eight-year-old daughter because she was not happy with her baby sitting skills. the child is in stable but critical condition at the children's hospital in philadelphia. neighbors say there were incidents long before this one. >> she had nothing to say and felt the need to cover her face after what police say she did. sick. i don't care what you are arguing about. you have a baby in the mix and you pull a butcher knife out. >> it began just before 4:00, here on the 500 block of mcdade boulevard from the second floor. an argument between neighbors. the suspect was not happy how her neighbor's daughter, the eight-year-old victim was baby y sitting her toddler. >> there was a conflict over baby sitting skills and an

argument ensued. >> matthew was downstairs asleep and awoke to a nightmare. >> she stabbed the girl. >> police arrived to find the girl outside with a towel wrapped around her head. >> she had a four inch gash on this area of her head quite deep and wide. >> officers rushed the child to the hospital and she was rushed to children's hospital. neighbors say police were called so many time in the past they practically live there and recently she was chasing her boyfriend with a hammer in a snowstorm. the chief wants justice. >> she deserves everything she gets. >> it's unclear what an eight-year-old was doing baby sitting in the first place --

>> apologize for losing the signal. antigovernment protests got tense when demonstrators confronted police in north philadelphia. 12 officers were hit by pepper spray and spray paint just before 7:00. three officers needed treatment at the hospital. four people were arrested for assault. half hour earlier demonstrators set a flag on fire. the protesters began peacefully at the services building where they want the frank rizo statue removed. tonight's black resistence march is one of many nationwide under the umbrella group called strike for democracy. >> president trump escaped the

controversy of the white house today and brought his message about jobs to the boeing plant in south carolina. this is where they are building the 787 dream liner. trump said it's proof of the american manufacturing renaissance. trump said more american factory jobs are coming. >> when american workers win, america as a country wins big league wins. that's my message here today. america is going to start winning again. winning like never ever before. >> trump said "we must fight for every last american job." meanwhile this was trump at his news conference yesterday that saw renewal of his assault of the news media. in a tweet he called the news media not his enemy but the

enemy of the american people. trump is taking it to a new level. scott pruitt has been sworn in as head of the environment protection agency given the oath by samuel elito. he challenged the limits on carbon emissions from coal prant plants. >> largely hidden from view, fbi director james come left this afternoon after meeting with members of the intelligence committee three hours. one attendee said the session was about russia. the meeting took place after reports that members of the trump campaign were in contact with russian officials and after mike flynn lied about his meetings with the russian

ambassador to the u.s. >> members of the marion basketball team are taking a stand on inclusion. the players are getting a lot of attention too because of how they are expressing themselves like at their playof playoff gae tonight. live at the game, reporter jeff chirico. >> lower marion won 70-57. they have been on a winning strike since wearing tee shirts last week. players say they are not taking a political stance but showing support for people they say are marginalized and facing justice. >> as the anthem played, the basketball team wore the tee shirts that sparked nation-wide attention and huge support for the community. >> we are proud of them. what senior boys have it

together enough to do something like that. >> the shirts read, i am a muslim. i am a refugee. i am an immigrant. i am an ace. >> the decision to wear them came after struggling with the national anthem. naja chooses to kneel. >kneel.they say this is not a st to president trump or a commentary on his policy. >> some of the people on our team support trump but they don't like hate. >> the message is finding support in the stands and social media. >> it's a good, positive image. >> some spectators didn't speak on camera. his mother says most of the response has been positive. they have raised over a thousand dollars for the aclu from the

sale of the tee shirts. >> it's not a message of divide or who is right or wrong. it's a matter of we all have our free thinking and we have our thoughts and our expression of them needs to be equally free. >> district officials say they respect the student's right to express themselves. while they are progressing in the playoff, this is a final night to wear the tee shirts. we are proud of what we accomplish but don't want our message to get lost in internet comments or debates. jim? >> jeff, thank you. >> we are eagerly awaiting a warm up in the tristate area. accuweather has a gift for us all. let's get the figures from cecily tynan. >> jim, it's not going to feel like winter.

tomorrow, 19-degrees warmer than today and sunday, 22-degrees warmer than today. we are looking at near record warmth. this is because we have high pressure that is really a heat bump. we have the invasion of warmer air from the west, chicago 67 and from the south, atlanta, winds out of the southwest a heat pump. we are looking at both days, temperatures in the 60s, the warmest since november, 20-degrees above average. this is normal mid to late april, not february. look at the records, we are close to the records sunday. then i'm tracking a stepping down of temperatures along with the next chance of rain. i have details on that in the full forecast. jim? >> the penn state dance marathon called thon is five hours old, just beginning. 15,000 people are packed into

the bryce jordan center to raise money for the fight against pediatric cancer. live in the midst of it all is reporter bob brooks. what's the latest there? >> being a penn state alum myself, i don't think it gets better than that. as far as fla philanthropy goes, it's a rock show right now. everyone is jumping around. they love it out here. it's for an amazing cause. that's fighting childhood canc cancer. >> at 6:00 sharp thon 2017 got moving. >> since then, they haven't stopped, 703 dancer, countless volunteer, all working together, dancing for 46 hours straight to raise money for families and kids battling cancer. it's team work from the

volunteers making snacks behind the scenes. >> peanut butter and jelly. >> to i the kids fighting cance. even parents are here to support. >> we want to give everyone a break from their homes. this is my favorite part. >> tammy rodiguez son 11-year-old lane battled cancer since he was one-year-old. her family received money from thon. >> we come to celebrate because where can you be together for something to devastating. >> it's crazy what the dancers do for those that need help. it's just crazy. >> a cause so great. last year thon raised

$9.7 million. >> another live look out here at the bryce jordan center. this place is going nuts right now. here's how it works, after they raise the money, it goes to the charity cause four diamonds. they turn it over to families battling cancer. they are on the stage playing all about love. it's a ton of love. bob brooks, channel6 "action news" wphl-17. >> "6abc" will cover thon all weekend long. we are streaming the event on "6abc".com. follow us on facebook and twitter for updates until the conclusion 4:00 p.m. sunday. >> still to come on "action news" tonight, one new york city won't let you smoke before you

can drink. >> and a man terrorizing his neighborhood, shooting at police even aiming at news helicopters. we show you how it ends. >> and this photograph of police in buck's county today posing with a goat. cecily tynan returns with the forecast and jeff skversky hears from joel embid about how he's doing on the sidelines. "action news" continues in,

>> a florida man is facing federal charges tonight after investigators say he plotted to blow up ten target stores to drive down the company's stock. mark barnett wanted to buy low and make a profit when the stock recovered. he's accused of offering somebody $10,000 to place bombs

on the shelves. instead the man went to police. a man with a gun terrorized his oakman california neighborhood. police say he shot at officers several times. bullets struck the windshield of the police car but no officers were hurt. he then shot at the news helicopter. >> police waited for the right moment to end the standoff. >> he's in the driveway. >> the suspect survived and is listed in serious condition. police don't know what the motivate was. >> a crime without compassion. burglars targeted a south philadelphia sandwich shop and

stole money for charity. it happened at john's roast park on schneider avenue. the crooks when through the roof and took $3,500 from the register and $1,500 that the owner was to donate to a bone marrow industry. he was a leukemia survivor himself who once had a transplant. >> that's the thing. it's so upsetting. we made lemonade out of lemons. no one got hurt. when the business community heard about this the owner of pat's steaks came down to replace the $1,500. the electric fact fri gave another $1,500. it shows how tight knit philadelphia can be. >> trenton is raising the legal

smoking age. you have to be 18 but it's going up to 21 in trenton next month. they are joining 20 other cities and town in the garden state that raised the age to 21. stores caught selling to underaged buyers will face fines up to $1,000. >> the police district are honoring the men and women in blue that dedicated themselves to the force. they hosted the event in west philadelphia. there was a ceremony for officers receiving promotions and no kidding around, newtown township police took a goat into custody today. someone found it and dropped it off at the station. after posting pictures to the police facebook page, the goat's owner came forward to claim it. it's not billie the kid -- it's

a goat after all. what is the accuweather foreca forecast. >> the weekend will be the goat. know what that means? greatest of all times. it's a nice weekend. we are starting off dry. a great night for chopper 6 to fly as the sun sets on typical february weather for a while, we'll warm things up. that being said, there is a chill in the air tonight. philadelphia 34, reading and wilmington 31. pine bayerns, cool and 25. mount pocono 25 and cape may 32. we have clear skies now. if you look to the south, there is a disturbance bringing rain to louisiana. there is a plume of clouds. we get cloud cover tomorrow afternoon. it's the only fly in the

ointment. high sirius clouds late in the day and temperatures feeling like april, philadelphia 64. allentown 60. trenton 62. atlantic city 57-degrees. mild conditions for the polar bear plunge. wilmington 67 and temperatures don't drop off much. 8:00 in the morning, 50 in philadelphia. clouds in delaware through the day plenty of sunshine and temperatures in the low to mid 60s. we are close to the record highs. tomorrow, five degrees shy of 69 set in 2011. sunday, 67-degrees. that's one degree from the record 68 set in 1948. it's going to be close. we have a back door front cooling things off monday. if you are headed to the

poconos, president's day weekend a big weekend for skiing. 57-degrees, slushy saturday and sunday. monday, lots of sunshine and a high of 42. the exclusive seven-day forecast, 64 tomorrow. 67 on sunday. behind the back door front for president's day, bruisey and cooler, nine degrees above normal. tuesday, 49-degrees, a round of rain tuesday night into wednesday morning, sunshine is back by the afternoon. 55-degrees, thursday and friday, temperatures back to the low 60s. friday increasing clouds, showers by friday night. the coolest day, tuesday and still, that's five degrees above normal. taking a walk on the wild side. thank you, cecily. kimmel center hosted a carnival tonight with a freak dance

performance. the show was led by a philadelphia based dance company combining gy gymnastics and self defense. nearly 700 swimmers competed for a chance to make the junior olympics. the meet took place in the night town section of philadelphia. the competition will continue through sunday. ♪ ♪ ♪

>> boxing great hollifield was in philadelphia to announce he's getting back into boxing this time as a promoter. he announced he's launching a fight called real deal championship boxing shown live online. evander holly field, four time heavyweight champion of the world. waited a long time to say that. now i have the opportunity. >> michael buffer action. joel embid, is he going to play?

>> he says probably. we have been waiting to find out when he's going to play. when will he play again? perhaps good news tonight, he says he will return when the sixers return barring pain or swelling in his left knee. he's met 11 straight games plus tonight's rising stars challenge because of the bone bruise. embid can't wait to suit up again. >> it's frustrating. you get hurt and you have to miss so much. it's annoying. i want to play. i want to show what i can do. i have to take my time. >> embid wanted to play tonight instead he's watching okafor in the rising stars challenging, okafor scoring two of the ten right there.

hitsa three. 17 for saa saris. still to come in sports, what philly's manager pete mccannon tells the

>> philly's manager pete mccannon says he can see it in their eyes. they'll be better 2017. ducis rogers has more from the spring workout and mccannon's

message to his players. >> with the gang all here the manager gave thi the players ths message. >> work hard. get where you want to be. don't be late. follow the rules and compete. >> everything but say your prayers and eat your vitamins. it had a bit of everything and left the skipper upbeat. >> you can see it in their eyes. they feel like they are going to be a better team. they are working out. everyone is in a great move. >> mccannon sees howie kendrick paying dividends. >> he was spending time talking to mykel about using the big part of the field, bases loaded trying to drive in one. if you try to drive in four, you

might not get any. >> he's been there a long time. he knows about hitting the right way. i know he will bring a lot of energy. >> they can bring the game. i have seen them, herrera, her nahernandez. they have had great years. >> having a veteran can help the ball club, ducis rogers, channel6 "action news." >> the only thing i'll remember from that story are the palm trees. i miss the palm trees. >> i thought you would say ducis blue shirt. >> he always looks sharp. >> finally tonight, philadelphia's most talented gymnasts hit the matt for a competition in roxborough. tonight's competition focused on floor gymnastics. the winner received a trophy and

bragging rights. "jimmy kimmel live" next on channel6, followed by "nightline." as news continues at 5:30. i'm ji jim gardner. have a good night.

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