nora is trying to take care of pat. he's covered in sores. the sores on his foot are so bad that the bone is sticking out. >> he said he's in pain, give him something else. the man in this video is completely unrecognizable from the photos we saw at nora's house. >> [crying] i'm sorry. i'm sorry. the medicare review board gave amara only one star - defined as "much below average" in an overall rating. but despite that low rating, there have been no fines or penalties levied in at least the past three years. and across the us, there's little consistency to how facilities get fined for giving bad care. >> people ask me all the time. why doesn't the state close down bad nursing homes. well, if that was the case okay? then there really wouldn't be any nursing homes open. it's like a yo-yo effect in nursing homes. >> brian lee used to be an independent watchdog for state and federal regulation of nursing homes. now he's a whistle blower. >> i saw stuff that blew my mind. i've been in nursing homes where the door opens up and i'm blasted by the smell of urine and feces. i've seen residents wheeled to showers completely nude in the hallway, exposed. bed sheets off of t

all right we have live team coverage of this parting shot from old man winter, nora muchanic is in new jersey and david henry is in the city. lets begin with the latest from accuweather and meteorologist melissa magee at the big board. >> we are tracking the snow as we slowly await the arrival of spring the vernal equinox at 5:30 this evening until then we have winter's last gasp of snow. snowfall across much of the delaware and lehigh valley and interior sections of south jersey and in burlington county, we pick up heavier bursts of snowfall, street level on storm tracker 6 showing we have light snow falling in philadelphia and chester and media and even into manayunk and eastward to cherry hill and marlton and medford. as fors the winter weather advisories they stay up until this evening as we deal with a wet and slushy snow into the salem and chads worth and also into lakehurst. as far as visibility we are down to .8 in the city go slow and give yourself extra time. half a mile for reading and down to 3 miles in millville. if you are traveling by air you may have minor slow-downs du

coming up tonight at 5:00, new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic talked to one man hurt in the explosion and has nightmares about what happened. coming up tonight, a presidential candidate makes controversial remarks about why people are gay. why dr. ben carson says people choose to be homosexual. some stories we are following on "action news" at 5:00. until then back to the studio. >> thank you. >>> yesterday right here we showed you the 400 foot ice luge built by a berks county dad and here is another example of a dad check out this igloo bar in new hampshire. a crafty resident of stafford built the digs out of a giant snow drift and includes caves and tunnels and lights and decorations and of course booze the so-called dam bar took 65 hours to finish. >> he will be sad when this all melt as way i'm sure. still ahead style on demand how you can get a personal shopper to ship you hand picked clothes for just $20. >>> and he couldn't get to the man accused of victimizing his daughter but he could get to his car. the source of this father's fury straight ahead. >>> he is a big puppy with

man walking his dog. >>> and the investigation into a fatal police shooting. >>> also nora muchanic has more from her area tonight reporting there. for cecily tynan jaime apody and rick williams i'm monica malpass have a great night. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> thursday night a former traffic court judge is sentenced for lying to the fbi and an early morning blaze destroys a home in delaware irk but the big story on "action news" is the snow about to fall just as spring arrives. penndot's brine trucks were back in action putting down a layer of protection on 422 in montgomery county and trucks that had been on pothole patrol were being fitted with spreaders and plows hopefully for the last time. meteorologist, cecily tynan is live now with the latest from accuweather. >> despite the calendar saying that spring arrives tomorrow, winter is not done with us yet. the moisture is building to the southwest and you'll notice most of these echos are green and just a little bit of snow shopping up in the higher elevati

this time a man was badly burned in ocean county. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic is live now in point pleasant beach with stunning video of what happened. nora. >> reporter: shirleen, two very different scenarios but with similar and devastating results. take a look that's all that's left of a small cottage that was blown to smithereens this morning. neighbors heard the blast they say they were shaken from their sleep and pictures show graphically what they woke up to. >> the house disintegrated. it was a big explosion. it was an inferno. >> reporter: this is what brian and his wife donna woke up to and recorded, gas fed flames at the cottage in the backyard next door on crooks lane in point pleasant beach. >> that was stuff all over everywhere. i saw the guy that lives there, he was on the ground screaming. >> reporter: authorities say the victim woke up at 1:40 smelled gas and flicked the light on the bathroom triggering the blast 47-year-old curt wagner a crew member on a local fishing boat called the tina was burned over as much as 50 percent of his b

nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> in philadelphia northwest detectives are asking the public to take a look at this man in this surveillanceeo they say he used a gun to rob the j and b market in logan this month, you can see the s&p's pants falling down as he enters and leaves the store, he left a red bicycle at the scene. >>> this is 46-year-old herbert cisco, authorities say is he responsible for three duringries since valentine's day, "action news" showed you surveillance of a man believed to be cisco walk ago way with a snow blower from jefferson street and he took electronics and other items from two other apartments earlier this month he tried to sell them at a pawnshop and was later arrested . >>> and now the shooting of an unarmed man at a traffic stop. lisa merkel is accused of killing david cassic on february 2nd merkel tried to pull him over for expired inspection stickers, he drove off and parked at his sister's home and ran. she shot him twice in the back after he appeared to be reaching for something that appeared to be something but he had no weapon. >>> a man was killed when he drove his suv in the path of

. >>> and a new jersey man is singing his heart out nonstop trying to set a guinness world record for the longest karaoke marathon. new jersey correspondent noraave this story and tells us why he's doing it all for a good cause. we'll have those stories and much more when you join us at 5 o'clock. shirleen. >> we'll see you soon. thank you sharrie. >>> with passover just days away the seders have commenced. some 275 seniors celebrated early at the kline jcc. today's women's seder was meant to highlight the female perspective of the passover story. traditional prayers led by female spiritual leaders and traditional food was served. the eight day jewish festival begins at sunset on friday april 3rd. >> more than a dozen philadelphia high school students were honored today for their efforts to protect the environment. the students have been collaborating with a group in mongolia on a climate change project. they've used the internet and social media to take classes and share ideas. students from morning goal ya' are visiting philadelphia this month for realtime interaction. five students from the city will head to mongolia in july. >> still ahead