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WPVI Action News 5PM April 10, 2015

Files going back years when which she claims will show wild misuse of public funds. I wouldnt call them a faction. I would call them thieves. Thats what they are. Reporter what have they stolen. 1. 1 million in misappropriated funds. Reporter a four member majority took the vote after the meeting had been adjourned. Also fired the boroughs Code Enforcement director who claims his ouster was the result of a vendetta after he refused to be shaken down by a local elected official. I believe that i did not bow down to a certain official who requested three to 4,000 from me cash for his campaign. Reporter paula brown is no stranger to controversy and hunkering down in a public building. She did something similar when she was mayor of neighboring baby borough and in a dispute with that towns veteran police chief. Paula brown was only keeping her political enemies out of the building today, regular citizens and her allies could call ahead or knock on the door to get in. Today the Delaware County District Attorney has refused to comment on this situation or his investigation. Live in colwyn, vernon odom, channel6 action news. Not the end that for sure. Showers have been moving through today and it was much cooler than expected. Sky six live is looking over Atlantic City right now. You can see it is foggy, damp friday as they get into the evening time and head into the weekend. For more on our conditions lets head over to the big board and meteorologist cecily tynan. Hi, sharrie. What a disappointing day. I really underestimated how strong this cool air mass would be. The warm front i was hoping would have lifted north of our region right now. Its storm system down to the south. Its near Atlantic City, georgetown, washington, d. C. And State College so virginia beach, its 85 degrees but only about 300 miles to the north, mount pocono s its nearly 40 degrees cooler and with that cool marine air mass in place, we had a lost clouds as well. Satellite6 along with action radar showing that we have plenty of clouds over us. The good news when you get the cloud cover and you have the cool air that is like kryptonite to Severe Weather. So Storm Tracker six live double scan showing the cold front that caused that outbreak of tornadoes across illinois thats out to the west and ahead of it not a lot of activity. This is great news for us. We do have some showers up to the north and as we zoom in, theres one line of some storms moving through northern virginia. If that survives, it could be clipping parts of southern delaware and southern new jersey but basically as this front moves through were looking at some showers this evening. Were not going to be getting those gusty thunderstorms widespread thanks to the fact its just too cool. So, this is what to expect until about 9 oclock. A few showers temperatures briefly up into the 60s, either right ahead of that cold front and right behind the winds begin to mix up the atmosphere could get a stray thunderstorm to the south, could have some gusty winds but not expecting any widespread thunderstorms. The good news is with this front we have a great weekend on the way. Ill have details on that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Okay, definitely the good news. Cecily, thank you. And as cecily mentioned the same weather system moving into our region also spawned tornadoes in the midwest. Thats right. Search crews spent the day combing the debris for missing residents possibly. Homes were ripped from their foundations and reduced to piles of rubble. Check that out. About 15 to 20 houses were destroyed by a twister in the small illinois town of fair day. Two women in their 60s were killed there. A second victim was found today. The National Weather service is now in fairdale surveying that damage. And of course when Severe Weather or breaking news happens in your neighborhood, you can join the action, become part of our Action News Team by emailing us your photos and videos to join the action at 6abc. Com or use the 6abc action on social media. Four more cases of whooping cough have been identified in the Radnor Township School district. That makes a total of eight cases for the district in just two months. Seven of those cases came from the radnor high school. The other came from the middle school. Most of the infected students were vaccinated. Officials say theyve stepped up daily cleaning and disinfecting in an attempt to stop any further spread. Additional dash cam video has emerged from the moments before Police Officer Michael Slager killed an unarmed man in South Carolina. Abc news correspondent Karen Travers live in washington with the new detailsism good evening monica. An attorney for spike cal slager says out of respect for Walter Scotts family they will not be speaking to the media until after Walter Scotts funeral. There are still a lot of questions even with these new videos that keep coming out. Were seeing for the first time the passenger in Walter Scotts vehicle. This new dash cam video shows the unidentified man being questioned by police. Hes officially a witness and maybe the last person to speak with scott before he was fatally shot by former Police Officer Michael Slager. Previously released dash cam video shows what seems to be a calm uneventful traffic stop. But after about two and half minutes scott bolts slager chases after him. Moments later he shoots him dead. State investigators say the shooting seems suspicious from the start because of multiple gun shot wounds in scotts back saying the cell phone video confirmed our initial suspicions. The scott family is preparing for walters funeral on saturday. I pray that this never happens to another person. This has got to stop. Reporter the service is expected to draw a large number of mourners. We will be there to support them for the funeral with a Police Escort to make sure that we get them moved properly and give them the utmost respect and the respect that the gentleman that is deceased deserves. Reporter the dash cam videos add more evidence to the encounter but there are still significant gaps in the time line. What happened after walter scott ran from his car until he was shot, thats still unknown. Reporting live from that washington Karen Travers channel6 action news. Monica. Thank you karen. World news with david muir will have more on the Police Shooting with a full report from South Carolina for you. Thats coming up tonight at 6 30 right after action news at 6 00. President obama is in panama tonight for the summit of the americas and hes due for a facetoface meeting thats been decades in the making. Its the first time cuba has been invited to the summit since it began in 1994. And the white house says the president will see cuban president raul castro tomorrow. Officials say there are no plans for a formal meeting but both will have an opportunity to have discussions, this after both talked by phone wednesday before heading to panama. And overturned truck created big headaches during rush hour this morning on the ben franklin bridge. The tractortrailer was carrying a chipping shipping container when it crashed around 6 a. M. It then blocked two lanes coming into philadelphia. Traffic was backed up across the bridge into camden for more than four hours. The wreckage has been cleared and all lanes are back open. A warning for drivers tonight, emergency road work is now under way in Camden County. Officials there say the last two winters wrecked some streets there beyond a simple fix. Instead of just patching potholes some of these streets will to be milled and then overlaid. 1. 5 million have been set aside for paving Camden County roads before the spring construction season even begins. Busy afternoon this friday. Time now to go for the action news traffic report. See how its rolling on a friday night or not with matt pelman. Hey, matt. An accident is paving the way for a really rotten ride home monica and sharrie. On the northeast extension 476 northbound side the crash is down by the lansdale interchange, still more than a half hour later taking out the right lane. You know what that means speeds like 17 and just 9 Miles Per Hour as you come north of Plymouth Meeting and the midcounty tolls this afternoon. At this point i would say you probably want to avoid this stretch of 476 northbound. There are those traffic lights on 309 northbound instead. This is 76 the schuylkill expressway eastbound very slow driving from 202 into approaching the blue route. Weve got what appears to be some sort of argument, a couple having an argument along the side of the schuylkill expressway attracting some attention. So, not the best place to have your argument and its slowing down traffic a little bit extra this afternoon. But our crash on the lincoln drive by gypsy lane as well as the broken down bus on the boulevard northbound by ridge avenue are both out of the way. Speeds still very slow though on 95. Have a crash in upper makefield bucks county along Washington Crossing road at dolling ton road and across the river in west Windsor Mercer county a wreck is taking out two lanes along the northbound side of route one at washington road giving us delays there. Well check it again monica and sharrie in the next half hour. Okay, matt, thank you sir. Thank you so much. Still much more to come at 5 00. A College Basketball player loses her courageous battle against brain cancer. Well explain her incredible efforts to fight the disease that claimed her life. Plus, she made National Headlines for an affair with her 13yearold student. Now, theyre celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary. We have an update for you on Mary Kay Letourneau and the former students who is now her husband. Well have those stories and much more on action news when we come right back. Well, sir. After some serious consideration id like to put in my 15year notice. Youre quitting . Technically retiring, sir. With a little help from my state farm agent i plan to retire in 15 years. Wow youre totally blindsiding me here. Whos gonna manage your accounts . This is a devastating blow i was not prepared for. Well, im gonna finish packing my things. 15 years will really sneak up on you. Jennifer with do your exit interview and adam made you a cake. Red velvet. Oh, thank you. I made this. Take charge of your retirement. Talk to a state farm agent today. Three students in denver are in custody after they brought guns and some kind of device to their middle school allegedly. Police were called to the scene after some other students reported seeing the weapons. The school went into lockdown for 45 minutes. So far police have not said where the weapons were found or what a possible motive might be. Lauren hill the young woman who would not let a rare form of brain cancer stop her dream of playing College Basketball has died. Today hundreds of students gathered on the campus of mount Saint Josephs in cincinnati to pay tribute to the teenager who inspired a nation. Lauren passed away early this morning but the spotlight is on her life and how she used it to make a difference. Ive always wanted to make a difference cause you always kind of want to leave an impact on the world. Lauren hill a basketball player for a Small College in ohio will forever be known as a fighter. In high school, shawl told she had a rare and terminal form of brain cancer. I never for a Second Thought about sitting down and like just not living life anymore. Despite the odds lauren joined the Basketball Team at Mount Saint Joseph university, her freshman year. The day finally came for lauren to realize her dream of playing in a game. She suited up in number 22 and scored the first basket of the game. Off the court she had a new more important goal in mind, to raise more than a Million Dollars to help fight all kinds of brain cancer including the type that claimed her life, dipg. Through donations on her web site, she exceeded her goal. So happy that people know about it now and that we can get some Research Going and hopefully find that home run cheer. So laurens legacy lives on starting with a basketball, a dream, then helping others even after shes gone. Im so happy that like im able to touch everybody elses hearts and thats like it just makes everything he so much more special. Very inspiring. Many celebrities tweeted about lauren hill today including lebron james. As for the rarity of this cancer dipg only about 300 people are diagnosed each year and its typically diagnosed in young children. Lauren hill was 19. Health check a surprising study shows that being overweight in middleage may actually reduce your risk of developing dementia. This is in contradiction to previous research. Scientists looked at 2 Million People they found that under weight participants were more likely to develop memory problems but the very obese had a 29 percent lower chance of becoming senile. The next step is to examine their diets to see if they may be gaining dementia fighting nutrients in that extra food they consume. Curious. Very much so. Still ahead two new smartphones hit the market today. Details on the latest designs from samsung. 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Sprint will take about a third of the new hybrid stores with smartphones for sale alongside radio shack products. Sprint also plans to add more jobs during the expansion. Some versions of the apple watch sold out just minutes after preorders began early this morning. The Company Started taking orders at 3 01 a. M. Customers who went to apple stores for fitting could also order their smart watch online afterwards. The first batch will ship on april 24th but many watches are now back ordered until june or july because of high demand. Meanwhile apples rival samsung rolls out two new smartphones today. The galaxy s6 and the s6 edge went on sale in the u. S. Europe and south korea. The phones were first unveiled last month. Samsung is hoping theyll fuel a come back in the smartphone market. Employers had a chance to meet with potential hires in delaware today. It was a job fair at Delaware Technical Community Community College of stantons campus. Students could can app lie for full time or parttime work. The final one is may fourth at the Rehoboth Beach convention center. Up next at 5 00 we check back on the forecast and taking a look outside right now, sky 6hd over the ben franklin bridge. Meteorologist cecily tynan has the details from accuweather when action news at 5 00 comes right back. Time now for accuweather at the action news big board. Meteorologist cecily tynan is here and looking tots forecast. Not as warm as wed hoped but the storms didnt come either. Thats the flip side. When you dont have the warm air you cant get the Severe Weather, so something actually good a lot of kids having proms tonight and their moms were posting my Facebook Page about the storms, didnt want them to ruin the hair so the good news is we are live at the Philadelphia International airport, we have lots of clouds an low cloud deck. There are delays thanks to the clouds but no storms out there. Storm tracker six double scan very quiet. Theres a possibility we could see a f

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