♪ ♪ "action news," delaware valley's leading news program with ji jim gardner. ♪ >> this is arthur age 67. he was a teacher aide at conestoga high school. tonight he's a prisoner in lieu of bail. that's what happens when you are charged with having sex with an underaged student. tonight's story is the charge of aggravated assault against a teacher at one of our high

schools. bob has the story. >> these charges come against a man married. according to court documents, he forced himself on a 15-year-old girl. his name, arthur phillips. we were the only new news statin there today when he walked out of court. >> do you have anything to say? >> no comment. >> he didn't say anything. it's hard to imagine what's going through the head of 67-year-old arthur phillips. he was headed to jail tonight. the husband and father from wayne is facing charges for having sex with a 16-year-old student at co conestoga high school. >> it's sad. he was in a place of authority. he should have known better. >> according to court documents, phillips met the victim beginning of the school year. he works as an instruction at aide at the school. it was in his office he made

unwanted advances. the child described the incident. the child said no about his advances. he would pick her up and park somewhere. the child indicated they had more than ten encounters. the child said no, she didn't want to do it. when phillips realized the situation came to light he crashed his own car. in it was a note saying, i was just a guy trying to help a kid and boundaries got gray. >> he faces institutional sexual assault. his bail, $500,000. his arrest falls on the same day a year ago when another conestoga teacher's aide was arrested. p christine towers was arrested for having sex with a 16-year-old student.

she's serving an 11 month sentence in county jail. >> the school district sent home a letter alerting them of this. arthur phillips has been suspended from all of his duties until this plays out. he will be in court next month. >> thank you, bob. >> today we learned the south philadelphia soccer coach accused of fathering a child with one of his players is in the country illegally. 39-year-old fra francisco prado-contreras came to the u.s. and was deported. after that he snuck back into the country. he paid a girl 13 or 14 years old for sex and got her pregnant. the trump administration is intensifying its threat to crack down on sanctuary cities that

refuse to comply with federal immigration laws. they sent letters to eight cities including philadelphia saying refusal to comply will cost you money. jeff chirico is live at philadelphia city hall. you have the details. >> jim, in an e-mail the mayor's spokeswoman said this letter is a p.r. stunt by the trump administration. the mayor believes the city is complying with federal law sharing information with immigration status. the letter comes and is it is cheered by some and jeered by others. >> it's not a shock that a letter of this nature would come from the administration. >> the letter was sent to eight such cities requiring them to prove they are cooperating with authorities to continue to

receive a law enforcement grant. >> the mayors have to decide if they are willing to jeopardize the dollars or try to protect illegal immigrants committing crimes in our cities. >> the policies make us safer. >> mayor kenney long rejected the notion that illegal immigrants are responsible for crime. >> immigration attorney wayne sachs says that the letter will make illegals less likely to report crime. >> they'll be less likely to answer subpoenas and the trickle down effect is a less safe city. >> representative white doesn't buy it. in additional to the federal funding the city could lose she has introduced a bill in harrisburg to withhold state

funding in pennsylvania. >> it's in the hundreds of millions of dollars. it's a substantial number that is city should take into consideration determining whether or not they'll maintain this dangerous policy. >> the federal grant $1.6 million to philadelphia in 2016. philadelphia must prove its in compliance with regulations by june 30th. >> thank you, jeff. president trump revealed there will be a tax plan revealed wednesday saying both businesses and individuals will receive a massive tax cut. while he wouldn't reveal details, he said the tax cut will be bigger than any ever. >> he was with his treasury secretary today and suggested it would be a busy week but pushed

back against the 1 hyundai marker. >> we'll see what happens. no particular rush. we'll see what happens. healthcare is coming along well. government is coming along really well. a lot of good things are happening. thank you, folks. >> are you going to manag make n the first hundred days? >> trump is taking heat for failing to get congress to pass a major bill and says the hyundai mark ihundred day mark s measure. >> a 30-year-old man and her husband return today the washington area yesterday. they were e quitted by an egyptian court of child abuse, bogus by human right's groups.

she had a foundation to help street children four years ago. >> the trump administration is saying no dice for exxon mobile tonight. they asked for a waiver in sanctions against russia. the u.s. military detected russian planes approaching alaska four time in the last four days. in several times they were nuclear capable bombers. twice norad sent jets to intercept them. military officials say there hapt been a string of incidents like this since 2014 but it happened in international air space. >> tom wolf has stripped the lieutenant governor of his state police protection because of a looming scandal over how lieutenant governor mike stack

treats trooper in his security detail. the state inspector general is investigating allegations that he pressured troopers to use lights and sirens to drive them to their destinations faster. >> governor wolf ordered maintenance, cleaning and grounds keeping to only do their work under supervision. >> in a statement tonight stack says he agrees with the governor's decision and apologized once again. >> various parts of the tristate area got smacked by heavy rainstorms tonight. they had to put out the tarp in a phillies game. it looks like the weekend could be unsettled. let's get the latest from accuweather and adam joseph at the big board. >> unsettled to start the weekend. we salvaged part of the weekend.

the area of rain that rocked through philadelphia and the phillies game ninth inning is well to the east. it's a rib on of rain, three lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes around chatsville and eastern burlington county. this is trekking east. this is the last round of rain for the overnight hours before more fires up from the south. future tracker afternoon and morning hours tomorrow, to the south. that throws more moisture our way in the form of steady rain. this is 2:00 saturday afternoon continuing to 6:00 p.m. temperaturewise, cool upper 50s through 60s with the round of rain. we talk about the better part of the weekend in the full forecast. >> thank you. a bank robber that held up the t.d. bank in as ton county two

doors from the police station and he got away. detectives released a surveillance video of the suspect that came into the branch around 3:45. the suspect may have been had dread locks tucked under his hat. he took off in a two door chevy cobalt with missing hub cap. no one was hurt in the hold up. >> jurors in the case of eric frein heard emotional testimony today. the mother of slain corporal dickson says she doesn't hate freen but wants him held accountable. jurors are deciding if frein should spend life in prison or be put to death. >> a trenton man is being held for murder in the case of a

crash that killed a woman. >> the allentown fire department says it needs more fire trucks. the city's mayor disagrees saying the department is just playing politics. fire crews say they are working with a shortage of equipment and driving trucks more than ten years old. mayor ed pawlowski says a truck is on the way, two more following. the department's request comes now because it's an election year. >> a westchester sports apparel company is being forced to repay customers. they raised $579,000 on kick starter for shirts that changed color by body heat. they were given until this week to deliver the shirts. they failed and the company must pay $56,000 in restitution. >> we went after these companies

and are recouping the money for those that got scammed and holding the scammers responsible. >> if they don't repay the money they'll be jailed. >> we see the moment paris police stopped a terrorist attack and what was found inside the cabin a tennessee teen and teacher were discovered. a city by the bay becomes a city by the dark. 23-r thousands trapped in elevator, we'll show you how san francisco responded to a major power outage. >> adam joseph has the forecast and ducis rogers has more on the phillies action after the rain stopped. that and more when "action news"

>> life in san francisco crawled to a standstill today after a massive power outage left more than 90,000 customer in the dark. the outage happened just before 9:30 this morning when a fire broke out at a sub straights. office buildings shut down, subways came to a stop. firefighters rushed call to call as people were stuck in elevators. surprisingly, there were no collisions. >> the drivers are considerate of each other for the most part. >> there are so many people outside talking to each other which is awesome. >> there's always a silver lining. even the window washers were left hanging when they lost power to their equipment. >> tonight we are looking inside the california cabin where 15-year-old elisabeth thomas was found along with her former

teacher tad cummins. there was no cellphone service, running water or electricity. they found two handguns, a grill and personal items. cummins is behind bars facing state and federal charges for having an inappropriate relationship with a teenager. >> new video shows the moment a gunfire opened on police officers in paris yesterday. one officer was killed and two were injured before the gunman was shot and killed. he was identified as kareem sherfe. near his body police found a note defending isis. john finny was on vacation with his family when the shooting started. >> it was chaos and panic. all of the people on the street, people were falling down. >> the attack could have a big impact on france's president

election. far right nationalist maureen le pen is in a tight four way race. president trump weighed in on the race today saying the attack will help her chances. >> pennsylvania's unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest rate. down .2 from february and the fourth drop for the keystone state. pennsylvania still has higher joblessness than the national average and the state lost 16,000 jobs. the majority of americans support legalizing medical marijuana. 83% of adults feel medical marijuana should be allowed. that number rises to 94% among those that have used the drug. 2/3 of respondents think a doctor's precipitation for pot is safer than opioid

painkillers. 34% admit to yiewtsing it for me medicinal or leisure purposes. >> this man decided to perform the dance known as the worm. all of the features on the runway came from the thrift store. this is the rewrite the runway fashion show and auction trying to eradicate veteran homelessness. >> that was a party there. >> seems like that. adam joseph that the weekend accuweather forecast. some good and some better. >> we start with the bad and end with the good. we get it out of the way. storm tracker 6 live double scan an area of rain passing through center city philadelphia. a mai mainland in chester county

working its way through center city and pushing east from burlington county chatsworth and speed well. loud as it rolls through. nine lightning strike in the last 15 minutes. white in the lar to the west of warn grove extending west toward tabernacle. it's quiet most of the overnight hours. temperatures haven't moved that much from the afternoon. mid to upper 50s across the board. the numbers are not going to fluctuate that much through the weekend. satellite and radar, we have a front to the south, along the front ripples of energy developing. you can see the next batch over the ohio and tennessee valley. another behind that in the wings from st. louis 250rd kansas city. all of this aiming in our

direction moving in first thing tomorrow morning from the south to the north. temperaturewise, little movement mid 50s to 60 throughout saturday, a lot of clouds and showers developing. 9:00 tomorrow morning, clouds are stubborn. they are not going to break saturday. you see showers in southern areas. it overtakes the region. we are not talking heavy rain, damp and dreary into the evening hours of 7:00 with the heaviest to the south. that moves on and the latest coming in now shows the next wave sunday morning stays to the south. we see a lot of clouds thinning out sunday morning and breaking for sun for the second half of sunday. 1:00 saturday afternoon tomorrow for the union game, cloudy, cool, steady showers bring the rain gear to the stadium. temperatures at 62 for the game.

thank the high pressure wedging in on sunday. if it works out perfectly, 62 keeping the second low to the south until monday. clouds and showers developing saturday, 62. peaks of sun returning, could be a decent amount of sun if everything works out well at 62. showers to the north monday, near 60 tuesday, wednesday, 74. we make up for it next week, thursday and friday for the draft on the parkway, 85 or 86-degrees. not football weather. >> no. >> but we'll take it. >> they'll take it. yes, they will. at the franklin institute you can call it a scientific soiree. the science festival got under way with a prom for adults. locations throughout the city for nine days experiment p

exhibits in the benefit of science. unlike any other prom, a featured beer from a tap shaped

>> phillies begin with a series against the braves. >> 29 hits in three games in new york, they won two of them. the phils try their hand with atlanta. >> third inning, aaron altair contributing lately. rbi double in the third, 2-0 phils. later, a two out single. altair comes home with the philly's lead. sixth inning, mistake to freddy freemondaman. >> phillies survive, 4-3. >> last year until now we lost

seven in a row to them which i wasn't aware of. it was nice to beat them. hellickson was good. kept them off balance. >> the national visiting the metts bryce harper early going. mets win 4-3 in 11 innings. philadelphia on the clock. the draft is less than a week away, six days to be exact. the city wants to get it right. so do the eagles. the ben franklin parkway is barely recognizable. howy roseman hopes to learn from his past mistakes and successes. >> there are those that you don't want. they are all learning experiences. it's good to get insight and learn. that's what it's all about. >> we examine the drafts during

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goal, hershey wins 1-0. capitals and maple leafs, a former flyer, caps win 2-1. the union have dug themselves into a hole to start the mls season. they are off to a 4-2 start. head coach jim curtin wants his team to remain confident. >> we are at our best responding to adversity. the guys have to have a belief that mistakes are made over the course of 90 minutes. how you bounce back is how to get point in the league. is there a mamgic possession to cure it? i wish there was. >> the union montreal match can be seen on "6abc" tomorrow afternoon. the first victory has to come eventually. why not tomorrow.

>> thank you ducis. "jimmy kimmel live" next followed by "nightline." "action news" continues at 5:30. >> for ducis rogers, adam joseph, cecily tynan and the "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. have a good night. have a great weekend. ♪ ♪

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