"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon, sara bloomquist is off. in the news two security guards

are shot at a vfw post in south jersey and police are searching for a man involved in a home invasion. but the big story is a local father pleading to his son's killer to sounder. he was a bar manager killed in philadelphia overnight. >> reporter: rick, as police search for the suspect who fled this bar after the armed robbery overnight. a family is grieving calling on the suspect to turn himself in. >> that human being that took a life for mere pennies. turn yourself in. >> this father grieves for his son 46-year-old eugene farmer. he was killed overnight at monique's lounge. a bar that the father and son started managing on january 21st. >> today william barry is

fielding phone calls try to absorb what happened his son's jacket lying in the corner by his dj equipment and a beer still on the bar. and barry was not there at the time. three people were, farmer the bartender and one customer when the man entered at 1:00 a.m. >> the man entered the bar with a hooded sweatshirt tied tightly covering his face. >> and i guess my son recognized him and turned to him and there was a struggle and the suspect fired trice hitting farmer twice and then pointed at the bar tenner and announced a robbery. and after the bar turned handed over 175 dollars, the bartender leaned over farmer and took his wallet and car keys and he died at the hospital. he says his father was the

father of two, a hard worker. he is missed. >> i would like the coward to turn himself in. he robbed my family of a young man with a good future ahead of himself. a loving far and loving son. >> there are no surveillance cameras inside of the bar but police are reviewing service footage from other nearby businesses. >> thank you. two men are recould having from a shoot agent a vfw post in new jersey. the post commander says that both victims are security gua s guards. and they reportedly asked a man to leave the building and he became angry and opened fire and she spoke to the wife of one victim and put his hand up to block the face of the gun and that may have saved his life. he is blessed or fortunate because it didn't hit his brain, is he fine, the shot came and came down here and ricochetted and they had to get the bullet

out. >> both men are treated at area hospitals and police have not yet named any suspects. traffic is moving again on the new jersey turnpike after a morning mess. after a trick or treat hit an overpass and the driver had to be rescued and air lifted to the hospital. the southbound lanes were blocked for several hours during the investigation. turning to accuweather and the weekend warm-up heading our way as we look live from sky 6 hd at temple university on a friday afternoon it's breezy out there and we could see record high temperatures before the weekend is over. melissa magee is in for david murphy with a first check of the forecast. >> happy friday melissa. >> this is a weekend where you want to go outdoors, it's not as bad as yesterday across the region, we are coxing in at 37 and same thing in reading, up inal town 38 and at the coast in cape may 33 degrees and the

winds are certainly as much of a factor as yesterday and winds gust 30 to 35 miles per hour in reading and 8 in allentown and 12 miles per hour in the poconos. as we go throughout the rest of our friday, we have got the afternoon and evening commute plans for you. 4:00 p.m. 42 and mostly sunny and holding in the lower 40s at 5:00 p.m. 60s this evening we are down to 40 and that number coming in at 38 and big changes up ahead into the weekend, the current numbers showing you that chill across philadelphia as the warm front is still to the south, the current number in the upper 30s but the 50s and 60s to the southth west out across the ohio valley than is heading our way as early as tomorrow. future tracker 6 showing you by noon or at least 12:30 tomorrow afternoon in philadelphia 52 and getting higher than that as we go through the rest of tomorrow

afternoon, what to expect today and beyond less wind on friday and a taste of spring over the weekend and a run at records over the weekend, and a look coming up in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. donald trump is expected to head south following yesterday's contentious news conference at the white house, traveling from the nation's capitol to south carolina and then to his estate in florida. >> reporter: good afternoon, we are still getting reaction from that news conference. where the president deflected questions on russia instead attacking the media. targeting some reporters. president trump off to south carolina for the unveiling of boeing's new streamliner. expect a friendlier news conference. >> it's not a simple question or a fair question.

okay sit down. >> this orthodox reporter first expressed support and then asked how the government would respond to the uptick in anti-semitism including bomb threats. >> i am the least anti-semitic person you have ever seen in your entire life. number two racism, the least racist person. >> and then this exchange with a reporter from urban american network. >> are you going to include the cbc in your conversations with your urban agenagenda. >> the congressional black caucus? >> do you set up the meeting. >> are they friends of yours. >> lets go set up a meeting i would love to meet up with the black caucus, i think it's great. >> i don't think he would have asked you to set up the meeting with the congressional black caucus. >> and refusing to condemn mike

flynn's conversation with the russian ambassador. >> those are criminal leaks and he would not say about the recent russian publication this spy ship seen off the coast of virginia. >> the greatest thing i could do is shoot that ship that is 30 miles offshore right out of the water everybody in this country will say oh it's great. that is not great. not great. >> as the provocations unfold. the white house is hunting for a new national security adviser, president trump tweeting today that four names are in contention. megan hughes, channel 6 "action news." >> back here the investigation continues into a violence home invasion that left a woman seriously injured this morning. chopper 6 hd flew over the scene in philadelphia's rhawnhurst section the man broke into the

woman's home and pistol whipped the woman in the face cutting her lip and nothing was stolen from the house and police have a suspect in custody but the investigation continues. philadelphia police are still looking for a driver that struck and injured an officer it happened before 10:30 last night at spencer street and west oak lane and taken to the medical center with minor injuries and police are looking for a pontiac grand prix. police are looking for potential victims of an uber driver accused of stealing from his customers. police arrested this man, sad am saying he picked up riders and took them to the delaware beaches and go back to the passengers homes to break in and steal their belongings while they were out and took credit cards and cell phones and computers and even sunglasses and now charged with multiple burglaries and 11 counts of

theft. today the delaware state fire marshals office is trying to figure out what sparked a blaze in a caused $150,000 in damage at a macy's department store. the majority of the fire damage was in a clothing storage area off the main sales floor, the store was evacuated and no injuries were reported. excitement is building at penn state students are gearing up for thon, the annual fundraiser to fight childhood cancer and hundreds of students are chosen to dance for 46 hours straight with no breaks. the danceathon begins this evening and is the largest run philanthropy in the world. the live reports starts today at 4:00 and watch the marathon live we are streaming it live on our website at 6abc.com. >> good luck to them. still to come on "action news" at noon, a man is accused of plotting to blow up several

target stores up and down the east coast. the reason he said he wanted to bomb the buildinged and a mill trill family pulls off a big surprise. the emotional reunion between an air force father and his son when "action news" comes right back.

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a large brush fire destroyed homes in florida and doubled in size to destroy 4,000 acres in polk county and in addition to the homes destroyed a family dog was killed. they may need to evacuate with little notice and the forecasters warned that there could be a flair-up again and they are accused of plotting to blow up target stores along the east coast. that mark barnett build 10 explosive devices and paid another man to place the bombs on store shelves, they were disguised as food like pasta boxes. and the man he hired went to the authorities instead. he thought that it would cause target prices to drop and allow him to buy shares before it rebounded. >> a person in the public that

has this in mind, that is the individual you want to get off the street quickly. >> investigators say that barnett asked for help with the explosives he was wearing an ankle monitor at the time for kidnapping sexual battery and theft. and the sky harbor international airport in arizona, a southwest flight landed when it clipped wings with a frontier plane pushing back from the gate. nobody was injured and one plane had a fuel leak and both planes were out of service for repairs. the faa is investigating what exactly caused the collision. firefighters in south jersey helped the military family pull off a heart warming surprise and chase allen loves fire trucks and was excited when one pulled up to his house yesterday and what he didn't know is that his dad who was deployed in the air force for six months was hiding inside. >> who is in there?

tom allen jumped out of the truck to embrace his son.

it's not often we hear about airlines bringing back perks and delta is bringing back free meals on their flights available on march first from long routes from new york and los angeles and san francisco and the airline brings is of to more markets in late april.

this weekend is your last chance to see the ringling brothers and barnum & bailey circus in philadelphia. there are shows at wells fargo center and shutting down in may because of declining ticket sales. they still protested the presence in south philadelphia. and health check this noon, new evidence that vitamin d can help you fight off a cold. a published review of a study founded supplements fought the respiratory infection by 22%. and vitamin d known as the sunshine vitamin is often lowest in winter when colds and flu are most common. the "action news" team is out working on news stories today at 4:00. here is alicia vitarelli with a preview. >> happy friday rick and happy freebie friday. all things 100% off at 4:00.

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seated they are doing flips. they can't wait for the polar plunge in surf city. they are hoping to raise money for tuition assistance programs for mater day families. >> it's not a bad day for the polar plunge. >> for sure. it won't be bad a taste of spring is headed our way. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan radar you can see it's dry and no issues with precipitation, and high pressure that will stay in control for today. and then tomorrow it's all about the surge of warmer air that heads into the delaware and lehigh valleys. sky 6 hd a beautiful shot of the center city skyline on this friday afternoon. a bright blue sky and a few high thin cirrus clouds overhead and not as windy of a day as it was yesterday across the region. and rights now in philadelphia 37 and a stiff westerly wind and a windchill to factor in. 37 in reading and 27 in the

poconos. and 38 in millville. and wilmington and dover. and along the coast in cape may 33 and atlantic city 40. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have got a partly sunny skies across the region, just a few thin, high clouds moving about. the warm front is still draped to the south and west of philadelphia. that moves to the north through the weekend and as it does so temperatures respond nicely. for the rest of today we have a seasonable one on tap. 2:00 this afternoon 41 degrees mostly sunny and 4:00 p.m. 42 and 6:00 this evening, 40 degrees and 8:00 and 10:00 temperatures hold in the middle to upper 30s underneath a partly cloudy skies and high pressure is still in control, a seasonable day average for us this time of day is 44, a light breeze out of the westerly direction and temperatures coming in for a high at 45 degrees, as we go through the start of our weekend the warm

fronts lifts to the north and the high in philadelphia coming in at 63 degrees and say hello spring it feels like april across a good portion of the viewing area. as we get into sunday there are records to watch, across the region. a close call in philadelphia high of 65 degrees and the record is 68 in 1948 and wilmington 67 is the record set back in 19 97 and trenton and allentown records in the lower and upper 60s and atlantic city a close call for you and the record high 73 set back in 1961. it will be a very warm weekend and one you'll really want to get out and enjoy the outdoors. today it's chilly and high temperature of 45 degrees and sunshine to enjoy with high pressure in cold and saturday becoming much milder a high temperature of 63 and sunday partly sunny and mild high of 65

the record is 68. and cooler and nice for presidents day, and tracking a back door cold front that moves on through by monday and knocking temperatures down a bit but that is still well above average, a high of 52. and tuesday sunshine to a few more clouds in at 50 and cloudy on wednesday with rain likely and a high temperature coming in at 54 and next thursday it's cloudy and still damp high temperature of 58, this is well above average. you'll want to get outside. 60s in the month of february. we are liking it thank you. >> quite a night for a woman in albany new york who attended a basketball game and actually scored twice. erin tobin was invited to sink a half-court shot and with the one handed she have he won $500. her boyfriend disguised an a mascot got down on one knee and

proposed to her right there and said yes, adding to an already winning night and got a big check and big diamond ring. up next on "action news" at 5:30 a loose goat is found roaming in delaware county. and if are you in search of soup that tastes good and is good for you we have a look at the best local soup spots around. those stories and more when "action news" continues in just a moment.

"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist david murphy. >> sara bloomquist is off. two security guards at a vfw were shot an event at the facility. we are live with the search for the gunman. and a florida man is arrested after his plan to blow upself target stores were discovered and a video of a toddler falling off a changing table caught at tense of a nation and his brother was honored for his heroic action to save him. and two people were hospitalized after a shooting at a vfw in williamsboro new jersey. nora muchanic is live at the facility at creek view road with the latest.

>> reporter: hi there rick, we are not sure how this got started but it ended with the suspect coming back to the vfw and opening fire. it's a miracle that one of the security guards here was not killed after taking a bullet to the head. we spoke to his wife earlier this morn. >> he was shot in the head. he is very blessed or fortunate because it did not hit his brain. >> diana matthew's husband was one of two security guards shot last night at the vfw. there was a disturbance involving a guest. >> i told my husband you got to leave and usuhered him out the door. came in the gun and shot my husband and shot the other security guard. >> that guard is identified by e. mark peterson shot in the arm and both were air lifted to cooper hospita