last night about two hours after beited from outside her house. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at the park tonight. do police have any clues at all? >> reporter: so far no, jim, but the delaware state police and the fbi have joined new castle county police in the search for the man ing theible. areahat may ha survecameras than on the suspect or t v driving. there's also this tonight. >> to parents out there, to people out there living in county, i want you to be vigilant. when your kids are playing outside i want you to make sure that an i supervising, has eyes on those kids. >> reprn warning tonight from officials with a sexual predator still unknown and unaccounted for. this happened around 7 o'clock last night at the village of plum run in the 4800 block of sugar rte four-year-old was outd

male with dark hair aored sedand windows approached her. >> 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. conducted an all out search for the girl as did many of her neighbors. >> we found out that the little girl was abducted, all of the neighbors rallied around. sowent y were drivingng for her with the description of the car and the gentleman who had taken her. >> reporter: the child was found two hours later 8 miles ton's >> she was in fac assauled. what happened? what happened? the child has been reunited

with her family so again they're looking for a dark colored sedan with tinted windows being driven by a white or hispanic male. as they develop more information they will let us know and we of course will pass it on to you. live here in wilmington delaware, i'm dann cuellar channel6 "action news." >> thank you dann. here now the latest on syria. and this couldominous implications.e united states ofn the united states say they are investigating whether russia took part in the chemica weapons attack th p missile strike last night. 59 tomahawk missiles were fired from two ships in the eastern mediterranean. they were aimed at the shayrat air base in western syria. tuesday's chemical attack was launched from that base. a human rights group in syria says the base was almost

completely destroyed as were syrian planes. these are surveillance pictures of the base after the attack. the syrian military says the strike killed seven people. vladimir putin said today that the missile strike "deals a significant blow to russia russia-u.s. relations." possessive reaction has come from turkey and saudia arabia. at the un u.s. ambassador nikki haley delivered a statement this morning hm suggests that the u.s. might not frontal boundary -- not be finished. >> 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. >> prepare to do more. john rawlins is live in allentown tonight where there

is a sizable syrian american community. john, what's the reaction there pro trump or pro assad? >> reporter: i think you could probable call it pro assad at this point. they think washington is making miscalculations at multiple levels here then say while assad is far from perfect they argue he still represents the best way forward for syria. syrians began moving to allentown more than a century ago. most are christians but there are muslims as well. shops like this one owned by syrian americans stocked with foods geared to middle east cuisine. donald trump won votes here in part because he signaled he would fight isis and be hands ight's attack came as at. shock. >> fort us, yes, it is a disappointment because we were misinformed and we were misguided and we were -- we feel like we've been lied to. >> reporter: the apparent trip wire for trump the use of chemical weapons this week in

syria. >> this attack to many syrian americans is a hoax. >> reporter: the thinking behind that claim isis which has been losing ground is more likely to do something rash. assad the logic goes is too smart to risk condemnation since he is taking background with conventional weapons. these demonstrators say they are convinced if assad is toppled by the west. >> next day isis will be in damascus after that jordan lebanon and within a month will be in europe. >> reporter: it will be chaos. >> chaos all over the area not just syria. >> reporter: well many here still say they have family in syria. they stay in contact. for them the answer here is obvious that assad may be flawed but his government is still the best way forward for syria at this point in time. live in allentown, johninchannea news." jim. >> thank you, john. latehion,

several dozen protesters rched in front of philadelphia city hall condning the missile s they say military action to stop the use of chemicalweaponsn washington to spend money on jobs and housing and healthcare instead of war. abc's "world news tonight" with david muir is following all of these latest developments on the u.s. strike in syria. that is tonight at 6:30 right after "action news." philadelphia police are responding to a crash involving a septa bus in north philadelphia. two cars collided at fifth and berk at 5:30. the impact of that crash sent an overturned vehicle into a route three bus. at leastneas l into ambulance. king to find outanlsybode was in new jersey, state mandated testing has uncovered high levels of lead at five washington township schools.

lead in the water. they are bells birches and whitman elementary schools and bunker hill and chestnut ridge middle schools the water has been shut off until the problem can be fixed. students are drinking from bottles instead. officials are waiting for test results. there is also health concerns at kennett high school in kennett square tonight t a routine test found the bacteria that causes legionnaires' disease in the building's hot water. the school was closed today as the health department works to get rid of the bacteria. so far there are no confirmed reports of legionnaires' disease at the school. well, the phillies opened their home schedule today under cloudy skies with cold temperatures and against one of the best teams in baseball, the washington nationals but hey it is opening day at citizens bank park and the fans are overjoyed. "action news" reporter gray hall was at the ballpark. >> ♪ >> allgates are opened.

>> the crack of the bat seeing the green grass and watching it on the big screen instead of at home. >> reporter: it is finally here and baseball fans are more than excited about the phillies 2017 home opener against the nationals. >> it's excitement. it's the atmosphere of baseball, springtime and hopefully the world series. >> euphoria. it's just -- baseball is the meaning of life for me p. >> it's unbelievable. it's just 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. >> reporter: it doesn't take long to realize that these are die hard fans rooting for their team. the game kicked off at 3:05. the weather was not the most inviting but for the thousands who showed up with an unden libel love for the phillies a little cloudy chilly weather didn't come close to putting a damper on their excitement. >> it's the first time for all three of us. i'm pretty excited plus they missed school.

who wouldn't be excited about coming to opening day. >> i made arrangements for the tickets along time ago. so much going on. >> reporter: we were still in the early stages of a season. the fans are predicting that the phillies will knock it out of the park. >> i love seeing the fans at the city to support the city of brotherly love. >> the phillies are the best. i'm the number two philly fan. >> number two. >> yes. >> who is number one. >> everybody else. i try harder. >> reporter: so a lot of fun and excitement here at citizens bank park goes without saying that the phillies fans are hoping for a real successful season. reporting in south philadelphia, gray hall, channel6 "action news." >> right in you the phillies down seven-four in the bottom of the eighth. coming up on "action news" tonight, a fire has damaged several dorm rooms at rowan university and a montgomery county veteran finally receives the bronze star he earned more than seven decades ago during world two. adam.

>> chilly winds, jim, the end of the week a lot of clouds and even in the midatlantic northeast some rain and snow showers but we're talking summer temperatures to return in that seven-day forecast. >> and ducis rodgers with the phillies game story when "action news" continues in just a moment. >> ♪ vanessa: i got hurt and was given painkillers. by the time the drugs ran out, i was addicted. it happened so fast. i ended up on the streets, cheaper and easier to get.

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>> dorm rooms at rowan university were damaged today in a fire on the glassboro campus. flames erupted on the first floor of mimosa hall at 11:15. fortunately nobody was hurt.

>> ♪ >> new at 6:00 tonight tom lee of hatfield celebrated his 94th birthday today in a very special way. he received his world war two bronze star. action news reporter nora muchanic has the story. >> reporter: it's more than 70 years overdue but 94-year-old tom lees of hatfield has finally received the bronze star he earned during world war ii. the retired pharmaceutical production foreman was an army radio operator and machine gunner during the battle of the bulge considered the most desperate fight against hitler's german forces. >> it was square re. i think everybody else was scared but we got through it and i'm glad to be here today that's all. >> reporter: tom lees didn't know he'd won a bronze star when his son greg was assembling a military shadow box for christmas he began research, his dad's service record. >> he never received any of his medals owner on the army

good conduct medal. he's been my hero since i was a kid. i want to make sure he gets what he's entitled to and he's honored the way he should be. >> reporter: the medal ceremony was a surprise. greg got his father that were under the guys avenue birthday celebration. instead of absolutelying tom's 94th birthday his friends and family honored his service as retired major general wesley craig pinned on that bronze star. >> it's always important to keep history alive. we can learn from that and thank an old soldier like him. what a gentleman he is and on his birthday how great is that. >> they are the last of our great generation and he is an example of that through and through. >> it's a surprise actually. i don't think i deserved it. >> reporter: tom lees helped liberate jews held prisoner at the buchenwald concentration camp. he lost friends on the bloody battlefields of europe. it's not too late to say thank you for the sacrifices he and his fellow soldiers made. in hatfield, i'm nora muchanic channel6 "action news".

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phillies-nationals. >> beginning of a rough stretch for the phillies. next 18 games are against teams within tl league east. the phillies had a rough go of it in cincinnati against the reds. they struck out 32 times in that three game series. they lost two of those three games. today it's the home opener against the washington nationals. phillies trail sevenfo bottom o. jayson werth and bryce harper with homers in this game. aaron al tear hit a homer. it may not be the season owner but the homeowner is always something special p dallas green's widow threw out the ceremonial first pitch. the team will wear a patch top acknowledge the passing of their former manager. >> it's fun. you know. you have opening day on the road it's exciting to get things going but there's

nothing like playing in front of your home crowd o we're excited to get out there and have some fun. >> it's great. really good to get back here and get settled in and get opening day started off right and do everything leading up to the game time is pretty coolly. >> whether we're at home or the road we want to win every game and baseball is a funny game it doesn't work ought out that way all the time. we need to stay even keel and we believe in ourselves and we believe in our pitching staff our defense and offense. once we get everything rolling on all cylinders we'll be all right. >> eagles newest run stopper is in town. timmy. a trade that he says caught him by surprise. >> the day i was kind of sleeping woke outpatient and looked at my phone i was like

what. you know, so, it surprised me but at the end of the day i think it's going to work in my favor and i think that it's going to work out fine for baltimore, too. i wish them well. >> still looking for that first victory, the union 0-2 pitch-two will host the timbers. they have one the best record in the mls. the schedule has been tough on the union thus far. >> recognize this league is very challenging to go on the road. i believe there's only been six wins in almost 40 some games on the road that it is year so we have now three at home. we still have 30 games left of the season. and have time to get things right but there is urgency. >> more win four golfers tide atop the leader bar. that includes ric fow sergio gas yo'. >> yadier molina can't find

the ball. where is it? he's looking all overhe place for it. it's stuffed down his chest protected. start adding velcro on chest protecter. he might have a foreign substance on it. he was asked about that after the game. he said that was a dumb question. defies gravity. >> thank you ducis. add haven cherry aquarium's newest exhibit which features a school of piranhas opened to the public. it's called deep in the amazon. visitors can get a closeup look at more than 100 piranhas behind protective there is a of course. on the exhibit features a tropical parrot and allows guests to experience powerful rain wind and lightning of the amazon.

>> so we're going from a winter feel to a summer feel in 24 hours. >> matter of days here. we'll bump up those temperatures bring back the sun in the nice stretch ahead. as we take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan kind of a nasty end to the week, a lot of clouds a few showers passed by and those whipping winds that pulled those wind chills in the 30's for some of the area today. in fact we're still dealing with a little bit of shower activity in south jersey here from medford lakes chatsworth speed well hammonton. also up towards trenton but this is the last little area of showers that are passing by and we have a lot of good weather to go through starting this upcoming weekend so the first highlight, yeah, it's

windy and chilly today. wind gusts 38 miles an hour in philadelphia. reading 35. wilmington 37. clocking in at 35 in millville wildwood near 40 miles an hour and we'll have one more day of these winds tomorrow despite the sun returns and then we could say goodbye to the winds as we get into sunday. speaking of sunday, that's when the warmth starts to build p high pressure off the coast or beginning to go off the coast here. 67 in the afternoon in philadelphia. 77 in chicago. and you can see the warmth kind of bubbling up the nation's heartland. very summer-like with the 80's stretching from dallas saint louis to omaha and that will continue to work to the east early on in the week but right now it's anything but summer-like its in the 30's. that's how it feels across most of the area. 20's up in the poconos and 40's along the immediate shore. satellite and radar there's the spin in northern new england t rain and snow showers for anywhere northern pennsylvania into northern new

england. spokes of energy rotating around this and there's the clearing line. this will be working in during the overnight hours tonight so gradual clearing as the clouds break apart but that that wind is going to be with us all night long. lopping inthe 30's. wind chills into the 20's late tonight early tomorrow morning and as we go through your saturday, this is not a mistake, a lot of sunshine from start to finish, 40's throughout the morning going into the upper 50's in the afternoon but with that that wind it's definitely going to feel a little cooler and also a good reminder if you like hour by hour forecasts or minute by minute forecasts time to download the new accuweather app. search accuweather in your iphone or your android it free because the old storm tracker6 app will that not work within the next week so you want to download the new accuweather app. as we look at the forecast tomorrow at the philadelphia union game mostly clear and calming winds, 54 for the start, 50 for the finish so definitely bundle up for the game once that sun sets it still will be chilly with a little breeze coming off the

delaware and that dip in the jet stream bringing this chill goes back to the north early next week high pressure off the coast and that means temperatures spike 15 to 20 degrees above average monday and tuesday. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast 58 tomorrow still a little breezy at times but bright warmer less wind sunday 68. 80 degrees on monday, sun and clouds passover atwn then record tying here tuesday 84 for a high. that is typical of mid june. front comes in tuesday night and then wednesday not as warm, 72 but still very pleasant even going into thursday of 68 and maybe a few showers for your good friday a week from now at 64 degrees so the phillies have a nice stretch of weather ahead for them at home going into the middle of next week. >> thank you adam. >> yeah. >> finally tonight a bensalem school transformed itself into a scene from a fairytale today. kindergarten students dressed

up as their favorite story book character and attended a ball. we spotted quite a few elsa costumes even the beast from "beauty and the beast". the youngsters took the dance floor followed by a tea party. abc'sabc's "world news tonight"s next with david muir. please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel6. for cecily tynan adam joseph ducis rodgers the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >> ♪

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tonight, several breaking stories as we come on the air. first, our team takes you inside president trump's decision to strike in syria. 59 tomahawk missiles fired from american navy destroyers, hitting syrian military targets. we have new details from inside the war room. and the warning from russia now, and their message for president trump. the headline late today. syrian planes already taking off again from that airbase the u.s. bombed. also breaking tonight, the deadly terror attack. a truck barrelling right into a shopping center. running down victims. the global bulletin. the person of interest. the manhunt. and late word now of an arrest. we're on the scene in sweden. the nationwide manhunt here at home.

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