sara bloomquist is off. in the news taking a stand. protesters converge on ryder university saying no to the school's plan to move their music program. >>> donald trump unveils his climate plan this afternoon. we'll tell you what is inside of it. >>> and the showers and thunderstorms, some are jarring moving through the area. accuweather says we are in for rounds of rain throughout the day and made for a nerve-racking morning, thunder, lightning and limited visibility kept us on edge. david murphy is at the "action news" big board tracking the showers and storms. >> the thunderstorms during "good morning america" were rumbling over the roof of 6 abc and now stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you only 20 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes in the wide view, that is let than this morning. as we take a closer look you are looking at a cluster of this thunderstorm activity from trenton to burlington county, new jersey, straight along parallel with the new jersey turnpike and i-95. it's a heavy hitter b

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >> good afternoon sara is off and in the news two vehicles are involved in highway crashes, we have the latest from the northeast extension. >>> and a woman charged in the death of her adopted daughter pled not guilty in court. >>> but the big story on "action news" at noon is the reminder that winter is not quite over yet. wet heavy snow is falling throughout the day so far and once it clears out the bitter cold is settling in. lets get the latest from double scan live radar and melissa magee. >> it's hard to believe we are tracking snow on march 10th but it's cold enough to produce the snow with enough moisture overhead. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan the snow is lightening up for the northwest suburbs but still coming down the i-95 corridor and interior sections of south jersey we go in tighter on street level with stormtracker 6 live double scan and still lavenders an indication of heavy bursts of snow. if you travel along route 72 close to surf city we are picking up the lavender a shade of heavy snow. g

we have an impressive itinerary, "action news" reporter joh rawlins is i phoenixvil sara bloomquist in haddonfield. and christie aleto live in atlantic city and bob brooks is digging out in allentown. but first full story and all the facts and figures from cecily tynan at the big board. >> the nor'easter that brought us a messy combination of ice, rain and snow is off the coast of connecticut we are getting a few wrap around snow showers but nothing substantial. as far asnowfall a tion. the poconos no mixing in with the sleet, they got two feet of snow allentown a brief mixing and farther to the south the sleet is consulting down on ant depford new jersey, 4 inches of snow. the bigger problem is this, the ice. and carol postd this on the facebook page from winona, new jersey, showing the daffodils that bloomed last week and the ice coating them and the coating the blooms will protect them overnight as the temperatures drop down to the teens and 20s. at the shore you didn't get the snow buteavy rain and high winds. these wind gusts tropical storm force wins, a buoy off delaware 64 miles

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara bloomquist is off. in the news first responders have rushed one person to the hospital following a wreck on i-95. and president trump is trying to close the deal on the republican health care bill. but the big story on "action news" at noon, is new video from inside of a local jewelry store, as it is being ripped off by thieves. the men broke in cutting through a roof be wall and police say they got away with $1.3 million worth of jewelry from a large safe. jeanette reyes joins us with more. >> reporter: the jewelry store own ever is out over a million dollars after an elaborate theft where they went to great lengths to get into the store including cutting a hole in the roof. >> surveillance video captured the moment that two burglars broke foo the back of the store and their way in a small hole in the wall from the shop next door. just past 12:30 monday morning you see the first suspect wearing all white clothing and a halt and gloves and he shines the flashlight in and then hands a ladder to h

sara bloomquist is live at 3rd and new street in old city. sara, tough going for the snow removal efforts there. >> they have done an okay job and you see here on this pile of snow i'm standing on it, so heavy and icy it's nearly impossible to move this snow around. look out on third street it's down to the pave many but down to one lane as well making for slow going. look at the edge of 3rd, the piled up snow very icy making it difficult for people to traverse the sidewalks and get their cars out. it's not an easy day for people to get around. ice is a problem in the city today. one day after nor'easter brought wet snow and the owner of a northern liberties cafe cleared the sidewalks yesterday and found them covered again today after people shoveled out their cars. >> overnight they shoveled they are cars on to the sidewalk that we cleaned. >> cars have carved out paths

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara is off. we begin with breaking news from philadelphia high school, where a small scare in the classroom prompted a scare for firefighters this morning. a students phone malfunctioned and started to smoke and the school was evacuated briefly as the school assess the situation, the classes resumed as normal. we'll have a live report at 12:30. >>> in other news two former aides to governor chris christie are set to be sentenced tonight. they are in knew yard where a judge will decide their sentence. nora muchanic is following today's sentencing hearings and will have more from newark right now. >> reporter: bridgity kelly a single mother of four was chris christie's chief of staff in 2014, both were convicted of wire fraud and conspiracy and other charges in their role in the scheme to shut down the george washington bridge as pay back to the democratic mayor of ft. lee who refused to enforce christie in his re-election bid. david wildstein was another appointee who hatched the scheme to shut do

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

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon we begin with breaking news from north philadelphia. that is where police say that a mother may have aat the present timed suicide by jumping out a second story window. her child was also injured. "action news" reporter, vernon odom, is live on the 2100 block of diamond street with the latest. >> reporter: sara, rick, good afternoon. the 2-year-old child is just upgraded to stable condition at saint christopher's hospital and the mother remains in critical condition. this is video at 2009 diamond street where the incident took place this morning. the mother and child plunged out of a second story window. it's unclear if the baby was thrown out first or they came out together. >> we don't foe if she was holding the baby or threw the baby out the window. it's under investigation at this time. >> reporter: police believe it's a classic 302 case, a mentally unstable person. police are told by the grandmother that the mother made threats like this as recent as . the mother remains in critical condition

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara bloomquist is off. in the news another jewish cemetery has been damaged by vandals, this time in new york. plus, a destructive fire spreads to multiple homes at the north jersey shore. but the big story on "action news" is the cold weather settling in. the back to normal. a live look at atlantic city it's a chilly friday afternoon and we may see snow showers today before temperatures drop lower for the weekend many for more on that melissa magee is in for david murphy. >> we are already starting to see a few snow showers south and west of philadelphia. we'll take a closer look at that, but as you mentioned we have the chill overhead. 37 in the city and same thing in allentown and the lehigh valley and the coast in cape may 41 degrees and factor in the stiff westerly win, it feels colder, grab an extra layer. feeling like 28 in the city and teens in the poibs and poconos and 36 in atlantic city. and 2:00 it afternoon 40 degrees underneath a mostly cloudy skies and 4:00 p.m. 37 and 45 at 6:00 this

sara bloomquist is on the villanova campus and sara what is the story there? >> well jim the games are on here all afternoon, we expect within the hour for this room here the connelly center to fill up as a watch party gets underway. they are looking long range and are hoping for a second national championship win. they got the games going on big screen tvs and their brackets filled out and march madness is here and students are excited on the campus of villanova university and home of the top seed and last year's champs. >> people are excited for the championships, people hope it's another year and another championship. >> jenkins three to win it! >> and nobody could remember last year's buzzer beater for the win and two years in a row is rare and they are confident that this team could do it. >> i don't want to jinx them it has been done and it can happen again good we are number one, everyone is trying to beat us, virginia will want revenge if they get there. it's tough but i think we'll do it. students organized a party like atmosphere complete with a dj a

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good aft news part of a tree crashes into a man's bedroom while he is sleeping in delaware county. and president trump is heading out to promote his plan for the major buildup of the u.s. military. >>> and a fire sparked by a downed power line in montgomery county. this is the view from someone's window as the blaze crept close to the neighborhood and the septa regional rail. annie mccormick is live at the scene. >> reporter: rick, it has been a windy morning all over our area. this could be a factor on what sparked the fire. the fence is now melted down and the charred remains of what remains of trees. and through the trees you see the rail line there and that is why septa was impacted. this is the peak of a fire that happened early thursday morning when downed lines sparked the fire at this tree line. >> what we heard was a popping noise in the back of the house. >> listen closely -- you can hear the popping noise from the fire that chuck mcdade describes. firefighter told him to evacuate. and that heavy winds

live now is sara bloomquist. you have the details. >> reporter: jim, workers at this facility here at northeast philadelphia, a second in south philadelphia and wilmington, delaware received notices today and pepsi said it would eliminate 80 to 100 jobs due to slumping sales clearly blamed on the new beverage tax. they are down 40% in the city and up 15% in surrounding cities in the weeks since the beverage tax took effect. pepsi said this is not something we take lightly or want to do. and we are committed to working with the union and treating the individuals with the respect they deserve. supermarket owners and bottlers say they are praying the price with layoffs and furloughs. the money goes to fund pre-k programs. >> and the mayor fired back saying that the initiative created 250 jobs. the mayor spokesperson said in a statement. that the soda industry sunk to a new low today. they are holding hostage the jobs of hard working people in their battle to overturn the tax. if the tax went away the company would b

sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> sara, thank you. lets switch to christie at the convergence point where traffic was gridlocked this afternoon. what is the latest from the traffic and power issues? >> reporter: tens of thousands of people are without power and on the other side of this truck peco is over there waiting to try to fix all of this. you see that the traffic light at hunting park avenue and henry avenue are still dark and police are on scene trying to direct traffic and the a headache for commuters all evening. >> it's crazy. >> it's like four different ways to go. >> oh my god it's insane. like i'm trying to get back to work. >> confused car and bus drivers tried to make their way through allegheny and hunting park. >> no lights no nothing, i don't know how this is going to happen. >> the massive intersection is one of many traffic lights knocked off the grid by a massive fire at a peco substation. >> it's down and we condition cook anything, lee jiang serving customers at his restaurant two and one cafe, the longer his b

"action news" reporter sara bloomquist, is live outside of the federal building, sara what are the details about what happened inside today. >> jim it was a briefhearing. philadelphia's district attorney pled not guilty and he was released on his own recognizance, the city's top prosecutor is vowing to fight the allegations. >> seth williams seemed relaxed as he arrived for the afternoon hearing at the federal courthouse at independence mall. he stood before the magistrate accused of 23 counts of fraud and extortion and other bribery related charges. williams entered a plea of not guilty and his lawyer says that his client will vigorously fight to prove his innocence. >> seth williams categorically denies he is guilty of any crime. we ask only that this rush to judgment stop and the public recognize that this case is going to be tried in a court of law. >> yesterday federal prosecutors accused williams of accepting cash and designer clothes and a car from two local business owners in exchange for their assistance and influence. and accused of misspending more 0,000 for a relative's nursing

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

i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> a new anonymous threat forced police to evacuate a delaware jewish community this morning? >> the threat was emailed to the siegel jcc in talliville overnight and the content was concerning enough that new cast county and state police evacuated the building before 8:00 this morning and the center reopened at 9:45, this is the fourth threat to the siegel jcc since january. >>> the uss new jersey served in world war ii, korea and vietnam and engineers installed new lighting throughout the ship to help make her more energy efficient and crews will convert the electric heating to natural gas and the improvements were proved by a half million dollars grant. >>> and coming up on "action news" a rescue dog returns the favor alerting the owner about a fire sweeping through their home. we'll meet marley the hear oh dog next. and free agency starts tomorrow and big names making a move on figure out a glimpse of what the eagles are doing. >>> sky 6 hd taking a look live at spring mountain ski resort with a second day of temperature

>>> "action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >> hello again, here are the stories we are are following for you at 12:30. three men break into a logan home, assault a woman and baby inside and steal thousands of dollars in cash. also, we have the update on how many peco customers are still without power after yesterday's substation fire and how crews are working to get everyone's power restored and a cruel and unusual crime, a rhino killed by poachers but not in africa, it happened inside of a zoo in france. >>> now to a developing story out of north philadelphia where police are confirming that a mother jumped out of a window and may have been holding her toddler at the time and police responded at 11:00 this morning at the scene and found the woman and child injured on the ground outside of a home on the 2100 block of diamond street. officials are working to determine if the woman was holding the child when she fell or whether she threw the child out of the window first. the child's condition is upgraded to stable and both are

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> it is a march nor'easter causing all kinds of problems from heavy wet snow in the western suburbs to flooding and wind at the jersey shore and a slippery mess in between. >> trees and powers lines are down in the region and the storm is not done yet. it's tuesday afternoon and the big story is a late winter blast from mother nature. as we look live from the queen village section we see a tree blocking 6th and carpenter streets. one of many issues people are dealing with at this hour. we have live coverage from the lehigh valley and the shore. now we go to meteorologist, david murphy. >> you see dry air coming up into the region and melting away the last of this snow. it's still snowing in northeast philadelphia but beginning to die down a bit. but in south philadelphia, and center city we were drying out. some of this out to the north and west with the area of low pressure to our latitude may be drawn back in to points to the south, but if it does happen it won't put much accumulation down. the worst of this appears

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news two people have died from deadly gun violence in philadelphia overnight overnight. >>> what the city's top cop is saying about the shootings. >> and the progress erasing the vandalism at the mt. carmel cemetery. >>> but the big story is the clouds moving in. we already had rain this morning and now a stronger system is moving into our area. lets get the latest from meteorologist david murphy. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan right now primed for the next round. the first round is moving away from us. we did get thunderstorms but they were not severe mainly to the north and now to the west and a little additional precipitation welling up. if you look live at stormtracker 6 live double scan clearly the radar is showing you the heavy rain and thunderstorms at the front end of this system as it pushes to the east and this light shade of yellow say thunderstorm watch area. and that will probably get pushed farther to the east. and thunderstorm warning boxes popping up in front of the mai

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with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon. police officers are involved in a crash while responding to another accident on slick roads. >> and president trump heads out for a road trip while his new travel ban is challenged in federal court. >>> but the big story is the bitter cold weather on the heels of yesterday's storms. some commuters in chester and other cities had to walk in the streets because the sidewalks were buried under snow. going live outside now, sky 6 hd there is a biting wind on the freezing cold. we are seeing a few more snow showers today. meteorologist karen rogers is in for david murphy with the latest from accuweather. >> that is right. snow showers are here on the radar, they are fighting dry air only 11 degrees, some of them are evaporating before they hit the ground. in coatesville and malvern, on the coast some flurries again but it may not reach the ground. but glassboro a flurry or two and a better chance in the early afternoon and evening. watch for that as you are traveling. that is wh

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon if the news this noon. federal investigators are looking into the out able that prevented local wireless customers from calling 911. >>> and the jury selection is underway for the accused cop killer that led police on a massive manhunt. >>> but the big story is the chase that left a police cruiser on top of the suspect's car. we know that police found heroin inside of that suv that raced away from an early morning traffic stop. annie mccormick is live with the details. >> reporter: sara there are two troopers in the cruiser involved in the crash and only one of the troopers in the cruiser went to the hospital. it was another trooper that arrived as backup who also had to go to the hospital and luckily they were treated and released. this pennsylvania state police cruiser ended up on top of this ford explorer during a high speed chase that ended in chester. they initially stopped the suv because it was swerving. >> the driver put the car in drive and proceeded to put the car down 95 with speeds of

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> we are following breaking news from south jersey this noon. sources tell "action news" that two infants were found dead this morning in camden county. "action news" reporter gray hall is livederw pine apartments in lyndonwald. >> reporter: it has been difficult at this point to confirm much information but as. sources are telling "action news" two infants were found dead but that was not confirmed by the prosecutors off nor the police department. but the victims are under the age of 1 and they needed medical attention. this is surderound around we believe is apartment 5105, it came if this morning at the pine apartments. it was for medical attention, we believe some individuals inside were having respiratory issues, not sure what was going on inside of this aparor who was i ch time we talked r earlier. >> makin going on widespr with the complex or anything like that.again, tw, ery sad i feel parents, i want to see if i can find out any information on what was happening. >> reporter: so back out live this investigat

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon this friday, 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

sara bloomquist joins us with more. >> reporter: strange now the sun is actually coming out but we have problems here in south jersey with trees and wires coming down. this is why, on this bush it's completely encased in ice here right now. and it's bringing down trees and power lines, they didn't get a whole lot of snow in south jersey, what they did get is causing a lot of problems. pseg workers were called to multiple locations including property on grove street in haddonfield. it brought down wires and lands right in the street. it was a common sight in south jersey as ice glazed over frees and power lines. >> roadways are not clear and you are in a maze to figure out how to get hom out. in westfield, a tall pine tree fell on to two cars and cherry hill wires came down at maple avenue and here in national new jersey, a lar landed on a house in hession avenue. >> it was 11:30 in the morning we heard a big gigantic boom and the house shook and ran and found the tree on top of the house. >> back in haddonfield. rob ventured out with his daughter and friends to get to starbucks. >> hang

sara bloomquist continue ours team coverage in center city at 20th and market. hi sara. >> hi monica we have win guts through the canyons of center city this afternoon. and with the wind really whipping through the high rises and the temperatures definitely dipped today. it is feeling much much chillier. just a nuisance for people out and about. and elsewhere the wind caused more serious problems. >> in center city the wind was brisk and the flags plut ss fluttered and the wind whipped around their hair. >> good day for a hat. >> last time i wore a hat was 1953, weather don't bother me. >> it may not bother him but there were other problems. >> this was a fire that broke out. it sparked the flames. >> i saw a flame, and called 911. >> chuck mcdade and his family were forced to evacuate their home at red lion and dale. and the line was suspended for an hour and all the homes were spared. >> when it went up initially i thought we were in trouble. >> gusted sent tree branches flying through a bedroom window. >> and the tree came from over on this side of the house,

sara bloomquist is live at a wind whipped philadelphia. properly dressed. what is the scene there? >> i have the hat on we are here in a wind tunnel here in center city. and like now every so often we get a pretty good wind gust and it feels chillier than it has in resensent days. every so oftou this way or that way. just a nuisance and elsewhere there were more serious issuesc. flags were blowing in the breeze and hair whipped around in the wind. taking a walk with the dog was no walk in the park. >> just moved from boston and i just talked to my boston office and they said it up there too. >> high winds span thelames that broke out in lower moreland this morning. they run septa's regional rail line be they tell us that bamboo grews into the wires sparking the blaze. >> chuck mcdade and his family including grandchildren were forced to evacuate and the west trenton line was forced close and hoaxes were spared. >> we are 60 feet from the fenceline of the property so se there? and as you can see it took the fence down morning the wind took down a tree sending it into the bedroom and

that is where we find sara bloomquist today. you have the details on this -- >> reporter: brian, this is quite a find on arch street between 2nd and 3rd. back in september construction workers uncovered bones and now entire coffins are showing up and now archeologists and anthropologists are working to uncover as many remains as they can. the construction fence at the 200 block in old city delicate work is underway after a discovery of what will be this residential building. >> it's from the first baptist church of philadelphia, dating from the mid 1700s. >> it was home to the first church burial ground. and believed that the remains were exhumed and relocated to mount mariah cemetery near cobb's creek in 1859 and then construction crews discovered some bones and now entire coffins and more remains have turned up. >> we are finding some intact coffins and we are finding some remains, a lot of them are in poor condition and deteriorating. >> working under a tight deadline they allow aid team of anthropologists and archeologists,

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara is off we begin this noon with breaking news. disturbing charges against a youth ice hockey coach who worked at arenas across our area. that he had sexual contact with minors in new jersey and delaware and coaches students in pennsylvania and investigators fear there could be more victims. gray hall is live in woodbury where they announced the details in this case. >> reporter: as you mentioned. these are serious and disturbing allegations. police announced the arrest after a nine month investigation, some of these cases date back to the 1980s, here is the suspect again. he is 55-year-old walter ferdinand he coached youth ice homy teams and hosted clinics and that he had sexual contact with a boy in depford, new jersey, in 1994, and is facing charges against the 12-year-old boy in the summer of 1994, and that it took place in the usct'. and charged with nine counts of unlawful contact in newcastle, delaware and they say there is at least two victims in their case. they say he coached hockey

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>>> "action news" continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> hello again, sara is off. here are the stories we are following for you now on "action news" at 12:30. a man suspected of attacking several women in the chester area is under arrest. we are live with the details of his alleged crimes. >> and a man is shot and killed by police in delaware and now connected to an attack on a police officer in philadelphia. and an elderly man that recently retired as a judge in pennsylvania is missing and u.s. marshals are helping with the search to find him. now the details a suspected serial rapist in delaware county is in custody. nine different women were attacked over a period of time. and some were raped and some were robbed. and they fear there could be more victims out there. vernon odom is live in media with the details. >> reporter: good afternoon rick, the suspect, dijon lee, has been taken to the district court in the city of chester for formal arraignment, he is accused of being a brutal mass predator. this is dijon lee age 19 of chester. th

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon, people are cleaning up the damage from another tornado outbreak. >> and owners of a fitness club are vowing to rebuild after a destructive fire. >>> and a kidnapping attempt in delaware. they believe this attack is similar to two cases in newcastle county last month. annie mccormick is live in newark where the police are acti actively looking for the suspend. >> reporter: the victim is lucky because she was not assaulted. we spoke to a man who lives here in the apartment complex, a marine, and the man that the victim and her boyfriend ran to for help after she escaped the grip of that dangerous man who police believe is a serial sexual predator. >> he came up from behind and held a gun to her head and said this is a stick up. >> the man that chased down the man that put a gun to a woman's head walked us through it. >> she came down the steps and he came up and she went for this and as he put the gun to her head, she went down and hit the security buzzer. >> a woman returned

bloomquist. what is happening here exactly? >> reporter: jim, the forensic team wrapped up for the day and behind the green construction fence they uncovered a 18th century cemetery and now they are working to excavate and move on study as much as they can quickly and yet carefully. here at 218 arch street in old city a construction project is now an archeological dig with them painstaking to uncover human remains, believed to be buried here centuries ago. one of the goals is to carefully uncover the remains and give them a full analysis to understand who we have here. >> in november a few bones turned up for excavation for who will eventually be this residential building. and experts from rutgers camden and the motor museum came on site and found entire coffins. >> we find some intact coffins and some remains, the coffins a lot of them are in poor condition. >> and this is once home to the baptist church burial growns established in 1707 and they were suppose to be exhumed and relocated to the c

sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news". power crews fanned out across newcastle county to restore electricity knocked out in the storm. the weight of the snow and ice and wintry rain mix brought down trees and power lines. delmarva power brought in crews from philadelphia, chicago chicago and washington, to assist their crews to get power back to affected customers as soon as possible. crews made significant process restoring power today. delmarva has 158 outages at this hour. peco was down to 189 customers without electricity. ac electric is down to under 1600 outages and pseg is restoring power to just over 1600 customers. >> a morning head-on crash killed a person in salmon county. two vehicles collide the at 5:00 on north hook road in pennsville township. the 51-year-old driver of a honda civic identified as robert piotti was killed. a woman and 15-year-old boy was kes rued from the van and taken to the hospital where none life threaten injuries. >> bucks county lawmen made 11 arrests and looking for two other suspects

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. >>> "action news" continues with rick williams and sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> hello again. here are stories we are following for you at 12:30. police are making arrests for recent fights involving young people at a septa station. a crash that left one woman involved badly hurt. >>> and find out why this statue created to inspire change for women could soon be gone. >> and in other details, fights near or at septa stations in philadelphia happened at least twice in the past week and now police are making arrests. three girls were arrested for allegedly setting another girl's hair on fire. jeanette reyes is live now where the latest incident took place. >> reporter: well rick, the arrest for the first instant den those are happening as we speak, the latest one probably just as or more disturbing involving young teen girls. that is being investigated at this hour. >> this morning police

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sara bloomquist is on the villanova campus and sara what is the story there? >> well jim the games are on here all afternoon, we expect within the hour for this room here the connelly center to fill up as a watch party gets underway. they are looking long range and are hoping for a second national championship win. they got the games going on big screen tvs and their brackets filled out and march madness is here and students are excited on the campus of villanova university and home of the top seed and last year's champs. >> people are excited for the championships, people hope it's another year and another championship. >> jenkins three to win it! >> and nobody could r

sara bloomquist is live at the fire command center. christie is live at the scene at the traffic nightmare. saras lets start with you. >> reporter: the command center is getting bigger and they will keep working to restore power to the tens of thousands still without it. if you look at the top of the hill that is where the fire was burning and we no longer see the thick black smoke but in terms of power it's going to be a while. chopper 6 hd was overhead within the hour as firefighters were able to pour water on the flames. it did burn for about three hours, the first call of wires burning came in at 2:08

live now is sara bloomquist. you have the details. >> reporter: jim, workers at this facility here at northeast philadelphia, a second in south philadelphia and wilmington, delaware received notices today and pepsi said it would eliminate 80 to 100 jobs due to slumping sales clearly blamed on the new beverage tax. they are down 40% in the city and up 15% in surrounding cities in the weeks since the beverage tax took effect. pepsi said this is not something

but first to reporter, sara bloomquist live on the villanova campus. >> hi there rick and monica, the wildcats play in just about two hours and students expect to fill the tables to watch together for much of the day on campus, they have give-aways and an exciting time to be atville november, as the wildcats make the send run for a national championship. march mad ness has begun here at the connelly center students gather to compare their brackets and get ready to see their wildcats in round one tonight. >> it's amazing they have all of this stuff going on at the connelly center, i just ordered food it's all good. >> have you a little scare because you want the same feeling again and you don't want it to ends and it's a lot of pressure, i guess. >> he made it! >> the same feeling of winning a national championship like last year, students range from totally confident and cautiously optimistic that nova can do it again. we only lost ash. and daniel. but as far as the corof the team go they are there. everyone is

live in center city i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you time for a check now of the accuweather forecast midweek. >> beautiful day out there. >> gorgeous. >> we tied it all together sunshine and warm temperatures. >> i'm not complaining about my job today especially when it's outdoors. we'll linger this beautiful weather into your thursday and big changes here first thing friday morning. the one thing we had was strong winds and take a look at the peak wind gusts, 53 miles per hour in atlantic city and 48 in philadelphia and clocking in at over 40 miles per hour in the lehigh valley. temperatures 63 warm degrees, 13 degrees above normal and 67 in washington and upper 60s for richmond and pittsburgh not bad at 56 degrees. we look at the evening planner, the low is 43 and temperatures in the mid-50s at 7:00 and dropping into the lower 50s by 10:00 and 11:00 under a very clear sky and stays on the breezy side. so one more mild day for tomorrow. and then on friday morning, for the rush hour it's bad timing, some morning wet snow mixing with rain in southern areas and

. >> we have team coverage and sara bloomquist has more on the side streets stuck in the snow and first meteorologist, cecily tynan at the big board with more on the forecast. >> mother nature is not making the cleanup process pleasant, double scan live radar showing we have a few snow showers around and the bulk of them in south jersey, right over the new jersey turnpike right now. moving east of woodbury, medford lakes crossing 286 and a squall north of trenton and a piece of energy moving through behind it, that is what is touching off the snow squalls and a wind advisory in effect for the i-95 corridor area south and east for gusty winds and north

sara bloomquist is live now outside of one of those plants with the full story. >> reporter: well, pepsi cents out notices to the employees at the southeast plant and a second in south philadelphia and a third in wilmington, delaware. they plan to eliminate 80 to 100 jobs due to slumping sales due to the beverage tax. >> they said their sales are down 40% in the city and only up 10% to 15% in surrounding communities. >> so the company that employed 428 people in philadelphia will eliminate 150 positions and pepsi says this is not something we take lightly or want to do. we are working with the community and soonon to treat people with dignity. the tax took effect on sweetened beverages in january. they took in $5.7 million, the money funds prekindergarten programs city wide. and the mayors office pointed to pepsi's profits in the billions and the new pre-k program created 251 jobs in the city. >> they said the soda company stooped to a new low. they are holding jobs hostage because of the beverage tax. >> if they are still selling soda outside of the city pepsi doesn't only distribute in

i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> now, to new developments in today's deadly attack in the heart of london. tonight officials say that four people are dead including the attacker and nearly two dozen others were hurt. it happened outside of britain's parliament building in the middle of the tourist district and police are considering the incident an act of terror. scott mclean has the story tonight. >> the mps responded to the incident at parliament square and a coordinatorlarea terroris. the city of power game the scene of chaos today after an incident the police are treating as terrorism. >> we heard a bg and saw three people in the road. >> witnesses describe a car barrelling down the westminster bridge hitting pedestrians. >> hit a lady and her body literally -- ten bodies. >> the car crashed into the gates of parliament packed with lawmakers and quickly put on lock down after a police officer was stabbed outside. >> i saw a man force his way through a security gate. he went straight for police officer, wrestled him to the ground and then another police of

reporting live in north philadelphia, sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> a real mess out there. we'll follow it throughout the newscast. >>> and now the arrest and conviction of a serial sex offender has officials looking for more victims. he lured them to his apartment by throwing parties and then assaulting them. he is already serving time for his crimes but the investigation is far from over and john rawlins live with the details from this case. >> reporter: hi brian and monica, this is a park that boarders media. it's where the defendant in this particular case, one of two places he went to find kids. initially they thought a case of a young man providing drugs and alcohol to teens and then came the allegations of sexual assault. >> want to make a plea to the parents -- >> a plea to parents of teens that may have come to the sprawling park or the playground by media elementary school in 2014 and 2015. if they know this man -- >> talk to your children and ask them if something happened. they may be embarrassed or concerned but we would like to speak with them. >> we think th

live at philadelphia international airport, i'm sara bloomquist, channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> and that a you sarah. >>> 6abc.com/weather is one of your best resources as the storm approaches. from storm tracker6 live radar to the latest forecast details you'll be prepared and check in often with our team of meteorologists. follow each of them on facebook and twitter to stay connector. >>> "action news" will be on a half hour earlier tomorrow morning. ly matt, tam, karen and david will be on air at 4:00 a.m. they'll have the latest track of the winter storm and its impact on the delaware and lehigh valleys. >>> well, villanova university is buzzing with blue and white pride this afternoon as the men's basketball team prepares to defend the championship title. even though the defending national champs don't play until thursday night, the team is headed to buffalo today to help beat the storm. jaime apody is live on campus right now for the big sendoff for my wildcats, jamie. >> reporter: i was going to say the proud villanova alum, where is your blue and white alicia