offered no apology for a vulgar video that cost him the running for his party. >> ♪ ♪ >> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program with jim gardner. >> this happened on neighborhood fairgrounds in the hunting park section of philadelphia. this is supposed to be a

playground but it's anything but play. wtwo teens on their first date assaulted by seven girls, a girl gang. they are out there and say they'll strike again. >> it's thursday night. the big story is a stark attack coming out of nowhere. christie ileto is at east detective headquarters. what have you been able to find out about this? >> the fight happened across the street from the police station. jay la and miguel were at the carnival tuesday night jumped at whitacre and east eerie, attacked for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> this girl came up and hit me. >> jay la santana had no idea she would be the victim of an

attack, seven girls to one. >> they were hitting me, pulling my hair, punching, stomping on me. i didn't even know it was guys until i saw the video. >> the video now viral. the 16-year-old and her boyfriend her on their first date and encountered an aggressive flash mob of teens. >> i tried to defend her. i pushed the girl back and then a second hit her and a third. >> can you think of a reason you would be targeted by these individuals? >> by fun. it's for fun. they mention it all over social media. >> miguel says he's seen the group of attackers before who identify on social media as a girl gang and plan an encore fight this weekend.

>> the district is aware. they have extra patrols throughout the weekend. >> jay la, having > suffered a concussion is still in a neck praise. >> i'm not going to hold something against you because they are probably going through something in their life. >> those are forgiving words from the 16-year-old given what she has endured. police are investigating this. if you have information or recognize the girl in the video, you are asked to contact east detectives. christie ileto "action news," jim? >> "action news" was in wilmington as a judge convicted a 17-year-old girl of criminally negative homicide. one other teen was found guilty of conspiracy. a third was exphon rated of conspiracy. this is the trial for amy joyner

who died last year. she had an unknown heart condition and died of cardiac attack. the girls could have been gotten eight years in jail. her sentence will likely be counseling and community service. >> the united states today dropped the biggest bomb ever with the exception of a nuclear weapon. we didn't know it was going to happen in advance, and certainly it raised eyebrows when it did. u.s. forces struck an isis tunnel complex in eastern afghanistan. to do so, we use what is officially called a gbu43b massive ordinance air blast weapon or moab. it is also called the mother of all bombs.

sean spicer explained the attack method against the islamic state. >> in order to defeat the group, we must deny them operational space which we did. >> there were 600 to 800 isis fighter in afghanistan. how many were killed is unknown at this hour. >> its mile wide blast radius could obliterate center city philadelphia. the effects would be felt river to river fairmont avenue south to washington avenue. that's a big bomb. >> syrian president asaad spoke dismissing chemical attacks saying it was fabrication. pictures of children that died

were staged according to him. the u.s. military is confirm thag a misdirected air strike by the u.s. coalition on tuesday killed 18 allied fighters battling the islamic state in syria. dozens of bucks county residents prayed for peace in syria. the vigil was an effort to stand in solidarity with innocent civilians in the war torn country. >> this house fire in schwenksville when to two alarm tonight an hour after it began. nobody was hurt but the house was a total loss.

"action news" reporter jeff chirico has that story. >> the video was shot inside goodnight irene's. >> it's not something i'm proud of. the fact is, i said it. i probably shouldn't have said it. >> brian mcdowell isn't apologizing hours after a vulgar video surfaced that could derail his political campaign. >> the 10 second clip taken at a bar shows the real estate broker slurring his words as he propositioned a woman. >> it was a jestful conversation with a friend i have known ten years. >> it cost him the endorsement of his party. in a statement last week the group's chair said issues have surfaced in a light with several

of the group's core principles. he's not dropping out. he's hoping voters will look past his crude language as they have done before? >> we elected donald trump. donald trump has been known to say things that were blasted all over the media, and the voters got past that. mcdowell will appear with two other candidates. the election will be held june 6th. >> a 34-year-old lehigh valley teener has been accused of having sex with an underaged girl he was tutoring. johnson teaches at parkland high school in allentown. investigators allege he sexed with and had sex with the

student several times. >> galloway township police arrested a 16-year-old boy that collected all of the parts to assemble a fully functional rifle. he was on probation for bringing a handgun to school. police found hollow point ammunition for a different weapon at his home along with cocaine. >> investigators in reading say this man, 25-year-old kenneth johnson died after police used a stun gun to subdue him. they performed cpr on him but were unable to save his life. johnston was involved in a confrontation with his girlfriend. an autopsy has been scheduled to determine the cause of death. the state of delaware is suing several companies over the

bridge emergency from 2014. >> the four companies are responsible for the pile of soil dumped next to the span. it caused the bridge support to move and roadway to separate with one direction of traffic tilting away from the other. >> deldot set they have been trying for two years to reach an agreement with companies out of court but they have not been cooperating. >> atlantic city is expected to get new aamusement rides and new jersey is going to pay for it. they are planning to build a 350 tall attraction rising near balis. the press of atlantic city reports that the state economic development authority agreed to pay 28% of the $38 million cost.

construction could start next month with the polar coaster opening in 2019. still to come, dozens of riders stuck on a rollercoaster. plus we hear from the daughter of the doctor pulled off the jet. >> today temperatures topped off at 66-degrees. you can see the bubble of summer air with 80s. it will move in, in time for easter sunday. >> a 90-year-old delaware woman with a row on the river. an update on joel embid's recovery when "action news" continues tonight. ♪ ♪

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>> so rollercoasters are supposed to give you a thrill. 24 riders on the joker jinx at six flags in maryland got more than they bargained for tonight.

the ride was stuck 100 feet in the air. firefighters used a rescue bucket to get everyone down safely. that took four hours. passengers were stuck five hours on the same ride in 2014. >> no thank you. >> the 69-year-old passenger dragged off the united airline flight suffered a broken nose, concussion and lost two teeth according to his family. his attorney says dr. dao will sue. he was bumped to make room for crew members but he refused to leave saying he had patients to see the following day in kentucky. his daughter says her father is still shaken. >> if it's been a terrible time for our family. what happened to my dad

shouldn't have happened to any human being. >> dao's attorney says he may require reconstructive surgery. >> our second video surfaced showing a police officer in suburban atlanta punching a man after a traffic stop. it comes on the heels of another officer kicking the same man at the same stop while the man was handcuffed on the ground. both officers have been fired. >> president trump signed legislation aimed at cutting federal funding to planned parenthood and other organizations that perform abortions. the program was established in 1970 to subsidize family planning and related health

services. >> pope francis commemorated the last supper on this holy thursday with the ceremonial washing of the feet. he went to a prison outside of rome and among the feet is he kissed three women and a muslim man converting to christianity. this emulates jesus and his apostles good friday. >> and at the mass of the lord's supper. archbishop charles sa shi too performed the feet washing ritual. >> a tiny ice encrusted moon of saturn could be the most likely place in the solar system to

find extraterrestrial life. nasa detected hydrogen, carbon dioxide and methane shooting off the moon in these geyser like plumes of water. it is believed to have a liquid ocean beneath the surface. scientists say this provides all of the known requirements for life. >> a wilmington woman is celebrating her birthday by taking part in a sport she excelled in for decades. lydia turns 90 tomorrow and is joining friends on the river. she's one of the founders of the rowing center. chef's been rowing since she was 16. she road in, in the island regatta last year a13-mile course. what keeps her going? >> i like to be active.

i like to put in a little effort. if if it's too easy, why do it, you know? >> from all of us at "action news," we want to wish lydia a very happy birthday along with a lot of her friends. >> cheers to her. she looks at age as a number 6789 >> in thi.>> in this case, 90. 90 is the new 70 for her. as we head into the weekend, temperatures are soaring, not 90 but close. as we look at double scan around the area, we have clouds that passed through during the early evening hours. there are clouds drifting through the overnight hours early tomorrow morning and over all, 46 in allentown, 10-degrees warmer in philadelphia. 40s millville.

49 in cape may. seasonal temperatures as we wake up first thing tomorrow morning. satellite and radar show we have clouds, broke into a lot of sun and clouds raced back in this evening. there are a couple of sprinkles tried to fall. you can see the broken clouds to the north and west. as we wake up tomorrow morning, end the workweek, a few clouds around. seasonal. there is a chill in the air. this is typical, 45-degrees around 6:00 in the morning. 49 at 8:00. hour by hour, 50s through 11:00, maybe the lunchtime hour and breaking into the 60s in the afternoon. the high officially tomorrow at 67. saturday, a warm front comes in from the south and west throwing clouds our way for part of our saturday, isolated shower to the

north and west of philadelphia. then the warm front through new england and the surge is a southwesterly wind our way. sunshine, high clouds, 21 above average, 85-degrees. as we break down easter sunday, sunrise services or easter egg hunt in the morning, no jackets in the lower 60s midday. heating it up to 77. in the afternoon, late june feel to the air. it's a comfortable 85-degrees. the exclusive seven-day forecast, 67 tomorrow, partly sunny. sun and clouds saturday, 68. the warmest easter in the last 20 years was 84 in 2011. could be an evening thunderstorm. 74. seasonal tuesday. 65. rain wednesday and 63. limited sun but warmer on

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>> the newest mural in philadelphia honors legen legeny '76ers. it was inspired by the student brendan dockty submitted the original design for the contest. today the '6ers and the city unveiled the mural featuring allen iverson, charles barclay, bobby jones and hall grier. a bevy of basketball celebrities federal street in philadelphia. >> need some of those guys. they have ben si simmons. that won't hurt either. >> what has he been doing this season? studying. watching 2500nba games, studying the point guard position. he says sixer fans are unreal.

when he plays here next season, how will he measure up? he's not sure if he got bigger on not, whether he grew two inches. jamie apody has more. >> whether he has grown physically, we don't know, but he has grown figuratively. >> i learn a lot being around the guys and the system. it gives me a great opportunity to learn the game. >> simmons says he's been clear for basketball activities and will resume his own work out tuesday. depending on if he plays the summer league depends on how he's playing. >> now he will prepare to to be the sixer point guard of the future. >> i think we can do big things. we want the same thing. i'm excited to play with these

guys. i think we can do damage. if he can stay healthy, who knows. maybe we can talk ben simmons rooky of the year. this season, who will it be? >> someone from the sixers. what dario has done, he's been amazing. >> jamie apody, channel6 "action news." >> joel embid embid has no problem saying it whatever. jojo says no offense, he should win the award though he's missed 51 games. embid tells espn he thought he fully tore his m meniscus lookig at a six month recovery but

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>> flyers general manager ron hextall says missing the playoffs bothers him more than he can put in words. assistant coach joe mullen fired today. flyers took a step back this season but as far as captain claude giroux is concerned, he's not on the decline. hex si doesn't know who will be

the main goalie but disagrees with mason that fine tuning doesn't work. >> we are disappointed. we had a good hockey team, good enough to make the playoffs, and we didn't make the playoffs. there is a part of me that, there's failure there. >> hextall says it's hard to watch the playoffs tonight. >> "jimmy kimmel live" next followed by "nightline." music from romeo santos. "action news" continues at 4:30. for adam joseph, ducis rogers, the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner.

>> dicky: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- charlize theron, from "scandal", tony goldwyn, "this week in unnecessary censorship," guillermo behind the scenes from guardians of the galaxy volume 2. and music from romeo santos. and now relax -- here's jimmy kimmel! >> jimmy: very nice. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thank you for coming. thanks. welcome to hollywood. one of the things i love about this city. here in