chad wasn't exactly sure. he turned to his friend jason. >> and i was thinking, "well, maybe i could go back and one of us could go and make a phone call. and one of us could go back and help." but jason is like, "no, going back would be a terrible idea." and, you know, he said, "we need to go and call 911." >> reporter: remember, their cabin didn't have a telephone... so kerri got dressed, and then she and chad and their friend drove the winding road down the mountain toward the main highway, perhaps nine miles down, hunting for a spot with cell phone reception. >> we had to drive clear down about three-quarters of the way down to where i normally get reception and i called out. and i'd gotten through. and right as, you know, i was talking to a lady, the call dropped. and then i had to drive down a little bit farther. and we were able to make a call out there. >> hello. how can i help you? >> yes, i need to report a shooting? >> a shooting? >> yes. of course, you know, dispatch is like, "well, what's your add

chad needs to get it over and done with. chad is having economic problems.he drop in the oil price means that chad is running out of cash. they need a delivery. whether it end up that chad hands jonathan goodluck his election victory on a plate, because they defeat the islamists on behalf of him remains to be seen and whether the nigerian people believe that it was nigeria or chad that defeated boko haram, or if boko haram was defeated it's a lot to be divided. >> thank you for your insights. thank you for joining us. >>> israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu has released a statement that appears to rule out the possibility of a 2-state solution with the palestinians. in a statement released by binyamin netanyahu's likud party he says that israel will not concede territory for the creation of any palestinian state due to the counter climate in the middle east. he has been seeking support of hard liners ahead of elections last week, following a rally in which tens of thousands turned out to greet the prime minister. with more details imtiaz tyab in west

news hour i'm darren jordan from the news center in doha and the top stories, join boko haram and chadd troops into nigeria. what chance of a ceasefire in aleppo and residents of the syrian city voice decent of the u.n. plan. >> staffan de mistura wanted to free the fighting in the providence and now it's the city and now it's limited to the district we want to tell staffan de mistura to reject it and reject his initiative. >> reporter: students protest in myanmar against a new law that is stifling academic freedoms. >> reporter: with the sport as a new report uses cycling governing body of allowing the doping culture to flourish is all talk and little action. ♪ welcome to the program, it started as one country's fight against an armed group but now chad and niger have joined the battle against boko haram and 200 military vehicles seen crossing the border to nigeria joining the boko haram fighters in the northeast of the country and includes attacks from both the ground and air and it's the first major push into nigerian territory and we have more from the nigerian capitol abuja. >> th

we'll see they have attacked cameroon chad, as well as niger. other strategic reason of course is economic. much of the trade and africa's biggest economy has been stifled by years of boko haram activity. so there is little flow of goods and services from nine year i can't in to these three -- nigh year i can't in no these three countries. >> over the weekend we saw boko haram pledge allegiance to isil specifically asking for foreign fighters to go to nigeria and fight with boko haram. do you think that is urging not only nigeria but all the making states to really ramp up the pressure boko haram? >> reporter: a lot of them are really concerned that probably isil or fighters affiliated with isil will do to nigeria and join bocaboko haram in its fight and expansion in to territories i don't understand nigeria. i spoke to a government official a short while ago and said as a nigh areanigerian he is worried and the government is worried that boko haram may try to gain the support of isil in its fight. but he's confident that the military the region

this iger and chad launch a ground and air offensive in northeastern nigeria. i am jonah hull.ive from london. also coming up: three people are killed in another attack on a u.n. base in mali. we report from the trenches of eastern ukraine where gunfire and shelling continue to puncture the seats fire. plus a world first test of solar power. high lots try to fly around the plan aetna plane propelled only by the sun. chad and 9 ear have launched a ground and air offensive against boko haram fighters in northeastern nigeria. local media, reporting that a convoy of more than 200 vehicles is headed towards the nigerian border, the offensive comes after the au, the african union endorsed the creation of a regional force of up to 10,000 people to join the fight against boko haram. they pledged allegiance to the islamic state of iraq in the lee vant. nick sheeve iran joins me from karno from northeastern nigh year i can't. i appreciate you are not on the front line but you are not far from it. what do you hear or see about this new offensei? >> jonah, we have been traveling in that re

♪ >>> niger and chad announce a joint offensive.t comes as the group pledges aleakingance to isil. i am darin jordan in doha. on thephram program, three are killed in mali. a court in russia rules three suspects in the killing of boris nemtsov be kept in custody. the mystery of mh-370. we look at the first complete report which reveals why a low indicator beacon wasn't working. niger and chad have announced a joint ground offensive against boko haram in nigeria after deadly attacks in maiduguri and it follows the pledge of allegiance to is ill via an audio message posted online. live from the nigerian capital, what more could you tell us about this new offensive announced by joint forces from niger and chad? >> this is a step forward by my year i can't's neighbors remember since earlier this year forces from chad cameroon and niger have been taking part in efforts to liberate some of the villages seized by boko haram in the needed of the country. these troops especially the chadian troops have contributed immensely alongside those o

so far the troops from this chad niger have taken back 30 towns and villages. basically, niger and chad have a lot of interest in what is going on in nigeria because of two things, one, there is as lot of trade between these countries and nigeria and lots items they get from nigeria is coming from the border states on the front line. also there is that fear of the fight by boko haram being extended into these countries. we've seen how boko haram over the last one month or so ever made in roads affecting passes. both countries are actually afraid that this fight could spread way way into their own countries and if nigeria couldn't deal with this problem over a period of five or six years, what resources do they have to deal with the problem considering the land mass they have. >> you've seen a number of nigeria's neighbors contribute troops to fight boko haram niger and chad making the announcement today. despite the regional effort and some successes, boko haram attacks are still continuing. >> absolutely. this is because boko haram has been allowed or they wer

from cameroon niger and chad has forced fighters from their basis. it has taken back many towns and villages from the fighters. they still face resistance from boko haram. now, the group has stepped up its attacks on soft target did like mascots and bus stations and this is causing a lot of concern among nigh yearians who have witnessed such bombings before nigh. abuja, nigeria. >> in the past boko haram was thought to have lashings with. they may set a differentfy tone for the fight in the region since is isil and al-qaeda have been fighting. they are well trained militarily and encourage attacks against western targets. they are partially funded in areas they control. the two groups are different in the way they conduct themselves on social media. is isil carries out a massive recruiting campaign through some 50,000 twitter accounts. world's attention >> boko haram is phrasing it. this tells me even is isil one of the most extremist jihadist organizations have used boko haram as a liability. my take now if you ask me whether i will bakr al bagdahdi

>> regional neighbors fightback chad and cameroon send soldiers into nigeria. >>> and is there a chance for a cease-fire in aleppo. >>> and i wanted to free the fighting in aleppo province, then it was just the city. now it's limited to the district. we reject him as an u.n. leader and we reject his initiative. >> students protest in myanmar against a new law that they say is stifling academic freedom. >> it started as one country's fight against an armed group now they've joined in the battle against boko haram and they've already pushed the armed group out from the border. it was after chad and my year's campaign that include attacks from both the ground and the united forces retaking the town of captured by boko haram fighters in november. we have the latest from the nigerian border. >> reporter: they have agreed that the town of damasak has been arrested from boko haram control. troops from chad and my niger went into the area and arrested control of the down of damasak. they're continue to go other areas as we speak. sources say that the battle between the two sides have been fierc

soldiers from niger and chad have joined the fight against boko haram in nigeria. recaptured the town of damasak. crossing the border into borno state on saturday. this is latest offensive inside nigeria. on friday the african union introived theapproved the force of nations. the joint force has made great progress so far. bring us up to date on the latest fighting. >> absolutely a lot of progress has been achieved by troops from chad niger also the nigerian army is claiming victory over boko haram from a lot of areas. attacking boko haram positions. so the latest offensive against boko haram by chad and niger is a good report. at least within the nigerian border so they can launch a major offensive against the group. it was thought to be a major nigerian problem until boko haram started expressing its ideas into cameroon, establishing base he there. of recent last month and early this month we have seen how boko haram fighters attacked positions inside chad. >> has that given fight against them more impetus? is there fear that boko haram could gain more support be

for chad, niner and cameroon defeating boko haram is crucial.ars of violence has cut off much of trade between them and africa's biggest economy. there is also fear if the group if left unchecked will expand its area of control and become a bigger threat to the entire region. nigeria has not been able to crush boca ham rah for the last five years now says it has the military hardware for a military victory. >> our government has taken the steps long enough to insure that the equipment arrive at this moment. it arrived late. but at the time it did take the decision was still the -- facing facing. [ inaudible ]. the the approach we have the equipment at this time. >> reporter: the military asked for clear the northeast of boko haram fighters for elections to be held. but the offensive against boko haram has forced the group to resort to the old tactic of suicide bombing. over the weekend attacks killed more than 50 and injured another 100. the group's leader has also pledged allegiance to isil and this is causing serious concern in the region, esp

i'm live in north philadelphia, chad pradelli, channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you, chad. >>> in fact, hundreds of thousands of people have been following the developments in this case on the "action news" facebook feed. it has the latest updates and video clips about the shooting and about officer wilson. just go tow facebook.com/6abc "action news." if you like the page you can get updates on your feed. >>> many people in the area spent the morning digging out from the heaviest round of snow we've seen this winter. in phoenixville drivers whose cars were buried had their work cut out for them. first came the shovels and then the scrapers. plow drivers spent their day clearing out clogged roadways. fortunately this time the sun was on their side. >>> shovels got a workout today in mount holly burlington county. folks we spoke with didn't mind the snow actually. the temperatures well below freezing that really bothered them and for that, they are ready for warmer weather ahead. >>> and it was a similar scene in delaware today. people were out early

operations by chad and niger is underway against the group. they are on thattive to push the fighters into a corner ahead of the expected final onslaught this month. so far, more than 30 towns and villages have been liberated from the fighters since chad and niger joined efforts by nigerian troops to fight the group. >> defeating boko haram is crucial. it has cut off much of trade between them. there is also the fear that the group if left unchecked will expand its area of control and become a bigger threat to the entire region. >> if nigerian troops want, say they are now in a position to crush the group. >> there is a real changing beginning. we are taking liberty of the game changers and led by the president himself. we have been taking the liberty of new equipment, one of which you see behind me there. it was a defensive operation but now we are on the offensive. >> the military had in february asked for six weeks to clear the northeast of boko haram to pave way for election, but the coordinated offensive against boko haram has forced the

♪ attacking boko haram chad launch a joint offensive against the armed group in nigeria. ♪ hello, i'mren jordan and welcome to the news center in doha and dozens killed in syria as coalition jets hit an i.s.i.l. controlled refinery. fighting for academic freedom, students in myanmar protest about new education laws. and taking a path to new heights, a plane powered only by the sun flies off around the world. ♪ nigeria's neighboring allies launched a joint offensive against boko haram in the northeast of the country and chad campaigns includes attacks on the ground and air and the first major push into nigerian territory and more from the nigerian capitol abuja. >> reporter: the fight against boko haram has taken a new urgency is underway and the objective is to put them in a corner this month. so far 30 towns and villages have been liberated from them since chad efforts joined the troops to fight the group. for chad and cameroon defeating boko haram is crucial and there is also a fear the group if left unchecked will expand its area of control and be a bigger threat to the entire regi

came and said chad's done.e go into the backroom and he's in the wheelchair and chad's just crying and it was hard not to laugh at him. >> this stuff wears off quickly, but you'll feel a little funny for a couple hours. >> i already feel funny. >> you're numb right now. >> it's just the sound of his voice. i saw him sitting in the wheelchair and he was crying, but he was smiling and kind of laughing kind of like he didn't know why he was crying. and i just started laughing already because just his face and his eyes were just so different. >> you want me to drive? >> no driving. you will not be driving for the next couple days. so everything -- >> but i like driving. >> you'd be a drunk driver out there. >> i don't even -- >> no, probably not. good thing we're recording it. >> chad is wheeled out to the car, half sobbing, half laughing, and totally philosophical. >> okay. you just sit back and relax. >> everything's so clear. but i just like can't think straight. i don't know how they did it. like, i was just in

niger and chad's military vehicles into burn know state on saturday. this is the latest offensive by neighboring countries inside nigeria. on saturday the african union agreed to a force of 8,000 troops with contingents from cameroon and benin. >> for nigeria's neighbors the fight against boko haram has taken a new urgency operation from chad and niger in the group is underway. the objective is to push the fighters into a corner against the expected final onslaught. so far more than 30 towns and villages have been liberated from the fighters. five years of violence has kept affected africa's biggest economy. and there is also a fear that if the group left unchecked will become a bigger threat in the entire region. they have tried to crush boko haram in the last five years now say they're in position to do so. >> there is a real change. we've taken the liberty of the game changer. we've been taking the liberty of new equipment, one of which you see right behind me there and this was a defensive operation. >> the military in february asked for six weeks

ground troops from niger and chad began operations this morning. air strikes started last night. chief executive was on the ground in nigeria, where boko haram is based. >> what we see is a culmination of a month of talks between nigeria and niger, and nigeria and chad. this is around the lake chad area and cameroon, badly hit by boko haram over the last few years. in the last few months it's worse. boko haram fighters have basically erased the border if some areas and go across and what we see now is a rob oft chadian military and from niger, they are trained to deal with this, going in at the same time as nigeria military is pushing. >> boko haram has been blamed for four suicide bombs killing 54 people wounding 143 and pledging allegiance to i.s.i.l. is that a response particularly in response to what has happened recently. >> there's no real connection between boko haram and i.s.i.l. i spoke to some of the officials responsible for training boko haram: the fear is that boko haram will reach out to groups such as i.s.i.l., such is al qaeda, to operate in northern africa, for w

chad afned and niger first major push into the country. mohamed idris reports. >> for neighbors the fight against boko haram has taken on a new urgency. the objective is to push the enemy into the corner. more than 30 towns and villages have been liberated. for niger chad and cameroon, defeating boko haram is crucial. five years of fighting has cut off trade against he them from the africa's biggest economy bigger threat to the entire region. in nigerian troops wanted to crush boko haram in the last five years say they are now in a position to do so. >> we are now adequately equipped. we have taken delivery of the game-changers. and from the president himself. we have been taking delivery of new equipment one of which what you have seen right behind me right there. and we are planning to defeat boko haram. before this level it was a defensive operation but now we are on the offensive. >> the military had in february asked for six weeks to clear the northeast of boko haram. to pave way for elections. but according to the offensive against b

-- actually, i don't even know if it was chad or tom.ut between the two, we learned the crash site, that plane may have been going as fast as 400 miles per hour. and that sounds just extraordinary to me. does that sound like that to you or not? >> no, that's actually not even the typical speed, probably be cruising at a speed in excess of that. so 400 miles an hour on that rapid of a descent means it was a controlled descent. and i'm sure les has had to descend over the time faster than that. so 400 miles an hour does not sound particularly alarming to me at all. >> but i would imagine, les, that the obliteration of this plane -- and i'm now quoting from the president of the region in france who has described this as an obliterate, translated from something he said dislocation, but effectively obliteration of this plane makes sense when it hit. >> with my background, that's a high air speed impact event which means that airplane impacted terrain at a pretty high speed. >> another confusing aspect that chad just showed us is it seemed to

between nigeria and niger and nigeria and chad.ke chad area along with cameroon that has been so badly hit by boko haram over the last few years but over the last few months it has gotten much worse. boko haram fighters have basically erased the borders and easily go across into niger and chad and cameroon and what we see now is a very robust chaddian military and a military from niger being trained to deal with this really trying to go in at the same time as nigerian military is pushing itself. >> boko haram has been blaimentd forblamedfor four suicide bombings, pledging their allegiance to i.s.i.l. do they think it's a response from boko haram based osh on what this multinational group has been able to do recently? >> many people feel there's no real connection between boko haram and i.s.i.l. it's official, says there's no evidence of any link between boko haram and i.s.i.l. but the fear is that boko haram will reach out to groups such as i.s.i.l, such as al qaeda who operate in northern africa for weapons for training in fact ev

for chad and niger, defeating boko haram is crucial. five years of violence it is africa's biggest economy. there's the fear that the group, will expand on area of control and become a bigger threat to the entire region. nigeria, which was unable to clush boko haram says it now has hardware for a military victory. our government has ensured that the equipment arrived. by the time it did, we are facing more challenges vut of the approach we -- as a result of the approach we have the equipment. >> the military asked for six weeks to clear the way for boko haram fighters. the offensive against boko haram, forced the group to resort to old tactics of suicide bombing, over the weekend attacks killed more than 50, and injured 100. the group's leader pledged allegiance to i.s.i.l. and this is causing serious concern in the region especially in nigeria. >> this was a peaceful country. to that extent. yes, to the extent that my country is taken over by a group of people the nature that we are talking about, i am not worried. >> many want a quick

chad. >> reporter: lower merion high school started two hours late. that was the norm in the area. this sidewalk is in good shape it's wet but cleared by the homeowner. you go down here, that sidewalk was not, it was much worlds earlier this morning. it is beginning to melt, this morning it was a big mess out here. the sounds of breaking ice echoed through the streets this morning. sidewalks had to be cleared cars cleaned after mother nature's a moos -- most recent ice storm. >> i've been out here for an hour now. >> we have a ton of ice on the being on the corner. >> you need a good strong shovel it's a landscaper shovel fog edging. >> reporter: many schools opened late today if at all by 9:00 a.m., most of the main roads were in good shape but some of the side roads remain slick in spots. sidewalks, however were another matter. many had more than an inch of ice, late this morning forcing some students to walk on the roads in dangerous conditions. >> feeling nervous navigating the street. >> i'm a senior, i've been doing this for four years. >> the sun is coming out and it's turni

announced its recapture from boko haram, and it's a combination of several groups like troops from chadore political will inside of nigeria, new weapons by the nigerian military, but also definitely a presence of foreign mercenaries that is helping nigeria as a whole turn the tide against boko haram. >> do you get the impression these mercenaries have come in fairly recently? >> reporter: there have certainly been talk of mercenaries for longer than that three, four five month. there was video released about five months ago that seemed to show one of these mercenaries. so these mercenaries have arrived, it seems at the same time as the election was delayed. also has new weapons arrive and bilateral agreements were made so all four armies could fight along or across the borders, so all of this has come together in the last few months. and we are seeing very such success against boko haram whether it's because of the south african or other mercenaries fighting at night, or a combination of all of that. regardless, the fight is definitely a very different one from the last few months and c

they are very much above table when it comes to nigeria and chad, nigeria and niger.here are centers where nigerian officials, niger officials, and chad officials are all sitting in the same room actually working on this effort making sure that yes, chadian soldiers will come into nigeria. soldiers from niger will come into nigeria. and nigerian soldiers will cross the border the other way. certainly in the last few months the african union has pushed for this very hard the countries themselves have pushed for this hard western groups are training on the ground these soldiers, so there is a lot of coordination when it comes to that. the other question is is the nighian military fixing the problem that lead to boko haram, a shortage of weapons, and the lowering of morale a lot of people tell me that hasn't necessarily happened yet, and that's why we are seeing nigeria rely -- or at least use these foreign mercenaries. >> thank you. >>> iraqi forces have made significant claims it is being claimed in the offensive against isil. the army is saying it is confident the vic

chad: our first season in 2012, we had thirteen guests. second season, we had pretty exponential growth and had 500 guests. the third season, which was just last year now, we had nearly 1500 guests. and i'm overwhelmed to say that this season we're on track for closer to 6000 or 7000 guests. so i think your description of a boom is exactly right. reporter: abisko is an isolated village in the cold vastness of lapland, with a steady population of just 654. the tourist station used to be only open during the summer -- but not in winter, the main season for the northern lights. the manager of the 300-bed lodging is more than satisfied with the year-round bookings. helena: it started with a japanese man who read on the internet that this is the best place anywhere on earth to see the aurora. so he flew direct from tokyo to rovaniemi, took the train to kiruna, and came on up here. everything was closed -- we never used to open in winter. and so the idea was born that we could develop the business. reporter: john lee and his wife jennifer hoh co

enter, once again, chad, jill's ex-husband.ack, jill said something strange when discussing supervised visits with their three children. >> she told me that vern may not be around that much longer to be supervising visits. and i said, "well, why would you think that?" and she told me then that, "well, you know, he makes a lot of enemies. and he's going to end up making the wrong kind of enemies." >> reporter: all of this eventually landed jill in the sheriff's office herself. >> is it okay if we talk about this? >> well, i would rather have a lawyer. >> i understand. >> just because it's such a delicate situation. i need a professional. >> i understand. >> i'm not trying to not, you know, cooperate. >> i don't take that personally. i do understand that, but i do need you to know you are under arrest for attempted murder. >> reporter: relief? satisfaction? >> satisfaction. >> huge satisfaction. >> reporter: you saw jill as being sort of -- what, a pawn of daniel's? >> i think they used each other. >> reporter: no question she wa

chad you are at the penndot yard. and now they have to change because of the pending conditions. >> they will attack these two storms differently, it's nasty with the freezing rain and they'll attack this storm with salt, you can see this truck being loaded this is one of the last ones to go out this evening and they'll have more tonight, penndot has 300 trucks on the roadways, that includes the entire state fleet and some contractors, they are hitting the road with salt and coming later, they use more brining before the storm and then also apply the salt in that one. but i talked to drivers it's a long two days and a long winter penndot had 20 weather related events sin the beginning of the year. >> have you to be vigilant and keep an eye on the roads and keep putting the salt down especially when they call for the freezing rain and sleet. >> penndot drivers they have advise for drivers out there. give them distance and if you can stay off the roads and it's dangerous for the drivers as well. when it gets icy for us

i'm live in southwest philadelphia, chad pradelli, channel6 "action news." >> thank you chad. >>> the family of a south jersey man killed in a police-involved shooting has filed a lawsuit. dash cam video captured the fatal shooting following a traffic stop in bridgeton on december 30th. the officers say they ordered jerome reed not to move. they fired as he exited the vehicle. reed's family said he would unarmed and had his hands in plane view. they are calling for state and federal investigations and $1 million in damages. >>> police are desperately trying to track down the gunman who murdered 51-year-old james stuhlman last night while he walked his dog in his overbrook neighborhood. "action news" reporter wendy saltzman is live in the 6400 block of woodcrest with new information tonight. wendy. >> reporter: jim flowers have been laid here at the spot where stumhlman was found dead. police are describing this crime as a mystery placing fear in neighbors saying they don't know if this was a random shooting or a targeted crime. >> i just can't believe now this is too close to home. i

let's go live to villanova and "action news" reporter chad pradelli.chad. >> reporter: jim, times are good here at november v the weather is warming, the school year is coming to an end and yes, villanova is back in the ncaa tournament. now, talking with students, talking with alumni they really like this team and many people are predicting the kentucky wildcats to win it all but don't tell those here. >> we're excited definitely had a lot of people talking about it around campus. i think everyone is happy. >> we're so excited. we have a great basketball team. we've been really supportive the entire time and we're just really happy that they've gotten everything they deserve 'cause they definitely deserve this. >> reporter: nova nation is feeling pretty good these days, a spectacular season that ended in a big east title and a number one seed in the tournament has fans students and alumni pumped. >> i think we can go really far. definitely have a lot of potential going into it. last few years were kind of a disappointment and i guess we're seeing that

for niger chad and cameroon defeating boko haram is crucial.e years of violence has cut off much of trade against between in africa's biggest economy. the group if left up checked there is fear the group will be big become a bigger threat to the entire ying un. they say they are now in a position to fight them. >> we are now adequately he equipment. that is a real change. we have taken the liberty of the game changers and as promised by the force and a letter by the president himself. we have been taking the liberty of new equipment. one of which is what you are seeing right behind me there and we have. [ inaudible ] against boko haram. before the arrival of this weapon, it was a defensive operation, now we are on the offensive. >> reporter: the military had in february asked for six weeks to clear the northeast of boko haram to pave way for elections. but the coordinated offensive against boko haram has forced the group to result to the old tactic of suicide bombing. over the weekend attacks in cities blamed on the group killed more than 50 an

chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> chad, thank you. >>> a man will spend life behind bars after being convicted of killing another man over a pair of expensive head phones today was the second time that garcia faced his fate in court his previous sentencing hearing was delayed when he and a deputy sheriff got into an altercation. >>> turning now to accuweather. a big difference a day can make out side. outdoors, sky 6 hd showing you the philadelphia international airport this morning incoming flights were delayed more than an hour and now two hours because of the fog the faa is reporting the delays because of a warm-up bringing rain along with it. meteorologist, david murphy is outdoors with more. >> low ceiling across the northeast still and philadelphia is not the only airport delaying air traffic coming in if you have plans to fly or meet someone at the airport a good idea to check it out. you need an umbrella right now in philadelphia no heavy coat necessary but stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the showers that are popping through off and on during the morning hours,

chad miller is accused of sending pornography over the internet and having inappropriate contact with a 14-year-old girl. stephen tschida reports the investigation may not end there. stephen: chad miller has been active in the girl scouts for many years, and one of the victims is from his alleged -- one of his alleged victim is from his troop. the investigation was sparked by a 14-year-old girl telling her parents that her girl scout leader, chad miller, e-mailed her a link to a child born website. >> there was an appropriate contact. stephen: neighbors are stunned and troubled. >> they would not let her go into the house. she said that her dad was staying in a hotel. she was sad for her dad. stephen: miller and his wife led the young girl scout troop. their daughter is in foster care while miller and his wife left after bonding out of jail. investigators in spotsylvania county believe there may be more victims here. they also believe that miller could be linked with a prior case in fairfax county as well. stephen tschida, abc 7 news. leon: a police investigation into a an alleged gan

chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> chad thank you. >>> traffic is moving again on the ben franklin bridge following a morning full of headaches here, it was all caused by a truck that overturned off the bridge last night. it was carrying a load of kiwi fruit when it crashed on the vine street expressway, they had to remove every piece of fruit by hand, all westbound bridge traffic was being diverted at 5 and street this moning and all lanes reopened at 11:00 a.m. >>> three students are in custody after a large fight at the atlantic city high school police arrived on the scene at 11:30 this morning, it's unclear how many students were involved and no serious injuries were reported. a school security guard may have suffered a medical issue when he responded to the fight. >>> students teachers and staff return to paulsboro high school this morning one day after noxious fumes sickened people. they were there this morning testing the air and the hallways and classrooms. several people went to the hospital yesterday and fumes leaking from the nearby refinery made them sick. some students

i'm chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you chad. >>> westchester university put students on alert after two attacks in off campus neighborhoods last week income each case the victim was approached by two or three men and they demanded money and cell phones the victims were roughed up but not seriously hurt, the man accused of hitting and killing a pennsylvania turnpike employee will go on trial. jenson was driving a tractor trailer in june and he drove into the right lane that was closed for construction and jenson struck and killed 61-year-old william mcwiggin and a second worker was also hurt. >>> the bankruptcy judge will reconsider the sale of revel to glen straub the judge ruled earlier she did not have jurisdiction to approve the sale. now they are told to treat the $82 million proposal as a new sale request. it will have objections from former tenants and creditors. >>> and coming up the snow has taken its toll on the roads and that means problems with the trash cleanup. >>> well, it was yet another chilly but dry day i'm tracking a surge of warmer air on the way t

i'm chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> our coverage of the story continues on our website, there you will find photos and video of the scene as the hostage situation unfolded. we have the latest on the situation at 6abc.com. >>> in other news a deadly scene at a home in lower moreland township two bodies were found there late this afternoon and police are trying to figure out who they are and what happened. "action news" reporter kenneth moton is live at the scene with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: rick, we just got an update moments ago and we are learning some truly disturbing circumstances surrounding the discovery of the two bodies, we learned that a juvenile found the bodies and it appears that the bodies were mutilated with a chainsaw. i'll take you down this country lane and officers are keeping watch of the home where the bodies were found it's located down this road in this quiet community. >> there are only a few hours on this road, and police surrounded this one where the bodies of two people were found inside. montgomery county investiga

>> on the offensive against boko haram forces from chad and niger take back two towns. hello there i'm barbara serra. you're watching al jazeera live from london. influential cleric muqtada al sadr. greece's proposals to end tax evasion and stop spending good enough for its creditors? european finance ministers meet. timing right apple unveils its new smart watch. hello there thank you for joining us. boko haram's grip on territory close to nigeria's border with niger has ended after a military campaign against the group retook two key towns. fighters from the group have it recently pledged allegiance to islamic state of iraq and the levant but ahmed idris is in the area. >> for chad and niger defeating boko haram is crucial. it is the fear that if the group left unchecked will expand its area of control and be a larger threat. for the past 5 years it now has the hardware for a military victory. >> our people have the equipment to make sure of the vic victory. we now have the equipment as i said. >> the military asked in february for six weeks to clear the northeast of

so far the town sent in by chad and before then they succeeded in reaching back boko haram. by some charity. i remember earlier operations by cameroon as well from their own side of the border and they were working in collaboration why nigeria forces. boko haram gradually is being squeezed into a tight spot. and now to tell us how the nigerian security services have been doing, and what are they doing in terms of reclaiming that territory is according to international information center, he is here to tell us what the nigerian forces have been able to achieve, now we have victories by chad, niger and cameroon. >> essentially, nigerian armed forces had fighting against insurgency in that area. coupled with enhanced culpability, and support, we are able to you know, manage and degrade the site. >> people are asking why has it taken this long for the nigerian government to deal with the situation. >> it is not on the shelf for the picking. the government of nigeria is aware of this. it went for it. it took time. some of the assets needed to be configured. others to obtain them.

chad, we've been talking about the weather today. we don't know why this md-80 skidded off the runway at laguardia. we do know the weather today has been awful and so many flights, more than 2,000 canceled today. >> the reason why the rear gear appears to be down is because the nose, john is into the berm and into the fence, so pushing the nose up, making it appear like the rear of the plane is down. the rear gear, the main gear is deployed, has deployed. as we're starting to get colder and colder, we're worried about this for roadways, thinking nothing about the airports itself. it has been raining all night. it was wet, it was 34. then it got to 32 and started to snow. now it's down to 24 and still snowing. all that snow, all that water, all that slush is freezing now on the roadways, on the bridges and certainly there on the tarmac. i've been looking at twitter and other pictures from all of our local affiliates. it appears that the nose did hit a dirt berm at the end of the runway, pushed itself up into the fence and that's why t

we are fighting hafta forces and the former regime behind all these groups, niger chad, egypt, chad and the e.u. supporting them. >> misrata paid a heavy price to the revolution when it stood up against gadhafi. it is the backbone of the down alliance. since they pointed guns at each other last year, this city has lost 350 men. officials here are not ready to compromise, because for them, they are fighting the enemies of their revolution. >> olive miles is a former british ambassador to libya and the libyan british business council, he joins us live from oxford in the u.k. i was just wondering picking up on the thought that came from zeina's report there the allegations of outside involvement in the fight in libya, how true are those allegations involving the nations that were mentioned and if so, how much of an impact are they actually having? >> it's very difficult to answer that. the accusations are made by both sides. the tobruk you government accused turkey and qatar of financing their opponents the tripoli government accused egypt and the u.a.e. and they may be right. i don't thin

chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> we are right with you my friend. thank you chad. you saw the mess in delaware lets get a check of the roads around the region, matt pellman is live in the traffic center keeping his eyes on the slow going out there. >> not me personally. >> you were on point. >> yes absolutely right on the roads they are an absolute mess, and you do not want to head out if you don't have to. it's a mess out there we don't really see a lot of blacktop on these roadways this is 422 westbound side approaching 29 a couple of vehicles involved in an doesn't and it looked like one was missing a wheel and police and penndot are on the scene taking out the left lane and traffic is moving slowly. if you are trying to get to 422, you'll pass this poor guy this dump truck down in the ditch the ramps especially are treacherous this guy ran off the ramp before the roads that bad at 10:00 this morning and they have not pulled him out yet. this is the scene along the pennsylvania turn ping, all lanes are shut down in the westbound direction from valley forge to do

. >> we have much more coverage ahead throughout the night tonight and chad pradelli is talking with the private snowplow drivers who are seeing extra business thanks to this next storm and david henry is talking to crews in new jersey to see how they are getting ready and the "action news" morning team is getting ready they are on earlier than usual join the team at 4:00 a.m. for the latest on weather and traffic and conditions across the region. >> when you see breaking news or severe weather, join the action and email your pictures to join the action@6abc.com or use the #~ 6 abc action. and don't forget the 6 abc storm tracker app has you covered during the storm. you'll get alerts for severe weather watches and warnings, it's a free download for your mobile device. >>> still ahead "action news" continues today mcdonald's makes a big decision about its food why it's making a major change to its chicken. >> and the head of the philadelphia school district lays out his vision for the future of education in the city. we'll break down his plan. >>> and the council meeting got heated a

we are live in newcastle, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you chad. >>> in hatboro, montgomery county, you can barely see the road because of the falling snow. you can see a little pavement coming through but snow made for a slippery morning, you can tell how much has fall and by how much is stacked up on the cars. in south philadelphia towing crews were out clearing snow emergency routes this morning the action cam found at least two cars getting towed away and looking at the street can you see it's fairly clear with just a minimal amount of slush on the city roads at that point. >> let's look at the garden state now nora muchanic is live in trenton with the latest on conditions there. hi again nora. >> reporter: hi rick and sara, we are at the trenton transit center the snow is falling and has been falling all morning, i want to zoom in here and give you an idea how much snow we are getting as the folks come off the light rail, the machines there we have at least 3 or 4 inches piling up there now, we see more people coming on the light rail but it was been deserted

chad we are learning new information about the suspect and we are not releasing his name because he has not yet been formerly charged this was a good guy that is apparently dealing with mental health issues, the suspect was shot after being terminated from a fire company they tell "action news" that the suspect is a great guy, and never saw the hostage situation coming family came to the scene after seeing reports on the tv. >> raised up and said that is the place my son works at. >> he served in the army and his superiors tell me he worked there for about a year but was recently terminated, why they wouldn't say. >> he was upset and crying while questioning the suspect, police say he made statements that alarmed them, and was taken to the psychiatric facility for evaluation and another hostage tells me it was a frightening ordeal and a sentiment echoed by a mother. >> it was frightening, because they said the s.w.a.t. team came in and they had suspects and stuff. we didn't know if anybody started shooting or anything. >> police tell me that an evaluation will likely take 72 hours.

i'm live in towamencin, chad pradelli, channel6 "action news." rick. >> all right, chad, thank you. >>> a philadelphia jury today awarded more than $38 million to the families of two women killed by a coworker at the old kraft food plant in northeast philadelphia. happened in september of 2010 when yvonne hiller carried a .357 magnum into the factory and shot two women. hiller had been arguing with. the lawsuit targeted u.s. securities the firm that provided guards for the plant. testimony showed the unarmed security guards failed to warn employees that hiller had a gun. she's now serving life in prison without parole. >>> 11 people now face felony charges for what investigators call an elaborate auto insurance fraud scheme. delaware county d.a. jack whelan says darby borough ought though shop owner frank wilson has been under investigation for years. he says wilson enhanced damage to vehicles and profitd from inflated claims. wilson and 10 alleged coconspirators defrauded insurance companies. >>> two victims killed in a plane crash in chester co

chad, macquarie capital analyst on gaming.o watch more of our interview and learn more about macau, watch "titans at the table: the rise of macau" on bloomberg.com. in the race of the white house candidates can and will -- candidates can alienate a lot of people. should it be your wife's employer? heinz and kraft merge, is it a good deal? ♪ betty: i want to get back to bringing you some of the most important stories you need to know about. you are looking at live pictures of angela merkel, you can see francois hollande and spanish prime minister mariano rajoy. all three of them, angela merkel in the middle. making comments and visiting the crash site the airbus a320 germanwings flight that went down yesterday. one flight recorder has been recovered. it is badly damaged. the investigators believe they will be able to get some data out of that but we are searching for the other black box. we will keep monitoring that site and the news coming out of it. joining me for more is bloomberg's alex sherman and lisa abramowicz as we cou

i'm going to move in and bring in meteorologist chad myers. chad will tell us about the flight path of this plane, what the terrain is like. take it away chad. >> carol, it appears that it is a strange flight path gone to the east and turning to the left. when you draw the straight line people expect planes to fly in straight lines. that's the flight path today, that was the flight path yesterday. that's how this flight gets to dusseldorf. what's curious to me this morning is that the plane appeared to start descending. i won't say losing power, no imaginations here. the plane began to descend right there, right there where that purple stons, but just 32 miles away is an 11,000 foot airport. this plane kind for another 102 miles before it finally stopped transmitting data. go there. we know that it crashed. the plane was going up and up and up. went to 38,000 feet. all of a sudden right there what they've been calling all day a controlled descent down here. calling it a controlled descent because the speed stayed the same. if the speed really