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this noon is breaking news, at least ten people are dead following an explosion inside a subway in st. petersburg, russia. another 50 were injured in the bras. this is the picture of the damage to the train car. you can see the doors literally blown out from the blast. the subway filled with gray smoke over the explosion. there's no word whether this was a terror attack. vladimir putin who was in st. petersburg when the explosion went off, offered condoll -- condolences to the families of those killed. within two hours of the blast, authorities found and safely deactivated another bomb at a separate subway station. all subways have been shut down and security measures tightened in 0 response to the explosion. st. petersburg is the second

large city in russia with 5 million residents. attack that has shocked neighborhoods in a hunting park neighborhood. a 13-year-old girl was pulled into an abandoned building by three boys and sexually assaulted. jeanette reyes has the latest on the vacation. gentleman -- jennette. >> reporter: sarah, neighbors are stunned when they heard what happened to the 13-year-old victim. >> my daughter called me last night and told me. >> reporter: word of the horror that took place sunday afternoon spread quickly. >> i only have one word, it's terrible, there's a lot of involvement, i guess of the parents. >> reporter: police say around 5:00 p.m. a 13-year-old girl was

allegedly snatched by three juvenile boys and dragged into the 1300 block of west butler street and sexually assaulted. >> she is 13 and she don't know much, now she is exposed to something that she didn't know about. >> reporter: others are frustrated that an arrest has not been made yet. >> i can't help but wonder who was around and why it happened. i personally think there's someone around that sees it. >> reporter: michael wilson has four kids, two boys and two girls. he finds it hard to believe that no one heard or saw the attack. he said around this neighborhood, fear keeps mouths shut. >> if they tell you to scream fire they would have looked and see what happened. people don't know what these kids are capable of these days and i don't blame them.

>> reporter: police did search in and around the vacant homes. no arrests have been made just yet. anyone with information is asked to contact police. reporting live in hunting park, jeanette reyes which i ch6 "action news." >> sarah. we have an update to a story "action news" brought back on friday, the man stabbed multiple times along with his wife inside their point breeze home on friday is charged with her murder. 67-year-old anthony potter attacked robin potter with a knife along the 1500 block of south 19th street. the couple's son discovered the two in a second floor bedroom. three delaware girls are going on trial for a deadly fight at the howard high school of at technology in wilmington n the death of amy francis she was attacked in the school bathroom. one girl was charged with

hitting her and the other were charged with helping in the attack. they are being charged as juveniles in family coulter. bill cosby's defense team is squaring off with prosecutors over the evidence that would be allowed at the trial in june. they want to block any mention of quaahludes that he maintained in the 1970s. they said it is irrelevant because they were banned 20 years before he was accused of sexually molesting and drugging a woman at his home. firefighters were called out to the 100 block of rodney drive in new castle county before 11:00 p.m. a neighbor said he saw the flames and told his wife to call

911. he ran and helped the person trapped inside. >> he was sitting on the couch. we were yelling from the door, drop down and roll to the other side of the wall. he did that, after that, he raised his hand, we saw his hand and went inside and pulled him out of the house. >> the victim was unconscious, medics revived him and rushed him to the hospital. we're waiting for word on his currents condition. one person was hurt after a train derailed in penn station arriving from trenton. the train was traveling at a slow rate of speed when it derailed. they are cross honoring tickets throughout the system as they deal with service suspensions and delays. the derailment comes a week and a half after an amtrak train derailed pulling out of penn station and scraped the side of an arriving new jersey transit train. we're starting off the

workweek with a nice spring-like forecast, we'll see april showers this week, as well. live look at the jersey shore, cape may. we're seeing sunshine and clouds, nice afternoon to be out and about. keep the umbrellas handy especially tomorrow. let's go to accuweather, david murphy at the big board. >> reporter: pretty picture at the shore, you can see we have sunshine breaking through and storm tracker 6 live double scan shows us no rain locally. wide view showing you a big rainmaker to the south of us, it's producing severe weather and watches and tornado warning. as this pushes to the north we'll see that arrive in the evening hours and steadier rain in the overnight hours, not any tornados out of that, but thunderstorms not out of the question as that system comes through. satellite and radar shows you there are clouds out there and some areas looking at decent sunshine.

thicker clouds to the west, there comes the rain shield into southern kentucky. there's a flood watch tonight mainly to the north and east of philadelphia. that's where we think the heavier cells will set up as the system rolls through. there is saturated soil up here from perceives -- previous rain. new york state will get the brunt of the rain tonight. 68 degrees ahead of this. if you meant to get things done today, no problem. rick there will be more rain tomorrow and thunderstorms mixed in. i'm have the details on that and track it on future tracker 6 and then we have to talk about thursday, even better chances of thunderstorms all ahead. >> overnight tornados swept across the south taking at least two lives. one in louisiana killed a mother and her 3-year-old daughter. officials say winds of 100-mile an hour lifted their trailer home off the cinders blocks and landed on its side.

you can see it right there. other mobile homes on the same plot of land were left untouched. the storm brought pounding hail and lighten strikes that caught on oil tank on fire. kneel gorsuch is appearing before the senate for the next round of votes. >> reporter: rick and sarah we're expecting today to be the beginning of a week long senate showdown one that could change the way the senate works. with that, the fate of neil gorsuch's seat on the supreme court is up for grabs. president trump said neil gorsuch is a constitutionalist and a faced 20 hours before the

committee. >> he is a mainstream judge who's earned the universal respect of his colleagues on the bench and in the box. >> reporter: democrats question his record largely made up right of center rulings and many are upset the republicans didn't give former president obama's obama a chance refusing to hold a hearing in the senate for garland. >> there is no reason judge garland could not proceed. others deny the then president of the united states the ability to fill the seat. >> reporter: now many are threatening to counter with a filibuster blocking the nomination, but republicans are armed with the weapon of their own, the nuclear option so a simple majority of 51 votes could overcome the filibuster the current 61 vote requirement. judge gorsuch picked up a couple

of votes across the aisle. senate republicans need five more democrats to bring the nomination to a vote. otherwise going nuclear may be their own option. if republicans choose to go nuclear it could change the rule not just for this vote, but every vote in the future and the filibuster could become a thing of the past. in washington, maggie ruly, channel 6 "action news." >> president trump has welcome the the egyptian president to the white house today, president sissi is meeting. he was denied an invitation under the obama administration. this meeting is a significant step in the international rehabilitation of the egyptian general turned politics. >> still to come on "action news" at noon, the search is on for a gunman after a police officer in texas is gunned down inside a courthouse.

villanova native dances to the championship game, dawn sta stahle took the ncaa tournament last night. david murphy has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come right back. in houston, texas, a police

officer is dead after shot at a

courthouse. he was airlifted to the hospital after he was shot at 7:00 a.m. the manhunt is on underway who is on the run. the sheriff was shot in the neck and called for help saying he was bleeding out. he was a 30 year veteran of law enforcement. police are looking for the thief who broke into a school and took off with thousands of dollars of sports equipment. he smashed and crawled through a window in miami. filled the trash can with $60,000 of electronics a tools from a classroom. it taken from a class that helps adults learn skills and return to the workforce. an investigation continues into what caused the deadly carbon monoxide leak at a hotel pool in michigan. we're hearing from the young survivors who remembered their friend who died.

a balloon tribute was released in the air for brian douglass watts. 124 kids were swimming at the quality inn when they fell ill. 6 were found unconscious around the pool. another child passed out upstairs. another survivor recalled what happened. >> some of them when they fell and passed out, he had a bruise on his head. >> 6 victims are in the hospital, authorities say the carbon monoxide level was 16 times the state's explorer limit. there's a light at the end of the tunnel on a highway project in seattle that's years overdue and billions over budget. the world's largest tunnel boring machine is digging a tunnel for the highway below the city. the drill known as bertha is will be finished at the end of the week.

600 workers will spend four to five months disassemblying the machine they ran for four years. >> ford announces a major recall affecting one of its truck models. detail next. >> the ford motor company is

recalling 53,000, f-250 trucks

because they can roll away even in park. aforesaid drivers should use the parking brake until the automaker has the replacement parts to fix the defect. there have been no accidents reported in connection with the issue. >> reporter: "healthcheck" at noon, how much exercise do you need each week? 2 1/2 hours is what is recommended by the heart association, that means 30 minutes five times per week such as jogging biking or sweeping. the so-called weekend warrior approach has its benefits, too. the white house lit up in a blue hue last night to mark world autism awareness day. trump has called on americans to learn about the disorder during autism awareness month. mr. trump's friends founded the group whose logo is blue. the executive mansion made good

on the promise to bob's widow. "action news" team is working on stories tonight at 4:00 p.m. >> hi alicia, how was your weekend. >> reporter: it was great, speaking of the weekend, if you want to get away, a local travel company said it will do all the work for you, if you're willing to keep the destination a surprise. speaking of travel, cruises are one of the things you should buy this month if you want to save big. running shoes not so much, we'll run down the dos and don't of the deals in april. l.ol, if you can figure out what your crush mean, don't worry there's an app for that.

erb, see you at 4:00. >> we need that app. >> barbecue ribs and bacon? >> good thing we're old. >> that means we're hungry.

>> david here with a check of the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, nice start to the monday, birds singing out there. >> reporter: i was experiencing that same thing. you should have been out there rick, it was nice. >> what were they sinking? >> reporter: bird songs. we have no rain out there, taking a look outside. there has been sunshine working through the clouds. when we were flying along the outskirts of center city you remember seeing that. a bit of haze near the ground, but generally speaking there was sun. we have a mix of sun and clouds

out there. 61 degrees, the temperatures are on the up tick. winds out of the southwest light, 6 miles per hour that's a nice direction for drawing in milder air. you take a look at the numbers we'll add another five, six degrees to what you see on the map right now. 64 in allentown. maybe getting closer to the high in the northern elevations. 64 in wilmington, 62 in trenton. 63 in millville. 52 in cape may. you'll be stuck in the 50s along the water. satellite and radar shows the clouds spilling through the region. they are filling out a little bit, later in the afternoon the thicker cloud cover you see will start to overtake us. eventually we'll be looking at showers arriving after dinnertime. it might be more than showers in the next 24 hours, there you see the large system to the south and west. severe watch boxes ahead of it right now in parts of georgia and the panhandle of florida. as this pushes toward the north we'll see showers at first and

thunderstorms, as well. by 6:00 p.m. looks like most of that is not here. we get into 11:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m. we'll see issues pushing in toward philadelphia. i would think adam joseph will have something on radar and cecily at 11:00 p.m. in the overnight hours we get the heavier rain that's why parts of trenton, new jersey and new york state have a flood watch. there will be more rain there than other spots. in the lehigh valley, 64 degrees, mainly cloudy at night. down the shore, 58 degrees there. 66 increasing clouds in philadelphia, not very windy. wind 7 to 14 miles per hour. and then you take a look at the evening commute looks like it's dry, so that's good news for you heading home. 65 degrees by 5:00 p.m. 60 degrees by 7:00 p.m. we get into the overnight hours we're looking at the showers arriving, 52 is the overnight low and then the rain continues

to get heavy at times overnight. quickly i'll show you tomorrow morning. zoom back in for the morning broadcast balls it looks like we'll see -- because it looks like we'll see lingering showers and lull in the afternoon. more rain and thunderstorms here and there about 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon. looks like we're done with this by 8:00 p.m. at night. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today's high, 66 degrees, clouds moving in rain at night. tomorrow, rain at times as you just saw, maybe a spotty thunderstorm, 72. wednesday is the pick of the week, mostly sunny and nice, 69 degrees, thursday, look out, 63. front coming in, looks like we could be in for showers, but also some strong gusty thunderstorms, some of which could be severe that clears the afternoon and evening. windy and cooler for the phillies home opener, stray shower there, mainly dry home opener on the weekend. >> are you going? >> reporter: i'm going to the union on sunday. >> next on "action news,"

reports on the russian train explosion. we're live in norristown as bill cosby goes back to court. >> a crash offers a life lesson for students. those stories and more neck. >> hello, again, here's some of

the stories we're following on "action news" at 30:00 p.m., an

explosion ripped through a subway train ten dead. bill cosby is back in court in montgomery county. we're live in the showdown with the evidence. phillies open in cincinnati, david murphy is tracking rain for that ballpark and eventually to us. developing story out of st. petersburg russia. an explosion destroyed a packed scrub way line, and terrorism is eliminated as a cause. >> a bomb was defused at another train station in russia almost at the same time. we have more on the rush for answers. >> reporter: multiple dead and dozens injured when an explosion ripped through a subway car in st. petersburg.