john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> john was is a sarcasm? meanwhile, at philadelphia international airport, airlines have begun to cancel flights tomorrow. southwest will not operate tomorrow, american airlines won't start operations until after 5:00 p.m. tomorrow night. many travelers are prepared ahead of time for the storm. airport officials say they are ready, as well. >> i've been watching the forecast waiting to see an yesterday morning i thought i better change. >> we have more than 200 pieces of equipment that we deploy and we have 475 airport employees and contractors that are involved in snow removal. >> some airlines are waiving the fees to change flights due to the storm. >>> well, the storm already hit chicago, while the windy city was preparing for four inches of snow it had 500 flights that were canceled and there were delays, plenty of them. chicago reported no snow on the ground in january and february of this year. that was the first time that happened in almost 150 years. >> back here officials with the philadelphia school

live in norristown, john rawlins channel6 "action news." m. >> john, thank you. >>> let's switch live to lehigh correspondent walter perez in emmaus lehigh county. walter, what's the situation there. >> reporter: well, jim, penndot lehigh valley is ready as well with 70,000 tons of salt yet to be used, penndot will begin deploying its 209 vehicle lehigh valley fleet early tomorrow morning. penndot officials say make no bones about it, driving around tomorrow especially in the morning will be flat out dangerous. >> we always encourage not to travel during these events but that's one of the big ones. we do that want to strongly encourage people if you don't -- if it's not absolutely necessary, please stay home and wait until things are a little better. >> reporter: with the lehigh valley expecting more than a foot and a half of snow, under blizzard-like conditions, albright's hardware in allentown was busy today as employees here worked number double time to pull the salt and snowblowers out of storage after giving up on winter two weeks ago.

live at the scene "action news" reporter john rawlins. john, what's the latest there. >> reporter: jim, the folks on this block are reeling tonight. a couple that have been a fixture here for more than 20 years are in critical condition at temple university hospital with burns and other injuries. their four-year-old grandson is also hospitalized at saint christopher's. it was about 11:00 a.m., smoke was pouring out of the second floor of this house. neighbor rashean pinder ran to help. >> i saw the little boy inside the door with the phone shake. >> reporter: he told pinder his grants wer grandparents were upstairs. >> he almost fell down the steps got back up ran in. i think he was trying to get water to put the fire out. >> reporter: when firefighters arrived they found the four-year-old's grandparents 57-year-old joveno franco and 70-year-old alagita roman. immediately crews began cpr. that continued as the couple was moved to waiting ambulances and taken to temple hospital. >> those folks were transported with cpr in progress. we belie

john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> still to come tonight, philadelphia's historical sites are feeling the squeeze of anticipated federal cutbacks ahead the locations with limited hours. jeff skversky with the villanova wildcats on the eve of the team's march tour repeat championship. >> reporter: villanova is the number one overall seed in the ncaa tournament again and are they ready to make another title run? again? we'll hear from the wildcats in sports. >>> in addition to the cold and wind we have snow showers and squalls moving through and most of them across south jersey and spring arrives in less than a week though and we'll let you know if it comes with spring like temperatures in the accuweather forecast. >> we should mention from jeff skversky is reporting from buffalo. >>> president trump anticipated budget would cut the money to the parks significantly. >> reporter: independence hall the birth place of the nation. nearly 5 million tourists are drawn here every year pumping millions into the local economy. since march 1st fallout from the white house hiring is freeze

john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. lets switch live now to "action news" reporter jeanette reyes in southwest philadelphia where the chaos all started last night. >> reporter: well rick, the family is also asking a lot of questions this afternoon. they spoke exclusively to "action news" the mother saying it began with a nightmare from his son saying he was going to be killed after allegedly running over an officer. >> the worse situation i have ever been through in my life. this afternoon renee brown is trying to make sense of the chaos that began yesterday afternoon in front of her home and ended with her son shot to death in newcastle county. >> i received a phone call from my daughter that the police had stopped him and he tried to take off and he was shot. >> philadelphia police say they responded to a domestic dispute at 5:30 yesterday afternoon on woodby afternoon in southwest philadelphia. an officer arrived to fine a man now identified as 28-year-old leroy brown dragging a woman out of a rent ared minivan and t

live at the scene is john rawlins tonight. >> the numbers are improving but still not zero. here is the substation here, there were still personnel on the ground assessing the situation and seeing how much damage there was and there seems to be quite a bit of damage on the distribution side of the facility. this is the 3200 block of north 25th street in north philadelphia and folks are waiting for the return of electricity and waiting now, it's been lights out here for the last 27 to 2 hours. >> among the questions for the peco workers what went wrong here yesterday and why. yesterday's blaze burn the cables providing power to the nearby streets so those closest to the substation were the last to get power back. they waited in the warm sunshine hoping for restoration before night fall. >> it was dark. no streetlights, you would be surprised. >> it's a temporary fix until other steps can be taken. >> yesterday firefighters had to wait almost three hours to put water on the intense fire and there is a reason, 13,000 volts of electricity was flowing through the burning cables a

. >> for the snow story in phoenixville and royersford, we turn to "action news" reporter john rawlins. >> kind of nasty, more ice than anything. i was hoping for more snow. >> it started off nice fresh powder and out of know where it started doing the hail mix and now a solid street of ice. >> after the initial snow the suburbs were pelted with sleet for hours. >> little shards of glass hitting you. despite the best efforts icy mix building up on some streets. i'm sliding around and getting stuck. on 422, the driver of a silver car because of a good samaritan able to pull him out, and drivers including the philadelphia premium outlets closed for the day. the only folks we found that appreciated the icy conditions is the spring forge students not worried about the lack of traction. >> the cleanup is underway with spring just days if now. and the hope that this is the last we hear a forecast concerning significant snow and ice for a long time. in phoenixville, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. far

live in langhorne, john rawlins channel6 "action news." jim. >> john, thank you. >>> world news tonight with david muir will have much more on the failure of the healthcare bill that is next at 6:30 right after "action news." >> ♪ >>> bucks county crews are battling a two alarm fire in croydon. fire broke out just after 5:00 in the 2900 block of state road. this is happening at the for the rail way specialties corporation. rail way and specials tease makes air tight doors for aircraft carriers. but as you can see, it has been attacked by flames in croydon. >>> last night we reported that police were investigating two suspicious deaths in the fox meadow aptmen well, today we know that the victims of double murder were a womanera six-year-old son. "action news" reporter bob brooks is live at the apartment complex in the 100 block of fox meadow drive. bob, you've got the full story. >> reporter: well, jim somebody out there has done something very horrific and they are on the loose. again, a mother and her son brutally stabbed to. >>> did. tha

john rawlins tells the tale. >> via a blurry video link, emotions and tears, 73-year-old marie robbinsn bloomsburg sees a photo of her biological father for the first time in her >> this is incredible. that my dad. >> edmond, died whenhe uss eustis went down. >> and her family in abington received thes minutes before after a ten-year quest to find edwin. >> you have the eyes and the same shape of his face. >> and i thought it was mom's face. ha, ha, ha. >> wartime philadelphia.he righ we sweethearts and he went off to sea never know that dorothy was going to have a baby. >> they were each other's first loves. >> and dorothy gave up the baby marie for adoption and she raised a family and then reunited. and just yet beckyent out this picture a yearbook photo and the sister is alive and lives with a son in arizona, the consent the photos his family were searching for. >> it's so hard to process after all of these years. >> there is much happiness in this house today dorothy however was not he she is not feeling well the hope is to share the photos with her soon. >> my grandmother is 92 an

john rawlins is live on the scene with more on the story. >> reporter: hi, rick, appears everything is back to normal at this point, the laundromat is open. the other than who was the target of the robbery is back to work, he did have a permit for the gun he had at the time. he declined to talk on camera, he told us it is his understanding he will not be charged for the discharge of the gun. we're expecting to get official word shortly as police have called in availability at this hour to explain more about the incident that took place yesterday afternoon. >> he had a knife on him, he pointed it at the owner, demanded that the owner give him cash. >> reporter: the owner gave up an estimated $2,000 with the knife, and picked up a revolver and gave chase. outside the video shows the thief dumping dollars while being pursued by the storeer, striking the man twice in the chest. >> i was working at a delivery driver and i finished my delivery and next you know i hear boom boom boom boom boom. what's going on? as for the dumped dollars on the pavement they didn't stay there long as bystander

. >> they contacted "action news" and john rawlins reported on the sad turn of events.rtly after, the spca called the bauers asking them to pick up ri rizzo. >> the man was kind. he saw your news segment and returned rizzo to the spca. he said he watched "action news" everyday and couldn't be that person. >> a lot of people wouldn't do that. >> they would have kept him. i want to thank john rawlins and "action news" for helping and the spca for all of their hard work to get him back to us. >> you couldn't ask for a better ending, da dann cuellar, "action news." >> the adopted son of jerry sandusky comes to the jersey shore to give a speech. what he is warning parents about. cecily? >> it's about to get a lot colder. i'll explain in the seven-day forecast. >> brian taff joins us with a message about the "action news" family. >> when it comes to getting answers for our viewer, wendy saltzman stops at nothing. a few months ago cancer stopped her in her tracks. what she wants everyone to hear. >> the panthers get a wild card spot. that and more when "action news" continues

john rawlins joins us live at one polling location with the details. >> reporter: hi rick. this is kind of a topsy-turvy special election. a tension in the air and overwhelmingly a democratic district but the republicans were able to get a candidate on the ballot. the democrats were unable to get a viable candidate on the official ballot and a number of people including the endorsed democratic candidate are mounting write-in campaigns. >> it was 30 people doing write-in campaigns. >> williams is the only candidate on the ballot for the republicans. then it was too late to make a switch. little who works for a firm that manages clinical trials in doctors offices hoping they would see the wisdom of being in the majority. >> we have an opioid epidemics our voices will be heard as a republican in the majority. >> vazquez says his plan to overcome not being on the ballot is 750 sink stamps like this one for write-ins, his focus is on education and reentry programs for those in prison and will work with both sides of the aisle. >> to work with the council folks and senate and any

live there is john rawlins. >> reporter: well jim, there are still a lot of questions and details we don't have. but we are getting an idea of what happened from officials. >> in spite of the bad choices he made. he was a good hearted young man. >> i don't know. i don't know. >> in philadelphia a mother and father grieve for a son, 28-year-old leroy brown, 5:39 last night a call to police at 56th, a man with a gun and officers confront brown in a minivan with a young woman. unknown to them four children were in the back of the van, police try to stop brown and he reverses the van hitting an officer what shoots him. >> he was trying to get away from police and not the best kid on the block but in pursuit of trying to get away they discharged their gun and anyone of those kids could have been shot. >> police say that brown smashes the van and steals another car and heads south. >> the passenger he was with lives in delaware and they were on route back to delaware. >> two hours later newcastle police come looking for brown at this complex and begin knocking on doors. >> not even five mi

"action news" reporter john rawlins is live in collingswood, new jersey, tonight. and, john, lest we forget, there are folks around here who don't want any republican plan. they want to keep obamacare. >> reporter: absolutely, jim. and some of those folks organized in various ways today. here in camden county, a democratic congressman's office held what was called a community conversation about the aca. it was during that conversation when the news came down that the big vote was put on hold. as for a reaction? >> that may not be good. >> reporter: why? >> because it gives our republican congressmen more of a chance to reconsider, the ones who were going to say no, gives them more of a chance to reconsider or being pressured into reconsidering. >> reporter: and saying yes. >> and saying yes. >> i had the same reaction. it's just postponing the inevitable which concerns me greatly. >> i original affordable care act -- >> reporter: a reaction from those at this aca gathering where they heard via video link from democratic congressman donald norcross. the fate of the a

john rawlins explains. detectives and lawyers busy running down irregularities in the polls. lucinda little is the only candidate on the ballot. first they endivorced a candidate sought side of the district and then he didn't make the deadline and they put stamps out with his name. >> a write-in stamp. >> a stamp, there you go. vazquez says if elects his focus will but on education and reentry program for people coming out of prison. >> coming out and making sure they get a good job it's about job job job. >> little hopes that voters will see after decaded of democrats the advance of having a representative in the majority. >> our homeless are neglected and an opioid epidemic. our voices will be heard with the republican majority. >> and sherry, today at the green party headquarters, blasting democrats for literature that compares her to donald trump. >> don't believe the rumors that are told at the different polls that some how my vote is not going to be counted and nobody has to vote for me any longer, these are all lies. >> there were a lot of rumors and misunderstandings

live in chester heights, john rawlins, channel6 "action news." jim. >> john, thank you. >>> several people were hurt in a crash involving a school bus and a dump truck in wilmington this morning. the bus was carrying students from the delaware school for the deaf when it collided with the truck. the accident happened at the intersection of d and south field streets. the driver of the truck was trapped and extrick catered by first responders. a student on the bus, the driver and an aide were also hurt. all suffered minor injuries. >>> there was much celebration last night among motorists and local merchants when the bridge between the new jersey and pennsylvania turnpikes suddenly opened weeks ahead of schedule. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic started out on the pennsylvania side of the bridge today. >> reporter: trucks and cars are hopping on the turnpike 276 connector between pennsylvania and new jersey once again. the 1.2-mile bridge over the delaware river reopened last night more than a month earlier than expected and drivers are deligh

"action news" reporter john rawlins has more on the newly proposed travel ban. >> to your allies andartners around the world, please understand this order is part of our ongoing efforts to eliminate vulnerabilities that radical islamist terrorists can and will exploit for destructive ends. >> reporter: travel ban version two. it wasn't the president but cabinet members who rolled it out o the goal they say to impede the spread of the kind of terror strikes that have hit europe in the last several years. by subjecting those coming from six countries iraq is no longer on the list to tougher vetting. what is it about the six? >> three of these nations are state sponsors of terrorism. the other three have served as safe havens for terrorist countries, countries where governments have lost control of their territory. >> reporter: this new order goes into effect on the 16th. anyone with an existing visa or green card can come to the u.s. until then. it was the cancellation of existing visas and green cards that in part triggered airport protests with the original ban. critics who helped or

in atlantic city, john rawlins channel6 "action news." >> coming up on "action news" tonight, middle schoolers put their engineering skills to the test creating robots to navigate under water. jeff skversky is live in buffalo where villanova is now looking ahead to round two. jeff. >> reporter: villanova with a tough draw in wisconsin tomorrow afternoon at 2:40 and how the villanova band saved one of villanova's star players last night. those stories coming up in sports. cecily. >> double scan live showing snow and rain moving in right in time for the weekend. i'll have details on the timing and what to expect where you live in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪ >> franklin institute in philadelphia the setting for a conference designed to spark a passion for science in young women. students from thing a nas irwin school spent the afternoon exploring the exhibits. then they had a chance to sit down with female leaders in the fields of science technology engineering and math. >> ♪ >> bag pipes and drums led this year's

live in norristown, john rawlins, channel6 "action news." to you all. >> john, thank you. >>> the city of philadelphia is not under a blizzard warning but a snow emergency will go into effect at 9 o'clock tonight. septa will have addition additil staffers to monitor conditions. the city will begin ticketing and together cars on snow routes beginning at midnight and tomorrow trash and recycling will not be picked up. residents with tuesday pickups are asked to hold everything until next week. >> philadelphia international airport has been heavily impacted. more than a thousand flights have been canceled out of phl including all flights out of philadelphia tomorrow on southwest airlines. american airlines has canceled all of tomorrow's flights through 5:00 p.m. all major airlines are offering to waive change fees because of the storm ahead. >> in new jersey many eyes are on the shore and what might happen to beaches once this winter storm moves in. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic is live in ortley beach with more on that tonight. hi, no

live in mill creek, john rawlins channel6 "action news."n, thank you. >>> we are learning more about a heartbreaking accident that claimed the life of a little girl in chester delaware county this morning. police say a 29-year-old mother placed her four-year-old daughter in her car seat then pulled out to a side parking area along the 200 block of ivy street to let her other children into the suv. but as she did that, the four-year-old got out of her car seat and tried to open the door. police say the mother thought that the suv yaw in -- was in park but it was in reverse. when she went to turn around and grab her four-year-old her foot accidentally hit the gas running over her six-year-old and knocking her 10-year-old down. the six-year-old now identified as layla rodriguez died at the hospital. the 10-year-old was not hurt. the mother is not facing any charges. >>> an out of control vehicle landed on top of two other parked cars this morning in east oak lane. police are trying to figure out what caused this destructive crash on chelten av

. >> john rawlins is live with more on what makes this race so unique. >> reporter: well, rick this is a special election to fill the vacant seat in the 197th, vacated by leslie acosta when it was revealed she made the embezzlement plea. the democratic strong hold here, after the democrats made missteps this time. the only person that is actually on the ballot is the republican candidate. >> connect i am the only one that followed the proper procedure and the other one that lives in the district. >> the republican little, is the oath candidate on the ballot. the dems put up a candidate that lived outside of the district and the next candidate missed the deadline so he is running a write-in campaign. he is handing out pens -- >> he is an auditor with the park, authority and his focus is on education and reentry for people in the prison system. >> it's about jobs jobs jobs. >> little helps to manage projects in the clinical trials, she hopes that people will see the wisdom of having a majority in the republican legislature. >> our voice will be heard way republican in there as it's major

john rawlins is live in >> reporter: hi guys, things are getting better here. we split our time from here and phoenixville and nearby royersford in montgomery county. we didn't get the snow totals forecasted but still a miserable icy morning. the snow that fell heavy. >> thankfully not frozen to the ground that much because everything was cold but heavy and ice on top is a little rough. >> tough to shovel -- but easy to throw. if you have the right machine. >> it's not wet it's more like crushed ice. >> the storm tapered off about noon and roads in the western suburbs remain tricky to drive and the driver of this silver car that slid off 422 was glad a good samaritan happened by. earlier the snow gave way to hours of icy sleet. >> like shards of glass hitting you. >> the ice accumulated on roads and cars with all-wheel drive sometimed needed a push. you need to be careful and go slow. >> if you too fast can you start going into the wrong direction. >> have you to get to work when you are a nurse. >> reporter: well, back live again, digout continues here and the

>> my grandmother is 92 and i know this is one thing she wanted before she left this earth. >> john rawlinsannel 6 "action news." >> how amazing is that. >> all the negativity of social media it's about making connections and so quick too. >> a great story. >>> still ahead a contest nobody wants to win. which american city was just named the country's baddest city. >> and the stunning sight overseas a little girl clad only in pink pajamas clings to a drain pipe for dear life. >> and crying versus cuddling. when it comes to soothing a screaming infant one technique is tops. >> wish i heard about that a couple of years ago. meteorologist adam joseph back with the full accuweather forecast. tomorrow's the day we'll play something besides video games. every day is a gift. especially for people with heart failure. but today there's entresto... a breakthrough medicine that can help make more tomorrows possible. tomorrow, i want to see teddy bait his first hook. in the largest heart failure study ever entresto was proven to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart f

john rawlins joins us with the latest at north 52nd street where the robbery happened. >> good evening. well, two separate instances here on the 500 block of 52nd street and two women were injured on the same day and the focus for police and neighboring stricts as well. to get them off the street as quickly as possible. this balding man police are looking for is thought to be 6 feet tall heavy set with a beard and a neighbor reacts to what he is accused of. >> you know robbing, awful thing, hopefully something gets done and they look at the tape and get their man. >> february 19th, someone either buzzed him in or had a code to get into the apartment building, he knocked on doors until a 57-year-old woman answered. he stole a cell phone and $9 and hit her in the head. and exited. about four hours later he target aid woman with huntsington's disease he overpowers her and throws her to the grown and taking her purse. >> heard her screaming. >> she called 911, the victim is williams' friend and neighbor and she did not know her attacker. >> williams's reaction. >> it's horrible and cruel a

john rawlins live now in south philadelphia. you talked to the victim and her friend. >> reporter: we did. the purse snatching occurred on the other side of the street a half block down, the victim says she was hurt in her hand and arm and they were not serious, the incidents one of two captured on video of a man police are looking for at this point. >> it's disturbing if anybody is getting robbed. the potential for harm. we have to get this individual off the street. who is this balding man caught on tape. 6 feet tall and heavy set and he was wearing all black. february 19th, someone buzzed him in or he had a code to get foo an apartment building, then he knocked on doors until a 76-year-old woman opened and he stole a cell phone and $9 and then exited. he targeted a woman with huntington's disease, and overpowers her and stealing her purse. >> i was in my bedroom and heard her screaming. she called 99 and the victim tells us that she did not know her attacker. >> williams' reaction. >> horrible and cruel and heartless. >> the

john rawlins, joins us live with more. >> reporter: well, food trucks have become a fixture in parts of our city here. and one man with a gun robbed two trucks, one here near drexel and the other a mile away. and police have released tg i identify that>> the police want was 6:25 monday evening and arrives as a passengtheblacs ja a sweatshirt possibly a red bud da on it. >> the customer left and he jumped into the door and came with a gun and said, i'm knotting going to use the word he used but give we all your money. he had one hand on the gun and taking out the money. >> after that the armed robber casually walks back to the car but not before the camera catches a cl san lunch truck at 35th and lancaster. >> again, one man, one gun and tworus were robbed monday evening before the storm moved into the philadelphia area, police are hoping to find that suspect. if you want a closer look at that go to our website, 6abc.com. live in university city, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> okay john thank you. >> well, driver across the region are dealing with therm r side streets are c

john rawlins live in collingswood, camden county. john, you've been taking the public temperature on all this today. >> reporter: well, brian, we should be clear, we can't provide you with any scientific polling. that's for sure. the folks we were with for the most part want to retain the aca. but that said, as the whips were counting votes down in washington today, a lot of folks in the three-state region paying attention to what's happening. 600,840 -- that is the number of individuals covered by the aca here in the tri-state congressional area. ♪ we shall not we shall not be moved ♪ >> reporter: a rally in langhorne in bucks county to a darkened auditorium and a video link here in camden county -- >> save our care x. >> reporter: -- an organized effort today by those who don't want to see the aca, obamacare, replaced with the gop's current plan. >> i think the affordable care act has some flaws, but can be fixed, and for the republicans to say that it's not working, it's because it hasn't been taken care of properly. >> reporter: f

john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> the power of a unified voice.. >>> we are learning more about a west philadelphia father shot in the face while confronting the man who robbed his son. he is identified as christopher c. black, the 37-year-old was shot twice in the face on the 6100 block of market street after 2:00 this morning. it didn't start there. investigators say that the gunman robbed black's 16-year-old son before that and the father managed to track the they've done and confronted him and he opened fire and parents understood why he felt the need to go after the person that hurt their child. >> they are yuri babies, no matter how old they get. >> incredibly black is expected to survive and recovering this afternoon at pen presbyterian. >> jury selection is finished in the trial of accused killer erick frein. the two final jurors were chosen in westchester. 22-year-old frein is charged with killing byron dickson and wounding alex doing las in 2014. frein led the authorities on a 40 day manhunt in the poconos mountains and the trial will mo

live in center city, john rawlins channel6 "action news." monica. >> thank you, john. >>> for the next few weeks it will be a little tougher to get out the blue route in plymouth meeting. crews are working around the clock to upgrade the e-z pass direction planes in both directions. looking from drone6 operated by our own "action news" photographers by the way. they have become faa certified drone pilots. the work is a small part of a big plan to upgrade 476. "action news" reporter katherine scott has that story. >> well, i think it will definitely slow things down. >> reporter: the e-z pass express lanes that separate the blue route from the northeast extension in plymouth meeting will be closed for three weeks. and commuters are expecting delays. >> it's so much easier just to fly through with the e-z pass. >> it definitely accelerates the process of being able to throw through it quickly so i would imagine there's going a backup. >> reporter: crews maneuvered into position early this morning at the mid-county interchange. pennsylvania turn

he is already serving time for his crimes but the investigation is far from over and john rawlins live with the details from this case. >> reporter: hi brian and monica, this is a park that boarders media. it's where the defendant in this particular case, one of two places he went to find kids. initially they thought a case of a young man providing drugs and alcohol to teens and then came the allegations of sexual assault. >> want to make a plea to the parents -- >> a plea to parents of teens that may have come to the sprawling park or the playground by media elementary school in 2014 and 2015. if they know this man -- >> talk to your children and ask them if something happened. they may be embarrassed or concerned but we would like to speak with them. >> we think there are other victims out there. >> he is now in prison after proving guilty to harming teens, in eight instances providing drugs and alcohol to boys and gishls at his apartment and four cases sexually assaulting girls one was 12 years old. >> in that particular case he lured her back from the media elementary school playgr

john rawlins has more of the timeline and that report is coming up at 5:00. >>> some activists want a laundry mat owner held to account for firing a gun, he chased the knife-wielding suspect on to north fifth street both the suspect and this innocent woman was shot. the naacp wants reckless endangerment charges again the laundry mat owner. >> he is chasing him down the street and around the corner and firing recklessly into the air and ended up shooting a woman in the hand. >> the the da's office says they don't have enough evidence to support charges again the laundry mat owner at this time but the case is under investigation. the suspect is charged with a list of offenses. >>> penn state is permanently banning a fraternity where a student died after a fall last month. and the school is promising to strictly enforce an existing ban on underage drinking. penn state already closed down bait beta phi. he fell down stairs and nobody walls the police until the next day. >> lots of clouds out there today and no rain. we consider that a win these days. >> because we look ahead to tomorrow a

"action news" reporter john rawlins live at the scene this afternoon. john, you've got the latest details. >> reporter: that's right, brian. this happened about 11 o'clock this morning. two people a couple who have lived in this house behind me on e street for decades, they are both in critical condition at temple hospital. also their four-year-old grandson is hospitalized. he's at saint chris. emt's worked even as the victims were being moved to waiting ambulances. minutes before first responder arrived neighbor rashean pinnedder spotted a four-year-old through the door inside the house. he rescued the little boy. >> he was shaking. almost fell down the steps and got back up ran in. i think he was trying to get water to put the fire out. >> reporter: fire officials do not know what sparked the blaze that appears to have started on the second floor. neighbors say the couple were raising four grandchildren. three were in school at the time of the fire. they say the couple went out of their way to help everyone along this block. >> nicest people in the wor

live in chester heights, john rawlins channel6 "action news." rick. >> all right john thank you. >>> in other news tonight pennsylvania governor tom wolf is speaking out against the gop's new healthcare plan. the action cam was in germantown where the governor focused on the legislation's impact on seniors. he called the law harmful and restrictive. wolf says if the plan passes 700,000 pennsylvanians are in jeopardy of losing their healthcare coverage. >>> the white house and republican leadership continue to defend the new healthcare plan. gop leaders met with president trump today. one of the topics of discussion was the time line for phasing out the expansion of medicaid. today the white house said the time line is not a question of negotiation for the president. >> there are some new birds in the nest in south philadelphia today. the eagles officially introduced their newest free agency signings. >> sports reporter jaime apody is live inside the novacare complex with the additions to the team. they spoke to the media today jamie, hm? >> repor

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live outside east detectives john rawlins channel6 "action news." ohn thank you. >>> philadelphia police have released disturbing surveillance video of a brazen daylight shooting last week. detectives are now trying to find the gunman seen here near fifth and ruscomb streets friday night. he's the man seen chasing a 30-year-old man down the street and shooting him fights time as he ran for his life. throw the victim was shot in the chest arm groin and backside he still survived is. he's now being treated at einstein hospital. if you have any information on the whereabouts of the shooter you're asked to call police. >>> detectives are also working to identify a badly decomposed body that was pulled this morning from the schuylkill river. police made the gruesome discovery near 25th and locust in center city just after 10:00 a.m. investigators say the body appears to be male but they couldn't determine anything else its n not clear ho you that person ended up in the river. >> four overdoses in the span of five hours all linked to heroin. right now poli

live in east detectives, john rawlins channel6 "action news." >> all right, john, thank you. >>> theh is on tonight for a man police say stole items from a gym in center city. police released this surveillance video of the suspect from february 25th. they say the suspect entered the gym on the 200 block of south broad street and left a short time later with a backpack and jacket. the victim later discovered those missing items from the gym's locker room. police say the suspect made purchases with the victim's credit card as well. anyone who recognizes him is asked to contact police. >> an early morning crash in camden county, new jersey, ended with a vehicle overturned in a yard. this happened around 3:45 this morning on john tipton boulevard near haines road in pennsauken township. police say the driver lost control and crashed the vehicle through a fence before landing on its roof. there were no reports of any serious injuries. the accident remains under investigation. >>> a crash on the schuylkill expressway in south philadelphia sent two people to the hospital. it happened near t

. >>> now john rawlins is along township line road in royersford with conditions there. >> reporter: the latest conditions here we may get blown away, the wind has picked up but we have not seen precipitation in the last half hour 45 minutes and things change quickly. there is township line road behind me and pavement. that was not the situation earlier this morning. >> it's kind of nasty. more ice than anything. >> first, we started off with nice fresh powder and then the hail mix and now the solid sheet of ice. it's a pain. >> the storm brought to the far western suburbs, for snow, followed by a wind blown icy sleet for seven hours. >> it's like little shards of glass hitting you all over the place. it accumulated into a slushy material that at one point was described as having the consistency of snow cone ice. and the neighborhoods largely deserted except forever the occasional plow crew or first responder, getting around could be hit or miss. >> slippery, go slow. >> and be careful. >> you could go in the wrong direction. >> have you to get to work when you are a nurse. > even al

live is john rawlins, these are armed robberies obviously serious business. >> reporter: absolutely. police say that one man with a gun robbed two trucks in succession monday night before the storm hit in philadelphia. one was near drexel university and here the other about a mile away interest here and the police have released a video and are asking for help identifying the suspect on the video. >> the quality food truck at 45th and walnut. monday evening the man getting out of the impala is about to rob the truck and its crew, the suspect wearing a black jacket and red pants and under the jacket a red sweatshirt with a graphic and when he gets to the truck he waits, as soon as it's customer left he came in the door with a gun and i will not use the word he used but said give me your money. >> the suspect first walks and then jogs back to the impala, two hours later police say he robbed another truck at 45th and lancaster and regular customers react to the news. >> it's messed up. they provide a good service and affordable and tastes good. and it's a shame they get robbed and they e

"action news" reporter john rawlins sampled reaction today. >> reporter: critics who helped organize airport protests like this one against the first travel ban, say this relaunched version might differ in some ways, six not seven nations, no special exceptions for minority religions a 10 day period before it takes:but overall the instent to discriminate against muslims. reinhold again is an attorney. >> the language has changed. they took out some more overt discriminatory language in the ban but the intent is still the same in my opinion. >> reporter: the intent. >> the intent is to preclude muslims from coming into the country. >> reporter: during the rollout today officials main taint goal of the measure to beef up the vetting from six countries, three of which are state sponsors of terrorism, three whose sovereignty has been compromised by terrorists. >> to our allies and partners around the world, please understand this order sr part of our ongoing efforts to eliminate vulnerabilities that radical islamist terrorists can and will exploit for destructive ends. critics contend a

john rawlins is live at the 100 block of east baker and media borough and you would agree of unspeakable crimes. >> reporter: that is true jim. in this case the defendant already pleaded guilty to significant crimes and still authorities when out of their way today to stress there are additional victims out there of a man that began targeting teens more than two years ago. >> he gets them into the apartment and entices them with alcohol and drugs. >> talking about the suspect who last month pleaded guilty or no couldn't test to crimes against kids. he met up with teens at glen providence park an at the playground at media elementary. >> it came in as a misdemeanor came dealing with marijuana charges. >> and what happened in the apartment the allegations turned serious. >> in total eight cases of corruption of minors and four sexual assaults. >> this concerns the drugs and control and the sex assaults concern girls of 12 to 15 years old. >> and he lures her back from the media elementary school playground. lures her back to his apartment. and plays video games with her and then attacks he

john rawlins has more from langhorne tonight. john.porter: hi, rick. we touched base with a couple of former members of congress, one is a d, one is an r to get an idea of the pressures they felt while on capitol hill and the kinds of pressures they think republican lawmakers were probably feeling who were either undecided about the gop measure or were not aligned with the gop leadership. this protest outside congressman brian fitzpatrick's office one of many pressures exerted in the battle over healthcare plans. there are others. >> in this case this bill you will. so, you got to figure out what's best for the country. >> the pressure was extraordinary and you really have to redefine how you feel and how the lining of your stomach is going to react. it is tough. >> reporter: democrat marjorie margolis and republican john fox battled each other to represent pennsylvania's 13th district in the 1990's. margolis once took a call from a president switched her vote and that helped cost her reelection. as for the obamacare repeal and replace drama paying out

live at the scene "action news" reporter john rawlins. > reporter: jim, the folks on this block are reeling tonight. a couple that have been a fixture here for more than 20 years are in critical condition at temple university hospital with burns and other injuries. their four-year-old grandson is also hospitalized at saint christopher's. it was about 11:00 a.m., smoke was pouring out of the second floor of this house. neighbor rashean pinder ran to help. >> i saw the little boy inside the door with the phone shake. >> reporter: he told pinder his grants wer grandparents were upstairs. >> he almost fell down the steps got back up ran in. i think he was trying to get water to put the fire out. >> reporter: when firefighters arrived they found the four-year-old's grandparents 57-y

john rawlins has the story from newcastle. >> i don't know -- >> a grieving father trying to comprehend a cascade of events leading to his son leroy brown's death. police were called to south philadelphia a man with a gun and officers confronted the younger brown in a minivan way woman and unknown to the officers four children were in the backseats. police tried to stop brown and reverses the van and hits an officer and shoots him and brown flees. >> he was trying to get away from police. he wasn't the best kid on the block but in pursuit of trying to get away they discharged their gun and anyone of those kids could have been shot. >> two hours later newcastle county police learned he could be in this apartment complex and neighbors hear them knocking on doors. >> not even five minutes later we heard gunshots. >> police say that brown wounded by philadelphia police managed to flee. he made it to this nearby car where he was taken to the local hospital where he later died. >> he was already shot by the philadelphia police so how much altercation could he have had with the delaware police

john rawlins was if the court today. he joins us live from westchester and out of those hundreds of people that reported did anyone get selected today? >> reporter: the short answer no. we are not at that point yet. that probably couldn't come until next week at the earliest we believe but we did thin the ranks of the jury pool that came here today by a number of nine people, these are folks for various different reasons could not serve on a jury. >> it's believe that the defendant arrived in this unmarked white van this morning. once inside of the courtroom. 33-year-old erick farina peered focused on the process of selecting a jury that will decide his fate. >> approaching it with the intent to assist. he has similar questions, that you fellows have. we want him engaged. >> the actual trial is in pike county where it was alleged that frein using a rifle ambushed two state troopers, one was wounded and the other corporal bryan dickson was killed. that created a manhunt for frein. once arrests the self-styled survivalist

live in north philadelphia, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> yesterday ade fire reminds us of the explosion at the peco station in center city that sent foam through the street in early december. this is not at the north philadelphia station because the setup is different. here the equipment is close together and any fire could quickly damage the entire facility. and the foam is meant to stop that. on west westmoreland the transformers are more spread out. >>> a mother holding her newborn son came face-to-face with armed intruders, the woman was inside of her home in logan when the men broke down the front door, the men pushed the he was taken to ttion and four are in the hospital after what appeared to be an attempted murder-suicide. the 36-year-old apparently jumped from a second story window on diamond street in north philadelphia and was carrying her child as she jumped. this happened at 10:30 and the other is in stable condition at her son is in c. >>> investigatorsfied when he killed a man in pointedt month. and the the officials responded after the man pointed the gun o

john rawlins is live now outside of the spca. >> this is a story if you ever had a close bon with a petd in this case it was a dog, you wish you could snap your fingers and make everybody happy but that does not look like the case this time. >> my companion and best friend. >> she is tng rizzo the pit bull she raised since a puppy. but he got away and she reported him lost to various city shelters and checking in some t. >> we followed up on every tip and posted his picture. rizzo's posters were on flyers and websites and then this photo on the pspc website. this is about a dog newly adopted. how did that happen? they see thousands of dog a year and rizzo was recorded at missing he did not arrive here as a stray, someone claimed to own him dropped him off as surrender and nobody matched the dog with a lost dog. had the bowers came between february 15th and 19th they would have seen rizzo but someone fell for ben ben. they are trying to contact the new owner. >> we believe reunited a dog with its home say priority. and we would love to do anything we can to encourage that. what could hav

john rawlins is live at the campus to explain what is going on and why. >> some confusion, it seems to be saying it will go back to the drawing room to examine a meal plan hike it passed yesterday. that mayor kenney raised valid concerns with the accuracy of numbers on the soda tax on students that use a meal plan. >> next august, when temple dorms fill up for the 2017-2018 school year students will face higher room and board. $136 of the hike will be the result of the beverage hike. current students that use a temple meal plan surprised by at announcement and not particularly pleased. >> to raise the price because of the fact of the sweetened beverage tax, that is scary, what else will i do? i'll go to fresh grocery. >> i won't get the meal plan, i get the lowest one already, but the price increase is not going. it's unfortunate. >> well, maybe that hike won't hold we don't know temple saying they will re-examine the meal plan factors and see if they can't lower the numbers there and harsh words from city hall, saying that temple is using the beverage tax as anscapegoat and far more c

john rawlins spoke to students on campus and has more from north philadelphia at 6:00. >>> and workers from some of philadelphia's most popular historic sites say they are suffering from a budget squeeze, it means hours are limited and other sites had to colleagues indefinitely. vernon odom has that story from independence mall new at 5:00 tonight. >> reporter: phillies declaration house a recontracts where thomas jefferson wrote the declaration of independence in 1776. the tour hours down by far because of cuts. the ben franklin sites in old city are locked up and the cuts as a result of budget squeezes and anticipation of white house plans to take the axe to the parks budget good for us, the ben franklin for us has been closed. it's quite popular with visitors and students go through. and we print up copies. the declaration for folks. >> there is no one to clean the halls, and the townhouse once the home of dolly todd madison, the first lady of the president that shaped the constitution all of this as president trump ordered a hiring freeze as of march 1st. >> the tour through indepe

john rawlins live at temple university to explain the issue. >> reporter: we should point out that these regulars were just targeting isp's the comcasts verizons of the world, because it would not affect the googles and amazons of the world that track and sell browsing data. we are on an online society. one coffee shop 10 laptops, olivia grew up on the internet be assumes that the websites are watching. >> i am aware that my internet activity is analyzed and i prefer it not happen but that mr. permission were grant. >> internet providers can get a unique picture of everywhere you go. that is why they wanted to make you ask permission before selling sensitive information about you. ron is with drexel university and explains the would be privacy rules. >> that limited what an internet service provider could do with your data, and the data on you and the browsing history and where you are browsing from and the apps you are using. >> and now congress and the president are expected to kill the regs before they go into affect. and sell it or what information sites you go to. >> you enter searc