cecily: he will. >> cecily strong, thank you. have fun. cecily: afterwards, i definitely will.t. >> cecily strong will follow the president tonight in the speaking linux. she will be the last person you hear from, the comedian this evening. the comedian is chosen by the white house correspondents association and primarily by the president of the white house correspondents association. that person is christi parsons of the tribune company. she talked about what she looked for. >> everybody gives you your opinion, but that is one responsibility traditionally that falls to the white house correspondent association president. i have been thinking about it for a long time. last two presidents were kind enough to let me watch their process and see how that played out. i am sure that i wanted to do. the chicago tribune is where i have worked for 25 years. i still work for tribune publishing. i just like midwestern humor. she is a funny, nice girl who says very cutting things in such a heartland kind of way. wait a minute, she kind of sliced me up there. i think that is going to be a c

cecily: i did.d of speed reading it because i want those real last him him too. >> how are you prepared for tomorrow night? cecily: i do not know that i am prepared mentally, but i have a great group of writers that i working with here with me now. we had a couple meetings where we sort of talked about what we want to write, and some ideas of what we wanted to hit. then we had a few joke reads and because we had this two week hiatus on the show, i have been in atlanta and l.a. so there has been a lot of back-and-forth, me doing edits, them doing edits it has been a daily thing. >> are these "saturday night live" writers? cecily: they are, and one is from fallon. >> did you put this group together? cecily: yes. >> why did you think, let me get this group together? cecily: i knew i wanted to work with them and they were a big part of seth's. he had such a good show so why not use his people. i was nervous they would not say yes but lauren asked some people and they are more likely to say yes to lauren

. >> back to cecily. you saw her making her way across the green screen. >> i was rushing over here to get to the green wall to talk about the weather tonight because this has the potential to be a serious situation. storm tracker six live double scan showing that there's a cold front moving out of the ohio valley. we have warm air surging up from the south. the clash of those two air masses could cause severe weather. we have tornado watches poster for the bulk of our viewing area until 10 o'clock. severe thunderstorm watches down to the south. atlanta also under a tornado watch. so, zooming in all the activity will come from the south and the west. washington, d.c. there are a few scattered thunderstorms but if you look at roanoke virginia there is a line of some thunderstorms out ahead of it you see the orange. those are the severe thunderstorm warnings and we did have some reds over north carolina. >>> those are the tornadoes warnings. so, as this system gets closer to us we'll likely see more activit

sue cecily, the skeptic, and dr. doblin the believer, started their crusade in 2009. >> they really want two different kinds. >> their goal -- to investigate this simple but profoundly important question. could marijuana help save veterans like shawn kiernan? >> the veterans are saying they want an activating strain for the morning and they want a sedating strain at night. >> problem is they first applied to the government for approval in 2010 and were rejected. then again in 2012, but were delayed for years by government bureaucracy. >> that was extremely demoralizing to me. it was just frustrating. >> i can understand some concerns about inefficiency and cumbersomeness. >> for marijuana, three agencies are involved in making sure they're available to get the marijuana and able to conduct the trial. >> he's talking about the food and drug administration, the drug enforcement administration, and the national institute on drug abuse. if you're a privately-funded study, you have to get the approval of the united states

cecily, i gladly welcome you to this podium. [applause] cecily: ok. it feels right to have a woman following president, doesn't it? good evening. i am cecily strong. you may know me from saturday night live or as the ethnically ambiguous girl from every college or sure. i am sort of a mash-up from all of the people in hillary clinton's announcement video. i am also the first straight 20 years.host this in so, we finally made it, straight people. heterosexuals my that,? just because i am a woman does not mean i'm going to go easy on you people. i am going to go easy on you people because my brain is smaller. [laughter] i feel very lucky to be her. proved thathost speaking at this dinner is an amazing opportunity that can take you from starring on a show in nbc all the way to starring in that same show, but i took amtrak here. it was way more luxury us and i thought. do you know they have massage seats available? all you have to do is said in front of joe biden. his hands do not get tired, somehow. i hope everyone enjoyed dinner. pizza, but they heard a

good evening, i am cecily strong. you may know me from "saturday night live," or as the ethnically ambiguous girl from every college brochure. i am a mash-up of all the people in hillary's announcement video. [laughter] i'm also the first straight woman to host this in 20 years so, we finally made it, straight people. where my heterosexuals at, huh? [laughter] i do need to say something. just because i am a woman doesn't mean i'm going to go easy. i'm going to go easy on you people because my brain is smaller. [laughter] i feel very lucky to be here. last year's host, joel mchale, proves that speaking at this dinner is an amazing opportunity that can take you from starring on a show on nbc all the way to starring on that same show, but on yahoo! [laughter] i took amtrak here. it was way more luxurious than i thought. did you know they have massage seats available? all you have to do is sit in front of joe biden. those hands don't get tired, somehow. i hope everybody enjoyed dinner. we tried to get memories pizza to ca

meteorologist cecily tynan is at the "action news" big board tonight and cecily was tracking developments and collecting storm chaser video, cecily. >> preliminary investigation shows that this tornado that struck the community of fairfax dale 80 miles west of chicago is ef 4 tornado. second most powerful category. they stayed on ground 50 miles and didn't hop around and winds 180 to 200 miles an hour and path estimated half mile wide. video of it very dramatic. this is what is known as a wedge tornado. the width of it is just as wide as it is tall and with winds like this you really cannot escape the path of the tornado. you can actually tople it over semis as you see there and it can also tople over airplanes and this community only 150 people and damage today shows that about 25% of this town was flattened and when you have winds like that you can not actually escape in a building. winds like that will really demolish even well made buildings so you have to get underground to escape a tornado like that and unfortunately two people were not able to do that and were killed. i want to sho

we'll get the latest from cecily.facing terrorism charges after allegedly trying to travel to syria. >>> delaware state police officers pay tribute to a man who has helped guide them through their toughest assignments. >> first we are continuing to track those strong storms that could potentially bring severe thunderstorms, strong winds even hail to our area tonight. >> in fact most of our region is under a tornado watch until 10 o'clock this evening. >> that's right. taking a live look right now through a sky 6hd camera atop temple university. the dark clouds are rolling in from the right making their way into center city philadelphia. >> let's head over to meteorologist cecily tynan who is in for adam joseph tonight with the latest from double scan radar. >> hi, rick and monica. we have that tornado watch posted until 10 o'clock for the bulk of our viewing area except for the counties that border the coast where temperatures are quite a bit cooler and this means that conditions are favorable for severe storms that c

meteorologist cecily tynan with the holiday weekend accuweather forecast when we come right back. stay with us. i may be a pizza maker but i know a few things about dessert. like chocolate and more chocolate. introducing our new double chocolate chip brownie. it's a rich and decadent brownie served warm, for only $6. better ingredients. better pizza. papajohns.com >> meteorologist cecily tynan is here now with a closer look at that week. very busy weekend for a lot of folks. >> yeah, holiday weekend passover, easter. it's a messy start but it will improve as we head through the weekend. >> the rain will pass over is that what you're saying. >> it will tonight. making a joke. >> i meant to. >> storm tracker six live double scan showing that we do have some scattered showers around and we did have a batch of some heavier downpours move just off the coast of cape may about 10 minutes ago. and let's go live on the temple university sky six camera and you can see the low clouds really just cutting off the tops of the center city skyline. it's been that way all day long. association the

cecily strong just spoke.ghts from president obama tonight. >> i am determined to make the most of every moment i have left. after the midterm elections my advisers asked me, mr. president, do you have a bucket list? and i said, well, i have something that rhymes with bucket list. [ laughter and applause ] take executive action on immigration. bucket. [ laughter and applause ] new climate regulations. bucket. it's the right thing to do. [ laughter ] and my new attitude is paying off. look at my cuba policy. the castro brothers are here tonight. welcome to america, amigos, que pasa? what? it's the castros from texas? oh. hi, jauquin, hi, julio. anyway, being president is never easy. i still have to fix a broken immigration system, issue veto threats, negotiate with iran, all while finding time to pray five times a day. [ laughter and applause ] and it is no wonder that people keep pointing out how the presidency has aged me. i look so old john boehner's already invited netanyahu to speak at my funeral. meanwhil

this year "saturday night live's" cecily strong takes that podium.told me she's all too aware of the challenges. >> i've heard all of these things, which made it so much more appealing. and you have to follow the funniest president. so it's -- i guess those are things i have to not think about. >> since the 1940s, the white house correspondents dinner has featured hosts from bob hope to stephen colbert. >> he believes the same thing wednesday that he believed on monday. no matter what happened tuesday. >> i remember when that was live and just being blown away and just thinking he's so amazing, and so brave. look what comedy can do. >> events can change. this man's beliefs never will. >> cecily strong will be only the fourth female comedienne to step behind that podium. >> it doesn't feel like a huge deal to me. it's i think a really nice testament to where everything stands right now. i think a lot of it has to do with tina and amy being out there so much. it's very accepted. it's nice that it doesn't feel like a big heavy thing for me. >> and we'll

cecily tynan standing by with some pretty good news cecily. >> it certainly s the weekend will be beautifultracker six live double scan showing the showers from this morning have left the region but we do have a few pockets of some light shower activity popping up in chester county right now. these are air mass showers. they really just evolve out of the fact that we have an unstable air mass. you can see one right now near chatham, route 41, another one south of oxford. this is heading towards delaware and we will see a few spotty showers this evening but most of the region will be rain free. as far as the rain this morning, calling for a tenth of an tinge a third of an inch. philadelphia .15 millville .32 and atlantic city just under a quarter inch of rain this morning. now temperatures are definitely mild. 74 degrees another day in the 70's. fourth day this week with temperatures in the 70's, also on the muggy side. in wilmington 73, allentown 71 millville 73. and along the beaches with this wind out of the south off the ocean quite a bit cooler. satellite6 showing we're seeing some brea

i'll have details on that in the accuweather forecast, jim. >> all right, cecily. when breaking news or weather happens in your neighborhoods join the action. become part of the "action news" team by e-mailing your photographs and videos to join the action at 6abc.com or use the #6abc action on social media. >>> pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane will now have to explain why she fired prosecutor james barker. today a montgomery county judge ordered kane to show that the firing didn't violate his order not to retaliate against witnesses in the grand jury leak investigation. the hearing has been set for april 27th. in a statement released kane's office said the move was aimed at efficiency and tighter controls. >>> one day you spend $82 million to buy the revel casino in atlantic city, the next day or almost the next day, you're paying thousands of dollars in daily fines because the massive building has lost its power. that's the world of glen straub. live in atlantic city tonight is "action news" reporter john rawlins and john, straub had to see this coming

. >>> cecily tynan is here with more from accuweather. >> the line of strong winds the gusts that rolled through earlier has now pushed off the coast and i had a lot of people sending me felt owes on facebook and twitter of large trees toppled over, that is because of gusts pulling down the winds and the actual cold front brings us the change in our temperatures will move through by about 6:00, the wind gusts at philadelphia 71 miles per hour, nearly hurricane force winds, category one is 75 miles per hour winds. allentown reporting a 55 miles per hour wind gust. double scan live showing the heaviest downpours and the strongest gusts have moved away, and philadelphia we had one downpour moving up and down the i-95 corridor and notice no lightning strikes, no thunderstorms just heavy showers and they continue to push up to the north and east as the cold front moves through, a change, this morning temperatures in the 70s and we drop down to 60 degrees but the cool air is to the west and northwest where the temperatures are in the 30s and 40s, we'll talk about a big cool down and what it wi

cecily winning a foot race here. want to make sure we got that in the air. >> my daughter too won the quarter mile i just watched them. >> great story. >> what a fantastic weekend. >> it was. >> if you go to get the rain it's not during the weekend it's a monday. >> that's true. >> might as well go to work. >> might as well. >> stormtracker 6 double scan we're dry here. leading edge of the rain right now working through baltimore and all of that will be pushing up to the norm and east tonight. so the action cam earlier today though taking a look at the ben franklin bridge along the delaware and we did see the high, thin clouds and they have been thickening through the day and not as nearly as warm as yesterday, yesterday's high 81. still relatively mild. almanac showing this morning low 5. 45 the normal low. afternoon high 67. two above normal. it felt cooler than yesterday. satellite 6 along with action radar showing clouds thickening though and here's the leading edge of rain. once the rain moves in, it's going to

, cecily, we should make it clear, that the fact, just because the same system is heading our way that mean we will be tornado alley come tomorrow. >> that is exactly right, jim. we're getting a piece of the storm system and it will be wakening heading east. live double scan showing what we're track ago this cold front that spawned 16 reported tornadoes today, that is over illinois. that system will be tracking east. but low pressure with most of the energy will be missing up to the north. in the meantime ahead of the cold front we have a warm front. that will come with some showers, and some fog and once it lifts off to the north, you will feel a big change in the air mass. the right now we have wind out of the north east. 41 degrees. that is how it will be tomorrow morning when kid head to school, when you head to work. you will still want a winter coat in the morning. once that warm front lifts to the north by lunchtime we will get wind out of the south. currently temperatures are in the 70's. they will hit 80's in midwest today. so we will likely be 30 degrees warmer tomorrow, then

meteorologist cecily tynan will be along later with the details in the full accu weather forecast. >>> this backyard calamity is getting national attention tonight but the homeowners would give anything just to make it all go away. this is the the extraordinary sight of florence township, new jersey and a the owners of the two homes have been ordered to clear out. live from the big board tonight, "action news" reporter sharrie williams with the story sharrie. >> reporter: jim, the owner of the two homes indeed were ordered to leave their homes today because of what officials are calling imminent concern. that concern of course, is that the homes could slide into the delaware river. well, take a look at what exactly the area we're talking about here. the homes are right back here. meantime the river itself is running here. so this is where the concern is where the homes could slide. but we're being told that they have to leave their home behind was heart breaking for these homeowners. >> i don't have word for that. i just don't. this is our home. we have put a lot of effort into it. i

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and mill cecily tynan. the details this evening. hi cecily. >> hi, sarah what a weekend it was yesterday 81 degrees. little taste ofmer and the wavrmest day since last 17 cooled off a lot 67. that's two degrees above normal. now the warm will change in very gig one. durnl scan live showing there's a con phlegm storm system headed our way. first things we're dealing with is warm front in the overnight hours and this will bring us some heavy rain right in time for morning commute. then we'll gets break in the action around midday. then tomorrow even, it's what a cold front will roll through and this has been triggering some tornado watches for the deep south. so that's a property at that point could come with stormy weather. main problem tomorrow morning is though the pockets of heavy raib. morning rush for forecast. allow mrentstive extra time. hev yes downpours could pause what's ahead after heavy rain for morning rush? i'm tracking potential for strong storms tomorrow evening and late in week and temperatures are taking a never div

hi cecily. >> hi sharrie. our weather will warm up slightly this weekend but don't let the sunshine fool you. it is chilly out here. currently in philadelphia the temperature 57 degrees. allentown 54. wilmington 55. millville 56 and trenton 54 degrees along the beaches sea isle city the boardwalk in atlantic city answers also 53. temperatures running about 10 degrees below average. feeling even colder when you factor in this, wind gusts up 228 miles per hour in philadelphia. we had peak wind gusts earlier today of 37 miles per hour. 33 miles per hour in wilmington. and 26 miles per hour in trenton. the reason why we have a wind tunnel effect. low pressure up over northern new england, high pressure over the tennessee valley. that's really funneling the winds right over us. that high pressure will ease over us tonight. so, what this means our winds will ease but with clear skies, temperatures are going to tumble. so our entire viewing area is either under a freeze warning in the aqua or frost advisory in the li

plus cecily tynan is back with the accuweather forecast. i already like the weekend when we come right back. >>> the postal worker accused of landing a gyro copter on the capitol was charged and released. doug hughes was sent home to house arrest. hughes said he only wanted to deliver letters to congress detailing his concerns about corruption in politics he is charged with violating national defense air space and operating an unregistered aircraft. >>> marines got an unexpected beach break in california, they were flying when their helicopter had a mechanical problem and the pilots were forced to make an emergency land and the problem turned out to be an oil leak and it was fixed but the helicopter was able to fly back to the base, fortunately nobody was hurt. >> the delaware port authority agreed to a loan to keep the battleship open to tourists. now they will help the home port alliance get a better financing deal and the loan must be paid off in the next ten-years. >>> doctors now have more information about hormone replacement them and

and cecily is in for adam tonight. hey, cecily. >> hi, rick. weather certainly won't be disappointing this weekend. we are live on sky six. take a look at cape may where morning showers have broken for afternoon sunshine. i'll have details on what to expect for your weekend an wet start to the work week in the full accuweather 7-day forecast. >> all right. as long as the weekend's good. monday is monday. we'll have those stories and more when "action news" comes right back. we can deal with a little rain. >> just bring an umbrella. well, sir. after some serious consideration i'd like to put in my 15-year notice. you're quitting!? technically retiring, sir. with a little help from my state farm agent i plan to retire in 15 years. wow! you're totally blindsiding me here. who's gonna manage your accounts? this is a devastating blow i was not prepared for. well, i'm gonna finish packing my things. 15 years will really sneak up on you. jennifer with do your exit interview and adam made you a cake. red velvet. oh, thank you. i made this. take charge

i'm cecily strong.night live" or as the ethnically ambiguous girl from every college brochure. i'm sort of a mash-up of all the people in hillary clinton's announcement video. i'm also the first straight woman to host this in 20 years so we finally made it, straight people. where my heterosexuals at? no, i do need to say something here. just because i'm a woman doesn't mean i'm going to go easy on you people. i'm going to go easy on you people because my brain is smaller. [ laughter ] i feel very lucky to be here. last year's host joel mchale proves that speaking at this dinner is an amazing opportunity that can take you from stein in a show on nbc all the way to starring in that same show but on yahoo! [ laughter ] i took amtrak here. it was way more luxurious than i thought. did you know that they have massage seats available on those trains? all you need to do is sit in front of joe biden. those hands don't get tired somehow. i hope everyone enjoyed dinner. we tried to get memory's pizza to cater but

that may be part of cecily strong's part.he's not a stand up comedian, per se, but it will be interesting to see how she approaches this situation. i think she will hopefully and i think her name recognition is not as high as some guests to use this humor at the outset. >> she's very dry and dead pan, too. some msnbc talent of interviewed her about her pending assignment tonight and one of them said hillary clinton. she said, just didn't see it. never knew she was going to run. what can i tell you. she's just got a little gesture, very tiney. >> you have to wonder about the zingers. the president is really good at throwing those. do you remember the donald trump zinger? i think we have a clip of that. if you didn't see it here it is. >> all kidding aside, we all know b about your credentials and experience. for example, seriously, just recently, in an episode of celebrity apprentice at the steak house, the men's cooking team did not impress the judges from omaha steaks. and there was a lot of blame to go around but you, mr. t

foresails cecily tynan ducis rodgers the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us at 11:00. >>> on this monday night, the police arrest the severed spine, the suspect does not survive. tonight, the new video. police just now saying force was not used. many now asking what happened in that police van? >>> also breaking the deadly storms moving east. tornado threats up tonight. the lightning, hail and straight-line winds already carving a deadly path. >>> the major arrests across america tonight. six suspects two different states. the one person allegedly recruiting them all. >>> the finish. the remarkable moment in boston today that left so many of us speechless. >>> and, let's make a deal. the giant lines at target today. tonight, the customers now selling some of that merchandise for up to six times as much on ebay.

rick. >> all right cecily we'll check back in later. thank you. >>> we invite you to stay updated on the forecast by going to 6abc.com/weather. you'll find live storm tracker six radar scans from across the region and get visual updates from our live sky six cameras. >> the field is getting more crowded in the race for the white house. hillary clinton of course hit the campaign trail today as another republican hopeful threw his hat into the ring. abc news correspondent karen travers following the latest developments for us from washington. >> reporter: good evening, monica. today marco rubio the senator from florida is expected to become the third republican contender to make it official. rubio will announce his campaign for the white house at an event tonight in miami. and hillary clinton is making her way from new york to iowa just a few moments ago we learned she made a stop today she stopped for lunch in ohio at a chipotle, another sign of how different this campaign might be than the one in 2008. the race for the white house is he

meteorologist cecily tynan is here and looking tots forecast. as warm as we'd hoped but the storms didn't come either. >> that's the flip side. when you don't have the warm air you can't get the severe weather, so something actually good a lot of kids having proms tonight and their moms were posting my facebook page about the storms, didn't want them to ruin the hair so the good news is we are live at the philadelphia international airport, we have lots of clouds an low cloud deck. there are delays thanks to the clouds but no storms out there. storm tracker six double scan very quiet. there's a possibility we could see a few pop-up thundershowers generally to the south where we have the warmer air but temperatures showing just the strength of that cold air mass. 55 degrees in philadelphia despite the fact that the winds have shifted out of the south. it's just too little too late. allentown 51, dover though, made it up to 65 degrees and temperatures are in the 80's down across parts of virginia and wide are view on double scan showing that has t

hi, cecily. >> hi, sharrie and rick. the good news is we'll clear this all out in time for easter weekend. it's just tonight that we have to worry about it. storm tracker six live double scan showing scattered areas of showers. kept county in delaware one of those days when we've been seeing on and off showers pretty much all day long. it has been warm, though, with the winds generally out of the southwest temperatures again in the 60's, made it into the 60's yesterday with the sunshine, today clouds and showers, 62 degrees in philadelphia. allentown 65. dover 67. but just like yesterday with these winds off the ocean the ocean temperature 43 degrees along the beaches, a lot cooler, temperatures there stuck in the 40's. double scan live showing the bigger picture the low pressure is near kentucky and this has some severe weather associated with it. tornado watches for parts of kentucky tennessee. yesterday 10 reports of tornadoes. that low pressure will move up to our north and west and it will swing a cold front our way

. >> meteorologist, cecily tynan is outside enjoying this afternoon. >> outside is the place to be today. i don't think i want to go inside because it is just gorgeous second day in a row we hit 70 in philadelphia the third time this week, while it's 70 in philadelphia, 70 in reading and 67 in allentown and trenton. notice along the shore just like yesterday, with winds off the ocean, the ocean temperature is chilly only 49 degrees, that has a big impact on temperatures and temperatures on the beaches only in the low 50s. we still have a few more hours to enjoy this day so the playground forecast showing a mixture of sun and high thin clouds and mild at 5:00, 68 degrees, by 7:00, 68 degrees. get out and join the weather this evening because things change tomorrow and even overnight tonight, satellite 6 along with action radar showing this protective dome of high pressure that is what is keeping the clouds and showers over western pennsylvania at bay but that high pressure is working to the east tonight, and i'm tracking a round of showers tomorrow and the good news is the weekend will be

i'm cecily strong.night live" or as the ethnically ambiguous girl from every college brochure. i'm kind of a mash-up of all of the people in the hillary clinton announcement video. i'm also the first straight woman to host this in 20 years, so we finally made it, straight people. where are my heterosexuals at? huh? now, i do need to say something here. just because i'm a woman doesn't mean i'm going to go easy on you people. i'm going to go easy on you people because my brain is smaller. i feel very lucky to be here. last year's host joel mchale, proved that speaking at this dinner is an amazing opportunity that can take you from starring in a show on nbc all the way to starring in that same show but on yahoo. i took amtrak here. it was way more luxurious than i thought. did you know that they have massage seats available on those trains? all you need to do is sit in front of joe biden. those hands don't get tired, somehow. i hope everyone enjoyed dinner. we tried to get pizza to cater the event, but th

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we have a cold front coming through with wet weather, meteorologist, cecily tynan has the latest from double scan radar. >> double scan is dealing with showers and keeping the umbrellas close the next two days, you may want to find the winter coats there is a cold front over us now, a back door cold front down from a current high of 69 being a little bit humid today the winds are out of the northeast, areas to the north temperatures are in the 40s but that is where we will drop tonight and that is where we are staying over the next few days future tracker showing 8:00 tomorrow morning, occasional showers with winds out of the northeast, temperatures in the 40s, and they may actually drop a little bit in time for the morning commute, i'll have more details and when we climb out this have damp, cool pattern in the accuweather forecast. >> you can keep up with the on and off showers by checking in with 6abc.com/weather and find the hour by hour forecast along with the accuweather forecast seven-day forecast and the latest video reports from our team of meteorologists. >>> last night at 1

saturday and saturday we could experience something we haven't yet so far this year. >> thank you cecily. >>> former new england patriots star aaron hernandez will spend the rest of his life in prison for murder he was found guilty for the murder of odin lloyd back in 2013, lloyd was shot several times in the middle of the night in an industrial park near hernandez's massachusetts's home. this comes automatically with an appeal to the highest court. you'll hear from the jury coming up tonight on world news with david muir. >>> back here tractor trailer philadelphia fire and police departments went before city council to present their annual budgets and the police department is in need of more funding to meet recommendations and keep up with crime fighting technology vernon odom is live outside of city hall with more tonight on that. >> reporter: good evening rick, it could take three years or more to fully outfit philadelphia's 6,000 plus police officers with the body cameras. crime is enormous. police brass went through the budget hearing. commissioner ramsey wants 5% more from city hal

>> well, i think it's a little bit surprising just because cecily strong doesn't have a background inomedy. we were talking about that earlier but it's really exciting to see a woman hosting, especially at a moment that we might have a woman who is president of the united states in the future. so i just think it's a moment of progress for women, and it's proof again that women can be funny. i mean, a lot of times there are click pieces that say women can't be funny or feminists aren't funny and i think and hope that cecily can prove that that's just a lie. >> sure. john, is it surprising there haven't been more female hosts to you? >> no. >> end of conversation. >> well, this is america we're talking about here, and, i mean you know is it surprising that women get paid $77 on the dollar? i'm surprised that there isn't more outrage among the press corps over this. i'm surprised the press corps has been embarrassed only two women have done it since miss boozeler in the clinton's early years. i want to be shocked by sexism but, no i'm not. it's a sad commentary yadda, yadda, yadda. there

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also, cecily strong looks great tonight. now, i don't want you to take any of this as an endorsement for hillary clinton because i would never blindly indorse a character i don't play on "snl." but hillary clinton has her work cut out for her. her democrat challengers are a who's who of who's that. jim webb, lincoln chasy, peter wilk. those last two were characters from the adventures of huckleberry fin, but you didn't even notice, did you? how about that. and let's not forget martin o'malley. i don't have anything to add. that's just his actual campaign slogan. let's not forget martin o'mal y o'malley. lincoln chavy is thinking about entering the president. that's like watching a dog look for his dead owner. like oh, he doesn't know. a lot of people thought elizabeth warren to run for president, but many think she's too idelistach. but look at president obama, a lot of people thought the same thing about him, and he didn't end up doing any of that stuff. now, the republican field is idealogically diverse, including people l

cecily. >> widespread freeze wrarngz posted tonight including parts of our region i'll have the latest near record colts setsling in. >> an action news hidden camera investigate uncovered in a case of shocking greed investigative reporter wendy saltzman joins us with the story. >> do you ever wonder what happens to the food you donate. we went undercover and cameras were rolling as paid employee at one local charity stopped with a truck full of canned food and other supplies. see what happens when we catch him red handd ducis rogers shows up and if the phillies can salvage one against the mar lips. that and more when "action news" continues tonight cox cast will abandon its bid to buy time warper cable. several reports say it's because of resistance from government regulators worried about one mega company controlling so much of the cable and internet market. philadelphia-based comcast is currently building a second, even taller skyscraper at 18 and arch center city 4,000 workers and made deals to buy language diagonally to that site 19 and arch. there is spec tlaition may be for third

cecily. >> i'm tracking temperatures near record low and later in the weekend tracking showers for part of the viewing area. all the details in the accuweather forecast. >> health reporter and registered nurse alley gore man is here tonight with eye opening report. >> jim, there's no question many of us are spending more time looking at digital screen from smart phones to tablets, video games and computers. we know it can cause eye strain in short term but can it affect vision in the future. i'll have the latest research and what an expert says coming up. >> and diet pepsi is switching its formula. ducis rodgers brings us a taught game between the phillies and braves when "action news" continues tonight. tought >> in baltimore anthony bets acknowledged today freddie gray should have received medical attention at the spot where he was areceipted. gray died last sunday after suffering critical injury to his spine. he was nut a van in shackles and not buckled in. it's possible he suffered what is called a rough ride where police hit the brakes and take sharp turns for purpose of injuring a

with ducis rogers, cecily tynan and jim gardner. are looking live at philly is baltimore that is the name of the demonstration that attracted well over 500 people to center city philadelphia people are expressing support for freddie gray, a man that died in the custody of baltimore police. and they are speaking out about police brutality. we are expecting them to leave this current location of dillworth park, the big story on "action news" tonight is philadelphians gathering to express support in baltimore. "action news" reporter sara bloomquist is live at city hall, lets go first to reporter dann cuellar, who is among the crowd since this began. what is going on right now? >> reporter: jim, they are hearing a number of speakers, a crowd gathered on the northwest corner of city hall and they are denouncing police brutality and showing solidarity for balt

>> i got to speak to cecily strong, right after she did her performance. we'll have a little bit of that at the end of "meet the press" as well. and you can just feel the relief she had. one of the things you've got to understand about that room the washington crowd is very judgmental. then you throw in the inebriation factor and it becomes sort of extra-judgmental. then if you're cecily strong you don't -- you have to follow the president. and the president's funny whether he's funny or not, because everybody, you know, is going to say theth president was funny, but he was funny. you had luthor doing the anger translation of the president. but i thought she held her own. i thought there was some funny stuff in there. and what i was impressed with was just how cool as a cucumber she was. >> on that inebriation factor chuck, you were probably one of the few people there who had to get up this morning, right? >> it is. and i'll tell you, that dinner with water is shall we say, a different experience than a dinner without water. >> chuck todd with "meet the p

cecily. >> the only problem with the weekend will be pollen with all the sunshine. >>> it's going to be high. i. tracking a tale of two seasons followed by a soaking rain. i'll explain in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> and power play. jaime apody with the flyers dumping their head coach. "action news" continues in just a moment >> the literal power struggle at the revel in atlantic city has taken another turn tonight as a federal judge is banning the new owner from hooking up electric lines. last week the utility planter cut off all service and so glen straub brought in backup generators but today's temporary restraining order prohibits him from attaching those generators to the utility plant's equipment inside the revel. atlantic city has been fining straub $5,000 every day the revelry mains in -- revel remains in the dark. >> allentown mayor ed pawlowski announced today he's running he'll face for the right to face pat toomey in the fall. using the backdrop of construction activity in allentown, pawlowski said his experience as mayor is needed in the senate. >> i think what peo

meteorologist cecily tynan is also enjoying the conditions outdoors. we love this cecily. >> i went for a hike with my family and dogs and a lot of people were doing the same. one of those days you want to get outside. today is the first time we had 60 degree weather with sunshine the three previous times we had a lot of clouds and showers, but a good amount of sunshine today with winds out of the south 65 degrees, the same in new york city 72 in washington d.c. and if you look to the west though pittsburgh, 58 degrees quite a bid cooler and that is because there are showers on the western half of pennsylvania and a few beginning to move in lancaster county, and that comes with the warmer air that is moving in and tomorrow is warmer than today. however, a wider view showing there say cold front moving across the ohio valley then is causing severe weather in kentucky and that front will slowly be pushing to the east. tomorrow the focus on the severe weather will remain in the tennessee valley with the possibility of damaging winds and hail, closer to ho