nora muchanic is live at the scene. nora what are officials doing to avoid thiscal ty. >> the o'dell family is waiting to hear what they have to say because if officials cannot figure out how to fix this, they and a neighbor may be forced to leave their homes. >> it's a significant amount of loss here. >> reporter: christopher and janet have watched as their house and a next door neighbor's house is close to collapse. it has taken fence and grown and soon their home. >> they have asked from florence township and burlington county and were turned away, township crews responded when torrential rain and shored off a storm pipe that was leaking into the ravine. this is the first time we see the pipe there and the water coming out like a fire hose. >> they say this may be contributing to the collapse but the county insurance carrier denied the claim and they are working with local officials to find a cause and remedy. >> we have no long that has been open or at what point that the drain they put in there failed. the township

this includes 16 organizations at rutgers, nora muchanic is gathering reaction on campus and she will have a live report at 12:30. >>> the revel casino sale is slated to close today florida developer, is buying the failed resort for $82 million, it's worth 4 cents on the dollar compared to what it cost to build revel. the fate of the tenants including bars and nightclubs remains unknown. >>> the 2015 subaru cherry blossom festival is underway in fairmount park, there was a lesson in sushi making in center city. the cherry blossoms represent the end of the winter and the entrance of new life in spring. the festival ends on sunday. >>> still to come here on "action news" at noon a child with autism spends four night as loan in the woods. >>> and meet the middle schooler whose college basketball bracket beat thousands of grown ups the young winner of the espn bracket challenge. >>> an is he-year-old boy with autism was found alive after spending four nights alone in the woods. a team of 120 searchers were combing the dense woods finally a police officer in the helicopter happened to catc

in lawrence i'm nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >>> some young buck county residents took a stand against racism today and the youngsters signed a pledge at the ymca in ben salem and took part in a poster contest. it has been teaching young people about diversity since 2007. >>> the 121st penn relays are off and running, franklin field was filled today for races for college women and high school girls and tomorrow college men and high school boys take to the track, 36 states and eight countries are competing that runs through saturday. the penn relays. phillies are also out on their track today and the result is -- >> not good. >> the last two days they scored a total of two runs and committed five errors during that span. are they off to a bad start or is it five-months in change. the finale of the three game series, he smacks a two run single and goes 4 for 4 with 2 rbis and he is still a phillies killer and makes it 4-0, and pradocticed prado makes it 9-1. jeff skversky was there to watch it all. >> you name it it's going wrong for the phillies, the worst hitting team in baseba

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nora muchanic has the story. >> then there is this, have you to go here and here. >> kevin mccauley is homeless like many he is frustrated when it comes to applying for services or help. >> catholic charities will help you and other places help you but you have to go here and here. >> back and forth and the run around we are homeless and don't have cars. >> that will end now the city of trenton is partnering with mercer county to open the cease center, coordinated entry and assessment. >> we'll be able to assess an individual and help him or her and identify what they need to end their homelessness. >> we have the social services coming here and anything not in the building there is a transportation list to that will take them to the health centser or the board of social services. >> they expect this to work they use this to reduce family homelessness 70% over the last three years in mercer. >> we wants to house them within six days. >> the idea of one stop shopping for services here is a winner for kevin mccauley, if i go to one place it's great absolutely great. and move him one step

" the ship slammed into the shore near the burlington bristol bridge new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic is live with more on where the ship came from, and perhaps why it lost control. >> hi there rick, talk about a wild scene it's a sunny day and a lot of people are along the waterfront and fishing and walking and what do they see? a ship the size of to football fields heading straight toward them. >> it looked like the titanic coming at me. >> this was the amazing video of the liberian freighter, out of control barrelling for the shore in burlington city north of burlington bristol bridge. >> i didn't think it would stop, it was coming towards me. >> you could tell it wasn't turning at all and it was not adjusting or making an attempt to turn. >> andy was fishing with his friends jeff when he shot the pictures when the steel freighter came to stop in the mud feet from shore. >> the water came crashing through and it hit the wall and it came over. >> it scared the heck out of us. >> it ran aground because it lost propulsion and nobody was injured but it took the tow boats several tries

nora muchanic will have a live update at 12:30. >>> a multibillion dollar expansion project is beginning at philadelphia international airport, it calls for a longer runway and interior renovations and a people mover to speed access between terminals, the work can begin now after officials signed the paperwork resolving land rights and tax issues, the project is to be completed in phases over the next 12 years. >>> a man was killed here on the 7700 block of roosevelt boulevard, the driver was traveling at a high rate of speed and lost control, he had to be extraicated from his car. >>> the owner of this plumstead home was found dead inside of it after an intense fire, this is the 66 hundred block of point pleasant pike, the man is 66 years old and lived by himself. the house was packed with items that fueled the flames and was hard to fight. >>> protests continue in baltimore baltimore, freddie gray suffered a spinal cord injury and the justice department is launching a civil rights investigation as his family demands answers, karen travers reports now from washington. >>> demonstrators

nora muchanic has more and joins us live at the scene. >> reporter: alicia it's home where this happened is still sealed off by police tape at this hour, bail we are told for sean clyde is set for half a million dollars and he is still in the hospital for gunshot wounds and under police guard as they try to figure out what triggered this awful attack. 36-year-old sean clyde is charged with weapons charges and brutal assault after he attacked his parents on knotting hill lane. responding to a 911 call from a neighbor, they arrived to find him on the back of his father stabbing him in the back of the head and neck with a steak knife. >> he continued to stab the other gentlemen in the apartment and then the officers used the appropriate amount of force to prevent more stabbing. >> two officers opened fire hitting collide and he and his father are both listed in critical condition, clyde's mother bonnie was treated and released. she doesn't know sean clyde but used to watch him steal her newspapers. >> if they didn't have it in the machine, he would look over here and pick up the papers, so

new jersey correspondent nora muchanic has the story. >> ♪♪ >> reporter: the voices of students at therican boy choir school in princeton may sound sweet but the school's finances are hitting a sour note. the school has declared bankruptcy and unless administrators can raise $350,000 to keep things going the private boarding school for fourth to eighth grade boys will be forced to end the school year about a month early. >> we don't have a large bank account, a large endowment waiting to help us. we depend on our supporters and the people who love music. >> reporter: school officials have appealed to parents and benefactors to contribute and some students have suggested asking award winning singer taylor swift for help. >> yes, i would like her to help us and why because our school needs her help -- their help to survive. >> reporter: other students have suggested asking billionaire bill gates. >> bill gates is a richman. i know he donates to education and i know he wants to see children follow their dreams. >> reporter: 50 students attend american boy choir where tuition starts at ove

new jersey correspondent nora muchanic was there today. >> this giant gorilla started its day on the beach but he was not lying down for long, under the business eye of jack maury was hoisted to his new perch to the $6 million ride on the pier in wildwood. >> it's a significant wink back to the history of not just a great ride, the boardwalk is about these old classic aa attractions. >> within you see it when you are a kid it's gigantic. >> people weighed in of what they wanted to see in the new kong, this is the result. including an i love wildwood t-shirt, with number 27 on his shirt the year the original kong came to the boardwalk and now kong holds the iconic wildwood tram cars in his grip. we are posting pictures of children and you can come down and see king kong and ride on king kong. they are very skated. >> cars will pin up into the air at 27 miles per hour and designing and building the new king kong is a three year project. >> this is as close to a real birth experience as a man can get. i feel like i am giving birth today. jack murray should be proud that is one good look

nora muchanic is live in florence now with the latest developments. >> reporter: hi rick we learned that engineers have determined that the situation here is too dangerous, it is not safe and they are asking the homeowners in these houses near the collapse site to leave their houses, they are told they have to evacuate the properties it's not really a surprise but still a heart breaking situation for the homeowners. geotechnical engineers from a private consulting companies visited the scene of the eroded hillside collapsing over the last two years, threatening two homes in florence. the o'dells live in one house. >> monday's torrential rain eroded the hill further, and abandoned the sewer pipe spewing water and may be the cause of the dramatic hillside. more rain is expected this afternoon. we start to see more of the loss of the property i guess that is what the engineering folks will determine. >> the township is asking it's o'dells to keep people out of their yard. the o'dells are preparing for the worst, but have been reluctant to begin packing their belongings. >> i'm trying to wra

new jersey correspondent nora muchanic has that story. >> anything and everything. need food, water shelter. >> reporter: the president of friends of nepal new jersey says the needs there are immediate. but instead of collecting food clothing and supplies that could take two months to reach his native country he's focusing on fundraising. his 82-year-old mother, brother and other family members are in shelters right now but alive. we spoke near the tallest buddha statue on the western hemisphere in south brunswick where he told me that rather than rush home to nepal he will try to use his contacts in the rotary club to help raise money for earthquake victims. >> i've been being here i think i can probably do more than being there because you're going to get frustrated. roads are not working. you cannot -- electricity is not working. >> reporter: his friend charles brian is helping to shape the fundraising effort. >> think about not having a place to live, not having any water. they had water problems before. they're going to have massive water problems now. >> repor

new jersey correspondent nora muchanic hears from the upset family members tonight and she's reporting from our new jersey news room. >> they assumed it was a murder suicide the second they walked on the soon. >> reporter: that's mark cher done cher done. the play cally connect canned couple was found dead inside their skillman home last september. family members are speaking out rejecting the somerset county prosecutor's report released last week that concludes the mild americaned hospital executive murdered his wife and killed himself. >> the prosecutors have indicted and convicted my brother of murder when there hasn't even been a. >> reporter: the prosecutors report says john sheridan used a kitchen knife to stab his wife of 47 years then an unknown weapon to cut himself. it says he poured gasoline on the floor and set the fire that eventually killed him. based on autopsy results scores of interviews and today evidence the report says there's only one conclusion, murder-suicide. but the sheridan family rejects that raising questions about the dna, a lack of motive, the failure to r

with that story tonight is new jersey correspondent nora muchanic. >> reporter: it used to be an oldafter 25 years of sitting vacant it's coming down. making way for a new 30,000 square foot family life center being built by shiloh baptist church in trenton. >> we're committed to this urban core and redevelopment of this urban core but we have to do more than just worship and pray about it. we have to do some action. >> reporter: named for the late dr. howard woodson a former pastor the family life center on bellevue avenue will be the first step in a project called vision 2020 designed to turn around this troubled area and focus on families and children. >> the center will provide jobs and job training. it will provide parenting skills. >> helping people become connected spiritually emotionally, if thisly. >> and a place, a safe place for the children to come and just enjoy things, playing basketball. >> yeah, it's nothing to do right now. >> reporter: six-year-old lavelle thunderbird likes the idea of a family life center in place of this old factory and so does his mom. >> right n

nora muchanic explains. >> reporter: marn highway was closed back on march 23. merchant saying have the road blocked for three weeks is killing business. >> huge impact. >> reporter: kelly has owned this restaurant for 28 years since conrail began replacing the bridge over mason creek business has nose dived 40%. >> people are not coming. >> reporter: if they are not here. >> i don't have business. if it wasn't for my regulars, i would lock the door. >> reporter: kelly's husband said huge trucks are turning around on the property knocking down posts and tearing up the parking lot. >> i blocked it can cones so the trucks go through the cones and they trush -- crush the always fault. >> it's worse up at the country store where 80% of their business has disappeared. >> we're # .99. our super is 2.29 we're doing anything we can to stay afloat. >> reporter: is it working? >> not really. >> reporter: business owners have complained to burlington county freeholders who told them to document any damage to the property. conrail said it's not responsible for the truck dri

nora muchanic finds the problem is money. >> reporter: the voices at the students of the american boychool in princeton may sound sweet but their finances are hitting a sour note. they have declared bankruptcy unless they can raise $350,000 to keep the school going the private school will be forced to end the school year a month early. >> we don't have a large bank account or large endowment waiting to help us, we depend on our supporters and people who love music. >> reporter: school officials have appealed to benefactors to contribute and some students have thought about asking taylor swift to help. >> i would like her to help, why, because our school needs their help to survive. >> reporter: other students have suggested asking billionaire bill gate. >> bill gate is a rich man he donates to education and i know he wants to see children follow their dreams. >> reporter: 50 students attend american boy chore where to tuition starts at $22,000 a year. the choir travels nationally and internationally. the choir has raised $140,000, but that's not enough to keep the school from closing

new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic joins us live at greg grant park with more. >> sharrie police tell me they have identified two of the suspects from the video and they expect to identify more in what was an ugly attack that included mothers and daughters and some males ganging up on the teenage sisters. >> she ripped my earring out and her mom threw a rock at my ear. >> she is recovering from a beating that she and her 16-year-old sister destiny took on east state street on monday. that is when a mob of teens and several adults went after them in a violent attack. >> they punched me in the head, and if i got up i would have gotten hit again destiny has a bald spot where her hair was pulled out. >> any animals that put their hands on a kid like that, is wrong. >> the girl's mother laronda cook is outraged, that people posted it on social media and egged the fight on. >> i got the best video. >> this is wrong and going on and they keep video recording kids getting beat by adults -- >> trenton police confirm that the cooks are working to identify the juveniles and adults seen in t

in sea isle city i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news."ic: etta james "at last" (plays throughout) ♪♪ sometimes, at last doesn't happen at first. ♪♪ ♪♪ your dad just kissed my mom. ♪♪ turning two worlds into one takes love. ♪♪ helping protect that world takes state farm. 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 test on the computer. and that's really one of the worst parts of the test. >>> meteorologist adam joseph is here now. and tomorrow will be each better than today. >> it drops off at the end of the week. >> for the broad street. >> yes perfect, you'll run it with me? >> yeah. >> i'll have a rope like the kindergarten kids and drag you along. double scan live radar we had a decent amount of clouds at times this afternoon bu

we got more from nora muchanic. >> reporter: kevin mccauley is homeless. he got out of jail last year, like many homeless he is frustrated when he is applying for services for help. >> catholic charities will help you. >> mind you we're homeless we don't have car fare to get anywhere. >> reporter: the city is homing a c center tarring chronically homeless sing adults. >> we'll assess an individual at the rescue mission and identified what they need to end their homelessness. anything that's not in the buildings there's transportation that will take them to the hep center, the board of social services. >> reporter: officials expect this to work, they used the same model to reduce family homelessness in mercer county. >> we want to house people not within 6 months, but 6 days, the program is located on perry street around the corner from the recue mission. the idea of one stop shopping for services is a winner for kevin mccauley. >> if i can go to one place it would be great. >> reporter: and moving him one step closer to finding him a permanent place to sle

authorities are trying to identify the attackers and find witnesses new jersey correspondent nora muchanicwith more on this for us. >> reporter: trenton police tell us they are identified and are interview several persons of interest and that arrests are coming. >> i'm glad trenton police are doing their job, because this has to stop, i commend them for stepping up and doing what they have to do. >> rhonda cook is glad they are picking up and questioning individuals in the beating of her daughters in greg grant park. destiny had a bald spot and her sister had stitches because of a brick to her head. >> we are talking about aggravated assault and one we identify other individuals we are talking about inciting a riot. they promise to investigate reports that police officers did not get out of their cars when they responded to the scene and they had a warrant. >> it's a strong message going into the summer of this city, this type of meaningless violence no matter how it begins, will not be tolerated. >> it was not just kids involved but adults joined in too and encouraged the fighting. >> you

nora muchanic has the full story on this. >> reporter: hi shirleen and brian, for two years the o'dell family is asking for help. they own the backyard property that slopes down to their house behind the river it is disappearing bit by bit and they never knew exactly why, now it looks like an old storm sewer pipe is leaking bit by bit. and this could force a nitd mayor that forces the o'dells out of their home. >> it's an awful feeling and we'll do what we have to do. >> imagine this is your backyard in florence that overlooks the delaware river s. huge clunks of earth has given way and created a steep ravine and come dangerously close to the o'dells home and their neighbors. >> all of this is gone, and we lost all of this and we watched the piece of the fence go down and the bird houses go down. >> the situation became worse when the torrential rains made it worse. the pipe drain installed years ago was found do be leaking, the flowing water further accelerated the problem and they are describing it as an emergency situation. >> it was pouring out of here like a fire hose and the wate

nora muchanic was the first to tell you about the story she is live in florence with the latest on this. hi nora. >> brian and shirleen geo technical engineers were here to look at the giant hole in the earth, they decided it was too unstable and the safest thing to do was to move the immediate neighbors out. >> this is our house we put a lot of efforts into it and a lot of love into this house. >> lynn o'dell is trying to process this, after it opened up in the back of her and her neighbor's house in florence. >> the present situation is unsafe and we are recommending that the people need to leave their homes. over the last two years, the soil in the last two years in the o'dell's backyard is eroding causing a deep ravine, the leaky storm sewer pipe seen here may have undermined the soil. and they believe that further collapse is imminent. >> we could be walk ago way for good and losing everything, that is hard to take but by the same token, we are both still standing here grace of god and they are not finding us at the bottom of the cliff. >> fire investigators expected this morning b

and of all the people that nora muchanic spoke with today in new jersey, more than one student said the parties will continue but not in a house with greek letters on it. >> alicia thank you. >>> camden community charlotter school is expanding. officials broke ground on north 9th street. they have classrooms for up to 400 students up to sixth grade and the expassion will allow them to take another 350 children. >>> and jazz legend billy holiday is taking her place in the philadelphia alliance walk of fame. lady day will be part of the 12015 class t. comes on what would have been the legendry singer's 100 birthday. she was born in west philadelphia holiday and the rest of the honorees will be formerly inducked into a ceremony along the avenue of the arts. >>> yesterday was a continuation of the passover and easter holiday but today it's back to work and surprisingly this afternoon's traffic looks better. go figure but it's busier here on the schuylkill expressway westbound side of course from the boulevard to city avenue we stack on out toward gladwyne 25 minutes from the blue route to t

correspondent, nora muchanic is live in trenton. you spoke with that family today? >> reporter: i did indeed, no one knew the boy was left on the bus until he showed up on it late in the afternoon at pickup time and now his mom is asking for answers where he was all day and how this could possibly happen. >> his first words were i'm sorry it's all our fault. >> that is what a school bus driver told molly, after her son tiler was left on a bus for four hours. he never got off the bus. >> my son rides a small bus and there were only 10 to 12 kids on the bus, he had been on the bus for six hours he went to the bathroom on himself nothing to eat or drink and my son is asthmatic. >> he tried to get out of bus part of the delaware valley bus line fleet. the driver is identified as bill and the aide as denise. >> i was trying to open the door and i can't. >> you conopen the doors? >> no. >> did you yell for anyone? >> no. >> he was spotted by a teacher that had known he was not in school. >> they never called it in and never called the police. if his teacher had not notice

nora muchanic is here live. >> reporter: local officials are angry and upset and disgusted. no surprise, after you see the video, no one tried to stop the brawl and there were several adults involved. i will not and we will not tolerate this type of behavior. >> the mayor will do everything he can to find the people that beat and stomped two teenage sisters on monday on this video. >> i am angered by the lack of good samaritans for not coming forward to help these victims. we are better than that as a city. >> those that gathered are disgusted by the video that was posted on facebook it shows not just teenagers but adults that joined in on the beating of the cooks. >> it could be your nephew or nieces or friends and no one stepped in to help these children is just heart breaking. >> destiny has a bald spot and lajaya had to have a dozen stitches after being smashed in the head with a brick. >> we need adults to act like that and start to carry themselves in responsible manners. >> the cook girls met with police again today while the authorities continue to identify and prepa

nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> much more to come on "action news" saturday morning.pending a bundle on your prescription medication, we'll have you saving cash in our saving with 6abc. stalled on the tarmac for hours passengers grow frustrated after they were left stuck on a plane when it was diverted due to bad weather. >> reporter: we're going past today's average high, the average high, 69 degrees, and we have potentially heavy rain i'll talk about when we come right back. >> passengers on united airline flights were forced to sit on the tarmac for 6 hours. the flight from kansas to denver had to be diverted to colorado springs because of bad weather. passengers say they were told they were not allowed to get off the plane if they did, they would be left behind. >> there's been miscommunication between pilots and passengers. they are not allowing them to taxi to the gate. there's been a miscommunication on some end. >>> passengers were put on a bus which took them to denver, some 6 hours later. >>> old man winter is not going away quietly a surprise snowstorm caus

nora muchanic is live in front of the house tonight. >> reporter: jim they fenced off the houses for safety reasons and also people were curious to see and walking right on to the property. geotechnical engineers inspected the giant gully and said its not stable and those closest to the cliff have to evacuate. >> this is our home we put a lot of effort into it and i put a lot of love into this house. >> lynn o'dell could not help tears after she showed engineers the giant hole that opened in their backyard the decision they feared came from officials. >> it's unsafe, they cannot remain in their homes. >> for two years now the o'dell's backyard and their neighbors is collapsing without an explanation. >> they found a capped off sewer drain, once maintained by burlington county was leaking underground and that was undermining the soil. >> that tl is always the possibility depending on the weather and additional rain or even the wind. >> that means the o'dells who love their home above the delaware river must now evacuate. >> we walk away we could be walking away for good and losing eve

left on a school bus for six hours yesterday, we get that story from new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic. >> i am beyond livid. there are no words to express how angry i am. >> melissa holly walked her child to school and he spent six hours trapped inside of his school bus left inside by the driver and aide. >> they should be checking repeatedly you went and parked the bus wherever and the two of you got off the bus and my son was still on the bus. >> tried to get out the back door and front door. >> did you have any luck? >> no i can't. >> he was on the bus for six hours, he went the bathroom and had nothing to driven or eat and my son is asthmatic. >> he was spotted by a teacher at pickup time who knew he hadn't been at class. when she went to get the principal the bus driver pulled away the first word to me was sorry it's all our fault. >> the bus employees involved is only identified as a driver named bill and an aid named denise. and they have not confirmed if the driver and aide are fired but they were not on the bus within they arrived at school. >> you rely on them to get their k

nora muchanic live now in our new jersey news room. story. >> reporter: brian mar mark sheridan is sharply criticizing the results of what he and his familiar are calling a bungled investigation and he is suggesting tonight that john and joyce sheridan's real killer is still on the loose. >> we're not going to allow the prosecutor's office to destroy my father's legacy, my mother's legacy to protect them from their screwups. >> reporter: mark sheridan is the son of cooper health systems ceo john sheridan and joyce his wife of 47 years. the prominent political couple was found dead in their skillman home last september and family members are rejecting a recent report released by the somerset county prosecutors' office that concluded john sheridan murdered his wife set fire to their bedroom and then killed himself. >> the prosecutor have indicted and convicted my brother of murder when there hasn't even been a trial. >> reporter: the family has questions about what they call a botched investigation. why were there no scratch marks on joh

new jersey correspondent nora muchanic live at oaklyn with the full story today. hi nora. >> reporter: hi brian. oaklyn is a quiet town under a mile square and people here are having a hard time believing this actually happened but it did. and the suspects were arrested after two eagle eyed cops who were coaching here at this park threw a curve ball to the couple engaged in public lewdness. >> in broad daylight at a baseball gamism victoria can't leave what happened. that's when two off duty cops coaching tee ball had a hard time focusing on balls and strikes because they noticed a football field away from more than 100 little kids was a couple that appeared to be engaging in sexual activity. >> nobody should be seeing that. behind closed today, it's not legal and it's not a good thing but behind closed doors would be a better place perhaps to do something like that in general. >> reporter: while one of the off duty cops confronted the another called for an on duty officer to respond. charles reynolds of mantua took off leaving 24-year-old dana silverman of oaklyn

in hainesport nora muchanic channel6 "action news." >> traffic was a mess this morning on the ben franklin bridge after a tractor-trailer overturned on the philadelphia side of the span. it happened around 5:00 a.m. right near the base of the bridge. the tractor-trailer landed on its side, caused huge delays for the morning rush. fortunately no one was hurt here but it was several hours before crews could upright that tractor-trailer and tow it away. >> well, speaking of that time now for the "action news" traffic report. >> yeah, matt pelman was here this morning in that same spot when that mess was under way and good news is it's cleared up. how about the rest of things matt? >> well, it was looking good a minute ago. our good buddy ben looking much better this afternoon. he's having a much better afternoon thanked morning that's for sure, brian and sharrie. you can see the traffic in both directions across the span of the ben franklin bridge is moving well at this point so no complaints, no need to fear if you're head for the ben franklin bridge this afternoon a much different story fro

she's nora muchanic and she's live in trenton's columbus park. hi, there. what a beautiful absolutely beautiful day. we've got kids out here in the park today. some are playing soccer that some on the playground. folks are walking around. this is the kind of weather we've been waiting for. too bad it's not going last long. the sun is shining the kids are on spring break and with temperatures finally warming up, this seemed to many families like a great day to hit great adventure amusement park in jackson. >> it's spring break so we decided let's take advantage of the beautiful weather and ride some thrill rides. >> it's beautiful we're finally enjoying ourselves outside. it's been such a long winter. >> i think it's a beautiful day and i'm going to enjoy it with my best friends and what a day it is. [laughter] >> to go on rides and have fun. >> reporter: our weather continues to be a rollercoaster ride. in the 70's today back down into the 40's later in the week and then back up to 70 by friday. we have rain coming, so this sunny day is probably

nora muchanic is live now at rutgers with more on the story. >> reporter: hi there we are getting really mixed reactions today from students in and out of greek life, but one thing everyone seems to agree on that just because parties are banned from fraternityies and sororities the parties will not stop. >> there are 16 greek organizations here on rutgers, there were several incidents this year including the death of kaitlyn kovachs of monmouth junction who died of alcohol poison. >> i don't think it's a bad idea, people are dying. >> there are a lot of rough things going on not my fraternity in particular, but it's good to take a break for now and get things back to normal next semester. >> think it's a horrible idea, greek life is important and that is a part of college experience, going to fraternity parties. >> rutgers takes seriously the commitment to maintaining a healthy and safe campus environment, they will still be able to hold formals and other events off campus where a third party vendor can serve alcohol, but partsies on campus are off limits. >> we have dance party where we

nora muchanic is live at the scene. t are officials doing to avoid thiscal ty. >> the o'dell family is waiting to hear what they have to say because if officials cannot figure out how to fix this, they and a neighbor may be forced to leave their homes. >> it's a significant amount of loss here. >> reporter: christopher and janet have watched as their house and a next door neighbor's house is close to collapse. it has taken fence and grown and soon their home. >> they have

it happened in hamilton township, that is where we find nora muchanic who is live with the latest on the story. >> reporter: hi there rick sean clyde is charged with aggravated assault attempted murder and weapons charges on a brutal attack on his parents yesterday. one of the members of the shooting investigation team described the team inside as something out of a horror movie as they review the circumstances that led police to fire on clyde they are also looking into what triggered his violence attack. >> police were called to the village apartments on wednesday after getting a 911 call from a neighbor and when they responded they found 36-year-old sean clyde in the kitchen on top of his father william, stabbing him repeatedly with a steak knife. >> we ordered the individual to drop the knife and the individual continued to stab the other gentlemen in the apartment and the officers used the appropriate amount of force and two officers opened fire on clyde to stop the attack. his father is in critical condition with stab wounds to the neck head and back, clyde's mother bonnie was a

it happened in hamilton township, that is where we find nora muchanic who is live with the latest on story. >> reporter: hi there rick sean clyde is charged with aggravated assault attempted murder and weapons charges on a brutal attack on his parents yesterday. one of the members of the shooting investigation team described the team inside as something out of a horror movie as they

on administrative hold anchored or docked as they figure out why it lost pro pulsepulsion i'm nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >>> thank you nora, we want to thank our "action news" viewers for sending in that video and remember whenever you see breaking news join the action email pictures and videos to jointheaction@6abc.com or just use #6abcaction on social media. >>> and more breaking news right now, new jersey senator bob menendez was just indicted on federal corruption charges the democrat is accused of using his office for business interests as a donor in exchange for gifts he said he did nothing wrong here senator menendez formerly indicted on the charges, we'll bring you an update as soon as we know more. >> chopper 6 hd -- well now this 24 hours ago it was the scene of a horrible tragedy, today we look inside of the firehouse where a man took his former coworkers hostage in montgomery county. we heard from the men that were held captive today chad pradelli is live in elkins park, this was an emotional day for everyone there. >> yes it was shirleen it was a tense ordeal when t

nora muchanic tells us how the rescue group is working with the feline to get her fit and into a good home. brian and shirleen see you then. >> thank you monica. >>> still ahead it was the smack seen around the world. >> a money mom becomes the internet's new darling when cameras caught her reaction when she caught her son rioting. >> and a two way mirror is found in a bathroom the owner says he is not sorry and the mirror is not coming down. >> a live look at philadelphia international airport where we'll have the latest on the situation at the airport when we come right back. your buddy ron once said he could install your ceiling fan. he couldn't. and that one time ron said another chili dog was a good idea. yeah, it wasn't. so when ron said you'd never afford a john deere tractor, you knew better. now ron does too. introducing the e series. legendary john deere quality. unexpected low price. drive one of the e series tractors during a drive green event at your john deere dealer. >>> back to philadelphia international airport the latest on our breaking news story. the plane made an

new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic joins us live at greg grant park with more. >> sharrie police they have identified two of the suspects from the video and they expect to identify more in what was an ugly attack that included mothers and daughters and some males ganging up on the teenage sisters. >> she ripped my earring out and her mom threw a rock at my ear. >> she is recovering from a beating that she and her 16-year-old sister destiny took on east state street on monday. that is when a mob of teens and several adults went after them in a violent attack. >> they punched me in the head, and if i got up i would have gotten

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"action news" reporter nora muchanic is talking to a local man who has climbed mount everest and she'lle his story tonight on "action news" at 6:00. our coverage of the earthquake in nepal also continues right now on 6abc.com. we'll have continuing updates photos and videos from the scene. we've also listed charities that are helping the victims of this disaster. you can find links to their web sites right now on ours, 6abc.com. >> alicia just a staggering images there out of nepal. >>> time for a check of the accuweather forecast. >> let's go outside to meteorologist adam joseph. how is it look out there adam. >> a bit of a chill out here right now with that cloud cover that has bubbled up this afternoon. in fact this is the fifth straight day in a row where temperatures have been below average. this morning we did have a little bit of sunshine out there. we were on time on on satellite and radar. there were holes in the clouds but as that sun went to work and very cool air moving in with that wind out of the north the clouds reemerged this afternoon, a couple sprinkles near the pocono