"action news" delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee jeff skversky and walter perez. saturday night, walter perez is off i'm a leash a vitarelli n the news suspect wanted for torching the famous fourth street deli is now behind bars. and new details surrounding deadly truck

attack in sweden, what new information investigators found, overnight. but the big story on "action news" tonight is a community on edge, following the abduction and sexual assault of a four year-old girl. she was kidnaped while playing outside of her very own home thursday night and then abandoned in a park two hours later. "action news" reporter mccormack is live in banning park with what residents are doing to help catch this predator annie? >> reporter: womb, a leash ate was here on the outside of this park walking on the tree lined roadway that little girl was discover. new castle county police say they are still gathering surveillance video from all over the area from local businesses, and pt residences but they are also still looking through video that they already have hoping to find an image.tead ou to death that is just something you c do. >> reporter: near where an a ducked four year-old was discovered, members on t communi colored four door sedan with tinted window.sed by predator. >> definitely looking for thatw fverybody

icle he has got a lot him. >> reporter: police, state police and fbi remain a constant presence in the delaware community looking for any lead thursday night around 7:00 p.m. here in the 4800 block of sugar plum court ying with friend outside when she was snatched. two hours later 8 miles away she was discovered in banning park, taken to the hospital, and police say that she was sexually assaulted. friday afternoon police may have found a new lead, at mermaid boulevard in hogan drive when they discovered suspicious tire track marks possibly made by someone trying to quickly getaway. investigators also continued to look at any possible, travel route that the perpetrator may have taken residence think that the perpetrator area. you only parents i could not wan call in your worst night mayor. >> reporter: police tell me that they have received tips, by e-mail, social media and also by phone, as well but they have not said if any of those tips have led them to any lead. f new castle county wilmington

delaware annie mccormack for channel six "action news".ia back to you. >> hopefully we are closer to catching this predator.eo injured, one critically following this crash on kelly drive in fairmount park overnight. thinks the scene near ferry road just after 3:00 a.m. police tell "action news" that the driver of the mustang was speeding, and then lost control of the car. the car flipped, several times before it ca a rest. still not clear if charges will be filed. and in southwest traveling on island avenue also lost control of his car and then ran off the side of the road. car finally came to a stop, down a grassy embankment, trapping theook rescuers nearly 20 minutes to cut that driver free from the wreckage, but everybody is suspect to be okay. delaware man is behind running anged titutionn, in georgetown. he is five five-year old, arsenio, who they staked suspect's m later served a search warrant after they found several men frequenting the home for a short period of time and then leaving.

they reportedly found a 25 year-old woman from the dominican republic confined in the bedroom. she had been forced to perform elicit acts. he is behind bars being held on $250,000 bail. we have an update to a story "action news" first brought you back in february. philadelphia police say they have identified and arrested the man in this surveillance video. he is 59 year-old ron barkley and now is charged with setting three separate fires across the city including one at the famous fourth street deli. after, several days of chilly, temps rain and a lot of wind, we will get a warm up and we're told it will feel down right, summer-like. it is what we have been waiting for. meteorologist melissa magee live at the "action news" big board with the sunny details melissa. >> you will really like the forecast. today certainly wasn't bad, cross the delaware and lehigh valleys. the high in philadelphia 60. right now we are coming in at 59. forty-seven in the poconos. fifty-nine for reading and lancaster.

coast in cape may 55. sixty down in dover. the only issue with our forecast today that is we did have some blustery wind. earlier today we had a peak wind gustness philadelphia as high as 36 miles an hour. right now we're coming in at 25 miles an hour, gusting as high as 30 and poconos and 26 miles an hour there in allentown. here is satellite six with action radar you can see dry quiet across the region, we have this ridge of high pressure to the south. we are staying dry but that is why it is so wind which a high to our south and area of low pressure departing north ande. heading out on the town, well, phillies are at home at citizens bank park. first pitch 7:05. first pitch temperature around 56. once we get in the ninth inning we will drop down to 50 degrees. we will talk about what we can expect. it is much warmer as we get into sunday and summer preview next week, as we take a run at record, details coming u the accu weather forecast, alycia. >> melissa, thank. nice weather today, perfect one to shake off the

dustt, sweep off dirt and clear cobwebs. that is what folks all across the sit difficult for tenth annual philly spring clean up. "action news" reporter trish hartman is live at the belmont plateau with the story hi there trish. >> reporter: hey, a leash a this clean up has been going on for a decade and it brought together co-workers teammates neighbors to make the city a little bit more beautiful. dry leaves are scooped up in the bag along 34th street and strawberry mansion. under the careful supervision of junior block captain crayon sippio. >> it goodies to clean up your neighborhood because don't want your neighborhood to be smelly while you are walking around stuff. >> reporter: this group is among thousands of volunteers, taking part in the fifth annual philly spring clean up. >> put it in the bag so people can put the leaves, and stuff in it. >> reporter: neighbors say getting kid involved is crucial. >> i was a junior block captain when i was younger.

i always helped my mother, grandmother clean up the neighborhood. it made me feel good because it is feeling good to walk around a clean neighborhood and clean street. >> reporter: mayor jim kenney kick things off at hunting park rec center. >> we are thankful. >> reporter: joining volunteers as they collect leaves trash nearby. hundreds of septa workers along with family and friend cleaned up, 13 separate locations throughout the city. and then there were peak like sandra berry. >> she says while she's participating in the city wide clean up. >> it can help and then you come back, and that is for five minutes you wouldn't believe that it is the same block that residents just cleaned because of the wind. >> reporter: she's out here three to four times a week trying to keep the trash from her block in frankford. she hopes the city will sponsor more clean up days like this one and hopes her efforts will make a difference for her neighborhood. >> i'm hoping because it can also bring in some nice developers who are looking to see how beautiful, we are here

>> reporter: residents say well while today's clean up was great way to pick up trash and make their street look nice it was also a great way to talk to their neighbors and find out is what going on in their neighborhood. reporting live from frankford trish hartman channel six "action news", alycia. >> trish thank you. the white house is, circulating a letter, president donald trump sent to the leaders of the both houses of congress explaining his decision to order military strikes on the syrian airfield s. in the letter dated today president trump said he quote acted in the vital national security and foreign policy interests of the united states pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct foreign relations. as commander in chief. trump says he was sending a letter as part of his efforts to keep the congress fully informed consistent with the war powers resolution. there are new developments in the investigation into yesterday's deadly truck attack in stockholm, sweden. authorities say they have formally identified the

suspect as a 39 year-old from yous beck stan. investigators found some sort of device in the driver's seat of the truck but they do not know whether or not it is dangerous. so far there is, no indication of a larger plot, four people were killed, 15 others were injured when the suspect drove in the crowd of pedestrians and then in the front of the department store. world news tonight will have much more on the developments out of sweden as well as intensifying situation in syria. you can watch that following this newscast. and is there still much more to come on "action news" tonight. people decided to day, would be a great day to shave off their hair. we will explain why folks are calling them heroes tonight. time honored tradition at new jersey shore, certainly went to the dogs today, we will take you to ocean city. plus, jeff skversky has flyers and phillies preview in sports and meteorologist melissa magee will return with more on our summer-like warm up when "action news" continues.

and 75 flights today and delays cause by severe storms and dragon. is there a ground stop in atlanta this morning when a new line of storms rolled through, adding, days of storm related backlogs. hundreds of passengers remain stranded at airport and baggage continues to pile up. delta says it has cancelled 3,000 flights. a local air force staff sergeant killed during non- combat operations in the middle east was buried with full military honors today. twenty-five year-old alexandria may marrow, a seven year veteran weapons loaded was remembered in west chester marrow died when a bomb she was handling slipped off its track and struck her in the head. the sergeant and two young daughters has known collogues as the mom of the flight line. community wellness was on

the agenda today in north philadelphia the omega owe mega chapter of the alpha capp a sorority held a wellness fair. the free health screenings and massages and some opportunities, to get moving, and, dancing. and a lot of people went bald for a good cause in southern chester county. avondale fire company hosted a head shaving event for saint baldrick's day foundation to support children's cancer research. jamie whitesman john gave the honor of shaving her head. way to go there. she said being bald is the least that she can do to help brave families, battling cancer.

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palestra on penn's campus on in university city for second annual april madness tournament. today student athletes got the chance to show off their basketball skills in front of the friend and family while raising money for their organizations. pretty cool stuff. jeff skversky has been here with a look at sports and talking flyers. >> they are playing much better but it is still too little too late as far as playoffs are concerned. flyers season may be officially coming to an end tomorrow mason, this is likely it n fact today against columbus game as a flyer, period. former vice-president, joe biden cheering on the flyers today, and thumbs up is right. first period against columbus, edward bellmawr beats the bob, former flyers george i bobrovsky, 902nd later michael del zotto gets one through. two to nothing flyers. and then in the second, on the power play jake voracek his first power play goal since the end of february. flyers go on to win four-two. they have won six straight at home and goalie steve mason

the soon to be free agent, may have played his final game as a flyer. >> you know leaving in the summertime it will be an un easy exciting and stressful time. >> he has had a streaky season he has played very well for us down the stretch. you know, that would be my assessment. >> throw it out the window that is what phillies starter aaron nola says about his spring training numbers. nola tells "action news" he is not worried one bit about his era which was close to nine and not worried about that elbow either. nola will make his first start tonight against the nationals as phillies look to avoid losing their fourth straight game. nola has not pitched in a major league game since last july when he was shut down with an elbow injury but he tells 6a abc he is confident in the elbow. >> i'm very confident. i haven't had any problems with it. i think since i got hurt.

i have been throwing, you know ramping it up at all. it is in the past. i don't think bit anymore. i try to put in a lot of hours in it and, with the trainers and my training and conditioning and just to keep and maintain my health. speaking of throwing for the first time, villanova basketball players chris jenkins and phil booth throwing out first pitch at baltimore orioles game. they are both baltimore natives. sixers are limping to the finish line, only three games left including tonight against milwaukee and point guard sergei rodriguez is latest to be shut down with a hamstring injury. >> as our season end we want to end with a spirit of this city. we are completely battered, traded and wound budd we still fight. i'm proud of my guys. i love coaching those guys. >> lovelies toning brett brown sixers are unveiled wilt chamberlain statute are you. chamberlain was one of the

greatest players to ever live. overbrook high graduate was 13 time all-star and four time most valuable player. third round of the masters is in progress justin rose, who won at u.s. opened in merion a few years ago are among towed tied for second, charlie hoffman was one shot lead. union are off today, on the wrong foot, once again they can kick tonight gear against portland. union are tied for the worst record in the league. they are yet to win a game. >> good news is only one team has three wins in the east ride now. we're not that far off the pace. at the same time there is that , danger if we don't take care of business at home that you can fall into a hole. it is a tough league to chase from behind. >> they have to start scoring only four goals in fourmatches, and go union. >> positive attitude. >> they need some coffee. >> that is right. thank you. easter bunny is getting a

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parade and there were whacky costumes of all types. did you see the car there? that is regis philbin. tonight philbin host mr. mature america pageant at music pier. the organizers promised a brigade of 500 basset hound and we didn't count but there were a lot. probably 500. still not so bad a little windy but it will only upgrade from here. >> that is right, it gets warmer tomorrow, alycia and then we have a run of 80's. >> oh, yeah. >> you will like it. storm tracker six live double scan radar you can see it is dry. we're not tracking precipitation. high pressure dominating our area today we will show you picture outside and sky six live in hd we're looking at penns landing on this saturday evening, it is a gorgeous shot beautiful outside although it is on the breezy side the wind will slowly start to slack later on tonight. high in philadelphia 60 degrees today. average for thus time of the year is 61. the record 90 setback in 1929.

now next week it will be well above average. not close to the 90's but 80's not too far away. currently it is 59 in the city forty-seven in the poconos. fifty-eight in allentown. at the companies in cape may 556789 down in dover. 56 degrees at the coast in beach haven. issue issue today is we had gusty wind. we are sustained at 7 miles an hour in sea isle city. sixteen in the city. eighteen in reading. 12 miles an hour in trenton. and wilmington. satellite six with action radar. you can see we have dry quiet conditions high pressure situated to our south and we have an area of low pressure over new england. because we have this low to the north and high to the south, it was a little bit on the breezy side today but the wind will relax later on tonight. so underneath moon lit sky over next 12 hours we will drop down to 33 in the suburbs and 38 degrees in philadelphia for overnight low. here's future tracker six waking up at 8:00 on sunday in the a bad start.

40 degrees is number in philadelphia. thirty-nine in reading. forty-three in the poconos. at the coast in cape may. and in wildwood we are in the upper 40's. by 3:00 o'clock tomorrow afternoon easily climbing in the middle up toker 60's across the delaware and lehigh valleys. thinks just the beginning. we have got a summer preview on the way as we get into early next week. jet stream moves all the way to the north we have a ridge of high pressure bermuda high out to the south ande. return flow is southeasterly puall that milder air, temperatures next week a good 15 to 20 degrees above average and we will make the run at record as well. here's the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast brighter tomorrow and much warmer a high temperature of 68 average for thus time of the year is 61. good looking day tomorrow, on monday, it is a summer preview on the way, a high temperature up to 81 degrees. monday night passover beginning at sundown. tuesday, record warmth on the way, we could tie the record, record is 84, setback in 1800

's and that is what we're calling for by then. on wednesday it is cloudy, not as warm, a high of 72. but thursday high pressure returns and it is sunny, nice high of on friday a couple of showers are possible for good friday, a high temperature of 64. union at home then. and then next saturday, alycia partly sunny not bad and a high of 66. we are going out and all and all the week isn't that bad. >> we have earned this. >> gentlemen. >> yes. >> yes. >> thank you. they tried to break the guinness world record today for fist bumps in delaware county. this is the thing and this is the attempt, it was part of the grand opening for new center creek trail that goes for 3 miles through middletown and aston township now although they didn't break the record, organizers say it was a way to celebrate the project's completion. good try even little guys got on it. world news saturday next on channel six. don't miss "action news" at 10 on phl17 tonight.

then of course we are back here again on six abc at 11:00 now for walterer pest, melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team i'm alycia vitarelli, we will see you tonight at 11:00. >> ♪♪

>> welcome to "world news tonight." crisis in syria. the reported new bombing in that same town where the chemical attack killed dozens. plus syrian jets taking off from the airbase hit by u.s. missiles. tonight president trump defending the decision not to bomb the runways. west wing war. stephen bannon versus jared kushner. the chief white house strategist clashing with the president's son-in-law. tonight inside their mar-a-lago sit-down to end their differences. manhunt. new images of the armed suspect at the center of a nationwide

manhunt. is he plotting to kill, plus his message for the president. breaking news. bounce house disaster. multiple children rushed to the hospital. two bounce houses sent airborne hitting power lines. the danger with this party attraction.