philadelphia. police were dispatched to the scene top assist in a child custody case. they ended up in an ugly confrontation with a dog. ugly for the cops, deadly for the canine. wednesday night the big story is dog bites cop, cop shoots dog. live at south detectives is "action news" reporter dann cuellar. dan, you have the full story. >> that's right, jim. police have been conducting interviews with witnesses on the attack of the officer. >> they were a priority back up to dhs in reference to placing two children in dhs care. >> it happened when dhs workers went to the home to take two children into care. the woman was staying there

temporarily. in the home was a german shepherd named storm. they wanted the dog to be secure. >> they secured the dog in the basement but it broke loose, bit the officer in the leg and the officer was able to discharge and the dog expired. >> the officer was taken to penn presbyterian for a dog bite to the leg. the owner was not home at the time. >> he said he attacked the officer. >> of course they are going to say that. they seen her coming and shot her. >> the owner says storm is a two-year-old german shepherd she got for protection because she lives alone. >> has she ever attacked anyone? >> she bit the kid next door on the leg but she's not vicious. >> the officer involved shooting is under investigation. >> any discharge there is a shooting team to investigate any

discharge. >> at last word the 12th district officer was in stable condition at penn presbyterian. the two children being sought are now in dhs protective custody. i'm dann cuellar, "action news." >> thank you, dan. philadelphia homicide detectives are on the hunt for a gunman that murdered a man execution style. the victim was shot four times in the back of the head. it happened just before 7:00 in the west kensington sects of the city. authorities are not sure of the motivate. >motive. >> police say a five-year-old boy was struck and killed by a pick up this afternoon where the little boy lived with his parents and four siblings. the driv driver of the pick up t

because witnesses were attacking his pick up. he drove somewhere safe and called 911. a rash of robberies today in the northeast, three businesses were hit within a period of 45 minutes. christie ileto is live at northeast detectives, do lawmen have clues on this tonight? >> jim, they are looking at surveillance video to identify the individual. police say he has a pattern. he goes to the businesses unarmed and slips a note demanding money. >> a flash. >> will wasn't sure what he saw until he and his coworkers stepped outside. >> the lady's screaming. >> a brazen robber robbed a dollar store two door down from her job. >> he was dressed in all black. taylor schwartz witnessed

something similar. the suspect struck a bank and then pcs on welsh road. police were chasing him one store to the next. it rarely happens like that especially commercial robberies. >> the suspect darted away with undisclosed amounts of cash. police believe a dye pack may help find the suspect. >> there should be dye all over his hands. it stains you. >> witnesses are trying to make sense of the petty lawlessness happening steps away. >> ten minutes later i got a tex that said the bank just got robbed. >> crazy. >> police are looking into whether the suspect hit a cvs the night before.

anyone with information is asked to contact detectives. christie ileto, "action news," wphl-17. >> they are calling it trump care or ryan care and it's facing serious opposition. house speaker paul ryan continued to say he has no doubt that the new healthcare plan will pass because we are going to keep our promises to repeal and replace obama care. conservatives in congress are already rebelling insisting that the tax credits are too expensive and the phase out of medicaid expansion is too slow. then there's the american medical organization just one organization to come out against the plan citing the expected decline in health insurance coverage and potential harm it would cause to vulnerable patient populations. early estimates are 10,000,000 americans covered by obama care

could lose their coverage under the plan. this is a leak from the white house official but word is john huntsman has been offered the job as ambassador to russia and has accepted. he served ambassador to china under barack obama. the russia job is a sensitive post and more so now amid investigations into contacts between russia and the trump campaign. all kinds of reaction to yesterday's wikileak release of cia hacking documents describing the cia hacking using televisiontelevisions to spy. they should americans should be deeply upset by disclosures. president trump said, i love

wikileaks. today spicer said this should have everyone outraged. >> today was international women's day. tens of thousands marked it with protests from washington d.c. to san francisco, even argentina and kosovo, women were out in force taking part in an organized protest called a day without a woman. women were encouraged to take the day off to demonstrate economic impact. >> one little girl celebrated women. this little girl is confident and unafraid. state street global advisers paid to install the sculpture to make a point about the lack of women onboards of america's biggest companies. >> here in philadelphia, several hundred demonstrators marched logan square to city hall.

many took part in the women's march on washington in january and are determined to continue the momentum. for the fourth time police rushed to the center in delaware because of a bomb threat forcing the evacuation of the jcc this morning before 8:00, cleared and reopened 9:45. today the jcc sent a letter to attorney general jeff sessions insisting the government use all available resources to find the perpetrators after 120 similar threats across the country. they joined to stand against the recent wave of anti-semitic crimes. it was a collaboration of the eight jewish congregations in the ceremony but many faiths

joined them in support. in south jersey, police are investigating racist graffiti pointed opainted on a house ove. >> an outage that prevented at&t wireless customers from reaching 911 tonight has been resolved in the last half hour. bucks, montgomery and chester counties reported problems earlier in the night. the outages have been repaired the >> a family in dover, delaware is expressing its appreciation to the philadelphia police department and one officer in particular. he helped a mother and her son deal with a difficult situation. jeanette reyes has the story and the good deed. >> if there is one thing this

dover family knows first hand, it's that life is unpredictable, sometimes devastatingly so. >> he fell at school playing basketball, hit his head and passed out. that marked the beginning of a difficult journey. >> he has a tumor in his brain and he has six months to live. >> it was an inoperable brain tumor. tuesdays are dedicated to an 80-mile drive to the treatments. this year they were thrown another curve. >> i made it to the hospital. >> they barely made it to the hospital for thomas' treatment. that's where staff found out about the car trouble and with a couple of phone calls, made sure mother and son were taken care of. >> they contacted the philadelphia police department and asked if an officer would bring us home.

timothy mcnicholas answered the call. >> he often volunteers with kisses for kyle that assists families of children battling cancer. >> i offered to use my own vehicle, one because it's mine and two, i thought the young kid might like my jeep. >> they made the nearly two hour driver to dover. >> i wanted to help them out. they needed my help. >> i was happy he took us home. >> i hope he upsides what he did for our family means more than words could express. >> reporting in university city, jeanette reyes, "action news." >> still to come, a seven-year-old south jersey boy meets the 911 operator that answered the phone and helped save his mother's life. you will hear the call. >> pop quiz, is it cheaper to live in the city or suburbs?

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>> we are learning new information about yesterday's deadly crash between a train and tour bus in biloxi, mississippi. turns out this is the 17th time in four decades that a train has crashed into a vehicle at this

crossing. yesterday a tour bus carrying a group of senior citizens was hit by a freight train killing four people and injuring 35 others. >> the dmoiment deployment is cd to be temporary. >> a new jersey man is charged with sexual assaulting a girl he met on an online chat room for teenagers. he was arrested after police say he sent messages to a person he thought was an underaged girl. that person was an under cover agent. luciani assaulted a 14-year-old burkes county girl and there may be more victims.

pecot's effort to restore power in the wake of yesterday's storm has hit a snag. in an effort to reroute service in north philadelphia, a fault knocked another thousand people offline. they expect now not to restore power until sometime overnight. >> health check at 11:00, common hand sanitizer is sending thousands of children to the emergency room every year. between 2011 and 2014 there were 65,000 calls to poison control centers for children 12 and under exposed to alcohol based hand sanitizer. nearly all of those under five had swallowed some. experts urge parents to keep them out of the reach of children and rub their hands together until the sanitizer has

evaporated. it was a triumph between a seven-year-old and the 911 operator that saved his mother's life. rocco was at home when his mom suffered an asthma attack. rocco called 911 and they teamed up. >> 911, what is your emergency? >> my mom can't breathe again. >> the board presented rocco and stein with proclamations. rocco is more impressed with what the kid a kids at school ae saying. >> i'm the first seven-year-old on the news. >> he made my job a lot easier. officials say the rocco story

shows how important it is to have a plan for emergency. >> a new study by distill low zd care.com finds it costs more to live in the cities than suburbs, but in philadelphia, it's reverse. philadelphia has the most expensive suburbs in the count tr, the difference $13,895 a year based on parents with two children that own a home. most of the cost in this area is due to property taxes and mortgage payments, homes are typically 5,000 square feet larger and child care more expensive in the suburbs. that's how that works out. >> we are saving money on the heating bill. >> it's been toasty. >> that h that's going to changr

the city and suburbs. tonight, no rain out there. it's remarkably warm for this time of night in march. 57-degrees the high -- the current temperature in philadelphia, our high 64. that is well above the normal high of 50-degrees. allentown 52. wilmington 57. you notice the wind off the ocean, cape may, almost cool as the poconos, currently 47-degrees. we saw early morning showers. they cleared out as expected, high pressure building in. not a cloud in the sky tonight. tomorrow you wake up, step outside, bright sunshine, blue skies and temperatures not that harsh, 6:44, 8:00, 47. a few high thin clouds move in late in the day, we should make toyota the 60s, 63 in philadelphia, 13-degrees above normal, however, things change

dramatically on friday. we have a an arctic boundary moving in with a short piece of energy bringing snow and rain dropping to 42-degree, seven degrees below normal. this weekend will be colder than last weekend. future tracker is showing friday morning, not the amount of snow but the timing we are talking about. this causes problems for the morning commute, 6:00, from philadelphia areas to the north, across delaware filling in and breaking up. a quick hit of snow. 6:00, an expected snow map, kind of piedly. wilmington to trenton, a grassy coating. you have to get to the northern counties to see a coating to two inches on grassy surfaces.

lehigh valley has the best shot of seeing roads covered in snow. across the poconos, a shot of two inches of snow. it's a quick hitting system, wet snow mixing with rain. the ground is so warm, accumulation will be on the grassy surfaces. the big problem is reduced visibility for the morning commute. the forecast, 63-degrees tomorrow. friday, snow and rain in the morning hours, 42-degrees. look at the weekend, saturday, the high 33. these are windchills in the morning, single digits, eight below in the poconos, spring forward one hour, daylight savings time monday, 45, tuesday, 40 and watching for a coastal storm, 39 wednesday, sun and clouds and a high of 41. tuesday's storm loaded with potential, six days in advance,

that's all it has is potential. >> potential for what? >> heavy snow or rain, depending on track. it's potential. i'll keep you posted. we'll take them one at a time. >> all right. hundreds of high school musicians had their well deserved moment in the spotlight at the kimmel center. ♪ this performance is the annual all philadelphia high school musical festival, the concert a 60 year tradition was free and open to the public. ♪ ♪ we just moved into this house

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this is violet. she's been waiting for this moment for awhile. a moment other kids wouldn't think twice about. her first bowl of cheerios. because now that cheerios are gluten free, violet, and many others are enjoying their first bowl today. >> eagles fans on stand by. tomorrow could be fast and furious for the birds. >> or not. >> they have a lot of needs. there is some edge, not a big splash but they are expected to resign naji goode.

>> one name off the market, kenny stills. he's staying in miami not available. cowboy quarterback tony romo will hit the open market. they plan to release him after 13 seasons. the 36-year-old has thrown more interceptions against the eagles than any other team. giants will have beckham and marshall, a two year deal with the giants after the last two seasons with the jets. eagles look to upgrade the roster on the draft. today, temple pro day, linebacker hasan reddic among those showing off skills to scouts. he was once a upon a time a walk on from high school and now a possible first rounder. >> it's like my hard work has

been recognized. most of it a team. it's great to see that people think highly of me. >> do you believe in the boys? they did it last year? perhaps deja vu is in store for the flyers. flyers in toronto pac facing onf the teams they are chasing. they must win every game. >> every game, we have to win. >> flip the switch and page on to the next one. that's what we talked about all the way along here. good result or bad, you have to make a quick switch on to the next challenge. we are switching gears as well. still to come the phillies are in sunny. on the eve of

>> villanova heart and soul josh hartland big east player of the year, leading in conference points of the game leading finalist for player of the year. tomorrow at noon against fired up st. john's team. st. john's wins final seconds with the defense. nova knows they'll be tough tomorrow at noon. st. joe's fights back from being down 19, but they run out of time.

anderson with the steal, slam, st. joe's loses 70-63. end the season losing 10 of 11. >> phillies against the braves in sunny, hellickson goes four innings. nick with a two run double, the only runs he alews, phillies lose 3-2. hellickson says he feels great will likely be the opening day starter. >> "jimmy kimmel live" is next. "action news" continues at 4:30 with pamela edwards, matt oh donald. for cecily tynan, jeff skversky, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. ♪ ♪

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