villanova is suppose to pick up the costs of $22,000 hail to the champions, live in dillworth park, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> vernon looking at that video from 31 years ago it makes people like you and i feel like we have been here for a while. but -- here is the convoy, the wildcat convoy making its way by police escort on the blue route, they are six or seven minutes out of their destination. as you can see the road is cleared for them by way of philadelphia and now lower merion police escort. as they make their way to villanova stadium. i'm watching this along with ducis rogers and you were sitting right here last night when villanova was winning this game in utterly spectacular fashion. lots of memories because of great shots by both teams but the last one by kris jenkins. >> it was phenomenal but they had a great run. these are remarkable numbers, villanova shot 58.2% from the field during the tournament. the best percentage in 50 years. lets look at the highlights, a lot of credit has to go to sophomore bill booth. he scored 24 points and nova up 3 with less than 10 seconds

vernon odom is live with more. >> reporter: rick, congressman fattah is scheduled to go on trial for federal corruption charges early next month, and he could be looking at a long prison term and a loss of his congressional pension. for 11 terms in congress, chaka fattah was considered invincible and the massive corruption charges against him brought him down to defeat and his loss in the primary will have an impact on the city or second district. he was a ranking member of the powerful house committee where funds are clogged up. pennsylvania state lawmaker, dwight evans won the nomination and is the heavy favorite to win in the fall. >> there is a lot of work to do, and i really want to get something done and i want people to work together. >> i think the gentlemen that have a greater amount of votes at this moment of state representative evans is qualified to take on the responsibility of the greatest congressional district in the country. >> if evans wins in november he will be a freshman congressman and stand back in a long line in the halls of congress. mayor kenney had the reac

i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >>> today is equal payday. a data symbolizes the time that it takes for women's pay to catch up with men's from the year before. new jersey lawmakers met at rutgers camden to outline legislation aimed at bridging the pay gap. they discussed the paycheck fairness ac. women earn on average 79 cents for every dollar men make and african-american women even less, 59 cents on the dollar. >>> and in spring garden philadelphia, part of the greater philadelphia chamber of commerces annual region on the rise event. experts discuss how major projects in philadelphia and camden are leading the way in driving the local economy. >> coming up tonight, the red cross is here to help humans during emergencies, and we'll introduce you to another organization that will show up to provide aid to your pets. >>> and the flyers get focused before their first match-up against washington wednesday night. >>> sky 6 hd is showing the bright sunshine is back but now it gets chilly and a freeze warning is posted for part of our area. >> th

"action news" reporter vernon odom is live in kensington tonight and vernon, what is the latest on this? >> reporter: jim, police say the murder suspect has now been arrested. he's formally charged with murder. he confessed completely they say but only after trying to pin the murder on his five-year-old daughter. this is a neighbor's recent photo of four-year-old tahirah phillips who died of a gunshot wound to the head saturday afternoon inside her kensington home by the hand of her own father. under arrest and charged with murder, her father, 30-year-old maurice phillips police say the child was watching tv with her six siblings ranking in age from 13 years to seven months old when her father entered the room and pulled out his gun. >> comes into a room, a very small room, all seven of the kids are in there watching tv. he takes the gun out and in a reckless manner starts waving it and pointing it and it discharges one time and strikes his daughter. >> reporter: police say phillips tried to frame the killing on his victim's five-year-old sibling. >> he took blood and actually wiped it

lets switch to vernon odom live in overbrook park. you are at one of the busier locations this afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon rick and sara, that is true rick. the democratic party says turnout is heavier than normal across the city here at mid-day. he was expecting no more than a 40% turnout city wide but earlier indications are it's much higher than that. it's busier than normal at this overbrook library. turnout is higher than usual. voters from this section of town take the franchise very seriously. >> i vote every year, i always vote. always vote. >> it's my right. you know, i don't have a voice if i don't vote right? >> turnout is expected to be heavier than normal? >> that is good. >> i'm hoping this country will be much better than it is now. exercising my right to vote. >> the city's democratic party chairman says that the president's race always turns out larger turnout, and early reports appear to show that turnout today will be far higher than expected. >> the trend is early voting rather than late voting but if th

bill clinton brought hillary clinton's message and vernon odom has the story. >> reporter: the former president's day began with a prayer session and rally with a most of ministers from the episcopal church. they have always counted on the black community to come out and vote for them. he was touting his record and hillarys when a pair of placard waiving protesters, their issue the crime bill the president pushed through and said it was too harsh landing many bind bars. >> i don't know how you would characterize the gang leaders that got 13-year-old kids hopped up on crack and sent them out on the streets to murder other african-american children. you thought they were good citizens, she didn't. >> at one time she called the black youth, super predators. >> he happily worked the rope line before leaving. bernie sanders picked up a major union endorsement from the communication union this morning. >> why is it we lost millions and millions of good paying middle class jobs as corporations shut down in pennsylvania and in the united states of america, and move to low wage countries abroa

i'm vernon odom at the criminal justice center in center city. >>> a high school senior has a tough choice to make she is selected by five ivy league schools as well as other elite institutions and it may have to do with a shopping trip to costco. britney simpson has a 4.9 gpa and scores 2100 on the sat's but it was her essay, britney compared the seemingly endless choices at costco with her lifelong curiosity for answers. and it was her parents that helped her believe in herself. >> my mom did not doubt me and saw me doubting myself, she said no, stop doing that. >> britney is leaning towards yale or stanford and plans to study neuro science. there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. will they like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. i'm bernie sanders and i approve t

in hunting park, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news." i've always taken on the status quo.n harrisburg, they didn't like it when i stopped their perks and pushed for reform. as head of pennsylvania's third-largest county, i cut out wall street middlemen to protect pensions, stood up for marriage equality and protected our environment. now i'm fighting for criminal justice reform. i'm proud to be backed by president obama and people who care about our families. i'm josh shapiro. i'll be an attorney general who always fights for you. >> 24 hours from now you know what's going to be happening. >> yeah. little basketball game. >> villanova is a slight favorite two points. days getting longer, thankfully the wait is getting shorter. this time tomorrow nova and oklahoma will be under way in the final four. the winner will be one win away from a national title t our jeff skversky is in houston with the cats. he joins us live. jeff. >> reporter: ducis ryan arcidiacono may be their star but villanova would not be here in the final four without jalen brunson. that freshman is so pois

in south philadelphia, i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news. >> subaru is fulfilling its promise toate jobs in the camden area by starting with an investment in the future. the car company has joined forces with the local organization called respond to train new auto mechanics. students in respond's classes will become part of subaru university where they'll get the hands-on training needed to qualify for jobs with subaru. >> these are good high paying jobs too. an average technician can make anywhere from, say, $80,000 to well over a hundred thousand dollars. >> back in december subaru broke ground on its new u.s. headquarters in camden promising it would bring 700 jobs. >>> the brandywine conservancy and museum of art in chadds ford opened a new exhibit today honoring its founder who died last weekend. george raymond known to friends as frolic was an artist philanthropist and conservationist. he was instrumental in helping the conservancy grow from 47 acres of preserved land to the 62,000 acres that it is today. weymouth died on sunday at the age of 79 >> a group of first graders

live in west chester, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news." m. >> thank you, vernon. >>> in the democratic race hillary clinton courted voters in wilmington this afternoon. clinton held a get out the vote rally at world cafe live at the queen. clinton will rally voters in philadelphia tonight. a rally at city hall scheduled for 7 o'clock and her daughter chelsea made several stops in the area today. >>> bernie sanders spent this morning in the state of connecticut. he will be back in philadelphia tonight. sanders is scheduled to speak at drexel university's athletic center at 8 o'clock. >>> of course "action news" will have complete coverage of all the primary elections tomorrow. there are five of them and we will have representatives from the league of women voters here to answer any questions you might have about voting. you can call the number on your screen from 7:00 a.m. when the polls open until the polls close at 8:00 p.m. >>> vice president joe biden was in philadelphia today talking about making education more affordable. he spoke at t

"action news" reporter vernon odom is live at the wells fargo center. se that foundation is about much more than hockey. it is all because of ed snider. >> reporter: good evening, jim. ed snider's reputation around this town was legendary for hard nosed businessman with sharp elbows, who played hard ball when it came down to dollars and cents but here's a look at his tender love for his adopted hometown. the youth hockey program in this city rec center in cobbs creek is profoundly built up when ed snider's youth hockey program came aboard in a partnership ten years ago. the it is one of five programs in city recollect sent's cross the city. >> only thing he has attached his name too. so he is told us that he wanted it to be his legacy. >> reporter: in the beginning it was all about teaching inner city youth about hockey but it evolved quickly into more, much more. and 3,000 kid, now participating a week. 1900 after school each day, and, tom brown has been with the snider program since 06. >> i react to this program not just involving hockey is, you know,

"action news" reporter vernon odom has the full story. >> reporter: the d.a. says he has spent weeks reviewing the cell phone video of the brawl and tracking down witnesses who were inside the club recess around 2:45 that february morning. and still they cannot conclude who started the brawl between two off duty cops and football star shady mccoy and three of his friends. >> while it's clear that a physical altercation took place and that several people were injured, there's insufficient credible evidence to determine which of the participants was the initial aggressor. >> reporter: investigators do know the violence erupted when a $350 bottle of slam pain purchased by mccoy was grabbed by one of the officers who was treated for injuries but did not go to emergency hospital rooms near club recess. >> it's very clear mccoy didn't start any fight. he didn't want to continue any fight. the most he did in this matter after this fight broke out, he went over to try to break it up. >> reporter: witness this tweet sent out late today by the police union. the fop lead

at the federal courthouse in center city, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news. >> camden county health department says a woman has tested positive for the zika virus. health officials say the woman is not pregnant. she recently returned from traveling to a country where the zika virus is present. the virus is linked to birth defects like microcephaly. there are also reports of rare neurologic problems in adults. >>> also in camden county, cooper university hospital has been fined thousands of dollars for health and safety violations. osha slapped a $55,000 fine on the hospital for allowing employees to be exposed to needles stick injuries and blood borne pathogen hazards. cooper says it is taking the report seriously and will address the issue. the hospital has until may third to make changes. >>> atlantic city has made a partial payment to the school district. mayor don guardian says the district received more than $3 million this morning butter state officials say it is only part of the money that was due in march and nothing from april has yet been paid. today's partial payment will

. >> vernon odom has been talking with neighbors. we'll have live report and more on the investigation coming up in a report at 4:30. >> a couple driving through mount airy survived a close call this morning after a tree came crashing down on their car. walter perez live now on mccann street where this happened. this came down a matter of inches. >> reporter: no doubt about it brian. that tree landed right where the windshield meets the hood so you shutter to think what would have happened if they were two to 3 feet further along and what makes this story that much bizarre is we've covered stories like this before when it was windy or an ice storm but for a tree to fall on a perfect day after a perfect weekend was pretty unusual. >> it's a very strange experience. >> reporter: paul raybin of boston is talking about what happened this morning when a 30 to 40-foot tree randomly fell on top of his vehicle as he was traveling down the 7300 block of mccallum street. both paul and his wife say it happened so fast there was really no time t

more more on voter turnout we turn to vernon odom live in southeast philadelphia. >> reporter: hi rick and monica, good evening. let me say up front it was difficult if not impossible to find any republicans that wanted to speak on camera in the heavy turnout sections of the city we visited today. brisk, that is the word being used to describe the turnout across town today, the president primary the major engine for that in this town that is very much dominated by the democratic party. >> the school in the bustleton section, was teeming with election activity. restrictions for six divisions into this building. a judge says that the presidential primary is what is turning so many out to vote. >> by the end of the day we break 200. >> this remains a largely democratic area, like so much of philadelphia, and the epic hillary-bernie battle goes on. >> i liked hillary all along. but as far as the candidates are concerned she has the most experience and i think she will do the best job. >> voted for sanders. >> because -- >> he has some kind of grit, i'm not sure what it is, i think he would

vernon odom is live with more on the end of an era in pennsylvania politics. >> reporter: indeed it is sharrie, i have known chaka fattah since he was a teenager, he was deeply involved in politics back then and first went to harrisburg with the general assembly before washington and congress. he has not been available for comment today. state representative dwight evans were out thanking second congressional votered today after winning the democratic nomination for congress last night. he defeated 11 term incumbent chaka fattah something experts saw coming as fattah prepares to go to court next month on charges. he is looking forward to the fall general election. >> i won't really be new. i'll be prepared and ready to take on the challenges. >> for year fattah was considered politically invincible but that collapsed under the weight of an indictment for allegedly mishandling millioned of dollars. >> state representative evans is qualified to take on representing the best congressional district in the country. >> fattah is the long time member of the powerful house appropriations commi

vernon odom is live with more. >> good evening rick and monica, ted cruz's camp is demanding that governor case -- kasich throw in the towel. so kasich has this answer tonight here in media delaware county. >> i ain't getting out says ohio governor john kasich as he continues down the long campaign trail this spring. in media p.a. he tells the town hall crowd that he could get the gop nomination for president if the party bosses with stop donald trump on the first ballot at the july convention in cleveland. he hopes his image will appeal to old line voters who can't stand donald trump or senator ted cruz. >> you know what really works? is when we slow down and listen to one another and show respect to one another and work together to solve a problem. >> at this town hall his hawkish side was on display and was asked about national security and how to deal with isis and other terrorist groups. >> america has to leave a coalition of arab and muslim countries, saudi arabia and egypt and jordan and the gulf states and european countries and us and we have to go in the air and on the ground. >>

live in west oak lane, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. me time the gop candidates are turning their attention to new york. ted cruz had a rally in new york and donald trump was also in the area last night with a rally on long island. polls show that trump has a huge lead over the 50% mark in fact in that state. >>> police in northeast philadelphia are looking for the vandals that damaged almost 200 cars, all of them were inside a local repair shop. chad pradelli is live with the latest on this investigation. >> reporter: brian, this mako shop repairs vehicles that are already damaged but when the two owner asss arrived they found windshields smashed. these two dozen vehicles on the 100 block of bustleton. >> we go to the cameras and see when it went down and the way the cameras were set up it didn't catch these guys on how they were walking along all the cars you see the footprints on the hood. it's set up for a motion like detecters, it was set to where it just didn't pick it up. >> they say it's not the first case of vandalism, but neve

vernon odom is live in media where kasich just wrapped up a rally. >> reporter: good evening sharrie.n kasich just wrached up the rally here on pen's campus in media. he won only one primary election this season and lost more than 30 times but he is marching on and still far behind donald trump and behind senator ted cruz of texas as well. >> thank you -- >> ohio's governor trudges on like the happy warrior even though it's mathematically impossible to win the nomination outright. eventually he hopes to get the the delegates to sway to him. >> there is a falling off of spirit and confidence in ourselves. and i believe that all of us are made special and all of us have a purpose. and our job here is to use those special gifts we have been given to help fix our world. >> kasich has plenty of strong conservati conservative credentials but shows moderate in this fire breather with trump and ted cruz. >> we'll call on the politicians to do their job but we have to rely on all of us, and maybe part of the reason we are cynical or discouraged is because we have politicians p m plom -- promis

vernon odom is live with the details. >> reporter: hello monica. first to the fire department, there is tension and conflict here. it's complicated, tainted by racial suspicions. the search formerly ended today with the introduction of adam theil most recently a public official in virginia, and has been a chief in four states including maryland and arizona. the future of derek sawer, he is a victim of being appointed by mayor nutter. >> it created a serious problem in our department, forcing brownouts and things of the like, we have stopped. >> theil knows he is stepping into a pressure cooker, the union is mad because he is an outsider, the guardians are mad as well. believing that sawyer is a sacrificial lamb to placate the union. >> we are sitting down with the stake holders to develop a shared vision for the department, a new way forward. >> a person inside of the philadelphia fire department will have more knowledge of the department but we'll see what happens. and blanch carnie, has been with the prison system for 20 years and her background

live in center city, at city hall, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon. >>>the city is starved for a championship team and now they have it. here we are live back on the ground at the private air field site. they are boarding the buses and heading back to school shortly. but they are not quite finished boarding and we'll keep an eye on things as we go back to the huge celebratory group. they have a police escort as they head back to campus and students there are anxious and waiting. let go to dann cuellar live inside of villanova stadium with more on the anticipation and the frenzy that continues to unfold on campus. >> reporter: hey rick. the rally is set to start just after 6:00 as soon as the team can get here. meantime, we have over 1,000 people gathered here. are you ready nova nation -- [ cheers and applause ] >> do you realize how lucky you are to be here this year at villanova when they win this championship. >> yes. >> how does it feel? >> unbelievable. i didn't think it would happen. >> i was so quited it's my freshman year, my first year at nova i

vernon odom is live with more on hillary clinton's speech and a second campaign stop she made in town today. >> reporter: good evening, hillary clinton desperately wants to break bernie sanders' momentum here in pennsylvania. by the enof the month she wants to do that, pennsylvania is a key confrontation and maintains a narrow lead here. fresh off a drubbing she took yesterday in the wisconsin primary, she went in front of the cio to get her the nomination and then to the white house. for example she supported the $15 minimum wage hikes in new york, california and then here. >> i fully support governor wolf and his fight to raise the minimum wage in pennsylvania as well. >> clinton would like to put the stubborn sanders' campaign down for the count. in a few weeks we'll see the battle in new york and then the pennsylvania primary. the latest poll here has her only of points ahead of sanders. >> we have a primary on april 26th, i'll work hard across this commonwealth. as hard as i can to reach out and meet the voters but i can't do that without your help. >> clinton was joined my mayor

"action news" is talking to all three candidates and vernon odom will have a complete break down of that race at 5:00. >>> and we are hosting a democratic senate delate this week, and have you the chance to join the action. tell us what you want to ask the candidates, send your questions on facebook, twitter or instagram. just use #6abcaction. >>> the horticulture society teamed up to bring solar power to a local high school. the action cam was at the high school where they flipped the switch on the new solar panels. they powered the greenhouse in the community gardens, they give students and neighbors access to pressure produce. they will power the heater and fans and safety lights. >> pretty cool. >>> hundreds of people flocked to north philadelphia for a chance to land a new job. they hosted philadelphia international airport's national job fair. more than 30 businesses and government agencies that operated within the airport were looking to fill immediate opening, it includes everything from cashiers to massage therapists and beauty stylists. they expected about 1800 people to show u

vernon odom is live at city hall where the parade ends with one huge rally. >> reporter: good evening sharrie and brian, the word from city hall tonight break out the flags and bands and fix a parade. they are anticipating here in just 69 hours, the city will celebrate this victory by villanova right here in dillworth park. >> the villanova parade will kick off friday at 20th and market. and then proceed five blocks east down market into dill worth park where the fountains and tulips are flourishing. this has been in the works since friday in case they came through and they did. >> we are happy they won. they are in southeast philadelphia and happy to host it. >> these are scenes from the 85 celebration. they took down georgetown to win the mens title that year. and the tab this time for extra services like police deployment will be picked up by the university. and initial talks and planning began on friday before the reason for the celebration was a real thing. >> we want folks to come into the city whether it's their town or a neighborhood in the city. we want them to feel welcome a

vernon odom is live now in center city where clinton is speaking to the cfo. >> good afternoon hillary clinton just wrapped up her remarks at the pennsylvania convention here in center city. whoever wins the democratic domination they can pretty much count on the union power. hillary clinton came to philadelphia this morning to address pennsylvania's aflcio. she took a drumming in wisconsin and still cannot shake bernie sanders she would love to do that and start focusing on the fall election but faces a rough and tumble battle in new york the next two weeks and then pennsylvania's primary a week later. the latest poll has her up 6 points in the quaker state. >> senator sanders and i have real differences in how we would go about achieving our goals as president. and like a lot of people i am concerned that some of his ideas just won't work because the numbers don't add up. >> bernie sanders had a raucous victory rally in wyoming last night saying it's far from over. >> if we wake up the american people and working people and middle class people and senior citizens and young people beg

dann cuellar is covering bernie sanders but first vernon odom in center city and hillary clinton addressed union workers today. >> reporter: good evening rick. we'll see some good old fashion political brawling over the next few weeks and the stakes get higher each day. the morning after getting crushed in the wisconsin primary, hillary clinton came out swinging at bitter rival bernie sanders who speaks here at the pennsylvania afocoo convention tomorrow. she says that the senator is selling pie in the sky promises he cannot deliver from the white house. >> every candidate asking for your vote owes it to you to be clear on how we'll keep our promises. >> the primary comes in three weeks after the new york primary smack down. hillary clinton has not been able to deliver the knockout blow to her rival. >> the republican front runner, in case you haven't heard. actually says that wages are too high. >> boo! >> i said the other day in new york it's time he gets out of one of those towers named for him and talk to people out working. ted cruz and others are pushing a national right to work law

vernon odom is live now in center city where clinton is speaking to the cfo. >> good afternoon hillary clinton just wrapped up her remarks at the pennsylvania convention here in center city. whoever wins the democratic domination they can pretty much count on the union power. hillary clinton came to philadelphia this morning to address pennsylvania's aflcio. she took a drumming in wisconsin

"action news" reporter vernon odom was there for the official announcement.center city with the details. vern. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this comes after more than two months investigation. district attorney seth williams saying tonight no charges are coming against football star shady mccoy or the three friends who were involved in an infamous bar room brawl back in late february at an after hours club. the d.a. says he probed this bar room brawl to the hilt after a nine week investigation, d.a. seth williams says there will be no charges filed against former eagles star lesean mccoy or his three friends or the two off duty cops with whom they tussled in that after hours club back in early february. >> while it is clear that a physical altercation took place and that several people were injured, there's insufficient credible evidence to determine which of the participant was the initial aggressor. >> reporter: this is 2:45 cell phone video of the brawl. two off duty cops were injured. the d.a. confirmed earlier reports that the fighting started over

and that is where we find vernon odom who is live with groups of both supporters and protestors there at the scene. vernon. >> reporter: they're out here en masse brian good evening. donald trump has just gone to the stage. hundreds of very vocal anti-trump supporters are inside. they've been turning people away all day and the vocal demonstrators are out here in the heart of this campus. donald trump makes this election appearance in pennsylvania where polls show him running at least 20 points ad had of both of his gop rivals. by the hundreds anti-trump demonstrators have gathered in the heart of west chester university's campus to display their distaste for the kind of presidential campaign the gop frontrunner has waged. on the other side of the street, donald trump supporters by the hundreds, all lined up for entrance into the hall. ohio governor john kasich campaigned in south philadelphia this morning with a late breakfast crowd. he was swarmed by tv cameras and reporter ass he passed the flesh in the penrose diner. he was pressed to explain the deal with ted cruz. >> we don't ha

i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news in wynnefield heights. >> and you can watch the democratic senate primary debate in its entirety. tune in sunday morning at 11 o'clock right here on 6abc. >>> and when election day comes on tuesday, stay with "action news." in addition to complete coverage we'll also have representatives from the league of women voters right here to answer any questions that you might have. you can call the number on your screen from 7:00 in the morning when polls first open until 8 o'clock at night when the polls close. >>> time for the "action news" traffic report. >> all right let's do it. it's friday. we made it. matt pelman get us home, please. >> and the league of afternoon commuters are hitting the roads this afternoon trying to get home and start the weekend, start the passover weekend for our jewish friends. this is 95 northbound side already sluggish from 452 through this point at 322 in delco on up toward the blue route. in chester county we're watching a crash early this afternoon in kennett square along cypress street at walnut. crossing into new castle

. >>> and taking time to celebrate success at the hotels in malvern, and "action news," vernon odom the of the annual dinner one of the biggest fundraisers of the year helping low-income children and families in chester county. >>> and mayor jim kenney taking part in a long-time fundraiser, siti i dining out for life. and t this ii got to see my dad, die on national tv. they don't know what they took from us. people are dying. we need a president that's going to talk about it. i believe bernie sanders is a protestor. he's not scared to go up against the criminal justice system. he's not scared. that's why i'm for bernie. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. >> chopper 6 hd over a fire in t & us live in d.c. with post-game reaction, jeff? >> the flyers had shot after shot to set the tone here early on on the road in game one. but they go 0-4 in the power play in the first 30 minutes, and only 8 shots on goal after the first period adding up to a tough shut-out loss. >> we know we can play better. and they are a pretty good team. and we don't think that we played our best and ju

"action news" reporter vernon odom was right there. >> reporter: at recess this chilly day students ater duck reelementary school shoot baskets on a goal with new back boards rims and nets courtesy of neighbor nick a junior at temple university. who saw nothing but bent and hanging rims and nets torn or missing completely. the sad result, of vandalism and neglect. >> they don't really have a lot, you know. they don't have really -- they don't even have places to play basketball at so, you know, having this will give these kids somewhere to go. >> reporter: he saw the same situation all over north philadelphia and he decided to act through a fundraising internet site called go fund me. he raised $253 to put up the new equipment on four goals on the playground. joining the celebration members of temple university's basketball team who played with exuberant school children and passed along great advice about their future because they can relate. >> i was once in their shoes about 10, 12 years ago so i understand what it takes to get where i'm at and just having fun out here and just seein

"action news" reporter vernon odom explains why. >> reporter: david banks live on lat tonya street in a redeveloping neighborhood in south philadelphia. banks has a 10 year abatement in the row house he renovated so for a decade he'll play roughly one half the amount of tax on the structure he would be assessed without the abatement but the city's tax assessor has mailed out nearly 535,000 reassessments on land value. there are no tax breaks here and that has banks grabbing his wallet. >> and my concern is that just recently we got notice in the mail that the land value tax value has increased. mine has increased several thousand dollars. >> reporter: the city's tax assessor says 85 percent of the taxpayers will see no change in their assessment or in fact a decrease. but the city also admits some reassessments could trigger property tax jumps of more than $400 or roughly three and a half percent of those reassessed. >> many of those large increases are due to new construction or consolidated accounts that we would put on the books anyway. >> reporter: for those taxpayers who don't th

vernon odom is live now where sanders spoke this morning. >> reporter: good afternoon rick this morning senator sanders was formerly endorse by the worker here before he came here to the aflcio convention to generate more support from this group. sanders took his turn this morning the day after hillary clinton was here and drew a larger delegate turnout. he says his voting record is 98% pro labor. and will work for them if he wins the office in november. sanders continues to blast hillary clinton as a tool of washington fat cats. >> i will not leave here this morning and go to a wall street fundraiser. i will not be -- [ applause ] -- i will not be hustling money from the wealthy and powerful. i grew up in a sense in this movement you are my family. >> yesterday mrs. clinton drew a lar larger crowd and says sanders full of big talk but cannot deliver. >> senator sanders and i have big difference on how to achieve our goals as president and like a lot of people i am concerned that some of his ideas just won't work because the numbers don't add up. >> reporter: former president clinton is

. >>> and taking time to celebrate success at the hotels in malvern, and "action news," vernon odom the of the event of the annual dinner one of the biggest fundraisers of the year helping low-income children and families in chester county. >>> and mayor jim kenney taking part in a long-time fundraiser, siti i dining out for life. and they donate to aid associations and it is in the 26th year. like steve santarsiero, harrisburg politicians who will say or do anything to advance his career? he claims he wrote pennsylvania's gun safety law. but the truth is he didn't. there is no law requiring universal background checks for all gun purchases. his campaign even bragged that he passed 54 bills. in fact, 7 years in harrisburg, steve santarsiero has never passed a single bill into law. i'm shaughnessy naughton. i approve this message because i am not a career politician. joe sestak supports a plan that the new york timesfactreported makes cuts to social security benefits. and the plan raises the retirement age. it's true. the a.a.r.p. opposed the plan, citing dramatic cuts to medicare benefi

i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon. >> from our new jersey newsroom now, governor chris christie wants more customer service training for motor vehicle training. for timely returned phone calls and face-to-face service. all employees will june go new training in the next year and governor christie got this headline grabbing moment. christie's wife mary pat caught rolling her eyes at donald trump. christie says the media is mistaken. >> i have seen the mary pat eye role for 32 years that was not an eye roll by mary pat and called the story silly and blames the media for blowing it out of proportion. >> and now new information into the death of prince. >>> sources tell abc news that prescription drugs were found with the singer's body but investigators have yet to connect the drugs to his sudden passing, for more on this we turn to marcy gonzales live in new york with more. >> reporter: rick, it's not clear what if any connection those drugs could have. authorities are stress that now a week after prince's death, the investigation is still far from over. >> investiga

vernon odom spoke to the three candidates about their plans for office. >> reporter: former congressman joe sestak canvass in media, delaware county, part of his former district campaigning hard for the democratic nomination hoping to once again confront pat toomey. he is still a pariah to democratic party bosses, he is a pro obama progressive but refuses to take orders from chuck schumer. >> a u.s. senator -- sestak whenever i tell you anything it's answer is to be yes. this is no longer a nation of kings and king makers. >> katie mcginty has never held an office but is the choice of the establishment. the unions have poured in money and president obama is on board and so is governor wolf. >> pat toomey's voting record, trying to privatize social security and voting against health care and aiming to repeal the medicare expanse we worked so hard on. and voting against veterans benefits. >> he fights hard to reyou've night his town out west and endorsed bernie sanders for president and traveling through the commonwealth, looking to legalize marijuana. >> people are turned off by the idea

"action news" reporter vernon odom has more on the reasoning behind williams' decision coming up tonight at 6:00. >> mother nature's rollercoaster ride continues. accuweather is tracking rain that's moving through right now and another drop in temperatures tonight. looking live outside sky6 hd shows you the ben franklin bridge. it is cloudy up above and we are expecting to get very cold. in fact, a freeze warning will go into effect overnight. meteorologist cecily tynan at the big board with a first look at the accuweather forecast. hi, cecily. >> hi monica its been a wild month of weather changes. more changes on the way. take a look at high temperatures today. philadelphia 65 degrees. yesterday only 47. felt colder with the wind chill. baltimore is 70 for the high but 40 degrees colder in boston, temperatures in the 20's across new england and boston could get around four to 8-inches of snow. storm tracker6 live double scan showing there's a cold front moving through. that's what's bringing some of that rain and it will also pull down that colder air once it moves through. so, closer u

vernon odom was there for us in the courtroom and he'll have details in a full report at 6:00. >> brand into at 4:00 we learned the name of the man who was shot and killed this morning in burlington county. police say 31-year-old colby rogers of mount laurel was shot to death in his car. it happened around 3:15 this morning on the 600 block of woodhaven lane in willingboro. they have not said who killed him or why. >> atlantic city has made a payment to its school district amid a looming takeover by the state of new jersey. mayor don guardian said the city paid 50 percent of what it owes the district today. the president of the school board said he understands the city's financial situation and that not having the full payment will not affect classes this year or graduation ceremony. state lawmakers continue to weigh a possible takeover in atlantic city. governor chris christie and the senate are in favor of that. the assembly and speaker vincent prieto want to give ac more time. >> he's one of many local veterans who have served our country with valor and selflessness and today jim bro