breaking case authorities say it was inside of that home where the little boy was beaten to death and now two people are charged including his mother and the motive spilled cereal. >> the montgomery county district attorney's office says that the little boy's mother lisa smith and her boyfriend kei keith spanked him to death and are charged with assault and attempted murder and other charges. authorities are awaiting the autopsy and other charges could be filed. >> i'm heart broke and and we live here and couldn't do anything to protect the child makes me sick. >> when you hear the child is dead -- it's crazy. >> i knew there was a little kid that lives there but that is just -- i'm shocked and processing. according to court records the little boy became unresponsive and his eyes rolled back and he was in and out of consciousness

and his mother began to walk with the child who called police and rushed him to the hospital where he later died. you don't know what is going on you can't protect the child and you don't know what is going on. it's sickening. >> more charges will be filed including a murder charge. once the autopsy is completed. chad pradelli. channel 6 "action news." >> a 15-year-old boy is in police custody accused of killing two classmates inside of a western kentucky high school. the dead were among 14 people shot. five others were injured in the chaos and the shooting happened just as the school day began at har shall county high school in the town of benton. so far investigators did not reveal a motive and the s&p will be charged with murder and attempted murder and world news tonight with divide muir has

more from benton, kentucky, next at 6:30 after "action news." pennsylvania congressman pat meehan acknowledged he did have feelings for a congressional aide and insists he was not guilty of sexual harass many. and meehan made himself available to the media including christie aleto. as you know "the new york times" reports that meehan paid the young woman a settlement. what is he saying about that. >> he denies the allegations and valued that staffer and never crossed the line and as for the reported settlement he calls that severance pay. >> accused of using taxpayer dollars for leveling a sexual harassment complain. he described her as the the gate keeper. >> you had feelings? >> yes, there is feeling as associate the with that. the person that i love is my

wife. and when i talk about feelings, i want to make sure those feelings did not cross into any kind of romantic circumstances. >> the former staffer not named accusing the 62-year-old showing interest if her personal life when she start aid personal relationship and send this letter, with all my heart patrick. >> when she did not sip case she alleged he became hostile but this shows after the candid conversation about her new boyfriend. >> just found the note in my drawer thank you for your kind words and friendship. >> and the staffer filed a complaint and a reported settlement was reached and the payout of the congressional office fund. >> money that i consider a severance for a valued employee who had been a long-term

employee as well and who had done tremendous work. he is removed from the house ethics committee as they investigate and has an uncertain political future. >> do you think that it would hurt your future? >> i think it would have an impact on office. >> i am not running for office. >> i want a clarification on what went on. >> calls to the former staffer's attorney went unanswered but this alleged incidents happened last year and the former staff left the office late summer. >> thank you. a crash on i-95 involving a pedestrian shut down all northbound lanes in delaware county in afternoon. the accident happened at 12:30 in upper chichester and police do not have information or have not released information about the pedestrians injuries all

lanes are reopen. thousands of eagles fans, are desperately trying to make their way to super bowl and some are relying on luck and others on the wallet. walter perez is live at lincoln financial field and the wallets better be fat if they use their wallets to get tickets. >> that is right jim. those that relied on luck are very, very lucky and those that relied on the wallets are very, very deep. >> i can't believe it. look. look. >> you are going to the bowl? >> i'm going to the super bowl goodness. >> we caught up with happy season ticket hollanders were among the very few that were given the opportunity to buy super bowl tickets at face value. for these fans it may as well have been the power ball. >> i can't believe we actual got

them. it came complete with photo tuns along with the nfc trophy that the birds won last sunday. and chad says that after february 4th, he will have attended all three of the eagles super bowl appearances and they better win this time. >> turned 70 the owner day i want to see the eagles win before i get to the end. one time please. >> obviously not every season ticket holder won the lottery including john. but he decided it was an opportunity he could not pass up and decided to splurge in a big way. >> hours after the birds won the nfc he brought package deals to take his whole family to super bowl lii with a price tag shy of $40,000. he says it hurts but he knows it will have been worth it. >> i have been a season ticket

holder for 19 years and a fan my entire life and to have an opportunity to take my family to see the eagles in the super bowl is a dream come true. >> all right now season ticket lottery winners can pick up their tickets here at the linc today tomorrow and thursday between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. as for the rest of us you better check your bank balance before making the purchase. >> thank you walter. lets travel from the philadelphia area to minneapolis, minnesota. "action news" reporter bob brooks is holding down the fort. bob, there is the game but travellers will have a lot of time on their hands if they spend two or three days there, what is there to do? >> jim, there is all kinds of things to do. a lot of those things are geared for the bold north as they call it here. first i'll step out of the way and show you the beautiful

sight. u.s. bank stadium encased in grass and state of the art. and the grounds are starting to transform into the super bowl as well. kind of reminiscent of when the nfl draft came to philadelphia. you'll be kind of used to that. and places to go, a main drag in town called nicollet mall the ground zero for the super bowl a place yant to check out. the stage isn't set quite yet but ground zero if you will for super bowl lii is taking shape fast. this is nicollet mall changing friday to super bowl live the main artery through town and loaded with shopping and restaurants and today we caught up with cathy mccarthy the director of public relations for the tourism department and this is where you will want to be. >> for you and your fans think about this as the public party of the super bowl. it kicks off friday night the

thing on people's mines is the cold weather. and if you are down here at super bowl live there are warming benches and the old dayton building is an activation site to go in and get something warm to eat and drink. >> and here is the ice sculpture and there are restaurants to try. >> keys is night and locals is nice and brits pub is down here all sorts of good restaurants. >> but mccarthy wants to add that the mall is just one thing, this super bowl is about celebrating minneapolis and the state of minnesota and the great things about the beautiful winter season. >> one i would suggest the u.s. pond hockey championships in town earlier enough are going on in the city. and cross country skiing and cross country skiing with dogs and one thing we want to do is

help them understand what the bold north it to us and embrace it. >>. >> reporter: i'll tell you what pond hockey and skiing with dogs definitely things you'll only get up here. looking at injure screen a map of lick oh let mall i tho this would be helpful. it's sandwiched in the middle of town and you can't miss it and back out live to me, again the advice from all of the minnesotans up here is pack warm because it's going to get chilly out here tonight. bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you bob. 6abc.com has complete coverage from it's eagles on it's field and off. read the latest on the popularity of the underdog masks and watch all of bob brooks reports from minneapolis. >> coming up tonight philadelphia is proposing safe injection sites a controversial tactic to reduce the fatal

overdose rate in the opioid crisis. >> and 13 years ago the eagles faced off against the patriots in the super bowl and jeremiah trotter was on that team and reminisces. and today it was 22 degrees above average even with the rain and now a return to winter. all the details in the accuweather forecast.

philadelphia police are looking for the person that shot and killed a teenager outside of a septa station in olney.

the 19-year-old was gunned down at 12:30 this morning in west olney at broad street. the victim ran to a nearby car and was driven to the hospital and didn't survive. police are scouring through surveillance cameras in the area. the latest on the opioid crisis philadelphia is trying a controversial tactic to bring down the fatal overdose rate. it is encouraging safe injection sites. the sites would provide services like wound care and access to rehab treatment. but they would also allow medically supervised drug use run by medical or nonprofit not. and attorney general, josh shapiro says it presents safety concerns that is one topic we tackle tonight in the opioid crisis. that is the opioid crisis, on

the home front, tonight at 7:30 here on channel 6. new jersey governor, phil murphy is ordering the state to revealhe medical marijuana program stifled during the last eight years and signed an executive order in trenton and the program is difficult to access and the state will not deny compassionate care any longer. he is asking state government to focus on expanning theal marijuana program and proposing new rules or repealing those r it. the first day of spring may be 56 days away, but in just a few days it will be in full bloom at the pennsylvania convention center. a sneak peek of the flower show this evening. the theme wonders of water will offer visitors t sights and

sounds of the rain forest. including a 20 foot water fall. the show runs from march 3rd until the 11th.

the ultimate underdog and super safer that is what "sports illustrated" dubbed nick foles who graces the cover? >> one of two. one features tom brady and ones "sports illustrated" picked the patriots over the eagles. ando they know they picked the british in the revolutionary war. what does it matter? >> that is a good line. the super bowl is coming up february 4th between the eagles and patriots, we see the good

from nick foles and the bad. and this sunday we saw the awesome from nick foles and the birds hope for a repeat performance against new england. more practice time with the first team helped him and frank wright describes foles as a calm, cool customer. >> he never waivered or lost doubt or confidence, i think what you learn is that we have the guy we wanted to get and glad he is on our team. >> the eagles last super bowl appearance was 13 years ago the opponent then the same this time around tom brady and the patriots. and jaime apody caught up with jeremiah trotter. they lost that super bowl 22-21 he is still fired up about the loss. >> i'm glad it's a rematch and not glad. because i hate the patriots man.

i tell you i hate the patriots but it will feel better if we won against those guys. especially with belichick losing his offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator. it pay be a while before you see new england in another super bowl. >> shot at redemption coming up. to the ice the flyers are in detroit and the flyers are a different team the past three weeks and won seven of their past eight games and the sixers won a lead yesterday in memphis, and 18 points for the grizzlies and a chance tod with a chance to play and it was well off the mark, and the sixers lost 105-101 and host the chicagoomorrow night. they have introduced their new acquisition. he scoredh 14 goals last

year. adding goal power with the union. cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast. when we continue many just a moment.

you said that the sun would come out and when it did it felt like april. 62 is the average high for april. >> you are right. it will start feeling more like january though. the action cam, this is not action cam this is "action news" viewer video showing the wind swept rain rolling through cape may this afternoon ahead of the cold front. generally, a half inch to inch

of rain and behind that front we have colder air moving in and double scan live radar showing the rain continues to push off the coast and the accuweather highlights shows the rain is over and temperatures drop down near average that is going to be a shock to the system. with two days in the 60s and windchills for the next two days and part of the weekend. well the whole weekend is mild and part of the weekend is turning wet. as far as the rain a quick hit of rain and we had heavy downpours and philadelphia and wilmington a half inch of rain and reading an inch and the poconos close to an inch and a half of rain today. the rain is out of here and winds shifted out of the west and this pulls down cooler air tonight and still pretty mile. 54 in philadelphia and atlantic city airport 53 and allentown 49 and reading 46. if you look at january, remember the first eight days how cold it was. temperatures running 16 degrees below normal for the time

period. we had quite a bit a rebound with day as above normal and the actual average for this time 1.5 degrees below normal. january will end up being pretty close to normal. as far as temperatures but big swings, satellite 6 along with action radar shows that cold front pushing away from us and temperatures dropping down to the 30s. 36 in philadelphia. allentown 32 and wilmington 35 and cape may 36 degrees and winter returns tomorrow and you step outside today and you could be wearing shorts and a t-shirt. i would bundle up 7:30 in the morning and windchill make its feel like 25 in philadelphia and millville and wilmington and wildwood. and feeling like 21 in allentown and 20 in reading and the poconos feel like 9 degrees and in the afternoon windchills are stuck in the 30s. and tomorrow 44 the air temperature in the 30s and a

secondary cold front moves through dry and opens the door for double barrel high pressure on thursday, thursday the coldest day of the week 38 degrees and loads of sunshine and wins up to 20 miles per hour. that windchill will be stuck around 30 all day long. windchills below freezing, so the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, mixture of clouds and sunshine tomorrow 44 degrees and windchills in the mid-30s and on thursday, 38 degrees and windchills below freezing and then we start to turn the corner. 42 on friday and ahead of the next rain maker winds out of the southwest and bumps us up to 55 degrees and mix of clouds and sunshine and sunday up to 59 degrees but periods of rain, and then we clear it out by monday temperatures drop back into the 40s. 46 degrees and tuesday we begin to slump as far as temperatures back down to 40 degrees, a roller coaster ride of temperatures and sunday looks to

be pretty >> thanks cecily. >> tonight a celebration in honor of john hancock the first signer of the declaration of indendence and today is his bir handwriting day. master pen man michael saul talked abo tnce of handwriting and how it shaped our society and c to our student's futures. david muir is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, and ducis rogers. and for cecily tynan and ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

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