alicia: porque no corrÍa para presidente.epa hacer negocios. tambiÉn creo que necesitamos un buen ser humano. una persona de buen corazÓn. estoy convencida que Él no tiene un buen corazÓn. >> dijo que como latina que vive en este paÍs teme por los hispanos que estÁn viniendo en busca del sueÑo americano. confesÓ ademÁs que 20 aÑos despuÉs, todavÍa le tiene miedo al millonario, porque Éste sigue siendo un hombre muy poderoso. jorge: gracias. el domingo mucho mÁs de esta entrevista controversial de alicia machado. marÍa elena: las mujeres estÁn convirtiendo en frecuente victima del narcotrÁfico. ♪ ♪ >> yo creo que siempre vas a estar marcada de por vida. >> las estadÍsticas muestran que las mujeres se han convertido en objetivos de los ajustes de cuentas entre los carteles. >> es muy peligroso meterte. por quÉ estÁs entre la vida y la muerte. >> alguna de estas mujeres no dudan en reconocer que busca los riesgos. que simplemente son vÍctimas de las circunstancias. >> hubo un intento de que no quisiera matar. >> algunas buscan p

matt o'donnell is off, alicia vitarelli is joining us.e've got you covered. >>> all your memorial day day plans, katherine scott in atlantic city for the unofficial start of summer. >>> but first let's go over to david murphy he has accuweather and matt pellman is in for karen. >> reporter: good morning, everybody we have a crew in this morning. lots of sunshine up over the horizon, now it's starting to hit your shoulder you're feeling the humidity. we have an air quality alert in effect. yesterday it was a code red. today it's orange, that means senior citizens and young kids and those who suffer from asthma and heart and lung limit your exposure between noon and 6 when ground level ozone will not be healthy for you. clouds and sun, here on the terrace it's bright sunshine. there's more sun the farther south you go at this early hour. 0 degrees in philadelphia. allentown, 66 degrees. a little bit on the muggy side of course the numbers turning around in a hurry. in philadelphia, 71 degrees by 7:00 a.m. if you have a workout plan get it i

. >> and i'm alicia vitarelli. brian is off. the big story on "action news" is the memorial day observations all across the delaware and lehigh valleys from the beaches and barbecues to patriotism on parade. we have end the tire region covered to you but we'll start with meteorologist adam joseph live at the big board with the accuweather forecast. it all depends where you were today. >> yeah, exactly alicia. along the shore it's been rainy through the entire memorial day. if you're inland cloudy, pops of sun humid but overall dry. we have a couple things going on on storm tracker6 live double scan. a front sparking thunderstorms there but we also have the remnants of what was tropical storm or depression bonnie and there you can see its spin near charlotte and raleigh pulling up that tropical moisture and really hugging that rain right along the coastline, heavy at times as you can see in southern new jersey and delaware and there's the front coming in from the north and west popping some thunderstorms near state college and sc

alicia. >> powerful tribute a hero. john thank you. >>> well, at least 5,000 students filed into franklin field today for the university of pennsylvania's 260th commencement and they heard a pretty inspiring message from the man behind the hottest show on broadway. this year's speaker was lynn man well miranda the pulitzer prize tony and grammy award winning composer best known for hamilton. the groundbreaking hip hop musical about the nation's founding father. now during his address, he apologized for the fact that the show never mentions pennsylvania or philadelphia by name but he did take a moment to list many of our city's contributions to america. >> you are known as the birthplace of louisa may allicott rocky balboa, boys to men, betsy ross, will smith, isaac asimov, tina fey, cheesesteaks and you can have scrapple, soft pretzels and wawa hoagies whenever you want. you win, philly. [laughter] >> how do you like that? i think they should add that to the show by the way. miranda of one of eight people to receive an

hi, alicia thanks to coming >> it is a pleasure to be here with you. >> i wonder if you could tell ushat you think people can do to get ready for what we know is a coming earthquake in san francisco. >> well, one of the most things that people can do is to make sure that you have a plan to communicate with people who live both in and out of state. having an out of state contact, to call, text or post on your social network is really important and being able to know how you are going to communicate with your friends, and family who live near you, where you might meet them if your home is uninhab hitable. >> how long do you think that it will be before things are restored to normal in san francisco. >> it depends on the severity of the earthquake, we say to provide for 72 hours tha, is three days, and it helps to know that you might be without services for up to a week or more, depending on how heavy the shaking is and how many after shocks we have. >> what kind of neighborhood and community involvement might you want to have before an earthquake to make sure that you are going to able

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alicia was bent over frozen in space for a minute and couldn't move or hear her mother-in-law talking to her. >> wasn't right and i was shaky season dizzy. alicia the mother of three was taken to cooper hospital to be checked out. >> a lightning bolt does not leave scars but can leave victims with lingering health effects including pain and memory loss and confusion. some of which she is experiencing now. >> i was taking my son to school and i ended up in somer dale instead of voorhees. >> he is comparing it to trauma. >> it's lying shell shock. >> alicia says life is difficult for her family since john left the service and her brush with death has her looking at things differently. don't take life for grabbed. you never know. life is not promise sd. >> we are going to vegas. >> there is no doubt that alicia is lucky. >>> from our delaware newsroom today, one man is dead and another hospitalized after a head-on collision. the crash happened at 8:00 a.m. and police say they cut a man in his 60s out of the wreckage of one car and they took him to the hospital and he died sometime later.

>> i'm going back to '08. >> i'm guessing c and so is alicia. you guys all got it right.e have had seven consecutive years in a row where temperatures are above normal. it's rare to see temperatures this cool given the last seven years. and back in 2008 we ran 7 degrees below normal. and a shout-out to jersey girl brooke she got it right and she knows she got married on may 3rd of that year and remembers how chilly it was. speaking of chilly, the northeasterly wind continues and 58 in allentown, and 56 in trenton and 50 in the poconos, and pretty much mimicking the numbers at the shore. today wasn't too bad, it was cool and cloudy and damp and you see the rain down to the south, circulating around low pressure around the carolinas and near atlanta's position, should pivot back up to the north, it will show more rain our way and steady rain in fact. by 8:00 tomorrow morning, that rain is in trenton and wilmington and even central parts of buck county and chester county and heavy especially at the shore in southern delaware. the rain tomorrow, look at the radar, it's moving

vitarelli, channel 6 "action news." >> as alicia just mentioned. you can see the chew's 1,000th episode tomorrow at 1:00. tune in tomorrow for more behind the scenes celebration and what a great group of people. >> still ahead on "action news" at 4:00, police in camden county break up a sophisticated theft ring, we'll explain the elaborate way they pulled off their crime next. >>> and how to give your house a facelift. consumer reports puts paints to the test. and that means taking on debt. in a smart way. like my mortgage - it's working for me. and if he needs a college loan down the road, that'll be worth it too. it's all about having a strategy, that fits your life. so, if you have a question about how to make debt work for you, ask me. sincerely, brandon heaven fellow dad and fellow citizen. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. >>> hello again 4:30 and "action news" continues with new developments in the search for an escaped inmate in south jersey. and new video shows t

the defense attorney underscored that it was alicia buying the weapon.sked the defense attorney, did you see my client? he wasn't there that day. no, replied the clerk. did you see her talk on the phone to her boss or partner? negative, said the clerk. the forensic report shows there were no fingerprints on the taser and the one on the gun not use f knife, the print on it a match with andrew schmuhl's right thumb. now one other revelation today. we've known about alicia schmuhl's connection to the victim's law firm. today andrew schmuhl's resume was introduced into evidence because he once applied to work at that law firm. back to you now in the studio. >>> we're following a developing story tonight. baylor university in texas is making some big changes in the wake of a sex abuse allegation against some of its football players. the school has now suspended head football coach art briles with the intent to terminate his employment. two former baylor football players have been convicted of rape and the school is under fire for failing to respond to six rep

. >> alicia was diagnosed with wills tumor. >> i had extreme abdominal pain. >> a successful surgery removed the tumor, but it just began. >> i was going through routine cat scans and they saw spots on my right side of my lungs. >> her treatment tipped, multiple treatments but it never cracked her spirit. >> my mom would be like have you to have another surgery, i said okay. i hardly cried. >> and she never gave up her activities. >> she lived her life and got chemo in between. doctors used a final surgery to fight off the disease. >> they took out the whole bottom of my right lung. >> felicia continues with regular checkups at chop. >> what is critical is to continue to have followup with physicians that have experiment on survivor ship. >> and then they found another occurrence of cancer, this time in her thyroid. >> most likely from the radiation i had. >> another surgery to remove her thyroid and she never skipped a bit. now do to get her degree from la salle. >> i want to help someone going through the same thing i did. i am here now and look how far i made it in life and if i c

. >>> let's check in with alicia vitarelli looking very springy today, alicia. >> reporter: thank you's feeling more springy out there today. a lot of people will be flocking to the shore for the unofficial start of summer. there's a lot of to do in the city, too. we'll have tips for a family-friendly weekend in philadelphia. plus, passengers on board a plane live a real life nightmare as creepy crawley things start crawling up their legs, oh, my gosh. details about the hours long debacle coming up at 4:00 p.m. if you can handle it. take us with you on the go download the free abc newscast watch us live on your smart phone or tablet. >>> alicia is in a good mood today and it is monday. >>> more on the warmup when we come right back. that means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. medicare doesn't cover everything. and like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, these help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. so don't wait. call now to request your free decision guide. it could

allong with alicia vitarelli. matt o'donnell is off, we're following sad breaking news. >>> tragic new developments, the hunt is on for a driver who struck and dragged another driver who was dropping off his church members, now that driver is confirmed dead. we're live with the latest. >>> president obama's asia tour has a historic sad milestone in japan. >>> heat will grace our holiday activities, accuweather is tracking latest. >>> let's head over to david murphy with the latest on that, matt pellman is in for karen rogers, we have katherine scott down the shore in new jersey to give you the latest on what it's like if you want to go down the shore. let's start off with you, david. all right, guys, we have another shot and humid one out there. yesterday we had an air quality alert. yesterday we were up to code red and today we're back to code orange. that means sensitive groups, senior and kids and people with asthma and heart and lung ailment. limit your activities from noon to 6:00 p.m. when the ozone level is

in the chew studios in new york city, alicia vitarelli channel 6 "action news." >>> 5:27. still ahead on "action news," a woman is on the mend after a fast-moving fire ripped through her home. >>> a montgomery county teacher is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. those stories and more when "action news" comes right back. introducing oikos crunch. greek nonfat yogurt with delicious crunchy toppings like chocolate and peanut butter chips. crunched it! new oikos crunch. be unstoppable. news" a sighting of an escaped inmate in south jersey, residents and schools in the area are taking extra security measures this morning. >>> a woman suffers second degree burns and fire breaks out inside her philadelphia home. >>> last man standing, the gop battle is over, it is the democratic side that's unrevolved. >>> unrevolved -- unresolved. >>> let's talk about the major traffic issue we have. david murphy has weather, but we'll start with traffic. >> reporter: i-95 this is southbound photographic -- traffic, 320, it's at a complete standstill. a major accide

let's check in with alicia vitarelli for the news ahead. look at us, looking patriotic alicia. we are. some people have summer vacations on the brain, coming up we have tips for epic staycation. in the spirit of memorial day, two army rangers deployed in afghanistan release the song for the families of their fallen comrads. the story behind how they got this done is incredible while serving our country. you won't want to miss that come up on the show. don't forget you can take us on the go on the free 6abc news app watch us live or streaming or i don't know phone or tablet. >>> thank you alicia. accuweather come up when we come right back. >>> daifngd -- david here with a check of the accuweather forecast. not so great at the shorepoints, do you think inland, people can get the barbecues in? >> reporter: yes, inland, but i want people to keep look at the smart phone app because there's chance of showers. the morning was played out according to the morning model run we showed you this morning during the broadcast. most of the rain by the shore. as we go in closer there are heavy

the family of 8-year-old alicia showed tears and hugs this afternoon. a jury found 25-year-old darnell williams guilty of killing 8-year-old alicia and 22-year-old anthony back in 2013. alicia was shot and killed after answering the front door at her friend's house. she was there for a sleepover. two other children and their grandmother were also injured by the barrage of gunfire. accord to the d.a.'s office, williams was out to get revenge for his friends death and believed his target was in the home. a few weeks later, williams shot and killed maderis during an unrelated fight and today his aunt told us she's been waiting for this day. >> we just got closure today. we appreciate the closure we got. >> reporter: williams is facing the death penalty or life in prison. his sentencing hearing is scheduled for later this month. reporting in oakland, i'm michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. >>> stabbed to death. homicide investigators are trying to piece together what led up to the killing of a woman in san francisco. police were called to a home near the c

looking forward to it alicia.ou. >> that will do it for "action news at 4:00 for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli cecily tynan and adam joseph, i'm brian taff. hope you'll join me along with sharrie adam ducis rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news at 10:00 on phl17. >> now here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look at what's ahead at 5 o'clock. hi, rick and monica. >> hi there. >> hi. >> coming up next at 5:00 police in camden county trying to find the driver who hit a little seven-year-old in the middle of the street leaving him clinging to life. >>> plus, a show of support today at city hall as the fight continues over philadelphia mayor jim kenney's proposed soda tax. >> latest in the search for the flight recorders five days after the mysterious crash of egyptair flight 804. those stories and much more coming your way next on "action news" at 5:00. >> ♪ great time for a shiny floor wax, no? not if you just put the finishing touches on your latest masterpiece. timing's impo

. >> reporter: the governor a law called alicia's law.onths of lobbying and arm twisting ended with a stroke of a pen today. governor harry hogan made it official, boosting funding for police investigators who stop the trading of child pornography, including those who work in this secure forensics lab. maryland state police are facing a soaring number of child porn and child abuse cases. bethesda state senator susan lee saw our report and announced a day later she was formally sponsoring alicia's law to give these investigators more money and more tools. >> that would help our state law enforcement increase their training, their staffing, increase their digital and technological computer forensics capability so they can go out and investigate these cases and also rescue these children. >> reporter: state reports issued to the i-team show the number of cell phones and electronic devices upon which state police have conducted forensic reviews has doubled just since why is that so? why are we seeing that exponential growth in cases? >> we th

for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff.ight for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> now here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look at what's ahead at 5:00 hi guys. >> we're following developing news out of maryland. a suspected gunman is in custody now accused in a string of three deadly shootings. >>> plus, the search is on for a hit and run suspect after this deadly crash this morning in south jersey. >> and we'll take you inside the pomp and circumstance this morning in north philadelphia at temple university's largest graduating class ever received their diplomas. those stories and another check of that dreary but improving accuweather forecast coming up next at 5:00. >> we're hopeful. [ soft music ] e.t. phone home. when you find something you love, you can never get enough of it. change the way you experience tv with xfinity x1. ly. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> developing

donald trump es un dÉspota, asÍ le dijo alicia machado. ♪ ♪ >> este es su noticiero univisiÓn, edición ilia calderÓn y enrique acevedo. enrique: el chapo guzmÁn tiene un pie en estados unidos. la secretario de relaciones exteriores autorizÓ la extradiciÓn de guzmÁn loera, quien apenas hace dos dÍas fue trasladado a una prisiÓn en la fronteriza ciudad juÁrez. obtuvo garantÍas del gobierno estadounidense de hecho conocer a condenado a pena de muerte comenzamos con el reporte de jessica zermeÑo. jessica: es chapo guzmÁn está cada vez mÁs cerca estados unidos hoy la cancillerÍa mexicana informÓ que el gobierno encabezado por enrique peÑa nieto concediÓ las dos solicitudes de extradiciÓn que tenÍa pendiente el líder del cÁrtel de sinaloa en aquel paÍs. los acuerdos para el cual es el gobierno de mÉxico concede la extradiciÓn al gobierno de estados unidos para ser procesado ante la corte federal del distrito de texas y del sur de california. >> tendrÁ unos 15 dÍas hÁbiles para poner el amparo indirecto y estÁndar en directo será ante un juez de distrito, tambiÉn. seguramente atacarÁ la funda

alicia, bienvenida a "despierta amÉrica".sea que las chamacas se me van a alborotar. william: y no se pierdan las super exclusiva que nos dio eugenio derbez desde los estudios donde graba su nueva pelÍcula. alan: peliculÓn y la doctora nancy Álvarez se acerca peligrosamente: ¿quÉ errores cometes tÚ, william, en la intimidad? bueno, los hombres. william: yo soy todavÍa jovencito, no estoy en la intimidad. alan: regresamos! que pudiera reducir mi deuda me dijeron que no hable con mis acreedores. ellos se encargarían de todo. [narradora] salir de la deuda no es fácil. hable con sus acreedores directamente o visite termine con su deuda punto org. ♪ ♪ alan: aquÍ desde nueva york. yo sÉ que estÁn emocionadas. ahora sÍ les va a tocar a todas! les hemos traÍdo... ustedes conocen perfectamente bien "nuestra belleza latina vip", por eso ahora hemos traÍdo la versiÓn masculina. esto se llama "nuestro bellezo latino". antes de ver los atributos fÍsicos, mentales y demÁs de estos chamacos, quiero pasar con el jurado, conformado por dos ex

he fired 15 shots into the home, killing alicia and wounding three others. he was also convicted today in the robbery and murder seven weeks later of 22-year-old anthony maderas in berkeley. >> yeah, i'm truly happy and truly thankful. i'm truly grateful my son is who he was. >> we got closure today. we appreciate the closure we got. >> reporter: relatives of the victims were asked not to make any more comments until the stps sentencing phase of the trial is over and the lawyers are under a gag order. darnell williams was convicted in nine felony accounts with enhancements. they make him eligible for the death penalty. court reconvenes on monday may 16th. that's when the jury will begin deciding if darnell williams deserves the death penalty. in oakland, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >>> there are several major developments in the 16-day-old hunger strike against police shootings in san francisco. supporters have stormed city hall and taken over the rotunda as we speak. the protest is happening after the five hunger strikers were taken to the hospital earlier tod

andrew schmuhl's wife alicia will be tried separately.ling the shots, forcing her husband who was heavily medicated to commit the crimes. leo fisher explains how his life has changed significantly ever since the night of those attacks coming up at 6:00. >>> the nfl is trying to strong arm the national institutes of health. that's what one new congressional report is claiming. the league being painted in a very bad light about a study on concussions. j >> according to that report, the nfl tried to influence a study conducted by the government on the link between football and brain disease. the report claims the league wanted the national institutes researcher off the study because they believe that individual was biassed. the individual was also the leading expert on the link between football and brain diseases. the nfl wanted to reroute $16 million in funding to their own committee. it was the taxpayers that footed the bill for this study. the nfl released a statement rejecting all these claims, s saying they went through the proper chann

for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff.oin me along with sharrie adam and ducis rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look ahead at what's coming up at 5:00. >> coming up following breaking news out of berks county where a school bus crash sent more than a dozen children to the hospital. >>> another disaster averted in atlantic city. the nearly $2 million payment that's keeping the cash strapped cit city a float for n. >> jerry sandusky back in court. the argument from his lawyers in an attempt to get his sexual abuse conviction thrown out. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> it is 5 o'clock. we are following breaking news out of berks county. more than a dozen students are in the hospital right now after a crash between their school bus and a car. >> the accident happened around 2:30 this afternoon in spring towns

. >> all right, we'll be following awful it alicia. thank you. >>> krispy kreme is cashing in. private holding company is buying that doughnut maker for $1.3 billion. jab holding is purchasing krispy kreme. the deal was for $21 a share, that's 25 percent higher than where that company stock closed on friday. well, after the deal krispy kreme will become a private company. it's the second major purchase for jab holding which also recently agreed to buy couric green mountain. >>> speaking of business here's a look at today's closing numbers the dow falling 35 points to close at 17,706. nasdaq up about 14. the s & p 500 up one and a half points on the day. >>> "action news" is looking into how some retailers might be unfairly taking your hard earned cash. here's investigative reporter wendy saltzman with a preview of our special report. >> reporter: imagine being overcharged every time you check out. that's what one local man says happened to him at one popular store. >> out of seven items i bought that day, four of them they were overcharging me according to the sales price. one

allong with alicia vitarelli. matt o'donnell is off, we're following sad breaking news. >>> tragic new developments, the hunt is on for a driver who struck and dragged another driver who was dropping off his church members, now that driver is confirmed dead. we're live with the latest. >>> president obama's asia tour has a

. >> alicia has the wedding vows here, if you don't mind removing the dress. >> oh, now. >> wow, really, you have tats to? >> i do, i have two, i have two. >> the vows. >> yes. >> if there is something important to be written on the body that's what it is going to be. >> are you working together? >> we do. >> we do. >> please? >> we own and operate a martial arts studio. >> kick martial arts, northeast philadelphia, i've been working with them for 20 years, student of them for about 25 years. right there. that's free women's self-defense seminar we did just few weeks ago. >> so you are with each other every day? >> seven days a week, 24 hours a day. >> what's that like. >> we love it. >> she gorgeous. it is east. >> i oh, look at her, so sweet. >> we are not -- it is funny, we pulled up to work couple of weeks ago i said this would be so weird if you went somewhere and i went somewhere and we didn't see each other for eight to ten hours, just so odd to me, i just appreciated that we could do everything together, that we cannot get sick of each other. >> that's

alicia and scott are back with us to give their advice. okay.gave great advice over there in the elevator. let's hear something for our audience. >> know the difference between a product pitch and an investment pitch. >> yes. i cannot agree with you more. >> huge. right? the product pitch is talking about the details of the product, the technology, the add-ones, et cetera. the investment teach, i.e., a pitch to investors for funding really has to focus on the business holistically. it has to include the product, the team, the market size, the competitive land escape, what you're asking for in terms of funding, where that funding will go, how you're reaching customers. if you're giving a product pitch to an investor and they're looking for the whole view of the business, then you're probably missing out on an opportunity to really connect with them and get funding that could grow your business. >> absolutely. if you're speaking to a potential partner, it's a different pitch as well. >> exactly. >> put yourself in the shoes of the person you're ta

in fairfax, peggy fox, wusa9. >> alicia shmul is also charged in the attack. she was with her husband when they were caught in springfield. andrew shmul was wearing only a diaper. alicia shmul will be separately. >>> to prince george's county now where firefighters are exploring the possibility of wearing bullet proof vests. the chief tweeting out the picture saying never thought you would see me wearing one of these. firefighter was shot to death while checking up on a resident in temple hills. >>> more wreckage in the mediterranean sea. the plane was carrying 66 people on its way from paris to cairo when it crashed last week. the u.s. navy is using its pthree or orian to search. >> newly released audio shows a standard exchange between the plane and a control tower in switzerland. that plane went down 2 1/2 hours later after some erratic maneuvers. while terrorism is suspected, no organization has claimed responsibility. >> everest. >> four people have died on the peak over the last four days and hope is quickly fading for two other climbers who are missing.

matt o'donnell is off, alicia vitarelli is joining us. >>> katherine scott is in atlantic city for the unofficial start of summer. >>> let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman is in for karen rogers. >> reporter: we have an air quality alert, it was a code red yesterday which meant everybody should take it easy with pollution levels. today it's code orange. senior citizens crowning kids those who suffer from asthma or other heart and lung ailments. ground level ozone will be bad between the hours of noon and 6:00. you want to limit your excursion during those time periods for sensitive groups. we had showers earlier up north those are pushing away from us. it's muggy this morning, current temperature of 70. 72 in reading. 69 in millville. 63 in cape may. on the driveway this morning as you head out, it's going to be humid, partly cloudy, 69 by 6:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m., 73. during the day it will be a hot one. mid 80s by noon. if you've got workouts to do i would get them done early if you can, we'll be in the low 70s by 7:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m., 89 degrees, we're going for a high of 90 tha

alicia went through so much.she walked away from peter, ended up alone, and that's what it was. >> the series will be missed by me and so many others. >> obviously missed by me too. i keep going on and on about it. you know, that's not the only series ending. how about "mike & molly"? the show has been on for six seasons on cbs, and it's all over on monday. >> i was on the set as melissa mccarthy was coming to grips to saying goodbye to comedy that helped shoot her straight to stardom. >> do any of you have specific memento that you know you want the take with you to help you remember the show? >> we've already stolen some. >> i have a cargo van out back. >> and you can't stop me! >> i looked around the living room the other day, and i thought hmm. just not my taste! >> sure, there was some joking. but after six years together, this happened. >> uh-oh. [ bleep ] those tears started flowing as the gravity of having to shoot monday's finale started to set in. >> i think now we're trying to get through it. but tomor

alicia vitarelli has the tough task of rounding up the best meatballs in town. she joins us from the big board with the list. tough task but someone had to do it. >> yes, jealous? >> yes. >> you should be. the best meatballs in the city. no spaghetti required. as you said it was a very tough assignment. we checked out every spherical meat on that list and some take it to a whole new culinary level. >> one of my favorite topics. meatballs. >> you and me both. >> you have traditional meatballs and some chefs pushing the envelope. >> if it's a ball and made out of meat, we decided to let it count. >> our meatball journey started at little nonea's where they make a modern version of the staple. >> cool grandma's meatball. a pork and veal and beef meatball served on palenta. >> jerry's bar in northern liberties is keeping it traditional serving it with house made marinara and garlic bread. >> only in philadelphia can we consider a plate full of meatballs as an appetizer. >> sal's meatballs were always a big hit but when they hit the menu at amice in midtown village t

here is alicia vitarelli with a preview. >> reporter: coming up today at 4:00, we have new information about a recall affecting a popular snack food. why it could pose a major health risk. we'll break down the details for you. >>> and they are a trendy alternative to cigarettes, the food and drug administration announced new rules for e-cigarettes and big changes for anyone that smokes them and all the companies that make them. and guys i'll see you in the studio in the next half hour to dish about the 1,000th episode of the chew it airs today. and i have all the highlights, an amazing and delicious time there. >> thank as -- alicia. >>> meteorologist, david murphy now with a check of the accuweather forecast. i guess we won't see sunshine until mothers day. >> saturday looks overcast but a chance of sunny breaks. >> that is my mothers day gift. >> nice rick. am i giving her that? >> stormtracker 6 live double scan shows there is no major rain out there, although if we go closer i am catching one shower through pottstown, if you see this on your windshield it won't last longer. don't w

alicia vitarelli joins us with more. everyone loves this bakery. >> reporter: they were so happy to see this sign up, they waited early this morning tonight was a sweet celebration indeed. >> denise is back. the faithful showed up bright and early and the people lining up down the street. and once they got inside the sweet reward. >> i'm getting cookies and donuts and a cake. i'm be on sweet overload. >> you have to love that smile. the bakery sustained heavy damage in a kitchen fire just before easter last year. denise tells us it was a long road getting back to business, she cried happy tears this morning telling us she is overwhelmed by the support and by the turnout. >> it has taken us 14 months since the fire to get to this point. it's a long journey and a lot of challenges, but we are back. >> i am waiting for this for so long. >> i nearly cried when i saw it on fire. my grandmom used to get cakes from here and my mom and i get my son his cakes from here. congratulations. >> certainly a family affair. her famous ca

alicia vitarelli channel 6 "action news." >>> they are on their way. it's so nice to see. congratulations >>> we'll be right back. >>> another reminder there's a huge recall of frozen fruits and vegetables, 400 products sold under 40 different brand names. they were sold at target stores and trader joe's. they control prepared frozen foods that include frozen burittos and fried rice. go to 6abc.com for a full list of recalled products. >>> 6:50 sunday morning, female pilots who served during world war ii can be laid to rest at argue ton national secretary once again. a laurie voakd owe a lawyer, revoked their right to be buried there, more than 1,000 women joined the air force service pilot programs, 38 of them lost their lives serving the country. >>> four people were shot nearly one year ago and the gunman remains on the loose. one victim died. now his mother is hoping you can help to bring his killer to justice, here's rick williams with our crime fighters report. >> reporter: stacy marks describes her son fobs -- taquille fobbs as your normal everyday 21-year-old. >>>

on cross-examination, the defense attorney underscored that it was alicia buying the weapon. the defense attorney, did you see my client? he wasn't there that day. no, replied the clerk. prosecutors worked today to connect the dots between the three weapons recovered, the taser, a gun, and a knife, and andrew schmuhl. the forensic report show there were no fingerprints on the taser and the one on the gun not useful for knife, the print on it, a match with andrew schmuhl's right thumb. after hearing five days of testimony, jurors get a break. trial testimony resumes next tuesday. >>> transit officials are working to make five major intersections in the district safer for cars, for bikes, and pedestrians. among the problem spots are georgia and kennedy, 14th street and columbia road, and 18th and adams mill in northwest. also on the list, others in southwest d.c. city officials say in some cases they may need to add bike lanes. in others it could be as simple as having traffic lights change after pedestrian signals. >>> it's a decade's old tradition. how our nation's fallen her

. >> all right, alicia, thank you. >>> we are still working to learn the name of the man who died today after he was hit by a septa train. the action cam was at the fern rock regional rail station where a man was hit just before noon. police have not said how the man ended up on the tracks. the incident forced septa to suspend service on the lansdowne doylestown warminster and west trenton lines. it reopened after self hours but riders may still see some residual delays. >>> people in parts of montgomery and bucks counties are getting bottled water from the government because of a toxic situation in nearby wells and investigators are still trying to figure out the exact cause of this problem. "action news" reporter john rawlins live now in horsham where people have been picking up their water today. john. >> reporter: that's right, the issue is drinking water, brian, and the ground water that that drinking water comes from that is around those former military facilities several federal agencies are involved in all this, the epa, navy, one state agent z-the department of environmental pr

fusion anchor and special correspondent alicia menendez.n congressman tom cole, a member of the house republican leadership, and democratic congressman keith ellison who has endorsed bernie sanders. paul ryan comes out of the meeting saying he's encouraged lindsey graham is going to stop saying things about donald trump. is it unity or fake unity? >> i think so far fake unity. progress was made on thursday. the relationship between paul ryan and donald trump is tenuous. they don't know one another. we know this was the first real meeting they've had. we're told by both sides it was a productive meeting. a decent meeting. paul ryan was not ready to come out of the meeting and give a full-throated endorsement. >> they're different in almost every way we can imagine. stylistically. temperamentally. on the core issues. >> probably the same on tax reform. both believe the obama foreign policy has been a disaster. there's common grounds and there's difference. that's sort of normal politics. >> this is normal politics? >> differences with your no

. >> alicia vitarelli is here with a look ahead. >> reporter: with memorial day weekend coming up in just a few days, consumer reports is putting bug sprays to the test and tis the season and with zika on the rise we'll reveal which repellants are the best to keep pesky insects away. and a reviewon more than a year overdue, a passenger severely injured in the amtrak crash gets to thank those that saved his life. you don't want to miss that. you can watch our newscast streaming live on your smart phone or tablet. join us in the next half hour for a bakery reopening and excited customers. >> we saw those donuts alicia. >> and cake. and pie. i drive a golf ball. i drive to the hoop. i drive a racecar. i have a driver. his name is carl. but that's not what we all have in common. we talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto®. xarelto® is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. xarelto® is also proven to reduce the risk of stroke in people with afib, not caused by a heart valve problem. for people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, there is l

. >> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williamsgain. 4:30 now and "action news" continues with new dashcam video of a police officer's brush with death. >> and a south jersey doctor is helping cancer patients achieve something that used to be unthinkable. they're becoming mothers while battling their illness at the same time. we'll share one family's success story coming up next. >> plus. >> this job is -- is so much more than just chasing the bad guys. >> for that georgia officer his job also includes comforting a crying toddler. the details of his viral act of kindness coming up in big tacklers but first here at 4:30 an unusual sight caught people by surprise today. take a look at this. this bear was spotted hanging out in philadelphia. >> yeah, he took a walk and even a swim in the wissahickon valley park today. "action news" reporter gray hall is live there with more on the wild encounter, gray. any bear spottings yourself? >> reporter: thankfully no, brian, a wild and surprising morning for many folks who spotd that black bear

oh, huh. >> i said come on, come take a wash with me, alicia.and that was it. >> it's not always been a smooth ride. >> she missed you. she missed her other visit. can you blow kisses. >> she missed me, what about you? >> of course, i did. you sat there and heard me cry to you on the phone. you think that stopped after you hung up? >> listen, if you don't want to fight with me why give the reason? >> i'm not trying to. i'm trying to do what you told me do in the first place. >> trying is not doing. >> i'm doing what you told me to do. what do you want from me? >> i appreciate it. >> i just want you to be happy. that's [ bleep ] it. >> i'm happy but you are breaking my heart. >> yell at him! >> i'm not getting in no more trouble. i don't want my daughter to live the way that i lived. i don't want her growing up not knowing who mommy and daddy is. just going to her tad when she's 7-year-old like whoa, who is this guy? who wants their kid to live like that? >> you guys match. >> we match. >> i got to look at the bright side. by the time i get home

alicia thank you. >>> lets get another check on your evening commute.ets see how things are moving, matt is standing by. >> traffic is not flying by, like the schuylkill expressway westbound side, this is our second accident of the afternoon. under 30th street station, this one is off to the side and the people are exchanging information good luck with everything, that could be a pain. bumper to bumper, at 30th street and improvement at 95 in delco, the emergency guardrail work going on in the southbound lanes, by the delaware state line is now cleared out of the way. so all the southbound lanes are reopened and a jam coming south of the blue route towards the state line, the delay starts at 420 south of the airport and there is debris on the roadway partially blocking lanes, a couple of complications in delaware county. a tree down in north coventry along 724, i would stay on ben franklin highway and in limerick township, watch for a crash along swamp pike and one in montgomery township along horsham road and pheasant road. over in south jersey, not a