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

had complete confidence in sessions and sessions probably should not recuse himself. >> david muir will have much more on the sessions announcement at 7:30 tonight. and a crash injured 12 people, officials tell "action news" that the septa bus collided with the city water truck at 4:30 at 13th and allegheny. 11 people from the bus and one person from the water department was taken to einstein and temple university hospitals. hundreds of people turned out to make their stand against hate today. that in the wake of the resencrimes and threats aimed at the jewish community. live on independence mall is "action news" reporter gray hall. >> well, we can tell you this rally lasted a little over an hour. it was about more than a show of support it was meant to demonstrate a message. >> when you target someone,

because of what they look like, or who they love, or who they pray to, no matter who is being targeted we are all less safe. >> a strong show of support from state leaders and hundreds of others at this stand against hate rally at independence mall. an open intration to show support with one solid voice against hate. in recent response to the recent hate crimes against the jewish community. this heart breaking image is seared in the minds of families after hundreds of tombstones were toppled over at the mt. carmel cemetery. and after bomb threats were made to jewish community center here in pennsylvania and new jerseyth delaware. >> i have called on the united states department of justice to investigate these cowardly acts. >> today's rally saw people of

all religions and backgrounds with signs in hand uniting their voices and sending a message to those that could spread hate. >> we will not be made to feel fearful and here to rise in solidity. >> and the says creation of synagogues be schools is a desecration of what it means to be american and an attack on what it means for all of us to be truly human. >> back out live a huge sheriff's office of support today. mayor jim kenney in attendance and told the crowd today we are all part of the jewish community and all part of the human race. live along independence mall gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >> police have arrested a 17-year-old for an attack on a 73-year-old woman they found the victim over the weekend four days after choked unconscious

and tied up and locked in a closet in her home. the suspect escaped from the devereux menal facility and walked to creek road and police were able to catch the attacker after he used the woman's credit cards and the vehicle tim is recovering. upper dublin police say that dozens of cases are tainted that after a detectivive stole evidence. police noticed irregularities and ask the da to investigation. more than $7,000 and a variety of pills and money went missing. that gummer stole the money for a drug addiction. he committed suicide in september. and the da's office is notifying cases with the missing evident. and a fire in lower moreland

this morning, the power lines run along septa's regional rail line and the agency says that bamboo grew into the wires and that sparked the blaze and homes near the fire was spared and the whipping winds toppled a tree. and tom foley was sleeping in his bed when the tree came through the roof. he suffered only minor cuts. >> and crews worked until the early morning hours. to restore power to homes and businesses after an underground electrical fire in berks county. flames shot out of manholes at cherry and south sixth street last night. people were evacuated from their homes because of high levels of carbon monoxide. and more people quit their jobs in the wake of the takeover at smyrna correctional facility.

in all 25 have quit or submit the paperwork for retirement. and the department of corrections says it graduates new officers from training every six weeks. philadelphia mayor, jim kenney presented his budget for fiscal year 2018 today and he did that to city council. vernon odom has the details. >> the police department budget continues their commitment to keeping crime low and increasing accountability. >> and says there is enough revenue coming in to continue modernizing the police force. >> it will me impvement to high need districts and getting body cameras. >> the mayor presented his $4.4 billion spending plan says no new taxes are needed to balance it out. despite millions needed for street repaving and neighborhood

redevelopment and drug addiction treatment. and the mayor trumpeted the money coming in from the beverage tax and and we are in a period of uncertainty clearing talking about washington and harris burke. >> we don't foe what is coming out of washington and harrisburg, every day it's something different and not good. >> they focused on the sunny side of things here in early march. >> we'll go through the process and you can see by the sponthat people are comfortable to a large degree. >> and the fact that there is not going to be tax increases -- repeatedly the last ten-years phenomenal. >> the city council has three months to comb through the fine details to see if there is anything to change in the spending plan or just tweak in line with their own political self interest.

i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." good business news here. accolade incorporated plans to expand their head quarters creating hundreds of jobs. governor wolf toured the company in plymouth meeting and will create 200 new jobs no thousands attending a job fair in wilmington with the opportunity to work on a new housing and retail project. the developers of the residences at midtown are hiring workers for the upcoming construction. and looking to fill carpenters, plum bers and electricians. >> the university of delaware's new dairy creamery will open the first off campus location off 18th market street. along with ice-cream items produced by the college of agriculture and natural resources will be available to

it will be open next month. >> the 800 block of north market street in wilmington, delaware -- >> coming up on "action news" the flyers have to overcome one tough opponent that would be themselves to make the playoffs. what the team needs to do. i'm nydia han, ever pass a panhandler and feel conflicted. want to give but don't think your money will be spent wisely. a new plan in philadelphia coming up. the winter is making a come back after today's high wind. crashing temperatures for the weekend. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight.

there is now a way for individuals citizens to help homeless people meet their urgent needs. and it's a street app. >> it's hard because people automatically assume when are you homeless you did something wrong. >> jd smith is homeless for five years. >> they automatically assume the worst or you are a little bit slow. >> now a way to give to jd and you will know it will pay for items he really needs. from an app called street change. >> it shows my picture and situation and explain my story and they can make donations online.

>> what jd is holding is a blue tooth beacon. homeless that register keep it with them at all times. >> i think it's cool. >> it's important to have? >> backpacks mostly, and socks. have you to change them daily. >> workers at the mental health association register the homeless and help to put their wish list online. everything from socks to wawa gift cards. >> and it doesn't just help with the short-term needs but the potential to help with the long-term goaled as well. in order to pick up their items they have to go to a donation center, called a new life. >> they can connect with services they offer there. they can connect with housing resources and connect with gegt entitlements. >> the app is the brain child of siegel, and dan is a researcher at the university of pennsylvania. >> you open up the process a

little bit and over the last week we have been getting agreements from providers from all over the country, trying to bring street change to them. >> for more information on the street change app go to 6abc.com. i'm nydia han channel 6 "action news." tonight on "action news" at 11:00, a member of our "action news" family shares her personal, very personal and very painful journey into the world of cancer. a few months ago investigative reporter wendy saltzman was diagnosed with breast cancer a phone call that turned her life upside down and now just days awayjuundergoing the traumatic surgery she wants to share her struggle. >> i healthy and eat fairly well and workout and waiting for the

phone call it did not hit me i could have cancer. >> wendy sits down with brian taff on "action news" at 11:00.

flyers on home ice and every game is critical. they are taking on the panthers and every game is critical for a playoff spot. if the flyers can take care of their own business they will make the playoffs if not -- >> the flyers believe they will make the playoffs and they did so last year way strong finish and now a similar spot. with 20 games left including tonight against florida they can get within 2 points of a wild card spot. >> we understand that it won't be easy and we have to put together consistent hockey. and not worrying about what other guys are doing. and not getting frustrated with

one another. while he scored own 7 goals he is an experienced play maker and won the stanley cup in 2008. >> doing my best to help. a lot of teams are in the same spot trying to find a way to get to the playoffs and mopefully we can do it. >> he believes the flyers can make the playoffs that is why he waived the no trade clause, because he heard good things about this team. >> i'm sure that i'll be a little bit nervous but hopefully in a good way. i'm definitely excited now. >> the flyers can't afford to play nervous and jake voracek says that every game is a must win. to basketball. sixers forward is named the eastern conference rocky of the month and the sixer took this

honor every month this season. phillies and blue jays. nola gets the start and two inninging one hit. and no runs. and they played to an 8-8 tie and nola that was his first start in eight months. >> to get into the game situation again and play in games that matter. not just batting practice or bullpen, overall it felt really good. next thursday, nfl teams can begin signing free agents just how active will the eagles be we'll have to wait and see. there are reports that the birds are eyeing brandon cook, caught 17 touchdown passes over the past two seasons and last season cooks had 14 receptions that were 45 yards or longer. >> vinny curry went back to

school. at elaine lock elementary school in philadelphia and he spoke to the students about said case and positive decision making and avoiding high risk behavior. he is a big man hopefully his message was heard loud and clear. >> thank you ducis. students huddled over chess boards this after non-vying for a trip to nashville. this was the asap chess finals in center city philadelphia. teams are competing in by weekly tournaments leading unto this event. and then to super nationals in nashville in may. hi

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ferocious winds in the tri-state area. >> yes, and they have died down a little bit. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we are dry out there. but the action cam taking a look at the uss new jersey and you'll notice it's blue skies, it's sunshine is back but if you look at the water on the delaware you can see white caps and that is because of the winds. wicked winds today. philadelphia reporting a peak wind gust of 51 miles per hour and lancaster 64 and new town square 54 and tucker ton 58 miles per hour wind gusts, these were all in the morning and the wins have diminished since then and now the winds help to deliver the cold air and a weak disturbance riding on the winds, bringing us a chance of snow showers tomorrow and before you head to the grocery stores and

stock up and now it's a minor event and mainly in the afternoon the ground is above freezing, with temperatures in the 70s, we could get a grassy coating in some areas and the roads will just be wet and not cause problems, a reminder from mother nature that it's winter. 33 in allentown and 35 in trenton and 37 in atlantic city and the same in wilmington and satellite 6 along with action radar showing we are clear right now. the disturb an is across the ohio valley and that brings us snow showers tomorrow and tonight a cold night, career skies and diminishing wins and overnight low 31 in philadelphia and 25 in allentown and 26 in reading and lancaster and 33 in atlantic city. and tomorrow we start the day with a good amount of sunshine. temperatures struggling to hit 40 degrees, which is 8 degrees below normal.

a bit on it's breezy side but not as windy as today. we have snow showers breaking out in the far western counties and moving through philadelphia at 4:00 and off the coast at 6:00, a quick hit and not everyone will see the snow showers and again they will not be sticking, again this helps the jet stream take a bit of a dip. temperatures 10 to 15 degrees below average and well below average. and this is great news for the ski resorts, they are making snow tonight and tomorrow night. bundle up if you head there. 4 degrees and a windchill around 10, and sunshine and less wind on sunday and temperatures climb above freezing and soft snow on sunday with a high of 35, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow we wake up with the sunshine it's cold and temperatures below freezing and it stays cold with a high of only 35 degrees and a few

scattered snow showers in the afternoon and overnight low down to 23 degrees and many areas dropping into the teens on saturday morning and saturday the winds come back. 36 degrees and we'll have wind gusts 30 to 35 miles per hour. a few areas could touch 30 miles per hour and that 36 will feel more like 25 with the windchills. on sunday it remains cold but not quite as intense. and 41 degrees and increasing clouds and temperatures make a quick rebound on monday and 35 degrees and increasing clouds and tuesday breezy and warm and a high in the upper 60s and some areas could touch 70 and a possibility of some rain snow showers on tuesday into wednesday morning and then sunshine by the afternoon and 66 and thursday it's sunny and cooler and above normal at 52. feeling like winter this weekend but a big change next week. >> thank you. finally tonight several men

in uniform drop by an elementary school for a special presentation, students at overbrook elementary were treated to a book reading by local police and firefighters, the one school one book fram is an initiative to encourage reading at home. it's part of the read across america event held on dr. seuss's birthday. david muir is next on channel 6. with brian taff, sharrie williams and ducis rogers. and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. >> for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team. i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us at 11:00.

tonight, several breaking stories. president trump's attorney general, jeff sessions under fire. recusing himself from any investigations linked to the trump campaign, denying reports he lied at his senate confirmation hearing about having contact with the russian ambassador twice before the election. tonight, explaining his two meetings with the russian ambassador. the fighter jets buzzing the american destroyer. uss porter. what the pentagon is saying. the deadly chase. the disturbing video now emerging. the teen pulled from his pickup truck, deputies tasing him, and the deputy with his knee on the young man's neck. why did they meet before cpr? he did not survive. the damaging winds, and ice-covered highwa