this little girl was that found. >> reporter: correct, brian and sharrie, good evening town a tense manhunt is still being mounted here in the state of delaware. new castle county police various other local police agencies state police and the fbi are all on the case. as for the four-year-old victim she's safe now with her parents. >> she was in many fact sexually assaulted. >> reporter: outrage commander of the new castle county police force describing details of the abduction and molestation of a four-year-old girl as she played with friends outside her pike creek valley home around 7:00 last night by a man who remains at large. >> the suspect managed to walk the four-year-old to his vehicle and proceeded to force her inside of it. and drive off at a high rate of speed. >> reporter: about two hours later in the cold night air the child largely unclothed was discovered walking out of banning park some 8 miles away in wilmington by a passerby

who'll called police. the child was examined at the hospital and then turned over to her parents. police continue to scour banning park looking for clues. >> we're looking for a dark colored four door sedan, possibly black with tinted windows. we're looking 4:00 a.m. white or hispanic male. >> reporter: neighbors of the family are deeply alarmed and tried to help last night when word of the kidnapping spread. >> we found out that the little girl was abducted all the neighbors rallied area and round, some of the neighbors went out. they actually were driving around looking for her with the description of the car and the gentleman who had taken her. >> reporter: brian, that is all police have to report and tell the public. they're asking for surveillance video from around the area, if anybody has anything on them their that looks suspicious, the suspect is so far at large. he's described as a white or hispanic male in a black vehicle with tinted windows t live in wilmington delaware,

i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news." >> awful situation. thank you for that update. developing news today and the latest on those airstrikes carried out in syria. white house officials are calling them justified to that chemical attack they say was waged by syria against its own people this week. 59 tomahawk missiles struck their target late last night an effort to both weaken bashar assad's military strength and to send the signal he will be held to account. nikki haley u.s. ambassador to the united nation as also indicated more strikes could follow. >> the united states took a very measured step last night. we are prepared to do more. but we hope that will not be necessary. it is time for all civilized nations to stop the horrors that are taking place in syria and demand a political solution. >> meanwhile u.s. officials are also looking into whether russia may have taken part in

that chemical attack. they say a drone possibly a russian one was seen hovering over the hospital shortly after the attack and then hours later that very hospital was bombed. officials believe it may have been a deliberate effort to kill any survivors or to cover up any evidence. >> neil gorsuch is preparing to be sworn in as the next justice of the supreme court. the republican led senate confirmed the nominee today giving donald trump the biggest triumph his young presidency. after an historic rule change that only required a simple majority vote, the senate voted mostly along party lines 54-45 to confirm gorsuch to the lifetime appointment. it marks the tend to a bitter partisan battle that began shortly after the sudden death of justice antonin scalia. gorsuch will like be sworn in next week. >> at least four people are dead and 15 others injured after a truck crashed into a major department store in downtown stockholm. and word is just in that

police in sweden do have 71 in custody. swedish prime minister stefan lofven says all indications are that this was a terror attack. stockholm police say one person that can have some kind of connection to the attack has been arrested. now the truck involved was a large beer truck a swedish brewery told local media one of its vehicles had been carjacked earlier in the day. a nationwide manhunt has been under way in sweden as police continue to work all angles. now, it's not clear whether the person under arrest at this hour is the man shown in a police photo that was released earlier today wearing a greenish hoodie standing at the top of an escalator. stockholm police are holding a news conference in just a few moments to update this investigation. we'll have the latest on 6abc.com. brian. >> alicia thank you. "action news" and abc news will have continuing coverage on the strike in syria neil gorsuch's confirmation and

that attack in stockholm. >> time now for a check of the accuweather forecast this friday. >> yes, started out gloomy but blue skies prevailed. adam joseph joining us. >> it is very chilly with the northwesterly winds. we saw a little bit of blue at times this afternoon but as we look at satellite and radar you can see we are coveredly in cloud cover from the northeast right down the midatlantic and even some rain showers still passing through parts of the area. snow showers up in the poconos as that low pressure that brought some of those strong storms yesterday continues to spiral more energy around. in fact those wind gusts 37 miles an hour in philadelphia this afternoon. allentown 37, 36 in wilmington, 35 in millville and clocking in close to 40 miles an hour today down at the shore. there is that low near burlington vermont, wind chills right now 20 in syracuse and the 20's there 20's in pittsburgh, 41 right now is how it feels in philadelphia and as we go through the evening hours temperatures will be falling from the mid 40's to the low

40's by 11 o'clock and finally we'll break up that cloud cover very late this evening but that chilly wind is with us all night long with a low temperature of 36 degrees. brian there is a big time turn around in that seven-day forecast. we'll talk about near record high temperatures as we go into the beginning of next week in that full accuweather forecast. sharrie. >> okay adam thank you. so the weather hasn't been the best today with wind and of course clouds but it didn't stop philly fans from having a great time at the home opener. baseball is back as the phillies take on the nationals. "action news" reporter gray hall is live in south philadelphia where the game is under way. hey, gray. >> reporter: hi, sharrie. these fans are revved up. they are on fire. they say despite today feeling like football weather rain or shine they would have been here to support their phillies >> ♪♪ >> let's go phillies. >> reporter: it's the 2017

home opener for the phillies. >> my 46th consecutive year. >> reporter: 46. >> 46. my mom and dad took me to the first one at the vet in 1971 and i haven't missed one since. >> the phillies are the best. i'm the number two and phillies fan. >> reporter: number two. >> yes. >> reporter: who is number one. >> everybody else. i try harder. >> reporter: the game kicked off at 3:05. there was music a block party food fun and more. fans of all ages showed up to cheer on the phillies. for some coming out to the home opener is a tradings family affair. >> i was born and raised in philadelphia. i'm daddy's girl. i'm obligated to birth. i've loved them since i came out of the womb. we've been coming her every day opening day little father and daughter thing we have going and on. >> reporter: the weather wasn't the best but these fans didn't seem bothered. for them it is still spring baseball celebration of the phillies.

>> it's unbelievable. goose bumps all over. we came down here last year and we've always wanted to come to one and i will never ever miss another opening day never. >> it's baseball. it's just a way of life. if you're not a baseball fan you don't understand it. >> reporter: all right association the fans super excited and hoping for a victory tonight against the nationals and just in case you are wondering yes, it was al sold out crowd. reporting live in south philadelphia, gray hall, channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> a lot of people getting a cameo in there too behind you. all right, gray, thank you. we want of course you to share your phillies pride with us. send us your pictures using the #6abcaction or join us at join the action at 6abc.com. >> if i'mtime for a first check of the "action news" traffic report. >> let's go to to live to matt pelman. hey, matt. >> a lot of 71 not how we would describe the ride home at least not yet. who knows maybe it will get better.

probably not. good afternoon to you though. anyway brian and sharrie on the vine street expressway we started the afternoon with an eastbound accident around broad street. gone now but not a great way to start the afternoon. already jammed solid crossing town from the schuylkill out to 95 on the eastbound vine. westbound volume building in as well headed towards 76. and speaking of 95, this is it, northbound by the vine expressway we had a broken down vehicle here a little bit ago. it has cleared. damage is done but with typical afternoon volume you're seeing northbound backlog head up to the work zone at girard. an accident near cottman is gone too. these problems are clearing out but you're left with big delays. slow speeds on the schuylkill expressway and the blue route 476 southbound has speeds in the teens much watching an issue in upper macungie in the lehigh valley, 78 eastbound near route 100 it's an accident just 10 miles per hour on the approach. if you and want to stay down on 222 there are some pockets of slowing there but it's

better than 78. and in that burlington county, there was a crash on the southbound new jersey turnpike now off to the side but speeds are in the 30's there. let's grab the ipad do the commuter report on this finally friday afternoon. traveling westbound on 422 nearly south pottstown just past route 100 a minor crash there. expect a little slowing. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you my friend. still ahead dramatic surveillance video of an armed robbery in west oak lane. the suspect demands cash while forcing a victim to the floor at gunpoint. >> plus water concerns close a local high school. details about the fourthly deadly bacteria found on campus. a full blown heroin addict, selling my soul to get high. when i realized i needed help i didn't know where to go. but i got help and you can too. you're not alone.

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night when the suspect barged into the new shop express on the 6900 block of old york road. he grabbed an employee held a gun to his hand and demanded money. a second worker who was behind the counter handed over cash from the register. the gunman then stole a wallet from the victim who was still lying on the floor. if you know anything about this crime you're asked to call police. philadelphia police are examining surveillance video that captured a man being robbed and then shot in the city's feltonville section. the victim says he was approached by the robbers right after he got cash out of an atm on wyoming avenue around midnight a friend who was with the victim handed the suspect $250 in cash over but the suspect still opened fire. the victim is expected to survive. well, a chester county high school was closed today after potentially deadly bacteria was found in the school's hot water system. district officials say legionella bacteria was found

at kennett high school in kennett square during routine testing. legionella bacteria can cause legionnaires' disease a severe and sometimes fatal respiratory disease. the health department says there are no reports of the disease at this time. an environmental cleanup firm has been hired to eliminate the bacteria. >> a fire broke outinside a dorm room at rowan university. firefighters worked to mop up the water damage. no one was hurt but mimosa hall was evacuated. investigators are still trying to figure out how it got startd the. also in gloucester county a warehouse fiery ignited overnight. the fire broke out about 8 o'clock last night. crews were called back to five star auctions east greenwich township at 1:30 this morning. flames were coming from the roof of that building. firefighters got the situation under control after about an hour. >> well, state troopers who took the stand today in eric frein's trial talked about what they found inside frein's

bedroom during their investigation. they told the jury they found a sniper manual and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. it was put on display for the jury to see. and they said the ammo had the same markings as the shell casings recovered from the scene of the ambush. frein's trial resumed today after it was put on hold yesterday when frein was apparently getting treated for an injury he suffered in jail. frein could face a death sentence if he's sentenced. corporal bryan dickson was killed in the 2014 ambush and trooper alex douglass was injured. >> here at the big board now and tonight there is a.m. brand new competition series premiere on abc where the judges have big opinions but at a smaller table its called the toy box. hopeful toy makers have to get past a very tough panel of critics. four kids who have the task of deciding which toy would be the biggest hit with their peers and they are taking that job very seriously.

>> i'm from essex england. >> i'm the serious judge. >> i don't mess around. >> this is toby. >> what makes me a good judge is really that i try to give constructive criticism. when i crush someone's dreams. >> i'm seven years old and the reason why i'm a good judge system because i know toys from the back of my hand. where i got the scar. accident. >> they're funny too. and five passionate amateur inventors have to wow those judges to get that chance to have their toy sold exclusively at toys r as you after the series finale. host eric stone street from modern family told me it is a tough competition but he thinks the kids nailed it. >> i absolutely think they made the right decisions. i think mattel is really happy with it. i know the toy is on trend. the kids got it right. i hope that's not giving anything away but i ultimately

think -- i mean when i saw the toy, i was like, cool. >> big kids will like it too. the kids also got help from three celebrity mentors who know a thing or two about marketing to kids. the toy box premieres tonight at 8 o'clock right here on 6abc. no one better to judge who likes toys better than kids. >> very innocent right. >> great concept. eric stone sweet is great. i follow him on twitter. >> he said he's part nanny in this gig. [laughter] >> we'll be watching. alicia thanks so much. let's get a check of the accuweather forecast. >> let's check back in with adam. >> kind of a dreary day today at the end of the week. it's better than yesterday but man, it is a chilly wind out of the northwest. a lot of clouds can. we've sh ha some on and off scattered sprinkles and showers and there's a batch to the north and west here tracking near lancaster reading a little more confined heading into the southern parts of chester county montgomery county and if this

holds together we'll have to watch some of these showers as they head towards the phillies game in southampton it will be a little time but something we'll have to track here as they're on the edge of coatesville reason wet roadways along 422 in berks county. winds 21 miles an hour sustained in philadelphia, sustained at 28 in lancaster. higher gusts than these numbers. 24 in wilmington and right now the wind gusts above 20 miles an hour in millville with a sustained wind at 18 it is creating some wind chills. feels like 40 or so anywhere from trenton philadelphia wilmington to the south but only 35 in reading, 36 in lancaster so almost a winter chill in the air today but that's going to change this weekend t there you can see kind of those rotating spokes of energy passing through during the day today. you got a little glimmer of sun a pop here or there but at this point really not much in the way of sun out there. watching the last batch of showers in the northwestern suburbs. the clouds will break up overnight tonight. 33 in allentown, 36 philadelphia, 36 as well in

dover. brisk and cold with that gradual clearing continuing but as we get into the day on saturday big improvement from today with respect to the sky cover. so we'll see a lot of sunshine here but those winds will continue out of the northwest 12 to 25 miles an hour, temperatures in the 40's through at least 11 o'clock in the morning and then busting into the mid and upper 50's but again even though if we hit those upper 50's, not going to feel like it with those winds out of the northwesterly direction so if you're heading to the philadelphia union game saturday evening bundle up. it will be mostly clear calming winds. the temperature starts 54 degrees by the finish right around 50 degrees. even if there's a little breeze there still be a chill in the air tomorrow evening but then things change. as we look at future tracker6, sunday afternoon at 3:30, 66 philadelphia 70's to our south and west, take a look at the summer heat building in the nation's heartland. 86 wichita, 81 in saint louis.

can we grab the 80's? oh, yes, we can. take a look at the four day at 4:00 forecast here. sunshine galore from start to finish saturday, 58 degrees but again a gusty breeze. no wind on sunday, 68 degrees with sun and clouds. i'd say it's pleasantly warm on monday, 80 degrees, passover at sundown and record tying on tuesday, more typical of mid june with a high of 84. we'll be breaking a sweat here by next tuesday. i'll have the rest of that seven day in the next half hour and when that four day popped up i saw your shoulders go -- >> dancing. she can't hide it. >> i knew she liked it right away. >> i do. >> our producer caroline told me in my ear that she's going to call in sick on thursday. >> i think i am, too. >> you're out, too. >> just letting you know ahead of schedule here. >> sorry caroline. >> all right adam thank you. >> up next here on "action news" today we take you inside the amazon with a closeup look at some fear some fish. >> a viral scavenger hunt of

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>> ♪♪ >> national crime victim rights week wraps up today across the nation. easy for me to say. in trenton they hand out the office of the attorney general's excellence awards for victims justice. four crime victim advocates representing atlantic essex hunterdon and middlesex counties were chosen. they were proven to show resilience in the face of challenges help sure their community seek justice and pursue healing. religious nonprofits in new jersey have access to a million dollars to help with security. congressman donald norcross and other local leaders held a community meeting today to get word out this afternoon at the katz jewish community center. they can apply for grants of

up to $50,000. that money has become available on the heels of a a string of bomb threats targeting area synagogues and jewish community centers. >> high school students danced the day away to help children with cancer. the action cam was in northeast philadelphia for the mini on that at philadelphia academy charter high school. students planned the fundraiser over the past five months and have raised more than $5,000. all of the money goes towards penn state's four diamonds fund. among other things the organization helps families of young cancer patients pay for costs that insurance does not cover. how about this new exhibit that's opened up at camden new jersey's adventure aquarium. piranha falls takes visitors inside an amazon where 125 red belly piranha live. there's rain wind thunder and lightning inside the visit to give guests the experience of a powerful amazon rainstorm t tonight aquarium members will

get to visit after hours with a special event just for them. >> looks really cool. >> very awesome. >> still ahead want to arrange a pet photo shoot with the easter bunny or go to the battleship new jersey for free? we'll show you how you can do that and some other things in freebie friday. >> emergency uber. why some are opting for san a a -- an app over an ambulance when it comes to getting to the hospital quickly.

>> ♪♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam

joseph, alicia vitarelli sharrie williams and brian taff. >> hello again. 4:30 and "action news" continues with a possible game changer for anyone suffering with problematic skin an acne vaccine could be a reality. >> a movement to spread positivity is under foot across the area and it involves pretty painted pebbles. coming up we'll explore how delaware valley rocks got started and how you can get involved. >> and an ambulance is seen speeding through the streets of a texas town driving more than 90 miles an hour but police say this was no emergency. it was instead a crime. >> but we begin 4:30 with the latest on the united states missile strike on syria. 59 tomahawk cruise missiles bombarded a syrian air force base aimed at destroying the planes accused of dropping deadly gas on civilians. nikki haley told members of the security council on the

security council that the u.s. is prepared to take further action against the country to prevent chemical weapons attacks but hopes that that will not be necessary. the syrian government and their ally russia have denounced the strikes as an act of aggression and "action news" reporter john rawlins discovered while talking to members of the syrian community now based in the lehigh valley, many actually agree. he's live in allentown with more on this story today and there are always two sides to the story john. >> reporter: well, many sides to this particular story. the narrative though for many people here sharrie is that we talked to today is that the u.s. is again naively going down the wrong path by attacking the assad government. they question the wisdom out of the assertion that the assad government used chemical weapons and they say destabilizing that government risks chaos. >> the president came out and said he didn't want any regime changes, he didn't want to get involved in syria and then all of a sudden now couple days later he's getting involved so

everybody is a little bit baffled and confused. >> reporter: syrians began moving tom allentown a century go. shops stocked with foods for a syrian palate. donald trump won votes here in part because as a candidate he says he would fight isis and be hands off the assad government. last night's attack changeed that. e cahe reporter: the father expressed he's speaking for himself not his church. the trip wire for trump the use of chemical weapons in syria. >> this attack to many syrian americans is a hoax. >> reporter: the thinking behind that statement isis is responsible for the attack not risk world condemnation since he already is successfully winning withional weapgovernmen taking over areas the isis. >> reporter: some in this community have that demonstrated for assad in the past. they view him as a stable fair force.

they fear trump's shift could topple assad and lead to chaos where islamic extremists take control. well the plan this evening is to protest last night's cruise missile launch and attack on the assad air field. that will that happen later this evening at the intersection behind me her union boulevard and airport road. rawlins, channel6 "action news." brian. >> all right john, our explainer in chief many thanks for making sense that of complicated story. as the topic of syrian once again rises to the top of the news a newspaper exhibit is shedding light on that seldom understood country and its many conflicts. the action cam was at the penn museum for the opening of the cultures in the crossfire an exhibition featuring the history heritage and current events of syria in the middle east. it highlights the museum's efforts to save priceless cultural artifacts in the midst of so much destruction. >> the way to think about it is this. imagine your house is on fire and the first thing you'll do is try to make sure that your

entire family is out and they're safe. the second thing you'll think about is those wedding photographs or your great grandmother's wedding dress or ring or something like that. and it's those kinds -- that -- those things that give meaning to life. >> now the exhibit started this morning and it is opened to the public. it also features lectures and new paintings by a syrian artist in reaction to the current c >> firefighters in delaware county didn't have to to fights morning. a fire bn the second floor of their own in parkside. this happened along the 100 block of rowland road around 11 o'clock this morning t officials say the fire was contained to a small area and was not very difficult to put out. they haven't released details on what may have sparked the fire or how much damage it may have cost. >> now to accuweather. meteorologist adam joseph like a very narrow break of some blue skies earlier today. it's been predominantly gray. that will change though. >> that will change over the weekend as sunshine comes back and we warm those temperatures and kind of kick down the wind

that we've been dealing with and turn a little damp. >> happy shoulder. >> happy shoulder dance. you'll take a look and you'll see why in the seven day. right now kind of shrouded in clouds. a sea of gray above the center city skyline and you see the shaking as well on the camera, winds westerly 21 miles an hour sustained only 48 degrees right now, wimp at 41 -- wind chill at 41. easton 47 there west wind 16. wind chill of just 40 degrees, kind of a dreary afternoon and the atlantic city back bays here same picture, a lot of clouds 48 degrees with that strong wind out of the west, the ocean temperature sitting at 47 degrees. but it's going to be a much different picture around here this weekend. you're going to be trying to find the sunglasses. it's going to be bright. it's going to be beautiful. one day warmer than at the other and we have a summer preview as well in that seven-day forecast coming up in the next half hour. >> her shoulders are are officially a barometer .

>> [laughter] >> can't help it. >> they shimmy. >> just a test. >> shoulder os six. thank you adam. >> all right. >> new exhibit at the free library of philadelphia is exploring the history of mystery. we the detectives unite the rare books at the free library and the rich collection to the rosenbach museum is show causing the daring and captivating history of the detective novel. the exhibit opens tomorrow and runs through september 1st. it was made possible by a grant from the william penn foundation. the cast of cabaret got a vip tour today of the american jewish history museum. the tony award winning stage show has a deep connection to jewish history. about 25 members of the production that is now playing at the academy of music were on hand for this tour today and cabaret runs through sunday. >> a bucks county school underwent a magical transformation this morning and the results were nothing short of enchanting. kindergarten students at school lane charter school in bensalem just ended their unit

on fairy tails. to celebrate they held a ball. the students dressed up as their favorite fairytale characters. there were of course princesses kings dwarves and even an org. >> ogre. >> thank you ogre. there were crafts dances and after the ball each classroom hosted a tea party. so a lot of fun today there. >> we watch a lot of fairytales in our house these days. [laughter] loving this story today. we know that the community that helps build us up is often our rock and there's a special movement happening right now around the delaware valley using just that, rocks to spread love and joy. simple stones, a few paintbrushes, a lot of creativity and even more smiles. we get a special behind the scenes look at this very passionate and positive project through the lens of 6abc photojournalist dan sheridan. >> it's a rock .

>> [laughter] >> found one. >> yeah. >> i found a rock. >> it means community coming together. the community has come together through these rocks. >> it's yellow. together. the community has come together through these rocks. >> it's yellow. >> i started painting the rocks. that's when i opened the page after i started hiding the rocks. >> pink over there. >> my messages my private messenger started blowing up asking how can i be a part of this. >> i'm making a magic possession. >> you can pick up a rock in your front yard and paint it with sharpies if that's h that you have and just getting some paints and sitting the kids down at a table. >> i'm going to make a zigzag and then a flower. >> wherever we go i have rocks all over my purse in my car, we drop a o you just place the rock somewhere and wait for someone to find it. once you find a rock you take a picture of it and then you post it on the facebook page so that the person hoop painted it can enjoy seeing

you will find the rock. >> some of the rocks online are amazing. a lot of people didn't realize they were even capable of doing that until they started it and now it's just awesome. >> if you start small, but then it just comes you to after awhile and i mean, some of the things are just phenomenal. i mean even from the littlest artist all the way up. >> i wrote a smile and i look little smilely faces. >> the more positivity you put out there the more positivity is going to come back to you and i think it's a perfect lesson to teach a kid. >> a simple smile on somebody's face with something sole little. >> everyh there you can pretty much find a rock as long as we and continue to paint rocks and hide rocks we'll conti eve to find rocks. >> cool. >> ♪♪ >> and thank you again tom dan sheridan for capturing that very special moment from all of these really amapaintng people like april lynn who painted this rock for us, our own li the lile 6abc "action news" rock and of course we'll tell you more about this and tell you how you can get involved right now on 6abc.com but i think

this one belongs to dan. it is indeed the little things. >> yeah, enough to bring a tear to your eye. think about the joy in my kids when they find something like that p-the discovery. wonderful thing. >> community oriented its a great idea. >> love that. >> and the big kids too. >> you got it. alicia thanks. still ahead, fix your skin with a shot. it could be true thanks to an acne vaccine that's now being tested. >> plus police say this ambulance driver wasn't speeding to get to a patient. he was the patient and the emergency vehicle was stolen. >> and his hands are up and so are his views on youtube. we'll introduce you to the swad delld social media super star going viral before he's even six months old.

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was actually a patient in the emerge7 y room but at some point he ran outside and jumped into an ambulance. the teen then led police on a chase that topped 90 miles per hour before this >> get on the ground now. get on the ground. >> the laughing cheering s niver was 99 custody. he's now facing a number of chargesluding dwi and ev that.ing arrest. >> several commuters wasted no time jumping into action when they saw a stranger in trouble at an atlanta train station. this is a group of people pulling a vis. olly d npaired man to safety is a ter he tughibled onto the tracks yesterday. daniel summers was one of the men who jughiped down into the pit physically lifting theoers says he never stopped to think about the danger he >> there's i split sd ond there's no police here, you know, just me. zin i need to be the one that idon't remember looking for a train but i did look at the

rail and just hopped right in. >> well, other than a broken ankle the victim was okay. >> ♪♪ >> in health check today at 4:00 a new stugro found as many as 8sidpercent of people aged 11 to 30 suffer from acne and if a new vaccine proves a d the horizon. scientists that the university of cal been working on a solution top end the condition. omcne is caused in part by back tear yam called p acne that is with you for life and in some waay. this new vaccine is an effort to block the acne causing sforts of the bacteria without killing the bacteria themselves. >> ♪♪ >> start with a big question in big talkers today. if you were to go to the emerge7 y room, how would you get there? well, there's a growing number of people ordering an uber or a lyft rather than call 911 and wait for an ambulance. some riders say they're dto tng it because iseds faster and they can pick the hospital. they also say cost is a factor

depending on your insurance an ommbulance ride can cost up to $1,700. but doctors warn it can be dangerous to take your health into your own hands. >> it's not only are emmts n 6aped on scene they a somo know what hospital to transport them to. that dif fare7 e of ew minutes or more can mean the difference of life and death. ds grateúwl its service has been helpful to some people but adds uber is not a d enfoontement or medical professionals. ge7 y we e> finally friday smiles courtesy of one really happy little swadifled cutie named caden. today the kent started zincumenting their little wakeuce routine and the adorable stretch when the li the lile guy gets unwrapped from his slezinc sac with a big grin to match has social media giggling in

>> the giggles are contagious in the studio right now. some babies fight the swadifle. ome know that for sure. but this dad says his five month old is snug as a bug in a rug, he loves to be swaddled and he sleeps better this way. so, of course, go 6abc.com to wappyh the whole video. there's a really good brave heart moment that d that. put hiso os o >> it's great. >> i thought it was the same one over and over but this is like a routine for this kid. stretch. >> spring lo that. arms right there. >> great video. >> alicia thanks. >> let's check on the roads>> matt standing by with the update this friday.e this nazoweek. some of the delays are stretching our patie7 e on this friday afternoon brian and sharrie. it's a little wet here in exton chester county and definitely a little bit slow in the westbound lanes of the 30 bypass. from this point at 100 out to 282 it's just typical friday afternoon volume. can't blame the sun glare here n 6his is a ternoon.

it's volume and some wet conditions in chester county. now near top0 along 78 coming out of berks county in the lehigh county just single diablt speeds because of a crash blocking a lane there. tillman street would be a medocal alter p and 222 some slow patches there but overall that's be the lier than 82 eastbound this is a tebouoon. meanwhile have a broken down vehicle in skippack township along skippack pike wes bloound at mensch road and there's the northeast extension looking good right now but warning for the weekend the nex will close in both directions between mid-county andot . okertown so this whole stretch on sunday seven hours pacdnight to 7:ken a.m. at that point you want to stay over on 309. on the big picture tce.ical friday afternoon delays along the blue route, the schuylkill exprese hay k-i-95. have a crash along coblife creek parkway at springfield avenue and ther topleshpat as you travel southbound on 55 past 47. off to the side but still attracting a the liention. speeds in the 30's on this friday afternoon. we'll check it again though

et ian and shar in the 5 o'clock hour. >> how about a live lo. >> i right now. ow py6 giving you the view of traffic moving nicely on the ben franklin parkway under some pre the liy gray skies. >> meteorologist adam joseph has the exclanesive ato suweather 7-day forecast which is looking up. it's coming up.

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>> ♪♪ >> i don't know if you've heard. >> yeah. >> but it's friday and the weekend is here and it's shaping up to be a really good one. >> yeah, that sunshine back in control warming temperatures. really can't complain about this weekend and moving ahead into next week. as we take a look at the action cam in fairmount park along kelly drive as the cherry trees are in full bloom and the che festival under way in fairmount park as well. beautiful shot here and we have a nic ahead so we're not rees with heavy rain or strong winds in the next week. as we look at storm tracker6 live double scan there is a little band of showers to the

north and west, northern new castle county towards chester county and towards the lehigh valley as we close to into storm track sticks life double scan you can see this slowly drifting from the northwest to south and east. still have the phillies game going on. as it drifts around could bring a round of light sprinkles and showers just barely dampen and the roads but this is the last area of showers we're tracking. as you take a look at the wind gusts right now 25 miles an hour allentown, 29 trenton, 32 in philadelphia. wilmington and reading and unfortunately the only thing going into the weekend we'll have to still deal with is this wind with winds tomorrow still gusting over 30 at times. wind chill 30's for lancaster reading, 41 philadelphia p-40 millville, 25 right now up in the poconos so with the cloud cover definitely feeling on the winter side here as we end the week. satellite and radar spoke of energy rotating around the low that brought the strong storms yesterday and even some of those damaging wind gusts but

there you can see to the north and west the breaking area of cloud cover beginning to push in so for tonight clouds do move out and we could see those early scattered showers continues to move by, 41 to 45 degrees for that overnight low and as we take a look at the day planner as we go into your saturday, wall to wall sunshine throughout the day 8 o'clock 40 degrees, near 50 by 11 o'clock and then going into the 50's in the afternoon and this is a reminder as you can see here we've got our app, if you have the old storm tracker6 app, it is going to stop working within a week so you want to download the accuweather app just search it whether it's your iphone or your android search accuweather app and that's the one you'll want to download because the other one will stop working in about a week. spring chill at the trough dipping in the east coast. that retreats off to the north, high pressure goes off the coast acts as a bermuda high so more summer-like air with temperatures 15 to 20 degrees above average. the exclusive accuweather

7-day forecast, 58 tomorrow. sunny with that gusty wind. we lose the wind the second half of the weekend jump it 10 degrees to 68. we're going to hit 80 here on monday pleasantly warm, passover begins at sundown and record tying possible on tuesday 84 degrees. could be a quick hit of some light showers tuesday night with a front that will drop temperatures to 72 on wednesday not as warm with sun and clouds. 68 still pretty nice on thursday. and a possibility of a shower coming by but no heavy rain for your good friday at 64 degrees. so overall al pretty nice looking seven-day forecast. >> okay. i'm literally downloading the app. >> good. >> as we speak. >> check it out. >> very cool. >> what a good boy you are. >> freebie friday coming up next. [laughter] >> ♪♪ i was a full blown heroin addict, selling my soul to get high. when i realized i needed help i didn't know where to go.

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>> all right. we made it to friday. it's freebie friday now and fun freebies abound for the little ones and even the furry ones. let's start there. tomorrow from noon to 4:00 bring your pet to pet smart for free photos with the easter bunny and there's a scavenger hunt too. pretty fun day for the little guys. and for the kids, toys r us is hosting an easter egg hunt with jeffrey the giraffe happening at all toys r us locations from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the afternoon on sunday along with the free hunt there's also al parade and lots of prizes so that's a fun little event to check out. with spring break upon us local libraries offering free passes to museums. called museum pass. search your library's catalog to find out what is free where you live. there are endless options. we have a link for you on 6abc.com. finally here's a free treat for everyone. to celebrate the premiere of the amc series better call saul which follows the cinnabon manager cinnabon

intern is giving everyone free four count sleeves of bon bites. 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. those deals and bonus ones, ones for aspiring pilots you'll love on 6abc.com. >> aspiring pirates. >> pilots. >> that means everything. >> we can find one for them too. >> alicia thank you. that will do it for "action news" at 4:00. for shar rams alicia vitarelli adam joseph i believe brian join us tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> now here are rick williams at what's ahead at 5:00. >> coming up next fallout from president trump's missile attack on syria. >> developing right now in delaware the search for a kidnapper police say snatched a little four-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her. >> those stories and more coming your way next at 5:00. >> ♪♪

>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody meteorologist cecily tynan rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪♪ >> the parents out there to people out there living in our county, i want you to be vigilant. the number one weapon we have against monsters like this is you. >> a strong warning for parents from officials in new castle county tonight after a four-year-old girl was abducted and sexually assaulted. tonight her kidnapper is still on the loose and police are following every lead they have trying to track him down.

friday night the big story on "action news" is the search for that sexual assault suspect. >> "action news" reporter vernon odom is live in wilmington banning park tonight where that little girl was found. vernon. >> reporter: good evening to you rick and to you monica. police and local authorities here are telling parents to watch their children very carefully when whenever they're outside and this important point tell the children never to talk to strangers. all local and state police agencies are on this case. so too the fbi. >> we're looking for a dark colored four door sedan possibly black with tinted windows. we're looking 4:00 for a white or hispanic male. >> reporter: details of the abduction and sexual assault of a four-year-old g played with friends outside her pike creek valley home around 7 o'clock last night by a man who remains at large. >> nothing lower that a person

can do than to take advantage of sexually abuse and take