"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon the big story on "action news" this noon is

breaking news. >> radnor police announced the arrest of an employee with inappropriate behavior why students. maya johnson used to work as an aid in radnor township that is where detectives say she showed explicit videos and photos and flashed students on occasions. >> we heard that she was being investigated for this and two other students said they saw a video. and it was a video on miss johnson's cell phone and two minor students saw that. >> johnson is arrested and charged with corruption of minors. and she was a full-time employee and had other jobs where she had contact with children. they are notifying those facilities. the first month of philadelphia's beverage tax was a good one for the city.

city officials say that revenues far exceeded their expectations. john rawlins joins us with more on the multimillion-dollar hall for the city of philadelphia. >> reporter: well, this is some interesting numbers today. this is a contentious tax since it was first proposed. as for the numbers that seem to take everyone by surprised. here is the mayor's thoughts about that and those that remain opposed to the tax. >> people are complying with the law and the world did not come to an end. $5.7 million in sweeten beverage taxes collected. more than double the $2.3 million expected. the tax remains controversial with the coalition trying to stop it in court and recently the canada dry distributor says that city sales are 45% and will there be layoffs in march as a

result. the mayor scoffed at that and has little sympathy for big soda. >> those that own these companies are billionaires and advertising in poor communities for generations and making people obese and giving them diabetes and all we ask for is a little bit of money to put back in the community to educate kids in pre-k and they are like whining little babies. >> jeff brown who owns six shop-rites, he said that overall sales are down 16% and cut hours in his philadelphia stores. >> i don't believe him. >> you don't believe it? >> i don't buy it. fear mongering from the get go. >> the city is counting on $91 million a year for the sweetened beverage tax to fund pre-k and a number of other issues. >> john, thank you. a tractor trailer ended up on its side after it crashed in

burlington county. the big rig overturned on the southbound lanes of route 73 here in cinnaminson. the truck blocked two lanes of 73 and caused traffic delays during the morning rush and crews cleaned up a fuel spill before opening the road again to traffic. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >> turning to accuweather now. the morning fog is lifting to reveal another spring like day across the delaware valley. as we look live from sky 6 hd at atlantic city. despite what the calendar says it doesn't feel like the end of february and nobody is complaining this afternoon. no coats required. short-sleeves, david murphy joins us with more on the winter warm-up. >> we struggled to get sunshine in play this morning. but now we have got plenty of blue overhead above the terrace and rick the temperatures are starting to bump up and they will zoom over the next several hours, satellite shows you the

cloud cover has gotten thinner and we have plenty of sunshine and a few more clouds later on. temperatures are improving we are in the upper 60s. and the sun is making a difference and the southerly flow is not all that strong, just a 7 miles per hour wind but it is coming up from the south and bringing up the milder air. here is what will happen, 62 by 5:00 and we are looking for a high of 70. and we won't get there until 4:00. and 8:00 down to 61 degrees and by 10:00. 59 degrees back into the 50s. boy this is just the beginning. the normal high 46 degrees today and over the next several days we look at several days in the 70s. for now just a gorgeous afternoon building. three people were shot in

the west oak section of philadelphia overnight. offices responded to 77th avenue at 1:45 this morning, there they discovered a bedroom window was shatters and found a 25-year-old and 21-year-old man both inside with gunshot wounds. another victim was found out side nearby shot in the arm. all three were taken to the area hospital where they are listed in stable condition. philadelphia mayor, jim kenney is condemning the actions that rescinds federal guidelines on transgender bathrooms. it was met without rage across the country. one of the most vocal critics was the teenager that sang at his inauguration. stephanie ramos has more. >> reporter: it's just a few weeks that we learned that ivanka trump and her husband talked their father out of a

move that would limit lgbt rights. now the white house went in different directions. they took their clients straight to the white house. in a late night announcement, the white house reversed the initiative by president obama. to use the bathroom of their choice. >> it was gross overreach when they issued this directive. candidate trump says people should use the bedroom that they feel is appropriate and indicating support for caitlyn jenner. >> the president made is clear he is a firm believe in state rights and issues like this are not best dealt with on the federal letter. >> they condemned this. and says it's not confusing. >> jackie yvonne -- who sang at

the inauguration. whose sister is a transgender. you gave me the honor to sing at your inauguration. give me the honor to talk. fort fatally her school is supportive of the status. >> i heard about it and i was disappointed and realized we would need to take action. >> there won't be immediate actions on schools because the obama guidance was blocked by a federal judge and could be up to the supreme court to decide the issue. >> sean spicer denied media reports that the education secretary betsy devos and jeff sessions disagreed on the decision saying that both are on board. stephanie ramos, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. republican lawmakers continue to meet with angry voters in town halls across the

country. they are upset with the immigration policies among other issues. some decided not to hold town hall, causing constituents to hold empty chair events. they say it's concern and manufactured anger initiated by professional protesters. in other news, employees have quit at a delaware prison after an inmate uprising and the death of an officer. eight corrections officers have resigned and now they are looking to hire more with the money used to pay workers overtime and calling for raises. they will take up the matter in dover scheduled for this afternoon. there was just one winning ticket in last night's huge power ball drawing, the ninth large of the lottery payout in

history. it was sold at a gas station in indiana. a ticket sold in new jersey worth $2 million. 10, 13, 28, and the power ball is 2. and coming up an officer gets into an altercation with a young teenager. >> a long island home is destroyed by fire. hear the desperate choice a mother made to save her life. >> and they prepare for oscar's biggest night of the year. that and more when "action news" continues in just a moment. >> he really ran naked down ... >> rachael: we are rolling old school with luke wilson and

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walked on the officer's lawn in anaheim california, this is video of the clash, the officer fired a single shot with a tussle with the 13-year-old boy and nobody was hurt. the officer is reassigned during the investigation. more than 20 hours after an evacuation order was put in effect, several people remain at the camp on federal land protesting the pipeline access project. and the north dakota highway parole say that nine people were arrested. a long island mother made a desperate decision in order to save her baby from the burning home and threw her 9-month-old from a window and her neighbor caught the little boys, the flames gutted home early in the morning and three other children were able to escape by running

through the front door, the mother and husband and baby were trapped in the bedroom and they all escaped through the window. we have the results of an "action news" investigation that uncovered possible prostitution and human trafficking. chad pradelli has a preview. >> there appears to be dens of profit usion in suburban neighborhood. but we found suspected operations hiding in plain site and found a website dedicated to reviewing the sex parlors and now a main line police department launched a raid to stop alleged prostitution and shut down the business. we'll take you inside of our investigation that is tonight on channel 6 "action news" at 11:00. big banks are racking up atm

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david here now with a check of the accuweather forecast. things brightening up out there. >> they are after a cloudy start this morning. as we take a look at stormtracker 6 live double sc stormtracker 6 live double scan nary a rain drop in sight. and the action cam was in trenton and the fog was laying low beneath the trenton makes the world takes bridge there leading into delaware and trenton new jersey. we are brightening up and 59 degrees on the dial. a good temperature. we started out at 48 this morning and added the majority

of those degrees within the last 60 minutes, temperatures are warming because of the southwest wind at 7 miles per hour and also because the clouds have broken up a bit. 58 in allentown and 59 in philadelphia, but look just down the pike. 64 in wilmington and up close to 70 in dover. the winds are coming up from the south and that warm air is really acting like it can't wait to get here. as we look at satellite again, the clouds have thinned out and we'll redevelop a few more clouds through the day. and a sun and clouds mix and partly sunny in the lehigh valley. and mild with a high of 69 degrees, down the shore cooler, the southerly flow coming in off the cool ocean water and that suppresses your high of 62. and philadelphia a high of 70, partly sunny and warm, winds running 7 to 14 miles per hour. future tracker 6 this evening, after 7:00 or 8:00 shows a few

showers that may try to come down into the lehigh valley and pop into some of our northern suburbs in northern bucks and montco and then gone later on tonight and adam and cecily may have that to show you on radar at 10:00 and 11:00. partly cloudy and the spotty shower. and look at the mild low. the average high is 46 so well aloof average temperatures obviously and the winds are still out of the south and tomorrow we bump up to 73 degrees, with the southerly flow continues, highs across the region and winding up to 20 to 30 degrees i would say and that would be just off the record and 74 for a high on saturday and of course it's a different kind of day with the front coming in. the afternoon and evening a chance of a shower or thunderstorm popping through. future tracker 6 the latest run has this in the northern and western suburbs, pushing through philadelphia before dinner time and getting off the coast at 8:00, that is saturday, shower

and thunderstorms late. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 70 today and partly sunny and warm and 73 and warm tomorrow. a slight chance of an afternoon sprinkle or shower, and clouds and sun on saturday and a high of 74 and higher than that if the rain holds off and a shower or thunderstorm later in the day or evening and then the front is gone and so is the warm air. mid-50s monday and tuesday and mid-60s on wednesday. a little rain in the middle of next week. >> thank you david. apparently even drones become prey when flying in a tiger enclosure, this is incredible video from tiger showing siberian tigers chasing the drone until one of it successfully jumps up and rips it out of the sky. and then tear its apart. the park uses the drones to chase the tigers and keep them in top shape. we'll be right back.

"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >> hello again. a former school employee is arrested after charged with showing students inappropriate sexual images. we are live with the breaking details. and a chester county man's laptop burst into flames when

the battery inside caught fire and he was lucky he was not hurt. and questioning a recall by the battery maker. and trade news for the philadelphia 76ers, the latest happening with nerlins noel. and an employee in rosemont was recently fired and now charged by police. students came forward to say that this woman showed them video that was sexual in nature and that is not all. gray hall is live with the latest. >> reporter: as you know this suspect is facing real serious charges, police tell us they learned about the disturbing allegations february 9th from a child abuse report we want to show you the picture of the suspect, identified as 35-year-old may yeah johnson of philadelphia and a staff member at childrens village for children with emoti