city. it was the luck of the draw for these families in west philadelphia. that's next. ♪ >> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program, with jim gardner. ♪ >> this is five-da five-year-ols warfield. she is supposed to take her school bus home to clifton heights everyday. it didn't work out that way today. she was dropped off in the city

of chester and no one knew she was there. the big story is the mix up that left a little girl on the city street corner and her mother in panic. >> dann cuellar is where the little girl should have been dropped off in clifton heights and an ordeal for everyone involved. >> that's right, jim. every parent's nightmare, a five-year-old doesn't come home from school and for a while, nobody knows where she's at. it happened to a mother in clifton heights. >> i started panicking. >> amber was waiting for her five-year-old daughter alexis to come home from school. she was at the bus stop at 3:30 waiting if are the number 10 bus to arrive. it left at 3:15. when it arrived, her heart sank.

>> alexis didn't get on the bus. >> when her mother called the school, she wasn't there either. >> she started freaking out. >> for 30 minutes, no one knew where alexis was. they had moved from clifton heights three weeks ago and to the was the first day on the new bus. there was no adult there to pick her up. a relative was at the old home picking up her belongings. he seen her at the corner and was like, is that the relative? >> he flagged down the bus driver to find out what was going on. >> finally, alexis was reunited. if my brother-in-law wasn't there and they would have left her there, somebody could have took her. she could have been hit by a

car. they have to get it together. they have to figure out a system. they have to get it figured out. i'm transferring her out of the school. she's not even going tomorrow. >> the school is blaming the bus company. the bus company is blaming the school. we were not able to reach either because it was after hours. the good news, alexis is back with her family. jim? >> swat officers raided a home in north philadelphia where they thought a suspected gunman was holed up. no one was inside but they recovered a handgun. this started when a 17-year-old was shot at 4:00 in 17th and susquehanna. the hunt for the gunman continues. >> the sprinkler system forced

the evacuation of a nursing home tonight. 110 residents were taken to an adjacent facility many needing canes or wheelchairs. no one was hurt. >> a fire broke out on the 100 block in the locust hill complex. firefighters had the blaze under control in half an hour. a team of first responders and good samaritans helped to save an elderly woman and three children from a fire in crestwood new jersey. the do gooders rescued the older woman and her dog from an upstairs unit. she suffered smoke inhalation. then they saw a man and three children on the second story balcony. the only way to save them in time was for the uncle to drop

them to the rescuers below. >> the smoke pushed them to the balcony. >> the fire marshal determined the fire was an accident but has not released the cause. president trump signed executive orders that roll back obama era efforts to curb global warming, effectively eliminating a dozen measures in boosting domestic energy production including coal. trump invited coal miners to the signing saying, we'll put the miners back to work. >> my administration is putting an end to the war on coal. we'll have clean coal. with today's executive action, i'm taking steps to lift the restrictions on american energy, reverse government intrusion and

cancel job-killing regulations. >> trump's promises may run counter to market forces converting coal-fire power plants to cheaper burning natural gas. >> for the first time a republican congressman has called on devin kne deven nunese himself. he came under fire for canceling a public hearing of the committee. critics say the white house demanded the cancellation because they didn't want former acting attorney general sally yates to testify in public or private. philadelphia police union boss was one of those invited to the white house this morning. john mcnez by sat at the table with the vice president and attorney general.

trump thanked the police for supporting his campaign and pledged to help make america safe again. >> district attorney seth williams left court today with three days to get a new lawyer. he was charged with 23 count in a bribery case and his current attorney diamondstein wants off the case because williams doesn't have the money to pay him. >> the eric frein trial shifts to opening statements. the jurors were picked from chester county because of intense media exposure to the ambush of two state troopers. trooper dickson was killed. another was injured. frein led police on a manhunt

before being captured. >> a man that shot an alleged suspect won't face charges but the suspect will. marcus quinones held up the laundry center at knife point sunday. the owner chased after him and shot him twice in the chest when the suspect turned toward him. quinones remains hospitalized in critical condition. during the chase he dropped the cash which was scooped up by bystanders. >> specialists begin repairs at the jewish cemetery in philadelphia. 200 gravestones were toppled or damaged at mount carmel cemetery last week. it's expected to be a slow process because of the tight

spaces between the head stones and trying not to cause more damage. restoration work should last several weeks. usually they make music but members of the westminster choir today made their point by protesting. rider owns the choir college but today announced they may try to sell the college all together allowing the singers to stay on their campus in princeton and keep their facilities. commissioners in upper dubland heard concern about a proposed large scale mixed use development. they want to develop the 25-acre site corner of drescher town and welsh road. promenade would consist of a restaurant, apartments.

the president obam promenade woe $2 million in tax revenue a year. >> 8 81 81 responses were held e charter school. many left disappointed. christie ileto was there. >> one of 81 children lucky enough to be admitted at the global leadership academy's newest member. >> exciting. >> this is the first school. >> the first one you applied to? >> yes. >> did you get into the others? >> no. >> more than 1300 students vying for a spot in the enrollment for forward thinking teaching methods. >> children want their children

here because it's a different type of teaching but they are also dissatisfied with philadelphia public education and they have to go to the neighborhood school and don't have the choice to pick a better school around the city. >> i'm excited. i'm very excited. i want to come with my daughter. >> i saw everybody not getting in. i'm glad. >> the odds were in your favor. >> yes. >> others were no stranger to the disappointment. >> my child tried last year too. she didn't get in then either. i know she will get in a good school. >> the first ten children on the wait list have a better chance of getting in. the lesson for parents, don't give up. christie ileto, channel6, "action news." >> still to come, a new drug to

treat eczema. >> plus, the coast guard shows off half a billion dollars worth of smuggled cocaine. >> congress is changing the rules for online privacy. what can be sold without your knowing? cecily? >> more rain is on the way. it will have an impact on your weekend. i explain in the seven-day forecast. >> and ducis rogers with the flyers taking it to a shootout tonight. that and more when "action news" continues. ♪ ♪ ♪fast, rhythmic drumming

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book your african adventure now! >> three retired star gymnasts have shared their stouffer of emotional and sexual and verbal abuse at the hands of a gymnastic official before the judicial committee. dozens of athletes dating back to 1996 claim they were abused by the team physician for 18 years.

2000 olympic medalists shared their stories. they say their experiences were marred by what happened behind closed doors. >> he abused me in california and all over the world. >> the committee is considering a bill requires anyone with suspicions of abuse to report it immediately. the bill would prevent perpetrators from moving on to a different gym. an oklahoma woman could face woman charges for a deadly home invasion though she didn't pull the trigger. 23-year-old zach peters woke up to three teenagers breaking into his home. he shot the three teens aged 16-18. >> we are trying to determine why they chose the house.

>> 21-year-old elisabeth rodrigues turned herself in saying she dropped the teens off at the house and fled when she heard gunshots. the make my day law allows deadly use of force in defense. >> a woman is upset at the tsa after a pat down to her son. her son was searched after he forgot to remove a laptop from his bag. aaron has a sensory disorder. >> i have always been sensitive to people touching me. when he started touching me, i started to have hives. while the pat down took two minutes, they spent 45 minutes at the check point.

they want an apology. >> the republican house voted to undo privacy protections created under president obama. if signed by president trump, service providers like comcast and verizon can track what you do online, sites you visit, apps you use and sell the information to advertisers without your consent. republican lawmakers say google and facebook track you so it's unfair to require comcast and verizon to get your permission. google and facebook are free and there are alternative options. >> wells fargo is willing to pay $110 million to settle a lawsuit. accounts were opened without

customers knowing and against the customer's wishes. the wells fargo new ceo says this is a step in the journey to make things right with their customers. >> the coast guard is showing off its haul of cocaine, 16-tons seized at sea during a 26 day deployment. they unloaded it today in fort lauderdale. the drugs worth $420 million wholesale. all of the busts took part in the eastern pacific ocean off of the central and south american coastlines. coast guard officials say you can see the smugglers floating palettes of drugs into the ocean in an attempt to escape. 30 suspects were caught and hauled in. >> the fda has approved a new eczema drug a different approach to treatment.

it is an injectable medication made by regeneron and is mentality for chronic eczema when other medical caightses met work. it comes with a high cost, $37,000 a year. side effects can include cold sores. >> a lightning strike in havertown, forcing an evacuation that sent students home early. nobody was hurt with all of this, but school has been canceled tomorrow. >> the rain, mercifully is moving out. we have sunshine tomorrow. >> we had more than an inch with

thunderstorms this morning. it's been since last thursday since we have had a full sunny day. we have two and then things change. two for now -- or later, by monday as well. storm tracker 6 double scan showing we have scattered showers moving off of ocean county. the last of it for a while, until friday. the action cam tonight in fort washington pennsylvania where the roads are wet. it's still damp out there. we have dramatic improvements by tomorrow morning. right now, winds have shifted out of the west. philadelphia 48. down from a high of 54. temperatures not dropping quickly. reading 49. wilmington 51. cape may currently 50-degrees. satellite and radar showing a spin in the atmosphere. right there, that's the low pressure that brought us rain today. that's moving out, high pressure

building in. tomorrow morning, the only weather problem is sun glare. take the glalszs sunglasses espy headed east. by 8:00, 47. we see mostly sunny and 62 in philadelphia, allentown 59. 62 wilmington, cape may, atlantic city, 60. wind 10 to 20 miles per hour. we keep things dry thursday, however, this is the next system. it's pulling out of new mexico right now. it's been causing severe weather, severe thunderstorms and watches across texas. this brings us soaking rain friday into saturday morning. future tracker showing it moves in late friday morning, through the day friday, into friday night. tailgaters at the bon jovi concert friday night.

wet and lingering into friday morning. the of seven-day forecast before that, we have two bright sunny days. tomorrow, 62 on the breezy side. thursday, mostly sunny, clouds late thursday. thursday night, 55-degrees. friday, wet, chilly, 49-degrees. most areas around an inch and a half of rain. a steadier soaking than today. mostly cloudy saturday. the better of the two days is sunday, 61. monday, partly sunny with a high of 63. tuesday, we cloud up with the possibility of rain. april showers tuesday with a high of 64-degrees. the good news is, we have two days to give our umbrellas a break and more rain moving in on friday. >> first graders in bensalem showed off in front of parents tonight. the charter school has been

teaching balance and motion. they got to share their knowledge with parents and brothers and sisters. there was hands on motion relating to the student's most recently completed science unit. ♪ ♪

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amount of time. first order of business, take care of their own business. tonight, down 1-0. then game tied at one. 2-1 in the third. craig anderson turns it over, makes them pay for it, tied at two. we go to a shootout. wheel, the only goal there. flyers win 3-2. boston wins as well. flyers are six points back with six games left. >> we control what we can control. we'll do it again and try to win every single game. >> the eagles continue to their busy offseason. they agree to defensive end chris long turning 32 today of the patriots this past season, previous eight years with the rams, the son of hall of famer

howie long of villanova. >> eagles agree to patrick robinson, the fifth team in the last four years. deshawn watson at ymca teaming up with j.c. penny to fit the team with new suits. >> it's cool to know that they respect my opinion on things th, and they want to build this in the right direction. they say they'll do something and they do it, it shows a lot of trust and i can trust the organization. i truly believe we are headed somewhere special and starting soon. >> still ahead, the sixers play in brooklyn, plus aaron nola has an uneven day against the

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>> the sixers are down to the final three of the season. pick up action in the third quarter. mcconnell feeds anderson. my goodness. sixers up by three. 90 seconds to go, aifer ball. covington, 21 points, 13 rebounds, sixers win 106-101. phillies make a trade, send pitcher alec asher to the royals for the player to be named later. >> aaron nola strikes out the side in the first inning. second inning, different storey. tagged for five runs, two hits.

phillies go down 10-4. >> news out of villanova basketball, josh heart has been named ap all american and baker donnleve, has been named coach. >> "action news" continues at 4:30. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. ♪ ♪

>> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- alec baldwin, from disney's "beauty and the beast" luke evans, and music from tuxedo. and now, stay right where you are, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hi, everybody. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thank you for coming. [ cheers and applause ] thank you for not giving me up for lent. i appreciate that, too. today is ash wednesday. it's the first day of