he pulled the republican's healthcare plan from the house floor. despite confidence from the president and plenty of pressure from from gop leaders, those behind the bill came up short on the votes needed to pass. it is friday night. monica is off, alicia vitarelli is joining us and the big story on "action news" is breaking news from the nation's capitol. republicans have withdrawn their attempt to repeal and replace the affordable care act. >> president trump spoke about today's actions just minutes ago. >> perhaps the best thing that could happen is exactly what happened today. because we'll end up with a truly great healthcare bill in the future after this mess known as obamacare explodes. >> after a flurry of activity over the last 24 hours, a vote was scheduled for 3:30 this afternoon. but instead of gathering support for the republican healthcare plan, it seems that more and more republicans began to waver on voting yes. sources tell abc news president trump called speaker

ryan about two hours ago telling him to pull the vote. this afternoon ryan said he did everything he could to rally support. >> moving from an opposition party to a governing party comes with growing pains and, well, we're feeling those growing pains today. we came really close today. but we came up short. but ultimately, this all kind of comes down to a choice. are all of us willing to give a little to get something done? are we willing to say yes to the good, to the very good even if it's not the perfect. >> well, this caps off a very rocky week for the speaker is of the house something two former congress members know the feeling all too well. john rawlins has more from langhorne tonight. john.porter: hi, rick. we touched base with a couple of former members of congress, one is a d, one is an r to get an idea of the pressures they felt while on capitol hill and the kinds of pressures they think republican lawmakers were probably feeling who were either undecided about the gop

measure or were not aligned with the gop leadership. this protest outside congressman brian fitzpatrick's office one of many pressures exerted in the battle over healthcare plans. there are others. >> in this case this bill you will. so, you got to figure out what's best for the country. >> the pressure was extraordinary and you really have to redefine how you feel and how the lining of your stomach is going to react. it is tough. >> reporter: democrat marjorie margolis and republican john fox battled each other to represent pennsylvania's 13th district in the 1990's. margolis once took a call from a president switched her vote and that helped cost her reelection. as for the obamacare repeal and replace drama paying out in d.c., both agree republicans not aligned with their leadership are feeling the heat. >> it's really perfect storm.

every constituency hitting you all at once. >> reporter: from a policy and standpoint a lot is at stake for many americans but behind the photo ops hardball politics for what could be an unpopular vote back home. >> that's always part of the equation what is it you can do for my district. >> reporter: were unsource of pressure a new president facing his first big legislative test in hyper partisan washington a loss could be interpreted as weakness. a win. >> if this passes people will think maybe he can hold it together. >> reporter: but if it doesn't pass? >> if it does not pass i think it's a disaster for him. >> reporter: given what's at stake, fox earlier today said the gop should hold off the vote and work on a bill that is shoe your to succeed. >> that's what i think. you got to figure out a way to get to the end line, the finish that wins. >> reporter: have to figure out a way to get to the end line and the finish that wins. sounds like good advice. today the votes not apparent there when the whips checked the gop has now pulled that

bill. we don't know what will happen in the near future. live in langhorne john rawlins channel6 "action news." >> abc news is following today's developments. more from washington and reaction from around the country coming up on world news tonight with david muir. that's right after "action news" at 6:00. >> turning to other news tonight a former youth hockey coach is facing sexual abuse charges in both delaware and new jersey. officials say they know of three victims and they're worried there are more out there. "action news" reporter gray hall is live in lansdale tonight where the suspect lives. gray. >> reporter: well, rick, this is the suspect's last known address but you need a security code to gain access. we did buzz his unit. there was no response. police tell us that he last coached youth hockey back in 2010 and right now they're working to see if there are any more victims. >> although the reported incidents occurred almost 30 years ago, the law echoes the sentiment of the community that these types of terrible crimes which violate public

trust should be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. >> reporter: police accuse 55-year-old walter tracy ferinden of sexual abuse dating back to the 80's and 90's. it was last year that police in delaware and in much were made aware of the allegations against the former youth hockey coach. police say he used his position and authority to befriend kids and eventually abuse them. >> the defendant committed the crime of sexual contact by intentionally touching an intimate part of the vices body for sexual gratification. >> reporter: three victims have come forward two from delaware one from new jersey, all were boys under the age of 18 at the time of the alleged crimes. we've learned that ferinden had connections to the holly dale ice arena in and washington township new jersey. no one would talk on cameras. workers tell me he was never employed there or had contact with their players. they say he only rented the rink to hold skating clinics. we did confirmnc

coached at the stating club of delaware. the assistant manager says ferinden once coached her son. >> he was shocked, very shocked. you ner he never stayed at my house, you know,d anything to my son. >> reporter: police say this is a multi state investigation that goes beyond new jersey and delaware. ferinden also coached and conducted skating clinics in pennsylvania, new york and vermont. >> the defendant's arrest does not mark the end of this have yet to comerward. back out live we can tell you the suspect turned himself in to police on monday. he is now out on bail. we tried to reach his attorney. he was not available for comment but again, the fear here is there could be more victims out there. if you think you were a victim, you know someone that may have been you should contact police. live in lansdale, gray hall, channel6 "action news." alicia. >> gray, thank you. no arrests in the murder of a mother and her

six-year-old son in maple shade. they were found stabbed to death inside their fox meadow apartment last night. now, the have ick tim's husband called police when he said he found the bodies of his wife and son. they have been identified. >> sorry for the family. i feel very sorry for them. losing a -- his wife and his child. it's unbearable. >> again, no arrests have been made in this double murder and the investigation continues. >> local prosecutors are calling for the state of pennsylvania to restore mandatory minimum sentence for violent offenders. representative tom stevens is the sponsors of house bill 741. in 2015, the state got rid of mandatory sentences for certain crimes. among them, child rape and assault on an elderly person as well as committing violence with a firearm and dealing large quantities of drugs. earlier this week the bill cleared the statehouse

judiciary committee. >> we need the citizens of montgomery county and the whole philadelphia region to understand how important this legislation is to the safety of their communities, how important this legislation is to their police officers and how and important it is to prosecutors. >> a vote could take place in the statehouse as early as april 4th. >> turning to accuweather tonight and the big change ahead for the delaware valley, one we think you're going to like. sky6 hd showing you atlantic city this friday evening. it's going to get warmer tomorrow its been pretty seasonable start to spring so far but less than a week into the season, we're going to be vaulting into some summer-like temperatures. at least for a little bit. meteorologist melissa magee has the good news for your weekend at the "action news" big board. >> alicia i think you'll like it as we get into the first half of our weekend. a nice temperature swing on the upside s yesterday's high 45 and today so far we're coming in at 58, average for us this time of 82er is 56 so

2 degrees above the mark. if you look at the 24 hour temperature change, this really tells the story its 13 degrees warmer in the city than it was the same time yesterday. 15 west in lancaster than it was just 24 hours ago, 17 degrees warmer at the coast there in toms river. if you're out on the town here on this friday evening, 7:00 p.m. not bad, 55 degrees. 54 at 8 o'clock underneath a partly cloudystm. m will staying the lower tonight. .t's partly cloudy its pretty sos, hat we can expect w lootomorrow. shorts and t weather on the way but then you're going to need the rain gear as we get into sunday and we're tracking an unsettled week ahead. those details coming up in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. rick and alicia. >> we'll check back in later. thank you. the countdown to the nfl draft is on. in the p the city of philadelphia outlined thelores that will come ahead of this year's >> and if you ever use the istee

route. starting on april 10th, that is two weeks from monday, spring garden will close westbound at pennsylvania avenue. lanes will also close o e right in front of the art museum. on april 19th the inner lanes of the parkway will then close between the art museumth street. ill clos completely ebb between 20th street and the art museum. april 25th side streets in andwl access availability only. many of those closures will stay in place until 5:00 a.m. on may first. we have a full list of the closures, the parking restrictions and detours on our web site at 6abc.com. all right, and with that let's check our "action news" traffic report for you on a friday night. >> let's go to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. he's trying to get people home for this weekend ahead. >> yeah, we're trying. at least no us were fires this afternoon or awful accidents here on the schuylkill, alicia and rick just a whole lot of

volume. this is where our bus fire was yesterday. this afternoon just a lot of eastbound traffic headed toward the city. 37 minutes ideally should be 14 not on a friday afternoon. but at least we lost our crash in southwest philadelphia. the ramp from 95 southbound to bartram has reopened if you like to go that way to get to the airport. however farther south past the airport on 320, 95 southbound remains very slow. headed up to the poconos, there's a crash on the northeast extension northbound approaching quakertown left lane out of commission there. over the weekend tomorrow night into sunday morning, this stretch of the nex will close northbound for construction for six hours. 309 your alternate. one more inlare its an westbound.and i would use the ramps aven inst. we'll check it again, rick and >> all right, thanks matt.our. >> and there is much more coming up for yoti:00. it's a scare on the tracks in neyork city. involving a train headed for philadelphia that is still

snarling the commute in and out of manhattan tonight. >> also it's a battle of the badges. the new competition between the philadelphia police and fire departments when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪

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>> it is a commuter crunch in

new york city tonight after scare on the tracks at the nation's busiestcation. today an amtrak acela express rain.ansit isted outboundumpingg service out of new york tonight because of reduced track capacity.jim huffer from r new york has thefu story. >> reporter: pictures takenows e of impact as an outbound amtrak acela for unknown reasons came off the track around 9:00 this morning sideswiping an inbound new jersey transit train. >> tenth of a second i didn't know what had happened. i thought a bomb had gone off or something. everyone in my car screamed out. i cursed. this is what you do sometimes i guess. and it wasn't until that next tenth of a second that you felt another train raking down the side of our train and you heard people behind me screaming. >> reporter: only two people were slightly injured but the minor derailment is causing massive headaches for thousands of new jersey

transit long island railroad and amtrak passengers. robin germany from brooklyn is trying to get to philadelphia. >> waiting for over an hour and a half and that train is delayed indefinitely and allegedly some other train is now going to take us but it hasn't yetism the accident closed half the tracks at penn station forcing amtrak, the llir and njt to share the remaining 10 tracks cutting their capacity by at least 50 percent. halls of pep station packed with stressed travelers trying to get home or just get away. each passing hour waiting hoping their train would be the lucky one to get out as their weekend plans seem to be slipping away. >> going to put us on buses and take us to grand central station. >> reporter: and then what? >> apparently board us on trains from there. >> reporter: when do you think you'll get to buffalo? >> at this rate never. >> reporter: new jersey transit the telling us they expect to be operating at about 60 percent capacity through the peak rush hour this evening. it's not that great but it's a

lot better than we thought just a few hours ago. from now in manhattan at penn station jim hoffer channel6 "action news." >> back here the philadelphia police department and fire department are going head to head in the battle of the badges. today he that kicked off their annual weight loss competition. police commissioner richard ross and fire commissioner adamel weren't the only ones to jump on the scale. the winning team gets a trophy and weight watchers will make a $10,000 donation in their name to the hero thrill show. >> excellent. still to come on "action news" hen check how you can eat healthy without breaking the bank. >> one of the best selling artists in history comes to philadelphia tonight and i sat down or maybe stood up with country star garth brooks ahead of his first show at the wells fargo center. >> so cool. >> thank you alicia, i am. his message to his fans here when "action news" comes right back. stay with us.

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>> health check tonight. it's common thought that in order to lose weight you have to spend more on healthier food. >> but it turns out there are ways to eat better without breaking the bank. health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman joins us with the details.

love this one ali. >> guys consumer report says eating well does not have to be an expensive undertaking. here's some tips for shopping healthy while also saving money. buying organic produce does help limit your exposure to chemical pesticide residues but you can be picky. according to consumer reports testing some nonorganic produce is already low in pesticides. like avocado corn and onions. if you do buy organic, limit it to fruits and vegetables you eat with the outer skin. look for store brand organ in this casorganicsand try to shop. >> you'll eat cheaper fresher fruits and vegetables. but you have to eat blue berries in winter save money and buy frozen instead. >> reporter: heading down the aisles don't be tempted into buying expensive processed foods just because they say healthy or natural on the box. a better rule of thumb is to look for a short ingredient

list. those foods will probably be less processed with more wholesome ingredients. and think about how you'll use what you buy. every year on average a family of four throws out $1,500 worth of food. you don't always need to toss produce that's past its prime. save overripe fruits and vegetables in the freezer and use them in a smoothie. and imperfect veggies can make a perfect homemade soup. and as for those precut fruits and vegetables, they're typically more expensive but they do you time. so it's good to compare prices and then decide what works best for your schedule. "action news" will be back right after a break.

>> time now for accuweather at the "action news" big board. >> meteorologist melissa magee is in for cecily tonight and melissa i think we're a little overdue for some really good sunshine. >> yes. >> yeah, i think you're going to like the first half of our weekend, guys, because we've got numbers that will be well above average tomorrow. and today pretty good. right now in philadelphia we're coming in at 58. 56 in reading, 55 in allentown. the lehigh valley at the coast it is a touch cooler in cape may we're coming in at 48 with that south facing wind. 57 for millville and atlantic city airport. the winds sustained anywhere from 9 miles an hour in allentown 15 in trenton but 20 miles per hour in that

philadelphia. and we have picking up some higher gusts out of the west-southwesterly direction ahead of the arrival of even warmer air for the start of our weekend. here's satellite6 along with action radar. you can see it's dry and quiet although earlier today we had this frontal boundary its now lifting off to our north and east so we're stuck in the clouds and the sun starting to make a late day appearance before it turns partly cloudy for the rest of tonight but i do want to show you the numbers out to the west. right now in philadelphia we're sitting at 58. but it's 80 degrees in chicago. 74 in detroit. if you look closely you could really see where that front is. it's about 43 degrees cooler in green bay with a temperature of just 37, sault ste. marie coming in the a 38 degrees. so we have changes arriving. won't be that dramatic but as we get into the second half of our weekend it will not be that warm. the call from accuweather for the rest of tonight partly cloudy, mild, we'll drop down to 44 in the suburbs and 50 degrees in philadelphia for the overnight low with that west to southwesterly wind. tomorrow as we go throughout the day at least for the first

half of the day tomorrow clouds and occasional sunshine, a high temperature of 74. 68 in reading, so much warmer tomorrow but we will be tracking some showers that will be arriving late. future tracker6 showing you by noon clouds, a milky sky on the way but as we get into the afternoon hours as that frontal boundary dips to the south, couple spotty showers are likely at 4:30 in the afternoon and 8 o'clock tomorrow evening, some rain could be moving in depending on the progression of that front as it dips on off to the south. so, the five day at 5:00 showing you saturday warm with showers arriving late. otherwise a high temperature coming in at 74. some rain arrives on sunday with some drizzle, too. a cooler day, a high of just 50. staying unsettled on monday, mostly cloudy with showers and at 67. we'll stay in the 60's as we get into tuesday. we've got more details, guys, coming up at 5:30. >> all right, thank you melissa. we'll see you then. quick break. more news when we come right back. stay with us. >> ♪ (man vo) it was may, when dad forgot

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the gop replacement for the affordable care act is a no go. after failing to pull enough republican support. you'll hear from president trump and republican and democratic leaders coming up. convicted child molester jerry sandusky goes before another judge today. why he's fighting for a new trial tonight. and country music super star garth brooks is back in the city of brotherly love for a big weekend of concerts and i go one-on-one with brook and his talented wife tricia yearwood on what it's like to be back. >> ♪ >> we continue to follow breaking news from washington tonight as president donald trump attempts to replace universal healthcare in the u.s. the final house vote on the republican healthcare plan was scrapped just minutes before it was scheduled to begin. president trump met house speaker paul ryan for about an hour this afternoon. >> that's right. abc news learned a short time after that the president asked ryan to postpone the vote because it did not have enough republican support to pass. president trump spoke to reporters about the tabled

bill just a short time ago. >> what would be really good with no democrat support if the democrats when it explodes, which it will soon, if they got together with us and got a real healthcare bill i'd be totally open to it and i think that's going to happen. i think the losers are nancy pelosi and chuck schumer because now they own obamacare. they own it. a hundred percent own it. and this is not a republican healthcare, this is not anything but a democrat healthcare and they have obamacare for a little while longer until it sees to exist which it will at some point in the near future. speaking this afternoon and trump and vice president pence and other top republicans have spent the past few days trying to convince undecided gop members of the house to support the plan or to change their no votes to yes. they needed 216 republicans to

support the plan to move to the full senate. >> however a handful of moderate respectmodrepublicans d with the bill. it calls for roll backs on medicaid expansion and ended the essential health benefit requirement mental health services and maternity plans. house speaker paul ryan and top democrats addressed the day's shelfed vote. >> obamacare is the law of the land. it will remain the law of the happened until it's replaced. we did not have quite the votes to replace this law. >> what happened on the floor is a victory for the american people for our seniors for people with and disabilities for our children for our veterans. >> president trump says there is no plan b healthcare plan right now. and it's still not clear whether the republicans will try to redraft another healthcare plan in the future. >> world news tonight with david muir will have much more on the pulled healthcare legislative vote and what's next. you can watch that tonight at

6:30 following "action news" at 6:00. >> to other news tonight former penn state football coach and convicted child molester jerry sandusky is fighting for a new trial. chad pradelli was in belfont center county today where sandusky's new lawyers are pushing for a retrial. >> reporter: jerry sandusky has a new judge in his quest for a new trial but it was the old face he took the stand at today's hearing. jerry sandusky seemed in that good spirits as he walked into center county court. >> how you doing today? you ready. >> reporter: his attorney al lindsey called his first witness former defense attorney joe amendola. he accused amendola of providing ineffective counsel. amendola has said all along he didn't have enough time to prepare. >> we had so much going on. we were trying to still sift through discovery materials that were just filtering in to us and we were trying to do those things at the time we were trying to get ready for trial. and try the casism lindsey accused amendola of serving up

sandusky in his hastily arranged phone interview with bob costas shortly after being charged pointing to this awkward answer when asked if he was attracted to young boys. >> you know, i -- i injoe young people. i -- i love to be around them. i -- i -- but no, i'm not sexually attracted to young boys. >> reporter: amendola argued he needed jerry to profess his innocence and curry favor to the media. >> so, it wasn't as if i got involved in this case the week before and just threw him on the phone and said talk to bob costas. >> reporter: defense attorneys also called a psychiatrist and two state troopers to the stand. they tried to prove that trio coached the victims to change their stories and drum up the allegations. >> when someone says i can't say what happened, and then they say well this is what everybody else is saying, or this is what we think you should say, thts suggestive questioning and this type of case that type of questioning

is -- it shall we say raises a lot of credibility issues. >> reporter: and more hearings are scheduled to take place in may and then judge fedora will make a decision on whether the convicted pedophile will get a new trial. in belfont chad pradelli channel6 "action news." >> in other news a philadelphia police officer has been charged and arrested with animal cruelty. 33-year-old michael long is accused of abandoning his dog and the leaving her for dead in a trash bag. back in november a good samaritan found the pitbull in a track bag. the dog was severely emaciated but after months of rehab and care cranberry has recovered. long has been suspended for 30 days with the intent to fire. a violent assault in montgomery county sent two roommates to the hospital. police were called to the 800 block of arch street in norristown around 6:30 this morning. when they arrived a 42-year-old man covered in blood charged at them. police used a taser to subdue the man.

they found his 30-year-old roommate with a stab wound to his mouth and nasal area. both men were taken to the hospital for treatment. the suspect is charged with aggravated assault. his bond is set at $99,000 cash. now from our delaware news room. a truck driver was seriously injured when a deer flew through its windshield this morning. the man was driving along lancaster pike about 10. ooh 30 when another car crashed into the deer and the animal flew into his truck. the man was taken to christiana hospital with injuries to his face head and upper body o the animal did not survive. >> a trio roof suspects is under arrest accused of pulling off nearly n car break-ins its story our new jersey news room is following today. you can see the trio right here. state police arrested claudia o'leary, 20-year-old dallas smith of eldridge and the 19-year-old germy hornacek of cape may. they're accused of breaking

into at least 23 cars in upper and dennis townships beginning october of last year. the suspects reportedly took money electronics jewelry credit cards and other items. detectives added that most of the cars that were targeted were left unlocked. >> new jersey governor chris christie paid a visit to the department of human services today. he stopped by the offices in trenton to acknowledge and celebrate the work of staff members. he recognized them for community based programs and services for residents with mental illnesses. from healthcare to technology and more, local employers were looking for new workers today in willingboro. the burlington county spring job fair was held at the kennedy center. the county's workforce development institute hosted the event. along with meeting with different companies the job seekers were invited to take part in a resume writing workshop. >> a new study suggested more than $200 million in highway construction funds are being diverted to subsidize the

pennsylvania state police. a legislative budget and finance committee report out this week calculated the appropriate level of highway funding for the state police is just over $500 million. that's based on last fiscal year when governor tom wolf and lawmakers approved $755 million in highway funds for the state police. now, under the state constitution motorist fees and fuel taxes are strictly to be used for highway construction, repair and safety. >> all right. time now for another check of the highways and byways on a friday night. >> matt pelman is in the "action news" traffic center with an update for us to get you home this friday, matt. >> we're losing time if we drive on those pennsylvania highways this afternoon. they're very busy rick and alicia like the vine street expressway. eastbound side jammed solid off the schuylkill out to 95. also seeing a lot of traffic this afternoon on the blue route, 476, here in radnor township delaware county. southbound a 44 minute ride. that's more than double what it ideally should be to get

from the schuylkill town to 95. i think some of these drivers may be headed to south philadelphia for the big garth brooks concert tonight. elsewhere on 476, if you're headed up to the poconos we had a crash on the northbound side approaching quakertown. looks like they just got that and pushepushed off to the side. in upper oxford chester county today penndot reopened the edenton road. don't know that i would use 295 coming out of burlington into camden county this afternoon. there's a crash there just in on the southbound side past the white horse pike. some single digit speeds. also have a vehicle into a tree in moorestown blocking creek road. hartford road the way to go around that on this friday afternoon. rick and alicia, have nice weekend. >> matt, you too. see you monday and thank you. still to come on "action news" tonight country music legend garth brooks is back in philadelphia after more than a decade and i sat down with him and his wife tricia yearwood to see how they both feel

about being back in the city of brotherly love. >> and philadelphia police officers are making sure younger generations have the support and encouragement they need to succeed. we'll tell you about a new partnership and melissa is in for adam. >> hey, alicia. right now in philadelphia we're coming in at 58, the 70's across the ohio valley. it is 80 degrees in chicago right now. we'll tap into a piece of that warmth for the start of our weekend. details with the accuweather forecast. >> and jeff skversky has sports including sixers and flyers news when "action news" comes right back. >> uh-huh. >> ♪ why are you deleting these photos?

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>> ♪ >> we are following breaking news for you at this hour. chopper6 hd is live over as you can see a fire that is still burning at this hour in bucks county. fire crews battling that now two alarm blaze in croydon. the fire broke out just after 5 o'clock on the 2900 block of state road. as you can see, fire, those flames still coming through the roof of that building. it is a very active fire. the crews working to put out out at this hour. it has ineighty two evidence tincreased to a twoalarm fire. so far no injuries reported.

>> all right. well, country music super star garth brooks is back in town its been almost 20 years and his wife tricia yearwood have performed in philadelphia. their first of four shows kicks off tonight and i had a chance to talk to the husband and wife team about their return to philadelphia and they are just as excited as their fans. >> and i know this town they'll be tailgating. they're going to be treating it look it's a football game. >> garth and tricia prom some evidence their fans great shows this weekend with some surprises along the way. both say philadelphia knows its country music and will be singing along all night long. >> probably these people been working all day. i want to make sure they understand how appreciative i am but no good deed goes unpunished. i'm going to keep them here way to late and i hope they can't communicate in the morning when they wake up. >> last year for the welcome america concert on the parkway in 2001, brooks told me social media has changed the landscape for performers and how they interact with fans.

one thing remains the same his fans love to sing along with the hits like friends in low places. >> we are thinking tonight probably the only night we don't do friends. >> real. >> no. [laughter] >> are you kidding? they would -- they would be out with a noose by the bus. >> only elvis has sold more records in the u.s. than garth. >> any duets. >> between -- >> yeah. [laughter] >> why didn't you guys sing the "action news" theme song. >> i tried. they called security but that's another story. >> who doesn't call security on rick williams. >> sixers in chicago tonight. >> that is a big problem. they have lost 12 straight to the bulls and they're likely without their best player tonight. he's in, he's out, he's in, he's out, sixers center jahlil okafor's availability changes by the day as he tries to work through knee soreness all season. as far as tonight in chicago okafor officially listed as

questionable. okafor did not participate in shoot around this morning. he will be a game time decision against the bulls. his right knee is bothering him again after he banged into another player wednesday in oklahoma city. head coach brett brown says it's getting hard for jah to get going. >> a player would say this louder than a coach any time you get them into a rhythm, there's a rhythm beat to somebody's cadence its not erratic it's not a rug pulled from them from time to time when they're not playing, you know, finding consistency from that standpoint hard. >> yes, it is. flyers they may have the night off but they will be anxiously watch and the scoreboard hoping both the islanders and lightning lose. flyers need all the help they can get with nine games to go. dave hakstol's guys stand six points out. they need lots of help of

course. they did help their own cause last night with a rare road win in minnesota. flyers fans cross your fingers. spring training ends a week from today. so s-the phillies are trying to trim down that roster. they sent out fielder tyler goodell to minor league camp. he's expected to start this season in you believe did a reading. germy hellickson he looks sharp against the yankees in tampa today. he worked into the seventh his longest outing of the spring. he allows only one earned run. phillies strike first freddy galvis with the bases loaded in the second two run single off c.c. sabathia. phillies up two-zip. phils lose three to two. they loss outfielder michael saunders after getting hit in the hand and phillies say it's just a bruise and they are not overly concerned. if there is such a thing as a dine city in high school basketball it's neumann-goretti. they have won seven state championships in the last eight years. neumann-goretti was a perfect seven for seven in that steatite tell games lasstatetit.

senior guard green finished with 22. he has won all four years. what a run by neumann-goretti. >> i really want it for these guys. i mean for the kids. i mean, they leave with this good feeling tonight and i'll take a little couple days before i start thinking about next year but, you know, i'm just really happy for the senior group. this senior group has been with us for four years in our program great group of kids and i'm real happy they can go out a winner. >> congratulations. big plans this weekend. eagles big man brandon brooks playing a plan -- pulling a page out of vince vaughn's book in the movie wedding crashers. he's going to crash a wedding. kind of. an eagles fan sent brandon brooks this letter inviting him to his wedding in ohio tomorrow and believe it or not brooks responds on twitter this morning saying i don't know you but see you tomorrow. while the fan and brooks went to the same college in ohio, they have never met.

brooks jumped on a plane to ohio today. he's going to the wedding. >> what. >> not sure what you guys are doing this weekend but if you want to go, we weren't invited but let's just go. >> yeah, right. >> that's so cool. >> all right. >> thanks. >> all right. >> moving on, it's called bigs in blue its a unique one to one mentoring program between students and police officers. they launched it today at the elementary. this partnership with big before thes big sisters of america pairs philadelphia police officers with children in the district they serve. the goal is to build trusting relationships between police and the younger generation. >> ♪ 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 150 meg internet, tv and phone.

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>> meteorologist melissa magee is here now with a closer look at that accuweather forecast and saturday definitely better than sunday. >> yeah its kind of a 50-50 split over the weekend and tomorrow certainly looking better than sunday. break out the shorts. >> oh, yeah, definitely. >> he already did. >> storm tracker6 live double scan radar, you can see that it's dry ooh, no issues with precipitation. so, outside we go. the action cam was outside earlier today there in delaware city. you could see we had clouds earlier today. now the sun returning making a late day appearance before the

sun setting. a little after 7 o'clock tonight. the high in philadelphia coming in at 58, 2 degrees above where we normally should be for this time of year. average is 56. the record 76 set back in 1988. some locations tomorrow will max out in the lower 70's. we've got a southwesterly wind, so it's 55 in wilmington, 56 for reading and allentown and the poconos, 43. at the coast in cape may its a touch cooler with that south facing wind, 48 and 47 degrees in beach haven. winds are sustained anywhere from 9 miles per hour in allentown, 10 in reading, 20 miles per hour in that philadelphia, 12 there in millville and we are picking up some higher gusts out of the southwest. and it will be that southwesterly wind that gets us above average for the start of the weekend. here's satellite6 along with action radar. we have a frontal boundary moving through lifting well off to our north and as it does it will help supply us with a fresh warm air that works its way into our region as we get into sunday. so, the next -- tomorrow i should say, so the next 12

hours partly cloudy, it is mild, 50 the overnight low in philadelphia, 45 in reading, 44 in allentown, 45 degrees in cape may. down in dover, coming in at 52 and 48 degrees in trenton. here's the setup for us on our saturday. the start of the weekend. we've got high pressure to the north. then we're tracking this frontal boundary. so, tomorrow having a high temperature of 74, well above average. it will be warmer with a bit of a milky sky and depending on how quickly this front moves on through it could have an impact on our temperatures. we may have to watch this number very closely. nonetheless cooler at the shore with that south facing wind. as we get into sunday the front dips farther to the south so we're tapping into an easterly wind at seven to 14 miles per hour. it's cloudy and we have that occasional drizzle, a high temperature on sunday, a cooler day of just 50 degrees. the here's the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, enjoy the first half of the day on saturday. it's warmer but we will be tracking some showers late in the day as that front makes some progress to the south.

a high temperature of 74. on sunday, some rain and drizzle with that easterly flow coming in off of the atlantic. high temperature in at 50. on monday, mostly cloudy with showers around and at 67. spotty showers on tuesday, a high of 68 and on wednesday some sun and clouds, a high temperature of 65. 58 as we get into thursday, mostly cloudy next friday with rain arriving. and a high temperature then coming in at 56 so enjoy the first half of the day tomorrow. we're tracking late today you showers but all in all looking really nice. >> we'll put the shorts on while we can. >> i'll keep mine on. thank you. want to go back to our breaking news story. in croydon bucks county this two alarm fire in the 2900 block of state road. as you can see billowing smoke flames still escaping from the rooftop. so far no injuries. we'll keep an eye on the situation and bring you more information as it becomes available to us. we'll be right back. >> ♪ yeah, so mom's got this cold.

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>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> friday night, road closures are announced for next month's nfl draft in philadelphia. and graham spanier is convicted on one count of child endangerment. but the big story on "action news" tonight is the huge failure of the republicans to repeal and replace obamacare. when it became obvious there weren't enough votes to pass

the republican healthcare plan speaker paul ryan canceled the vote that was spue evidenc suppe today. in the parlance of the congress he pulled the bill. what that means is that obamacare remains the law of the happened for the foreseeable future. at a late afternoon news conference ryan said this. >> we were a 10 year opposition party. we're being against things was easy to do. you just had to be against it. and now in three months time we try to go to a governing party where we actually have to get 216 people to agree with each other on how we do things and we just weren't quite there today. we will get there but we weren't there today. >> shortly after that, we got reaction from the white house. of course president trump campaigned on repeal and replace guaranteeing that he could make the deal. it didn't happen today. and late today, president trump spoke from the white house and said it's now up to the democrats to save healthcare. >>