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>> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. ♪ >> saturday night, i'm walter perez, the big story is breaking news. police in philadelphia snuffed
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out a massive pot party organized on social media. bob broo brooks joins us with details. >> walter, when i got out of the van here, the neighborhood wreaked like marijuana. i spoke with an officer here when the bust happened. he said there were 200 people in the warehouse smoking marijuana. 200. that's the warehouse, 450 4500 k ofworth street. a lot of arrests were made and a lot of guns found inside. >> if it's a marijuana smoke session up in smoke. it's the philly smoke session inside the warehouse 4500 block of work street. the sign reads, thread u.s.a. this was a giant gathering of people buying and smoking pot.
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here's the invite, spring fling vip event set for today. we spoke with a man not arrested inside. he claims this is about helping people. >> this is the cannabis community of philadelphia. it's a community that likes to help people, likes to help patients. a lot of people people here are medical marijuana patients. in case there was confusion about what happened inside, here's another person inside. >> you were meeting in there and smoking marijuana in there. >> yeah. >> we weren't hurting anyone. >> police say along with marijuana they found guns. here is one put into a an evidence bag. they filled three vans up with people arrested from inside the event. another live look at the warehouse here. that is the door. we are closed to it.
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it still wreaks like marijuana. when officers first arrived smoke was pouring out of the door and windows above. i'm told by neighbors parties like this happen too often. they are relieved the police came up here and broke things up. reporting live in frankford, bob brooks, "action news" wphl-17. >> tomorrow we are looking at a significant improvement. adam joseph is in for melissa. he joins us for the first look at the forecast. >> no turning back at this point. we want to move forward to sunshine and dryer and warmer weather for the second half of the weekend. a chill with 40s to the north. 52 philadelphia and washington. the cool ergos to the south, roanoke and richmond in the
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lower 50s. we have high pressure coming in from the north. the front at this point is off the coast way down to the south. the warmer air below it has high pressure sneaking in tomorrow. one dry day before low pressure developing along the boundary. it's going to work up the coast as we go to monday and tuesday. future tracker snapshot monday morning, 8:30 a.m., that's when i kick off the valley forge revolutionary race. if you are there, we'll see sunshine to begin the race. no rain. as we look at the day planner tomorrow, 64 in the afternoon. 56 at 11:00 with filtered sunshine. high clouds stubborn to break but a brighter end to the weekend. we have a one daybreak tomorrow. then a miserable start to the week monday and tuesday, but we
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make up for it at the end of the week with summer like air. we have the numbers in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you, adam. a threat of rain for the weekend, so download the weather app. it gives you a look at live radar and the exclusive minute cast, the only minute by minute forecast in the region. at least four people were injured in a head on collision at 4:30 near chaney road. no word on who was at fault. >> two boys were found safe this morning after they went missing several days ago. chad per deli has the story. >> they were last seen wednesday morning with their babysitter michelle rodgers at the 500 block of sheerman. last night relatives of the boys reported them missing, launching an amber alert.
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the family posted flyers around the neighborhood and it wasn't long before they received valuable information. >> at some point the babysitter made the call to the family. we got the number and our officers went there to search for them. >> investigators found them not far from the royal farms at a burger king uninjured. >> the children were taken to hospital. they are tired and hungry but unharmed. >> as word spread that the boys were found safe relatives and friends arrived at wilmington police. they declined comment. police interview rodgers. she has not been charged with a crime. >> we are not sure why she went there with the kids. she's being evaluated. we are not sure how we'll concern with her. police are concerned about why it took the family so long to report the boys missing.
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it's part of the investigation. >> a popular swim club has been hit by vandals. between wednesday night to thursday morning the vandals broke into the upper moreland swim club. they smashed vending machines, deployed fire extinguishers, spray painted epithets and tried to steal money from the safe. >> i doesn't expect to have our machines, pizza machine, pepsi machine, ice machine, toppled over. it's heavy equipment. >> he says there's at least $20,000 damage to the equipment. the club has been closed since last season but is expected to open for the memorial day weekend as scheduled. >> president trump will mark his hundredth day in office here in philadelphia. he's holding a big rally next
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saturday night in harrisburg. the rally will coincide with his 100th day in office the same night at the white house correspondent day in washington. the president and top aides said they'll not attend. >> hundreds of people came out for a march for scientific advancement. the so called march for science is one that took place around the world. thoats that showed up are trying to champion science as a means of improving society. many say the scientific community is threatened by the policies of the trump administration. >> similar marchs took place around the world. the biggest was in washington d.c. thousands of people gathered on the grounds of the washington
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monument. >> with that said, france is in the midst of choosing a new president with 47,000,000 people ready to head to the ballots. this comes on the eve of an attack with a police officer killed. since friday night political coverage has taken a backseat in france and the candidates have been silent. that's because france imposes a 44 hour timeout before polls open to give voters a chance to reflect on their decision. >> prom season opened and teenager made a grand entrance to their dance. there were screams and cheers as the kids yo kids pulled up in cc cars. they drove to the auditorium at the duponte children's hospital.
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once enns they were transported to a tropical oasis. this year's theme, "jamming in the jungle." it was a fun evening in havertown as well as people laced up their sneakers to the twilight run and walk. the rain didn't stop them from coming out. funds benefit the haverford walk. >> a star from the hit t.v. show "happy days" has died. we have details. >> and in the nick of time, several bystanders jump into water to save a woman from her overturned vehicle. >> and another problem for an airline. what this is all about and why american airlines is patrol
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apologizing. >> plus, ducis rogers has sports when we come back.
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>> a pregnant woman is hospitalized after being shot in the abdomen. it happened about 9:00. the victim was taken to chester medical center for treatment. the gunman remains on the loose
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at this hour. >> a truly heroic effort bye bye standers as an suv landed upside down in a flooded river in oklahoma. three men smashed the windows and pulled a woman to safety. while she feels shaken, she was able to walk away. >> someone needed out of that car quick. no sense standing around. i couldn't have seen that happen and drove away from it. >> the water continued to rise. the rescuers had to leave the suv behind saying there's no question the good samaritans saved the woman's life. >> more bad news for airlines, this time american. >> you do that to me i'll knock you flat. >> that broke out after a flight
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attendant took a woman's stroller saying it needed to be checked at the gate. it nearly hit the woman's baby and the woman became upset as a result. >> the ac actress that played ji cunningham on "happy days" has passed away. she suffered tough times after that and lived in a trailer park in indiana. she was 56 years old. no word on the cause of death. >> henry where i think letter u will have the peace you wanted on earth. rest in peace too soon. >> here's rick williams with
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tonight's crime fighter report. >> portia love and maisha adamson feel the loss of troy robinson everyday. >> he was always there for us, you know? we could always depend on him to be there. funny guy. makes everyone laugh. just a good guy. it's a tremendous loss. it is. >> robinson was going to a family halloween party along old york road. >> he axed me to go but we had gone out with our daughter that evening and i was tired, so he went by his self. >> 5:44 a.m., police responded to the scene and found the 32-year-old shot in the head. he was found dead at the scene. >> he was a good guy, a good father, a good brother, a good son. i'm hoping if anyone know
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anything, please, please, come forward. do the right thing. >> the citizen crime commission is administering a $1,000 and the city of philadelphia is offering up to $20,000 reward money for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible. 215546 tips. all calls remain anonymous. addison hopes her five-year-old daughter will remember her father. >> the smile -- he was her partner in crime. he was always there for her no matter what. he was there from day one. >> i'm rick williams, channel6, "action news."
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>> a wonderful event took place in delaware county to promote pet adoption and cecily tynan was a keynote speaker on the runway. the show supported fashion and dogs and cats looking sharp as humans. tonight's fundraiser benefits the providence shelter. >> and dave roberts was a guest m.c. at the gala in recognition of the bryn mawr institute. kathryn hepburn is one of the school's most famous graduates. >> we look for reasons to put dave on there. >> he found the youth juice.
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>> he looks better now than when he retired. >> well, i mean, less stress. >> not that it's stressful here. >> good to see him. better news here as the weather for the second half of the weekend, 6 tracker double scan showing we are cleaning up the showers of the day, off the coast and moving away. clouds above. again, we are beginning the drying out process as the northerly wind continues to push in. as we look at the numbers, 47 in allentown, 49 reading, 49 lancaster, lower 50s, millville. dover at 52. the shot was off, but this is good. i won't hurt myself.
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as we look, the front is down to the south. you can see the dryer air coming from the north. that is high pressure. high pressure continues to erode the clouds from the north to the south as we have slow clearing for the rest of the overnight. a light breeze, 39 in the suburbs 35 in center city. as we look at the day planner for sunday, not going to be full blast of sunshine as it's looking. hide clouds throughout the day. filtered sun we call that as we look at temperatures going to the middle 60s. far better than the start of the weekend. 8:30 in the morning, high clouds drifting through the region. we see breaks in the high clouds continuing into the afternoon at 4:30 before more clouds head in from a low developing near
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testify carolinas. a brief break with the wedge of sunshine. the low slowly drifts up the coast. what's going to happen, a combo between the departing high and with the atlantic air, chilly and raw, 50s for highs and rain on and off both monday and tuesday. the seven-day forecast, 64 with filtered sunshine sunday, breezy, cool, showers 58 monday, detach, windy and chilly tuesday, 57-degrees. wednesday, we dry it out at 70 with pops of sun. thirst, friday, saturday, for the nfl draft, sun and clouds, temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. close to 20-degrees above normal. quite a flip as we go beginning to the end of the week.
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if you are the dreary type, 50s and raining, the gardeners believe me. you will win it end of the week. >> we talked about it, they rolled the dice and they nailed it. seems that way so far. up next on "actio "action news,s rogers has sports. ♪ ♪ what made two guys build race car engines in their own shop?
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what made them believe that a two-ton behemoth could compete in a track race?
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and verizon wireless customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, data-free. get the best. go to getfios.com >> ducis rogers in for jeff with sports. drama at the bank tonight? >> with this bullpen? a lot of nights like this. phillies playing well as of late but with the braves, they make things difficult. phils and braves. do it. you know you want to. sicksth inning, herrera brings in hernandez to tie the game at one. ninth inning, 2-1 phils. looking to close it out. a homer ties the game at two h. ramos leaves gomez in there for
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the tenth inning, two outs. franco, blows it away. one of three fielding errors, 3-2 braves. in the bottom half of the frame, franco redeems himself, walk off single, ballgame. phillies win it, 4-3. >> wild game overall? >> oh, yeah. they come back and put one run in. we had to stay positive. just go out there and play hard. >> his on game post game interview, sticky shower. >> well worth it, i'm sure. ryan howard makes his debut for the braves, he looks slimmer going 2 for 2 with a walk and rbi in the 5-2 win over paw tuck
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et. >> we are five days from the party on the parkway. thank goodness it wasn't today it would have been a miss. will is talk that he could sneak into round one. he's heard the talk. >> i try to stay away from it. social media drags you in. i'm excite today see where i end up. it could be anywhere. i could end up first day, second day, who knows? >> we are all over next week's draft. the draft party wednesday night 7:30 live prosecute the parkway. we examine the eagle options, picks and draft prospects. stick around, more after the break. ♪ ♪ ♪
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