60 richmond and 61 in washington and even in syracuse 60 degrees. yes, this starts as rain as warm air is in play right now. and that continues to be the trend as the primarily low, the first low moves to the north and west. and bringing rain across the tennessee valley approaching the ohio valley and the center of the low is over oklahoma city. and this transfers energy to a coastal storm that become a powerhouse here thursday night into friday. tomorrow afternoon at this time. it will be raining around the region here. there is that first low going over to cleveland. than dies out and the energy develops another low off virginia and north carolina. and this rapidly deepens south of new england. we have a lot of rain, over 6 inches of rain if philadelphia. a flood watch going up thursday night than flood watch philadelphia all points north and east. the brink of the delaware and

lehigh valley. as you head to trenton and nothing south and west of that region. it's not the heavy snow that is low, most of us will not see snow. it's the heavy rain and falling temperatures behind the storm on friday and the powerful winds the winds will be unbelievable here and possibly power outages and coastal flooding possibly moderate. we'll talk about that in the full accuweather forecast zbhxt adam can thanks. we'll get constant updates as the coastal storm approaches, including stormtracker 6 live double scan live on your phone or tablet. the a free download for your mobile device. it's a day of mixed raw emotions and nerves and grief and fear and pain and anticipation. the students returned to class at stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. >> we spoke to our teachers and

we would like to move on with our normal lives. >> it's two weeks since 17 of their faculty and class members were killed in the shooting. it started with a 17 second moment of silence. grief counselors were on hand along with 40 comfort dogs and increased law enforcement. students from nearby schools and nearly every off duty officer in that area sounded the school with love and support. the first days back are treated as flexible half daze. 95% of the students returned to school today and officials call it a major milestone for a grieving group. >> we'll do whatever it takes as a family so we can actually work flew the healing process as best we can. but the place for us to be is together back having some sense of normalcy and as a group and

as a family i think we can go through it. >> the superintendant also added he is not in favor of arming teachers but rather adding officers on campus. florida governor, rick scott intrusioned a plan to increase police presence at schools and add metal desks and bullet proof glass. and president trump meeting with a bipartisan group of congressional members to discuss guns and school safety and an exchange with senator pat toomey, pushing for a bill to broaden background checks. you'll hear more on "action news" at 5:00. >> a fascinating discussion. how and if to take gun control, corporate america is already acting. and a number of companies are stopping discounted for nra members but dicks sporting good made immediate changes involving the sale of guns.

>> gray hall is live in king of prussia to explain the changes. >> reporter: at of school shooting in florida the ceo felt this was the right decision to make. some customers agreeing and some not. >> customers are responding after dicks sporting goods making a huge announcement they are no longer selling assault rifles and bans sales to people under 21. >> under the circumstances i believe there is nothing wrong and perhaps even safe toward put a ban on these things and let them be used for military purposes. >> the new changes at dicks takes place immediately and following the revelation that nikolas cruz the alleged shooter and killed 17. bought a gun in 2017. but it was not the gun or kind of gun used in the florida sh t

shooting. >> we look at the kids and parents and heroes in the school. and what they did. if the kids are brave enough to organize like this we can be brave enough to take them out of here. >> meantime in the poconos a church ceremony inviting hundreds of people to bring their high powered rifles in protest. they came with their ar 15's that believe are the rod of iron mentioned in the bible. and held a blessing of the couple's right to bear arms. they were unloaded and zip tied. at dicks not everybody was in favor of the age limit. >> i don't think it's a good idea for 21. you are 18 years old and able to join the military. that is kind of overstepping bounds as far as rights go. >> i think they have to do everything they can to stop the school shootings and that is

just one part of it. >> out live, not stopping with dicks sporting good stores they are calling on officials to ban assault style rifles and raise the age of anyone buying a firearm to the age of 21. >> a lot of opinions, let hope we get to common ground. >> new at 4:00 a teacher in georgia is underarrest for allegedly firing a gun inside of a locked classroom. jessie randall davidson barricaded himself and fired a single shot from a handgun. he teaches social studies and does the play-by-play for the football team. the reported injury came from someone that hurt their ankle run ago way from the school. police have not released information about a motive.

they released details about the first gun buy back of the year. friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on 21 north broad street. residents can nom mussily sounder their firearms no questions asked. they will get a $75 gift card to the official unlimited department store while supplies last. the future of allentown mayor, ed pawlowski is in the hands of the jury. they were deliberating since just afternoon. so far one question for the judge. the jury wanted to know the definition of an overact. that pertained to the conspiracy charge of trading favors and city contracts in exchange for campaign donations. a home in norristown went up in flames at 8:15. the entire roof burned off and left the home a complete loss.

so far to word on what sparked in fire in the first place. time for a first check of the "action news" traffic report today. >> lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> nice way to end february, except for a few spots on the roadways. problem spots one here in sent steer the vine street expressway 676 westbound side approaching broad street and the exit ramp is partially blocked and for a while blocking the right lane and that was more problematic. coming westbound on the vine a slow crawl coming from 95 and eastbound the volume is starting to build on 676, and already built here on 95 southbound plenty heavy from part the airport to this point from ridley park to the commodore barry bridge a couple of reasons. this is the normal slow spot and a broken down vehicle by the commodore barry bridge and sun glare is an issue as you try to

drive home in the bright sunshine this afternoon. elsewhere in delco, we are getting used to this. the closure of mcdade boulevard until august for bridge replacement. it's a mess because that short chunk is out of commission as of monday. academy and chester pike are alternates. and in delaware a crash we are watching in glass grow at salem cornell drive. and one jamming things up on the northbound side of 1 at the roth bridge. lets check the waze app on the hump day afternoon. schuylkill expressway on the westbound side in bala cynwyd a crash at belmont, 6 miles per hour in the normally busy spot. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you. next on "action news" at 4:00, a truck gets stuck trying to drive under a bridge in radnor township. and this is far from the last

time this happened. and cards hugs and a round of applause. a heartfelt good-bye for a beloved elementary school employee.

now at 4:00. it happened again. a box truck got stuck under a railroad bridge on king of prussia road in radnor township. this is the fourth incident in four months time. as you see there are lots of big signs telling drivers about the clearance height of that bridge. "action news" reporter john rawlins is live at the scene and those signs are obviously not stopping drivers from getting underneath. >> no, they seem evident to but a deja vu quality about this incident that happened at 8:30 look at the underpass, unforgiving probably since the 1970 when they developed the pennsylvania railroad and they

did not anticipate tall trucks or discontracted drivers. >> the warning sign says 10 feet 10 inches this truck taller and the ancient underpassed prevailed again. >> i don't understand why they don't look up and see the sign, how many feet. i would say do they not read? it's right there it's remarkable to me. >> it keeps happening. >> not surprising. >> because it happens often. this is the fourth time it occurred at the radnor station june pass since last november. the police say this happened at least 43 times since 2008 one theory too many drivers of tall trucks have their eyes focused on navigation apps developed for cars. >> everybody is look agent apps and looking at and listening to the voice in the machine is

telling them without observing around them and saying i'm a big truck that say small clearance. >> can anything be done to make things better? something harder for a truck driver to anything nor. advanced warning, i think that is probably the best best. >> put some sort of blinking lights or neon on the bridge itself. as you approach it, it's really obvious. >> low tech solutions like the plastic pipes they strung along the road at the bridge height. a warning racket hopefully stopping a tall truck before there is damage. >> now the installation that penndot provide the for. the low and high is discussioned by radnor and penndot but no decision on what to do. live in radnor, john rawlins

channel 6 "action news.." president trump gave criticism of his own attorney general prompting a response. calling jeff sessions disgraceful for the handling of alleged fisa abuse, the surveillance of american citizens and session says that the justice department review the allegations. he released a statement saying it was appropriate. and as long as i'm attorney general i will continue to discharge my duties with integrity and honor. >> and the former campaign chairman says he is innocent of charges brought against him by the special council. paul manafort pled not guilty this morning and he is accused of a money laundering conspiracy and friday his co-defendant rick gates pleaded guilty and

believed to be cooperating with prosecutors. to call street and a look at closing numbers. today's session ending with down numbers. the dow closing down more than 380 points, closing at 25,029 and the s&p and nasdaq closing down on the day. south jersey firefighters were honored for their life saving efforts for not one but two resenfires. it was held on south broadway in camden. the firefighters and emt's responds to calls and they are being awarded for efforts saving the lives of two people trapped inside of their burning houses. mayor frank moran and michael harper were on hand for the ceremony today. adam is back in my mind and i want to focus on the good part of this forecast. >> this afternoon --

>> unfortunately working in the now. it will continue into the evening hours and then big changes into the new month. as we look at the weather center here live on our sky 6 hd camera in chester at the talon energy stadium the home of the philadelphia union which is their first game on saturday at 7:00 p.m. and that place is packed and the storm will be gone as conditions dry out for that game. as we head into a new month. i brought in friends and we have the lion and the lambs. >> enters like a lion here. hello to march tomorrow and take a look at the month of march, a preview for you. the average high temperature on the first day of march 48 degrees, we are near 60 and higher than the normal high for the end of march on the 31st that is 58 degrees, we have a preview of april today and average snowfall 2.9 inches for philadelphia. and yes it could snow in march.

and 80 minutes of daylight is gained from start to finish. a big positive for the month of march. trenton 62 and wilmington 61 and cooler to the south. and satellite and rain to the south and the beginning stages of the storm. a piece of energy that develops a coastal storm off to the northern and east starting to tomorrow night. for tonight partly cloudy and mild. 41 allentown and 42 in reading and 43 in philadelphia and low to mid-40s south jersey and delaware. here is your time. 3:00 p.m. thursday afternoon when the rain starts to fall across the area and mild and all rain to start. in the mid-50s in philadelphia. millville 56 degrees and allentown. and the rain heavier and steadier thursday night and the yellows are popping up and even the poconos all rain at 43 degrees and then friday morning as the storm is cranking up to the north and east it starts to

pull down colder air, still mainly rain 8:00 tomorrow morning and lehigh valley for the rest of us. there is that snow in the poconos and then the snow starts to collapse down friday afternoon with the cold irair as temperatures fall into the 30s. so not only will it be flipping to snow for some of us. the winds are are the biggest concern and possible power outages with the storm and friday 1:00, 50 miles per hour and wilmington 56 clocking in at millville and going into friday evening and friday night. the winds get even higher. 50 plus trenton and philadelphia and reading and 60 plus miles per hour in south jersey. as well as delaware. a long period of very powerful winds. you look at the four day at 4:00, and slow evening rush is at 56. rainy wet snow into the day on friday. a nasty day overall. it drys out sunshine and peeks

of sun on saturday, windchills in the 30s and then the wins are cranking up at 48 and sunny and breezy here on sunday and 47 degrees. the take away finally a weewith. the first one in five weeks, we'll have more in the next half hour. i heard a choir of angels singing snare. coming up tonight at 11:00, reality shows are a staple of viewing but a controversial new show may test the limits. >> chris is immeshed in a web of lies. >> this show goes to see how much we can be manipulated and can we do something horrible and illegal including murder. it's causing controversy and we'll take you inside of the show and the questions it's raising in my special report on "action news" at 11:00. we. >> reporter: talking about that.

this is fascinating this entire show. i know a lot of people will be interested about what they see. >> next on "action news" after decade after work a beloved school employee says good-bye. and "action news" is there as the students give her the sendoff she deserves. >> and here at 6 abc we celebrate the magic of story telling, join me tomorrow at 3:00 on the facebook page for a live reading of two special books to kickoff the digital story time series and raising money for books for kids again. - [narrator] look around.

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pulled from the hat with a chance to see manning and talked to the students about working hard to reach their dreams and posing for an if you pictures today. >> they say she has one of the toughest jobs of the day serving lunch to 400 school kids and after 35 years of serving her community and serving every single student at west end memorial school, carolyn goodwin is retiring. there were hugs and kisses and tears and this -- [ cheers and applause ] >> a clapout with all 400 students along with faculty and staff clapping their hearts and hands out to thank carol for 35 amazing years, look at the crowd there, she suffers from arm rights and she knows it's time to slow down and will miss the time with the students as they head to her for lunch every day.

>> i am going to miss the job and i love the school and i love the children and i love the staff i work with all the time. i'm going to miss the school and children. >> she is irreplaceable just for her time and service and love care and attention that she gives all of our students every single day is just tremendous. >> that was the principal there. the kids made her signs and made her cards and all mementos, of course she will take with her. carol says she will be back to see the kids because she misses them too much. 35 years, that is a long time. obviously earned a lot of respect in that period of time. >> thank you. >> we have the accuweather forecast. details on the coastal storm coming our way next.

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it's 4:30 and "action news" continues with an accuweather alert over the next 24 to 48 hours, a look at the way it changes dramatically. the sunny calm skies transform dropping temperatures and rain and possibly trees as the wind kicks up courtesy of a coastal storm over the middle part of the country. the latest on the track and timeline lets get to adam joseph live at the "action news" big board. the piece of energy developing the coastal storm is riding through the country and the low on thursday and friday develops north and east south of new england and what is happening is it's a traffic jam and the low

is not able to move away. it deepens and pulls down the strong winds around the low and the winds are the biggest concerns with the storm. not much happening on satellite and radar. stormtracker 6 live double scan there is the energy near oklahoma city. and you see the rain ahead of it here. nashville north and east of dallas heading into the southern part of the ohio valley. rain drops fall after lunch time and then cranks up tomorrow night on friday. everything begins on thursday afternoon as rain. rain heavy at times going into the day on friday. and ends late on friday. and also ending as some wet snow. especially the farther northern you go lehigh valley up into the poconos. and the question here is how much precipitation is left as the cold air comes in and does it collapse down to the city. that is the biggest question and we look at rainfall totals through this storm. we see 1 to 2 inches of rain

north and east of philadelphia. that is where we have a flood watch in effect. and a good soaking of a half inch to inch south and east of philadelphia. and on top of that coastal flood watches in effect for the shower thursday even and saturday evening for the times of high tide. minor to as much as moderate flooding bought of a higher than normal tide because a fool mood and high wind watch for all of us in jersey and delaware where winds gust over 50 miles per hour. much more on the storm coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> a lot of changes. >> adam thanks, constant updates as the coastal storm approaches, including stormtracker 6 live double scan live any time on your phone or tablet. the 6 abc happen app is a free download. they are combing to find out what sparked a blaze that claimed a life. vernon odom spent the day in the

neighborhood learning more about the victim and joins us from the scene at 53rd street with the lightest. >> reporter: workers just finered up boarding this house that was devastated by the fire last night. late today i confirmed through relatives that the deceased fire victim is kenneth hoffman, age 66. who is originally from the ardmore brenmar area. and they have not officially released his name. >> when the daylight came the extent of the devastation was clear. this twin was devastated by fire. and broke out at 56th and race. 5325 was engulfed by the time firefighters arrived. >> coming out of the roof. and for a minute there i thought it was going to explode -- >> there was a lot of fire in the building of origin and already extended to the

occupancy next door. there was fire when they arrived more than two stories up above the building. >> the smoldering aftermath firefighters found the remains of the man that lives there. known around the neighborhood by various names from mr. ken to mr. kenny. >> he was really cool and helped out. we saw him and had a positive vibe and all that. it's a bad loss for the neighborhood. >> he came out and helped the people in the community. you know helped clean up and stuff like that. you see some of the older women and elderly. shopping and stuff like that he could come in and help to bring the bags in. he was a good guy. >> sharrie again the name of the deceased 66-year-old kenneth hoffman, the fire marshall has yet to make a ruling on the cause of this tragedy. live in west philadelphia, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> okay, vernon, thank you.

we are learning more bay deadly domestic dispute that left a burlington county man dead and his wife in critical condition and the shooter is 57-year-old gregory martin and the edge water township guard shot his wife michelle several times at their home on the 200 block of roosevelt avenue. when the police responds martin rushed back inside and refusioned to come out and later found him dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and his wife was rushed to cooper hospital and she was seriously hurt she is expected to survive. police are looking for a motive. police are investigating a gruesome discovery made in philadelphia's fishtown section. chopper 6 hd was over the area of north delaware avenue and penn treaty park. that is where the body of a woman was found floating in the river just before 11:30. she was pronounced dead at the scene and police will only say she was white and between 30 and

40 years old. police are looking for a man that is stealing from home improvement stores in bucks county. they call him the blue sneaker bandit because of his foot wear of course. police say he took tools from the lowes stores in plymouth and warrington township. and is he likely driving a silver toyota camry with a stolen license plate. the students at stoneman douglas high school faced their fears by going back to school. what do they have to do and parents to make the transition easier. rick williams is live now in the newsroom with more on this. >> the emotional trauma that the students at stoneman douglas high school when through a couple weeks ago is something they have to deal with for a long time perhaps the rest of their lives. but it's the day to day fear,

what can be done to help them feel? ali gorman speaks to local psychologists and she'll have that story coming up tonight and also at 5:00 they are at the right place at the right time. two first responders honored for their bravery in south jersey. we'll have those stories on "action news" at 5:00. see is you later. >> thanks rick. crews make progress on a new community design for veterans in south jersey. today officials accepted the first applications for camp salute. in all 76 apartments located on the 800 block of delsy drive in clayton, you must be a veteran or surviving spouse to live there. two dozen are set aside for homeless and disabled veterans and the construction is underway for plans for an early spring moveon for the first building. and hundreds of new scientists showed off their

talents at newman university today. students from 50 middle and high schools completed for medal and a spot in the state competition. it included a mouse trap vehicle and a hover craft and helicopter and a roller coaster. the voice of the eagles merrill reese will join legendry player, mike quick in a special super bowl episode of the goldbergs. the sitcom centers around a family living in montgomery county in the 80s and creator adam greenberg was waiting his entire life for a super bowl victory. it's called hail barry. and a special ending plan just for eagles fans. relive the eagles glory on the goldbergs here on 6 abc. tonight at 8:00. >> good to hear merril's voice on the broadcast. and still to come on "action news" at 4:00, a south jersey woman claims she was thrown out

of the metropolitan museum of art but it had nothing to do with the dress code. whether they wanted to test compatibility or not interested in marriage. couples choose not to live together because of a wedding ring and sharing a home is actually illegal. inside of the push to get rid of the so-called living in sin law. adam joseph is back with the full accuweather forecast. a little bit sinful this one is. "action news" at 4:00 continues next.

we are got breaking news from washington, d.c. the white house in particular the white house communications director hope hicks submitted her resignation. the close aide and confident to donald trump after giving eight hours of testimony refusing to answer a lot of questions but

notably admitting to lawmakers she told white lies on behalf of the president but never lied about anything connected to the russian investigation and russian meddling in the u.s. election. again, hope hicks the white house communications director resigning at the white house. would you like to clone your best friend as in man's best friend and barbara streisand cloned her dog twice. she spoke about her two dogs. two of them violet and miss scarlet are clones. they were cloned fm cells taken from samantha who died last year. they are not carbon copies and have different personals and if you are interested in cloning your pooch it costs about $50,000. big talkers now and the big question is what some might call

living in sin. living illegally. in one state the answer is yes. right now in michigan if you live together and not married for any reason for your choice. it is against the law. a push to undo one of the most antiquated laws, passed in 1981 to stop gross lewdness and to this day in michigan if you are unmarried and unrelated two people of opposite genders living together you could face up to one year in prison and an is $1,000 fine. >> you should be able to live with the person you love. >> it's rarely enforced. and by the way state senator there says it's in the works to get rid of it. this is eliza thrown out of the metropolitan museum of art for what she was wearing. this is what she was wearing,

the 26-year-old from burlington, new jersey showed up in authentic period costume? so what is the problem? a security supervisor accused her of stealing the 18th century teal taff ta robe. and apparently her get up was a tad too authentic and she is embarrassed and furious. and she felt like a criminal at the one place where i get the most inspiration. >> there is guidelines to not disturb visitors. and harrowing morning commutes and then this. you see this here? it's a hand emerging from the gap between the subway and platform. people are frantic and think someone is trapped in danger. the guy under there is sticking

his an out not for help but to flick his cigarette. he says he has been living in nyc way too long saw the guy on the tracks with the b train speeding and he ducked under the tracks before it hit him, he is all good and he was enjoying a morning cig underneath the train. >> the fire department shows up to rescue him. here he goes he is dancing. he is all right new needs a new spot. >> something else going on here. >> you think. lets get another check of the roads right now. >> hey matt. >> nothing that alarming here. as we look live at the schuylkill expressway it doesn't look like fun but not really scary. we look live at city avenue reports of a crash on the westbound side around this area. i'm not seeing anything as far

as accidents go in the cameras, and we are seeing a ton of volume here in both directions. westbound travel time is one minute worse about double what it should be from town to the vine 476 the blue route in west conshohocken. news is better on the vine street expressway, westbound side approaching broad street cleared and eastbound side a slow go as it is from the schuylkill to 95. and that is just normal afternoon volume. on 95 itself normal stuff. speeds of 28 miles per hour on the southbound side by allegheny avenue. involving a crash of a four wheeler avoid hill top road and straight and clay creek could be an alternate. and a crash near mlk boulevard at jackson street but at least the crash by the kitty international academy has

cleared and one near 1 at the ross bridge. and speaks of bridges the burlington bristol bridge is up for a passing ship and head for the turnpike connecter bridge instead. we'll check it again in the 5:00 ho hour. >> matt, thanks

. adam joseph is back with a spectacu

new jersey and delaware. a high wind watch for all of delaware and also all of south jersey and also a winter storm watch up in the poconos and the storm basically going to throw everything our way as we go towards the end of the week. but leading up to it. like you mentioned beautiful with the sunshine right now. april like temperatures, 60 philadelphia and trenton 62 in allentown and lower 60s in delaware and the only cool spot along the shore. now only in the mid to upper 40s. the morning drive for the rush hour and then the rain starts to arrive tomorrow afternoon.

3:00 p.m. on future tracker 6 and warm with temperatures in the mid-50s. expecting anywhere from a half inch of rain in southern areas and when all is said and done up to 2 inches of rain in northern areas. heavy rain philadelphia to the north as we get into thursday night as the low starts to develop off the coast and as it starts to ramp up it's raining here 7:00 on friday morning. there is no snow at this point. friday morning on the map, with the exception of the poconos and as that storm deepens it pulls down and creates its own cold air on the western edge of the storm. you see the snow starting to collapse down, trenton on the brink of philadelphia. lehigh valley. and all points to the north as we go into the middle part of our friday afternoon and continuing into friday evening. so with the back end snowfall as that storm wraps up and brings in the cold air. and a possible coating on the grass. philadelphia and lakehurst and trenton and just west of

philadelphia. reading and north parts of chester and bucks county 1 to 3 inches of wet snow and 3 to 6 inches for the poconos but depending on the timing of the cold and the position of the low we could move this north or south a bill lit. and this sour first call and we'll have is update at 11:00 and durling the day tomorrow. strong winds friday into saturday. and gusts 50 to 65 miles per hour. highest at the coast all of friday going into the day on saturday. there will be broken limbs and weak trees come down leading to possible outages across the area. minor to moderate flooding for the shore impacts a full moon and tides run higher than normal. waves 3 to 6 feet on friday. and 6 to 10 feet building as the storm builds on saturday and could significant beach erosion on top of the flooding, a lot to go through here towards the end of the week.

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. mild tomorrow and rain comes in during the afternoon. light at first. heavy and steady and the rains crank up thursday night and especially on friday. watching to see how far south the wet snow gets on friday afternoon. 44 degrees and windchills only in the 30s on saturday, 48 degrees and drier and as we get into sunday. sunny and breezy 47 degrees a dry weekend. quiet 47 and cloudy on tuesday and 39 degrees and on wednesday another storm that will bring rain and maybe wet snow in the northern and western suburbs, a repeat here, last february was the warmest on record and march last year cold doing it again this year. a warm february and we get hit in march. >> all right turn it around. thanks adam. >> we are putting a new way to shop for health care at your fingertips. a way to make it work for all of

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medical treatments and services by zip code. something he wished he could have accessed before the procedure. >> they said where to get the testing done. and two weeks later i got the bill and it was shocking. >> he and his insurance company paid far more than other patients paid in the area and the out of pocket cost was nearly $1,800. and there were other entries in the data base for the same procedure that ranged in price from $150 to $2,000. he will check costs now before any medical procedure and they plan on adding their information not data base for other consewellers. >> and that is the key, take a moment to find your old bills and explanation of benefit

letters and put in your information. the name and info about will he kept anonymous but we need it for followup questions and the more information for each entry the better to get to philadelphia health costs go to 6abc.com. you'll see it there on the home page. nydia han, channel 6 "action news." >> should be a helpful tool. >> yes. join me along with brian and adam and ducis rogers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. >> "action news" at 5:00 is coming up next.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. wednesday night the big story on "action news" is breaking news from the nation's capital. hope hicks the white house communications director and one of president trump's longest serving advisers resigning, the day after she testified before the house intelligence commit etelling the panel in her job she was occasionally required to

tell white lies for the president and did not say what they are job would be and when her departure date would be and had no words to express her gratitude to the president. >> president trump issues this statement. hope is outstanding and has done great work for the last few years she is as smart and thoughtful as they come. a truly great person. i will miss her by her side. we'll continue to follow the breaking news story and have more on world news tonight with david muir. now, to an accuweather alert tonight. waez continue to track a powerful coastal storm threatening our region tomorrow and friday. we are talking about high winds and the possibility of beach erosion and heavy rains and that is not all. lets get to meteorologist, cecily tynan, live in the weather center with the latest. >> after a beautiful end to february we have a major coastal storm waiting in the wings. double scan live radar showing

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