. >> this afternoon alicia waterers put up balloons for her friend, thomas cottingham in downtown wilmington this morning she learned he died trying to help a young mother and her infant daughter trying to get away from a knife-wielding man. >> he has helped me in my past so it's not hard to believe that he wouldn't do something like this. >> last night at 9:30, police say that 25-year-old calvin hooker iii confronted a woman pushing her daughter in a stroller and pulled out a large knife, she ran around the bus shelter trying to inveen, he stabbed him repeatedly and he later died. police caught up with hooker in an alley and took him into custody. police say that cottingham, called cannibal, was turning his life around. >> he was a good person, i'm sorry, sometimes he would get in trouble and i would be in trouble with him but for the most part he was turning his life around. >> people that saw him were saddened it hear he lost his life protecting the woman and her child. >> as far as i'm concerned he is a hero. >> it's admirable, lately there say lot of crime downtown and there are not peo

alicia waters was putting up pictures of her friend, this morning she learned he died trying to protect a young mother and her infant from a knife-wielding attacker. >> he has helped me with in my past, so it's not hard to believe that he won do something like this. cottingham was a fixture on his skateboard and music, he was here at 9:30 when calvin hooker confronted a 21-year-old woman and her instant daughter, hooker was armed with a large enough and went after the woman chasing her around the bus shelter, he xrumed in and tried to stop the attack and was stabbed and later died. >> police caught up with hooker a short distance away and took him into custody. police can't believe the man they knew as cannibal is gone. >> really a good person. >> i fell over and was crying. he was a troubled teen but he was turning his life around. >> those that saw him on their daily travels, called him a hero. >> he was out here a lot skateboarding and stuff like that. stayed to himself and listened to music, it's a shock that he was killed. >> an authority time ago wilmington's mayor issued a statem

alicia waters was putting up pictures of her friend, this morning she learned he died trying to protectoung mother and her infant from a knife-wielding attacker. >> he has helped me with in my past, so it's not hard to believe that he won do something like this. cottingham was a fixture on his skateboard and music, he was here at 9:30 when calvin hooker confronted a 21-year-old woman and her instant daughter, hooker was armed with a large

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alicia. thank you. >>> plus holy water turns out congressman bob brady is not a germ phobe and neither are hiseast when it comes to pope francis. how the philadelphia democrat got his hands on pope francis drinking glass and you can see what he did with it. >>> and you're looking live at the parkway this afternoon. chopper 6hd flying over center city philadelphia an extraordinary sight and one that will get better with each passing minute this afternoon and this weekend. "action news" continues next. >> ♪ >> we're back live on eakins oval. though pope francis will be delivering airplays to hundreds of thousands of people right here on sunday, it's not his first service. on saturday the pontiff will also be delivering a mass at the basilica of saints peter and paul and as alicia vitarelli found out getting ready for such a high profile event was no simple task. alicia vitarelli live here also along the parkway. alicia you've got details on that. >> reporter: sharrie, it's just incredible the basilica of saints peter and paul is more than a century and a half old and it is about to go high tech.

alicia, thank you. >>> an official with the epa is admitting that the department was unprepared for the disaster it unleashed at a colorado mine last month. millions of gallons of painted water were accidently released from the mines. the epa spoke at the congressional hearing today and said the emergency response plan did not include the worst case scenario that unfolded. >>> the kentucky county clerk who spent five days in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples is not saying what she will do when she returns to work on monday. a judge released kim davis from jail yesterday but warned her oh to not interfere with granting licenses in the future. >>> the efforts to oppose the president's nuclear deal with iran and how hillary clinton is trying to have it both ways. the panel joins me after a quick break. >>> any commander in chief worthy of defending this nation should be prepared to standon j to shreds this catastrophic deal. never, ever, ever in my life have i seen any transaction so incompetently negotiated as our deal with iran. >> either we move forward on the path of diplomacy and seize this chance to block iran's path to a nuclear weapon or w

alicia, thank you. >>> an official with the epa is admitting that the department was unprepared for the disaster it unleashed at a colorado mine last month. millions of gallons of painted wateraccidently released from the mines. the epa spoke at the congressional hearing today and said the emergency response plan did not include the worst case scenario that unfolded. >>> the kentucky county clerk who spent five days in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples is not saying what she will do when she returns to work on monday. a judge released kim davis from jail yesterday but warned her oh to not interfere with granting licenses in the future. >>> the efforts to oppose the president's nuclear deal with iran and how hillary clinton is trying to have it both ways. the panel joins me after a quick break. >>> any commander in chief worthy of defending this nation should be prepared to stand up on january 20th, 2017, and rip to shreds this catastrophic deal. never, ever, ever in my life have i seen any transaction so incompetently negotiated as our deal with iran. >> either we move forward on the path of diplomacy and seize this chance to block iran's path

alicia and rick i should be by my pool doing this forecast. >> we should be. >> all of us. >> we should be in the pool because it real wall a great holiday weekend to be doing water sports, outdoor activities. warm and sunny and temperatures are beginning to creep up. saturday and sunday both days 88 degrees. today so far the high 90 degrees. the current temperature, it's 9 degrees above normal and the heat and the humidity will be building as we head toward the middle of the week. right now philadelphia, trenton, wilmington, allentown and reading, all sitting at 90 degrees. the poconos quite bit cooler, 83 and then you see he that sea breeze kicking up the jersey shore, that's really cooling things down n cape may currently 79 degrees and dewpoints all except for areas getting a bay breeze or a shore breeze are very low, generally about 60 degrees in philadelphia, that's just slightly humid but then when you have the ocean influence along the shore, we do have dewpoints in the 70's and the dewpoints will be creeping up as we head through the overnight hours. satellite6 along with action radar showing thus high pressure that brought us the sunny dry weekend will