rick: and i'm rick leventhal. the push for votes are not over yet, vice president pence trying to gain more support, holding a listening session earlier today with business owners in florida before making some remarks. kristin fisher is live at mar rah lag duo resort this palm beach, florida. how did the vice president try to sell this bill, as a final draft or one still open for negotiation? >> reporter: well, this is very much still open for be negotiation. in fact, vice president mike pence said today that he is still going to be working with members of congress to improve this bill, but he also said that president trump supports it 100%. now, the vice president made these remarks in jacksonville. he was touring a small business there and holding a listening session with a group of small business owners, and he then told them if they want to get rid of obamacare, they need to let their lawmakers in washington know that they support the republican alternative, the american health care act. >> be clear on this th

the 14th secretary of energy will be governor rick perry. [applause] pence: especially grateful to be joined today by his wonderful wife anita, who has been at his side in so many ways as he has served the people of this state and this nation and now joins him as they serve all the people of the united states at the department of energy. anita, we are honored to have you with us. [applause] vice president pence: also grateful to be joined by so many other friends and colleagues. but most notably, the senator from texas, senator ted cruz. thank you for joining us. [applause] vice president pence: governor perry, few americans have as long and distinguished a record of leadership and public service as you. it stretches back more than four decades, despite your youthful appearance. after a five year stint in the air force and a tour of duty on your family farm, the good people of texas elected you to the state house, where you served as a representative for six years. as agriculture commissioner for eight years. and then as lieutenant governor

rick? rick: arthel? arthel: all right, let's bring in phillip bump, washington correspondent at "the washington post." good to see you this afternoon. one of the major points of contention, medicaid expansion. health care for low income americans to be phased out by 2020, as we just saw in lauren's report. conservatives wanting it to be out of there next year. the president says he's, he supports phasing out medicare, but we're not sure where he is in terms of how quickly. >> right. arthel: so you've got 31 states plus the district of columbia accepting the medicaid expansion under the aca, medicaid expansion, the federal government is paying for 90% of the program covering the states' expenses. before the aca, that was 50. all right? we laid that out. so talk about these proposed changes and how it's going to unfold. >> so i think the fundamental thing, and you hit on the key issue here. the key political issue is what happens to those folks that are now covered under medicaid. obviously, the states don

rick wells mr. rick. >> (clapping.) >> thank you, thank you great day rick also nice to have you been part of this so we're here today to announce the rosemary i warriors will be making their third trip to china this october 2nd games between the minnesota tinder wolves in shanghai we'll be the nba team traveled to china more than any other tomato in the history. >> (clapping.) >> the first change to go there and hear amazing things our second trip to our sister city shanghai we'll get to visit the nba in hits desirability is such a global trend i've had a front row seat to watch that waterproofsables are years i was in charge of the international offices and had the thierl to be part of opening of our very first international one person office in melbourne as you traditional it is amazing to see the hundreds of employees and the offices all over the world to promote this support of basketball and the nba for the nba there is no question that china is the single most important mashthd outside for th

rick boone is at the caltrain station with a warning from police. rick? >> reporter: in this area of palo alto within hours of each other. it is very possible. the first attack happened 9:00 wednesday night near the bus station on university avenue. the woman got away. the suspect ran off. an hour later, police receive a report of another sexual assault just a few blocks away at the caltrain station on university avenue. police did release a sketch of the suspect. look closely if you happen to know this person. and they are telling us they believe the suspect may be sneaking up on his victims, possibly victims distracted by their electronic devices. be alert and be very aware. rick boone for today in the bay. >>> the search is on for more suspected wanted in connection to last month's violence on the u.c. berkeley campus. some of them are kind of unclear and hard to make out. but that is who they are looking for. the university ended up canceling the event when the protest got out of hand. >>> awaiting a status report on the emergency repairs and response

rick williams joins us. "action news" continues with new details about the teen accused of knocking out a philadelphia police officer this morning. why the boy's teeth may tie him to another crime. >> also the only thing better than saying goodbye to winter with a frozen treat is saying goodbye to winter with a free frozen treat t how much longer you have to pick up an italian ice from rita's at no charge. >> plus, it's the viral video that has the internet's head spinning. no, this is not a man in a chicken costume or foul play. it's 100 percent authentic. the real life version of fog horn leg horn really exists. >> but first we begin with the search for several violent teenagers accused of assaulting strangers at a septa station last week. there are a few of the young people. these are them wanted in connection to the melee at the race vine station in center city. police say the group punched stomped and kicked four students. vernon odom of talked to one of the victims' mother. he joins us live from septa

hi, lana. >> reporter: hi there rick. you know, here in washington we're still dealing with the aftershocks of friday's upset on healthcare that failed bill and the white house was trying to make clear today that the relationship between the president and speaker is of the house is still very strong but all others may be open for negotiation. >> disregard for law must end. >> reporter: attorney general jeff sessions warns sanctuary cities comply with thes orders on immigration or loss justice department grants. >> when cities and states refuse to help enforce immigration laws, our nation is less safe. >> reporter: even though the obama administration had a similar policy, that message is unlikely to be seen as an olive branch to democrats who the white house may be courting in the wake of friday's failing on healthcare. sean spicer says president trump is open to collaboration. >> there's been a lot of outreach from members from both sides. >> reporter: the president tweeted a rebuke to conservative members of had us own

[inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> today, the senate voted to confirm rick perry as secretary of energy. he was sworn in by mike pence at a ceremony at the white house. this is ten minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen the vice president of the united states. climatic. >> thank you very much. i am told the second day of march is an important date in history of the state of texas. the country. i will leave you to ask texans why that is the case. today, the second day of march come on come on behalf of the president of the united states it's my privilege to administer the oath of office to a great texan, the 14th secretary of energy will be governor, rick perry. [applause] especially grateful to be joined today by his wonderful wife, anita anita who is been at his side in so many ways and serve the people of his state and nation, now joins him as they serve the people of the united states at the department of energy. we are honored are honored to have you with us. [applause] also grateful to be joined by so many other friends and colleagues, but most notably the senator from texas, sena

. >> reporter: good evening rick. we had one of those snow squalls that adam is talking about coming down just about an hour ago and it really affected the visibility and that may have that contributed to a seven car pileup that happened here early this morning. >> i said he can't stop. he doesn't have enough time so brace yourself. >> reporter: regina snyder its hard to believe just 24 hours ago temperatures were in the 60's and now her brand new pickup truck is totaled after being involved in a seven car pileup likely caused by snowy conditions. >> all of the snow started coming down really heavy so people slowe so it was hard for anybody to re >> reporter: the accident happened just before 10:30 friday morning along the northeast on thepennsylvania turnpike in both lanes wer shut down for hour. was in the accident and i was able to stop and it just happened that quick. >> the lady that's behind me she said you look like you're going to pass out of. are you okay? but it was just you know adrenaline. >> reporter: the

vernon. >> reporter: are good good aften rick and monica. scientists have now wrapped up their work looking into the treasure trove of activities artifacts and skeletal remains they and found at this olde city construction site. it has yielded a treasure trove of artifacts and skeletal remains that open up yet another window into philadelphia's lifestyle of centuries ago. late today anthropologists and archaeologists uncovered the remaining few a bodies. this lot is in the 200 block of arch street. it was once the cemetery for historic first baptist church from 1703 to 1859. the experts just keep finding gems in the dirt as a real estate developer clears the way for an apartment building. >> this is one of the handles. this is some coffin hardware and it's this sort of artifacts that is associated with a particular individual that we can clean up and it will help give us a date as to when that person was buried. >> the mountain of skeletal remains are being sorted in the science building on the rutgers camden university cam pulse for extensi

bob. >> reporter: rick and monica, such a sad story. again, three years ago joseph miller is accused of shooting and killing his pregnant wife, both she and the unborn baby would not survive and tonight he is now charged with involuntary manslaughter. three years ago, former pennsylvania state trooper joseph miller told detectives he accidentally shot his wife in the head at their east norriton home. as a result, 34-year-old joanna miller and her unborn baby died. today joseph miller is now under arrest. he's charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. the decision to do so comes again three years after the incident. we tried reaching out to the montgomery county d.a.'s office for explanation of why t

. >> reporter: sharrie, rick, good evening. just moments ago maurice green was held for murder trial for the christmas eve killing of the grocery store owner in philadelphia. >> i don't know, i don't know if he was looking for my nephew. >> outside of court today maria buck wants answered she is the daughter of marie buck the murder victim in this case. on christmas eve morning marie buck was shot and killed inside of her corner grocery store on south sixth street. it was not a robbery the city was aghast, charges with murder this man, reputted drug dealer, maurice green. he shot her 11 times, seeking revenge against her son. who schemed with his drug addict girlfriend to steal and hock green's gold chain. >> i want justice for her. there is no reason for someone to come into my mom's store and kill her for no reason. no words were said nothing. >> and they are helping prosecutors establish their case against green, there is no evidence that he told anyone about the crime only interview of this chevy with tinted windows believe

>> rick. >> rick. so i'm doing the radio program but we're watching local returns. i was sitting with the mayor of youngstown. and the numbers came up for mahoney county, which is where youngstown's located, and donald trump was ahead. and the mayor and i who both grew up there and know that mahoney county has never gone republican, certainly since any of us can remember, we just looked at each other with our mouths open and that's when i realized donald trump was going to be the next president. >> it's amazing. >> so i was in new york on election night. and heading toward the trump event which is the hilton on 6th avenue. i run into a very well-connected republican. and it's late in the afternoon. and they're depressed about the exit polls because the exit polls from florida do not look good. >> they look terrible. >> don't win florida it's all over. it's a very early night. and the idea even when trump seemed to be a little bit ahead was there was going to be this big group of voters in broward who were going to come through and win for hillary clinton. so there h

i told rick run it the way you ran texas. this is going to be a great operation and i'm honored to have all three and i'm really honored to have our vice president because mike pence has been outstanding. hasn't he been outstanding tax. [applause] together this group is going to do a truly great job in our country. we have a very very impressive group here to celebrate the start of a new era in american energy and production and job creation. the action i'm taking today will eliminate federal overreach, restore economic freedom and allow our companies and their workers to thrive, compete and succeed on a level playing field for the first time in a long time. it's been a long time. i'm not just talking about eight years, and talking about a lot longer than eight years. you people know probably better than anybody. thanks as well to the many distinguished members of congress who have taken the time to be here. i want to thank all of our industry leaders who are with us and to share our determination to create jobs in america fo

hi, katherine. >> reporter: hi, rick crews pretreated the boulevard. we're standing at the one of the largest salt domes in southwest philadelphia. the city is responsible for 2200 miles of roads, they will start with the primary and secondary roads and deplore crews for smaller residential streets. in southwest philadelphia the streets department is getting ready for snow. they will have 400 vehicles treating the streets with 50,000 tons of salt available. crews will convert sanitation trucks for plowing once trash collection is complete. >> the biggest challenge the rate it will be coming down, it's coming down one to two inches an hour, it will hamper the vision of the drivers, so it will be slow moving. >> reporter: from ice melt to shovels, this home depot was busy before the storm. >> it is coming what can i say. >> reporter: this pair was filling their carts work in maintenance and bolstering there salt supply. >> kidding? i work seven days a week. snow, rain, we'll be out there 1 hours tomorrow. >> reporter: over at the south philadelphia shop

back to you rick. >> thank you. >>> back here lets turn to the forecast now. accuweather says enjoy today because we have a lot of rain heading our way tomorrow to end the work week, sky 6 hd showing you center city from the temple university cam. a few clouds and most of all it's dry and tomorrow heavy rain is expected to hit our region hard. meteorologist, david murphy is outside on the terrace with the details. you got the umbrella close there david. >> i'll need it out here tomorrow. clouds are filtering in and patches of blue here and there and the sun was trying to break through on the terrace, on the satellite blue skies and there they go. the clouds are getting thicker and some bright patches of sky for the next several hours but the clouds will thicken up and rain will be arrives, 47 is the current temperature in philadelphia. 47 in new york city in central park and not much different in washington, 50 miles per hour and you see the winds beginning to turn off the ocean a bit. and the wind speeds not all that bad. and calm winds in washington currentl

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon senior sara is off, we begin with breaking news s police caught up with a suspect accused of robbing a bank and leading police on a chase. in city's holmesburg section. the man was apprehended in the bridesburg section. to word of injuries at the bank and the bank robbery suspect is taken into custody by philadelphia police. >>> there was delayed transactions for citizen bank customers. they woke up to find out their deposits were not available. bob brooks has more. >> reporter: rick, it's friday and for people that means payday and their bills are scheduled and financial responsibilities centered around today, and when they woke up and didn't see the direct deposit they were concerned to say the least. >> thank you for calling citizens bank your information is temporarily unavailable. that is what customers heard when they called this morning. when it comes to your money that is not something you want to hear. especially on a friday when so many people get paid. their paychecks never made it int

. >> reporter: rick, that's right. it's busy here this afternoon but expected to be very, very quiet here at philadelphia international airport tomorrow. airlines including american, spirit and southwest are canceling all flights ahead of time for tomorrow. some of those airlines including american are going to try to get up and running again, get some flights out starting in the early evening. in the meantime, though, passengers got the message and they're getting out of town early. mondays always busy here at philadelphia international airport but a bit more so today as travelers changed their flights to beat the impending winter storm. >> i was supposed to fly out of newark at 5:00 a.m. on wednesday, so united sent out a warning 'cause of the weather coming in, so yesterday i called and i was able to get my flight changed. >> i'm flying down to see my sister in houston and when she heard about that, we heard about the snow she moved it up to today. i'll just be beating it out to get down there for a week. >> reporte

rick santorum. front runners are tom perez, former secretary of labor and obama administration and keith ellison -- >> [ audience booing ]. >> what does this tell you about the democratic party? lightning round. >> they are a hard left party that is completely sold out to their special interest. i was watching the democratic debate. i'm a commentator on cnn so i have to watch these things now. and you just sit there and it is just all special interest talk. all using all these politically correct words. it is completely disconnected to working men and women and o people who are out there in america just trying to live their lives without government telling them what to do because of a particular class or racial or ethnic group. >> salena, you said the establishment took donald trump literally but not seriously. tom perez won the dnc chairman. so yeah, we know what the democratic party will look like. establishment took donald trump literally but not seriously and voters took him seriously but not li

panelists here, rick santelli >>> welcome back. panelists here, rick santelli from cnbc. helene cooper, pentagon correspondent for the new york times and auth are on of this book "madam president." a fantastic book. stephanie cutter and columnist for the new york times david brooks. let's dive into politics. rick santelli, you're a free market guy, where are you on this and where are you on the plan? too much obamacare? too little obamacare? >> it's a mess. you can't have that discussion unless you know what the service costs. i go to the doctor, and i have a daughter that for a while didn't have insurance. she gets a different price than people who have insurance. i think we need more market spirits in competition. i certainly don't see it in this bill, but i do understand that repeal and replace would have been easier if there was a mandate. president trump won. we can argue about the mandate. >> right. >> there's a problem here. if you deal with the reality of politics, i understand phase one and phase two. if we want to fix it the correct way, i just think the politic

rick, when i step inside a milder day tomorrow, a dip and rise again. that's the way spring goes often times. that's the way it's going this week. details in the seven day. >> drexel university got a big financial boost in its efforts to educate future math and science teachers. a $1.2 million grant was presented to the drexel school on behalf of the philadelphia education project. the money will launch a new program training undergrad students to become philadelphia middle school teachers whole specialize in math and science. >>> much more still ahead on "action news" at 12:30 p.m. tom brady's missing jersey has been found. what the nfl said about the mystery. >>> sesame street is helping debut a new muppet to help children understand their piers when "action news" continues in a moment. hi hey i'll take one of those new fast play games. oh, you ready for a rush? uh, sure! ♪ i'm pretty excited for you right now. ♪ fast play is the new way to play fast and win instantly from the pennsylvania lottery. pick a game, get your ticket and see if you've wo

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara ahov and we are following breaking news from delaware county. they announced the arrest of dijon lee, charged with assaulting nine different women over three years. lee is facing charges of rape, homicide and robbery. and investigators say he would hide and wait for unassuming women that were walking alone and then attack. they are urging more possible victims to come forward. vernon odom has more in a live report coming up at 12:30. >>> and following new information about a local man shot to death by police. sources tell "action news" that the man allegedly hit and dragged a police officer with a van in southwest philadelphia hours before he was killed in delaware last night. "action news" has team coverage of the investigation. jeanette reyes spoke to the suspect's family if philadelphia and we start with john rawlins and the latest from the shooting scene in newcastle. >> reporter: hi rick, details remain sketchy as far as official information coming out of here and police will only say tha

and ladies and gentlemen, how about that governor, rick scott? florida is incredibly fortunate to have a leader like rick scott. since he took office he signed over 50 tax cuts, balanced the bemidji-walkeret year after year, and helped create more than 1.3 million jobs, one of the fastest growing state economies in america. the sun is definitely shining on the florida state with governor rick scott. give him another round of applause, would you please? governor, i have to tell you, president trump and i are proud. proud to partner with you, to make america great again. the same goes with the others re. mayor lengthy curry, thank you for joining us. and seema verma, such a privilege to have you here. i had the honor of swearing her in this past tuesday as the 15th administrator of america's center for medicaid and medicaid services. she happens to be a hoosier. and she's one of the leading health care experts in the country. and she's going to do an incredible job for people all across this country. thank all these public servants. . see with conf

. >> reporter: rick and sharrie, that is no exaggeration. witnesses say people were in fact run, for their lives. that is the 7165 bar restaurant behind me right now. it is closed. that again is where it all started. it was a chaotic scene. witnesses say bullets were flying in every direction. four people were shot. two storefronts also hit. it happened in the 7100 block of germantown avenue in east mount airy. we spoke with a witness who says he's lucky no one was killed. >> well, i just seen people running. i just -- i'm happy to be breathing. >> reporter: detectives say it all started at the 7165 bar restaurant, that it was an open mic night with about 20 people inside that went wrong. >> and that's when there was an argument. the argument turned into a physical altercation and that's when somebody pulled a gun and fired. >> reporter: the gunman fired multiple times though police sound confident the shooter will be caught. >> we're pretty confident with so many victims, so many witnesses and so many cameras that we're going to solve this

>> rick? rick? >> so doing -- >> so heading toward the trump event, on 6th avenue, i run into a well known republican, and it is late in the afternoon and they are pressed about the exit polls because the exit polles from florida don't look good. >> look terrible. >> you don't win florida, you don't win. it is a very early night. and the idea even when trump seemed to be a little bit ahead is there is this big group of voters in broward that would come through and win for hillary clinton. so there has been this debate before election day among some republicans that they wanted trump to do better than mitt romney. romney got 212 electoral votes and so many nef trump republicans had been saying trump would lead the parties, this devastating catastrophic historic defeat. if he does better than mitt romney, he will say hey, doing better than you. but then, so i get to trump, the trump event, and it is early in the evening and i run into jeff sessions. and sessions is very circumspect. he is cautious and

rick, thank you for stepping up again. to serve your country at such a time as this. on behalf of president trump it is my great privilege to administer to the oath of office. if you step to the right place the left hand on your bible and raise your right hand and repeat after me. i richard parry do solemnly swear, that i will support defend the constitution of the united states. against all enemies foreign and domestic, that i will bear allegiance he, that i take this obligation and i will well and faithfully do the duty from the office which i'm a about to enter, so help me god. [applause] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> ladies and gentlemen, the 14th secretary of energy for the united states of america, rick perry. [applause] mr. vice president, thank you very much. what. my great privileges in life was to be a governor. to serve the state of texas. during that time i had the opportunity to get to know you. it's a matter fact, recruit you to run for the governorship of your home state. as i saw donald trump choose you to be his running mate, it became even m

. ♪ >> rick: r.j., are you sure you're ready to take this on? >> r.j.: it's babysitting interns -- how hard can it be? >> rick: well, i think it's a little more than just babysitting interns. you got to show leadership, you got to show them the ropes, make sure they're having a good time, make sure it stays professional, right, thomas? >> nicole: hey! >> maya: you're back! oh! >> rick: hey! >> zende: hey! >> maya: how was your honeymoon? >> nicole: amazing. >> maya: yeah? >> nicole: mm-hmm. >> thomas: that's great. where'd you guys go? >> zende: virgin islands, man! >> thomas: ohhh! >> rick: did my boy hook you up? >> zende: he did. we had this beautiful yacht. it was amazing. >> nicole: hotel was amazing, too. >> zende: nightlife -- i mean, the clubs... spectacular. >> maya: well, marrying a forrester does have its perks. >> rick: [ chuckles ] >> maya: [ giggles ]

don't you make rick's argument? >> first of all, who can explain what donald trump says about anything? i kind of find it that sean spicer was laughing. >> it was funny the way it was phrased. >> as someone who lived through those jobs reports, they were very important when they were shedding jobs a month. i agree with rick that we have to look at other things if we want to increase productivity and we need to make investments in things like infrastructure. so i'm not sure that president trump thinks that far ahead. he was looking for the easy victory and easy score. >> this gets to the issue of president trump and it goes to this comment he made that obamacare was to implode in 2017. he so easily grabs on to a myth to make a quick point and it backfires on him. >> one of the reasons this country is great and pretty successful is we have institutions that are basically pretty honest and of course, they make mistakes and we have the bureau of labor statistics and they make us smarter and a lot of people out there in

. >> reporter: rick and monica, such a sad story. again, three years ago joseph miller is accused of shooting and killing his pregnant wife, both she and the unborn baby would not survive and tonight he is now charged with involuntary manslaughter. three years ago, former pennsylvania state trooper joseph miller told detectives he accidentally shot his wife in the head at their east norriton home. as a result, 34-year-old joanna miller and her unborn baby died. today joseph miller is now under arrest. he's charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. the decision to do so comes again three years after the incident. we tried reaching out to the montgomery county d.a.'s office for explanation of why the decision comes now but they refused. it's reported on march seventh 2014 miller called 911 to report that he had shot his wife in the family room of their home on stony creek drive. east norriton police arrived at the home to find joanna unresponsive. she was shot in the head. neither she nor her unborn baby could be saved. at f

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

the secretary ryan, epa administrator scott pruett and energy secretary rick perry spoke at the signing that included a group of coal miners. this is 25 minutes. [applause] thank you for posting this here today. this is an important day and opportunity. the nation's energy security is of paramount importance, and the president with his signature on that executive order is going to set the motion of government reform designed to continue promoting clean air and water for the american people. america's leadership. the president's leadership on how to achieve energy independence while improving our environment in this country and abroad as determined more by the actions of this president is taking at any time. and today we are taking another step in breaking the restraints that have become burdens. this is a rejection of the belief that the path forward on energy is through additional federal regulations. mr. president, you understand the path forward is through american ingenuity and entrepreneurship. as important as the action you are about to take ages, it's the reaction from the privat

rick and monica, back over to you. >> all right, matt, thank you. see you tomorrow. >>> still to come on "action news" tonight, new video just released from paris showing the moments leading up to when a man attacked a french police officer at a local airport. >> and it's one of the most popular beaches in our area but visitors will have to cut back what gear they bring because of the new ordinance that's going into effect. we'll explain. adam. >> a nice way to start spring, the new season, lots of sun, temperatures back to near normal but winter waiting in the wings in central canada and, yes its going to make a comeback this week. we'll talk about how low those temperatures drop off in that accuweather forecast. >> plus jaime apody with flyers and ncaa march madness news in sports. all that when when "action news" comes right back. >> okay. >> ♪ don't let dust and allergens get between you and life's beautiful moments. flonase allergy relief delivers more complete relief. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances that cause all your symp

and rick when i come back we'll chat about a slow warm up into the weekend and we are not looking at a fast melt here in the seven-day forecast. >> thank you adam. the storm brought snow and ice to parts of the area and along the jersey shore flooding and erosion were the biggest concerns, nora muchanic was in the thick of it and filed this report while the wind was whipping on ortely beach in ocean county. >> reporter: orderly beach had a compromised dune system to begin with but look at what it did today. it chewed way of feet and feet of what was left of the dunes here. our camera was a bit foggy from the driving rain you see what the rains were like massive and powerful pounding the dunes on the jersey shore. >> haven't seen them like this since sandy or 1983 and it will really hurt us. all the sand is washing at. >> i had to come to see the surf and beach erosion, bad good or indifferent. but it's really really bad again this year. >> they were badly damaged in a january storm and today made matters worse. >> it's bad but i was expected snow and nobody made any money and it is w

lets go live to gina gannon in the traffic center. >> reporter: hi rick and sharrie. we are not starting off terribly but slow-downs on the majors. the big picture we see 10 miles per hour on the vine and that is giving us problems all afternoon long 13 on the roosevelt boulevard and 16 miles per hour on the schuylkill expressway. so some heavy backups there. lets take you out now on 422, look at this heavy delay we have on the westbound side. right at the pa turnpike a slow go there and travel times 16 minutes right now to oaks. the vine street expressway no exceptions there and on the westbound side you'll hit the brakes from 24th street to 76. 24 minutes on the blue route traveling southbound at route 30, 24 minutes there. i'll send it right back of. >> thank you. >>> there is more ahead tonight on "action news" at 5:00. former olympic gymnasts are talking about the abuse they suffered at the hands of usa gymnastics officials more on the testimony at the nation's capital. and millions of americans are living with type two diabetes and they don't even know it. detai

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and more on the forecast and the dip that rick is talking about. [car engine failing to start] [clicking of ignition] uh-- wha-- woof! eeh-- woof! wuh-- [silence] [engine roars to life] [dog howls] ♪ dramatic opera music swells from radio ♪ [howling continues] >>> well, looking at this video it's hard to believe that anyone survived this fiery plane crash and amazingly everyone did. and the passenger jet burst into flames after crashing into the runway and hitting a fire truck in south sudan only six of the people on board were hurt badly enough to go to the hospital and all are expected to make full recoveries. and the pilot is credited with helping passengers escape from the other door not on fire. >> wow. >>> our environment may play a role in your health in unexpected ways, the penn state researchers says it effects the shapes and functions of our noses, by scanning 4,000 faces he says that noses have esolved to suit regional climates warmer climates flatter and colder they are more open nostrils. >>> how much is a good night sleep to you?

rick, i give you and give you another look at future tracker 6 and see how the rain spills out of here and another forecast >> thank you. >>> fighting for his life after his location, his father heard about it and went to confront the gunman.es has more on the two crimes that hit one family. >> reporter: the search son this afternoon for the man that shot police say this was a two part crime. it started when the father whoy robbed his son. >> around 2:00 this morning, 19th district police got a call about gunshots on the 6100 block of market street in west philadelphia. >> they found a 37-year-old male suffering from two gunshot wounds to his face. >> upon arrival it was learned it was a violent end to an incident that began monday night. >> the motive was that a family member of this 37-year-old victn the evening. >> the shooter had robbeye-old d he trackedo confront him and th is when the man and shot the father in the >> w gun. and this surveillance came pt w taken to the davenport als parent would do it. babies. >> rick, police say t condition and they are expected to at sur janet

rick? >> thank you very much, sarah. of course, it's jobs friday, here's the man, ed lazear, thanks for taking the time this second friday, dwal, of the month. >> thanks, rick, good to be with you. >> all right, you saw the jobs data, i want you to give me your impression, but pay particularly close attention to the labor force participation rate, which is really starting to wake up a bit. and wages, not month over month, year over year, 2.8. if you take out that 2.9, i believe it was the last month of 2016, boy, these are some of the best levels since 2009. >> well, you nailed it. that's exactly what i was going to talk about. i usually put it in terms of the employment to proposition ratio rather than labor participation rate. they're related, but i like the employment to population ratio. it's really the bottom line. what that tells you is the number of people working relative to the number of people who could be working. that number is at an eight-year high at 60%. it's still a far cry from where it was, pre-recessio

nbc bay area's rick boon is live in oakland. rick? >> reporter: janelle, the city council, in the building, behind me in a private meeting. on the docket, owner mark davis. the item they want to say to him is basically stay. or, pay back every dollar that was spent. to fight to win the team to stay in town. and everybody wants to leave town. make a dollar. leave the rest of us in oakland. paying for the debt. >> the councilman says, the team owner has the vote from nfl owners to move to las vegas. the raiders don't have the legal right to lead. >> the when the raiders came back from l.a., you know, we are paying $90. >> he wants the owner to pay back every dollar the city invested to bring them back from the bay to l.a. and woo them to stay. what bothered me the most. they just need to be honest. oakland had a viable plan. las vegas had a viable plan. they chose las vegas. >> oakland's mayor insists city bent over backwards to keep the team. now, a day after the nfl vote for vegas, she says oakland feels betrayed by mark davis. >> the

a lot rides on this. >> rick, do you think he's right? >> yeah, the momentum killing absolutely right. but they have a fundamental communications problem when it's a strunkctural problem and they are trying to pass it off as a repeal and replace bill, but it is anything but. the reason they can't repeal it is because they won't have enough democrat votes in the senate because they would need 60 votes. democrats passed aca, affordable care act, with with reconciliation. now, parts of it can be undone with reconciliation. that's what they're doing. but they cannot have an outright repeal. they should just say so. instead they're trying to pass it off as if it's repeal. but if about there is no repeal, and there isn't, then there is no replace. and what we end up with is just a mar girn alley better aca or obamacare. >> and we have two democrats now commenting on this. what about this lack of cross i'll caisle consolidation? because the democrats say they have nothing do with this, although republicans are now starting to sound like the demo

and you point this out, rick. in fairness to its designers, there was no bill that could have united all of the right's desperate factions. the republican party is an orange niz. does not know what it believes in anymore. is that right? >> i think when it comes to this particular issue, first of all, we're watching the sausage get made with a will the of eyes broadcasting to the entire country. we don't actually know. i believe trump is a compromiser. i said from day one. when donald trump gets in there he is going to make an equal number of republicans unhappy as democrats unhappy. i don't think we have gone through the process. as messy as this, i don't like boards. i like everybody to have different eyes. i think what the president allows the markings to do to get it passed will be surprising to both parties. >> i would just say the republicans are at a historical pivot where we used to have this old argument the government versus the state or the market versus the state. now we're -- the social fabric is decay

rick and sara are off. i'm alicia vitarelli, in the news the fbi revealed how they recovered a valuable painting more than 40 years after it was stolen from a cherry hill home. and there is good news for drivers in montgomery county where a disruptive road project is finished nearly two week as head of schedule. >>> but the big story on "action news" is a very soggy, dreary and wet forecast. kind of depressing. looking at center city. we continue through the evening rush, if you head outside you'll need a sturdy umbrella and a jacket because it's breezy and cold and wet. lets get the latest from double scan live radar and melissa magee. the good news it's friday. >> the good news it's friday and the bad news is that wet weather follows us today and for the start of our weekend. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan we have got that rain, it's steady in philadelphia and areas to the south and east but as you look to the west for areas in reading and lancaster county, that is where we are dealing with the h