and suggested that hitler did not use chemical weapons during the holocaust. did not use chemical weapons during world war ii, you had someone as despicable as hitler who did not use chemical weapons. seconds later he clarified his remarks and released a statement that reads in part, in no way was a trying to lessen the horrendous nature of the holocaust. the fate of three delaware teenagers lays in the hands of a judge. if they are responsible for the death of amy joyner francis who died after a fight in a school bathroom. john rawlins is live. >> reporter: we are closing arguments today. a 16-year-old's death occurred a

year ago and the pivotal issue is that the victim suffered from a rare medical disorder and the 17-year-old school girl says she could not have reasonably known that her actions would leave to her school mate's death. >> at this point. we are all devastated. it's almost like we reliving it for the first time. >> father of amy joyner francis reacting to today's closing arguments that detail the death of his teenage daughter. inside prosecutors sean lug told the judge hearing the case that what happened was a targeted attack with three girls conspiring to do harm and one carrying it out in a school bathroom and the girl charged with criminally negligent

homicide. the state maintains she would not have died but from the stress of the alleged assault. >> the defense says the state did not prove their case and only three punches were landed and what occurred at the school was a common fist fight. the attorney says she could not have known that her actions could have taken the victim's life because nobody knew she had a rare condition and the spokesperson for the victim's family disagreed. >> and all you can do is hear the video and hear the screaming and know this was indeed a conspiracy. this was premeditated murder. >> the charge is not murder but criminally negligent homicide and given the ages of the defendants in this case, this is in family court and the judge today says he will have a decision on thursday. live in wilmington, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. there was no arrests in the

shooting death of a man in west philadelphia. police say they found the 34-year-old victim shot several times when they arrived on the scene at the 3400 block of brown street. no word on a motive. turning to accuweather and today's extremely warm temperatures outside. as we look live from sky 6 hd showing you penn's landing on a picture perfect tuesday evening. meteorologist, melissa magee, is in for cecily tonight. it doesn't get better than this. >> it doesn't rick, especially when you figure are still only in the spring season and fooling like summer across the region. we have a record check across the area. so far in philadelphia coming in at 81 degree, the record 84 set back 1887 and close in the city but the poconos and allentown and reading had record highs today. the poconos 80 and 85 in allentown and reading you tied your record of 85 set back in 2011 and 82 in wilmington. here is satellite 6 along with

action radar we still have a fair amount of sunshine and a mostly clear sky across the mid-atlantic region but off to the west we are tracking a front not a whole lot to it. but there could be a couple of spotty showers later tomorrow and a few more clouds as well. but a good night to watch baseball, first pitch for the phils at 8:05 and ninth inning partly cloudy and mild. and the front will bring changes, wednesday afternoon you see the numbers along the 95 corridor. in the lower 70s as we get into thursday afternoon we'll be knocking our temperatures close toward where we should be this time of year in the up ever 60s. still comfortable and not as warm as it was today. we have more details in the full and ac cluesive accuweather forecast. >> crews building the set for the nfl draft had to deal with the unusually warm conditions, they are building a massive

stage and dealing with all sorts of weather since the project began this month. >> hard. they are climbing steel 85 day long and the steel gets hot on days like today. very slippery on the rainy days, they have to be very careful and very cautious. >> the stage is going up while businesses are counting down to the start of the draft april 27th, clouds are expected to flock to our city for the event and local restaurants are hoping they spend money. vernon odom is live with the story. >> reporter: hello monica, these days the loads of philadelphia restaurant owners are salivating with big dollar signs in hire eyes as the nfl draft of 2017 draws near. day by day the nfl structures on the parkway take shape with just over two weeks to go. they are fine tuning their game

as well. hope that some of the 200,000 fans expected to be here for the celebration of pro football will come their way to eat and drink. >> we get a lot of calls every day about the hours of operation and people want to make reservations already, and we have call ahead seating but we get a lot of calls. >> sabrinas is a popular spot look at the lunch crowd today. they expect to be busy when the nfl draft rolls around. >> we get everything in every day. we have to make sure our orders are well taken care of. many are regulars and are ready to deal with the competition day and night. it's busy but they do a good job of getting people in and accommodating them. >> i think it will be good for the neighborhood. the pope was here and they

didn't make anything. >> they hope to build their reputation buzz the oldies but goodies are raring to go as well. >> i would like to see philadelphia shine as always and i wa to see jack's firehouse be packed to the gills with good times and good food. >> so rick everyone in the restaurant business is praying for good weather here at the end of the april and plenty of big spenders with big appetites at the end of the month. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the trump administration has unveiled a new plan to prosecute illegal immigration, jeff sessions provided details after a tour of the u.s.-mexico board and told prosecutors to make immigration case a priority and prosecute more immigrants that enter the country illegally. >> we are obtaining all adults that are apprehended at the

border and they will not be released. >> to support the new policy the trump administration wants to add more immigration judges at detention centers at the border and they blasted the initiatives and called them a waste of taxpayer dollars. and president trump spent the morning with business executives and declined to respond when asked about his opinion of president, vladimir putin. after last week's missile strikes on syria. we'll have more on tillerson's visit at 5:30. philadelphia's meter up app will stop working at midnight tonight because the city is suspending all mobile payments that the company that is running the app is having financial trouble and cannot pay its contractors or credit card processer. drivers have to pay for parking using the old method at the

kiosk instead. this road closure was caused by emergency repaired. 17th at walnut and locust was shut down overnight after a water leak was found in the street. water had to be turned off to nearby buildings and a large hole remains in the street as the repairs continue and the area could be closed through tomorrow. all right, tuesday night lets get a check of the traffic record now. over to matt pellman live in the traffic center. >> we are watching the headaches at rittenhouse square at little petes. it's conjusted in the area. and a crash in profspect pike. no shortage of slowing on the schuylkill, the roosevelt boulevard and here on the blue route 476, locked up from the schuylkill to this point to the mid county tolls and extra heavy

because on the turnpike eastbound we are jammed and speeds like 11 miles per hour because of an earlier crash between fort washington and willow grove now pushed off to the side and heavy delays remain on the eastbound turnpike and congested it chester. reopen northbound traffic still forced off and it remains jammed at avondale. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >> thank you matt. still ahead on "action news," we are learning new details about the man that opened fire at a school in california yesterday. the threats he was allegedly making in the weeks before the shooting. and brazen criminals drive a truck into a gun store. look at that. details of the daring heist. dear fellow citizen,

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setting the truck on fire and then switching vehicles. the police are looking for three suspects and their get away driver. a candle light driver is planned for the shooting victims in san bernardino, california. karen smith told friends her estranged husband threatened her when she moved out. 53-year-old cedric anderson walked into smith's classroom and opened fire, he targeted her but hit two students. jonathan martinez died at the hospital last night and the other child is stable. the fire that destroyed three homes were intensely started by a man during a domestic dispute and allegedly set fire to his own apartment during a fight with a woman. and it spread to the entire building in ohio. and the red cross is helping people that lost their homes and the suspect is held on a million

dollars bail. health check tonight a change of thinking by a federal panel on whether middle aged men should be screened for prostate cancer. ali gorman is live with more. >> reporter: the preventative task force is making changes, fi years ago they opposed the routine screening for prostate cancer but now men between the ages of 55 and 69 should discuss screening to decide if the psa blood test is right for them and how often they should be checked and the increase use in watchful waiting is helping to spare more men the side effects of overaggressivetreme. >> the rates from the trials of prostate cancer screening suggests that 20% to 50% of these may be overdiagnosed that is, the diagnosis of of prostate

cancer but slow growing and not likely to cause a problem. >> the task force says it couldn't make specific recommendations for african-american men that have the highest risk for prostate cancer and more research for better version or replacement for the psa blood test. the beautiful weather has a lot of people back outside working in their garden or just cleaning up the yard which is great but may also leave people with sore muscles or back pain or injuries, other pedic doctors see people get hurt when they go from mostly resting to jumping back foo the heavy activity with lots of bending and lifting and in the beginning of the season it's best to start slow and give your body time to adjust and doing a warm-up or stretching could help to prevent problems and the more flexible you are the less chances to pull or strain a muscle. try to warm up and take your time and don't overdo it the

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there is a new effort to promote local businesses owned by african-americans and today the philadelphia community of leaders launched the i buy black card. kenny gamble was on hand to introduce the card. designed for african-american businesses and the consumer could buy the card for $10 and in return receive deals at local stores and they believe it will boost the local economy and create jobs. a jersey shore charity is providing easter baskets for 3,000 children in need. the baskets will go to children

in homeless shelters and other families struggling finally. and they donate clothes and food year round but put a focus on the holidays. >> we do christmas toys and costumes on halloween and the easter basket is something we do to make sure each kid gets something. >> when they started the charity 10 years ago she provided 10 easter basket and she should be proud to distribute 3,000 this year. and charity organizations raise more money to do more good. this was the annual cares at the linc. sponsored by phillies football team. and hundreds of organizations came together to share and network and find way to grow resources to help those in need

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"action news" big board. melissa magee is in for cecily with a forecast everyone will love. >> the numbers are really nice and it's been comfortable outside. the package tours sky 6 hd hd, the tem university uncamera. plenty of sunshine still to enjoy and the sun doing a number on our temperatures. philadelphia so far today 81 degrees and records in allentown and reading and 84 currently in berks county and lancaster 83 but much cooler at the coast coming in at 59 in beach haven and 61 in cape may but dover in the mid-80s. satellite 6 along with action radar showing a mostly clear sky and a few high, thin clouds in the region and notice the cold front getting clotheser and not a lot of moisture working its way eastward and nonetheless changes are in store for the second half of our weekend. increasing clouds and mild. and dropping down to 59 in

philadelphia and 58 in allentown and 59 in dover and the overnight low in toms river upper 50s and 56 degrees in cape may. here is future tracker 611:00 in the morning, the front moves on through and not a lot to it. a couple of showers and mostly cloudy sky at 11:00 a.m. and they break in the afternoon hours, by 3:00 we have more in the way of sun to enjoy. so as we go throughout the day tomorrow. 7:00 in the morning a temperature of 60, couple of showers will be around at 9:00 a.m. with a temperature of 65, same thing at 69 degrees at 11:00 a.m. and then the afternoon hours more in the way of sun and temperatures will climb back into the lower 70s. as far as precipitation over the next five days and the chance of rain tomorrow just a 30% chance of rain and no chances thursday, friday and saturday. and for easter sunday, a 40% chance of finding precipitation late in the day but the key take away is that we are mainly dry

for the next five days. here is the five-day forecast, tomorrow a spotty shower and sun by afternoon high of 74. and it's bright on thursday and a cooler day and still above average and high temperature of 67. good friday partly sunny and 65 and saturday for the start of the holiday weekend, clouds and sun and 70 and 81 for easter sunday with the threat of a thunderstorm late in the day. the easter egg hunts looking okay for now. >> thank you. more to come in the next half hour of "action news" at 5:00. two of christie's former aides are heading back to court? and thieves not just looking for pocket change they wanted something much much bigger. >> and temple grads get something inspiring at graduation from someone giving pep talks. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues in just a moment.

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. hello again here is what is happening on "action news" tuesday night. a showdown over syria.

the u.s. and russia are at odds over what should be done in responsible for further weapons attacks in the country and tensions are rising and chris christie wants the government to step in and stop what happened on a united airlines from ever happening again. now to the growing tensions between the u.s. and russia. secretary of state, rex tillerson, delivered an ultimatum. that russia can stand by the syria regime or join the u.s. to stop the violence in syria. this after he met with top officials in moscow. >> reporter: good evening. russia president, vladimir putin, is expressing skepticism over the chemical weapon as tack that led to the u.s. strike in syria and russia continues to defend the assad regime.

a war of words brewing between the united states and russia. >> russia has aligned itself with the assad regime, the iranians andhezbollah. and vladimir putin vp is standing firm. >> say it resembles claims made against iraq in 2003 and the white house is accusing russia of trying to cover up what happened. and sean spicer says that russia so consider which side its on. >> you had someone that is as

despicable as hitler who didn't use chemical weapons. that drew blow back and a white house confirmation that president trump's daughter ivanka was part of the decision to launch 59 tomahawk missiles. >> there is no question that ivanka and others weighed in to him. the white house didn't say if they believe that russia was aware that syria had the weapons. but there was a consensus in the intelligence community. and a story out of germany three explosions when off near the team bus of a soccer club. player mark bar. er was slightly injured and taken to the hospital. police say that he just pulled out of the hotel driveway and there was a big bang and glass

went flying. they have not elaborated on the nature of the devices or who may have put them there or why. outrage and new questions about the man removed from a united airlines flight. the passenger identified as david dow was dragged off the plane by his arms and legs for refusing to give up his seat. and they had to make room for four crew members. one has been placed on administrative live. the video seen over 1 million times on a china platform alone. they said the passenger was being disruptive and belligerent and a short time ago he apologized saying nobody should be treatd this way. >> governor chris christie asked u.s. secretary elaine chao to immediately suspect the

regulation that allows airlines to overbook flights. and cited the actions of united airlines controlling 70% of flights out of newark, liberty airport. saying if part quote this conduct is abusive and outrageous, and i know that the trump administration wants to reform regulations to help the american people and this would be a great place to start. >> and more on the united airlines fallout along with growing tensions between the u.s. and syria, watch it tonight at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00. a former lawyer accused of preying on his clients and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars. he allegedly stole 140,000 there's from 12 different clients all who had special needs and he was hired to do legal work on their behalf and allegedly did not do it. and instead bradley used the money to pay his own mortgage

and utility bills and other expenses and his license to practice law was suspended in 2015. and from our new jersey newsroom. bridget kelly and bill baroni will appear the verdicts in the bridge gate trial. they are taking it to the third circuit court of appeals. they were convicted of wire fraud and conspiracy and using the bridge for improper purposes. the judge presiding over bill cosby's sexual assault case is set for jury select on may end and taking place in allegheny county and judge o'neil defied a request interest cosby's attorney that the pool receive special question airs that would screen them from biasness. they will receive the typical questionnaire. >> philadelphia police are

trying to find the man that shot and killed a man in port richmond. brody was found dead with several gunshot wound s inside f a home. this is surveillance video from inside of greg oro's deli in philadelphia. authorities are looking for the two men that broke in last thursday. after they took $300 from the register they turned their attention to the atm. the suspects dragged the machine out and got away with about $1,000. local and state lawmakers are working to give more support to people with intellectual disables. they talked to members of sparks philadelphia and local representatives are looking to see how state government with better address the concerns and needs of the disadvantaged. and firefighters from south jersey were remembered today for

their courage in making the ultimate sacrifice. the special memorial ceremony was held if trenton and they lost 23 members dating back to 1896, a wreath presentation was made in honor of those lost. time for an update on the traffic situation for your tuesday evening. back over to matt pellman. >> hi guys, this afternoon is proof positive that the weather and traffic doesn't go hand in hand. beautiful weather but the traffic leaves something to be desired. approaching spring garden street eastbound on the schuylkill, more than a 20 minute delay as you head eastbound to center city and the phils game tonight. the mlk west drive will close again for construction like last night and at that point kelly drive is your better bet. and slow speeds on the platt bridge for philadelphia for that game.

just 8 miles per hour as you pass the ben franklin bridge and heading home on 422 westbound some single digit speeds because of a crash near pottstown. stay on high street or 724 as alternates. and the rv struck the pole and the pole split in half and avoid allentown road at brick tavern road. also that earlier crash on the turnpike, still jammed up there eastbound and everything is off to the side and getting into delaware they poured new concrete tote on 295 southbound in newcastle. you can get by but they are pacing traffic they don't want you to go too quickly over the fresh pave many. we know that distracted driving is dangerous but people in delaware got to experience the danger firsthand with virtual reality. the campaign, it can wait, was brought to rodney scare in

wilmington. and they tried out the simulator one of two events like this happening in delaware and 300 cities across the u.s. still on "action news" tonight, one of the coaching legends that made an impact on philadelphia. dick vermeil gets to talk to many in one day. and what a woman posted sparked an frenzy online. and melissa magee is in for adam tonight. >> temperatures now up and down the 95 corridor in the 70s and 8:00 and we'll be tracking the cooler change, 60s is coming in from the west. we'll take a closer look at the full accuweather forecast. >> and ducis rogers has sports including a live report from south philadelphia where the phillies are taking on the mets.

a school bus crash in sarasota, florida sent seven children to the hospital. the collision involved a bus and two other vehicles, the bus was taking children to nearby oak park school a school for children with special needs. the driver and an attendant was

hospitalized. firefighters said that none of the injury as peered to be severe. this video posted on social media has folks saying was that a meteor. a woman was taking a video of herself when a bright green flash happened and she was overwhelmed. we don't know what it was a bit of a mystery there. >> ducis rogers is here now and the phillies and mets are here tonight and the phillies can come out on top. >> we are fireworks last night there is no love lost between the phillies and mets and things got ramped up with an attempted bean ball. jaime apody is live with more. >> but what it a bean ball because ramos says it was a pitch that got away from him.

uh-huh. >> the phillies warming up behind me hoping to bounce back from a loss last night a loss that didn't need to happen and it was 2-2 in the eighth when ram owes sent it over the head of rivera. the last time cabrera launch aid home run. and he talked to the reliever today and says he did not throw the pitch on purpose. >> i don't want to have anything like that to brew especially as tough as they play us. we don't want them really wanting to beat us up. if we can get past yesterday i think we'll be good. >> mackanin was tossed after the pitch and maybe it's more

frustration because of phillies have lost 29 of their last 39 games to the mets. and they bounced back with a 17 run performance so wouldn't that be nice. i'll take it. clay buchholz on the hill. jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." >> no bean ball. >> not at all. the flyers went their separate ways for the summer but not before their exit interviews. their season ended to a loss to carolina and changes are innevadaable. during the offseason. >> i don't think we are far off. we have shown that we could be a good team but good teams are more consistent than what we were this year. >> in 16 days the parkway is transformed into one of the nfl's biggest stages, the draft

is getting closer and drone 6 gives you a look at the preparations completed. the structure is enormous and ron jaworsky played a big role in philadelphia winning the draft. and sees it as an opportunity for the city to shine. >> it will pay huge dividends not just the people at the draft but the television visibility of our city. projections are 40 million people will see our city of three days. it's great. the "action news" team will bring you a special draft team party broadcasting live april 26th at 7:30. jaws sounds like he is a member of the chamber of commerce. >> thank you. temple university's class of 2013 gets life lessons from the legendry eagles coach, dick

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hard working dogs like bob got free eye examines in bucks county. and they examined service dogs including k fines that help to find christmas criminals and seek out drugs. the dogs can work longer and more effectively and they protect police going into the most dangerous services first. nice looking lab. time now for a look at a nice looking day. did we break a record? >> we did in certain locations. philadelphia close. about 3 degrees shy but other

locations north and west broke records today. we'll show you stormtracker 6 live double scan radar you can see that it is dry and we don't have any precipitation issues right now. we'll show you the picture outside. the action cam was outside earlier today. looking up there at the cherry blossoms and the bright blue sky and if you are suffering from allergies, this time of year well unfortunately the pollen count is on the high side because things are blooming ahead of schedule with this mild weather, back to back 80s to report. yesterday a high of 80 degrees and today we maxed out at 82. the normal is 62 degrees. we were close to a record here if philadelphia but record highs elsewhere. allentown 85 and reading coming in with a record tying high of 85 and the poconos in at 80, very warm across much of the region. the only exception at the coast. 58 in beach hey enand 59 in cape

may. and up in the poconos 78 and dover coming in at 83. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we are dry and quiet with high pressure in control and the ridge of high pressure loses its grip and we have clear conditions now and the frontal boundary is making progress to the east and a few clouds as the night wears on and spotty showers overnight and first thing tomorrow morning. for the next 12 hours increasing clouds and still pretty mild and we drop down to 56 in the suburbs and 59 in philadelphia for the overnight low. and fast forward into the day on wednesday. an isolated morning shower is likely as the front moves on through and then we have afternoon sun to enjoy so after the clouds break the temperatures max up into the lower 70s and a high tomorrow of 74. by thursday plenty of sunshine and mild with this ridge of high pressure setting up across the region and high temperature of 67 well above where we should be

for this time of your. a spotty shower for sun tomorrow. high temperature coming in at 74 degrees, and then on thursday, it's bright and cooler a high temperature of 67. on friday, for good friday a temperature of 65 degrees, and on saturday, clouds and sun a high coming in at 70. as we get into sunday for easter sunday, it's a warm day, a high of 81 but there could be a late day thundershower around and mainly in the afternoon. so the easter egg hunts the way they are looking now are looking good. otherwise the high up to 81 degrees and monday mostly sunny and a high temperature of 73. and tuesday we stay mild in at 69 degrees and so other than the spotty shower that some people will not see. we have a mostly dry forecast on the way temperatures well above average, and even as we get into wednesday and back into the 60s we are still above 62. that is average.

a good looking week. >> people have outdoor plans and don't have to put a coat over their outfits. >> i have a nice easter bonnet i can't wait to try. >> i want to see that. >> download the updated accuweather app it has live radar temperatures for your neighborhood and the upcoming forecast and the exclusive minute cast. it's a free app for your mobile device.

a big happy birthday to the newest 100-year-old in ewing, new jersey. theresa turns 100 and they threw her a party today. she likes to play bingo and hang out with friends and go to casino. and ewing's friend burt stein man who stopped by.

here's wishing her a wonderful birthday celebration. now coming up next at 6:00. multiple problems have a center city road closed for repairs and we'll have an update by utility crews. >> she ran away from a home at 16 years old and 44 years later this woman is reconnecting with her long lost family. i'm nora muchanic with that story coming up. now for adam joseph, melissa magee, jaime apody and rick williams i'm melissa magee have a good night. "action news" at 6:00 is next. 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, where the drugs are cheaper and easier to get. 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. but i got help and you can too. you're not alone. help is within reach. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. the road to recovery starts now. "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist

cecily tynan, and jim gardner. > tuesday night and atlantic city's mayor processed to cut property taxes and a new cardiovascular nation hopes to train aspiring mechanics. and the big story is the transportation nightmare right now in the heart of center city philadelphia. part of south 17 and street is closed because of a combination water and electrical problem underground. a hole in the street some workers could get to the source just kept on getting bigger. live at the scene tonight is "action news" reporter, sara bloomquist. how bad is this hole and howl will this be a problem? >> reporter: they are making progress. water service was restored at 4:00 this afternoon and the electrical issue can cause a minor delay. and at this point it's a matter of repairing the hole and the

damage to the pavement that results. the streets department is doing the work and everyone hoping that it won't take too long so 17th street can reopen to traffic again. working throughout the day pgw was prepared to wrap things up this afternoon but a live wire underground posed a potential problem and peco was called out to deal with the electrical issue and the hole on 17th between walnut and locust got bigger. >> we'll begin to investigate the cause of the cave-in and if we can pinpoint what took place there and when we can open the street again. >> it was opened because of a small hole in the street. crews discover aid break in a 3 inch service line supplying water to an adjacent building and businesses below didn't have water either and a bakery shut down and a couple other stores stayed open. >> i opened up the store and no