Disturbing. Along the turkeysyria border near where some of the victims of the attack are being treated. Survivors of the suspected chemical attack in the province syria describe what happened. This man says he had trouble breathing, and fell to the ground. Some of the injured were taken over for treatment in turkey. The assault on the village consistent with with a chemical weaponment many of the dead and injured had no visible wounds as is normally expected from air strike or missile. Survivors had breathing problems, some presuming at the mouth, and their pupils didnt respond to light. In brussels, World Leaders held a moment of silence for the victims at the start of a conference on the future of syria some have claimed the president of the government. This is a barbarick regime. Syrian regime denies responsibility. And so does it ally russia theyll both have targeted province with air strikes. The russian explanation is that syrian spike ammunition depo containing chemical weapons
Targeted the regime of assad. Lana zack has more on the details. Reporter russia is calling for an emergency session of the City Security council they are announcing a suspension of coordinated activities with the United States. U. S. Officials say they notified russia in advance. Two american destroyers in the mediterranean, the u. S. Launched 59 tomahawk cruise missiles at syria. We launched a military strike in syria for the chemical attack from launched. The president asked the International Community to denounce assad for the use of sir ingas against his own people. More than 80 were killed, mostly women and children in brutal horrific deaths. Russia is decrying u. S. Actions. A spokesman for Vladimir Putin regarded the strikes in violation of international law. U. S. Lawmakers are responding many praising the president s action, others say congress should have consulted. Rand paul said while we all condemn the atrocities in syria, the United States was not attacked. For the new p
Philadelphia ahead of the nfl draft. The big story on action news is the unseasonable warm weather. Temperatures have been in the mid 60s and accuweather says the warmest temperatures in nearly 6 months are on the way for the start of the workweek. Meteorologist, Melissa Magee joins us outside with the details. Reporter it was gorgeous as we close out the weekend today, high temperatures in the 60s and plenty of sunshine overhead. 67 in philadelphia. 68 in lancaster. 62 in the poconos. Our shore communities, beach haven, 52. 53 in cape may. Satellite and radar weve got a mostly clear sky across the region thanks to High Pressure that is anchored to our south. Were tapping into the southwesterly wind flow for the rest of the evening e evening. If youre stepping out later on on the town. It will drop down to 6 of. 66. It will clear out tonight and 62. 11 00 p. M. , 55. We get warmer as we get into the workweek. 2 00 p. M. Numbers in the upper 70s, it will get warmer than that as we close
Showing that we still have mostly clear skies in south jersey ton delaware but you see the clouds pretty quickly advancing is. Well start with some sunshine in philadelphia but the clouds will increase through the day t you can see the showers that are out in pittsburgh and washington. We have just the chance of a shower in a couple of spots later today. Its most a dry day today. Its rather cool and cloudy. 43 degrees in quakertown and pottstown, 46 in center city. In new jersey, its 42 in ewing, 44 in hammonton, 48 in woodbine. Its 50 at least in dover delaware but you can see that strong easterly flow and thats whats going to keep us cooler especially along the coastline today. Youll struggle to get out of the 50s there. Chilly start today. With increasing clouds, some early sunshine but the clouds lower and thicken through the day, the high today of just 61 degrees t it will be cooler still at the shore. Well show you what the weekend looks like. Some changes in store in a few minut
Its only 42 in bensalem, 43 pottstown, 46 malvern, 46 in center city, 42 degrees in newtown square. Its 42 in browns mills. 45 in cinnaminson and glassboro. Up to 50 in dover delaware. You can see the winds though. Theyre pretty strong out of the east and its that easterly component today thats bringing in the cooler temperatures off the ocean and were really socked in with the clouds, too. At 8 00 a. M. , 48 degrees. Well see some sunshine early on. By 11 00 still some of that sun mixing with clouds but its 55. Were up to 60 by 2 00 p. M. Your high is 61 about 4 degrees below average. At 5 oclock its 57, at 8 oclock 56 degrees. We have a warmup tomorrow. Its short lived so you got to plan to enjoy it. Ill talk about that in the sevenday forecast in just a couple minutes, matt. Good morning to pull out the spring jacket i guess. Yes. Good morning karen. Good morning, everybody. Were having a pretty good experience so far this morning on most of the highways. Just a little bit of buildi