"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon in the news a woman is accused of leaving $100,000 worth of heroin on a

middle school campus in bucks county. >> plus investigators are looking for the cause a fire at a local diner. >> but the big story on "action news" is the cause of a 12 hour standoff in south jersey. the scene played out in gloucester township. that a man barricades himself inside of a home forcing neighbors to evacuate the nearby schools to shut down. >> jeanette reyes has new details about the man now in police custody. she is live from the standoff scene on hampshire road. >> we are a few yards away from the home where this all happened. this scene is active because the investigation is underway. i want to show you how deadly this could have been. look at this armered vehicle, you see the bullet hole that went through the steel, it did not injure the officers one of 22 rounds fired with the rifle from the suspect. police tell us they did not fire a single round through this 12

hour standoff. >> after 12 hours, two police bear cat vehicles and multiple shots fired at police, this is how an intense standoff ended in sicklerville. the unidentified suspect fired at police officers and vehicles. >> we have in custody a male that has been injured. i can't give you the extent of his injuries nor his name at this time. i will tell that you his injuries were not caused by law enforcement action. >> this is audio a neighbor recorded of an officer talking into a bull horn sounding fatigues, asking the suspect to turn himself in. >> trying to get him to come out over a loud speaker. >> rattled residents sheltering in place gave us real time updates.

>> this is not sane to me at all. >> angelina was locked down at home with her son and officers were heavily armed outside. >> i came out to see what was going on. he said go inside. the guy could reach to where we were. >> meanwhile her boyfriend and other residents waited at a nearby high school where classes were canceled. growing concerned about their loved ones. >> she said gunshots, we just moved to the area and that sounded strange. >> by 9:30 the barricade was over and the suspect in custody and the shelter in place finally lifted for residents. >> coming back out live to us, you see again that one of the bullet holes hitting the windshield. before they had the vehicles they would hide behind trees and cars and this is a life saving device they were able to use throughout the barricade situation. a couple of things that remain unanswered is what promptd this

barricade in the first place and a woman was also taken out of this home. they are interviewing her and not sure what role, if any she played in this barricade but the man is interviewed by police as is the woman. he was injured but we are told he is not sent to the hospital. reporting live in sicklerville, jeanette reyes, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >> can you read more about the 12 hour long standoff on 6abc.com. you can watch chopper 6 hd video of the scene as well as the news conference with gloucester township officials. developing now dr. james kauffman is due in court for the first hearing for charges that he plotted to murder april kauffman five years ago when she threatened to expose his illegal drug ring. john rawlins is live now. >> it was may 10th, 2012, radio

host april kauffman was found shot to death in the linwood, new jersey, home from the get go her husband, dr. james kauffman denied any role telling his wife she was alive when he left the home. but on tuesday they charged the endocrinolgist in a murder for hire plot. suggesting that the motive to kill was keeping them -- of telling police about the drug operation with a biker gang. >> he was intint to rather have her killed as opposed to losing his financial empire. >> it's alleged after a year of searching for a trigger man, kauffman and a codefend paid francis mulholland and fired the shots that took april kauffman's life and kimberly pack long suspected her stepfather's involvement in her mother's death. but had no idea of the drug e

enterpri enterprise. it takes all of your words away. >> they are due to make their first appearance in court today. francis mulholland is dead. he died of an accidental drug overdose 18 months after the murder. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." turning to accuweather we are in the middle of a rare winter warm-up with temperatures reaching into the 50s today across the region. wait until tomorrow. as we look live at sky 6 hd showing you the view of center city at this hour. meteorologist, david murphy, joins us now from the accuweather big board with a first check of the forecast. this is the day we are waiting for we have cloud cover out there. there is sunny breaks. as we go through the next several hours. and the big story is the temperature profile 60s in philadelphia and some spots south jersey and delaware and in the airport in d.c., 57 in dover

and 48 in philadelphia. that is already 8 degrees above average and 47 if in allentown and reading. winds are calm and get out and get stuff done and it's dry and winds are not all that bad and things are not that good. temperatures continue to rise and 6:00 up to 49 degrees and 49 by 8:00. and you see how we march our way to 53 degrees by 2:00 in the morning. at the same time in the overnight hour. it's a system from the west and it will produce rain ain shower here or there this evening. most of this is during the day friday and friday night. at times there could be pockets of rain coming in. looking at an inch or so of philadelphia. wilmington an inch quarter in trenton and more as you head to the shore. a big pocket of rain to the appointment and points north. and a flood watch north of the appointment in wilksbury and

scranton, we have a lot of ice because of the frozen temperatures recently on rivers, it's beginning to break up in the thaw we are experiencing and some ice jam flooding where the ice jams break loose and own either side you could get flooding. interesting pictures from there the next several days. we are looking at the usual backed up storm drain flooding and occasional pocket of rain coming in. more on the weekend call including the eagles call coming up from accuweather. that is just ahead. >> thank you. >> in south jersey investigators are looking for a cause a restaurant fire. the flames spread through the country town diner overnight in berlin. chopper 6 hd flew over the scene on south white horse pike, we are told there was no injuries resulting from the blaze. >> a counseling session is underway at the university of pennsylvania following the death of a student. students are gathering in a

private room on campus to remember blaze bernstein. the 19-year-old was found dead in southern california two days ago and was home visiting his family during the winter break. police are investigating bernstein's death as a homicide. first responders were able to save a dog that fell through the ice in south jersey. this is new video of yesterday's rescue in mullica township. a german shepherd named quincy was trap add long jackson road and firefighters sent a boat to pull the dog out of the water. and he did slipping and sliding and the dog walk add way unharmed. >> still to come a grueling search. hundreds of volunteers are combing the region hit by mudslides in california. >> also, meet the local spin instructor still at the top of his game at 79 years old. >> looking good meteorologist david murphy will have your seven-day forecast when "action

news" comes right back.

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63 homes are destroyed and hundreds of others are badly damaged. 23 people are injured and 20 remain hospitalized four of them in critical condition. 7-eleven stores in the tri-state area are part of an immigration raid target iing workers nationwide. including pennsylvania, knowledge and delaware. and officials describe issed it as the largest operation against an employer under donald trump's presidency. these could lead to criminal charges or large fines. another large call at the san francisco airport. an air mexico flight got the okay to land and the plane started to head to the wrong one way where another plane full of passengers was waiting to take off. the faa says the air traffic controller caught the mistake and ordered to abort the landing just in time. this is the second close call

there in recent months. authorities are investigating a similar incident involving an air canada flight back in july. president trump is heading for the first known physical exam since taking office last year. they will see a doctor's office tomorrow at the walter reed medical center and the doctor will make a general assessment of the president's health. former olympic skater, tanya harding is opening up about the infamous baton attack against nancy kerrigan she tells abc news what her life was like since. >> there are people believe that you actually carried out that whack. >> yes. >> why do you think that is? >> because they don't listen. >> the media had me convicted of

doing something wrong before i had even done anything at all. i'm always the bad person. >> back in 1994, a hired hitman clubbed kerrigan on the right knee during a practice for the figure skating championships and find out what harding told abc news in the attack in the two hour special, truth and lies, the tanya harding story here on 6 abc.

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wal-mart the country's largest private employer has announced a pay hike and the retailer will raise the starting salary from $9 an hour to $11 and a one time $1,000 cash bonus for eligible workers and expand the maternity benefits giving 10 weeks of leave to new moms and it will impact 12,000 hourly workers in the u.s. tamala edwards brings us a master motivator and coach who at 79 is at the top of his game. >> go. >> reporter: when steph says go young and hold go hard in one of his spin classes. >> keep the knees in! >> steve taught and coached in the philadelphia school system since he retired in 1999.

>> he got a lot of kids in college that thought they could never leave west philadelphia. >> 30 extra pounds took a toll on his body. >> i took a year to lose the weight, i can do this. i am a teacher. when are you a teacher you can teach almost anything. >> he is now a certified spin instructor and keeps control with tough love. >> this guy knows how to get in your face in a nice way. >> third interval hit it. >> i did 50 marathons, 50 states he is the reason why. >> spinning is the best bang for the cardio buck. low impact or no impact and you don't get the injuries and can you do this for the rest of your life. they have motivated accomplished athletes and steven who is fighting a second round of chemotherapy. >> it helps me get over the side effects of the chemotherapy.

>> as coaches we are role models and have you to be a role mode elespecially in a spin class. if you push the envelope they will follow you. >> at 79 what motivates the motivator. >> i have five grandchildren and three children and i want to see them grow. >> channel 6 "action news." >> good for him. >> for sure. now i need a nap. watching the video. the "action news" team is working on news stories for 4:00. >> alicia vitarelli is here with a look ahead. >> he motivated the entire newsroom. i got to get to the gym. he is pretty awesome. coming up today at 4:00, a california woman is going viral for really putting costco's return policy to the test. you will not believe what she got a full refund on. we'll tell you coming up. >> if you were gifted an amazon echo or google home and you are not sure what to do with it.

today's what's the deal is for you. we'll break out the ways the digital assistant can help you. and if you are stuck way uber driver that wants to chat you would rather sit in silence we'll show you the button one person is suggesting. the accuweather forecast is coming up next at noon. we'll be right back.

it's really nice out there today. and getting milder tomorrow and we have rain on the way. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us we are dry and great afternoon building to get out and enjoy yourself. as we look outside we currently have sky 6 hd and we are looking at the ben franklin bridge and you can see that there is still a fair amount of cloud cover overhead and the same time bright patches here and there and not out of the question to see sunshine through the afternoon and it's comfortable and clouds win out overall and some sun. and the winds are currently calm

and feeling comfortable out there. the a decent coat and jacket and are you in good shape. 37 in allentown and 56 degrees in millville and holding 49 in cape may. satellite shows you how the cloud cover is pronounced from here to pittsburgh, but there are thinning spots here and there. we can't rule out a little bit of sun. out in the lehigh valley cloudy and mild with a high of 48. down the shore mostly cloudy skies and sunny breaks ott now the of the question. and 54 is the mild high down the shore. and philadelphia high of 52, they may hold off until the evening hours, we have warm air coming up from the sound on the light wind through the day and that will continue to pile that warm air into the region in the overnight hours. and temperatures may rise in the overnight and continue to rise in through tomorrow as well. mostly cloudy and mild today overall with temperatures close to 50 degrees before we hit the high. overnight rain arrives and the

evening hours do not look bad and fog is thick and 48 is the overnight low, and in terms of rain the evening hours may be a little damp here and there and light showers and sprinkles and cecily tynan has something to show you at 10:00 or 11:00, it's friday morning we see pronounced rain in parts of the region for part of the morning commute and during the day there say chance of pockets of heavier rain at times and overall just an inch, inch and a half of rain in philadelphia and by 6:00 parts of the region could be seeing this. and by 11:00 we start to taper off a bit and another batch coming in on saturday morning, should be gone by 9:00, 10:00 and big issue up to the north where we may have a change over to icy mix and northwest suburbs and places like northern bucks and northern montco and northern chester county and up to the berks county and lehigh valley areas freezing rain is possible late into friday night and early saturday morning. sleet could possibly be part of

the package there as well. and this ends saturday morning. something to keep in mind. for the eagles there say debate going on as how fast cold air can rush in but we think pretty quick. it's milder in the morning by the time the eagles game kicks off we could be 30 degrees and plan on dressing warmly for the eagles playoff game. rain and fog arriving overnight and tomorrow periods of rain possible and at time its could be heavy and look out for backed up storm drains and snow that could get involved in that as well. not a lot left over on the ground and then we go into saturday. and we wind up with the 45 degree high in the morning and down into the 30s in the afternoon and getting cold again sunday, monday and tuesday. could be tuesday snow too. >> wow. >> talk about a roller coaster ride there. thank you. >> go to disney world for that. days away from the eagles home playoff game and this morning lucky mans got a major surprise

from swoop and the eagles cheerleaders. oh my god. two eagles fans in suburban station were handed free tickets to the playoff game at the linc against the falcons and swoop helped to hand out gear and take pictures with the many fans. we want to see your team spirit share photos and videos with us. use #6abcaction. on instagram and twitter. and post them on the "action news" facebook wall. there is more ahead in the next half hour of "action news" at noon. $5 million in jewels stolen in a robbery where the thieves were armed with axes. and inmates are giving back to the community. by making braille books for children that are blind. that and much more when we come right back.

"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >> hello again here are the stories we are following for on "action news" at 12:30, a tense and dangerous situation in south jersey has come to an end. an armed man shot at police and barricaded himself inside of a home for more than 12 hours. and the rescues continue in california after mudslides have taken lives and destroyed homes cars and lives and more. and wigs give women battling

cancer confidence as they continue with their cancer treatment. >> and now the details on the developing story we are following since last night in south jersey. the police standoff in camden county has ended with an arrest more than 12 hours after it began, the authorities used a machine to barge through the front door of the home and a robot was sent in as negotiations began to move forward and shots were fired at the home at a police vehicle during the incident and prompted area residents to be evacuated and nearby schools to cancel classes for the day and an adult male is in custody and he is associated with the home where it took place and injured but not by police. and a woman with the man is talking to police as well. she was inside of the house, we'll update the story on air and online as we get more information. hundreds are to