with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news it's the next phase for dzhokhar tsarnaev jurors have started hearing arguments on whether the boston marathon bomber should live or die. >>> and teens learn about impaired driving just before prom season. >>> and the power is still out for people in wayne county due to an underground explosion. here is video sparked by the blast of underground wires you can see the poof of flames and it knocked out power and is still out now. david henry is live now with the details. >> reporter: well, it will be a while yet peco is trying to assess the situation and trying to figure out what caused the explosion last night tonight was a close call for folks dining outside and inside the nearby restaurants and shops. >> oh, my god, i thought my one employee was -- i didn't know if i would look and see him dead. >> frank was inside of his pizza parlor and said there was problems with the electricity all day and were concerned when sickening fumes came from the manhole outside. and then an "action news

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with rick williams sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, we begin with developing news arks the 2-year-old boy has died alicia vitarelli a right and run the reward is $10,000 for the driver. police are looking for a white infinity that struck the bone his mother josephine rivera they were walking on masher street on monday "action news" reporter, david henry will have the latest in a live report at 12:30. >>> in other news, the man that land aid helicopter in the capital is in court this morning. >> his stunt raised questions over air space security in washington. karen travers has more from the nation's capital. >> a day after doug hughes made this dramatic landing he will appear in court to hear the charges against him. the wild ride into washington is raising major concerns about security. >> how does an individual in air space get that close. >> hughes drove his gyro copter right threw washington by passing the anti-aircraft weapons and radar. he flew 450 miles but the gyro copter was too small and too low and too slow to be picked up by radar. and t

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon rick and sara are off and i'm matt o'donnell, a traffic trouble spot is now clear but it was a tough go for drivers into philadelphia this morning and new information on the assault in the poconos that left a woman with a black eye. but the big story on "action news" is breaking news, one person is dead of four others are injured after an apartment fire in delaware. the flames broke out along the 600 block of capital trail in delaware just over an hour ago at 10:30 this morning, this is video just coming in you see heavy smoke coming from several windows from this apartment building called the possum park apartments one person is dead and several others including firefighters are injured. our david henry is there at the scene and will have a live report coming up late under this broadcast. >>> now to accuweather and a day of big transition chilly to warm and humid back to pleasant. sky 6 hd taking a live look at cape may, new jersey not much of a beach day quite foggy there, prepare for temperature

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, we begin with noon with breaking news, former new england patriots star aaron hernandez, is found guilty of first degree murder. the athlete shook his head in a massachusetts courtroom, he is convicted of the shooting death of odin lloyd. the 25-year-old was sentenced to life in prison without patrol. we'll have more coverage on 6abc.com and on "action news" beginning at 4:00 later today but once again aaron hernandez found guilty of first degree murder. >>> and police are looking for two hit and run suspects they have a person of interest in a hit and run that killed a 4-year-old boy. we also learned the names of the victims today. annie mccormick has more. >> reporter: at the beginning of the week philadelphia police's investigation division began the week with two hit and run cases on the same day and last night they made significant progress where a 4-year-old boy was killed. but in the second case they still need the public's help, that one involves a mother and her child. police say that the

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon we begin with breaking news at this hour, 200 pennsylvania state troopers are being sent to baltimore to help stand guard in the streets there. the extra help was requested in the riots that erupted two days ago in the wake of the death of freddie gray. >> they are trying to retain the fragile calm in the city. >> reporter: good afternoon it's early but so far officials say the curfew is off to a good start and the city is stable and they are working to keep it that way. >> a new day and a new call for action. >> we are looking for long-term solutions, from members of the group build baltimore marching to city hall for answers. the concern is the city wide curfew is just a band-aid and not a solution. >> it's working because it's pressure, it's force how long can you maintain the force without dealing with the underlying reasons that cause you to have this force. >> and overnight a spokesman for the family of freddie gray. >> the violence does nothing but distract from the real issue what actually

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon we begin with thoon with breaking news a 30-year-old philadelphia woman is facing terror charges investigators say she tried to join isis, david henry has the new information for us. he joins us live with the details. >> reporter: she lived here on north 10th street in a home with her mother a home that is ironically festooned with american flags. the feds say she tried to join up with the terrorist group isis. the fbi agents raided the suspect's home and the complaint filed in court said that the 30-year-old woman wanted to be a martyr on the battlefield in syria. she communicated with a fighter in syria that asked if she wanted to be part of the operation. she replied that would be amazing a girl could only wish. she did online searches for indirect routes to syria through turkey. two weeks ago she bought airline tickets to fly to spain and that is when they moved in and raided her home, this is after two years of monitoring thomas's online communications and twitter messages, the philadelphia po

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with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon we begin with breaking news in montgomery county. where 50 homes were evacuated because of a strong chemical odor in lower providence. david henry is live with more. >> reporter: the hazmat team son the scene right now, in the meantime 50 homes remain evacuated as a heavy chemical odor permeated the neighborhood at 9:00 this morning. >> we started to receive numerous calls in the area of this neighborhood of odor in the houses. >> the first responders started to evacuate homes in the immediate area, they traced it to ama associationedassociated. they found the product leaking in there and they were able to cap it off and contain it. they are now in the process of cleaning up and venting the building but nobody in the building itself called. the emergency responders found the employees standing around outside when they arrived. four people in the neighborhood were taken to the hospital complaining of dizzyinessdizziness. they will be checked out for elevated levels of color nated gas. >> we'll check

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, rick is off in the news this noon, new information about the death of his father and seven children, why an unpaid bill may have led to the tragedy. >>> and the sale of the revel casino is expected to close today. and the big story is one last mild day before chilly changes move in. sky 6 hd taking a live look at atlantic city this noon, the warmer weather is sticking around this noon, it's a little bit cloudy as you can see and damp with occasional rain around the area and we are expecting cooler temperatures tomorrow. for more on that lets check in with david murphy at the big board. >> the mild air is still in place today and cloudy skies conditions as well. a lot of area is dry in allentown and south jersey as you get farther to the south and south jersey and delaware work have light sprinkles and showers in lancaster county most of what you are looking at is light and fairly quick it may be 15 or 20 minutes, and one of these cells are past you if you look farther to the west another rounds o

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon rick and sara are off. police identify the victims of the chester plane crash the two men killed in the tragedy. a little boy is reunited with his family after a kidnapping in broad daylight. >>> and a husband and wife found dead in their home, their son discovered them and their bodies were mutilated by a chainsaw today we know their names but investigators are trying to figure out how the violence unfolded. annie mccormick is live now at the lower moreland police department. >> reporter: the district attorneys office is ruling out a murder-suicide until after the autopsies. in the meantime the church is embracing the two young boys that have no parents including the young boy that made the gruesome discovery. the 911 call came from this lower moreland township home a 14-year-old boy found his parent's dead and that he saw gashes from a chainsaw. >> the death for the female appears to be an apparent homicide but the investigation is continuing and it's preliminary. it's nicole pepleman and chris p

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, rick is off in the news this noon, an nba player and his wife are stabbed outside of a nightclub and philadelphia mayoral candidate liz abraham is back on the campaign trail after collapsing during a debate. >>> but the big story is a man accuse sd of shooting his father on the schuylkill expressway. he is in court awaiting his first court appearance. annie mccormick is live. >> reporter: we are waiting for the charges to come down we know that a criminal affidavit is typed up and they are awaiting for approval from the montgomery county district office. at this point we are not told what charges he will face, he is in custody after the shooting on the schuylkill expressway. near spring garden street montgomery county according to police, the 22-year-old suspect was in the backseat of the white brewic buick lacrosse shooting his father in the head while he was driving, the car came to a stop and did not cause any accidents during rush hour traffic. the paramedics were nearby and transported the v

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, rick and sara are off. in the news this afternoon a prison break leads to a massive search how a convicted murtderror was allowed to walk out of jail. >>> and the changes in indiana to the religious freedom law the fixes that are in place. >>> we begin with breaking news, federal authorities have arrested two women who allegedly were going to set off a bomb in the new york city area. they say that the women have been radicalized by isis and they were planning to build their own bomb. police don't believe the public was ever in any danger. >>> and gun fire and explosions rocked the college campus in kenya today the islamic extremist group al-shabab took responsibility. they went door-to-door at the college, and security forces have the gunmen cornered and two have been killed but an unknown number of hostages are being held captive at this moment. we'll have a full live report coming up on this at 12:30. >>> the man shot by police in mercer county is identified. sean clyde was attacking his parents

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon rick is off and in the news this noon, a firefighter and resident are treated for injuries after a blaze burns two homes in delaware county. and how temple's mascot and someone wrapped in bubble wrap are hoping to keep you safe when you cross the street. but the big story is potentially dangerous weather threatening a large part of the united states. the storms have spawned tornadoes and bringing down trees and reports of hail the size of baseballs 6700 people are told to stay on alert. here is more on the aftermath . >> reporter: good afternoon in the last 24 hours there are eight reports of tornadoes and more than 200 reports of extreme weather. hail wind and tornadoes tearing through the central states more severe weather than your average april showers, today the big concern is the huge swath of states under tornado watch from illinois to texas. in missouri, the national weather service is on the ground today investigating tornado reports. >> they were like screaming out loud. >> this little

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon, a former catholic church official is ordered back to prison the decision from a philadelphia judge. >>> and a quick fix for trouble chins gets approval from the dpxt da the shot that claims to melt fat in minutes. >>> and now police are making an announcement in a hit and run that left a temple university student in critical condition. the suv struck rachel hall last night one week before she was set to graduate. we are waiting to hear about an arrest. lets go live no north philadelphia and list ento investigators updating us now. >> we have the car and suspect and it will lead to an arrest. >> how did you find the car and suspect? >> the car was called in by the owner. everybody cooperated, the owner the owner's wife and son all cooperated. they actually did the right thing and called the police. >> but the son was missing all night, when did he finally come forward? >> sometime this morning. he came forward and cooperated. we are glad that the son did cooperate. >> you ha

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news, an accident injures two students on their way to school in delaware and chris christie considers a potential run for president. >> and the big story is the search for a hit and run driver that kill aid 4-year-old boy, police think a woman was behind the wheel of a black ford edge when she struck the child last night. officials have offered a $25,000 reward for information that leads to her arrest. annie mccormick is live with more. >> reporter: the young victim lived in the block behind me with his siblingses and his mom. neighbors are feeling the impact of his death. they do not believe that the driver was impaired at the time and if she had stopped she would not have faced charges. police came out to the scene working to find this female driver. >> our accident team is working on it. the person should have stopped but we'll keep looking until that person turns themselves in. the 2011 to 2015 edge looks similar to this, what is unique is that it has a strip of chrome running from the

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara bloomquist is off and in the news this hour, breaking news from the flyers organization and head coach craig berube is fired after two seasons and more than a dozen suspected child predators are taken into custody following a sweep by the pennsylvania attorney general's office. >>> and breaking news philadelphia police believe they found the car involved in a deadly hit and run in west kensington. police were there as they recovered this white infinity. police believe this was the car that struck 19-year-old josephine rivera and her son joseph. the little boy died yesterday morning. eva pilgram joins us live from philadelphia with the very latest. >> reporter: rick, police say they are certain they have the car that was used in that kensington hit and run that killed a 2-year-old boy and injured his mother and they think they know who was driving that car. >> around 6:00 this morning the owner of the 2006 white infinity and told officers he believed his car was used in the deadly hit and run. >>

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news this noon, the supreme court hears arguments on same-sex marriage. >>> and a hostage sitdation forces the evacuation of a school. >>> but the big story is the staggering damage in baltimore after riots erupted after the death of freddie gray. buildings are still smoldering and more than 140 cars were burned and businesses looted. >> reporter: good afternoon hundreds of national guard troops are out on the streets of baltimore and thousands more are on stand by officials say right now is what they need is cooperation from community members. >> following a day of violence and unrest they are answering the call for calm and some are coming out with brooms in hand. >> all of us have got to come together. businesses are calling for residents to step up. like this mother pulling her son from the crowd yesterday after catching him on live tv. we'll continue to bring resources we need to make sure we are managing it. the national guard is on the streets of baltimore 144 vehicles were set on f

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with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news more protests over a man's mysterious death after he was arrested in baltimore. >> plus a man was arrested by strangers when his wheelchair falls on to train tracks and the death of a philadelphia authority parking authority worker, the 60-year-old man was pinned under a tow truck this morning. chad pradelli is live at the scene with more on perhaps. >> reporter: the fatal accident happened at 8:00 a.m., this is lot one of the philadelphia parking authority in south philadelphia. you can see philadelphia police remain on scene just moments ago, a minute or two they took away the tow truck according to the parking authority 60-year-old jeff bears was killed. he is from maple shade the tow truck operator backed up and didn't see his fellow employee and ran over him and pinned him. he is a 13 year veteran of the parking authority this appears to simply be an accident. his family is at the hospital at jefferson hospital that is where the victim was taken and pronounced. this simply appear

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara bloomquist is off and in the news, three utility poles and electrical wires are down after a one vehicle crash in chester. and one of the county's most traveled bridges is shut down indefinitely and we'll tell you why. but we begin with breaking news this hour, less than 12 hours after an officer was shot late last night another officer shot his weapon after a suspect displayed his gun. there is a report of a person with a gun. police tell "action news," when they got on the scene a man bran dished a weapon causing the officer to open fire police are still searching for a second suspect at this hour. >>> now to the latest on the philadelphia police officer shot and wounded last night. the officer and a drug suspect are both in the hospital after exchanging gun fire in west philadelphia. the officer was shot in the arm and expected to be released from the hospital in the next few days. a 35-year-old drug suspect with a criminal history was also shot. katherine scott joins us with the very latest.

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meteorologist david murphy joins us outside in the sun with all the details. you know rick williams is here, you got to love i >> reporter: great day to do the report outside on the terrace. let's get you to satellite. we have a few clouds around this morning, they have broken away nicely, around the region we have blue skies and high clouds around and not enough to block out the sun. winds coming from the south. 69 degrees in philadelphia. still lagging a bit down the shore because you're right next to the cold onshore flow in the low 50s there. 61 in wilmington, everybody is going to move on up this afternoon. great day to have plans to take the toddlers out to the playground. lots of sunshine a mild breeze, 70 by 2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 72 degrees, the only thing if you're going to be out at the playground or something that will take you outside for a while, remember despite the nice weather it's that time of year you have to to remember the sunscreen, okay. temperature this afternoon 72 that's the high at 4:00 p.m. at the playground. well above the high of 63. we have rain arriving

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