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>> a pregnant woman is shot in delaware county. new information on her condition coming up. >> american airlines apologizes for a yew member's actions for handling an upset passenger. >> nfl draft week is here and so are more road closures. >> sky6 live hd looking the commodore barry bridge there, that's a beautiful shot compared to the way things looked yesterday morning. >> reporter: yesterday it was raw, as well it was damp, the
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rain came down all day and the temperatures were in the 50s. let's get a live shot of the center city skyline. as nydia mentioned, it is chilly out there. some locations are in the 30s this morning. it's a little damp. you feel that if you're out early on. 35 in the poconos, 38 in allentown. trenton 44, lancaster, 39. yesterday's rain long gone its worked out to sea. here's the back edge of the cloud cover we'll see a mostly sunny sky this morning and mixture of sun an clouds this afternoon before all this rain rolls up the eastern seaboard again monday and tuesday, we get a one daybreak this afternoon. 9:00 a.m., 50 degrees, mostly sunny skies, clouds mixed in, 1:00 p.m., sun and clouds, 59.
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3:00 p.m., 62. 5:00 p.m., 65. the overall call, sun and clouds and milder with high temperatures topping out in the mid 60s, when i come back in a few minutes we'll focus on the rain monday and tuesday, a nice warm up thursday and friday. >> new information this morning in the shooting of a pregnant woman in chester, delaware county. the search for the gunman continues at this hour, we are learning the woman was alert when she was taken to the hospital. she was shot in the stomach at 9:00 p.m. last night. police have not said if she was the target or an innocent bystander. doctors are treating her. the baby's fate is not yet known. new this morning, a car and a pickup collided in bensalem, bucks county. the impact hurled a person on to route 1 near street road. state police are sorting out who
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or what caused the wreck. 6:02 a.m., massive pot party bust philadelphia police shut down a smoke session and arrested a group of marijuana smokers, the action cam was there in frankford as officers led away the people for questioning. neighbors say the smoke sessions are a nuisance, but those involved believe they have a larger purpose. >> reporter: philadelphia police shut down what we've been told is the philly smoke session inside the warehouse located in the 4500 block of wort street. basically this was a giant gathering of people selling and smoking pot. participants inside showed us how they got the word out. instagram. here's the invite spring fling vip event we spoke with one of the men not arrested inside. he claims this is about helping people. >> this is silly smoke session,
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the cannabis community of philadelphia, it's a community that likes to help people and patients, you know a lot of of these people are medical marijuana patients. >> reporter: in case there was any confusion about what was happening inside here's another person who was there. let me get this straight you meet in there and smoke marijuana in there. >> we aren't hurting anybody, right. >> reporter: along with marijuana they found guns, here's a gun being put into an evidence bag, they filled three police advance up with people arrested from the inside the event. another look outside the door, the smell of marijuana still flowing out, when the cops arrived smoke was pouring out of the door and the windows. the parties like this have been happening at this warehouse for too often. they say they are relieved that the police came up here and
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busted things up. bob brooks channel 6 "action news." >> 6:04 a.m., congress returns to work tomorrow with the crucial item at the top of to-do list passing a budget bill that would prevent a government shut down. congress must approve the bill by april 29 that would cause a shut down of many operation is the bill is held up over funding four the border wall. april 29 marks the 100th day the president will be in office. he wants to revive a bill to repeal and replace the affordable care act. he said he will unveil a proposal involving a tax cut. we put a mike scope on an area that seems very divided over his presidency, inside story starts at 11:30 a.m. >> french voters are casting ballots in the presidential
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race, police armed with automatic weapons are patrolling the streets today 47 million eligible voters are choosing from among 11 candidates. the top two candidates in today's vote will face each other in a runoff. polls indicate this is the most unpredictable presidential election in decades. nfl week is here, along with the fun come traffic headaches. a tough ride in center city gets worse tomorrow. drone 6 flying above the benjamin franklin parkway. trafficking heading inbound on kelly drive must exit at fairmont avenue. all the closures are at 6abc.com. hundreds of thousands of people are coming to town for the thursday draft and the 3 day long draft experience festival on the parkway. a man is in the hospital after falling 30 feet from
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scaffolding at the draft site. he is expected to be. actress aaron -- erin morran who was best known as joany on happy days, people came to know her as richie cunningham's loveable sister, by age 28 she admitted she was battling depression. she went through a divorce and reported financial struggles, she was found dead in indiana. we are waiting on the results of an autopsy to determine her cause of death. >> henry winkler, who played fonz eu6r789 tweeted now
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you have the peace you wanted so badly on earth rest in it, too soon. american airlines apologize the for a flight crew member's action with a passenger. >> part of that is caught on video. >> reporter: millions of views online, it's yet another case of an onboard confrontation going viral. this time it's on an american airlines flight in california. at issue, the mother tried to bring a double wide stroller on the plane and down the single aisle. a flight attend antisaid she needed to gate check it. >> very upset he grabbed it and pulled it and yanked it.
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>> reporter: other passengers say the employee was violent with the stroller nearly hitting the woman and her child. minutes later when the man gets back on board, he gets up again. >> hey, bud you do that to me i'll knock you flat. >> you stay you out of this. >> reporter: american airlines said we are deeply sorry for the pain we caused the passenger and her family, the action of our team member captured here do not appear to reflect patience or empathy two values necessary for customer care. american airlines does not allow strollers in the cabin. this outrage comes two weeks after awe nighted airline publicly apologized after video of a passenger being dragged off a flight. the airline upgraded her and her
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family to first class. the staffer grounded on paid leave during the investigation. abc news new york. >> it is now 6:10 much more to come on nangs sunday -- "action news" sunday morning. wildfires raging across florida. septa is rolling out new changes we'll fill you in. >> reporter: well a one-daybreak with the return of sunshine before more rain heads this way monday and tuesday, i'll have the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast coming up next.
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evacuations are in place in florida where brushfires are burning in three counties. 6,000 families have been forced out of their homes. nine buildings destroyed. fire officials say they are battling 115 fires across the sunshine state. they are getting no help from mother nature. dry conditions are fueling the fires. 6:13 meteorologist chris sowers is here to help you plan your weekend. we were on the fence about you yesterday. what about today? >> reporter: i can promise you this, by the end of this week you'll have the greenest lawn
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you've had knew years. lots of rain heading this way, warmer temperatures in the ladder stages of the upcoming workweek. let's get you outside, down in cape may. clouds are hanging tough across south jersey and delaware, but we're seeing clearing for areas north and west. this promises to be a nice day, especially compared to yesterday, all the gray and gloom we've had and the periods of rain. the radar looks better, nothing going on. all the rain is pushing south and east, it's not even on the screen it's all out to sea. temperatures are chilly, 39 degrees in slatington, kutztown. quakertown barely at 40. 35 in bethlehem. warminster, 43. center city, a chilly 46 degrees. glassboro, 44. hammonton, 44. woodbine 45 and ewing checking in at 43. satellite and radar what's happening here we have an area of high pressure which is kind
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of skirting on by just like from west to east across the new england states, it's just strong enough to push all this moisture down here to the south and keep it here for today. by tomorrow, though, the high actually lifts all the way up here and the allows this mess to return back in the mid atlantic and the northeast. don't get used to it, today and tomorrow will be similar to what we experienced yesterday. here's a closeup shot, pottstown, lancaster, reading, lehigh valley, poconos, it's full sun this morning be but we're picking up clouds across the delaware bay region and the jersey shore. that cloud line will advance to the southeast over the next 3 to 4 hours or so. everybody picks up a decent amount of sunshine mixed with high, thin clouds. the surface maps looks like, there's the high pushing the low just far enough to the south to bring us limited sunshine. by tomorrow the high races out
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to sea. here comes the showers, monday into tuesday it could be on the steadier side. periods of heavier rain especially on tuesday. sunshine north of the pennsylvania turnpike mixed with clouds south and east. high, thin clouds for everybody during the evening hours. overnight tonight increasing clouds, as the high pulls away, lunchtime tomorrow, we'll see a couple of showers mainly south and east of the city. throughout the afternoon, even though the model is not bullish opt idea of showers, that continues through tuesday, tuesday night, rainfall totals heavier south and east of the city. close to an inch north north ant by north and west. one and a half or two inches south and east. mix of clouds during the afternoon, high of 65.
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winds out of the south/southeast 35 to 15 miles per hour. this is the city and immediate surrounding suburbs, starting out with sunshine, high, thin clouds build in in the afternoo. warmer today high of 65. overnight tonight, cloudy again shower threat very late probably around 3:00 a.m., 4:00 p.m., south of the city, 43 degrees outlying suburbs, 48 fore center city. here we go, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, once the miserable weather gets out of here monday and tuesday, things start warming up nicely in time for the nfl draft. thursday warmer, 84. friday, 87. and saturday, 85. gray. >> thank you for the update. it is prom season teenagers in wilmington make the grand entrance to their big dance. fancy, fancy, right? there were screams and cheers as the kids pulled up in classic
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young athlete. 19-year-old was struck by a hammer during the hammer event. he was a member of soccer team he was a volunteer for the track and field mete. this week funeral services were held for the retiree from cleveland ohio, 74-year-old robert godwin was killed on easter sunday. he was a loving person who taught the importance of forgiveness. his ten children say they forgive steve stevens who led police on a chase before shooting himself. a semi was hauling fertilizer when it crashed into a ditch. he was trying to pull over to the side of the road to let his dog go to the bathroom.
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>> reporter: all right welcome back everyone, 6:24 a.m. sunday morning forecast for today looks better than yesterday's cloud cover and rain. 56 degrees down the jersey shore starting out with clouds and increasing sun by afternoon. city of philadelphia, mixture of sun and clouds, much warmer high of 65. for the poconos looks nice, sunny skies, shades of blue upstairs, 62 degrees for the high in the mountains. we continue to watch the slow moving coastal low that has developed over south carolina. over the next few days it will crawl up the coast. by wednesday it should be up here, the clouds increase and the rain moves back in, it will
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be a complete mess. as the low crawls up the coast, once it hits canada it allows this high to slide in. once it takes a position off the carolina coast it turns into a heat pump and temperatures in the 80s thursday and friday. monday and tuesday, cloudy and damp conditions, rain an drizzle expected. the heaviest expected south and east of the city. along with that chilly temperatures highs in the 50s. >> phillies and braves go into extra innings, here's ducis rogers. >> reporter: good morning, the phillies have been playing well as of late, but last night against the braves they did not do themselves any favors, in fact they made things down right difficult. phils and braves, that looks so good even at this early hour. 6th inning, phils trail, hernandez ties the game at 1. 9th inning, 2-1 phillies they
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are looking to close it out. curve ball solo homer ties the game at 2. bottom mez is in there for -- go gomez is in there. throes it away, 3-2 braves. in the bottom half of the 10th franco redeems himself, bases loaded walk off single, ballgame, the phillies take it 4-3 in ten. howard made his debut for the braves' aaa team goes 2 for 4 and a walk and rbi for a 4-2 win. seems like the anticipated nfl draft will never get it, but it will eventually. we're four days away from the party on the parkway.
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former temple offensive lineman deon dawkins is expected to be a second round pick, but he could sneak into round one. >> i try to stay away from it, social media, it drags you in, i'm very excited. i could end up on the first day, second day, who knows. >> we are all over this week's nfl draft, our special draft preview party will come your way wednesday night live from the parkway, we'll examine the eagles' options and look overall picks and local prospects, as well. union taking on montreal, this starts off well. the union eventually build a 3-0 lead. montreal storm back. anthony jackson, his second rally of the day. this ends in a 3-all draw.
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later this week, but more road closures are coming first. >> a marijuana party end with people hauled away by philadelphia police. a south philadelphia firehouse is closed due to damage, but there's a plan in place to help the community. 6:30 a.m., sunday morning, meteorologist chris sowers joins us first with a preview of the accuweather forecast. it's a little chilly out there today. >> reporter: how about a little sunshine? people will love it. let's get you outside and show you the ben franklin bridge, if you look to the far right side of the screen that's the last of the cloud cover, we saw scattered showers and periods of rain that works out to sea. today promises to be brighter and warmer. not warm now, though. 38 degrees in allentown. most of the lehigh valley is 6 or 7 degrees above freezing. chilly to the north. poconos 35. 45 in wilmington. 39 in lancaster.
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46 in millville. 47 degrees in cape may. if you're down in atlantic city, the atlantic city half marathon is today you'll be dealing with a head win out of the north 5 to 15 miles per hour. it's a chilly breeze off the water, or out of the northeast, you will have an ocean influence to the air. temperatures in the 50s down the shore, 60s for everybody's. there's the last of the clouds shifting off the southeast. more rain and cloud cover builds to the south. it's a one daybreak. today turning milder and comfortable, high of 65. >> with the threat of rain this week be sure to download the upgraded weather app. it gives you a live look at temperatures in the neighborhood, and upcome forecast. it has the exclusive minute cast, the only minute by minute
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forecast for the region. philadelphia police round up dozens of people and filled up three police advance after raiding a large pot party, the so-called smoke session was taking place inside warehouse. the action cam was on the 4500 block of work street. a smoke session was taking place in the building. police say they found out about the gathering on instagram. along with pots they found guns. >> ahead of this week's nfl draft, by tomorrow night this will be the only way to ride around the benjamin franklin parkway. it closes from 20 the to the art noose seem at 7:00 p.m. the ramp from 676 to 20th street? philadelphia is scheduled to shut down, as well. action cam is live in front of the big stage in front of the
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museum of art. so much work is going into this event now the draft is almost here. it begins thursday night and runs until saturday evening. espn will have live coverage. the road closures will continue for several days after the draft. check out 6abc.com for locations of the closures. "action news" has you covered all week even after the final pick is made. we have full coverage of the draft at 6abc.com, you can get a look of the nfl experience, the 6abc app is a free download for your mobile device. happening today, septa begins new regional rail schedules for weekend and weekday services. the changes are need to support amtrak's implementation of their positive train control system.
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commuters can mind them going to septa's website. a south philadelphia firehouse is closed. that news not sitting well with people in the neighborhood. bob brooks got answers what it means for the community safety plan. >> reporter: this is what the roof looks like on snyder street that houses engine 53 and ladder 27. two of the trusses inside are split. officials say it's too unsafe to have crews working out of it. neighbors who have temporarily lost services feel unsafe. >> when we heard that immediately i was like i don't know how safe i feel. >> it's scary, we have children god forbid something happens. >> reporter: we spoke to the firefighters union, this is how they say the 11 person crew here and services have been directed. engine 53 will separate out of
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711 south broad. 43 out of third and washington. the response time will be a little longer, but say residents are safe. >> response time will be increased. the city is trying to provided a quit service to the residents of south philadelphia. it's an unfortunate incident. >> reporter: they say the plan is to fix the roof asap. >> i talked to city official today, he said first thing monday morning workers will be here to assess the damage. >> reporter: from the video you can see from the outside where the roof is fixed now. part of the statement reads we're currently evaluating the timeline based on structural concerns. worker it is hope the timeline is sooner rather than later. >> we hope to have them back soon, they get things fixed up they are back here working. we like them over there.
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>> reporter: the union is calling this an unfortunate incident one they are trying to rectify as soon as possible. reporting in south philadelphia, bob brooks channel 6 "action news." >> at least four people were hurt during a head on crash in conquered -- concord township at concord road and cheney road. a swim club in hatboro montgomery county have been damaged by vandals. burglars struck at the upper moreland swim club. they scaled a fence and smashed a door to get inside. the club president said they went on to smash vending machines. the vandalses try to steal money from the safe. >> i didn't expect to have all our heavy duty equipment our grills, pizza machine, pretzel machine, ice machine toppled
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over. it's heavy most of the equipment. >> there's at least $20,000 of damage to the equipment. the club is expected to open in time for memorial day weekend. time 6:37 a.m., there's an update to the breaking news we brought you yesterday. wilmington police are questioning the babysitter of two young boys who were missing for several days. they are now safe at home, they had last been seen wednesday morning with their babysitter, michelle rogers at their home on the 500 block of sherman. the family did not report them missing until friday night. shortly after police launched an am berp -- an amber alert they were led to a burger king no charges have been filed. the teenager abducted by a former teacher is speaking out.
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family members have their concerns about her well-being. she was allegedly kidnapped by her teacher more than a month ago. they were found living in a cabin in a remote area in california. thomas is in a safe location with her family. >> right now she is -- in ways she's like herself and in ways she is not it's distressing to see her like that. it's troubling. >> inside the cabin where the two were found, investigators discovered survival gear, leftover food and beer cans, cummings is due in court tomorrow. this week's rain did not dampen earth day's message. this march for science event was one of hundreds that took place around the world those who showed up are using these events to humanize science and champion the use of science as a means of
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championing society. many who took part say the scientific community is being threatened by the policy of the trump administration. >> much more to come on "action news" sunday morning. reeling them in, a school bus driver turned teacher he is holding class on how to fish in south jersey. >> students and their teachers move into their brand new school in montgomery county. katherine scott was there and we'll bring you the full story. sky6 live hd live at city hall you can see the nfl draft banner here, finally here this week. it starts on thursday, we'll be back with the forecast and more, we'll be right back. >> a heroic effort from
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bystanders after an suv landed upside in a flooded river in oklahoma. three men smashed the window, as the water continued to rise, with moments to spare they pulled the driver to safety. emergency crews arrived and sent down a ladder. while the woman was clearly shaken she was able to walk away. >> no sense standing around, there's way i could see that happen and drove away. >> what a scene there. the water continued to rise and
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the rescuers had to leave the suv behind. there's no question that the good samaritan arrived this woman's life. >> one lucky lady there. 6:43 a.m., sure would be nice to see the golden orb today. looking at the philadelphia international airport, we have still a little bit of cloud cover over philadelphia and most areas south and east. the farther north and west you go, they have begun to see sunshine here as the cloud line continues to push closer to the coast and out to sea. the radars are clear. the rain is long gone today promises to be better. much drier and warmer. taking a step down in the temperature department. thursday was nice, 77 degrees, friday close to the seasonal average. we managed a high of 63. yesterday with all the cloud cover we barely hit 58 degrees and that was one of the warmer
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locations. a lot of surrounding suburbs made it to 56, 57. a chilly day yesterday. chilly now, 46 degrees in philadelphia. dewpoint, 36. the pressure is rising. winds are out of the north at 10 miles per hour and that northerly breeze has dropped the temperatures down quite a bit. 38 in allentown, 6 degrees above freezing. 35 in the poconos. 39 in lancaster. millville, same thing. dover and cape may, 47. atlantic city, 45. this is an area of high pressure that will bring the sunshine today, or mixed skies combination of sun and clouds. it's a cold high. buffalo, 34, syracuse, 33. binghamton, 32. it's the air the northerly breeze from canada driving southward in the mid atlantic and the northeast. even the carolinas and the virginias are in the low 50s. we're seeing a decent amount of
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sunshine west of philadelphia. all the showers and cloud cover to the south across the carolinas, where round number two gathers strength it will slide off to the north an more wet weather comes in heard monday and tuesday. here's the shield of moisture you can see the rain starting to build across places like atlanta, northern portions of georgia, tennessee, kentucky, the bluegrass state all that will shift in the next couple of days. nice weekend, starting out with sunshine to the north, cloud cover to the south and east. mixed skies later on. sun and clouds. the cloud cover you do see here are high, thin clouds. the sun will shine through that. later this evening, we'll see the clouds increase again. here comes round number two. tomorrow morning looks already, the rain breaks out south and east, across the deep portions
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of southern new jersey. expect to see wet weather down through here, that will continue through monday night and eventually tuesday, as well as the coastal low gets a little bit closer. rainfall totals for south jersey will be an inch some locations an inch and a half. today is a good one, one nice day sandwiched in between a number of miserable days. it's warmer to the north for a change because you're getting more sunshine. millville, 62. cape may, 56. atlantic city, 57. overnight tonight chilly, cloudy, showers developing late tonight after 3:00 a.m., 4:00 a.m. for areas mainly south of the city. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, sun and clouds warmer today high of 65. monday and tuesday, chilly damp and raw, similar to yesterday, a couple of showers monday, perhaps a steadier period of rain on tuesday, 55 monday, 58
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tuesday, wednesday we're starting is to clear high of 70. thursday, friday, saturday, look fantastic with highs in the mid 80s a lot of sunshine. >> warm just in time for the draft. all right, chris thank you. class in mount laurel, new jersey is being held in the water. new jersey cearnlt nora muchanic is showing -- correspondent nora muchanic shows us how a school bus driver is taking on the role of teacher. >> reporter: when the school bus driver is not behind the wheel he has a fishing rod in his hand. every year during spring break he invites union students -- young students to the pond to teach the kids how to fish. dozens of fish line the banks of the pond to learn about hooks worms or bobbers. >> it's so exiting to see if
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you're getting a fish. when you get one you're happy. >> you do need to be careful when the kids are casting your line. >> are you okay? >> yeah. >> reporter: the tutoring does pay off, kids were catching and releasing sunny and bass and croppies. jake got a foot long large mouth bass. >> usually they are camping bass, it was very easy to catch the fish. the beauty of teaching the kids how to fish, for an hour or two they are away from phones and computers and cons straight on nature not -- concentrating on nature. >> i would rather do this then play on my ipad. >> reporter: car has been doing this for more than 20 years after putting a fishing rod in the hands of some of these kids,
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5:44 a.m., police responded to the scene and found the 32-year-old shot in the head. he was pronounced at the scene. >> he was a good guy, a good father, a good father, a good brother, a good son, so i'm just hoping if anyone know anything please, please, come forward do the right thing. >> reporter: the citizens crime commission is administer terging a 1,000-dollar reward and the city of philadelphia offering $20,000 for the arrest arrest pn responsible. call 215-546-tips. add son hopes her five-year-old daughter will remember her father. >> his smile, that was her partner in crime. just knowing he loved her very much. he was always there from day one. >> the coast guard picked up a
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cruise ship passenger 120 miles per hour off the coast of the north carolina. the 60-year-old was experiencing kidney failure and needed emergency care. he was hoisted from the deck of the norwegian break away, he was taken to the hospital for treatment. a girl in virginia learned how to play the vial -- violin with her new 3d printed hand. five students from george mason created the device as part of the senior project. >> very happy, very blessed that i have this amazing group of people that have helped me make this attachment that i can play the violin with. they created it a vi-arm for
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>> reporter: this 33 million-dollar building replaces the old one built in 1961. the design phase began in 2013. administrators toured other schools and got input for staff and other students. >> we have various spaces and things maybe you won't see in a regular elementary school. fitness area or construction area where you can have kids convene at one time. >> loving the new build and the newness of it the technology coming to the school what we can use. >> reporter: from music classrooms to the media room the gym to the cafeteria. parents and students loved the building which is currently more energy efficient. >> it's four times the size of the buildings we left. it's air can conditioned and its
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40% less energy than the other building. >> i really like it, now may be i can get used to it like my last locker room. >> reporter: in horsham, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> it's beautiful doesn't it? >> new is always good. ac will be good too. there's another hour of "action news" straight ahead. a philadelphia native is the brains behind the first nfl draft and he has got a deep connection to our eagles. >> plus another complete update from meteorologist chris sowers, it's getting hot toward the end of the week, we'll be right back. congressman macarthur promised to protect our health care.
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but when right-wing politicians tried to pass a disastrous health care repeal bill that raises costs and cuts coverage, macarthur wouldn't oppose them. macarthur wouldn't protect us from a bill that raises premiums and causes 24 million to lose their insurance. wouldn't oppose a massive "age tax" on people over 50. but supported a 600 billion tax break for the wealthy. tell tom macarthur - stop trying to repeal our health care.
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this morning -- clash in the cabin. a new passenger weighing >> a pregnant woman is shot in delaware county. new information on her condition coming up. american airlines apologizes for a crew member's actions while handling an upset passenger. nfl draft week is here, and so are more road closures. >> a pleasant good morning to you, 7:00 a.m., sunday morning, sky6 live hd overlooking center city. you remember yesterday morning it was gray dreary and cloudy, not today. >> let's go outside to meteorologist chris sowers and the accuweather forecast, jumping around though, it's cold. >> reporter: certainly does not feel like the end of april, that's for sure. temperatures north and west are in the 30s this morning. take a will care at the numbers. 38 in
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