apprehended and the announcement of formal charges are expected shortly. >> this hoviviiic -- horrific scene this predstein was treated and returned to the einstein medical center and is listed in stable condition. >> the driver was long timesive igactivist shelly. >> i was driving down german town avenue, the light changed and was mine, and a car jutted out, and just smashed right into me. >> the hit and run fiasco began when this impala was hit by the infamous chrysler 300, which was a rentsal and then at the corner of green and the driver. the chevy was in hot pursuit of the woman driving the chrysler

who fled the scene of the first hit and run and faces charges of leaving the scene of two accidents and causing injury. >> reporter: we expect those charges and her to be identified very shortly jim. here is one other thing to ponder, hundreds of children pass through this interests section every day of the school year and they are thankful this did not become a major disaster. live in german town, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a woman from north wilmington tells newcastle county police, that she was kidnapped and forced to withdraw money for her abductor last night. the victim says she got home to the top of the hill apartments at 8:45 and that is when she says she was approached by a man with a handgun and forced into a vehicle and driven to an atm on march road and forced to withdraw crash and the suspect punched her and then drove her home. and the woman was treated for

non-life-threatening injuries and the governor of delaware selected the two individuals he wants to investigate the prison hostage siege that cost an officer his life. bob brooks is live. >> reporter: this suppose to be an independent investigation of what led up to the attack and prevent it from happening again in the future but we spoke with several people that say this is not enough and this is predictable and more needs to be done. >> delaware governor second quarter john carnie's announcement comes after two weeks of the investigation officer steven floyd was taken oftage by the inmates and floyd was the lone officer killed. >> the men to lead the investigation is former delaware supreme court justice henry

dupont originally and chapman jr. and will present their findings in june. and something needs to change now. we have to make immediate changes in the next two to three weeks. >> if major changes don't come out of this, he doesn't know how anyone would want to continue to work for the doc. >> my biggest concerns we have another investigation and put together another thick book and nothing becomes of it. that is avenue correction officers nightmare. >> and we spoke with christopher bullock. he says the governor's independent investigation is nothing more than the state investigating the state and that won't bring change. >> i would like to see a 5, 10, 15 year vision for overall of the delaware prison system. are we are the delaware system of correction or department of

punishment? >> the union president says that the things that need to change is low salary and minimal staffing. bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. two suvs and tractor trailer collided on i-95 in hope well township and the crash happened in the northbound lanes near exit 4 at 10:00 and the driver of a cadillac escalade was taken to the regional medical center in trenton with non-life-threatening injuries and governor chris christie was in washington this afternoon with lunch with president trump and they hosted christie and his wife mary pat at the white house, the exact nature of the meeting was unclear was it a social call or something more? christie expected to finish out his term as governor and enter the private sector next year.

philadelphia middle schoolers are joining the conversation about immigration reform and "action news" was at the charter school at kingsessing and they will debates both sides of this controversial issue. the after school program aims to prepare the next generation of leaders through the pros is of debate. >> it may only be the middle of february but jersey shore lovers are think being summertime and real estate agents are reporting a brisk business for the perfect rental house. >> reporter: if you dream of spending a week at the jersey shore this summer but have yet to book a rental home. they are reporting that from spring lake to cape may renales are up 20 to 35% from this time last year. that is usually a prelude to a

strong season overall. mr. efrom here in brig an teen says that prime times in august and july are already soleout. >> you used to go to north carolina. well now they are not going all the way down there, and they are coming down here and their kids come from massachusetts or connecticut and having a little family reviewon. >> and another good sign for the coastal real estate market is the number of home sales up 16% in brigantine alone and winter time sales like that at the shore are unusual? >> we used to take properties off the market in january because people were watching super bowl. i think we had 10 or 12 sales in january closing in march. you are see that up and down the shore line. >> here is another reason to get moving if you plan on renting a house at the jersey shore, if people book online or come in

person. presidents weekends the biggest weekend and that is this weekend so the clock it ticking. walter perez, channel 6 "action news.." villanova's pavilion, the basketball pavilion is slated for a multimillion-dollar renovation, the board approved the 60 million dollars renovation and the final design has yet to be finalized and the work is set to begin in june and the trustees say that the renovations are funding entirely by donor support. once it's open the arena is renamed. and why not he gave $22.6 million for the effort. and 2017-2018 season a majority of the mens home games are at wells fargo center and the wimg on campus at the jake nevadain field house. and kirk bride school in center city philadelphia receive aid $500 check today they took

third place in the 2016 citizenship challenge. it invited area fourth and fifth graders to take part in an essay contest about the electoral college and the presidential election. these kindergartens and first graders spend holiday cheer. troop 80503 visited seniors at oak hill assisted living today and handed out teddy bears and chocolate covered roses a great valentine's day celebration here in cherry hill. coming up celebrating 65 of love a couple shares the key to an ever lasting relationship on this valentine's day. >> and ducis rogers is live in clearwater florida for phillies

spring training. >> reporter: the pitching staff has a good mix between veterans and young players, how will the veterans impact the younger arms we'll explain late under sports. and temperatures in the 70s today not bad at 45 degrees and winter is on a temporary hold across the country. we'll talk about the rising temperatures. if youin a palace of ice,winter there's only one place to go. and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. ♪

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people down at city hall. >> the love birds headed down the aisle. >> i pronounce you man and wife, you may kiss the bride. >> they thought the day is special and the judges thought it would be a nice tradition. >> it's fun, why not. lets just you know do it on valentine's day. we put out a fire at the register of wills office where you get a marriage license, if anyone get wed on valentine's day and the response was overwhelming. >> and it's also the grooms birthday. getting married on valentine's day would help their marriage since they won't forget. >> i would never forget my anniversary date. >> i always remember our anniversary, i won't forget february 14th, i know i have to run out and get an anniversary gift. >> this is not the first time the couples got married on valentine's day inside of a montgomery county courthouse, the judges wanted to make it

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pitchers and catchers hit the field. >> you love it. valentines day felt like the first day of school all wide eyed and eager to learn. the first day of workouts for pitchers and catchers and ducis rogers is there to teach us about them as well. and for the first time no big veterans like ryan howard to be found. >> no howard or chooch or chase. but they feel they are competitive with the younger players and they will only go as far as their starting pitching will take them and this year it has a little bit of everything. the phillies have live arms, young arms and veteran arms. that is a nice mix. i am satisfied with what i'm

looking at now. >> last year they have newly acquired clay buchholz to rely on. >> it's han honor to have him on the team. and any advice you can get is always best. >> what can the young guys learn from the veterans arms. >> they can learn a lot, they are here a long time and were one time in our position. it's good to be around them and talk to them about everything. >> those guys have been through some much and i'm looking forward to talking to buchholz on his pitches and how he goes about things. >> but it's a two way street, buchholz has been in the league since 2007 that doesn't mean he condition be inspired by the young guns. >> they came up young and they throw hard and have you to be on

top of your game. i come in and hope to impress and help this team win some baseball games. >> it's the circle of life in baseball, one moment you are the the young whipper snapper and the next you are the veteran. ducis rogers, channel 6 "action news." >> ducis which one are you? just curious? >> i'm still a young whipper snapper come on now. >> knew you would say that. >> thank you. jahlil okafor still without a new home and seemingly unwelcome outside of his old home and the sixers continue to sit him and last night they didn't need him winning their third straight game beating charlotte. and snapping a losing streak against the hornets, these guys are better when okafor is not in the lineup for whatever reason, 11-7 this season without him. sixers are in boston tomorrow night. the flyers have hit the road western canada bound for a three

game trip that starts in calgary. from the outside looking in with 36 games to play. for the second wild card spike. >> all the teams around us are winning and playing good hockey and we need to do the same thing, we have a great group and great atmosphere and a lot of confidence and it's good for us to go on the road for a week or so and it comes at the right time for sure. >> which one you are the young whipper snapper or the old veteran. i am as whipper snapperish as i can be. >> and now it included elton john to even star wars. darth vader and several storm trappers made an appearance at the franklin center for the big reveal. the music of john williams kicks

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some really warm weather on the way adam joseph. >> i have to key reminding me it's february. you have to keep saying that when you look at the seven-day forecast. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan not a bad day today. the sunshine broke out tracking no precipitation and we should be for the most part precipitation free as we go into the next week. the highlights we are talking about, everyone is wondering where is all the snow this winter season. honestly you don't have to go far to the north to really hit a

very deep snow pack. we are right on the edge really nothing on the ground. a little left over in the lehigh valley and the poconos but when you hit new york state and connecticut and massachusetts, vermont, and new hampshire and maine and that area they have two to four feet of snow on the ground and a lot of that came in the last seven days. for us locally it's been extremely warm, in maine the temperature for the month are running close to 6 degrees below average, us we are closer to 6 degrees above average for february and every day if the red is above normal, and we look at the seven-day forecast, six of seven of those days are marking in red. we look at the present numbers, 38 in millville and 40 in the lehigh valley and the same for philadelphia. trenton and lakehurst, 37 and 38 degrees not much variation no

matter where you are. we are tracking a system to the norm of the great lakes and one near dallas, these two areas of energy pass and split our region and we are in the zone between the two. and that means tomorrow is not a bad day as they pass by. we see sunshine and clouds and a little bit of cloud cover increasing tonight and light wins and temperatures on either side of that freezing point in the area, for your wednesday there are clouds around at times as a cold front passes around the lunch time hour, 44 degrees at 10:00 in the morning going into the lower 50s in the early afternoon and the one thing you'll notice especially if the afternoon the winds start to kick up once again in the northwest turning windy and late tomorrow and especially on thursday, so low pressure is separate here for us. 52 for the high and winds sustained 10 to 125 miles per hour. and the lows merge and once again give northern parts of new england 6 to 12 inches of snow for us the just a wind machine

and much like yesterday, just the same setup but the wins are not as strong, 35 to 40 miles per hour but it will bring the windchills down on thursday temporary for one day in the 20s. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 50s for tomorrow and windy and it's cold on thursday, and sun and clouds and another thing about the seven day, we have a very cloud cloudy winter not the case this go around, sunshine in control friday, 44 degrees and still in control on saturday, and 57 degrees and break out the shorts on sunday, 64 degrees our normal is 44 degrees for this time of year. close to 20 degrees above normal. bright and beautiful and 60 degrees for presidents day and a mild stretch continues on tuesday on either side of 60 and if we played the cards just right it could be that warm through the rest of next week. >> i know we only do a seven day but there must be a trend that you are aware of. does this carry through into march? >> yes the way it looks yes.

>> i'll take you behind the scenes just a bit. abc world news tonight is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues at 10 on phl 17 with brian taff and ducis rogers and then at 11:00 we want you to join us for a special health check report. ali gorman details a promising treatment aimed at reversing a devastating eye disease. >> a disease that often strikes young men in the prime of their lives be robs them of their sight and they hope that gene therapy can help and if it does it may have the mauer to cure other diseases as well. the story is on "action news" tonight at 11:00. >> for cecily tynan and ducis rogerss and adam joseph and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner please join us at 11:00. >>

tonight, breaking news. the white house bombshell. new reporting after president trump's national security adviser is forced out. the white house now says president trump demanded his resignation. general mike flynn, and the phone calls with the russian ambassador. also, tonight we learn the u.s. justice department signaled concern about general flynn 17 days ago. what concerned them. the fbi interview with flynn. our team standing by. the tornadoes touching down outside houston. severe storms. damaging winds. on highly alert tonight at america's tallest dam. a rain storm set to hit as they helicopter in massive boulders and bags of rocks. and the close call. actor harrison ford piloting his own plane, coming dangerously