"action news" reporter chad pradelli is ga >> the teamth no care that theyd details and will have a live report coming up at 5 o'clock. playing in the playoff >>e also following breaking news here on "action day out of warrington bucks county. playoffs. and monsieur you've been today's high winds caused two uber busted. a french businessman was caught cheating because ofa townhomes to collapse in the 100 block of admiral lane. little bug in his ride sharing both of the units weren't under construction and at app. least two workers were on the now he is suing uber for that roof at the time of the $45 million because that collapse. they were not injured. let's get right over to meteorologist adam joseph for little glitch that blew the an up on these high winds cover on his extramarital adventures led to his divorce.ce causing a lot of problems today >> it's because of a storm off two send notifications to his wife's device allowing her to maine near newfoundland. keep tabs on his little we'll call them trips. feet of snow for parts of new the french riviera resident is england. counterclockwise the same now seeking damages again, family of high pressure coming 45 million claiming that theprip from the southwest, those you get that funneling effect in cost him his marriag between those two now, to be fair, one time he bringing winds gusting over did use his wife's device to 50 miles an hour across much of the area, 52ladelphia, near g book a car but he swears he logged out. somehow, though, she still had 63 miles an hour wind gusts his every move right there in today, wilmington 54.

wenonah over in gloucester realtime, right there in her county, new jersey, 56 miles hands. >> and he and wants an hour and cape may over 50 $45 million for that. >> from uber. as well. >> oh. >> no comment from him by the way on this story. these strong winds will be >> not surprised. with us for the next couple of >> i wouldn't have much to say hours. a wind advisory until 6:00 either if i was uber. got in enough hot water. p.m. across the region here. >> that's right. thank you very much. we'll follow t winds still could gust at let's get another check on times of up an the roads right now. hour. so, what to expect here this >> matt is here with the "action news" traffic rep are a lot of downed branchestre. >> how aboutse winds this afternoon? i'll tell you what, what a mess. of course if you ever come it was trash dayn my across a power line you want power company.d call thcal neighborhood t imagine how that went. we've got downed trees, downed but the winds overnight are quid wires all over the place and for much of the afternoon sharrx lows are going to drop to thhe e 20's but a much quieter chase regional rail line was wned wires. because some of valentine's day is on tap and the lines started running we'll also talk about a.m. again within the last half tremendous warmup as we head hour. now you're looking at residual into that sev-day forecast. we'll chat about it all coming up in just a little bit. delays brian. i can tell you about all the >> adam thank you. downed trees or wires. let's switch to "action reporter bob brooks in we'd be here until after dinnertime. the fox chase section of philadelphia with a look at in cheltenham township ash the damage all these winds born road shut down because of have causeda app downed tree. today. tookany creek parkway to the bob. >> reporter: well, brian, south a posble alternate. it's been rough out downed tr and wires in upp reporting in this wind. merion blocking croton road.

it is fast moving wind, upper golf road to the south powerful wind knocking down gets you around that. trees all over the place and in horsham we told you about behind me here in fox chase the awful bus accident and you can see it's also knocked vehicle fire that many resulted. crews are out here trying to horsham road still blocked in fix them right now and some people we spoke with are just area. limekiln pike a possible alternate. having hard time walking also a portion of lower state road is blocked there because of that bus accident. around today. outside live in bucks county if you weren't careful today, major backups again on thef roue this wind could knock you the super highway here in around. >> i'm getting pushed everywhere. langhorne. >> reporter: when it came to not own orange line people several trees, they were knocked down, some very big veering away from the turnpike old trees and when they fell,, d connector bridge but there was also an earlier southbound accident around ne damagdecades old or maybe even that's gone but as you can see we're still backed up headed older than decades tree fell toward the turnpike and normal on a sunoco on springfield backups on the schuylkill and 95 but on 95 in delaware, southbound, it's jammed solid avenue that of west philly. in wilmington. >> i thought it was an just 10 miles per hour because of an accident. want to stick with 495 eporter: now he has to southbound instead. wait for insurance to come to we'll check it again, brian figure out how to get the and sharrie, coming up in the giant tree off his roof. 5 o'clock hour. >> all right, very good, matt. >> when i heard the bang i'll see you then and thank you. backed off. from there i came outside allch. let's take a live look outside now. sky6 giving us the windy view >> reporter: in south philadelphia you can see the on the ben franklin parkway. high winds splintered this tree in half andit crashed righs those flags pretty good evidence that winds are still whipping. meteorologist adam joseph standing by with the exclusive white mercedes knocked off the side-view mirror and now it's accuweather 7-day forecast

laying right in the coming up next. intersection of 23rd and wolf. >> ♪ have you ever used that spot before. >> sure. everybody is in that spot. everybody lives around here is in that spot one time or another. good thing i wasn't there today. >> r on the parkway say wind or not the work needs to get >> brutal, brutal >> sand in your eyes blowing trash. >> reporter: one of the workers went as far as to protect his whole safe which gave hcha and to have a little fu expense. reporter: well, it's nicegly. to hear they're having a little humor despite the winds we're having today. this is a live look again out here. this is pine road in fox chase. it is shut down while crews try an power lines. just another example y and at ts dangerously high winds that we have been having. for now reporting live in fox chase, bob brooks channel6 "action news." >> oh, bob, thank you mountains to choose that has more ski from than any other in the country. ♪

the pennsylvania spca stopped an active dog fight.of s already dead in the 600 block of west diamond street yestdathe spca says it rescued t ou can other dogs including one that only find in new york state. was seriously injured. the spca is now nursing them you can find it all, only in new york. back to health but in thentime n new yo. it's all here. it's only here. custody but police are looking for a number of other people plan your winter getaway at iloveny.com who they say fled the scene. >> philadelphia police say surveillance video has helped them nail down two people of interest for a shooting in north philadelphia. the victim here who was already in a wheelchair is now in critical condition. "action news" reporter vernon odom now live outside central detectives in spring garden and vern, you've got the latest on this. >> reporter: good evening, brian. tonight philadelphia pnow two so-called persons of interest in last night's shooting of a wheelchair bound man in north philadelphia. he is 61 years old. he is expected now to survive. >> all i know is he got shn his chest.

>> reporter: a scared upstairs neighbor talks about last night's shooting at herartm popular. her wheelchair bound downstairs neighbor a stroke victim was hit once in the chest by a shot that came from outside of the front sidewalk. he was watching tv with two and people who had just confronted a pair of intruders. it happened in 10 minutes >> ♪ after a hallwayaltercation >> got like one of those fire pits in the backyard that still had some logs in it. between the victim's fiancé an i knew the wind was heavy when friend with two menwho i saw that thing go flying >> there was a subsequent in across the backyard., that wind it means business here this afternoon but thankfully gunshot that went through the the worst of that is over. one more windy day later this week and then a beautiful window, hit the mail went through his chest his back weekend on tap for that an probably his upper chest at extended weekend for mny folks o-the president's day. last check a few minutes ago as we take a look at the actionam it was down in at the hospital he was in that delaware earlier today in stable condition. >> reporter: police found newark on surveillance video that is delaware's campus and at times proving helpful. >> we have two persons of interest we're looking for. today a decent amount of blue >> they both fled from the sharing the sky with the cloud scene after the argument. cover. other times the clouds taking at this time we have video over but not too bad of a day we're looking at. >> reporter: police say the weapon was a 40 caliber if you were to kind of remove some of that wind. as we look at storm tracker6 handgun. >> this is just a bad neighborhood. >> reporter: how so? live double scan we're not tracking any precipitation. >> robberies, all types of crazy stuff that go on around new england took another hit

with feet of snow and here. >> reporter: alicia, police especially in northern new have not yet released thatsurver england and that's the storm that many wound up and created all the wind we saw today. broadcast, nor have they released the victim's name as right now still gusting of yet. 38 miles an hour in live in spring garden, i'm wilmington, same for vernon odom channel6 "action lancaster, 32 philadelphia, news": alicia. >> all right, vernon thank millville, 23 in allentown and you. at the white house this a far cry from the 50 to 60 plus miles an hour wind president donald trump and canadian prime minister justin gusts we had early on in the trudeau had their first day. it kind of peaked area and round 1 11 o'clock face-to-face meeting and it this morning. started way firm hand say. wind chills we're below political polar opposites freezing pretty much talked trade and also discussed making a commitment across-the-board with the exception far southern tip of to working together. cape may at 35 degrees. even the poconos right now a they started the day with a round table meeting with female executives from both bone chilling 11 is how it the u.s. and canada announcing feels. when we take a look at satellite and radar you can a task force focused on women clearly see that spin right here. maine still getting hammered the workforce. by snow. centlthern parts of the two differ vastly is maine some areas saw over continue issue of border 2 feet with this storm. security and syrian refugees. places like boston around trudeau would not criticize 6-inches with the the decision by the u.s. to for us, it was a miss but stop accepting sy refugees again, it was a windy day ing use of it and now as that and says canada remains committed to an openness winds will relax. imration and so, that's what happens refugees without what he ca compromising s overnight. it turns clear if you have some of that leftover cloud

cover but old, 21 in the ly. >> the last thing canadians suburbs, 28 degrees for center expert is for me to come down city with that t northwesterly wind only four and lecture another country on to 8 miles an hour. hey, then we're setting up for how they choose to govern valentine's day tomorrow. themselves. >> we are getting such praise ny plans throughout the for our stance and it's a afternoon or going into the pre. stance of common sense. maybe a certain toughness but it's really more than heavier on the clouds side toughness, it's a with filtered sun in the morning and then more in the way of sun as we go into theafte common sense and we're goinoing topping off near 46 degrees pursue it gorously.>> the o sta and at 7 o'clock in the evening if you have dinner plans a temperature of 43. successful meeting. what we're watching here on trudeau is the third foreign tuesday is not a whole lot. meat leader to meet with president trump at the white there's a storm to the north house. on wednesday president trump will meet with benjamin and then there's a storm you'll be watching here from netanyahu who tweeted that the the mexico. alliance between our countries seasonal tomorrow with winds about six to 12 miles an hour. is about tom "get stronger." sharrie. these two storms late last >> okay. well, it is a sure sign week we were talking about them coming together possibly that warmer weather is on the tom bring a storm but as you way. can see, they were staying spring training officially began today. separate on wednesday so it's the phillies pitchers and campers took to the field in just partly sunny b the systems. florida. "action news" sports director wing 12 to 20 sustained. higher than that with the ducis rodgers was right there

live in clearwater with a look gusts, a very co at the teams hopes for 2017. of 50 degrees and these two storms again will merge with hey, ducis. too late to bring us anything >> reporter: hey there but some very strong winds on sharrie. 73 degrees here humidity about thursday. the exclusive accuweather of the northwest at eight, oh, i thought you were coming to 7-day forecast valentine's me for a weather report. 46, wednesday partly sunny you want to talk basebal phillig 50 degrees. blustery chilly but dry training pitchers and catchers 39 but wind reported here today. they'll be on the field chills only in the 20's as we tomorrow for the first official work judgment now go into thursday afternoon but last season did not go that cold doesn't last long. according to plan. 44 beautiful on friday. it was a disappointment. 71 and 91, that was the gorgeous for february on record. this year there's some optimism both within the front saturday, nearing 60, going into the 60's with sun and clouds on sunday. office and with the fans. and continued warmth for thatund. president's day, near and those palm tees can only 60 degrees. baseball is back. typically we're tracking a well, sort of. the first workouts for phillies pitchers and catchers isn't until tomorrow but some president's day "snowstorm" guys got a jump on things around here but not so this today. year. >> i've never been a huge get enjoy it. here early guy, you know. we got three great days ahead i realy haven't. i'm -- but i ts saturday through monday. >> will do. >> adam thanks. after the break we'll demonstrate enthusiasm. introduce you to a tiny >> reporter: speakingof "action news" van with a big enthusiasm, these fans are getting a head start on things as well. personality with some serious spring training it brings out dance moves, too. that's coming up.

>> my favorite time of year >> ♪ and the reason why is everybody's got a chance. anybody that be walks into camp can be on a major league roster at the end of spring training and that is like total optimism. >> if something is good for families it's something that takes your mind off stuff and also it makes you feel young. >> reporter: john bell has been coming here for 1 years. started to sound like a baseball scout. >> the kids are a more athletic, a little bit more versatil play a a coupleons. they have a shot to me they're that good. >> reporter: the front office somewhat agrees. >> i'm oking for meaningful measurable improvement. that could ust be in the number of players that look like they're going to be pieces for the future. i think that's my goal. >> reporter: it's a slow process but the phillies are inching toward getting back to the glory years of years past. reporting lively from sunny

clearwater i'm ducis rodgers channel6 "action news." brian and sharrie, back over to you. picked a perfect day to be down there. >> it's great. all right, ducis, thanks. still ahead on "action news" at 4:00 a glimmer of hope for tpeople rushe fear that the country's tallest dam would give way. details about the cautious optimism surrounding the situation. >> plus, inspirational stories from local high schoolers. hear from s had once given up on school but are now turning their lives aground here's a look at today's closing numberand the bullish behavior continues. new record highs for u.s. stocks today, the dow closing up triple digits to close at 20,412, the nasdaq up nearointso up more than 12 points on the day. >> ♪

>> all right everyone t minus 24 hours until v day. if you're scrambling to find something to celebrate your or out yet we'reaven't exactly here to bail you out. all you have to do is pop into your corer drugstore. seriously. the financial minds at bank rate broke down the best finds at some of the more populardrug. get this. think about it for a second. at rite-aid they say nothing says i love you like a portable phone charger. know excuse now not to return that text. beyond chocolates pampering items i the bath and body candles. think personalized photo gifts. a lot of drugstores offer them and they can be printed within an hour so you is it ill have time. check out this photo blank right? at walgens you can also print your favorite

shots and a cell phone case. i thought that was pretty adorable, too. now, if you're old fashioned and you love the idea stemmed roses, know that the going rate is about $102 for a dozen. there's still time to order some or pi them up but our say consider this. for the same money book a romantic trip instead. if you book today, you can domestic flights from philadelphia intenational airport topto destinations like fort lauderdale. >> that sounds nice. need the time off. alicia, thank you. finally at 4 o'clock today, for most viewers move closer to your world is simply the well known anthem of "action news" but for one oddler n northeast philadelphia, it's an order. take a look.

>> ♪ >> can't move much closer than that. that is 16 month old caden bopping around to the closing credits of o newscast. mom danielle e's been dancing to our theme since he could plf up since he was seven months old. ca not end with the danielle says her toddler stands inches away from the actual broadcast determined to get his daily "action news" fix. caden, we love that guy. >> pull them in young. >> got to get a until nielsen diary nor kid. >> great to see that. that's going to do it for "action news" at 4:00. for brian taff alicia itarelli and adam joseph i'm sharrie williams. join me alongrian adam and ducis rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:0 phl17. >> it a. we'll see you tonight. here are monicapass and

>> ♪ rick williams. >> evacuated homeowners are getting some good news today >> comin on "action news" at 5 o'clock developing about that massive dam there news out of central pennsylvania tonight. threatening to flood their son of former penn statesistanty town in northern california. the water level has been is now behind bars acof dropping today. we do see the risk that an child sex crimes. also the cleanup is under eroded spillway could way across our region after collapse. nearly 180,000 people were high winds whipped throh the forced to evacuate this delaware valley. we have live team coverage. weekend. last week massive chunks of >> and a concrete came off the california. the problem officials are emergency spillway causing a rushing to fix as nearly 300-foot wide hole. 200,000 people are being told this morning crews began to get out of their homes lifting huge boulders in hopes immediately. those stories and more coming of plugging the problem. your way next at 5:00.>> ♪ although the water level at lake oroville has dropped the area is not in the clear. officials are in a race against time because more rain is on the way. >> well, you can call them the most improved students. teens who made major strides to turn their own lives around. today the city of camden celebrated 20 students with what they call the back on track luncheon. the city says these students have fallen behind in school

but then picked themselves up and renewed their own commitment to get their high school diploma. they are all students at either camden or woodrow wilson high school and they have changed their own fate by making a commitment to do better. today they heard some strong inspiring words from someone who knows what it's like to do just that. rashean prelo also went to woodrow wilson and found himself in trouble even jail before then graduating from the university of pennsylvania and working in the white house under the obama administration. >> i think it's important for kids to know that they're not the only ones struggling, that someone somewhere is going through what they've been through and that they made it out. so i think it's important to give kids an example of what success looks like. >> you see me, you judge me. you not stopping me froant to d. [applause] roved studentszion there, one celebrated today. overseas as an engineer for

the army and not to be lef out, today they also celebrated the teachers and the mentors who have helped these 20 students create those bright futures for themselves. pretty inspiring stuff, sharrie. >> yeah, very much so. a lot of talent in that room. a newspaper fund will help teach more than 500 students in the philadelphia school >> ♪ district how tom ice skate. >> "action nelley's leading news the delaware river waterfront corporation is sending $10,000 program. with jaime apod rick to the great skates pro the fund a at the river rink honors william williams and monica malpass. miller who is a late board >> almost knocked me over i think a couple times walking member of the drwc. down h it's ssion to keep kids >> it's been had to walk in a straight line. ped acrossto the side. active. >> you can see everybody bundled up in that video there the delaware valley today. today. the wind is just incredible the gusts were enough to out there today. >> it is just so strong. uproot trees and blew away meteorologist adam joseph standing by with more on the almost anything wasn't tied down. wind and i'm sure we're wanting to know when will it tonight app wind advisory still remains in effect. be over. >> it's going to start to ease monday night theigaction ney quickly here overnight tonight and speaking of penn's landing blustery day arodand the damages we're looking there live right now on sky6 over the the left behind. >> we have live team coverage independence sea port museum, tonight. the olympia, you can see the john rawlins will have mre

from the damage down at the flags blowing quite a bit but jersey shore but first again those winds are starting meteorologist cecily tynan has to kick back down just a tad. board. cecily. we're not looking at the 50 >> hi, rick and the wild winds today are all thanks to a deepening storm system, the plus miles an hour. same system that brought us the rain and iceyesterday. it's now realjor wint 2 feet ofo winds gusting to 33 in reading. earlier it was 63 miles an hour. 38 in wilmington, 33 drove, right around 32 miles an hour maine and what's happening here, we're getting the also for millville as well as wraparound winds behind this trenton. and with those winds out of system and the winds have been .he northwest there is a chill fierce. it only feels like the 20's from philadelphia wilmington look at some of thepeak wind g. all points up towards the lehigh valley. 30 in millville. philadelphia 52 miles an hour, reading blocking winds at right at freezing in dover and 63 miles an hour, wilmington just below it in trenton. as we look at the storm, which 54 wissinoming 57 and cape may is winding up in eastern new reporting a peak wind gust of 54 miles per hour. england parts of maine with so, we do have a wind advisory this storm saw 2 feet of snow.a. in that effect until 6 'c tonight. we're getting the windsfunneling the sun sets shortly after 5:30. by 6 will be dark storm. a lot of clouds north and west and when that happens, the of the city but you can see winds will really begin to all the clear sky just waiting to the south and west to try drop off. to eventually push back off to the north. tonight winds will be diminishing clear and cold, 21 in allentown, 22 in

reading, 28 philadelphia, 22 in millville and dover at 27 degrees. future tracker as we get into your tuesday, there will be some filtered sunshine throughout the morning, a lot of clouds trying to fight that sun at first by the time we go into the afternoon, the clouds will try tom lose their battle and the sunshineological take over. as we get into the middle and the end of your valentine's day, in fact, tomorrow evening if you are heading out on the town, takingsomeone out, 45 degrees at 4 o'clock so seasonable, not too bad and overall pretty clear, 6:00 through midnight temperatures dropping from the 40's back into the upper 30's between 10:00 and 12 a.m. as we take a look at that exclusive accuweather four day at four and forecast clouds and sun on your valentine's days, more sun in the afternoon of 46. partly sunny and yet another warm wednesday. 50 degrees for a high. then blustery and chilly, another storm develops far to our north and east, we get the winds again on thursday, 39,

wind chills could only be in the 20's with and winds again gusting to near 40 on thursday and seasonable not too bad sun and clouds friday of 44 degrees and wait until you see president's day weekend on that seven-day forecast. atypicl typically this time of year on that weekend and what you're going to see on that forecast. fo it. >> adam thank you. we're going to head now to horsham montgomery county. you're giving this view here. this is a scene of the crash involving a school bus. we are told this all happened along north state road and horsham road where this school bus was involved as you can see with a crash around 3:30 this afternoon with this white van. as we look at it, it is charred apparently from this crash, line. >> that's right. we are told that there were children on board the bus at the time of this accident but no word on any injuries at this point. we do know that the person inside that many white van you see in that fact injured.

as you can see on the side the bu it says it's from the hatboro horsham school district but we're learning that the students on board were from a parochial school within the geographic confines that of district and even as i'm speaking to you now i'm learning some good news here, that of the students on that bus none injured so know injuries involving the students on board that bus but again one injured inside that van tying up traffic at lower state road and horsham road this afternoon. we'll keep our eyes on this and bring you the very latest of course as we learn it in this >> still ahead on "action news" responding to increasedd. septa is making changes to shorten travel times in parts of the area. >> plus, the search for a truck driver who left behind a trail of damage in trenton. we're live with the details coming up. >> and a big decision to make at a school up in north jersey. play without the girls or don't play at all. we'll tell you their unanimous choice coming up in big talkers. and remember "action news" is about interaction with you. follow us on social media for the latest headlines

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want anyone else to feel that >> reporter: don't miss my special report only on "action news" tonight at 11:00. >> septa is expanding service into montgomery county. th horshbus route has become so crowded it's being split into two. there will be a red route number 310 and blue route number 311. the changes start two weeks from today and destinations more quickly. septa leaders say growing businesses in upper dublin and upper moreland townships have had a big impact on demand there. >> the deadline to get into the lottery for this year's broad street run is tonight just before midnight, 11:59. you must and enter online top mpete in the may seventh 10 my race. we've zero p our web site 6abc.com. runners who receive a bib will be notified by e-mail by thursday and your credit card will only be charged at that time. the mummers annual mardi gras parade is coming back to

manayunk. the neighborhood's development corporation dongressman bob brady just announced the details. the festivities will kick offony morning a.m. 16 string bands are signed on top entertain the crowd. the celebration will also raise money for the mummers. >> young love met some advanced age in montgomy county today. the action cam was at arbor square in harleysville as residents of the senior living center lebrated valentine's day one day early. love birds and maybe a few looking for love came out for food music and a ood time with the loved ones. >> very cool. love keeps you young. >> that's it. >> so much more to come in our next half hour including a live report from n hours after a tractor-trailer went on app destructive drive down a trenton street and then kept going. >> and love lost. a ma in france is suing uber

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>> plus school scare. police are called to a south jersey high school after a gun is found in a s backpack. but the superintendent says it was no reason for alarm here. we'll explain. >> plus, your dog is judging you for being rude. at least that's what a new study says. why researchers think man's best friend cannot only tell when someone is being impolite they can actually hold it against them. >> but we begin here at 4:30 with new details on a hit-and-run involving a tractor-trailer in trenton new jersey. this was the mess left behind after the truck barreled down a narro street this morning taking out both power lines and poles. though the vehicle left the scene police say they now know who the driver is. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic live now at the scene to explain how investigators tracked him down, nora. >> reporter: hi there brian. it was security cameras in the area that helped police identify the truck that took down two poles right here and cut off power to

area. saint francis medical center has had power r electric crews are still onery d poles and trying to get things back to normal. pse&g crews worked throughout the day to clean up and restore power to the bird avenue area near saint francis medisay a mconald's truck driver came through here at about 9:30 this morning diverted i don't and to the side street because of avenue. officials say it appears as the truck traveled down bird avenue caught and wer lines snas in half and tossing four transformers to >> there's a couple blocks right now in the neighborhood that are out of power and a the hospital has no power coming in from the electrical service. they're on their own generator power at this time. >> reporter: the situation forced the hospital to turn away ambulances f the emergency room for the day and cancel some procedures. ly. >> all of our scheduled cases our or cases we have deferred until we're back on regular power. sponding aking

>> reporter: some of the neighbors who live saint francis were also affected. >> it's no power right now. i don't know how long it's going to take it to come back but i just got. >> reporter: not to hear were you get home. >> no. ter: thanks to surveillance cameras in the area police were able to identify the truck and the driver who snapped the poles and then took off. investigators don't know yet if the driver was scared or didn't realize what he'd done. though some find that hard to believe. >> i mean, you would have to know. i would think you would have to know. >> reporter: after you see all the debris behind you. >> yes, definitely. >> reporter: back live now you can see there are at least four line men up in the air on trucks right now restringing the 13,000-volt power lines back up onto the poles. now, police have that not identified the truck driver but they say at the very least, he will face summonses for leaving the scene of an accident and failure to report an accident. but the good news right now is

that the power has been restored for everyone in the area but these line men right now just have to finish up their work. live in trenton, i'm nora muchanic channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> all right, nora, thank you. we want to update you now on that breaking news we first told you about in the last half hour. this is video from horsham, pennsylvania, where a school bus and a van collided about an hour ago on the lower state road and now, the van caught fire and we also know the driver of was . but we also know none of thets s injured. so, no injuries to students here. the bus was transporting children who attend a parochial school in the hatboro horsham school district. >> police are still searching for two gunmen accused of shooting a family's dog during morning home invasion in west philadelphia. intruders burst into the home on south salford street nearlud. police aren't saying if anything was taken here but have confirmed that a dog was

shot in this break in. the family's pet was and rushedspital but the dog is expected tovive. both suspects ran away from the scene. ly. >> police in burlington county say app app student brought a gone pemberton high school today. the weapon was discovered inside the student's backpack around 1:30 thisfternoon. the superintendent says no live ammunition was found and no immediate threats top to tudents or staf police have not said why the on or if any charges have been filed. three lehigh residts suffered a defeat in court today. john cramsy dean smith and kimberly arnt had a rifle and six other guns when they were pulled over on their way to new york city last summer. the defendants claim they were going to rescue a girl from a heroin den. well,e judge ruled against them declined to throw

out evidence obtained during that traffic stop. the judge gave prosecutors until friday to offer the defendants a plea deal. >> turning to accuweather and what's been an extraordinarily windy day out there, gusts, some of them topping 50 miles an hour left a trail of damage from the suburbs to the city today. in roxborough a tree toppled onto the cab of that truck snaring wires. similar scene in abington this afternoon where utility crews will to close valley road to deal with a lot of wind damage there. so the da i'll tell you what hard to walk outside. >> kind of kicks you around left and right and we've had at least one day a week with these strowinds. takes another windy day and bam some of them can get knocked over pretty easy. as we take a look at ourcamerase philadelphia international airport a few breaks in the cloud cover there but you

still see a shake or a shiver on sky6 live, 39 degrees the air temperature, winds north-n hour sustained bringing that wind chill down to 28 degrees and spring mountain not a lot of folks out there for the skiers and snow borders, probably don't want to tackle that wind. 35 degrees northwesterly at 17 sustained so they are coming down a little bit across the area and even up to the north and eastern towards the lehigh valley,heavy on the clo side, air temperature 37, wind chill right now 29 degrees. but the winds will ease quickly here overnight tonight. we'll chat about our valentine's day -- hey, vicki, head's going on. in the shot. you're famous now. we'll have to talk about a pretty incredible weekend y.ead for our president's day >> see the high t >> mailing it right in. >> thanks, adam. >> all right. >> well, a bucks county hospital has a new place for cancer patients to receive treatments.

saint mary's medical center opened its newlyesig infusion suite. patients can receive chemotherapy and other iv medications. the individual treatment bays each have a tv, extra seating for family members and a view of the hospital garden. ly. >> painkillers are often a common solution for millions of americans who experience aches or discomfort. now one major medical group says pills should not be the first line of defense. "action news" anchor monica malpass now live in the newsm ws story today. hi, monica. >> hi, brian. that's right. this is following a trend we have been seeing nationwide which is putting other therapies before medication so coming up tonight in health check for you, the brand new guidelines from some of the country's top doctors and what she say and you should do instead of reaching for something in the medicine cabinet the next time you experience back pain. three locations on mars that are bringing nasa scientists a step closer to their next mission to our planetary neighbor.

fascinating stuff. those stories and more coming your way on "action news" at 5:00 and we'll see you that again. >> monica see you shortly. local veterans will have the stories of their service forever preserved. more than a dozen court stenographers were on hand here at mission barbecue inorthy to my transcribe the stories and then send them to the library of congress. this was one of several similar events across the region today coordinated as part of national court reporting on caption week. the veterans interviewed took part in vietnam the korean war and some of theme even world two. >> what a great idea. >> she's an award winning filmmaker with ties to the delaware valley and today she helped celebrate black history month with the screening of her new film. students at marion mercy academy in montgomery county gathered to watch a screening of the documentary black ballerina. it's produced and directed by francis mcilroy hoop the film tells the story of. severa llack women from different generations who love

ballet but faced racism pursuit of becoming a ballerina. d a performance from >> scrambling for last minute valentine's day gifts stick around. some online deals to drugstore gems will bail you out for less than what a dozen roses will cost you. >> a man in france is taking uber to court over a tip. why he claims the notification from the app ruined his marriage. >> dogs may be man's best friend but it doesn't 19 they think we're perfect. apparently they not only know when we're being rude they're judging us for it. >> ♪

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came flying into his patas you c band became wrapped around his legs nearly stopping the runner his tracks. though he had been in the lead for most of the 800-meter race, the obstaclec him first place. officials did, however, still allow him to compete in the final. >> on health chect new study says most people have a high opinion of themselves. and don't think so much about other people. the study published in scientific america showed most people not only have a superior opinion of themselves, they also rate themselves as being more modest than they really are. the researchers that conclude that humans use emotion over reason when it comes to evaluating character traits in in others. food for thought. many people wonder what their dogs are thinking. a research in that kyoto university says he knows and bet

behavior. james anderson says dogs can tell when someone is being rude, even a jerk and they can interact withrmation in the humans around them. in tests with people acting out roles the dnned those people who were acting rude. smart dogs. >> i knew it all along. big talkers w was a big decision facing a fifth grade basketball team in rsey, e thant proud the question. play without the girls or don't play at >> so as you can see he decision was unanimous. they were not playing without the girls. the team in scotch plains hasrl they've been playing together for four years. now the league is not officially co-ed and the director there say that the girls have been playing illegally this whole time.

so o-when faced with this debate, the boys decided to forfeit the rest of their season refusing to play ball without their female teammates. the parents in tear.