anchor monica malpass is outside of the montgomery county courthouse.he situation there right now? >> reporter: well, good evening jim the question can 12 jurors come together and make a unanimous decision on at least one of the three charges against bill cosby. it's a complex case and points of view of what happened at his cheltenham home. that is where the rub comes in, celebrity actor bill cosby's legacy

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meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody and rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. it's called the first real test of the trump presidency and his political supporters, a special election in georgia that is now the most expensive local race in history. we are live with the details. and a local day care worker accused of pushing a little girl down the steps goes before the judge. >> big news for drivers that use the scutter falls bridge your commute is about to change. we'll have the details. >>> we are continuing to follow that developing story out of pottsville bucks county in oxville. where the bomb squad, police and fire all say they have found explosives near a home. it's some sort of chemical mixture. in the 8700 block of easton road. we don't know if evacuations are underway currently but we'll bring you the latest as soon as we get it. >>> we are following a developing story from

anchor monica malpass is outside of the montgomery county courthouse. what is the situation there right now? >> reporter: well, good evening jim the question can 12 jurors come together and make a unanimous decision on at least one of the three charges against bill cosby. it's a complex case and points of view of what happened at his cheltenham home. that is where the rub comes in, celebrity actor bill cosby's legacy is on the line and a former temple employee that wants to be vindicated on her account. vernon odom has more on what is happening today. >> reporter: good evening monica, this morning judge o'neil nixed a defense try at having him declare a mistrial here and a number of of experts are saying he is considering that option at this hour. as he and the world wait to hear from this jury. the cosby jury seven men and five women chosen from the pittsburgh era have not been seen since late may. they told judge steven o'neil they are deadlocked after 30 hours of deliberations, saying quote we cannot come to a unanimous consensus on any of the three

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i'm monica malpass, back to you. >> thank you. you can continue to follow this story at 6abc.com/cosby trial. there you can find the latest social media posts from the team of reporters and dozens of photos and videos from the montgomery county courthouse. turning now to the investigation at the ambush at a baseball in alexandria, virginia. authorities are looking at a cell phone, computer and camera all found inside of the gunman's van. the van was found parked near the shooting scene that left a congressman critically injured. steve scalise had a third surgery today. and president trump visited him last night and vice president pence visited him today. >> and his colleagues are going ahead to pay the charity baseball game tonight a display of unity that now has a greater significance. wendy saltzman is live now outside of national park where security is tight and fans are already starting to gather there. >> reporter: the game is going to go on here and probably better than ever. the doors will open in about an hour and a half a

>> i'm monica malpass. on "inside story," new details are emerging in the corruption trial of our embattled district attorney, seth williams. can he survive it? let's get the inside story. ♪ good morning. i'm monica malpass, and welcome to "inside story." let's meet our insiders today. and they are donna gentile o'donnell. good morning. a nonprofit executive. glad to have you. >> thanks. >> jan ting, a law professor. good morning, sir. >> morning, monica. >> glad to have you back. terry madonna, f&m college pollster. thank you for being with us, as well. and ed turzanksi, foreign policy analyst. ed, always good to see you. >> morning. >> thank you for being here. let's talk about what we have seen so far in the evidence, a brand-new trial. it could go three to four weeks, but our district attorney is charged with corruption, bribery, fraud. if he is convicted, he could face 20 years in jail. he has not resigned. he is still earning his salary and still holding the position. it's $175,000 a year, by the way

. >> and i'm monica malpass in for sharrie williams. the big news is that deadly turn of events. bob brooks with details. bob. >> reporter: brian and monica it's such a tragedy that someone would lose their lives over a reason like this. behind me you can see the scene still very active. it happened in the parking lot of what's called the santana food market. police say almost 20 shots were fired. what turned into a gun fight. more than 20's evidence markers on the ground shell indicatessings scattered across the street, car windows are shot out and man is dead. police say the scene at 18th and dickinson is the result of a shootout between the repo man and a man that didn't want this toyota taken away. >> he just looked down and saw smoke coming up people screaming. >> reporter: it was just after 10:30 this morning. investigators say once the repo man started moving the van a woman got out of it and started an argument. we're told she threatened to call her boyfriend. >> tow truck driver said you aren't doing anything. >> reporter: that boyfriend did come to the scene. he also ha

. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again, here is what is it happening on "action news" tonight. a 25-year-old nsa contractor is facing prison time for allegedly leaking classified information including top secret intel to a news organization. and nora muchanic tells us what is going on and why they had to shut the doors. >> and the philadelphia zoo welcomes its biggest bundle of joy, the arrival in the world was quite a teamest. >>> now the details tonight. authorities say that the young federal contractor now accused of espionage was arrested within hours of those documents being posted online by a news outlet. they detailed a 2016 russian military cyber attack on a -- company. we are live in d.c. with the very latest. >> reporter: rick investigators say that nsa contractor, mailed a top secret document outlining the most details account yet of russian efforts to hack the november election. >> a 25-year-old nsa contractor is the first to be arrested for allegedly leaking classified information under president trump.

monica malpass is live now with more on this. >> this is a new study out of the cleveland clinic with results, researches say they have collected information from 2,000 people that suffer from sleep apnea, a common problem among adults in the u.s. the secondary problem may be solve bid a common sleep apnea treatment. also, how a carpet cleaning man in arizona put his tools to good use and has local officials hailing him as a hero tonight. we'll have more coming your way on "action news" at 5:00. we'll see you then. >> "action news" was honored to be invited to a special birthday party today. this is regina from lower merion township an "action news" viewer celebrating her 100th birthday. regina asked that we withhold her last name. she left her home to ep case the rise of the nazis and made it to america by herself. she credited her longestity to eating healthy organic foods. >> and now happy birthday from "action news" as well. >>> a new exhibit hosted by drexel is about giving children an adventure in the wild but it doesn't take place outdoors but done through technology. backyard

. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, rick williams and monica malpass. >> senate republicans unveil their universal health care bill and drawing fire from their own ranks as well as senate democrats. we are live with the very latest. a dirt bike rider makes a move on the philadelphia roadway and it costs him his life. we'll explain what happens here. and tonight is the night for the sixers to take center stage with the number one pick in the nba draft. >>> and first breaking news to report from landsdowne, montgomery county chopper 6 hd is off the scene of an accident involving a suburban train here it happened just before 5:00 this evening. here at the pembroke station. on the 1,000 block of church road. details are sketchy but we are told that a person may have been struck by the train early this evening. medical personnel are on the scene and police are on the scene. and we do know that the train was on the landsdale doylestown line. church road has been shut down in that area. and i want to ask the producer again tell me that? >> someone was choppered to the h

now for jaime apody, ducis rogers monica malpass and the entire "action news" team. news" at 6:00 is next. for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than fios. we do business where you do business. ♪ ♪ >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. >>> bill cosby arrived here at the montgomery county courthouse this morning at the mercy of a jury of his peers. he still is. no verdict yet in the cosby sexual assault trial amid indications that this jury is working very hard to reach a decision. >> it is tuesday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is building suspense here at the courthouse in norristown. "action news" reporters vernon odom and sara bloomquist are here waiting for a verdict and monitorling all developments. vernon lets begin with you, you have been at

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> tuesday night andhe big story and "action news" is breaking news. two people are arrested in connection with a dea bus in south jersey. officials tell "action news" that the dea recovered fentanyl. we are working to get word on charges the suspects are facing as soon as we get them on "action news" and 6abc.com. brian taff is joining us tonight. we are following developments from washington the latest as the senate showdown over health care continues. >> in just the last 30 minutes dozens of republican senators met with president trump at the white house about the gop plan. this just hours after the republican leaders decided to postpone a vote on the bill until after the july 4th total holiday. >> reporter: a major reversal. >> we are delaying the process to close the issues. >> mitch mcconnell says there is not going be a vote on health care before july 4th. >> we are not on the bill this week but working toward getting at least 50 people in a comfortable place. >> just before the republican leadersh

>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass hello again here is what is happening on "action news" wednesday night. a young girl is fighting for her life after being hit by a freight train in philadelphia. we are live with details on this developing story. also, have you seen this man. detectives say he sexually assaulted someone in a wawa bathroom and president trump announces his choice to replace james comey for the fbi on twitter how both sides of the aisle are reacting to his choice tonight. >>> we are following a story out of philadelphia tonight where a young girl hanging out with friends was hit and dragged by a train. annie mccormick is there live. >> reporter: monica according to police they say that the 11-year-old victim is currently at the childrens hospital of philadelphia. where she is still in surgery, authorities say that the train actually dragged her 500 feet after she was pulled under. >> the emergency call came out just before 2:00 this afternoon. here you see devastated teenagers comforted at scene one of

for meteorologist adam joseph, cecily tynan, ducis rogers, monica malpass and the entire "action newsam i'm rick williams have a nice evening. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> this is the scene as the hazmat squad rushed to the 8700 block of easton road in bucks county today. it's tuesday night and the big story on "action news" is the discovery of explosives near a home. live at the scene is dann cuellar. what is the situation there? >> reporter: right now jim state police are here with the hazmat unit and bomb squad at a property 8222 easton road after reports of explosives found on this property. lets go live to chopper 6 hd where the bomb squad unit is focusing on a large green tub in the backyard. it has liquid containers in it and they are looking at it very, very closely trying to determine the nature, the possible hazard and just what it all means. that is all being evaluated right now but so far they have not ordered any evacuations. this began earlier initial police reports say that

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> tuesday night theig story is breaking news from oxville, bucks county. take a look chopper 6 hd over the scene of the 8700 block of easton road that is where pennsylvania state police say they have discovered explosives near this home. now the explosives are described as of a chemical nature. the bomb squad and hazmat teams have been requested. >>> we are following two other breaking news stories at this hour. a train derailment also in bucks county and a high-profile explosion overseas. first to belgium an explosion at the country's busiest train station in the past two hours, right now the brussels central station is under an evacuation order and there is a heavy police press enon the scene. sources tell abc news that one suspect is shot by the military there. and police are looking for other explosives in the area and no reports of injuries or fatalities and authorities say that the situation is under control. >> we are also following breaking news outs of sellersville bucks county where three refri

monica malpass has the story. >> 2,000 flights a day fly into the u.s. experts want to raise the bar on security. the current ban affects carriers from ten cities. the new ban will affect 30 times that. >> the new rules enhance passenger vetting, swabbing, canine units and 3d scanning machines. it follows intelligence that linked isis to a potential terrorist attack using laptops bound for the u.s. >> we must put in place new measures across the board to keep the traveling public safe and make it harder for terrorists to succeed. airlines that don't comply or are slow to enforce new standards could be forced to ban laptops entirely or could lose their rights to land in the u.s. 280 cities, the united kingdom imposed a similar ban. >> the measures will be seen and unseen and phased in overtime. they'll include more thorough passenger vetting. this is a compromise to avoid expanding a laptop ban to european airports. >> scares for carry on luggage are being tested in phoenix. the screening is too costly to buy for every area, so they hope this will be enou

with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> looking liveuse tonight it is now day five of jury deliberations in bill cosby's sexual assault trial and still no sign of a verdict. tensio the jury continues to ask for clarification on several aspects of this case. friday night the big story on "action news" is the lack of a resolution in the cosby trial. >> jim gardner is outside the courthouse in norristown tonight and he has more on all of today's developments. jim, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, rick. you know, it's fascinating to have such a compelling story like this where the main plot line is the absence of information. and the consistent theme is one word. waiting. it's almost the anti-news story. but a compelling one. that's what's happening here at the courthouse in norristown. the journey and the jury continues to questions about bill cosby's interaction with andrea constand before, during and after the alleged incident at his cheltenham home in 2004.ed here early this morning for the fifth day of deliberationan and out of

i'm monica malpass. we'll see you right here next at 6:00. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> "action news."eading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> it is friday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is the latest in the bill cosby sexual assault trial. we are live here at the montgomery county courthouse in norristown where the jury is now in its fifth day of deliberations. is cosby guilty of any or all of three counts of aggravated indecent assault? and efforts to answer that question, the jury continues to ask questions about previous testimony. they have now asked 10 in all. cosby turned to twitter today and posted a thank you to his fans. ", i appreciate the fans and supporters outside the montgomery county courthouse wearing #we love bill cosby bee shirts, thank you. we have no doubt that this was a genuinely felt twitter posting by cosby but it was also a clever one. he in effect began a hashtag what was love bill cosby. and he has

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monica malpass has the story. >> dozens of republicans are lashing out at the president including pat toomey calling the rant damaging to the gop agenda. it's maddeningly frustrating. this is beneath the di dignity f the president of the united states. trump got mad about fake time magazine covers of himself. >> he tweeted why were they three nights. she was bleeding badly from a facelift. i said no. >> he needs to change his ways to get his accomplishments through. >> i don't see that as an appropriate comment. we are trying to improve the tone and civility of the debate. this doesn't do that. >> nebraska senator tweeted, please stop. this isn't normal. >> your tweet was beneath the office. >> i think it's so blatantly sexist, i don't know if there is any question about it. >> first lady says when the president is attacked, he will punch back ten times later and that the american people like a fighter. >> i don't think it's a surprise to anyone that he fights fire with fire. >> it's not the first time he attacked a television personality. he was vicious toward megan kelly after her q

police say they may be part of a larger ring. >> for monica malpass adam joseph cecily tynan melissaand rick williams, i'm sharrie williams. "action news" at 6:00 is up next. >> good night. >> ♪ >> ♪ "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> friday night. a former philadelphia deputy commissioner is convicted of fraud. >>> and supporters of the beverage tax disrupt a hearing on the tax's economic impact. >>> but the big story on "action news" tonight is potentially severe weather headed this way. storm tracker6 live shows reds and oranges moving in from the harrisburg area and that means we could be hit by thunder and lightning and more tomorrow morning. let's go to live to meteorologist adam joseph and the late word. >> we're dealing with severe storms right now as well with a severe thunderstorm watch for half of our viewing area north of philadelphia. you can see the storms firing up locally here and even more to the west towards pittsburgh and state college, kind of in a line here that's moving o

. >> i'm monica malpass. investigators say the shooter took aim at 18-year-old bianca roberson shooting her intentionally in the head as both of them tried to merge into a single lane in west goshen township. "action news" reporter john rawlins live at police headquarters tonight where police just released a sketch of the suspected shooter. good evening, john. >> reporter: they're expected to release that sketch formally at a news conference called for 4 o'clock. it's expected to be starting here in another minute or two. that sketch is of the man apparently believed to be connected to that red pickup truck that they are seeking. it's a black and white sketch but he does appear to be blond individual here which fits the description of the individual they believe was in that red pickup truck at the time a fatal shot was fired at 18-year-old bianca roberson wednesday evening around 5:30 along route 100 in west goshen. a blurry picture of the red pickup truck believed involved in wednesday's deadly encounter inv

now for meteorologist adam joseph, cecily tynan, jaime apody, jeff skversky, monica malpass, the entirehave a nice evening. >> good night. >> good night. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> monday night. philadelphia police arrest two teenaged gunmen for opening fire on a graduation party. >>> and a water main break sends water rushing through a neighborhood in roslyn, montgomery county. >>> but the big story on "action news" tonight, the bill cosby sexual assault trial, it is finally under way. this was the scene this morning in norristown as cosby arrived at the montgomery county courthouse. he was accompanied by keisha knight pulliam. she played cosby's youngest daughter, rudy, on the cosby show. today the jury which was select the last week in pittsburgh heard opening statements from both the prosecution and the defense. "action news" reporter vernon odom and chad pradelli are live at the courthouse tonight. vernon, let's start with you. what happened inside the courtroom today? >

. >>> good afternoon i'm monica malpass philadelphia police are giving an update on the stabbing of cityll man david oh is it is happening outside penn presbyterian hospitalal in university city and let's list men to police lieutenant john walker. >> we had a conversation with him, those engage people in conversation did he that, and got posted pulled out a knife, demanded his keys for the car and at that point, councilman obviously, backed up, a moment , guy stabs him one time in the side and falls over, and neighbors as mr. oh and coming out of the house, and, he is still trying to stab him as people are coming out to assist. he fights him off. the offender, runs westbound on thomas in that location. so, as a result of, we have four videos in different locations. we are reviewing that footage. it has taken a long time period. it will take south time to get through. that we are not sure fit captured anything at this point. we have some information from one of the witnesses, talking about a car, maybe white in color that may have been double parked in the street, and, you know, either ob

"action news" anchor monica malpass itching to tell you this story this afternoon.ns us live in the news room. hey, monica. >> makes you want to scratch just thinking about the. experts say it's best if you don't get mosquito bites but we know that's virtually impossible. we're fixing out ways to help you get relief without scratching. ali gorman breaks down what you need to know coming up tonight in health check. also new at 5:00 paving a path to the future. how the city of philadelphia is helping young adults shape their lives while also keeping city streets a little cleaner. we'll have those stories and more in a little bit on "action news" at 5:00 sharrie see you then. >> monica thank you. >>> wawa welcome america is celebrating 25 years and the festival is bringing back one of its original features. the sand scup cherry spectacular is back. it was part of the very first fourth of july event more than two decades ago. world renowned sculptors use 32 tons of sand to transform the rotunda at the shops at liberty place into a major artwork display. the hand carved

lets get the details from meteorologist, monica malpass outside on the terrace. >> nice and enjoying the sunshine in much of the area we have a bright blue sky. 5-in philadelphia and 76 in lancaster and 67 in the poconos and 68 degrees in beach haven. as we look at satellite 6 along with action radar it's dry and quiet and a westerly wind helps to warm our temperatures up and we have a mostly clear sky to enjoy as well. if you step out on the town it's a nice night to be out. temperature of 79 and 77 at 8:00 p.m. and we'll drop down into the middle 70s at 9:00 p.m. and a mostly clear sky and 73 at 3:00 and 11:00 p.m. we only drop down into the lower 70s. here is future tracker 6 because we do have changes coming as we get into the start of our weekend by about 8:00 tomorrow morning. numbers in the upper 60s and 70s across the region but the warmth continues to grow across the delaware and lehigh valleys by 1:00 tomorrow afternoon we are into the middle to upper 80s in a good chunk of our viewing area. the weekend calls showing you partly sunny and it's a nice day a high up to 86 and

"action news" anchor monica malpass live in the news room with the details on this one. hi, brian, that's right. the focus is on low income neighborhoods in the city. coming up tonight in health check ali gorman takes us inside just one of the classes aimed at making healthy cooking easy and fun and all while staying on a budget. plus, new at 5:00 the push to wipe out blight in camden continues. the big step today taking in the city's plan to renew and redevelop. we'll have those stories and more coming your way on "action news" in a little bit at 5:00 sharrie, see you then. >> sounds good, monica. thank you. >>> today marks the kickoff of a clothing campaign aimed to help young people who are homeless. teenagers in charge a local nonprofit announced its socks and sneakers drive for homeless teenagers in philadelphia. the press conference was held at city hall with the support of several city leaders. gap is working with the nonprofit by setting up bins in 16 stores to help collect new socks and sneakers. teenagers who live in seven selected homeless shelters will receiv

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i'm monica malpass.l is recovering after losing one leg and another severely damaged by a train. her friends and family are devastated. >> annie mccormick has more. >> we heard the screaming. >> the screaming came from the train tracks just before 2:00 this afternoon, an 11-year-old girl running along the side of the train with three friends lost her balance. >> she grabbed the train and her legs went under the train one severed and the other damaged. >> the girls were reaching out to touch the train. the train dragged the young girl a hundred feet. traumatized, the girl's friends stayed along the scene. >> another girl was playing with them earlier but her daughter left before the accident. >> i can't believe this happened to her. she's very sweet. for this to yo occur, i'm tryino grasp it. >> detectives are calling this a tragic accident at this point. >> it's an unfortunate situation. >> the little girl goes to richard alan, a southwest philadelphia charter school. they are aware of the accident. they

." >> i'm monica malpass.story," new details are emerging in the corruption trial of our embattled district attorney, seth williams. can he survive it? let's get the inside story. ♪ good morning. i'm monica malpass, and welcome to "inside story." let's meet our insiders today. and they are donna gentile o'donnell. good morning. a nonprofit executive. glad to have you. >> thanks. >> jan ting, a law professor. good morning, sir. >> morning, monica. >> glad to have you back. terry madonna, f&m college pollster. thank you for being with us, as well. and ed turzanksi, foreign policy analyst. ed, always good to see you. >> morning. >> thank you for being here. let's talk about what we have seen so far in the evidence, a brand-new trial. it could go three to four weeks, but our district attorney is charged with corruption, bribery, fraud. if he is convicted, he could face 20 years in jail. he has not resigned. he is still earning his salary and still holding the position. it's $175,000 a year, by the

>> i'm monica malpass. coming up on "inside story," two days until the new jersey gubernatorial primary. who will lead the garden state after chris christie? let's get the inside story. ♪ good morning. welcome to "inside story," and let's meet our insiders this week, and they are sharmain matlock-turner who is a nonprofit executive. good morning. welcome back. >> good morning, monica. >> brian tierney, marketing executive. good morning to you, sir. larry platt, journalist. thank you for being here, larry. and val digiorgio, gop state official. always good to have you, as well, val. >> good morning. >> thanks, everybody, for being here. so, 14 candidates are vying for new jersey governor to replace chris christie whose term is ending, and we have a number of candidates that are in the lead, but we'll go over that in a moment. first we want to show you that, in fact, we have a slate of different candidates who are looking to be the next leader of the state, including two who are at the top. phil murphy and ki

>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. a former homeland security chief says he has no doubt that russia tried to hack the presidential election and explains why it almost happened. the fbi says that the stabbing of an airport police officer may be a lone wolf terrorist act and nurses and other hospital workers make the call after an attack in side the hospital walls. >>> and now this is what rush hour drivers along the schuylkill expressway saw a while ago. torrential downpours and lightning made for a slow drive but the storms fortunately are moving fast. lets check in with adam joseph. >> they are releasing a tremendous am of rain and wind and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's past philadelphia and trenton but all the lightning strikes are white lines you see here close to 100 or more in the last 15 minutes, within the last 10 minutes it weakened a little bit but still powerful as it is pushing through burlington county and ocean county and s

>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpassello again rick is off tonight and brian taff joins us here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. the trump administration issues a stern warning to syria, cease any and all plans to carry out a chemical attack on his people or suffer the consequences. >>> and a massive bucks county plant that sat vacant for years will be bustling with life and new opportunity soon. >>> the trump administration is threatening that syria will pay a quote, heavy price if it follows through on the preparations for another chemical weapons attack. it does little to shake the confidence of the leader, bashar al assad expected russian fighter jets at a base. >> reporter: brian, this was a stern very public warning from the white house against bashar al assad and now the entire innational community is left wondering what will happen next. the white house is accusing the regime of syrian president bashar al assad of planning another chemical weapons attack on his own people and warns assad be prepared

>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass taff joins us here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. once again president trump's tweets set off a firestorm on capitol hill and drawing strong criticism from both sides of the aisle. and a chase ends on a campus and a suspect is in custody what led to this dramatic scene. the large diffity stops traffic. >> president trump's latest blast against a female journalist's appearance is getting widespread condemnation from republicans and democrats, saying it's beneath the dignity of the oval office. lana zach has more. >> at a time when critically important policies are being debated in washington. >> our focus remains on the major obama care problems that continue to hurt americans. the president continues his beef on the host of a morning show after mocking him for having teensy hands. >> heard poorly rating at "morning joe" speaks poorly at me and crazy mika and psycho joe came to mar-a-lago oh and she was bleeding badly from a facelift and i said no. condemnations came fr

>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass> hello again. here is what is happening on "action news" thursday night. a philadelphia city councilman is attacked by an armed strapg stranger outside of his home and shares his ordeal some hours later. you'll hear from councilman oh in just a minute. >>> a woman is beaten unconscious outside of a local hospital and police are searching for the suspect before he strikes again. >> and an incident involving the popular bounce houses. it move add cross the ground with children trapped inside. >>> we are following the latest developments of the stabbing of philadelphia councilman david oh. he is resting comfortably at his home in southwest philadelphia. "action news" was there as the councilman and his family returned this afternoon. it was last night oh was approached by a stranger that tried to engage him in conversation and oh tells "action news" that he felt a blow to his stomach and realized he had been stabbed. he remained calm and tried to deescalate the situation as the man deman

>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass >>> hello again. here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. former fbi director, james comey, does not hold back while testifying before lawmakers on capitol hill. what he shared under oath and how washington is reacting tonight. and a masked robber storms into a local convenience demanding cash or else. what they are say being the suspect. >> and from pirates to good eating we are down at the shore with what is hot and happening down at the shore this weekend. >>> well, following weeks of leaked memos today it was james comey's turn to answer questions under oath about private conversations with donald trump. >> they had eyes of washington and the world watching to see what mr. comey might reveal. >> he told the senators he believed he was fired because of how he was conducting the russian investigation he was confused by the fire because he was repeatedly told by the president he was doing a good job. >> the administration chose to defame me and more importantly the fbi by

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> we heard a louded like a construction site like someone drop aid piece of metal and then someone yelling run he has a gun. >> i am shaken up and my colleagues were targeted today but someone that wanted to kill on them. >> an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. >> tonight lawmakers from around the country are calling for calm. this after a baseball field full of congressional staff was ambushed by a gunman. at least five people were shot including one of the highest republicans in the house. at this hour a motive is still unclear. >> it is wednesday night and the big story on "action news" is the early morning shooting just outside of the nation's capital. >> this is the man identified as the shooter, 66-year-old james hodgkinson of illinois. he opened fire on a group of congressman practicing for a charity baseball game. and steve scalise from louisiana is currently in critical condition a congressional aide a lobbyist and two capital police officers. lawmakers from both sides of the aisl

. >> just fi >>> "action news" continues with adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass and brian taff joins us and here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. important information for all air travelers, new rules announced by the department of homeland security will influence what you can carry on board. >>> and protesters swarmed several lawmakers offices including senator toomey in washington today. as president trump predicts a big surprise with the health cache legislation. and a big step to protect animal from abuse in pennsylvania. >>> and this story impacting all travelers flying into the united states from overseas. new rules are going into effect and airports and airlines around the world are required to implement these new measures, maggie ruly has the details from new york. >> reporter: the department of homeland security says keep carrying your laptop on flights in the u.s. as long as your airline plays by the new stringent guidelines. >> we can't play into each new threat but to put new measures into place to keep people safe. >> enhanced screening

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> an early act ofoism is caught on camera. wednesday night and the big story on "action news" is the robbery take down in camden county. gray hall spoke to that man who is now hailed a hero tonight live at the scene in sickl sicklervil sicklerville. >> i can say many are calling this good samaritan a hero and a title he is not ready to accept and not encourage anyone to do what he did but they are impressed with his act of bravery. violence erupted at this wawa at cross keys road in camden county. i suspect with a gun and mask storms inside and orders all employees to the ground and before the suspect could reach the register a good samaritan tackles him. >> he is a hero in my eyes, we have ladies working at the wawa young ladies working the overnight shift and i'm sure they were scared to death. the would be robber pistol whipped the victim in an attempt to escape. we learned that the good samaritan goes by the name of darryl. he does not want to go on camera or release his name and described what hap

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> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program with jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpasslphia's district attorney headed to prison. that after the city's top prosecutor agreed to plea guilty to one of the dozens of corruption charges he is facing. the democrat is behind bars and city officials are working out what happens next. brian taff joins us tonight and the big story is seth williams sudden guilty plea. vernon odom is covering the trial from the very beginning he is live now with how it all played out in the courtroom today. >> reporter: it was dramatic and sudden late last night seth williams and his lawyers concluded it was time to throw in the towel. the soon to be former district attorney signed the deal this morning and now as age 50 he faces up to five years in jail and having to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and restorations when he gets out. the deal has been on the table since before his trial began. williams pleaded guilty to one corruption charge and resigned from office and 28 other countses were dismissed but seth williams had to confess

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> i was fired in someay to change or the endeavor was to change the way the russian investigation was conducted that is a big deal. >> it was one of the most anticipated senate hearings in years. today former fbi director, james comey, took center stage on capitol hill to tell his side of the story and it was one of frustration and concern. working as one of the top intelligence officials under donald trump. it's thursday night and the big story on "action news" is james comey's hours long testimony in front of the senate intelligence committee. >> sara bloomquist is live in washington with more. >> reporter: rick and monica, extraordinary day on capitol hill with former fbi director, james comey, delivering this highly anticipated testimony and he accused president trump of lying and revealed he leaked a memo hoping it would lead to a special council. fbi director james comey began his testimony before the senate intelligence committee by accusing the trump administration of spreading lies about him and t

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> right now police sort out a repo mishap it all started with a routine repossession of this van in philadelphia. but block as way police made an unexpected discovery inside a little girl in the backseat and thousand that girls mother could be facing charges. >> the big story on "action news" is the investigation into why a 7-year-old was left alone in that van. tonight we learn more about the mother and how her job could have played a role in this situation. "action news" reporter, sara bloomquist is live in west philadelphia tonight with the details. >> rick and monica, police are hoping surveillance video from the dominoes pizza helps them clear up what happened here last night. detectives tell "action news" they believe that the girls mother is working as a delivery driver. and had the 7-year-old girl if her van. the vehicle was double parked out in front of the pizza place when it was repossessed with the girl is a sleep inside. >> there was nothing i could do. >> carmine had no idea there was a gi

now for cecily, jeff, jim gardner and the entire "action news" team, i'm monica malpass.onight. ♪ ♪ >>> i'm joey. >> i'm brian. >> we're bartenders at the heavy dog in cleveland, ohio. >> tonight jimmy welcomes michael keaton, anthony davis, and charlie wilson, featuring robin thicke. >> get a hot dog with froot loops, bacon, macaroni and cheese. enjoy the show! >> dicky: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- michael keaton, from the new orleans pelicans, anthony davis, soccer superstar neymar jr. and music from charlie wilson featuring robin thicke. and now, heads up! here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: very nice. thank you. hi, everybody. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thanks for coming. thanks for everything, really. i appreciate it. well, for those of you who were with us in primetime tonight, welcome back. after another evening of big-time basketball, game three of the nba finals between the golden state warriors and cleveland cavaliers, this is the third time these teams have matched up for the finals.

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> a bucks county footballsed of sexual assault. shannon sean is arrested. "action news's" sara bloomquist is live now at bensalem police you have the disturbing details today. >> reporter: that is right, 47-year-old shannon westmoreland-was picked up by police at the weston mall where we are told he has a job. he is held at the bensalem police department and at any moment we expect he will be walked across this parking lot where he will be arraigned. that should happen any second now and authorities allege he sexually assaulted three juveniles between the 4 and 18 years old between 2005 and 2011. >> 47-year-old shannon west moreland who also goes by sean, is charged by rape and rape of a child and other crimes. >> we charged him with sexually assaulting three juveniles, one occurred in 2005 when sean was a

with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass.ere for the next 15 minutes and winds nearly 60 miles per hour. as we look at it live on stormtracker 6 live double scan the storm in the southern part here near philadelphia down toward media, this is weakening here and the worst of the storm is from cherry hill from runnemede north to florence the times here 5:13 p.m. 15 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes. we look at the velocity here what you want to see on this part of double scan live radar is the bright green that is the