departments including temple university and housing police are on the scene at this hour following this very deadly exchange of gunfire. the nature of which could possiblely drug related. what we know is that four people were shot. three of them are now dead. another clinging to life at hahnemann university hospital. police responded to reports of shots fired here sometime after 3:30 this afternoon. twenty-second district officers arrived a short time later to find that the four people had been shot. two later died at hahnemann. another died at temple university hospital. this according to police. and again, a fourth person, a 26-year-old, is alive and being treated at hahnemann. what precipitated this violence we still don't know but police are telling us one of the victims was shot multiple times including twice in the head. no weapons have been recovered and no arrests have been made but again, four people shot, three of them are now dead. one clinging to life following a very deadly exchange of

gunfire. the nature of which right now appears to be possibly be drug related. we hope to have more later. live, dann cuellar channel6 "action news." back guys. >> thank you dann. >> there is an investigation into some abuse and neglect that happened in west philadelphia where police say a disabled man was left in critical condition. >> officials say a family member dropped the man off at a hospital over the weekend and has not been seen since. the police were called to the hospital after doctors discovered the man's body was covered in bedsores. and now they're trying to find out who did this. >> "action news" reporter walter perez live along conestoga street. walter you're first to report this story tonight. >> reporter: guys as you mentioned this is an "action news" exclusive. a really disturbing story involving the home you see behind me here in west philadelphia involving what one police official described to me as one of the worst cases of neglect he's ever seen. katherine williams says she knew that one of her neighbors was caring for a relative who

became a paraplegic after a traffic accident. so, katherine says, she did what she could to help the man she knew only as david. >> he was like cold a little bit so i crochet and i made him a blanket to put around his legs to keep him warm. >> reporter: over the past few months she lost touch with her neighbors. then this past weekend, investigators from the philadelphia police special victims unit started walking around the unit block of north conestoga street showing pictures of david in the hospital covered with bedsores. >> i didn't know what was going on until they told me yesterday these cops came around showing pictures and i didn't know that he was that bad off. i didn't know he was sick like that. >> reporter: the investigation started when an unidentified woman brought david to bryn mawr hospital this past friday. officials there quickly transferred him to jefferson hospital where he was admitted in critical condition. authorities say by the time david arrived at jefferson, he was unresponsive and covered with soars in varying stations

of ulceration all over his body. authorities also say the would. who brought david to the hospital, has not returned to see him since he was admitted. katherine williams says she never saw this coming. >> this hurt me to my stomach. i'm just worried and i pray that god pull him through. >> reporter: now, there are still a lot of questions about this case because the woman who brought david to the hospital identified herself as david's sister but neighbors here say the woman living inside the house with him identified herself as david's mother. so, the charge is aggravated assault by neglect but right now, no clearly identified suspects in this case. anyone with any information is asked to call the special victims unit. reporting live from west philadelphia, walter perez channel6 "action news": monica. >> thank you walter. fire erupted overnight at a used car lot in camden. the search is on tonight for what sparked it. four cars were damaged by the flames much the lot is on carmen street near 17th. chopper6 hd over the scene of a house fire here in north

philadelphia. flames coming from the roof near the intersection of eighth and clearfield. firefighter its were able to get the flames under control quickly. fortunately no one was hurt. >> defense attorneys in bill cosby's sex assault case want to keep the jury from hearing the comedian's deposition testimony about getting quaaludes and giving them to women before sex. cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in his suburban philadelphia home back in 2004. "action news" reporter vernon odom is live outside of montgomery county courthouse tonight. vern, there was no ruling on the defense request today, so what now? >> reporter: no there was not, rick. good evening to you. judge steven o'neill normally does not make his rulings from the bench immediately after a hearing is over. he waits for written arguments and hears all the arguments by the lawyers in court then he issues his ruling sometime later on in a written statement. crucial questions were argued before judge steven o'neill

today. example, will jurors be allowed to hear cosby's 10-year-old deposition testimony about allegedly using quaaludes to seduce women back in the 70's. and financial settlements with women who have accused him of drugging and molesting them in the past. then argument about the prosecutors possible use of excerpts from an early cosby book about the aphrodisiac known about spanish fly. they argue it was commonly rifts. the jury will be selected from a pool of 2,000 from allegany county, the pittsburgh area. those selections will be made out there late next month a judge says with the jury and alternates brought back here for the trial set to begin june 5th. the trial will feature testimony from the alleged victim andrea constand who says cosby drugged and molested her back in 2004 and in his cheltenham mansion. no criminal charges were ever brought then but the canadian native eventually settled a

civil suit against cosby for a hefty sum. monica, again, the could cosby trial set to begin june 5th. it will likely be the biggest american trial in history. live from the courthouse in norristown, i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news." >> thank you vernon. a judge heard testimony today to consider throwing out eric frein's videotaped convention of the 2014 ambush killing of a pennsylvania trooper. no word on a ruling yet. in the meantime, opening statements in that trial are expected to get under way tomorrow. the alleged attack by frein took the life of corporal bryan dickson and injured trooper alex douglass. frein eluded police for 48 days until he was captured by u.s. marshals. >> law enforcement in russia searching to are two suspects in the subway bombing that killed 10 people and wounded 40 others. officials say they believe a man planted a device that

exploded in a subway car in saint petersburg. the incident forced the shutdown of the entire metro system in russia's second biggest city. there was no immediate claim of responsibility. >> ♪ >> islamic state terrorism was at the forefront of a meeting today between president donald trump and his egyptian counterpart. egypt's president he will -- el assisi visited the white house. egypt is seeking more military aid. president trump is considering that as he weighs cut backs to foreign aid. as a neighbor to the hamas controlled gaza strip, libya and sudan, maintaining stability in egypt is a high priority. >> meantime turning to the forecast we're seeing both clouds and a little sun today. feeling seasonable out there. >> but we've got rain moving in later tonight and you'll need the umbrella tomorrow. april showers of course. let's get a first look at the forecast, meteorologist cecily tynan outside on the terrace tonight. >> hi, rick and monica. we had a good amount of sunshine earlier.

the clouds are rolling in but despite that temperatures pretty mild for this time of the year. 64 degrees in philadelphia. washington, d.c. 66. new york city a little bit cooler, 56 degrees. double scan live showing that there is a powerful system to the southeast. we've had reports of close to a dozen tornadoes in georgia and we're just going to be clipped with that as it moves into our region region later tot so definitely need your umbrella late tonight into early tomorrow morning. so future tracker showing around midnight this is when the showers will be breaking out. looks like we'll get the steadiest overnight into the very early morning hours. so, this is what to expect, that rain will be breaking out from the southwest to the northeast, the heaviest between midnight and 6 o'clock in the morning. don't be surprised if you a rumble of thunder. the little kids may be running to your bed. i know my dogs won't be liking it and it will cause ponding on roads early tomorrow morning. this is just the first of two systems rolling through this week.

the second one will be much stronger with a risk of severe weather and some he will really cold air behind that. i'll talk about that in the full accuweather forecast. monica. >> thank you cecily. who is ready for baseball? well, the phillies kicked off their new season in cincinnati today and their home opener is this friday. philadelphia's public league had its opening ceremony this afternoon. players and families came to frankford high on lawrence street to see the first pitch thrown out. two of the city's toughest competitors are playing each other today. >> all right. time now for a check of our "action news" traffic report monday night. >> all right, let's swing you live over to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. hi, matt. >> hey, rick and monica, off the bat this afternoon things weren't bad. now we're striking out on the schuylkill expressway. eastbound side because of this accident involving what appears to be two separate dump trucks you can see police and penndot on the scene and the crash was occupying the left lane on the eastbound schuylkill near spring garden for about 15 minutes. they now have it pushed off to

the side but damage is done. 45 minutes, that travel time is three times what it should be with speeds like just 5 miles per hour as you come east of city avenue into that scene again by spring garden street. you definitely want to head for the river drivers, mlk or the kelly, avoid the eastbound schuylkill. bustleton and robbins a crash. disabled vehicle along tookany creek parkway by cheltenham sports. crash on 295 by the black horse pike. cleared out of the way but southbound is still slow. 19 minute ride as you come south from route 70. we'll check it again rick and monica in the next half hour. >> sounds good. >> see you then. >> much more to come, a manhunt continues in texas where a police deputy was shot and killed. the officer was attacked right as he got to work. >> also a new study tonight about children who died from the flu its giving more support to the experts' push for every child to get the vaccine. that story in health check and

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greenwood was not random but they do not have a motive. the 30 year veteran was shot outside a courthouse in baytown east of houston. a nearby school was locked down during the search for the shooter but the gunman got away. the coast guard unloaded 12,000 pounds of cocaine in san diego. the drugs were intercepted by coast guard cutters off the coast of central and south america. the mission included a new weapon in the war on drugs. the coast guard says a drone flew 35 missions giving them as eye view of the cocaine earlier this year. >> turning to health check ton tonight flu season may be winding down. >> ali gorman has the word from the big board. >> this is a reminder the cdc recommends all children six months and older should be vaccinated against the flu. we're seeing evidence that it could prevent most of the young lives lost due to complications of the virus. a government study found three of every four kids who died

from the flu wasn't vaccinated. and kids who are at high risk for flu complications such as those with asthma or chronic lung or heart disease, accounted for more than half of those deaths. the children who get flu shots have a much lower chance of getting the flu or its complications. even in years when the vaccine isn't as effective. an experimental treatment for a brain cancer called glioblastoma is showing promise. it works by creating a low level electrical filed at the tumor site. the electrical currents disrupt the ability of the cancer cells to grow and divide so they die. in tests where it was used along with chemotherapy patients lived nearly five months longer than those who got chemotherapy alone. half of dozen cancer centers in the u.s. are studying this so we'll be hearing much more about it in the future. and baseball season is back in full swing. the phillies are playing in cincinnati today.

their home opener at citizens bank park is friday. when you visit the park this season your healthy habits can also stay in play its not all hot dogs and nachos. there are plenty of healthy options but for most you have to get up and go for a you can what. you can find veggie and chicken tacos or wraps, black bean burgers, peanuts are always a good snack. stay hydrated with water and don't wait until the seventh inning to stretch. >> one of the really important things is to not sit down for the whole game 'cause it's really easy to sit and drink beer or whatever else. >> now, of course a treat every now and then is fine just try not to derail your healthy diet every time you go see a game. i can't wait to go see a game, guys. >> sure. >> i can't wait to eat. all right, thank you. appreciate. >> the healthy stuff. >> oh, yeah, baseball, too. the 11 remaining

celebrities on "dancing with the stars" will celebrate the allure of las vegas tonight. they will dance in some of the city's most iconic songs. last week comedian chris kattan was the first to be eliminated. there will be another dancer gone after tonight's performances. look for sister and brother pro dancing team juliana huff to return.

>> ♪ >> ford is recalling more than 50,000 trucks because they can roll away even when they're in park. the automaker says it's a manufacturing error with their f-250 models made this year in 2017. owners are being asked to use the parking brake to make sure the cars don't move until ford has replacement parts to fix the defect. the company's not aware of any accidents or injuries related to the issue. >> another target store is opening in philadelphia, this time at sixth and spring garden in northern liberties. the store will be target's small format version that is tailored to meet the needs of the people in the neighborhood. the 47,000 square foot facility will offer groceries, apparel toys home goods and more its slated to open in

july 2018. target has three other locations in the city and a fourth being built near the art museum this coming october. well, philadelphia celebrating japanese culture this week. and that means a host of different events throughout the city. here at the shops at liberty place in center city visitors were learning about organize gam mee the beautiful japanese technique of paper folding to create intricate designs and delicate works of art. there was a demonstration of japanese flower arrangements. each day will be a different aspect of japanese culture as part of the 20th annual subaru cherry blossoms festival. >> beautiful. still ahead, a check of that forecast. >> , whoing live i don't it side tonight sky6 hd showing you the ben franklin bridge monday evening, clear skies. meteorologist cecily tynan says tomorrow could get a bit soggy. maybe a lot soggy. she's got the five day forecast when he were come right back. >> ♪

>> back live now where drone6 is flying high over fort washington in montgomery county town night. >> you're looking at the upper dublin high school campus. our team of faa certified drone pilots are behind the controls of drone6. we have clouds up there today and it is dry now but changes are coming. accuweather says we've got rain in the forecast. >> get the latest right now meteorologist cecily tynan at the "action news" big board and the rain arriving late tonight, cecily. >> that's right.

right now it's not raining but here's another view of our sky take a look over philadelphia international airport. sky6 the clouds have rolled in after a lot of sunshine earlier today but temperatures not bad. the average high for this time of the year is 59. currently 64 degrees in philadelphia. allentown 65. wilmington 60. notice, though, right along the shore with ocean temperatures in the 40's, cape may is quite a bit cooler, only 50 degrees. tomorrow our average high jumps up to 60 degrees and take a look at this. in one month our average high 70. two months, 80 and then three months in july we'll be explaining it's too hot, the average high jumps up to 87 degrees. satellite and radar showing the clouds rolling in and you can see some showers out to the west from the system that is bringing some severe weather down across the deep south, georgia about a dozen tornadoes today. this system moves in as we head later on tonight. so, future tracker showing around 10 o'clock tonight probably seeing a few scattered showers breaking out.

the steadier rain waiting until after midnight. 2 o'clock in the morning don't be surprised if you hear a rumble of thunder, could get a few embedded thunderstorms but this system is pretty progressive. it's pretty fast. so, by 7:30, just a few leftover showers and then actually we'll see a good amount of sunshine during the day, some peeks of sunshine but future tracker showing late in the afternoon with this sunshine with temperatures in the mid 70's, we will have some instability showers and thunderstorms. you can see they're widely scattered. not everyone will get them and also showing that the best dynamic of some heavy thunderstorms will be up across the poconos, mercer county and areas to the north and future tracker showing those are areas that will see the heaviest rainfall. the poconos could get more than 2-inches of rain. and this is on top of the fact that over the past three weeks they had about 30-inches of snow melt. here in philadelphia, about a half inch but there is a flood watch posted for the poconos and mercer county tonight with the potential for some localized flooding. here, though, we're looking at

an event that won't be quite as intense as last friday. some areas last friday received more than two and a half inches of rain. so, the five day 5:00 showing tomorrow early showers peaks of sunshine, scattered storms in the afternoon, not everyone will get them, the high 75 degrees. once again, wednesday it's the pick of the week, sunshine with a high of 70. thursday, though, periods of rain with the potential for strong possibly severe storms especially early in the day, 63. phillies phillies home opener on friday cold damp and windy 51. saturday getting a bit better, 55. sunday will be nicer than saturday. again we'll talk about that in the seven-day forecast, guys. >> is that phillies game in jeopardy do you think friday cecily. >> i don't think we'll have a lot of rain but it will be cold and windy and bundle up. >> thank you. >> much more to come in our next half hour of "action news" at 5:00. president trump's son-in-law jared kushner. who asked him to take the trip and what he discussed.

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>> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> hello again. here's what's happening on "action news" monday night. frightening moments aboard a russian subway lane in saint petersburg when a bomb suddenly detonates sending shrapnel into the air. we're live with the latest on the investigation. also a stage is set for a major showdown in the senate over supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch. how one local senator played a major role and what it means when the gop says they're using the nuclear option. and septa police officers have used body cameras for the past six months. are they making a difference in service and in safety? >> now the details. major developments in russia tonight after an explosion ripped through a subway in saint petersburg. at least 10 people were killed, many more were injured when a bomb ripped through several subway cars as they passed between two stations. tonight there are still no claims of responsibility. abc's holly hunter live in

london for us tonight with more. good evening, molly. >> reporter: monica, good evening. now authorities here in russia have launched a terrorism investigation. no confirmation yet on who they're looking for. a possible terror attack in saint petersburg. underground an explosion tearing through the subway. now president trump reacting back in washington. >> terrible. terrible thing. happening all over the world. absolutely a terrible thing. >> reporter: the death toll still rising and dozens injured. it was an unidentified device exploding on a train traveling 22en two stations. at 2:40 p.m. monday the explosion, then seconds later, smoke filled one of the stations. one eyewitness describing it all on a text message. there was a jolt and a bang, sparks smoke appeared with the smell of gun powder. some panicked he said is. in the neighboring carriage there was no light.

these pictures posted on social media showing the immediate chaos unfolding. emergency crews rushing to the scene treating the injured rescuing survivors. 20 minutes later another bomb diffused at a different station rigged with shrapnel. the city's subway system shut down. regulation president vladimir putin was nearby in saint petersburg at the time of the blast. [speaking foreign language] >> reporter: offering condolences to the families vowing to ramp up the investigation. now, moments ago president putin visited the scene of the attack laying flowers and russia has declared three days of mourning. rick. >> molly, thank you for that report. meanwhile now to the senate confirmation hearings of supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch. gun control made it clear -- democrats made it clear they will fight his appointment. 41 senators voted to filibuster his nomination once

it's debate the on the full senate floor. last vote came from delaware senator chris coons. he says his support efforts to block his nomination are not in retaliation for treatment of president obama's nominee judge garland. >> i appreciate that judge gorsuch is an intelligent jurist an engaging writer. i admire his commitment to being a good father to his daughters an good husband to his wife and a good mentor to his clerks and i even agree with many of his decisions. but i believe that my role in evaluating his nomination is more than reviewing his resume >> senate republicans see the blocking of judge gorsuch's nomination as purely a political move. >> and let me judge say this to your faces. if the roles were reversed i don't believe one minute that you would have given the accommodation you are asking us to have given garland given to behavior of what you've done in the past. >> republicans maintain

gorsuch is a mainstream judge who will be interest from president trump. democrats say gorsuch's answers were so "dill lewdd with ambiguity it's not clear where he stands on big and long settled cases." >> president trump and republican lawmakers talked about invoking the so-called nuclear option when it can ums to judge gorsuch's appointment to the bench. what does that mean its a technical term. because senate democrats on the judiciary committee are filibustering the nomination the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell can use the "nuclear option." he can rewrite the rules of the senate to only require 51 votes, that is a simple majority to end the debate on gorsuch's nomination and proceed to final votes. it normally would take 60 votes but then it would only be 51 in this case. using the nuclear option by the way is not unprecedented. democrats used the same strategy when appellate court nominees were being blocked by republicans back in 2013. >> white house senior adviser and president trump's son-in-law jared kushner met

with iraq's prime minister in iraq today. kushner was invited by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff joseph dunford. they reportedly talked about the battle of mosul training and arming of iraqi forces and support of the international coalition for iraq. this is kushner's first visit to iraq since assuming a broad portfolio of foreign affairs in the trump presidency. and world news tonight with david muir will have much more on jared kushner's meeting with the iraqi prime minister as well as judge neil gorsuch's confirmation hearings and the latest on that subway attack in saint petersburg russia. you can watch it tonight at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00. >> a man was shot on the streets of north philadelphia today. police are still trying to figure out why. chopper6 was over the scene in the 2300 block of harold street. officers responding found the victim with a gunshot wound to the chest. he was rushed to temple university hospital for treatment but died. detectives canvassed the area for clues but did not find a

weapon. meantime from our delaware news room a 24-year-old man was shot in the chest this afternoon in wilmington. it happened in the area of 26th and west streets. the victim managed to stumble to 24th and jefferson before collapsing. someone called paramedics and the man was taken to the hospital for treatment. also in wilmington today, a worker was seriously hurt when a stack of steel beams fell on him. it happened at a job site here in the 500 block of east broad street about 8:30. officials say the 51-year-old worker was moving the beam when the stack shifted and one toppled onto the man. he was taken to christiana hospital with a number of lower body injuries. >> septa police officials are calling their body camera program a big success. septa released an audit of that program today. the program has led to a significant improvement in police interactions with the public. septa's police chief says the cameras have helped to improve officer behavior and discouraged people from making

false complaints about officer misconduct. >> reduction in response to resistance. reduction in offender injuries and officer injuries and a reduction in complaints. >> chief nestel says the audit also revealed areas that need improvement like officers for getting to turn the cameras on or to warn people that they are being recorded. the man found stabbed multiple times along with his wife inside of their point breeze home on friday is now charged with his wife's murder. authorities say 67-year-old anthony potter attacked 63-year-old 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. >> the naacp of trenton says the search for the city's new superintendent was "flawed and inconclusive." "action news" in trenton as the naacp said the search did not represent the community. dr. frederick mctowel from the philadelphia school district is taking over as superintendent in trenton in

july. the naacp is upset because only one choice was presented at a public meeting last week. some, do yous appointment came nine days after the naacp requested the trenton board of education reopen the superintendent search. >> all right. time now to search for answers as far as the commute home tonight on a monday night. >> over to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. hi, matt. >> always searching for delays. >> sure. >> usually don't have to look very hard especially on the schuylkill expressway rick and monica on this first week day afternoon commute of april. things could have gone better. we had a crash here in the eastbound lanes approaching spring garden involving two dump trucks. the final police police officer that was on the scene just pulled away about two minutes ago. so, everything is opened here eastbound approaching spring garden but as you can see, it is still clogged. you might still want to us 82 the river drives like the mlk right there where traffic is moving better. eastbound schuylkill you're still looking at speeds like 15 miles per hour. even worse with volume on 95 northbound just 11 miles per hour passing under the ben

franklin bridge. our crash on the blue route 476 northbound by broomall is finally gone and took a long time on that one and the one up in mayfair bustleton and robin by bamboo nightclub has also cleared much we have traffic light troubles to watch out for in west philadelphia chestnut and 56th. be careful if you're traveling through that intersection. a vehicle doesn't want to run by cheltenham sports along tookany parkway at central avenue. watch out for restrictions there. film were and by -- plymouth township. i would steer clear of that but heading northbound on the northeast extension toward the lehigh valley, no issues at at this point on this monday afternoon. rick and monica, back over to you. >> matt, thank you again. much more still ahead on "action news" tonight. it's been three weeks since the tennessee teenager vanished with her teacher. what authorities say about the potential new clues that popped up over the weekend. >> a sure sign spring is on the way. we'll take you to where the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. aren't they beautiful? adam.

>> yes, they are its been beautiful for the last couple days but we're going to lose with more heavy rain coming from the south and west even a few thunderstorms overnight. we'll have the timing on the heaviest rain and then another round at the end of the week in that accuweather forecast. >> jaime apody with sports including opening day for the phillies. they're kicking off the regular season in cincinnati. those stories and more when "action news" comes right back. >> okay. >> ♪

>> three weeks ago today a teacher and his former student vanished from tennessee. overnight police in nebraska said this was not ted cummings be elizabeth thomas at a mcdonald's. the pair were last seen at a wal-mart in oklahoma 700 miles from home. thomas' hair appears to be darkened red. cummings facial hair has turned gray. they used cash to make a purchase. police say cummings packed warm weather clothes before allegedly kidnapping thomas. five people suffered minor injuries in a train accident at new york city's penn station. new jersey transit derailed while pulling in slowly around 9 o'clock this morning. most people walked out to the platform on their own following the derailment. >> meantime jaime apody here

with sports and finally time to play ball. >> yeah, felt like forever. i like it because it means summer is coming. >> sure. >> nothing quite like that relief that comes with opening day. it means sunny skies are on the horizon baseball is back for now until the fall. phillies open in cincinnati only this year things started with a bang. hernandez led off the game with a home run to right. phillies with a very early one-nothing lead. now still in the first newcomer michael saunders we like him already, doubles to deep left center there. maikel franco motoring all the way around from first. here's the play at the plate and he is safe. two-nothing phils. in the second freddy galvis homered in the opener in cincinnati. we can only hope the offense looks this good this year as it did first two innings. right now the phillies lead three to one in the fifth. all this talk about joel embiid's chances of being rookie of the year i think we

overlooked dario saric. he made eastern conference rookie of the month for the second straight month. it was too little too late and the flyers have had that white flag waved for them. last night the orange and black lost four to three to the rangers and with that were officially eliminated from playoff contention. flyers with a dubious distinction of becoming the first team in in. hl history to have a 10 game winning streak during the year and not make the post season. they'll be left with a lot of what ifs. >> nobody got too far ahead of ourselves. you just know things are too tight when you look throughout the conference and, you know, it's -- this isn't the right time but when you look at a couple key different key points a couple of three or four games that you look at different outcomes, it's that close. >> pull out toes busted brackets one last time. to and night is the national

championship game. hard not to think back to last year's excitement with villanova. north carolina is hoping for a different outcome this season of course the wildcats beat them last year and they're facing the underdog in gonzaga. two coaches going head to head that are also friends off the court. >> ecstatic to be here getting ready to play what i think has been the best team in college basketball all year long and a great friend of 99 mark. >> i watch him a lot and i mean i probably watched him 15 times this year just 'cause i'm a fan of his and a fan of there's and root for him. >> last night's south carolina beat mississippi state to win the women's championship. coached by philadelphia's own dawn staley. former national player of the year at dobbins high school who grew up a 25th and diamond and coached at temple staley has a few gold medals is in the basketball hall of fame but finally got that elusive national title. >> just because something takes a long time you have to have patience and you got to persevere and you have to stay with it. if something is a goal of

yours to accomplish, you don't give up on it and, you know, i never gave up on winning a national championship no matter how hard it was. >> dobbins high school today so much pride for staley whose image graces a mural outside the gymnasium that was renamed in her honor. staley always remembers those roots. i'll have that story coming up at 6:00. they were all smiles at dobbins today. good for them. >> absolutely. >> wonderful. >> exciting. >> thank you jamie. >> meantime brainiacs had their hands full literally of brains at a science fair on the university of pennsylvania campus today. check this out. grade school students were invited to judge hands on activities developed by undergraduate students in the neuroscience department. one task shows how taste buds trigger your food desire all of this helps college students learn to communicate and of course attract the next generation of scientists. >> meantime students in sicklerville new jersey were

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>> our "action news" drone6 was high above upper dublin high school in fort washington montgomery county. it was a pretty nice day to enjoy the sunshine and take to the skies although some cloudy weather has moved in. each member of the "action news" drone team by the way is a certified faa drone pilot. and has had extensive safety and flight training to bring you these images from high above. >> very cool. love adam joseph here to tell us about what the clouds are doing to us. rain is coming. >> call me tomorrow and tell me if you still love me. >> tomorrow we'll just be fond of him. >> more heavy rain coming in tonight but there is one nice day this week that we're going to kind of highlight here in the seven day. storm tracker6 live double scan the sunshine we had earlier is gone at this point. the clouds have moved in and the rain will be following from the south and those temperatures did hit the mid and upper 60's this afternoon but cooling off now that we've lost the sunshine, we've got that southeasterly wind coming in off of a ocean that is

48 degrees, 68 in malvern, pottstown 61, longwood gardens 62 degrees, quakertown at 61. as we take a look to the south and east, levittown 65 degrees. but notice hammonton, tuckahoe, del haven as well as bridgeton only upper 40's to 50's when you get closer to the ocean and townsend delaware sitting at 64 degrees. there is some moisture down to the south in fact severe weather with some tornado watches and warnings in parts of florida, georgia, south carolina. wooer not going to see severe weather but we're going to see some heavy rain break away from that but the actual primary low is way to the west of saint louis so all this kind of shooting out well ahead of that low so unfortunately that low is going to kind of drift by slowly during the day tomorrow but there you can see the leading edge of the showers and heavier downpours approaching washington, baltimore also central parts of virginia so future tracker shows by temperature clock tonight, you start to see the first few raindrops falling

north and east of philadelphia. already turning a little steadier and heavier down to the south but it's really just after midnight 2 o'clock in the morning to 4 o'clock in the morning that's when the heaviest rain comes through, even a rumble or two of thunder is not out of the question but it's good timing this go round because by the time most of us hit the roads early tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m., the heaviest rain is gone, maybe a few lingering showers but damp roadways and as we go through the rest of your tuesday its not a washout. there will be some breaks of sun developing in the afternoon but same time as the sun pops out, there will also be some pop-ups in the form of downpours and thunderstorms in a few locations tomorrow afternoon. so for that morning rush in the morning, it is mainly cloudy with a lingering shower, the heaviest rain is gone. as we break down the afternoon and evening rush hour, some sunny breaks, soaring into the 70's with a scattered downpour or thunderstorm. the best day of the week it's wednesday. 70 for a high, lots of sunshine and gorgeous before a new low really ramps up from

the south and brings even heavier weather to come in on thursday. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, showers and sun and even a scattered downpour or thunderstorm in the afternoon at 75. beautiful wednesday, 70, rainy with some strong if not severe thunderstorms. take a look at future tracker 2 o'clock in the afternoon on thursday, again, we could be talking one to two, plus inches of rain on thursday. and then on friday it's brisk, cool, cloudy with a few showers, 51 degrees for the phillies home opener and then we slowly dry it out and brighten it up over the weekend. sunday looks great, 64 and a week from now sun and clouds of 73 degrees. so, wednesday's the pick of the week if it's your day off, you lucked out. >> enjoy. >> uh-huh. >> oh, well. >> we'll take a break and be right back. >> ♪ >> meantime japan's cherry blossom trees have reached full bloom many people in tokyo are flocking to see 800

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>> right now jim gardner and the "action news" team standing by with these stories and much more coming up at 6:00. breaking news from north philadelphia where two people were killed in a shooting this afternoon. we'll have a live update from the scene. also students are remembering a 14-year-old classmate who died over the weekend in an atv crash in burlington county. >> crews are beginning to transform the steps of the philadelphia museum of art for the upcoming nfl draft. we'll show you the setup just ahead. those stories coming your way next at 6:00. for the entire team i'm monica malpass. have a good night. >> good night.

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>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. >> with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> it is monday night. the the big story on "action news" tonight is breaking news from north philadelphia. this information just coming in. two people have been shot and killed in the 1100 block of west styles street. two more were shot and wounded. this sounds like an execution. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at the scene and dann, what's the full story? >> reporter: jim, what i can tell you is that there is a heavy police presence here at this hour, a lot of investigators and top brass from police including homicide captain james clark this following a very violent gun

battle here as evidenced by the numerous yellow evidence markers which pinpoint bullet casings here on the sidewalk as many as 25 that we counted. it was just after 3:30, the 22nd district officers arrived here after reports of gunshots. they found four people had been shot. one of the victims was shot multiple times including twice in the head. two of the victims later died one at hahnemann another died at temple. two other shooting victims, including a 26-year-old survived and is being treated a -- a the both hospitals both in critical condition. what precipitated the violence. we don't know t initial police reports indicate it may be drug related because they found drug paraphernalia here on the scene. the violence happened across the street from saint maliki catholic school which was immediately placed on lockdown. here's what some students were telling us. >> we were in the school and all you hear is gunshots like multiple gunshots and it just got silent for a second and