erin o'hearn is live in the satellite center. she's got a preview. ning, erinism good morning, tam. a long time in the making. the report from the va inspector general is expected to reveal some disturbing conclusions after a sweeping investigation into allegations of shoddy recordkeeping poor working conditions and manipulation of benefit claims from the germantown office. congressional staffers have been briefed on the report but are not authorized to discuss it. after intense scrutiny va officials say the officers has addressed the deficiencies cited by internal investigators and a congressional committee has scheduled a hearing next week probing the allegations at the facility. the report was initially expected last fall but was delayed because employees continued to bring new complaints to investigators. at a congressional hearing last month, a deputy inspector said compared to other facilities the alleged problems in philadelphia were "very bad." again the report is expected to be released today around 2:00 p.m. so stay with 6abc and 6abc.com fo

erin o'hearn is live in the satellite center. she's got the very latest. ning erin inch good morning, tam. tragic news to report this morning. officials tell us that the 58-year-old man who perished in the fire lived alone in his plumstead township home. officials also say this was an extremely complicated blaze to fight and they did not find the body of that 58-year-old man until several hours after they arrived on the scene. now, point pleasant firefighters initially responded to the home on the 6600 block of point pleasant pike shortly before 8:00 p.m. yesterday when firefighters arrived on the scene, there was heavy fire coming from the second floor and the back of the home. a short time later crews had to evacuate because of the deteriorating conditions. when it was safer for crews to go inside they searched for nearly four hours in very difficult conditions before finding the man. their search was complicated by the collapse of the roof and the amount of belongings that were inside the home. >> a lot of difficulty. there was a lot of material inside t

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live in the satellite center. ning, erin. >> good morning, tam. these looming criminal charges are not a real surprise. the fbi and the justice department have been investigating menendez. menendez's ties to a financial backer and close friend for months. now, it is not exactly clear what charges menendez could face although honest services fraud misusing office for personal gain are all reportedly possibilities. both menendez and dr. solomon melgen have denied any wrongdoing. the case against menendez is being run by that the public integrity section of the justice department but if there is an indictment it would be announced by the u.s. attorney's office in new jersey. sources familiar with the case say the doj has been investigating the senator's actions before he first came to congress in 1993. in 2006 and 2012 menendez faced scrutiny over whether or not he improperly used his office to help his allies. there were also questions about menendez intervene when did you go a government agency throughout the day hi

let's heads over to erin o'hearn. she's got the latest.porter: good morning, tam. these looming criminal charges aren't really a surprise. the fbi and the justice department have been investigating menendez's ties to a close friend and financial backer for months. now, it's really unclear what specific charges he could face although honest fraud services -- honest services fraud, receiving improper gifts and misusing his office for personal gain are pockets. both menendez and dr. melgen have denied any wrongdoing. the case against menendez is being run by the public integrity section by the justice department. if there is an indictment it will be announced by the us attorney's office in new jersey. sources familiar with the case say the doj has been investigating the senator's actions before he first today imto congress in 1993. in 20006 and 2012 he faced scrutiny as to whether or not he improperly used his office. there were questions about menendez intervene when did you go a government agency ruled that his friend dr. melgen overbilled

i'm erin o'hearn, channel 6 "action news" >>> david is back with a check of the accuweather forecast. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan right now shows you that outs to the west of philadelphia, we are continuing to watch the showers build and if i go in tighter out by frederick, maryland we have a couple of recent lightning strikes and that thunderstorm is not producing a whole lot west of delaware and wilmington but it's on its way, as we look outside no sign of trouble when you look at the battleship new jersey and the delaware river a pretty picture. things are changing. pleasant enough if you want to get something done in philadelphia winds south-southwest, 24 miles per hour, blustery at times here is the change that is on the way, future tracker 6 shows you that by 2:00 or so you start to see showers and perhaps a thunderstorm popping in a northern and western suburb, and not far from allentown and by 3:30 it looks like it's in the center of the region and this is the way you see possible gusty thunderstorms, not 50-60 miles per hour gusts that a severe storm would produce but

erin o'hearn filling in for tamala edwards.nd karen. >> we're off to a cloudy and cooler start ann little damp again in some spots as that front we talked about yesterday is now in the process of pushing to our south. that's where most of our rain is this morning. we have a little string of it extending from baltimore through dover and parts of southern cape may county. still kind of gray and darn feeling to things up north but most of our rain to the south. satellite shows you how cloud cover is going to be an issue pretty much all day long. at times we'll see some of these sprinkles and showers pop through and some might come up into philadelphia in some of the northern suburbs although most of the rain today is probably down in the south and east. we see the wind coming down out of the northeast. no more do we have that mild flow from the south and temperatures have reacted. we're down to 44 degrees in philadelphia, 42 in millville 44 in trenton and honestly these numbers aren't going very far today. as we roll through the d

look who is here filling in for tam tanks it's erin o'hearn. >> how are you.rning everybody. >> good morning. sixth graders shouldn't be betting anyway. here we go storm tracker six live double scan we had a couple sprinkles pop up over south jersey. there's another batch down baltimore creeping up 95. it's not going to be a washout this morning but it is a little tamp out there and occasionally you may find yourself beneath one of these rain showers. temperatures right now in a southwest breeze 59 degrees. when it's raining it's not going to feel bad out there. even allentown up to 54. 58 trenton, 57 wilmington only 48 in sea isle city. as we roll through the day we'll probably dip to about 56 by 8 o'clock. by noon 67. 69 by 3 o'clock. that is your high. and then after that we will start to zip down by 6 o'clock we're probably at 65 degrees. and it will be damp today with some spotty showers around. we'll go over the that in more detail on future tracker six when i come back with the full forecast in a few minutes. yesterday we talked about how allergy counts

erin o'hearn is live at the big board with the latest on where things stand right now.rning. >> reporter: good morning, tam. the baseball commissioner has not made a decision as to whether or not the series will be moved out of baltimore. meanwhile we want to show you some of the shocking images coming out of the city. rioters torched a pharmacy. you can see the cvs logo right there and the smoke coming from the building. and also police cars were set on fire rioters were also seen throwing bricks at police officers. in fact, 15 officers have been injured in the riots. many baltimore residents say their hearts are aching as peaceful protests over the death of freddie gray have been replaced by rioting looting and violence towards police officers. these riots have destroyed businesses. one community center for the elderly that was still under construction was burned to the ground. last night the police commissioner confirmed the department got a credible threat that gangs were planning on attacking officers >> we had guerilla family each group intended to kill and take o

nor now we're live in the sat center erin o'hearn channel6 "action news." tam back to you. >> thank you erin. >>> a former firefighter is in custody after allegedly holding four firefighters hostage at gun point. he had been let go from the lamont firehouse in elkins park montgomery county. yesterday morning he walked into the firehouse and fired a shot into the wall to let his former coworkers know he meant business. several firefighters were able to run out but four others were not able to escape. >> i walked inside 'cause i was trying get my community service hours and then that's when all the other firefighters came out and they told me to run. >> a police swat team negotiator talked with the gunman. the suspect eventually let all of the hostages go and then surrendered. no one was hurt. "action news" is not identifying the suspect since he's not yet been charged but we know he has been transferred a psychiatric facility. >> developing right now iran and six world powers could begin drafting a new nuclear agreement sometime today. that's according to ir

for now we're live in the sat center erin o'hearn.k to you matt. >> thank you erin. >>> the empty revel is expected to have power again today or tomorrow. three portable generator trucks arrived at the shuddered atlantic city casino yesterday. new owner glen straub is in a contract dispute with the utility that pulled the plug last week. ac if fining straub $5,000 a day because a powerless building is a fire hazard. straub says he's waiting for drier weather to hook up the generators. >> 5:so much now, time to turn to dave murphy talk about what we can expect from the day. >> nice today. storm tracker six live double scan shows us the rain from yesterday is gone and as we take a look outside we may still have some lingering clouds over a lot of neighborhoods this morning but the sunshine will work its way back in during the morning hours and overall we're going for a mix of clouds and sun today. should be pretty and it should be warm. 50 degrees currently in philadelphia. most of the suburbs in the 40's. trenton is also hit 50. not a

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erin o'hearn joins us.nd traffic. >> we are off to a somewhat damp start in some neighborhoods. storm tracker six live double scan showing us that that one big shower that we have been tracking is now continuing to push east and now chester county picking up some of this but it's very light, just sprinkles light shower activity, more of the same down in new castle county delaware where it

erin o'hearn is at the big board with the full list. er security guard was sentence to do life in prison. three other got a 30 year term in the massacre of 14 unarmed iraqi civilians at a baghdad traffic sickle back in 2007. this case outraged iraqis and intensified anti-u.s. sentiment around the world. the incident also sparked a debate over the use of private contractors working for the u.s. government in war zones. >>> iraq's prime minister will visit the white house today to ask for more help to fight isis. australia said overnight that it would send troops to the region to join the fight. the pentagon says coalition forces have pushed isis out of 25 percent of its territory. >>> jodi arias sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2008 killing of her boyfriend. arias pleaded with the judge to give her the possibility of parole but was denied. prosecutors say she killed her boyfriend because he wanted to break up. >>> a nigerian woman has claimed she saw more than 50 of the -- more than 50 of the school gi

erin o'hearn joins us.id and karen are here with weather and traffic. >> we are off to a somewhat damp start in some neighborhoods. storm tracker six live double scan showing us that that one big shower that we have been tracking is now continuing to push east and now chester county picking up some of this but it's very light, just sprinkles light shower activity, more of the same down in new castle county delaware where it might be getting a little bit heavier especially where you start to see that piece of yellow and salem county also picking up some of this. we had earlier sprinkles and showers popping through as well. down the shore not so much and not so much in the lehigh valley. looks like i-95 is sort of the magnet for that rain as of right now. wider view shows that you out to the west there's lots of cloud cover and also some more scattered precipitation and that's going to be the story today. we're going to have a lot of clouds around, some sunny breaks but at times some spotty precipitation in t

erin o'hearn is live at the big board with the latest. >> reporter: good morning tam.l 8th dzhokhar tsarnaev was convicted of all charges against him. today prosecutors will try to get jurors to sentence him to death. the death penalty is something a number of his victims oppose. the richard family saying it could bring years of appeals and prolong reliving the most painful day of our lives. rebecca gregory learning to run again after losing a leg in the bombing and fell to her knees after finishing the marathon yesterday joined the chorus of victims and families who oppose the death penalty for tsarnaev. >> it's just bringing up a all of the stuff and having to relive it every single day and there's no good that can come out of that. >> reporter: a few days ago the parents of eight-year-old boy killed urged the u.s. justice department to take the death penalty off the table in exchange for a life sentence without the possibility of parole. the penalty phase is expected to last four weeks but again congratulations to rebecca who had to learn how to walk and then ran th

erin o'hearn joins us.ing this morning. >> police are looking for the gunmen in connection with a home invasion shooting in delaware. >> investigators release surveillance video capturing the moments after a woman was kidnapped from jewelers' row in philadelphia. >> accuweather is tracking a gloomy change. we are in for a raw damp chilly stretch. >> we sent david outside to deal with it a little while and left karen in here to, you know, enjoy the studio a bit longer. >> thank you. >> isn't that nice. you sent me out into some light rain and drizzle right now that's just beginning to arrive here on the terrace again. take a look at storm tracker six live double scan as not everybody is experiencing this but a big chunk of it is pushing through new castle county delaware, the top of kent county delaware in through parts of south jersey and philadelphia now back beneath some of this after an earlier bout with some light sprinkles and showers. and there you see all this stuff popping through. today does look l

erin o'hearn joins us and we join david and karen with weather and traffic.g, everybody. breezy and cool and cloudy and as you check out storm tracker six live double scan there are a few showers and sprinkles that are creeping through areas south of wilmington and south of philadelphia. atlantic city picking up some of this. cape may looks like yarr dune south of the main batch pushing off the coast. looks like chester county might get caught with some of that stuff coming in out of lancaster over the next hour. there's more precipitation moving east of pittsburgh and after the morning rush hour and before lunchtime we'll see that creeping through for an hour or two and so everybody gets a little wet from that. winds have shifted out of the southwest now out of the northeast just as we projected and that has brought in cooler air and it is breezy so bundle up with temperatures in the low to mid 40's this morning. as we roll through the day the numbers don't change very much. down to 43 by 8 o'clock. by noon up to 4513 clock that's as high as you're going get

your home and a good time to take stock of your hole's safety in this week's kids health matters, erin o'hearn has tipped to make trouble spots safer. >> home should be the place to relax and play and enjoy family time, but every year thousands of kids are hurt in accidents that could have been prevented. judith, a safety expert says the kitchen is a prime safety zone. >> use the back burners, turn the handle towards the back of the stove and use nob covers to keep curious fingers safe. >> for a child you can't get to the nob but for a parent you just squeeze and pull and can you now get to the nob. storing cleaning products down here could be handy for you but risky for little ones putting poison in easy risk, tvs are a growing hazard, the number of children hurt by falling tvs has doubled since 2009. and flat screens can be secured with straps but not on dresser, they will use the dresser drawers as a step ladder. >> gina's parents secured all the big furniture to the wall and anchor the gates to the wall too. bath time can be bonding time but adults must be on alert. >> shockingly there is

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live at the big board with that video. erin. >> reporter: and matt, that armed man was walking down a crowded public street way rifle. actually you can see him rider here. he had just stolen that rifle from wal-mart and the dash cam video was released by police in tucson and the police chief acknowledged that using a police cruiser to take down a suspect is not standard protocol but may have prevented others from getting hurt. now, we have to warn you the video we're about to show you in this segment is extremely graphic as it shows the moment of the impact. now, as we mentioned right before the incident surveillance video shows mario valencia stealing a 3030 rifle a nearby wal-mart a short time later this dash cam video shows officer dan rowan shadowing valencia as he walked down the street. at one point he actually fires the weapon he's holding. because it is a busy street police say a gun fight would have risked hurting other people and police body armor does not offer protection from this kind of rifle. here's the distu

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn fills us in with the rest live at the big board. . >> reporter: hey matt, there's an intense focus on several videos now including this one that captured the same arrest. they show the suspect being put into the back avenue police van in a high crime area. that suspect freddie gray would later die as you said of a severed spine but neither a cell phone video or video from the police cameras seems to explain exactly how he suffered that injury. now, police documents say gray was taken into custody without force or incident but then, according to police, he suffered a medical emergency. police say gray ran from police who pursued him and arrested him as the video shows at 8:39 there. just four minutes later at 8:43 when he is put into the police van he asks for an inhaler. at 8:46 the van driver says gray gets irate so the van pulls over and leg irons are put on. a medic isn't called, however until 9:24. gray is then hospitalized. seven days after his arrest, the 25-year-old was dead. an autopsy shows he suffered that spinal injury and

let's go to erin o'hearn live at the big board with all the latest details. ning erinism good morning, tam. this was an undercover police sting that spiraled out of control. the reserve deputy robert bates is charged with second degree manslaughter after he apparently reached for his taser but instead grabbed his gun. now you can see from this video eric harris running from police after he allegedly sells a gun to an under cover tulsa deputy. moments later bates fires his gun not the taser and you can hear him on camera apologizing. now an hour later harris is dead. the sheriff's department says in the heat of the moment bates made a horrible mistake not realizing he'd drawn his gun even warning his colleagues he was going to use the taser but just before he pulls the trigger of the gun. a sergeant with the tulsa police say bates was the victim of something called where in high stress situation a person and tends to the do one thing instead of something else. some experts calling that junk science. the parents of harris are speaking out demanding transparency

in this week's kids health matters, erin o'hearn introduces us to a delaware family facing quite a challenge>> patel's liver transplant started in midair returning home from india. >> he became unconscious and almost slip nood a coma, fort fatally medical professionals on the same plane stabilized him and they made an emergency landing in turkey. >> your body cannot break up the excess protein and a year later his daughter was born with mma a strict diet is the only treatment. and it was not helping joseph anymore. >> dr. elizabeth rand of childrens hospital says these days most kids bounce back well after liver transplants. >> as soon as they start growing they catch up quickly. joseph has energy all day and dr. rand says that anti-rejection regiments are better these days, instead of the dozen or more medications used in the past most kids need. >> one medication twice a day. >> and they are in a clinical trial to see which children can stop taking the anti-rejection drugs entirely. you'll see the patels around the area raising awareness about organ donation so other children can get a sec

last few years, it creates a new challenge across the country, in today's kids health matters erin o'hearn meets one of those children. >> reporter: like many college students andrew taylor changed his major a few times and has a love hate relationship with math and loves fantasy novels. >> and i like suspense novels, andrew represents a new type of college students dealing with autism, in his case, aspergers. while there is a strong network for young children support for older teens and young adults is still in the works. >> there are still such huge gaps in services and what is needed and what is available we sort of still don't know. >> ben stein of the hospital center for research present a major challenge and regardless, whether a young person is college material or headed directly to work, there is one major need. adults with autism are not getting enough life skills training. like registering to vote and taking care of their health. >> there are young autism patients that are not getting the right care. >> is he helping with others with autism navigate life. >> was on a panel discus

. >> i'm erin o'hearn. >> and i'm alicia vitarelli.y/tonight on fyi philly. >> we check out delaware's answer to the kentucky derby! >> here comes that hurdle! >> this is gonna be the place to be. >> cinco de mayo is coming >> we're getting ready with tacos and sangria. >> i can smell the fresh peaches! >> and there's a crop of new distillers brewing apple juice with a kick. >> cheers to cider. >> plus bathrooms that are spa-like retreats. >> they just want to feel like it's luxury. >> hi everybody and welcome to fyi philly. >> we are on the grounds of winterthur just outside of wilmington. >> and we've donned our derby hats for the 37th annual point to point. >> the horse race is next sunday, may 3rd. >> and about 15,000 people are expected to turn out! >> we'll tell you all about it in just a few. >> but first we're gonna talk about may 5th. >> otherwise known as ci

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn picks up our coverage at the big board. erin i think people still in shock from the images they've seen. >> reporter: parts of baltimore are a war zone. this is video showing police in riot gear trying to get protesters off the street and you can see the fires burning behind them. we also have this video its a rite-aid engulfed in flames one of several businesses that was torched. and it's one of several fires burning across baltimore. 15 officers were hurt in the riots and more than two dozen people have been arrested. now, as we mentioned the governor of maryland has declared a state of emergency and called in the national guard but there are still pockets of unrest in the city that has been overtaken by what mayor stephanie rawlings blake calls thugs. the violence started shortly after high school let out and young people began looting a local mall and liquor store. >>> i want the you to take a look at some video right here because the police commissioner referred to it in the press conference much this is a mother who co

erin o'hearn is live at the big board with the full story erin. >> reporter: matt we don't know anythingetting up early for work. an airport worker's shift started around 5:00 a.m. which is early for him and ended up with an unfortunate nap in the cargo. as an alaska airlines flight was departing. now the plane had just taken off yesterday afternoon when the sleepy employee realized what was happening. so he started banging for help and he could be heard by both the pilot and the first class passengers on flight 448. now, let's take a listen because the audio from the flight has been released and you can hear the captain calling in the incident when he realizes there is someone trapped in the cargo. >> we don't >> reporter: indeed there was a person in there. now the captain immediately returned to the seattle airport for an emergency landing. the flight was in the air for about 14 minutes. the worker was able to walk off the flight unassisted. he was however checked by medics, he was also checked at a hospital and he did pass his drug test. now the airline has not released his name. the

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live at the big board with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tam. and the city got off to a rough start late last night. officers did make some arrests when people in the streets were throwing bricks and rocks at officers. the crowd though then lessened after police deployed pepper pellets and smoke canisters. from that point on police did have the city under control. and obviously you can tell from these scenes that the night starter off unstable but the situation didn't get close to escalating to the kind of violence we saw monday night into tuesday morning. many residents volunteers and community leaders vowed to keep the peace in the city saying freddie gray, the 25-year-old whose death sparked such outrage would not want this to happen to baltimore. residents spent yesterday cleaning up the aftermath of those violent riots saying that the violence that overtook their city broke their hearts but now they are proud. the police commissioner echoed those feelings in an overnight news conference. >> majo

here is erin o'hearn with this week's health matters. >> ely's heart problems began shortly after she was born, a nagging cough was not a cold but something more serious. >> they found out she had an enlarged heart medication kept it under control until last year she needed a new heart, but there weren't any available. alley became the first at childrens hospital to get the first device called heart wear, elder people were getting these for a decade. but the first the berlin heart only got fda approval four years ago the mechanical pumps keep kids alive, but they usually get stronger. >> they sail through. >> one draw back is being intentional tethered to the power supply the whole device was in her body with a small cable to a power supply. two months later she got a new heart and two months after that, she was home doing what they loves. >> i want to start a youtube channel. >> there is need for more heart assist devices, the ones available now already revolutionize heart treatment. >>> march is gone and april is here, and bye bye snow and hello finally spling. >> we had a foot seas

erin o'hearn is live in the satellite center. she's got the very latest on this. morning, erinism good morning, tam. a sad story this morning. officials tell us that the 58-year-old man who perished in that blaze did live alone in his plumstead home and officials also tell us that this is an extremely complicated fire to fight and they did not find the body of that 58-year-old man until several hours after arriving on the scene. now, point pleasant firefighters initially responded to the home on the 6600 block of point pleasant pike shortly before 8 o'clock yesterday evening. when firefighters arrived on the scene there was heavy fire coming from the second floor and the back of the home. a short time later crews had to evacuate because of the deteriorating conditions. when it was safer for crews to go inside they searched for nearly four hours in very difficult conditions before finding the man. and their search was complicated by the collapse of the roof and the amount of belongings that were inside the home. >> a lot of difficulty. there was a lot of material i

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn has the latest live at the big board with those details.rning. >> reporter: good morning, tam. the city got off to a rough start late last night. officers did make some arrests when people in the streets started throwing bricks and rocks at officers. the crowd though, then lessened after police deployed pepper bullets and smoke canisters. from that point on police did have the city under control. now you can tell from the scenes here that the night started off unstable but the situation didn't get close to escalating to the kind of violence we saw monday night into tuesday morning. many residents volunteers and community leaders vowed to keep peace in the city saying freddie gray the 25-year-old whose death sparked such outrage would not want this to happen to his city. residents as you can see spent yesterday cleaning up the aftermath of those violent riots saying that yesterday broke their hearts and today -- or yesterday rather, they were proud at the end of the dane the police commissioner echoed those feelings in an overnight news conf

erin o'hearn will have a full report on that. storm tracker six live. there it is off to the west. look for weather and traffic updates throughout the morning. the feds are recalling 1 million bicycles because you might fall right off it due to a problem. what you need to know coming up next. ll some of those intimate tales of war, they're rarely revealed. when they are, they focus on men. we have a story, completely different. >> new details about one of the most dangerous missions in the war on terror. and it's women doing something that men could not do. diane sawyer has their story. >> reporter: out of the dark we can now see them there. the women. working alongside the best of the best. they were all the. they were short. they were from all kinds of lives. >> yes, i mean, the common denominator was athletic fierce and absolutely determined. >> reporter: she was one of the first selected. >> i remember seeing ashley get up on this pull-up bar. i think she knocked out like 20 beautiful pullups. >> reporter: facing the test of

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live for us now at the big board.ot the developing details. good morning. >> good morning, tam. the story continues to develop. baltimore is being referred to as a war zone. here are disturbing images coming out of maryland. rioters have destroyed and temped a pharmacy, police cars have been set on fire and rioters were throwing bricks at officers. in fact, 15 officers have been injured in the riots. more than two dozen people have been arrested, just a terrible scene there. as we mentioned the governor of baltimore has declared a state of emergency and called in the national guard but there are still pockets of unrest in the city that has been overtaken by what mayor stephanie rawlings blake calls thugs. the violence started shortly after high school let out yesterday and young people began looting a local mall and a liquor store. i want you to take a look at this video because the police commissioner actually referred to it in a press conference. this is a mother who confronted her son and confronted him aggressivel

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn is monitoring the situation and joins us live at the big board. reporter: hi, matt. this is how the night started out. there were clearly clashes between police and rioters. however the situation was brought under control fairly quickly and that now there's relative calm. we want to show you some positive images coming out of baltimore this morning that showed the resolve pride and unity that so many residents have demonstrated over the past 24 hours. you can see this video these are some residents that are actually cleaning up from the aftermath. there was so much damage done monday that they decided to come out, hundreds of volunteers and clean up their street after the rioters really left the streets in a state of ruins and the city did answer that call to clean up the city. now, this was a heartwarming image. it shows a little boy handling out bottled water to officers lined up on the street much and this man, if we can switch to that video was using his own body to block rioters from hurting police. he said don't give them a reason. we want y

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live with the video and the details. >> reporter: this armed manking down a crowded public street way rifle. actually you can see him in this still of the video here. now, apparently he had just stolen a rifle from wal-mart. the dash cam video was released by police in tucson and the police chief acknowledged that using a police cruiser to take down a suspect is not standard protocol. but it was safer in this situation. now, we have to warn you the video that you are about to see in this segment is very graphic as it shows the moment of impact. now, right before the incident surveillance video shows mario valencia had just stolen a 3030 rifle from a nearby wal-mart. short time later dash cam video shows officer dan rowan shadowing valencia as he walked down the street. at one point valencia fires the weapon. there are so many people around him as he walks down a street a gun fight would risk hurting other people and police body armor doesn't protect them from that kind of weapon. that car comes up, another officer and decides that bullets wouldn't

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live at the big board with the latest. >> reporter: matt therean intense focus on several videos including this one now capturing the same arrest. they show the suspect being put into the back avenue police van in a high crime area and that suspect freddie gray would later die and as you said matt of a severed spine but either a cell phone video or video from the police cameras seems to explain how he suffered that injury. now police documents say gray was taken into custody without force or incidents but then according to police he suffered a medical emergency. police say gray ran from police who pursued him and arrested him as the video shows at 8:39 here. just four minutes later at 8:43 is when he's put into the police van and asks for an inhaler. at 8:46 the van driver says gray gets irate. the van pulls over and leg irons are put on. a medic isn't called until 9:24. now gray is then hospitalized and seven days later after his arrest the 25-year-old was dead. an autopsy shows he suffered that spinal injury and the family's attorney is claimin

erin o'hearn joins us. we'll cheer you up. >> we'll try. all right. so, we are looking at a few showers but hey only down in parts of the region. most of are you dry right now. if you're down in cape may county southern cumberland county southern atlantic county you got a little shower popping through. dover about to pick up another one. this one might try to glide up more north toward northern cumberland county and perhaps catching salem county and there's a couple of much lighter sprinkles up by 95. generally speaking most of our rain is to the south this morning. after the rush hour we'll get this cluster of precipitation coming through for about 90 minutes. the rest of the afternoon is gray and maybe a little spite. it is on the cool side. 44 degrees in philadelphia right now, 44 in wilmington, 44 in allentown. about 15 degrees cooler than it was this time yesterday so we are definitely in the pocket of that cool air that accuweather promised. 44 degrees right now on the way to school or the office. then 43 degrees by 8 o'clock. by noon, 45 and no

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn is at the big board with more on the drone dad. >> reporter: all of a sudden i feel like a very relaxed parent, matt. most of us have heard of helicopter parenting. let's call this drone parenting, except we're not being metaphorical. this tennessee father has literally become a hovering dad thanks to his love of technology and his adorable eight-year-old daughter. chris early is a self described tech junkie who owns a production company. he's also father to katie who asked him to walk to school on her own a few weeks ago. of course katie didn't want her father to watch her but let's say his creative parental instincts kicked in. he used the drone to take video of her on her way to school. some may say he's being too protective but chris says it's all in fun and of course a great way to make sure katie is safe. >> i was like, oh, wow. he didn't tell me then and so i was pretty david. >> it was just kind of a thing just to kind of keep an eye on just to make sure she was looking both ways, let her know that daddy is always watching. >> early says he

erin o'hearn is live at the big board with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning tam. on april 8th dzhokhar tsarnaev was convicted of all 30 charges against him. today prosecutors will begin their effort to convince jurors to sentence him to death. but a death sentence is something a grow number of his victims oppose. in fact, patrick downs and his wife jessica who each lost a leg told the boston globe "we must overcome the impulse for vengeance." the richard family saying it could bring years of appeals and prolong reliving the most painful dave our lives and rebecca gregory learned to run again after losing a leg in the bombing and fell to her knees after finishing marathon join the course of victims who wander the death penalty off the table. >> it's just bringing up all of this stuff and having to relive it every single day and there's no good that can come out of that. >> reporter: a few days ago the parents of an eight-year-old boy killed urged the u.s. justice department to in fact take the death penalty off the table in exchange for a life sentence without the

erin o'hearn is monitoring the situation and joins us live at the big board. >> reporter: this is howght started out. there were clearly clashes between police and rioters. the situation was brought under control fairly quickly and now there is relative calm in the city. we want to show you some of the positive images coming out of baltimore this morning that show resolve, pride and unity that so many residents have demonstrated over the past 24 hours. now, this is a man who was standing outside a local store blocking looters from coming inside. and you can see the paddle he's holding right there actually says peace on it. and if we go to this image right here, this video it shows volunteers cleaning up the day after rioters left the street in ruins saying last night that they were proud of how residents in the city answered the call to get the city back up and running. now, this was a heartwarming image a little boy handing out bottled water to officers lined up on the street. and this -- and also this man was using his own body to block rioters from provoking police. he was heard sa

let's go to the big board to erin o'hearn. she's got the latest.d morning. >> reporter: good morning, tam. the city got off to a rough start late last night. officers did make some arrests when people in the streets were throwing bricks and rocks at officers. the crowd, though, then lessened after police deployed pep pell pellets and smoke canisters. from that point on police did have the city under control. now you can tell from these scenes that the night again started off unstable but the situation didn't get close to escalating to the kind of violence we saw monday night into tuesday morning. many residents volunteers and community leaders vowed to keep peace in the city of baltimore saying freddie gray, the 25-year-old whose death sparked such outrage would not want this to happen to his city. residents spent yesterday cleaning up the aftermath of those violent riots saying that the riots broke their hearts but now they are proud. the police commissioner echoed those feelings. >> major events earlier in the evening. we had a group march down t

erin o'hearn is live at the big board with more on the story. good morning. >> and tam, this was an undercover police is it thing spiraled out of control. the reserve deputy robert bates seen here he is a businessman who donates equipment and cars to the tulsa sheriff's department. now an attorney for the family of the man killed has said these donations basically amounted to bates paying the department to play cop. now, this video you can see that eric harris is running from police after he allegedly sells a gun to an undercover tulsa depth too. moments later bates warns that he is going to shoot his taser but instead fires his gun. and you can actually hear bates on camera apologizing and an hour later harris is dead. the cher activities department said in the heat of the moment bates made a horrible mistake not realizing he'd drawn his gun and even warned his colleagues he's going to use his taser just before he pumps the triller of his gun. >>> the sergeant wittols at a police says bates was the "victim of something called where in high stre

let's go on over to that action news reporter erin o'hearn picking up our coverage at the big board. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. parts of baltimore are a war zone this morning and this is new video you see here showing police in riot gear and trying to get the protesters off the streets with fires burning all around them. and we also just received this new video into the "action news" room in the last 30 minutes and as you can see there, that's actually a a rite-aid and it's engulfed in flames. now, this is just one of several fires still burning across baltimore. 15 officers were hurt in the riots and more than two dozen people have been arrested. as we mentioned the governor of maryland has declared a state of emergency and called in the national guard but there are still pockets of unrest in the city that has been overtaken by what mayor stephanie rawlings blake calls thugs. the violence started shortly after high school let out and young people began looting a local mall and liquor store. now i want you to take a look at the video coming up. this is the police commis

erin o'hearn is life at the big board. she's got the latest. good morningism good morning tam.eball commissioner has in the made a decision as to whether or not the series will be moved out of baltimore. meanwhile we want to show you some of the shocking images coming out of the city. rioters torched a pharmacy. you can see that cvs logo and police cars were also set on fire. rioters also were throwing bricks at officers. in fact, 15 officers have been injured during the violence. many baltimore residents say their hearts are aching as peaceful protests over the death of freddie gray who was injured while in police custody have been replaced by rioting looting and violence towards police officers. these riots have destroyed businesses in fact, one community center for the elderly that was still under construction burned to the ground. last night the police commissioner confirmed that the department got a credible threat that gangs were planning on attacking officers >> we had black guerilla families, the moods and the cryps had a meeting yesterday verified that they said at the

erin o'hearn joins us live at the big board with more. >> reporter: nydia, that's right it did lose theo ban the ads but community leaders are banding together to launch a campaign in response to these anti-islamic messages called dare to understand. mayor michael nutter and other religious and community leaders held a rally yesterday to encourage septa riders and anyone offended by the ads to channel their frustration constructively and not resort to violence. the american freedom defense initiative purchased the ads which cost around $30,000. the ads depict a photo from the 19 40's of adolf hitler talking to a palestinian leader and the text reads islamic-jew hatred it's in the koran. community leaders critical of the ad say the organization behind them is hiding behind free speech to spread hate. >> this is the opposite of what our religion stands for and therefore you should conduct yourself in a dignified and respectable manner and continue to do what it is that you're supposed to do and that is to be a model citizen. >> while we treasure and fight for the right of free speech we d

. >> good morning i'm erin o'hearn. it is 7:26 on this wednesday april 8th. let's go karen rogers. rsey right karen. >> that's right, erin. northbound 42 accident blocking the right lane. they pushed it up ahead off to the right shoulder. but we're still jammed here on 42 from lower landing road to approaching to 95. so traveling northbound expect a delay right there. let's check out i-95 right now. this is your southbound traffic at cottman. pretty jammed approaching cottman and again from the betsy ross bridge to girard. now a 40 minute ride southbound from woodhaven to the vine so seeing that slower go. we've got a few accidents coming in. this one is a multi vehicle accident, four vehicles involved in upper moreland on county line road at centennial road. another in lower makefield bucks county just coming in on big oak road at oxford valley road and one more to go here staying in bucks its on california road. so a few accidents coming in. be careful out there erin. >> thanks so much karen. >>> let's take a look at sky 6hd looking live at philadelphia city hall from the temple u