Think its a total loss and after quick action of members of the Wildwood Crest community this would be a loss of life as well. The complete front of the apartment was engulfed in flames. That is Corporal Neil webb, they were the first on the scene and people were trapped inside and they had to split up. There was an elderly lady trapped and as i went upstairs the door was locked and i was able to kick the door in and the room was full of smoke. But he got her and her door out safely and webb got a couple and their daughter out. And a man and two children a boy and girl were trapped on this balcony. The flames were coming out so bad it was pushing them to the edge of the balcony. I saw coramral we have been come flying across the come across the street and something didnt look right. That balcony was high up and there was no time to waste those kid his to be dropped. And the little girl came straight down and he bear hugged her. They and two Good Samaritans caught the children safely. Seven people were rescued. You would not be able to sleep at night if you knew people were trapped up there. I was just doing my job. The moment the call came out, to the last person cleared they were doing their job. They did a great job humble men. There were others, Good Samaritans, we want to mention on air here. Robber murray, john lynch and earnest treeano. I think they are heroes and im sure jim you do so as well. Bob brooks, channel 6 action news. Indeed bob. Thank you. A father from West Philadelphia was shot in the face this morning as he confronted a man who had robbed his son. Family members identified the victim as christopher black. Police say that the 37yearold was shot twice along Market Street at 2 00 a. M. Investigate ofs say that the gunman robbed blacks 15yearold son two hours before. And he found the suspect and confronted him and he was shot. Philadelphia Police Continue to investigate last nights shooting in Northern Liberties and they continue to search for a suspect. Walter perez is live at front and Spring Garden tonight. Walter what is the latest there . Well, new information jim, investigators are sure that the shots came in this direction into the parking lot outside of delilahs Gentlemens Club but action news learned that surveillance cameras behind the club captured a man on the roof of the club in the moments before the shooting and they came short of calling the man a suspect but clearly they want to find out who the man is. Sources tell action news that this surveillance camera behind delilahs Gentlemens Club in Northern Liberties captured a man gaining access to the roof of the club yesterday evening, a woman was walking to the club from the pickup truck seen earlier today. As the bullets came from the direction of the unfinished Apartment Building and the woman narrowly escaped getting hit and ran back in and called 911. It looks like she was entering the car and we are looking at video to check that too. How close anybody was. That is one of the things we are looking at how close anyone was to the incident. At first authorities believe that the shot came from the unfinished building and s. W. A. T. Teams scoured the structure as they shut down parts of i95 during yesterdays evening rush as a precaution. In the ends though nothing was found. Police say that they are not even sure if shots came from the building at all. People that live and work nearby say that this is a pretty safe area. I am told hear being this this morning heading in. I was taken back. Working here for 20 years, there is a lot of changes. Its build up a lot now and its a fice place. Now, we should mention that police have not released the Surveillance Video and witnesses said they heard shots and no one came forward saying they saw the person responsible. Anyone with information is asked to call central detectives. President trump hosted members of the fraternal order of police at the white house this morning. Among them philadelphia chapter president. Trump praised Law Enforcement for their work and pledged to help them make america safe again. And the president thanked the fop for their support in his campaign and Vice President pence and attorney general, Jeff Sessions were also there today. It will be a few days before a judge rules on whether or not philadelphia da Seth Williamss lawyer will be able to call off the case. Vernon odom is live now. How do you expect this will turn out . One way or the other essential williams will wind up with a top shelf criminal defense lawyer, the judge here says he will appoint one if Seth Williams declares himself unable to pay for one in a case that has 80,000 documents and some 300,000 emails. Get your hands off of me the embattled das security battled and demands that he resign. It was Michael Diamondstein that represented williams at his arraignment last year on nearly two dozen corruption charges including bribery and fraud and williams entered a not guilty plea. He cannot afford his fee but will have a lawyer he can afford by friday. And he was ordered to stay with williams until friday. And former philadelphia da and Supreme Court justice ron castillo believes that williams started to live above his means on a 135,000 a year salary. Seen at the union league. He was seen there smoking the cigars and hanging around with different kind of group. A group of people who are movers and shakers in our society. And you know there is the temptation you want to be one of those. But you cant just do it illegally. Mayor kenney is part of the chorus calling for williams to resign before he goes to trial. Its hard to do your job, i like him personally. But in these circumstances its hard to prosecute other people when are you being prosecuted yourself. Seth williams has so far given to indications he will resign before his trial. Live at the courthouse, in center city. Channel 6 action news. Thank you. It is pretty hard to conceal a stolen 60 Inch Television in broad daylight but this burglar got away with it in the West Oak Lane section of philadelphia, Surveillance Video shows the suspect that broke into a home on the 6800 block of north 19th on tuesday and investigators say he removed a window mowned air conditioning unit and simply climbed through and also swiped credit cards. They were substantially smaller. A protest this morning by the westminster Choir Community in princeton but an announcement has breathed new life into its future. We would love to fine a partner to help preserve and enhance the tradition of westminster as it currently exists. The surprise announcements by ryder that it will try to sell Westminster Choir College along with the picturesque princeton campus is stunning news. This is what we wanted, we are happy as parents of a Freshman Student that chose Westminster Choir College because my daughter wanted a small campus. Just hours before the announcement the Coalition First protested silencely and then with masked voices. The fear that the ryder board with shudder the princeton campus and shoe horn the students into the larger lawrenceville campus. Rumor they expect to stick us into spaces in buildings that arent being used. In the end ryder agree that its force the merger would be a bat fit. Now who is interested in buying the college. The president was asked if neighboring Princeton University was a candidate. There are preliminary inquiries that we dont want to name but there say fair level of interest in Westminster Choir College. And they are hiring price water house cooper to deal with possible buyers and the hope that there will be a sale in the next 12 months. And heavy machinery is in place to begin the del wait work to restore nearly 200 vandalized head stones at a philadelphia cemetery. And carson wentz helps local teenagers dress for success. After a day of heavy showers and thunderstorms im tracking sunshine and another soaking rain storm waiting in the wings. Ill have all the details in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Those story and more when action news continues. Hi hey ill take one of those new fast play games. Oh, you ready for a rush . Uh, sure im 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 youve won. I won fast play, please fast play. Play fast. Win instantly. Despite todays Stormy Weather work got underway to repair gravestones in the wissinoming section of philadelphia. Specialized workers came from new york to oversee the restoration at mt. Carmel cemetery. Its a challenge. It is so tight you see how close the rows are its really tight to get the equipment in and stone on ton of stone we dont want to create more damage lifting it. And vandals knocked over approximately 200 head stones last month. This delipidated bridge is at the front of a controversy. They want to tear down the bridge between poplar and highland. The bridge is close since 2012 and borough leaders want the bridge rebuilt and vital for emergency crews responding to calls. Its definitely a safety issue. A safety issue and our residence, and this is our town, we need the bridge and its unfair for csx to leave us like this. The Derby Borough Council says they are rallying the public to press csx to repair the bridge. Eagles doing front office work today. So they can put a better product on the field. They dealt with the offense and today its about the defense. And the eagles have the replacement for connor barwyn they agreed on a deal with chris long. The nine year veteran spent last season with the new England Patriots and they helped them win the super bowl. 58. 5 sacks in his career. And turns 32 today the the son of halloffamer, howie long. The eagles didnt stop there they agreed owe and a deal with patrick robertson. Carson when z and Desean Watson were at the columbian north ymca this afternoon and teamed up with jcpenney to suit up a team with new suits and the front office fitted him with new receivers. Its cool to know that, they respect my opinion on things and that they want to build this thing in the right direction. Its also cool when they say they are going to do something and they go do t its a lot of trust and i can trust the organization and i believe we are headed somewhere special and starting here pretty soon. To the flyers. You say there is a chance . The flyers have their playoff hopes clinging by a string. Jaime apody has more. Oscar wild once said the basis for optimism is sheer terror and that explains the flyers mentality. Six spots out of a playoff spot with seven games to go. Until things are mathematically in order, we have to go out and play like we have everything to lose. Something to avoid to have a 10 game winning streak during the season and yet miss the playoffs. Since that streak ended in december they have the second would have the record in the league. Trying to battle every night and try to find ways to win the games, but the hope is still there. The hope is as slim as it gets, technically they have a. 2 chance of getting in and only that high because of sundays win in pittsburgh. I dont think we can allow ourselves to look at the big picture, we need to look at the small picture and that picture is tonight. Stranger things have happened. This very ottawa senteres team overcame a 2 point deficit in 2015 to make the playoffs and the flyers are remaining positive. We have to go play with a lot of pride and effort and see what happens. Jaime apody, channel 6 action news. The phillies have traded pitcher alex asher for a player to be named later. Its his 30 and he sure gets around. The villanova Girls Basketball team is facing in the knit set for tomorrow night. Cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast. She promises sun. When we continue in a moment. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. 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And this morning we have some really intense thunderstorms that rolled up over the i95 corridor. This is the radar showing the rainfall estimates. This is east and west of i95. Many areas reporting an inch of rain when are running an inch below normal for the year. This is much needed rain and our psyches need the sunshine and well be back in the bright sunshine tomorrow. Full day of sunshine and with that sunshine tomorrow afternoon temperatures will bee rebound up into the low 60s, the pick of the week will be tomorrow. Right now its damp and cool and philadelphia 52 degrees down from the high of 54 and could not shake the easterly flow and allentown 51 and cape nay 52 and wilmington 57, satellite 6 along with action radar showing low pressure to the south and moving off the coast now, what this will do is take the moisture with it. And the showers extend to western pennsylvania, it will be a process before we clear things out. Tonight plenty of clouds tomorrow evening, showers and after midnight, well begin to get winds out of the northwest than clears out our atmosphere. 46 in philadelphia and allentown 43 and cape may 47 and wilmington 46 and temperatures not dropping all that much. The afternoon high, High Pressure is building in as we get a wind tunnel effect out to the east. What that means winds from the northnorthwest 10 to 20 miles per hour. And a breezy day and well see a full day of sunshine and temperatures are on the mild side. On thursday, High Pressure is right over us, that diminishes our winds and brings us plenty of sunshine and temperatures drop a bit 55 degrees and high clouded begin to move in from the next storm system and that brings us a soaking rain on friday. Friday is another day youll need the umbrellas. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, breezy tomorrow and bright sunshine and a really nice day, with a high of 62 degrees. Thursday a little bit cooler be not as breezy and 55 degrees and late clouds moving in. On friday though the weather is going downhill fast. Raw and rainy, 49 degrees, definitely on the cold side and future tracker 6 showing most areas with an inch of rain and some of that rain lingering into saturday morning and drizzle and mostly cloudy and a day of transition, 59 degrees and the better of two days on sunday. A mixture of sun and clouds and 65 degrees and monday 63 under partly sunny skies and tuesday april showers moving in and the next round of rain is possible with a high of 64 degrees. We have two days of sunshine before another soaking at this point the weekend is not looking bad. A Delaware County teach ever is Getting National recognition for her work in the classroom. Staff and students celebrate lisa carnie at Saint Bernadette School in drexel hill this morning. Carnie is a fourth grade teacher and received the Bar Association in Civics Education award. She was one of own 15 recipients across the country but the best recognition comes from her students today. This took turns telling mrs. Carnie about what makes her so special. Abc world news tonight is next on channel 6. And action news continues at 10 00 on ph almost 17 with brian taff and ducis rogers and join us for action news at 11 00 on channel 6. For cecily tynaucis rogers, and the entire Action News Team im jim gardner. Careful joe, theyve got you outnumbered. The dinosaurs extinction. Dont listen to them. Not appropriate. Now im mashing these potatoes with my stick of butter. Why dont you sit over here. Something for everyone is awesome. Find your awesome with the Xfinity Stream app. More to stream to every screen. Tonight, several breaking stories as we come on. Refusing calls to step down. Tonight, growing pressure on the congressman leading the investigation into russia and any possible collusion. 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