he trump campaign -- >> thursday night and the big story is breaking news from washington. attorney general, jeff sessions says he will recuse himself from a federal investigation into russia's possible interference with the 2016 presidential election. this comes after revelations that then senatorsions had twice spoken with a russian diplomat during the race for president. >> that sparks calls from both democrats or republicans to step aside or step down we conversations and the allegations lobbied against him. >> i never had meetings with russian operatives or mediates with the trump campaign and the idea that was part of a quote continuing exchange of information during the campaign between trump surrogates and intermediates is totally false. --

>> back here the roller coaster weather continues in the delaware valley. and we are getting ready for a taste of winter tomorrow. >> how about overnight and all day, the wind picked up in our area and made for problems in delaware county e a gucht knock and the video is from michigan where the snow showers make for a snowy march day there. it's a bit of a preview of what is headed our way. e team coverage sara bloomquist will have more on the windy weather coming up in a moment. but first meteorologist, cecily tynan, is tracking the chance of snow for our > it making a come back and sticking around for the weekend and mtracker 6 live double scan showing snow showers making their way into ohio and some may move in here tomorrow afternoon. but today all about the cold air and the gusty winds. our peak wind gust this morning, 51 miles per hour in philadelphia and lancaster reporting a wind gust of 64

miles per hour and newtown square 57 and mcguire 52 and tuckerton 58 miles per hour win gust and with ds pulling down the cool air and the windchill feels like 38 what a difference temperatures below normal for a change and next week a big warm-up. i'll have details on that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. >> the wind did cause problems around our area for some it was a nuisance and for others it felt like a big mess. sara bloomquist continue ours team coverage in center city at 20th and market. hi sara. >> hi monica we have win guts through the canyons of center city this afternoon.

and with the wind really whipping through the high rises and the temperatures definitely dipped today. it is feeling much much chillier. just a nuisance for people out and about. and elsewhere the wind caused more serious problems. >> in center city the wind was brisk and the flags plut ss fluttered and the wind whipped around their hair. >> good day for a hat. >> last time i wore a hat was 1953, weather don't bother me. >> it may not bother him but there were other problems. >> this was a fire that broke out. it sparked the flames. >> i saw a flame, and called 911. >> chuck mcdade and his family were forced to evacuate their

home at red lion and dale. and the line was suspended for an hour and all the homes were spared. >> when it went up initially i thought we were in trouble. >> gusted sent tree branches flying through a bedroom window. >> and the tree came from over on this side of the house, and it came over the top of the house and whipped over and came through this window. where i was laying. >> he was treated at the scene for cuts to the head and body. >> luckily foley's wife fell asleep on the downstairs sofa and as predicted by the meteorologist he felt the wind beginning to subside. more comfortable this hour to be out and about. >> sara thank you. >> in other news today dozens of

people rallied to expan sanctuary in philadelphia and those that face deportation. >> the defy trump and defend philly rally happened this afternoon. it's in response to president trump's immigration policies and called for an end to stop and frisk as well as other policies that they say profile minorities. and mayor jim kenney laid out his fiscal plans, including spending $4.4 billion. and vernon odom is live now with more on that plan. >> with no apparent financial crisis on the horizon here at the city tall. it was generally well received by the council members unlike his predecessors mayor kenney remains good relations with the

fourth floor of city hall. when the mayor comes in and said no new taxes there is surplus money with police care and firefighters equipment and infrastructure needed all over town. the mayor had all the goodies and more in his $4.4 billion spending plan introduced today. >> the wage tax is at the lowest levels since the 1970s and small businesses no longer pay -- enacted by the very council. >> only a few discouraging words from city council members could be heard on this sunny day. >> the bunt is a mystery so far because we have such an unforeseen circumstance as the mayor pointed out. >> you are talking about washington? >> yes and harrisburg. >> no new taxes and a lot of dedication to job creation and

getting the city moving again. >> am pleased with some investments around poverty and helping our folks whether it's the land bank investments or affordable housing or the investments around opioid addiction and housing. >> rick the council deadline for passing this new budget is may 31st. i'm vernon odom channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. the action cam was in camden don't where new jersey governor chris christie helped to open a new facility. for addiction. it vows to provide treatment for anyone affected by addition and christie laid out a plan to fight addiction in new jersey. time for a check of the "action news" traffic report thursday night. lets go to matt pellman.

>> 95 southbound side approaching the walt whitman bridge to the girard point bridge, it's sun glare and also an early truck accident southbound on the girard point double decker bridge. crash on 95 northbound at academy is gone as is the crash on the southbound boulevard at adams but now a crash and a broken down vehicle on the kelly drive near fountain green, and one inbound and one outbound. and the crash in havertown at westchester pike at eagle road. couple downed trees in delco, one blocking a portion of new town road and i would use 320 instead and 40 miles per hour because of the high winds at the delaware memorial bridge and in mercer county an eastbound parking lot with single digit speeds because of a crash at 130. we'll check it again in the next half ahead on "action news" at 5:00 tonight.

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. health check tonight march is colon cancer awareness month and there are new questions about when the best time to start screening. ali gorman joins us at the big board with the details. >> we see more cases in younger people in the 30s and 40s and screenings for most people starts at age 50 and the jump in

cases could be due to higher cases of obesity and an inherited condition could play a bigger role. it's called lynch syndrome it prevents the body from repairing damaged dna and increases the risk of colon cancer in young adults. now hospitals in ohio banded together to test colon rectal patients and their families. and they found more than 200 cases among 3,000 people tested and the volunteers get genetic counseling and screenings. >> it's important to find out young so you can start the screenings at the right age and do them at the right frequency and we can prevent these individuals from getting cancer in the first place and they have a higher risk of stomach and uterine cancer. also today for kids under 7 bet wetting is fairly common

it's a medical condition where the brain isn't communicating with the bladder at night. pediatricians say ta drinking earlier can prevent it and avoid things to irrit artificial colors dyes. and hearing loss expected 0 years and not just older it will double at 2016. and young and middle agess will me growing proportion, doctors say that loud music from concerts and ear phones are the cause but big city noise is also to blame. >> and some of the things that you can do to protect your ng always wear ear protection around ld et includes at home if blown volume on your phone or ltening to music. no m out car. >> what? i'm sorry? > can > the bank of delaware got asupply of blood

today the penn hospitalod drive and students and members of the community were welcome to donate. professional scientists were on hand to judge the work of students at powellton, they took place at the fair at the belmont charter school. the group works to inspire middle school students explore science technology and mathematics fields known as stem. and the first worth to be secretary of state shared her wisdom today with students in center city. madeleine albright cohosted a discussion on the middle east at the frank ininstitute and was joined by steven hadley. all bright and hadley are part of a task for looking for ways to conflict in the middle e how about that. delaware governor john carnie having fun today while sharing his love of reading with

students in newcastle. he read to the class at ele well there is a new way to hono of rock presley's graceland compound. his wife priscilla was there to open the complex, it showcases 20 of the king' vehicles and a new exhibit taking fans through his career from mississippi to hollywood. there are tours for the rest of the year into and a british airways flight was delayed for four hours until crews were confident that there were only humans on board. passengers were buckled up waiting for the flight to san francisco when someone spot aid mouse and they cannot take off until they found the mouse. >> i think we made a joke that the mouse could not enter u.s. air space without a passport but in general it makes sense i would not want to eat food on a plane with a mouse.

>> the plane departed four hours later on a different plane. >> maybe it's headed to disney world. >> maybe it's a british mouse. coming up tonight on 6 abc, the docudrama when we rise continues it explores it's 9:during the aids crisis and the former president delicious's don't ask don't tell policy. and 1997 as a number of lgbt rights organizes begin to grow in the u.s. the series creator justin black says that he hopes by looking into the past can inspire action in the future. >> you learn that history is not a straight line it's a pendulum think it rises and then swings back and we have to push it forward again.

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shares of snap opened at $24 each and a 70% jump from the initial issue price, the company sold 200 million shares to raise $3 billion. the biggest since alibaba in 2014. the fresh owe grocer held the grand opening in the winfields height section, the supermarket offers fresh, organic and kosher foods as well as beer and wine. it will create more than 200 jobs. love is in the air and that mean a bit of bad news for drivers part of river road will be closed overnight for the next few weeks and drivers don't squash these little guys look closely salamanders and frogs and spring peepers on the way to breed. >> that is where they spend the

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time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. and cecily tynan has the forecast and back to reality for us tomorrow. >> it's feeling like winter and looking like spring. the action cam taking a photo in havertown in pennsylvania, the crocus has started blooming they started blooming last month. the reason why it was so darn warm this winter. meteorological winter december january and february. the average temperature 40.5 degrees 5 degrees above formal making it the sixth warmest on record but wilmington and atlantic city tied for the third warmest winter on record. but now we with are cooling down. the windchill feels like 38

degree in philadelphia and a big change from yesterday when we had temperatures in the 70s and now there is a chance of snow showers moving in tomorrow. if you look to the midwest some snow showers moving across it's not even a clipper just a weak disturbance and what this will do is roll to the east during the day tomorrow and that could bring a few snow showers and of course the ground is so warm they should be melting as they hit but a reminder that spring is not officially here yet. tonight clear and cold but the winds continue ease and 21 in wilmington and trenton 28 degrees. and future tracker 6 showing 8:00 tomorrow good f sunshine and clouds across south jersey as we head into the afternoon this is when we can get some scattered snow showers. again, not everyone will see them. it's an afternoon event but with

the ground above freezing it will be melting on the roads and perhaps a grassy coating in areas but shouldn't cause problems, the bet kind of snow that melts. the five-day at 5:00 showing scattered afternoon snow showers, a cold day with the high of 45 degrees, behind this system. it gets colder on saturday. we'll be dealing with wind gusts, 30 to 35 miles per hour windchills below freezing and the winds ease and increasing clouds, by montemperatures back up above normal and tuesday near 70 degrees with the possibility of showers, not snow showers but rain showers, and cooler weather returns behind that is system. but winter is sticking around for the next three daysdays. >> looking forward to tuesday.

"action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph jaime apody rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again. here is what is happening on "action news" thursday night. developing news from washington. where late this afternoon attorney general, jeff sessions announced he will recuse himself

from any investigation into the presidential campaign. we are live from washington with the latest. and they are called zombie homes houses abandoned in the recession and now neighborhood eye sores and one group is coming forward to fix them up. >> and a big honor for former president barack obama, we'll tell you what award he will receive later this year. >> and we begin with the developing news where attorney general jeff sessions announces he will recuse himself from existing and future investigations into the campaign. after he did in fact communicate with the russian ambassador during the campaign. >> reporter: hi there. his recusing himself from any investigation is not an admission of wrong doing and the president said that he completely stood by him and doesn't feel like he even needed to recuse himself but also that he was not aware of the meetings

with the russian diplomat. >> i have recused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. >> but democrats feel like that is not enough. >> gave false testimony. >> democratic lawmakers gathered and demanded that attorney jeff sessions resigned that he met twice with the russian ambassador during the 2016 campaign. >> sessions says that his meetings were not as a trump campaign official and were appropriate as a senator. but democrats say that is not the issue. >> there is nothing inappropriate with the senate meeting with the russian ambassador, but inappropriate to dramatically mislead congress. >> here is sessions under only in his own words. >> if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the

russian government during the course of the campaign what will you do? >> senator franken i'm not aware of any of those activities, i have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and i did not have communications with the russians. and i am unable to comment on it. >> sessions says he answered honestly on that. >> let me be clearly never had meetings with russian operatives about the trump campaign. >> reporter: and we know that one of those meetings a one-on-one that took place in sessions senator office took place on september 8 and,nber 7th the day before making national and international headlines after comments that vladimir putin the russian presetter leader than president obama. lana zach channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. u.s. forces carried out more

than 28 air strikes again al qaeda in yemen to killing a seven a it targeted al itions and weapons in the remost area of the country and aimed at disrupting the ability to coordinate the terror attacks and it struck in six districts and sent residents fleeing in fear. trump's cabinet had -- former governor rick perry. serving as energy secretary and perry who once pledged to eliminate the department has now promised to be an advocate for the department and protect the nuclear stockpile. and ben carson was confirmed today he will serve as the urban and development head. and he is the 17th and 18th member of trump's cabinet. the new interior sent shows how to make an entrance he rode

to his first day at work on a horse named ton toe, wearing a cowboy hat and squeen jeans. he ref said a police escort. he will oversee the 5 million acres of public land including 59 national parks. a rare solo appearance today by first lady melania trump, she visited patients at the new york pred tearan hospital and shook their hands and talked to some of them. she visited with patients here in the past and after meeting with the children she read them a dr. seuss book for reading across america day. >> and today's developments at the white house and the growing controversy over the administration's contact with russia that starts at 6:30 tonight right after "action news" at 6:00. and a unique new program is underway in collingswood new jersey to fix up houses once

abandoned during the re session, they are eye sores and causing concern for the property values new jersey correspondent nora muchanic with the story. >> they are called zombie houses and rundown creepy looking homes that are slowlyrating after owners walk add way after owners walked away unable to pay the mortgage. and amy lives across from one of those houses. >> look at it. if we want to sell our house, they come and look at it there have been animals in there and a hole in floor. just a scary house. the first of a dozen houses that the borough is able to take control of and renovations are now underway. >> under a court order we are able to come on the property we don't own and do the renovations and then another court order will allow us to sell the

property. >> the work is done by the nonprofit sane joseph's carpenter society. >> it's important that we rebuild our existing homes and bring families back to them and rather than always going out and building something new. >> collingswood borrowed money to rehab the zombie houses and will pay it back when they sell them. and they are excited about fixing up these houses and bringing down property values in the neighborhood. >> every year you see is depreciate more and more and and that is sad people try hard to keep their homes nice. >> and they are working on houses in other towns, like gloucester and pennsauken and this first house should be ready by summer. >> anything is better than what you are looking at right now. police in delaware have arrested a man that they say is

committing lewd acts around the university of delaware campus and they arrested maxwell today accused of exposing himself early in the morning. he was taken into custody and released on bail. a popular exhibit that explores the life in the roaring 20s is returning to the constitution center. it will reopen to the public tomorrow march 3rd and runs through july 16 and, the 5,000 square foot exhibit debuted at the 2012 opening and ran through april 2013 it brings to life the era of flappers bootleggers and real life legends like al capone. time for a check of the highways on a thursday night. matt pellman is live in the traffic center. >> we are flapping in the wind and that is leaving debris on the roadways for the afternoon drive home and on the schuylkill, we are left with presentee of volume in both

directions on the conshohocken curve, on the eastbound side it should be 14 miles per hour. and as you try to get into the flyers game tonight. if you think about taking the kelly drive i'm not sure that i would. near fountain green there is an accident and broken down vehicle. the left lane is blocked and a crash in north philadelphia at 13th and allegheny. and meanwhile a crash in west goshen by the westchester diner at route 3, that is the process of clearing out and a southbound accident at route 1 taking out the right lane at creek road. and up north at the northeast extension at the lehigh tunney an accident taking out a lane there. and a crash and vehicle fire along neshaminy boulevard. and across the river coming out of trenton single digit speeds at 195 eastbound. rick and monica i'm gone have a good night. >> see you tomorrow thank you. well today central high

school celebrated international day students performed dances and songs of their own kults cultures and got to taste food from around the world. and this helps students celebrate the diversity of their school and of the city. >> more to come on tonight she has been in the country since she was 7 years old and a so-called dreamer is facing deportation, just hours after speak ago the a rally. >> and president obama is expected to receive an award that only two presidents before him have been given. >> winds howl and bringing the windchills back down into the 30s and we are talking about temperatures in the teens over the weekend. and also some snow showers and we'll talk about the changes in accuweather. >> okay adam. plus the flyers hit the ice the new forward and jeff skversky as sports.

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an undocumented woman brought to the united states as a little girl is at the center of president obama's crack down hours after she spoke out about the president's policies she was picked up by federal agents

danielle vargus has been in the country since 7 years old and was pulled over on a road in mississippi justrs after speaking at a rally. ice officials deny it's related to her speech and could be deported as soon as this week. former president, barack obama is named the courage nominee by the john f. kennedy foundation, they are recognizing obama for the push for climate change and gerald ford and george h.w. bush also won the award. and high schoolers in burlington township knowledge got a first hand glimpse at workers today. from oceanographers to police officers and more.here were workshops for the

students to help them with interview skills and w resumes it was by project path pursuing adulthood through high school. time for sports and jeff is here and the flyers are hoping to shake things up way new player tonight. >> if they can get within two pointser the playoff spot a must win for the flyers going forward. with only 20 games to go and 4 points out of playoffs. he will approach every game with the mind set it's the biggest game of the year. and a new line mate from florida. he will make his debut centering it's second line with brayden schenn and he waived theuse and he says he would love it here. >> i'm sure he will be nervous butn away. i'm deaf nightly excited and looking forward to the .

>> steve mason gets the start but his stay in philadelphia could be coming to an end. he will be a free agent and they have not talked about an extension while giving michael one yesterday. get the team in the playoffoffs and have a a snd come we'll see what happens. but it doesn't change anything for me and doesn't make me bitter or anything like that. >> looking t free u moneydaniel. he is drawing interest from around the nfl. and getting quarterback a receiver, the eagles have talked to new orleans about trying to trade for brandon cooks accord according to espn he had 8 touch downs last year the eagles need a viable deep threatrove their roster. >> that is the process we are in. free agency starts here in about a week and then building to the draft, and then we continue to

add that depth and add that talent at ever spot. it's a process. and missing last season with an elbow injury he feels good for his first sta months and it's a nola making the debut against toronto. and he goes two innings and doesn't allow a run. and tommy joseph and freddy galvis drive in 2 and they finish an 8-8 tie. >> a sixer has won every month so far the rookih. and he calls it unacceptable. jahlil okafor the lack of hustle is a big deal. okafor standing around no handup and no rebound attempt. >> he is young and i think people just have a hard time understanding really how young

he is. you saw offensive brillians, there was amazing type of individual moves and other times you realize he has a long way to go defensively. >> hop little bit better friday when they return against the knicks. >> thank you. still to come on "action news" thursday night a special appearance by the cat and the hat on this day dedicated to reading and parts of our area could see snow tomorrow. stepping outside right now sky 6 hd showing you center city of course. adam joseph with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast next. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get our best offer of the year. 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month for the first year with a two-year agreement. plus get hbo for a year and free multi-room dvr service for two years. go to getfios.com or call 1.888.get.fios

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wilmington and millville and 41 in dover. as we look at satellite and radar, the wins coming in out of the cold direction from the great lakes and the ohio valley and western pennsylvania they are seeing the snow showers right now again it's not a storm just a little bit of energy that rolls through the atmosphere and passes by here tomorrow afternoon. so for tonight it's quiet and clear and cold and not as windy and the wins pull back between 7 and 14 miles per hour and 25 in the suburbs and below freezing in the city when we wake up tomorrow morning. then to close out the work and school week march 3rd the high is 40 degrees around the lunch time hour or an hour or so after and a mixture of sun and clouds and we see the snow showers passing by just to remind us that it is march. and still technically winter on the calendar and at 2:00 in the afternoon a decent amount of sunshine we have bright sun and dark clouds rolling in with a

quick little snow shower and a brief snow squall and the sun comes back out after and this is 4:30 in the afternoon it could happen traveling home from work and they pass by and by 6:00 they are drying out and the sky is turning clear. so tomorrow we take a brief dip here and that lasts through the weekend and the jet stream going down to the south, temperatures 10 to 15 degrees below average and as we look at the overnight lows, we typically sit in philadelphia at 31 degrees. friday we go down to 23 during the overnight hours, on saturdaing, 18 in center city and colder than that waking up in the suburbs on sunday morning. the exclusive accuwther seven-day foowers tos down briefly heavy enough it could coat the grass but roads would just stay wet and melt right away because the ground is so warm now. on saturday and 36 degrees and sta cold on sunday 41.

and then we t up the thermostat monday 55 and late showers on tuesday and a really warm day, back to 70 and staying in the 60s on wednesday. with morning showers to afternoon sun and not bad thursday, cooler and 52 degrees, not too shabby for this time of year. >> well we now know what caused the massive internet slow down this week. fat fingers apparently amazon says an incorrectly typed command slows it down for users of the company's web services division and a full restart was needed that took a lot longer than expected. they host numerous websites from netflix to redditt and they make changes to make sure the human error won't happen again. still to come on "action news" a day dedicated to the wisdom of dr. seuss.

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dr. seuss fans were loving it mercer academy held their reading today. for the man tha books, dr. seuss wrote 50 childrens books including the cat and the hat and all the places you can go. the cat and the hat himself made a surprise appearance. that is hard to say -- >> just read the book. it comes naturally. right now coming up next at 6:00. breaking news from washington where attorney general, jeff sessions just recused himself from the investigation involving russia and the president of the united states and the

demonstrators take a stand against hate in the jewish community. and a mobile app could transform how people interact and help the homeless. for jeff skversky and jaime apody and cecily tynan have a great night.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. it is thursday night and the big story on "action news" is breaking news from the nation's capital. the attorney general of the

united states jeff sessions has recused himself from any investigation into russian interference with the presidential election or alleged can't with the trump campaign. that means sessions will not be privy to any information from the fbi or elsewhere. and will have no say over how his own department conducts or participates in such an investigation. sessions came out shortly after 4:00 this afternoon in the wake of dozens of calls by democrats and republicans alike. that he separate himself from such an investigation. >> i have now decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of of any matter relating in any way to the campaign for president of the united states. >> many democrats have in fact called for sessions to resign after the "washington post" reported last night that sessions met twice with russian ambassador to the united states

before saying at his confirmation hearing that he had not. president trump who toured the gerald r. ford museum said he