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kentucky the first school shooting of 2018 and it's only january. one 15-year-old gunman two students killed a total of 12 shot, five more injured and here is another number to get your attention it's at least the 283 school shooting since 2013. it is tuesday night and the big story on action news tonight is gunfire chaos and death inside marshall county high school police say the 15-year-old gunman calmly and methodically fired away in a crowded atrium in the words of a student it was one right after the other you could see his arm jerking as he was pulling the trigger and we heard from other students as well. >> i heard everybody else screaming and they all started running and then you know i saw there was a lot of blood everywhere and people getting shoved down so i took off and i started running you know and i

was scared for my life. >> i took off my headphones and turned around and everyone was broken up and running, i saw the flashes from the gunshots and by that time i was just running. >> reporter: the teenage gunman is in custody, lawmen have said nothing about a motive. and this just in tonight four people have been shot in north philadelphia including two 13-year-old boys. the gunfire erupted on ridge avenue an hour and a half ago and there is surveillance video to sort out what happened. >> on the camera recording that we did view it appears to be a drive-by shooting, someone appears to be firing from the window passenger side of the vehicle going south on 24th. >> reporter: investigators don't know who's responsible or what the motive was a 52-year-old man and the boys are in stable condition a 22-year-old man who was shot multiple times is in

critical. police in chester delaware county are dealing with their first murder of the year officers called to 500 block of mosley court at 8:30 and found the victim shot to death inside a car, at this time police do not have any anyone in custody police charged to adults with attempted murder in the death of a four-year-old boy those charges could go to murder when officials get autopsy results. according to authorities the boy's mother and her boyfriend beat the little boy to death because he spilled his cereal. action news reporter wendy is live outside the montgomery courthouse in norris town and wendy you have the full story. >> reporter: jim, the details of this chilling crime are so horrific the early autopsy reports showing significant internal bleeding a pattern of abuse and tread marks on the boy's buttocs being beaten so badly with a shoe and that is just the beginning.

it's hard for district attorney kevin steele to fathom what police say happened on this street on lukens and willow grove. >> what the child went through is outrageous, a senseless killing of a child. >> reporter: according to this affidavit the pregnant mother of tahjir smith was found wandering outside her house the four-year-old laying nearby limp and unresponsive according to her confession the mother and her boyfriend keiff king were disciplining the boy for spilling his cereal and made him get in a push up position. they then laid the boy on the bed with his pants and underwear removed, grabbed a blue levi sandel and repeatedly struck him he said king punched tahjir in the back of a head before putting him in an scalding shower and burning him the autopsy also found evidence of several rib fractures and injuries inflicted from a sustainedev eveever event and s not the first time this

happened. >> there was significant injuries to this child, some which were revealed externally but much more internally. >> reporter: the boy was pronounced dead by medics at the scene smith just 19 and king 26 are now facing charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault and child endangerment. >> we got to stand up for this young child who can't speak for himself any more because of what they did and that's what we will do in court. >> reporter: the mother tells police that when that child acted up they often punished him beating him with a shoe now after that autopsy is complete they may increase this to first degree murder and if convicted king and smith could spend the rest of their lives behind bars, live in norris town i'm wendy channel six action news jim. >> thank you wendy the opioid crisis hit hard in salmon county new jersey and six heroin

overdoses one of them deadly that person died on queen avenue in pensville the city of philadelphia is getting national attention tonight for its newest plan to deal with the heroin crisis. supervised injection sites. the city approved the development of the clinic so addicts can safely get high. the facilities would distribute clean, new syringes but also offer access to rehabilitation. officials say the proposed clinics would be funded and operated by nonprofit organizations or medical organizations not the government. however, pennsylvania's attorney general josh shiparo has a problem with the plan saying quote sanctioning a safe injection site prevents significant public safety concerns and that changes in state and federal law would need to occur for these sites to operate legally. pennsylvania's 7th district congressman pat today acknowledged that he developed a deep affection for a former aid and never harassed her and never

pursued a romantic relationship and he spoke to members of the media today after the "new york times" brought the story to light over the weekend and he used taxpayer money to settle the woman's harassment complaint. the 62-year-old man who is married admitted that he reacted badly when he discovered that the aid was involved with another man but says he never crossed the line. >> i'll never -- i never made a pass, i never suggested that there be any kind of relationship and that has never been alleged but i did struggle with the idea that this was somebody who i had akinship with and in a deep way. >> a lawyer for the woman said this late today i have no comment on this public statements except to say they are a gross violation of the confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions that he signed. it would be several days before

the eagles travel to minnesota to practice there and taking part in pre-superbowl activities but action news reporter bob brooks is already in minneapolis and got his first look inside u.s. bank stadium where the eagles logo is in the turf and forget the patriots it's hard to imagine how painful it is for viking fans to see the eagles logo in their new beloved stadium. >> jim it really is. you know i spoke with director of tourism up here in minnesota and she said that when i asked her are you mad at philadelphia for what had happened and she said are we really going to go into that on camera? so yeah they are still kind of sour but i tell you what very, very nice and welcoming people up here. now hear me out on this, jim, i know we went inside the stadium to take a look at it but you can also take a look inside the stadium from the outside, that's looking through the front of it, the whole front of u.s. bank

stadium is encased in glass and you can see the lights are on inside and get a good vantage points and when we went in there it's a state of the art facility not a single bad seat in that place. it looks new and got to be honest it even still smells new it's impressive from both the inside and outside and once you get in and see it in person it's not hard to realize why u.s. bank stadium is playing host to superbowl 52 and today we got the first glimpse inside as the big changes are made and spoke with the field director for the nfl the first big job is painting the field. >> the field kind of turned into the neutral or superbowl site, we worked with the stadium staff here and removed the vikings branding, we pulled out the end zones and pulled out the 50 and the norseman is out and do the artwork for the team. >> the eagles end zone is painted on now and i think

eagles green looks pretty good here and up to game time crews will work around the clock and they are busy all over the stadium and just to get the field ready it takes a small army. >> the field alone the 35. >> i did have one problem with the news conference it was at the patriot side and made us shoot across the field to see our end and wondered and had to ask is this already an early sign of favoritism, why are we doing this press conference near the patriots end zone and not eagles? >> it is your request, we just did. >> hey jim i don't know it seems just like another one of those quirky patriots nfl kind of things that always seem to happen but another live look at u.s. bank stadium tell you what it looks great and another live look at a giant snow pile jim when we arrived here we were in the midst of a blizzard but people at the tourism office are op optimistic and projecting in

the 40s and live downtown minnesota bob brooks and jim back to you. >> minnesota all right bob thank you and let's switch live to reporter christie ileto live on the ben franklin parkway in philadelphia and christie you have the story of the eagles doing as much good off the field as they have been doing on the field. >> that's right jim it was a surprise appearance but some eagles players along with a surprise donation that will give the chester high school football team what so many other football teams have. >> three players here. >> reporter: it was the unscripted part of their exclusive tour of the nova tour complex matt collins and mccloud and tory smith with a surprise for a group of football seniors and their coach. >> for the weight room and you know with this check put some

new weight room equipment. >> reporter: bell so memorial he breaks down in tears. >> ready? >> that is pretty outdated equipment. >> reporter: took a tour of the school's out dated weight room. >> to keep up with our competition who may have you know more than what we have, it was just a blessing from the eagles to see the need and meet the need truly a different sort of players they come in and let it be motivation to them. >> reporter: not the only helping hand they are extending and eagles chris long challenged to donate the proceeds of the eagles superbowl t-shirts to charity and accepted and said all proceeds will benefit the school district not for profit and long is donating his season salary to fight inequality and lane johnson is selling his own under dog t-shirts to benefit the fund for philadelphia public schools. >> this is their road trip to victory and just to be a part of it is awesome. >> reporter: the eagles making sure their under dog fans get to

enjoy the ride as they head to the superbowl. [ chanting ] now the superintendent also pledged to match the eagles donation giving the team of a total of 20,000 to update their weight room live on ben franklin parkway christie ileto for action news. >> thank you christie and fans around the rocky statute around this and he is a symbol of the ultimate under dog and the man who made his famous is a message for the fans that has been seen now more than a million times. >> i got the ring, i got the jersey, i got the will, i've got the optimism that the birds i'm going to fly triumph over philly tonight keep punching philly. >> we invite you to share your videos and pictures of celebrating the eagles as well.

just use the #6abc action on twitter and instagram or post them to our action news facebook page. on the accuweather front a return to normal it seems we have not been able to say that often in 2018 metrologist cecily tynan is outside with the first look at the accuweather forecast, cecily. >> and jim we started the year in the deep freeze but since the weekend we have been in a january thaw, in fact, the past two days 62 degrees a spring tease that is 22 degrees above normal and this is the average high for early april so not feeling like january at all, however, there are some cold air waiting in the wings, right now philadelphia 45 degrees, still not that harsh but pittsburgh 36 buffalo it's 29 and temperatures will be dropping down into the 30s tonight and tomorrow morning you step outside we will see a good amount of sunshine but the bus stop forecast you do want to bundle up the kids the suburbs 33 philadelphia 37 but faster in the breeze and wind chill 20

degrees to 25 so winter is returning over the weekend i'm tracking a warm up and also rain details in the accuweather forecast jim. >> thanks cecily it was a sticky situation the police were dealing with tonight in delaware county literally a tractor-trailer full of honey spilled on prince boulevard just before 6:00. authorities have not said what led the truck to overturn. still to come on action news tonight a member of president trump's own cabinet has now been interviewed by special counsel robert mueller's team. and slip sliding away the school bus on ice with 21 make that 29 students on board. metrologist cecily tynan returns with a seven day accuweather forecast and ducis rodgers with jeremiah trotter's take on the eagles superbowl chances when action news continues.

word came today that attorney general jeff sessions submitted to hours of questioning last week in the special counsel's russia investigation. sessions was an active member of the trump campaign, the trump transition and of course now the trump administration. he maybe able to provide robert mueller with insight of trump's mindset when he fired former f.b.i. director james comey and mueller is moving closer to a possible interview with president trump himself. the state department now says multiple american citizens were killed or injured in the attack this past weekend at a hotel in kabul aftghanistan not saying hw many in all 22 killed and 150 people were rescued or managed to escape during the 13 hour siege by taliban the national

academy of science finds pros and cons for e cigarettes based on one's age the study says vaping help adults quit smoking but limited evidence of that however there is substantial evidence that teens who start with e-cigarettes are more likely to pick up the habit with real tobacco cigarettes and any long-term harm from the chemicals in these cigarettes is yet to be discovered. a woman in massachusetts couldn't believe her eyes this morning when a school bus went sliding down her street and yes there were 29 children on board. the bus was out of control on black ice. first it took out a mailbox before hitting a small car. fortunately none of the kids on board were hurt. police are not blaming the bus driver for this mishap. >> scary. >> fortunately we are not going to have bad weather soon that will create conditions like that. >> pretty quiet conditions, a lot of sunshine it will be

seasonably cool and in our next system like today it's going to be rain not snow and certainly not black ice that is good news action cam tonight in collins wood new jersey where the roads have dried after generally about a half inch to an inch of rain earlier today with a cold front behind that front and clearing things out and cooling off and this is a great looking shot and bruce newman who works at the station shot this from the bell montplateau with the center city with clear skies and winds out of the northwest it's going to be chilly tomorrow so dress the kids and they want their eagles jersey maybe put it on over a long sleeve top, long pants, a jacket, the hat the scarves the mitt tens a good idea we are back to winter out the door 37 and mixture of clouds and sunshine recess 41 and when we return off the school bus in the afternoon loads of sunshine, 44 degrees but wind chills will be stuck in the 20s and 30s tomorrow so definitely a return to more typical january weather

currently the wind chill in philadelphia 39 degrees, trenton atlanta city airport feels like 40 and wilmington feels like 38 and satellite and radar showing the system with rain it's out of here a few lingering snow showers across northern new england but here clear skies loads of sunshine tomorrow with high pressure builds in and again it will be seasonably cool 44 degrees in philadelphia allentown 40 wilmington 44 cape may 43 but with the winds all day long sustained up to about 25 miles per hour the wind chill tracker showing head to work in the morning, kids go to the school bus feeling like 29 at 7:00 and even by the afternoon wind chill also be stuck in the 30s and definitely you want to dress for winter so the exclusive seven day accuweather forecast the sunshine is back 44 degrees and wednesday chills in the 30s and wednesday 38 degrees wind chills likely below freezing all day long but we will see a good amount of sunshine we start to turn the

corner on friday mostly sunny winds begin to shift out of the southwest and warm up to 42 degrees but you will really feel the difference in the air by saturday. 55 degrees mixture of clouds and sunshine, it will be breezy but that wind out of the southwest ahead of our next storm system that will bring us periods of rain on sunday. mild though and 59 degrees in philadelphia, some areas to the south could climb up in the low 60s and behind that we clear out on monday and turned cooler 46 degrees and on tuesday it's sunny and seasonable with a high of 40 degrees so no real cold air for the next seven days no snow just a bit of rain on sunday. >> thanks cecily a group of teenagers from the overbrook section of philadelphia enjoyed a night out tonight. officers from the 19th district invited them to have dinner together, the group met at hibachi on 7500 on haver ford and in addition to a great meal they had a chance to bond and

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okay the uniform colors are set for superbowl 52 the eagles made it official today they will be sporting their midnight green jerseys for the big game they posted a video on social media showing patches being sewn into the jerseys that looks good. the patriots announced they will be wearing their road white jerseys actually they got the first choice because they are the home team. and it turns out the reason why they chose white because the team wearing white has run the last 12 of 13 superbowls. you didn't know that. >> i did not know that, something general figured that out. >> so the eagles not only have to beat the patriots but have to beat history. >> superstition. well patriots certainly have the

pedigree and the eagles is the under dog and tom brady already won five and now how good brady and that new england offense can be. >> we need to have a good plan and execute and keep in mind what we are good at and keep in mind our match-ups all those different things and if we do a good enough job of that we come out with a victory. >> the biggest thing is this you know making sure that we come up with a good game plan which i think we will and trust it. >> reporter: jamie apody caught up with former eagles linebacker jeremiah trotter and he was on the last eagles team to reach the superbowl and lost to the patriots 24-21, 13 years later trotter is still fired up about that result. >> i'm glad it's a rematch but i'm not glad. i hate the patriots, man. i'm telling you, i hate the patriots.

but it will feel much better if we won against those guys and especially with belchek losing defensive and offensive coordinator and quite frankly it may be a while before you see new england in another superbowl. >> the ice it has been three weeks of solid hawker for the flyers and entering tonight in detroit won 7 of the last 8 games and down 1-0 in the first pardon and mcdonald the second of the season and ties the game at one and closing moments and the power play and flyers take a 2-1 lead and they tie and in over time and travis had the game winner sunday 27 seconds in ot he nets another one 27 seconds in ot the flyers win

the reserves for next months nba game ben simmons does not make the squad so embiid is the sixers representative and a poor night shooting but the teammates pick him up and we can get low and 16 and cat up 18 and later spelman with eric and 17 for him and cats scoring double cats win

89-59 the final the union with the newest acquisition david acon was acquired excuse me was acquired in a draft day trade last week i was focused on his name career 14 goals never put aconand acquired in the same sentence. we leave you with a competition that is not for the faint of heart or stomach pj from do you knowingtown hosted a wing off and given ten minutes to devour as many wings as possible two men tied each eating 35 wings. and so there is a two-minute tie breaker and kenso kevin came out the victor after eating more wings and moves on to you know what the wing bowl at the wells fargo center next month jimmy kimmel live followed by night line and aaron pole and sara hyland and music from ajr and

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