erin o'hearn is live in the satellite center with new information. reporter: that's right, matt, the nation that hosts the world cup potentially receives a multibillion dollar economic boost so of course there is a lot at stake during the bidding process. fifa has been the center of a corruption investigation for years but now at least 14 officials will likely face charges, six of them were arrested overnight in zurich. now, those arrests stem from allegations of corruption in the selection process for the 2022 cup and the 2018 cup in russia. qatar beat out japan south korea, australia and the u.s. and fifa's ethics committee hired an independent investigator which an lownessd no evidence of corruption in the past and no reason to reopen the bidding process but later that investigator distanced himself from those claims and the fbi proceeded with the investigation resulting in these charges that were just announced. now, the american television market is one of the biggest for the world cup networks pay billions of dollars for the right to broadcast

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live in our satellite center. she's got that update. good morning erin. >> reporter: good morning, tam. disturbing reports emerging that may indicate just how premeditated andres lube -- lubitz's actions were. a source close to france's investigating agency say the 27-year-old may have practiced descending on another flight the same day as the crash. that report is apparently due out today and it will outline these recent findings. the report is expected to talk about lubitz flying to barcelona the same day as the crash on an earlier flight and he constructed a "controlled descent that lasted for minutes for which there was no aeronautical justification." lubitz suffered from severe depression in the past an computer found in his home showed he used the internet to search ways of committing suicide in the days leading up to the crash. prosecutors also found torn up sick notes at his home showing he should not have flown the day of that fatal flight. again, there are reports that the germanwings co-pilot practiced his descent on a flight

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live at the big board with that story. . >> matt, this is unbelievable video. you hear a lot about some of the injuries these bounce houses can cause. in fact, some companies who rent these for children's parties have very strict rules as to when these can be used. because they can flip so easily in strong winds. now, let's take a look at this cell phone video because you can see the moment where this bounce house actually lifts off the ground and it flies up into the air and then flips before landing. now, parents believe their children were ejected about 20 feet and you can see that, 20 feet up in the air. that's incredible and then the bounce house landed on a tennis court. the bounce house was part of a city sponsored memorial day event which certainly found in a bizarre and frightening ordeal for both the children and parents. this happened after a water spout touched land lifting the bounce house airborne. three children inside the house were injured. they had bruises and cuts and two of them suffered broken arms. >>

erin o'hearn is live in the satellite center with more on this. reporter: matt, unbelievable what they're going. there was a dozen people have lost their lives to the holiday storms over the weekend in the lone star state. county officials estimate that there are 11 people still missing in the area. among them, laura mccomb and her two children ages six and four who you see there. they were inside this vacation home when it was swept away by raging waters. now, the area received more than a quarter of the city's yearly rainfall in just 24 hours. residents are now surveying the damage that is being measured in miles. >> i was sleeping in that room last weekend. i was here for a niece's wedding. i was sleeping in this room and all of the furniture just left. the wall is gone. >> reporter: it is estimated that 4,000 properties have sustained significant damage. there were more than 900 emergency calls and 500 of them were water rescues. just a horrible situation in that news coming from down south. we're live in the satellite center erin o'hearn chan

i'm erin o'hearn, channel 6 "action news." >> back to the accuweather forecast it's just in the 70s nowody is like hey, if you like the 80s they are coming back with the a vengeance. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan we see most of the shower activity north and west of philadelphia fall apart and really light nuisance stuff right now. as we go through the rest of the afternoon, there is a chance of more sprinkles and showers, there is the action cam out earlier showing you the cloud has moved in for a while over philadelphia a distance view a pretty picture. some of you farther away from the showers a little sunshine poking through. 70 is the current temperature, feels good and winds out of the east at 13 miles per hour, and not going much higher than that and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you that not a lot happening in the northern and western suburbs until 4:00 the model is still bullish on a thunderstorm down in dover this afternoon, but most of that action should be off the map by dinner time and start to see breaks in the cloudies. up north in places like allentown

for now we're live in the sat center erin o'hearn channel6 "action news." tam. >> thank you erin. >>> and now to a developing story, the entire front of a vacant home came crashing down in south philadelphia overnight. you can see right into the front rooms of the house. it's located on the 1400 block of south bevere street. let's take a live picture from the scene. the city put that fencing up around it because it was such a dilapidated property but now you can pier right into it looking right into those rooms with more of this facade giving away early this morning and we're working to confirm if any of the other homes around it that share any walls or anything else have also been evacuated. >> 6:35. detectives now have a face to show you in their search for the man who kidnapped app woman at gunpoint then sexual assaultd her. katherine scott is live outside the special victims unit with this clue for our viewers. >> reporter: matt detectives here are working this case. they are hoping someone recognizes a sketch of the man who they say sexual assaulted a w

. >> "action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live in the satellite center. she's got the latest.rning. >> reporter: good morning. devastating news coming out of an area that has barely gained its footing since an earthquake hit a couple weeks ago that killed more than 8,000 people. now the u.s. is confirming a magnitude 7.3 earthquake did strike 60 miles east of kathmandu in nepal. the u.s. geological survey said the quake hit in an isolated area just after lunchtime today. so this was right in the middle of the day and in the capitol of kathmandu. it is being reported that the quake sent people rushing outside of their homes into the streets. we don't know the extent of the damage at this point but again, this comes just a couple weeks after an earthquake killed more than 8,000 people and injured nearly 18,000 people. it also flattened mountain villages and destroyed buildings. again, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake hitting that area in nepal. again, of course, we'll keep you updated on any reports of injuries damage or deaths. i'm erin o'hearn live in the sat center, back to you. >>

erin o'hearn has brand new video and information live from the satellite center. erin. >> reporter: hi matt. devastating news out of an area that has bear rihanna gained its footing from that earthquake that struck two weeks ago. the u.s. gs confirming a 7.3 earthquake hit 50 miles east of kathmandu in nepal. this is new video coming into "action news." you can see people are rushing out of their homes and buildings that are feared very unstable from that major quake that hit just over two weeks ago. we've just learned that at least four people have been killed this morning and an official with the international organization for migration said a number of buildings collapsed in an isolated town near where the earthquake hit and that is where those four people died. a spokesman said a search and rescue team had already begun searching through the wreckage of the little town and u.s. geological surveys said the quake hit just after lunchtime today. and here's a map of where the quake hit. you can see it is right near the chinese border between kathmandu and mount eve

let's go to erin o'hearn live in our satellite center with new information on the pilot. morning erin. >> reporter: good morning tam. there are disturbing reports emerging about just how premeditated andreas lubitz's actions were on the day he flew that plane into the french alps killing all 150 people on board. sources say the 27-year-old may have practiced descending on another flight the same day as the crash. now, there is a report out due out today that outline these recent finding. that report is expected to talk about lubitz flying to barcelona the same day as the crash on an earlier flight and conducted a controlled dissent that lasted for minutes and for which there was no aeronautical justification. lubitz suffered from severe depression in the past and a computer found in his home shows he searched ways of committing suicide in the days leading up to the crash. prosecutors found torn up sick notes at his home showing he should not have flown the day of the fatal flight. there are reports that the german wings copilot practiced a dissent on a flight the same day

erin o'hearn is live at the big board with the full story. ning erin. >> reporter: good morning tam. moving out wasn't an option and police say 22-year-old haley king didn't get along with her two roommates. in fact those roommates set up secret cameras in their shared apartment because they were so afraid of what king might do following a few altercations the three had. now officials say this video shows king opening the refrigerator picking up several containers one by one and spitting into them. she also poured glass cleaner into one of the containers as you can see there. one of the roommates said she did consume food she believes was tainted with windex and king's spit. the 22-year-old allegedly confessed to the incident when she was confronted by police. >>> now apparently the two roommates who set up the cameras did try to get can ink to move out but she refused. now king is charged with unlawful malicious tampering with a human drug product or food. this is a class c felony and could get her up to 20 years in prison. she has been relea

erin o'hearn has brand new video of the shaking live in the satellite center. erin imincredible that this has happened again matt and we now know that at least four people have been killed by this massive magnitude 7.3 earthquake and we have brand new video we want to show you of the exact moment this killer quake hit. let's take a look at this video. you can see this is from the parliament building in nepal where someone was speaking when the quake hit and there it is, the camera started shaking violently. then you can see terrified members of parliament running out of the building. now, this is also new video. you can see people are rushing out of their homes and buildings. many of those buildings are unstable from that major quake that hit just over two weeks ago. again, we're hearing of at least four deaths. many more people are hurt. buildings have been leveled. search and rescue teams are coming -- combing through the rubble searching for survivors. the u.s. geological survey said the quake hit just after lunchtime today. here is a map of where the quake h

a "action news" reporter erin o'hearn is here with an exclusive interview and victim of this horrifice and why she believes that this could have been prevented. >> reporter: this young woman endured a violent beating and sexual assault leaving her with numerous physical repercussions and emotional trauma the man charged in the crime is behind bars, a awaiting trial but could an alleged security deficit inside of the garage, have contributed to an environment ripe for this heinous crime. the only thing that was going through my mind, throughout this attack was how am i going to get out of this situation and why isn't anybody here. >> reporter: on new years day jane as we will call her was on her way back to the car inside this parking garage on 17th and callowhill after a friend dropped her off at the entrance. after her ticket at the kiosk she went to the sixth floor. moments later she said a man grabbed her from behind, and demanded cash. >> i handed him my purse, you know that was in the enough. he put his hand around my neck and he began to choke me. i remember telling him i had tw

let's head to erin o'hearn to take a look at the lit on the big board.od morning, tam. we start with our breaking news. at least four people have died after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake and several significant aftershocks hit nepal two weeks after a major quake killed more than 8,000 people. coming up at 6:30 i'll have new video from inside parliament the moment the quake struck. >>> after two police officers were killed in mississippi over the weekend the fbi on monday released a report showing that 51 members of law enforcement were killed in 2014. that's an 89 percent jump from 2013 when 27 officers were killed. but the fbi points out an average of 64 officers were killed in the years 1980 through 2014. and that the lowest total during that 35 year period was 2013. >>> the defense rested yesterday in the penalty phase of the boston marathon bombing trial. a roman catholic nun was the final witness. she met with dzhokhar tsarnaev five times since the trial began. she says she believes tsarnaev was "genuinely sorry for the pain and suffering he inflicted

erin o'hearn is live at the big board with a debate break down. reporter: good morning matt. the hot topic was the leadership in the philadelphia police department and practices used by officers which is also at the for front of the national discussion as welly all six candidates said they would put an end to the department's stop and frisk policy. as for the candidates thought on the current leadership of the ppd by commissioner charles ramsey. >> commissioner ramsey is out of here. number two, we would hire somebody from within. >> i like him. i would keep him the question is would he stay. >> if he stays or if he goes the new commissioner in my administration will be within the police department. >> person who uses the stop and frisk the most the current commissioner would be changed. >> reporter: the other big issue, schools. a viewer by the name of laura submitted a question asking how each candidate if elected would solve the school funding crisis. kenny and abraham said the real responsibility is on harrisburg but both touched on raising fu

erin o'hearn is live with what the team stands to lose. >> reporter: tom brady is taking a big hit forntroversy. you handed a four game suspension next season without pay. but he apparently has no plans to stay down the his agent making it clear he will appeal the decision. now the 243 deflate gate report one pretty. it stated that it was more probable that a tom brady was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities of involving the release of air from patriot game balls. and the nfl told brady your actions clearly constitute conduct detrimental to the integrity of the public confidence in the game of professional football. brady himself has said very little about the nfl's report but the new england patriots chairman said the report was based on circumstantial evidence. the patriots are also being fined $1 million and are losing two draft picks. two staffers accused of deflating the game balls are being suspended indefinitely. now back in january brady denied guilt after the balls in question were used in the afc championship game against the indianapolis colts. brady den

erin o'hearn, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. over at the big board here in philadelphia today police announced the arrest of the driver involved in a hit and run accident that critically injured a temple university student. this is 18-year-old robert roberts he is charged with leaving the scene of an accident. the victim s. 22-year-old rachel hall she was on the bus and was hit. the accidents at park and diamond street he has a learners permit and told police he panicked. >> he went through the stop sign and struck and the driver panicked and didn't do the right thing, he ultimately did the right thing by turning himself in and information 24 hours later, hall is from mullica hill, new jersey she sufficient offed head and leg injuries and her condition is improving. >> roberts family has cooperated with the police as well. if he had stayed on the scene he would not be facing any charges. >> thanks alicia. >>> weapons, jewels and religious relics from one of history's most feared leaders, we got a sneak preview of the gangus kahn

. >>> last week on "action news" at 11:00 you saw erin o'hearn that was beaten and assaulted in a parking garage it happened in broad daylight. since then they came forward and demanded better security in parking garages, erin is live at the big board tonight. the fact that they have the attention of city council members is a step in the right direction but just a step. >> there is determination to see real change implemented. the city council president says to create automated pay kiosks made for less security and that is a public safety concern there should be additional surveillance or individuals on the scene we hope that something like this never happens again. >> conditions the victim believes allowed the attacker to violently assault her for 20 minutes. and she managed to escape and jump in front of a car passing by. >> nobody came out to help me and if those people didn't drive up when they did, i would not be here talking to you. >> jane is suing the company that build the garage and the company that manages it claiming there was no staff in the morning of the attack. >> they ref

erin erin erin o'hearn finds out who should or should not. >> according to the commercial every child needs a multivitamin and these days many kids get other supplements too. vitamin c and omega 3 just to name a few. >> healthy children eating a well balanced diet they don't need to be supplemented and that includes most picky eaters some medical conditions like cystic fibrosis need extra vitamins and those in veg tearan families may need more iron which they usually get from meat. >> watch for high doses it's not uncommon for children to get too much iron, folic acid and vitamins e and c. prescription drugs must prove to the fda they are safe and they work. supplements don't need to do that and nobody is watching how they are made they could be tainted with heavy metals or pharmaceuticals and some say quality guaranteed but only the usp seals ensure supplements tested by an impartial third party. they only have a small list of supplements on their approves medication any family looking to give their children supplements should consult with their pediatrician first. >>> now david murp

saturday here on channel 6 starting at 1:00 in the afternoon join matt o'donnell and karen rogers and erin o'hearn, for all the action on the schuylkill river. >>> coming up tonight a delaware school cafeteria worker can thank her co-workers for saving her life. and the eagles ink the deal with their top pick nelson agholor. >>> we hit 81 degrees if philadelphia and warmer air is waiting in the wings i'll let you know how hot it gets in the accuweather forecast. that and more within "action news" continues tonight. >>> teenagers at a chester county high school got a harsh lesson on drinking and driving today, a mock preprom crash was set up for seniors in the valley high school in malvern, it includes a fellow classmate who appears to be badly hurt and the students learned what it was like to be tested for dui. >> and seth williams deptised a few new recruits these students took an oath against bullying. williams was there to stress his anti-bullying and the impact it can have on fellow students. >>> a cafeteria worker at a wilmington school is a live tonight after quick thinking of her fellow wor

coverage tomorrow here on channel 6 beginning at 1:00 just join matt o'donnell karen rogers and erin o'hearn for all the action on the schuylkill river tomorrow. the dad vail regatta. eagles rookies on the field in south philadelphia today. >> they call it rookie camp but there are a lot of guys on the field. >> the rookies and the free agent pickups. chip kelly will see firsthand what he and the team acquired. jeff skversky is live now with action from the first day of camp. >> reporter: it's not every day that you ask your top rookie draft picks to make an immediate impact. usc wide receiver agholor could be a week one starter. let look at agholor and roe, they were going one-on-one in practice and whether they liked it or not, they have big shoes to fill, agholor they drafted 20 and overall will hopefully fill in for jeremy maclin and roe could be the starting corner or the starting free safety both rookies say they are not worried about making an immediate impact. >> my mentality is to progress, i want to be a better player today and better player tomorrow, i'm not worried about saying i

exciting trials on a grown breaking treatment for leukemia and others can be life savers too, as erin o'hearn tells us in this week's health matters. >> it got brighter after the best gift of all from his dad, a kidney transplant but keeping the kidney healthy takes medication. >> five pills in the morning and at night. >> he memorized the medications to understand what he was taking and helped to fill his pill box but was not consistent in taking the pills and that became a family sore spot. >> you need to take your medicine. >> so kevin enrolled at childrens hospital to fine a novel way to keep them on schedule. dr. susan first says that they have self-consciousness of being different play a role. >> you are at high risk of rejecting the transplant, in kevin's trial a coach helped him. >> i work until 10:00 at night and not get home until 10:30. he gets cell phone reminders when medications are due as well as text messages and has another clever helper. >> i drive now and i have a key chain with extra pills in it so if i'm not at home i can take them. >> kevin wants to have his reg presiden

i'm ernest campbell, i'm earn erin o'hearn "channel 6 action news." >> allergy sufferors should get ready a pollen blitz. one of the worst seasons in recent memory for birch and oak because lingering winter delayed beginning of blooming by at least a month. and even people with mild allergies could be really feeling it in the first few weeks of may. i think it has already begun. >> we're all losing our voice kind of unfortunately pollen outlook is not good. let me show it to you. i'm prepared right now and the pollen will in fact be high. not only through the weekend but really through next week. oak, birch and maple as jim said really main culprits and part of the problem, too, we'll be pretty dry. stormtracker 6 double scan showing no rain to wash the pollen out of air out there. temperatures are starting to fall into the 40s. millville, sea isle city, boardwalk and atlantic city 47. philadelphia currently 52. allentown 56, reading 55 and wilmington 5 1. satellite 6 and action radar showing low pressure that brought us oorlly flow today, cooler air, lot of clouds, that is moving along w

erin o'hearn has the full details. >>> allison reed is a veteran performer with big dreams. >> i would go into musical theater on board way maybe. >> but two years ago she was handed an unexpected role. >> i had tingling in my feet. >> a test revealed multiple sclerosis. >> these areas in white are where multiple sclerosis has attacked. >> ms is unusual in children and teens but it does occur. >> the youngest patient i diagnosed is 2, and most opinions have their first attack under the age of 18. it eats away at the protecting cover of nerves medications are similar to adults and kids can face different emotional struggles. >> we encourage parents to talk right from the beginning allison says going to camp with other ms patients is a big help. >> it was good for me to learn more about it and how other people were dealing with it and say okay this is something i can deal with, now she is sharing word with her classmates be friends to spread aware and of ms. >> it's just another part of me but not who i am. >> young patients must work hard now to prevent permanent disability down the roa

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn has their story. >> reporter: imagine going from this, the hustle> ♪♪ >> reporter: to this. the peaceful rolling hills of chester down. >> we always knew that we wanted to do something more than just working in a cubicle all day. several years ago will and lynn reed took a leap into a major lifetime change. they abandoned corporate life to raise goats and make cheese. >> we took a main line night school course. last night of the course we made cheese. >> we could do this. >> and why not. >> a friend cold the reeds that amazing acres goat dairy was for sale and they didn't let the opportunity pass them by. >> when we bought the farm the woman that we bought it from who was making cheeses she spent that summer with me teach meg thousand make cheese. >> reporter: will took a two week certification course at the university of vermont. now the couple turns out between 40 to 60 pounds of cheese a week, all by themselves. >> i would call it a nano producers. >> reporter: lynn did keep her day job as a graphics designer but now works strictly from home. >>

. >>> erin o'hearn is continuing our team coverage of the derailment disaster. she's live at the big board. good morning erin. >> good morning, tam and these images are frightening disturbing and shocking. when you think about how massive these trains are and how solid they appear, it almost seems impossible that the cars could end up like this. and when you look at this picture here, think the of a tin can and crushing a tin can that's almost what it looks like. it's just completely mangled. then if we go to this image the car is completely upside down. you can see the crime tape up here. underneath the train is totally explode. this image of the workers who responded on the scene right away along with the first responders and if you think about the physical task they have ahead of them over the next week. and also the emotional task of dealing with all these injured riders, it's a really arduous task they have in front of them. we also want you to take a listen to this sound from a 911 call from the scene after the crash happened. >> classify this as a mass cas

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn has the breaking updates for us. she's at the big board. morning erin. >> reporter: good morning tam, that's right, we have breaking details on this story. there are reports isis has claimed responsibility for the attacks outside the event in garland, at this isis radio announcer referred to the gunmen as two of their "soldiers and brothers." elton simpson and nadir soofi were armed with assault rifles and intended to shoot hundreds of people but they were out gunned by a lone traffic cop and his pistol. the group holding the mohammed cartoon contest the american freedom defense initiative said it was simply exercising freedom of speech but it has been called an anti-muslim hate group by the southern poverty law center. 30-year-old simpson seen in this selfie and his roommate pulled into the parking lot got out of their cars and started shooting. the traffic cop returned fire and then shot them both dead. now, the fbi had been investigating simpson since 2006. he had been arrested for once trying to fight alongside an al-qaeda group in soma

erin o'hearn is live at the big board with the full story. we all get roommates we don't like but this is another level. >> reporter: yeah i think she took it to the extreme. police say 22-year-old haley king didn't getting a with her two roommates. those roommates set up secret cameras in their shared apartment because they were afraid of what king might do following a few altercations the three had. now, officials say this video shows king opening the refrigerator picking up several containers one by one and spitting into them. at one point she also poured glass cleaner in one of the containers as you can see there. now one of the roommates said she did consume food she believed was tainted with windex and king's spit. the 22-year-old allegedly confessed when couldn't fronted by police. the two roommates tried to get king to move out but she refused. king is charged with unlawful malicious tampering with a human drug product or food. this is a class c felony and could get her up to 20 years in prison. she has been released after she poster

erin o'hearn has that story from the big board. erin. >> reporter: good morning, matt.a of the crash is known as frankford junction. in 1943 it was the site as you said of one of the nation's deadliest train actions when the congressional limited crashed killing 79 people. now this is the front page of the new york times describing exactly what happened. we want to take you to chopper six live over the scene to compare those two scenes. rescue crews have been on the scene all night. last night amtrak trucked in portable lights to illuminate the scene overnight as workers examined the wreckage. obviously there is a lot going on here. workers have to secure that situation and investigators have to examine the scene and scour the area for evidence. we still don't know why the train derailed leaving five people dead and dozens injured. we do know it was approaching a curve. the passengers inside the train at the time said there was no warning, that the train just all of a sudden jolted and then there was chaos and of course disaster. again this is a live shot of crews and i

here's erin o'hearn with a preview. >> reporter: imagine saying goodbye to everything you know, youryour friends, the simple comforts of home all to become this generation's greatest adventurer. >> it's just the next frontier the next thing that we don't know about. >> i've wanted to go there since i was 14. >>> this whole other planet, untouched by human hands. >> reporter: so would you leave earth to make history? what exactly is this program? and what is the draw for so many people? it's a special report that truly could blast these women out of this world. that's tonight only on channel6 "action news at 11:00. >> and for cecily tynan ducis rodgers the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you join us at 11:00. >> ♪♪ when we take these tests we don't actually do anything. we use the tutorials. one of the tutorials showed things like how to change the background color in an online test environment and it takes time away from learning math and science and english and all the things that i really enjoy learning. they can't do as much because they have to administer this

erin o'hearn is lie at the big board with that story. erin. >> reporter: matt, this was a big bust. 20 students altogether, 19 juveniles and one 18-year-old. all of those charged with invasion of privacy were from lower cape may regional high and teitelman middle school which is all a part of lower cape may regional school district. a girl told officials boys were passing around naked picture of her friend via text which led to police seizing 30 cell phones which had images of partially nude or nude girls. what may be more troubling is the superintendent says this may not be the end of it and believes there may be more students involved and more nude pictures. according to parents, this was all part of some game in which the girls were actually aware that the boys were trading them and several girls actually shared their photos. so far no female students have been charged and that is something that is not settling well with one parent who did not want to be identified. >> need to step back and really take a full look did this. i mean, the girls are just as responsible as the boys. >

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn has the breaking update for us at the big board. . >> reporter: that's right, matt we have breaking details on this story. there are reports isis has claimed responsibility for the attack outside the event in garland, texas. the isis radio announcer referred to the gunmen as two of their "soldiers and brothers." elton simpson and nadir soofi were armed with assault rifles and intended to shoot hundreds of people according to police. but they were outgunned by a lone traffic cop and his pistol. the group holding the mohammed cartoon contest the american freedom defense initial tiff says it was simply exercising freedom of speech but it has been called an anti-muslim hate group by southern poverty law center. outside the event 30-year-old simpson seen in this selfie and his roommate pulled into the parking lot, got out of their car and started shooting. the traffic cop returned fire and shoots them both dead. the fbi had been investigating simpson since 2006. he will be arrested once for trying to fight alongside an al-qaeda group in s

erin o'hearn is live at the big board with that story. erin inch it's a troubling story.big bust matt. it involved 20 students altogether, 19 juveniles and one 18-year-old. all charged with invasion of privacy were from cape may regional high and teitelman middle school which is all a part of lower cape may regional school district. now, investigators say last month a female student told school officials boys were passing around naked pictures of her friend via text which led to police seizing 30 cell phones which had images of partially nude or nude girls. what may be more troubling is the superintendent says this may not be the end of it and believes there are more students involved and more nude pictures. according to parents this was all a part of some game in which the girls were actually aware the boys were trading those pictures and several girls actually shared the photos. so far no female students have been charged. something that is not settling well with one parent who did not want to be identified. >> we need to step back and really take a full look at this. i

bring matt o'donnell, karen rogers and erin o'hearn for action on the schuylkill river. >> beautiful, beautiful especially when you look down from chopper 6. >> stormtracker 6 double scan showing no rain is following from the sky. built we have moisture in wor live sky6 atlantic city fog rolling in and that continues to push inland as we head through the overnight hours. dense fog advisory posted not along the shore but ina long the i-95 corridor and it will burn open north west to southeast. wilmington. glassboro, mounts holly. dense fog lifted 9 pbg in the morning but not until 11:00 it ends at shore and dense fog means visibility less than quarter mile be careful if you drive late tonight early tomorrow morning jog are oregon biking you won't be able to see well. right now warm, 67. in philadelphia, allentown 71. trenton 65 degrees. but millville 69 and still cool at the shore with wind offer the ocean, ocean temperature 59. air temperature atlantic city matching that also 59. satellite 6 and action radar showing high pressure still banked right over us. this will bring us a dry we

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live at the big board with that story. just incredible video matt. you hear about a lot of the injuries these bounce houses cause. some of the companies who rent these for children's parties have very strict rules as to when they can be used because they can flip so he's in strong winds. let's take a look at this cell phone video. it shows the exact moment this bounce house actually flips over and then it goes airborne and then flips again before landing. now, parents believe their children were ejected about 20 feet up and then the bounce house landed on a tennis court. look how high that is up there, 20 feet up. >>> the bounce house was part of a city sponsored memorial day family event which certainly turned into a bizarre and frightening ordeal for both the children and parents. this happened after a water spout touched land lifting the bounce house airborne. the three children inside the house were injured. they have bruises and cuts and two of them suffered broken arms. >> i thought i was about to die. i was in the b

erin o'hearn is live at the big board with the debate break down. reporter: good morning, matt. the hot topic certainly was leadership in the philadelphia police department and practices used by officers which is also at the forefront of a national discussion as well. all six candidates said they would put an end to the department's stop and frisk policy. as for the candidate's thought on the current leadership of the police department by commissioner charles ramsey. >> commissioner ramsey is out of here. we would hire somebody from within. >> i like him. i would keep him. the question is would he stay. >> if he stays or if he goes the new commissioner my administration will be within the police department. >> person uses the stop and frisk the most the current commissioner would be changed. >> reporter: the other big issue, schools. a viewer by the name of laura submitted a question asking how each candidate if elected would solve the school funding crisis. kenny and abraham said the real responsibility is on harrisburg but both touched on raising

. >>> now let's head over to erin o'hearn.ontinuing our coverage of the derailment disaster. she's at the big board good morning. >> reporter: images are frightening disturbing and shocking. when you think about how massive these trains are and how solid they appear it almost seems impossible the cars could end up like this. if you think about crushing a tin can this is what it looks like. these are the front cars, those that suffered the most damage. many people in the back cars escaped really without any injuries at all. let's take a look at this image because this is actually -- you can see the car flipped over and the belly of the train is exposed. and of course that itself looks mangled as well. and this, a shot of the crews who have been working tirelessly throughout the night and continue to work through the morning. they have that arduous task in front of them for the whole week both physically and emotionally. let's take a look at the 911 call made from the scene almost immediately after the train derailed. >> classif

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn has more on the devastation and on some of these stories that really hit home. good morning, erin. >> reporter: good morning it's just heartbreaking. some of these families don't have closure yet and of course the holiday weekend turned tragic for two families who were in the area vacationing. this is laura mccomb and her two children six-year-old andrew and four-year-old leighton. they are among those missing. laura's husband jonathan wareless queued from the river and is in a hospital recovering from serious injuries. now mccomb's sister says the family held hands as their vacation home floated down the river and then when it hit a bridge and broke in half, they were separated. >> 1 o'clock in the morning she called me. she said i'm in a house. i'm floating down the river. tell mom and dad i love you and pray. i think recognizing with what's happening with the weather, we all know and we have accepted that they're gone. >> reporter: recovery teams are set to resume looking for the 12 members of the two families but officials note noted the search com

"action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live at the big board with more on why police say the situationave been much worse. erin. >> reporter: that's right matt. it could have been worse. officials say the two suspected terrorists elton simpson and nadir suv fee intended to shoot hundreds of people but they were out gun ned by a lone traffic cop and his pistol. the freedom defense initiative said they were simply exercising freedom of speech but it has been called an anti-muslim hate group by southern poverty law center. 30-year-old elton simpson seen in this selfie and his roommate pulled into the parking lot got out of their car and started shooting. the traffic cop returned fire and shoots them both dead. now, the fbi had been investigating simpson since now 26. he had been arrested once for trying to fight alongside al-qaeda -- an al-qaeda group in somalia. he grew up in a christian family in arizona and he played basketball as you can see there. after a car accident, he was also convicted of trying the die lie to the fbi and sentence to do probation. officials say the traffic cop h

. >> let's go to the big board erin o'hearn with more on the derailment today. >> reporter: the imagesghtening disturbing and shocking. when you think about how massive these trains are and how solid they appear it almost seems impossible the cars could end up like this. so, if you think about taking a tin can and just crushing it, that's exactly what this train looks like. now obviously this is one of those front cars and those suffered the most damage. many people in the back cars actually escaped without any injuries at all. let's take a look at this picture because this is one of the cars that flipped over. and you can actually see the belly of the train and of course that itself looks mangled. and a shot of the crews who have been working so hard throughout the night. they have an arduous traffic in front of them both physically and emotionally being on the front lines witnessing the dozens of injuries and of course there were five fatalities. let's take a listen to the 911 call made almost immediately after the train derailed. >> we classify this as a mass casualty incident. can

erin o'hearn is live at the big board with that story. >> reporter: matt, this was a big bust.lved 20 students already, 19 juveniles and one 18-year-old. all of those charged with invasion of privacy were from lower cape may regional high and teitelman middle school and that is all a part of lower cape may regional school district. now, investigators say last month the female student told school officials boys were passing around naked pictures of her friend by text which led to police seizing 30 cell phones that had images of partially nude or nude girls. what may be more troubling is the superintendent says this may not be the end of it and there may be more students involved and more nude pictures. according to parents this is all part of some game in which the girls actual are aware the boys are trading the pictures and several girls actually shared the photos. so far no female students have been charged, something that is not settling well with one parent who did not want to be identified. >> they need to step back and really take a full look at this. i mean, the girls are

erin o'hearn has that story. >> reporter: the area of the crash is known as frankford junction. the congressional limited crashed killing 79 people. now, this is the front page of the new york times with the initial report of the crash. investigators would later say the car's axle just couldn't handle the speed and it snapped just as it approached frankford junction. now, obviously we still don't know how train 188 derailed but let's take a look at the scene right now. this is video that was shot this morning. it looks like it was shot earlier this morning before the sun came up but now as the sun is coming up it's a little bit easier for crews to do their job. but rescue crews have been on the scene since last night and the the light again now coming up certainly helping their efforts. but last night amtrak trucked in portable lights to illuminate the scene overnight as workers examined the wreckage. obviously there is a lot going on here. workers have to secure the situation and investigators have to examine the scene and scour the area for evidence. again, the cause of the ac

. >> i'm erin o'hearn imaging from a board room to i life outside, like this... >> we both, went to collegee successful and got jobs, like we were supposed to. >> reporter: that conventional path was not enough for reids. >> we are very lucky to have this. >> reporter: what spurred this radical change and is what day to day life like for reids now from from the board room to the barn yard only on channel six "action news" at 4:00. >> okay. >> that willow owe go ahead say it. >> that doesn't look half bad. >> that is it for "action news" at noon, don't forget to join us on "action news" at four, five and 6:00. >> for david murphy rick williams and the entire "action news" team i'm sarah bloomquist good she was going to tell us on the air, off the air. >> ♪♪ >> "action news" is sponsored by fckerbeck they sell buick are fos less reag will lacrosse, encore, and enclave. when you buy your buick from frank kerbeck you pay more invokana®. it's the #1 prescribed in the newest class of medicines that work with the kidneys to lower a1c. invokana® is used along with diet and exercise to significantly

that flood waters ripped from the foundation "action news" reporter erin o'hearn is at the big boardre on those missing people. >> reporter: yeah, matt, the holiday weekend turned tragic for two families who were in the area vacationing. this is laura mccomb and her two children six-year-old andrew and four-year-old leighton. they are among the missing. laura's husband jonathan who you see here was rescued from the river and is in a hospital recovering from some serious injuries. now mccomb's sister says the family held hands as their vacation home floated down the river and when it hit a bridge and broke in half, they got separated. >> 1 o'clock in the morning she called me, she said i'm in a house i'm floating down the river. tell mom and dad i love you and pray. i think recognizing with what's happening with the weather, we all know and we have accepted that they're gone. >> reporter: so sad. recovery teams are set to resume looking for the 12 members of the two families that officials noted. the search component is over meaning no more survivors are expected to be found in the fl

. >> i'm erin o'hearn.015 the unthinkable happened to a young mother of two inside this garage in broad daylight. >> i almost in my head thought it was a joke. you know, like this can't be happening to me. >> reporter: would better security have prevent they had brutal assault? >> you're about to lose your life and that is the feeling that sticks with me. >> reporter: just how safe are philadelphia parking garages? that's coming up tonight only on "action news" at 11:00. >> tonight is the last dance for season 20 of "dancing with the stars." last night the judges nearly wore out those 10 paddles. riker lynch and rumer willis got sets of perfect 10's each. bruce willis had to wipe away the tears as the crowd gave his daughter a standing ovation. watch it all go down right here on 6abc at 9:00 tonight. >>> and the bachelorette premiere event continues tonight and in a new twist two women, brett and kaitlyn are competing for the affection of twenty five men in order to stay on the show. tonight the men will de

tomorrow on channel 6 starting at 1:00 in the afternoon, join matt o'donnell karen rogers and erin o'hearn for all the action. now a check of the traffic with matt pellman in the traffic center. >> take a boat down the schuylkill river even swim down the schuylkill river just don't drive down the schuylkill expressway, look at these delays jammed solid in each direction here by the roosevelt boulevard and the closure of the kelly drive is not helping us out. maybe the mlk drive that is busy and westbound a solid line on 76 from university avenue the whole way out to conshohocken and you may want to get crative use ridge avenue or ridge pike or lancaster avenue or route 23. meanwhile 95 at the work zone at jared, a disabled vehicle taking out the right lane and a crash on the pennsylvania turnpike speeds in the teens and crash and downed pole on the garden state parkway at cape may. use 265 in west cape may have been a good weekend if are you down the shore. >> got to get home first. >> still to come on "action news" tonight, nursing mothers now have a private place to go while traveling th

i'm erin o'hearn, "channel 6 [baseball crowd noise] ♪ ♪ [x1 chime] ♪ ♪ [crowd cheers] oh!dma! ♪ >> one alabama teen got the surprise of his life. >> there's a little more than diploma waiting for steven turner in tuscaloosa his mom serving at guantanamo bay the last nine was was there on stage. she secretly worked out the lavine surprising her relatives. >> that's saw some. >> if you are looking for a fun way to spend hot summer days the kimle center has a full slate of family friendly events on top. steven murphy has the details in this week 6abc loves the arts. >> throughout the summer the kimle center offers kids music to theater to dance. it's orgon day. with nearly 7,000 pipes it's the largest mechanically based or gone in a concert hall. >> we wanted to showcase what the oregon could do and pollutes and bells and. >> today is jam packed with games, performances and activities to enterser taken hundreds of kids and families. >> you will hear music from lord of rings and story time with kids and the little engine that could and sing along twinkle twinkle little start a

. >> i'm erin o'hearn, it's a bold life changing mission that has garnered interest from thousands oforld. >> it's just the next frontier the next thing that we don't know about. >> i've always wanted to go there since i was 14 this whole another planet. >> reporter: so would you leave earth to make history? what exactly is this program and what is the draw for so many people? it's a special report that truly could blast these women out of this world. that's tonight only on channel6 "action news" at 11:00. >> cool. >> all right. up next at 5:00 we will check that accuweather forecast for you. >> meantime we're blasting off to the jersey shore as we look live from sky 6hd in atlantic city. not a bad evening. kind of on the cool side, though. meteorologist cecily tynan has details from accuweather and a closer look at the weekend when we come right back. stay with us. there's over two hundred thousand students in philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teache

. >> i'm erin o'hearn its a bold life changing mission that has garnered interest from thousands of peopleworld. >> it's just the next frontier the next thing that we don't know about. >> i've wanted to go there since i was 14. this whole other planet, untouched by human hands. >> reporter: so would you leave earth to make history? what exactly is this program and what is the draw for so many people? it's a special report that truly could blast these women out of this world. that's tonight only on channel6 "action news" at 11:00. >> former teen idol and philadelphia native bobby rydal was honored for his work in promoting organ donations today. rydal was the guest of honor at the ninth annual professional care alliance of the delaware valley luncheon in narberth. he received a double organ transplant back in 2012 after falling hill that allowed him to go back on tour. he says he's dedicated to raiseing a wearness about the lives organ donation can day. >> rydal famous for his song wildwood days and we think this weekend's accuweather forecast will have many people thinking about that down