what they had to do to save her life. >> i wanted to get the gun away so i could be safe and get out of the bathroom. i figure running was the best thing to do to get help. >> rick, now she says this is the second time she was robbed at gun point and a 14-year-old before and she is looking for a new line of work these days. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon. time now for a check of the "action news" traffic report thursday night. >> almost friday. matt pellman is in the traffic center with the latest on the commute home. >> it often feeled like groundhog day on the roadways, same delays afternoon. and this afternoon we are looking at the typical one on the blue route from past the schuylkill to this point at

villanova and broomall we are hitting the brakes because of sun glare this afternoon on this groundhog day. the schuylkill has plenty of slowing from 202 to the curve from the boulevard into girard after few and rising sun the crash is gone. and getting word of a new accident in chester county east white land township 29 just north of 202. and a crash in bensalem by the out back steakhouse and teens on route 1 the super highway as people avoid the closure of the new jersey turnpike connecter bridge and in cherry hill a traffic shift at haddonfield northbound. because of downed wires. okay thank you matt. more ahead on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. president trump says it's time

for tough talk with world leaders, coming up at 5:30 the confrontation on the phone with trump and one of america's closest allies. what you need to know about the super bowl sunday spread to make sure you are snacking safely before the big game. >> the colder air is moving in and 36 degrees right now. bitter cold windchills moving in in time for your morning commute. all the details in the accuweather forecast when "action news" returns.

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students. of the university berkeley today after the protest of the breitbart speech. a masked group of demonstrators armed with molotov cocktails. one person was arrested. health check they are reporting early success with a zika vaccine. one that could actually protect people with a single dose. other zika vaccines use a virus or dna to get into cells but the penn team using rna a molecule

that acted as a mention in the cells, it's more effective than dna. >> one in hundred cells take it up but if you inject rna 90 plus take it out. >> and it only took one dose to create immunity. that would make it easier to vaccinate big populations in developing companies where it's hard to get people to come back for a second dose and penn's vaccine is cheaper and faster to produce and human trial dozen be in 12 to 18 months. if are you hosting or going to a super bowl party don't forget about food safety. the fda is reminding everyone that the food born illness begins in the home and laid out in four simple steps.

keep your hands clean and use separate plates for meat and fresh produce and fish. and chill don't leave anything at room temperature for more than two hours. put it on ice or in the refrigeratorer. speaking of the big game. pop star lady gaga kicked off her news conference showing off her football skills, the singer will headline the halftime show in houston and her show will uphold her personal philosophy of inclusion. >> the only statement i'll be making are the ones i am consistently making throughout the career, i believe in passion for inclusion and the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country. >> the singer says she will be performing alone but her friend tony bennett will be introducing her on sunday. lauren hill has apologized to fans in pittsburgh after she

took the stage more than three hours late. tuesday's show was suppose to start at 8:00 but went on at 11:20, snow in new york stranded some of her band and crew putting her behind and the fans left early and demanded refunds, and hill hopes to schedule another performance in pittsburgh for those fans later this month. and how safe are you when auto take a taxi or uber road. wendy saltzman reveals how some vehicles may not be safe and passengers don't have any warnings. >> all of these taxis may look the same but some may be concealing dangerous recalls and "action news" says there is little oversight to make sure you are getting around safe. >> it clunks and bumps a bit. not what i view if danger of falling apart. yet. >> what if you are in the car from taxis to ubers, it may

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mike stack was in philadelphia this morning touring the science leadership academy in center city. the academy provides a college prep curriculum with science and entrepreneur ship. he visited several classrooms and spoke with students as well as staff. the parents of trayvon martin spoke about his legacy at the library is of philadelphia today. he was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch control volunteer in 2012. his death and the acquittal of the man that shot him sparked outrage nationwide. they talked about the experience with teens during the event today and shared detailed about their son, called rest in power.

the enduring love of trayvon martin. archbishop chaput announced a partnership with serves and the high schools of philadelphia. they will be consider global high school, changing identities for the encouragement of global citizenship. and today the citizens made thousands of prepackaged meals to help those in need. the action cam got an up close look at cars on display hosted by customized ride and they were scooped up by vinny curry and jason peters. the auto show runs through sunday at the pennsylvania convention center. and looking live outside at sky 6 hd a check of the forecast when we come back.

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i clearly see a perfectly shadow of me. six more weeks of winter it shall be. >> today is a groundhog day and

punxsutawney phil saw his shadow, his forecast dates back to 1886p he looks great and he says he is right 100% of the time. and it's actually closer to 40%. cecily is better than that. >> i would take you any day. >> and i saw my shadow too. it feels more like spring and the winter chill is making a come back. i want to show the photo of sky 6 hd taking alook at the center city skyline. a battle of the clouds and sun and a good amount of sunshine and did you notice the days are getting longer. the sunsetting tonight at 5:22, set three minutes ago by the end of the month. the sunsetting at 5:52 and march 12th we head to daylight savings

time and the sun is setting at 7:05, we are going to be seeing more sunshine as we head through the next few months and winded now bringing a bit of a chill to the air. philadelphia winds sustained at 17 miles per hour. and a little bit lighter in wildwood 6 and allentown 16 and the windchill the way it feels 36 in philadelphia and 29 in allentown and 30 in reading and these winds out of the northwest will be pulling down cooler air as we head through tonight. satellite 6 along with action radar showing a cold front pass through earlier today and we have a short wave weak disturbance falling through and that created a few sprinkles and flurries and no big deal. temperatures drop to more seasonable levels overnight. 19 inal town and 24 in wilmington and 23 in trenton but we keep the winds all night

long. 7:00 tomorrow it feels like 19 in philadelphia and even in the afternoon windchills will only be in the mid-20s and we'll see more clouds than sunshine and high pressure builds in on saturday and that brings a good amount of sunshine and future tracking showing windchills in the teens for move of the our viewing area and if you are skiing in the poconos, 3 degrees below zero i'll meet you in the lodge at lunch time. by the afternoon windchills in the 20s and not really a windy day but breezy. and mostly cloudy and high 34 with windchills stuck in the 20s and a cold day high of 35 degrees on saturday and sunday mostly cloudy and 41 and could get a sprinkle or flurry and no big deal. monday 44 and tuesday our next storm system bringing us a raw rainy day with a high of 47, it look like the rain will hold on

on wednesday with a big warm-up. we'll talk about that in the seven-day forecast. bundle up in a lot of layers. it will be fine. >> that is not happening. thank you setsly.

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"action news" continues with adam joseph rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again here is what is happening on "action news" thursday night. a sturing tribute to a fallen delaware corrections officer that died dura hostage seethe inside of the vaughn correction center in smyrna. tonight how he is being remembered. and a south jersey driver is facing criminal charges after meets say they intentionally ran someone other. and donald trump is talking tough with a long held american ally and now tensions are rising with australia and iran is facing more scrutiny. >> and flags are flying at half staff in honor of fallen correction officer steven floyd.

they are not commentsing on the possible motive for the 19 hour hostage standoff. and two other correction officers and a female counselor were held. and they were granted access to running water but instead authorities say they use the the water to fill prison issued foot lockers with water acting as barriers to prevent the s.w.a.t. teams from entering and when they went into building c they found sergeant floyd unresponsive and a short time later he was pronounced dead. >> ali gorman is in wilmington tonight. officers from across delaware stood at attention as sergeant floyd's body was brought to the medical examiner's office today. >> reporter: it was an emotional scene out here earlier today and also powerful tribute many people say they feel devastated by what happened and they wanted

to come out and show their suppo support. >> a large police motorcycle esco escort led the process as steven floyd is taken to the medical examiners office in wilmington. lining the streets were law form from throughout the state and paramedics and firefighters all saluting their fallen comrade and john carnie ordered flags to be flown at half staff. >> these brave men and women go to work every day knowing they may not come home. >> address do their families. we owe them an incredible debt of gratitude. >> officers continue to stand together to show support as the flag draped gurney was wheeled

inside and sergeant floyd's family is left grieving and kevin chase recently spent a year and a half after another correctional center and is shocked by what happened in smyrna. >> i can't imagine it happening. i wish the guards would have went about it in a better way. >> reporter: back out here live, as the investigation continues the medical examiner is working to determine the cause of death. that is the latest here in wilmington, ali gorman, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. "action news" spoke with a neighbor of sergeant floyd's earlier today. linda gregory told us she was shocked when she heard he had been killed and called him a nice man. >> he always speaks and waves. we did the christmas together this year. he did very well. we both -- did our christmas lights you know -- this is so

sad i don't know what else to say. >> our coverage of the delaware prison take over continues at 6abc.com and hear the latest reports and hear police radio as it unfolded and see photos from the scene and chopper 6 hd and the action cam. and a man was found with multiple gunshot wounds in south philadelphia. police responded at midnight for reports of a person with a gun and found a 47-year-old man lying on the highway with gunsh gunsh gunshot wounds to the chest and hand. no word on a motive. police in west windsor arrest aid driver that they say intensely hit a pedestrian. the 35-year-old victim was leaving the nassau park wal-mart when he was hit. the victim believed to be an

employee suffered non-life-threatening injuries, he was found later by police and charged with aggressive assault and at this time it's unclear why the victim was targeted. >> the naacp is calling for a new trial for the man convicted of a deadly building collapse in 2013. the collapse of an unsupported wall crushed sat army store and killed seven people. in 2015 campbell was found guilty of six counts of involuntary manslaughter. they found that the salvation army bearing 75% of the blame for the clap and campbell one percent of the blame and now the naacp is demanding a new trial for campbell. >> for all practice purposes griffin campbell was a fall guy and we don't like the way the da

handled this case and see their way to handle this a more just and humane way and we are demanding a new trial. >> they hope that new evidence presented during the civil trial will be allowed if campbell is grant aid new trial. now to the latest on president trump's first 100 days in office, he is breaking with delicate diplomatic language and taking to twitter and posting about his tough talking strategy with iran and australia. stephanie ramos is live with the details. >> reporter: monica today president trump says he is going to make sure america does not get taken advantage of by other countries as his new secretary of state contends with some of that tough talk. >> this morning president trump vowing to fix what wrong with the world. >> we'll straighten it out. when you hear about the tough phone calls i'm having don't worry about it. >> at the national prayer breakfast calling hi tough talk

with world leaders necessary. it's time we are tough we are take and advantage of by every nation in the world virtually. >> taking on mexico, iran and now australia. >> posting on twitter that the obama administration vowed to take thousands of immigrants from australia. i'll study this dumb deal. this was from two remote pacific islands and had a tough call with the prime minister of australia. >> the previous administration does something you have to respect that and say why are we doing this. >> and the trump administration sending a message to iran. michael flynn putting them on notice saying after iran's test of yet another blastic missile all options are on the table. >> iran continue its threaten u.s. allies and friends in the region and a draft circulating

about religious freedom outlining a weakening of protections for the lgbt community. >> freedom of religion is a sacred right but a right under threat. >> and on a different note the treasury department is tweaking president obama's sanctions on rush arc they say this is routine for the department to go back and look at sanctions imposed that may affect businesses in the u.s. back to you. >> thank you. world news tonight with david muir will have more on president trump's tense phone call with the prime minister as well as possible hostilities with iran. time now for an update on the highways tonight. over to matt pellman with the

latest. >> if you would like to see a sea of brake lights, an eight mile parking lot this afternoon as you come out of traffic passing sloan avenue from i-195 on down to bordentown in burlington county. that is where there is a vehicle fire taking out the right lane you want no parts of this. use the southbound new jersey turnpike if you can and 206 and 130 and it's a mess through mercer and burlington county this afternoon. a traffic shift because of the downed poles and wires through haddonfield and from pennsylvania to new jersey you can't cross the bridge it's still out of service and super highway speeds in the teens, your crash in bensalem cleared out off street road and the one in malvern 29 north of 202, some delays of from that are spilling

back on to the southbound lanes of 202. on the big picture a crash at bustleton and otherwise slow speeds. look at this red zone here, the schuylkill expressway slow going eastbound toward the city and maybe that flyers game tonight as you head toward the vine street expressway expressway we are tapping the brakes. back over to you. >> thank you again. much more still ahead on "action news" tonight. a group of elementary school kidded use up a lot of extra energy to get health today and that is with the help of the phillies. >> it's wait is over, it's tg i'm t time. a special sneak peek an all if you "grey's anatomy" episoded and "scandal." and you see the 20s and teens, a step down for the temperatures in the enof the week.

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a groove and flyers know they can't come out flat footed in their 5-1 loss to carolina. >> it's an effort tonight and we know that. we'll put that one behind us and move on and we were playing good hockey before the break. things like that will happen and we'll put it behind us and move forward and that is important and at the same time we have to learn from that. sixers are in san antonio tonight and brett brown would love it if his new look team could beat his old team. and joel embiid is still sitting out and he was given another honor today named the eastern conference rookie of the month for january. he averaged 33 points and 9 boards. he has now won the rookie of the month every single month this

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time to check in with meteorologist, adam joseph are with the rest of weekend. >> as we head into the weekend feeling more typical of the middle of the winter and bounce it back up next week as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan a few of us saw a couple of flakes and flurries and a sprinkle pass by and the clouds are moving out and the sun returns and the action cam out earlier today on this thursday afternoon and breezy at times and you see there the flags there and the police boat flapping in the wind over the delaware and ripples over the water as well. a lot of cloud at times and this is center city philadelphia and the sun gave way to clouds this afternoon and brought a flurry or sprinkle. 44 in philadelphia and we did have winded that clocked in over 30 miles per hour at times this afternoon pulling the feels like number well below the air temperature today and 38 right now and allentown 39 and 44 in

millville as well address dover and 42 in cape may. we look at the windchills themselves, in the 20s for the lehigh valley and below freezing for reading and lancaster and 39 in millville. and just 17 degrees up in the poconos. >> again that early sun gave way to some clouded and a little instability in the atmosphere and popped the shower or flurry and that is relaxing at this point and the clear sky taking over again and at time clouds pass by tonight and that is about it, seasonable temperatures despite how chilly it looks 19 in the suburbs and 26 in philadelphia and the wins 7 to 14 miles per hour and the windchills remain in the teens across the board going into the overnight hours and early morning on friday. friday afternoon lots of clouded and 30 degrees in allentown, and that is it for a high temperature in reading, 35 many philadelphia and 35 in millville the windchills you want to dress

as if it's in the 20s. and then going into the weekend high pressure settles in and winds remain on the breezy side and the high temperature 35 degrees and even with all of that sun windchilled remain in the 20s and the high heads off the coast and we have a more southerly wind and we do bounce it back up to 40 on sunday and the tradeoff will be a lot of clouds coming in with a front and there could be an another flurry or sprinkle or super bowl sunday. the exclusive accuweather forecast clouds and windchills in the 20s for your friday. and a lot of sunshine and taking control here for the beginning of the weekend a high of 35 degrees, chills only in the 20s, and we get rid of the windchills and a lot of clouds and 41 degrees and 44 on monday and a pretty descend day and tuesday we get into tuesday and it's raw and rainy and 47 degrees and milder as we get a good .75 inch

to inch of rain average tuesday and wednesday. wednesday trying to make a run at 60, shy of it because of the rain, behind it blustery and cold on thursday, 36 degrees the warm air wins just in time with a decent amount of precipitation and chatting snow in the accuweather forecast. >> thank you adam.

right now jim gardner is standing by with these stories next at 6:00. we are learning more about the siege at the delaware prison. and we'll take you inside of a philadelphia prison as correction officers here speak about the dangers. the job. >> and the message in a bottle found after the storm off long beach island and the search for

the author. for monica malpass and the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams have a good night.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. my prayer all day yesterday was that this event would end with a different result. >> but despite the prayers of delaware's new governor the hostage siege at delaware largest prison ends badly.

they used a backhoe to breach the cell block c. there were two hostaged inside and one was rescued but sergeant steven floyd was dead. the big story on "action news" tonight is the take over of part of the james t. vaughn correctional center by inmates and to say the least it did not end well. this is the way it looked earlier this morning when the last inmates were removed from the building and forced to lay on the ground. one by one they were removed and taken into custody and hours of negotiations resulted in the release of three hostages, that is one of them but that was not enough as we followed the body of sergeant floyd being transported from the prison to the medical examiners office. we have three reports, chad pradelli is with the prison guard's soonon in dover and sara bloomquist at philadelphia's prison and gray hall is live in smyrna with the latest