write a book, spielberg could direct the movie. i think the movie would be a little bit too sexually graphic for mr. spielberg. besides, with justine as a partner, who knows what i'm liable to get up to? i'm going back to work now. i'll come with you. we can talk about my future. ♪ oh, tell me you didn't save my life just so you can do the honors. of course not. this is for you. oh. and so are these. i chartered you a jet. i recommend a destination with lax extradition laws. i hardly know what to say. why the change of heart?

let's just say i'm starting to know what it feels like to have the fruit of your loins wish you dead. she is a clever child, isn't she? she tried to kill me. she tried to kill us. it's actually rather promising. for the firm's future. if i let the child live, she'll only keep trying to murder us. but she didn't succeed, though, did she? perhaps she didn't want to. she just wanted her mummy's attention. now that's absurd. children have difficulty expressing themselves. you are the grown up. it's up to you to mend fences. it's a bit late for that. she's furious with me for giving her up. believe me, if you'd kept her, she'd be griping about something else. hostility and reproach with occasional moments of pride -- that's the mother/daughter bond for you. did you say pride? well, thanks to you, i'm still breathing, aren't i? you're welcome.

[ cellphone vibrates ] there is your car. it's a shame i can't meet her. what's her name? tessa. i'll send you a postcard once i've settled. perhaps you and tessa can come and visit. call me if you need me. mum. um... what if you stayed? just for a while. i have a feeling i'm gonna need all the help i can get. ♪ look, we both know these test results do not mean -- yes, they do. you know they do. ben is her father.

and he's gonna want to be her father. maybe that's what she needs. and a step-mother who will kick her ass and send it straight to juvie the minute she steps out of line. [ sighs ] maybe we should take the nick case. where did that come from? if there's stuff in my life that i'm afraid to look at, even for a paycheck, then maybe i should look at it. 'cause if you do not make peace with it, the past will always come back to haunt you. what'd she do now? you got the test results?

i opened it. i already know she's mine. ♪ and you taught me what a life is for ♪ ♪ to see the ordinary isn't how long did it take you to plan all this? how do you know it was me and not felix? because felix was loyal to my family for years before someone got to him. three months. felt like forever. what? nothing. it's just... it's my own vanity, but i find myself feeling oddly proud. of me? no, of me for not having birthed an idiot. i can tell you why your plan failed if you'd like.

my plan to kill you? only if you're interested. i already know. ♪ light me up again i underestimated my target. ♪ light me up again ♪ and you don't hold back, so i won't hold back ♪ ♪ and you don't look back, so i won't look back ♪ it's not bourbon, but... what are you doing here? i just closed another case, which means i'm two for two. they're freakin' loving me in fbi land. well, you're very lovable. i'm even better with a tan. our villa has a pool and an ocean. yeah, about that. i'm thinking maybe we should wait. why? what's going on? allie. it's not for me to say, but, um --

[ cellphone vibrating ] it's margot. you should take that. ♪ light me up again ♪ light me up again hey. what's going on? ♪ and you don't hold back, so i won't hold back ♪ ♪ and you don't look back, so i won't look back ♪ ♪ light me up again ♪ light me up again ♪ light me up again ♪ and you don't look back, so i won't look back ♪ ♪ light me up again ♪ we are, we are, we are tonight ♪ ♪ we are, we are, we are forever ♪

♪ we are, we are, we are tonight ♪ ♪ we are, we are, we are forever ♪ >> coming up on "action news," president trump launches a cruise missile striect tonight on syria. >> you hear from the survivors

of a crushing storm related accident. ♪ ♪ "action news," delaware valley's leading news program, with jim gardner. >> it is thursday night. the big story on "action news" tonight is breaking news. this was president trump one hour ago. tonight, i ordered a targeted, military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical

attack was launched. it is in this vital, national security interest of the united states to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. >> this is video in within the last five minutes. president trump gave the order tonight with u.s. warships firing 59 tomahawk cruise missiles at a syrian air base the intended targets, runways, planes, fuel facilities. we are waiting for damage reports from the scene. the missiles came from two warships, the u.s.s. ross and u.s.s. porter in the eastern mediterranean aimed at the air base in the city of ohms. that is the air base used to

fire chemical weapons at the town. it was these pictures of including children dying of gas. president trump called on other countries to end the bloodshed in syria. there is word that the u.s. warned russia before the air strikes. russia has planes and missiles on the ground. the entire trump brain trust is hosting china, a weekend of important talks about trade and national security. it was a kick off to this event tonight. we are joined by edward of the foreign policy research in

philadelphia. this action tonight by trump is what former president obama wouldn't do in 2016, but 60 missiles in an airfield is probably nothing more than a picture. >> you are right, it's a start. king abdullah called attention to the situation in syria. the problem is no longer contained within syrian borders. the only way to deal with the situation in the region is to punish this kind of activity. again, as you say, this is just a start. the question will be, how do we follow up and specifically the president said, he's calling on the international community to come together. that won't happen without

american leadership. the question is, how will we make it happen? >> let's talk about russia. russia has a substantial military force keeping asaad in power against the rebels. does this raise a confrontation between the u.s. and russia? >> we already know we warned the russians where they shouldn't be, let them know the attack was coming and gave them time to protect their people. it's a congested dangerous place. rex tillerson secretary of state is on the way to russia next week to meet with sergei, his counterpart. you know they'll be discussing this situation. a number of years ago vladimir putin wanted to get rid of asaad. president obama was not interested in the conversation. i think we'll have to have it. congress is going to want to be part of this discussion. there is going to be much more

of a commitment here than anything candidate trump thought would be happening. >> we are glad when you come by to give us your expertise. >> thanks, jim. >> officer news, dramatic they pushed the button on the nuclear omtion in thoption in the senat. they'll no longer need 60 votes for a nominee. the change was made by mitch mcconnell. gorsuch will be confirmed tomorrow. >> there is word that the house ethic's committee might investigate to see if nunes shared classified information. the storms have left the region but they left destructive

calling cards. the wind blew part of the roof off of the technology company building in west conshohoken. there were workers inside. they were not hurt. this is what it looked like in delaware when >> tree crashed into the roadway. the tree also brought down power lines. on barley mill road another tree caused another problem. annie, what is the story there? >> jim, that's right, this tree in the roadway fell on a car with a mother and her teenaged son inside. both victims have been released from the hospital with minor injuries. tonight, the mother is speaking to us. >> this is the massive tree that crushed victoria franklin's car with she and her 17-year-old son inside. minutes before she saw a tree fall, then?

>> i didn't see or hear anything until it hit us. the roof of the car was crushed in. we could see the tree right above us inside, like part of it in the car. >> medics transported mother and son to the hospital with minor injuries after they climbed out of the vehicle. franklin was driving, her son in the passenger seat. it was around 4:00 when she picked up her son to make their way home to new jersey. tonight, frank lynn's boyfriend brought her back to the scene. police received their cellphones and keys. franklin says she's still in shock and so is her son. >> after i looked at it, i just cried. my son and i are surprised we got out of there. >> back out here live, most of

the power has been restored to the neighborhood. the workers you saw are from verizon. they'll remove their lines and then delmar will clean up the rest of the mess. annie mccormick, "action news" 6. back to you. >> what is the latest word from accuweather? >> we are drying out. heavy and strong thunderstorms, the low is north of albany with the wet weather catching a break. back to the west, there is energy in the ohio valley. this has to swing through during the day tomorrow. one more dreary day before we brighten it up for the weekend. many of the trees fell along with the strong winds. the root systems are weak. another inch and a half in philadelphia, same for allentown

and lancaster. close to an inch for dover and wilmington. wind gusts 58 miles per hour. atlantic city, 50 miles per hour. tuckerton and ship bottom long beach island, 60 miles per hour wind with thunderstorms earlier today. it's dreary and chillier tomorrow with lingering showers in the afternoon. then we are on the stretch for a four day warming trend. a taste of 80s on the way. we show you when they arrive in the ?oaskt. >seven-day forecast.>> you can t weather updates with the "6abc" app. the hourly and seven-day forecasts are just a click away. use radar to monitor when storms come through. the "6abc" app is for your

mobile device. >> fire brock out at 8:00 at the 300 block of ba borelli drive. a couple accused of giving their daughter to another man for money appeared in court today. savilla stoltzfus pled guilty. her husband pled no contest. they fell on hard times and handed over their children to caplin for his help. caplin's trial is set to begin next month. >> still to come, a new jersey

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>> we have this developing story, police in new castle county are searching for a man they say abducted a four-year-old girl in the village of plum run. the girl was found two hours later at a park. the girl was playing when she was snatched by a man with tinted windows. a passer by spotted her near banning park in wilmington. the suspect is described as a white male with dark hair. no word on whether the little girl suffered injuries tonight. >> it was an emotional reunion

in maple shade where a woman met the woman that saved her life. dann cuellar has the full story. >> hi, everyone. >> the two women were reunited at the restaurant in maple shade where two weeks ago a matter of life and death brought them together. >> it was a blessing. i have never been so frightened in my life. i didn't think i would make it. >> a retired 911 worker was choking. >> i couldn't see. i was passing out. >> sitting nearby was mccuster, a retired medical technician from boston who runs up after her service dog got her attention that someone needed help.

>> i knew from behind that she was choking. >> mccuster retired as an emt before becoming a paramedic because of analogy to latex but clearly, the training didn't go to waste. >> i believe the creator brought me to the right place at the right time. >> she threw a party to thank her and brought gifts for her and her dog. >> for 35 years i have told people what to do and i couldn't do anything for myself. >> fate brought them together, two perfect strangers now friends for life. >> i'm dann cuellar, channel6 "action news." >> comedian don rickles known as

the grand master of insult comedy died today at the age of 90. for more than half a century ricrickles headlined casinos and talk shows and was a favorite of johnny carson. the younger generation will remember him as the voice of mr. the cause of death, kidney failure. >> american icon john glenn was laid to rest today with full military honors during a rainy ceremony at arlington national cemetery. he died at the age of 95. he was remembered in public epts in his home state of ohio.

today's burial service was a personal service for family and friends. it would have been john and annie glens 74th anniversary. >> a dangerous property in kenzington has long been a gathering spot for drug addicts. used syringes and debris are a few hazards often found at the site. last year 17 people died from drug overdoses near or on the property. the city says if they don't clean it up they'll sue. >> a thousand calories, that's what they burned last month. health reporter and registered nurse gorman and wendy were

there for channel6. they wore heart rate monitors to monitor their activity. cash prizes were awarded but theover all goal was to make philadelphia a healthier city. >> students were on the move to raise money in the fight against pediatric cancer. they took part in a minithon and raised $18,141 for four diamonds. they partner with penn state's children hospital for medical goals while funding research for a cure. we want to thank our viewers for making this a big day in "action news" history. from we reached a million likes. we want to thank you for your loyalty and interest in what we are doing everyday.

if you don't follow us on facebook, shame on you, but give us a like to get "action news" stories in your news feed. >> a lot of great content everyday. >> this is a guy responsible for 400,000, one adam joseph. >> facebook is a wonderful tool you can get a lot of great information out there. we thank you, of course. looking at storm tracker 5, it was an eventful day. talking about severe weather that passed through with heavy rain and gusting winds, we have a few lingering showers in southern jersey and delaware hanging on may's landing. smyrna, a pop of yellow passing by with a hit of heavy rainfall lifting to the the north and east. we see showers continuing into the afternoon hours. as we look at the temperatures now, 54 philadelphia, 50 in

allentown, 52 in cape may and 40 in the poconos. winds out of the southwesterly direction. tomorrow, they come more out of the northwest. the spin, the low is now in northern parts of new england. the low is going to slow down. that's going to give us one more spoke of energy here. it's called a trough. there is cold air with that. it's breaking out with snow in the southern great lakes pinwheeling locking in the cloud cover. if you are up early tomorrow morning, you see a little sun. clouds take over, temperatures in the upper 40s with windchill in the upper 30s near 40 with showers developing in the afternoon. if you are heading down to the philly's game, it's our home opener in town, chilly wind gusting near 35 to 45 miles per hour.

first pitch temperature matching the end of the game, 49-degrees. winds are whipping. to the north, shower in the poconos tomorrow. it's only one day. high pressure comes in for the weekend. it gains control, 58-degrees. still a bit on the breezy side returning with the sun saturday and easing wind the second half of the weekend. the seven-day forecast, 49 tomorrow. knock off close to 10-degrees with the winds. sun is back saturday with the philadelphia union, 58. sunday, 6 68-degrees. add ten on monday, 78-degrees with pass over beginning at sundown. then it's a summer preview tuesday. we jump to 81-degrees. the front comes through tuesday night knocking the temperatures down to 72 on wednesday. we go back to normal thursday,

65-degrees. no matter what, that's a speck spectacular seven day with the exception of tomorrow. >> i wouldn't be surprised if some satyrs are outside on this pass over. >> community league in longhorn hosted a fashion show for a good cause. the clothing comes from the st. mary's thrift store. the funds go to the community league to fund projects at st. mary's medical center. ♪fast, rhythmic drumming

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>> sixers host the chicago bulls. >> they are trying to win games. some people want them to lose games for a better draft position. >> entering the night sixers had four games left beginning with tonight's game against the bulls. brett brown. third quarter, justin anderson, with a dunk everynight. scores 17 points. rashaun holmes tips in with ten. the deficit 14. the sixers are never really in the game. sixers lose 102-90. >> after a nice start to the season monday, phillies limp out of cincinnati. pitching was poor, offense had holes. that's daniel nava, reserve