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WPVI Action News 5PM February 10, 2016

After assuring her supporters in New Hampshire that she say fighter. We learned its not whether you get knocked down that matters, its whether you get back up. For the republicans, frontrunner, donald trump, is credited his huge win to the huge voter turnout. We have great signals when we have a rally, many people show up many many more than we anticipated. And they are back on the campaign trail and setting their sights on the next primary in South Carolina and john kasich promising to keep his Campaign Messages positive. And iowa winner, senator ted cruz sounding defiant despite fin andishing third. One of the most important conclusions coming out of these first two states the only candidate that can beat donald trump is me. And Carly Fiorina and Chris Christie suspended their campaigns with the gop primary in South Carolina a little more than two weeks away. That is the latest from here in new york, im elizabeth herr, channel 6 action news. Thank you. In other news ton a deadly shooting justified by officials, Delaware County says that six officers were doing their jobs when they opened fire on an suv and a 33yearold man is dead. New at 5 00 the family of the men inside of the car are reacting for the First Time Since the authorities defended the deadly shooting. Vernon odom is live in chester with the details. Good evening sharrie and rick, the Delaware County d. A. Says tonight that it appears that the police fired 100 times in selfdefense, the mans family bitterly disagrees. This is shall mar longer, he was killed by Police Officers after his suv was fired at over 100 shots. It began with a traffic stop and then through Chester Township and then 12th and keystone in chester city. He crashed the suv and then brandished an old fashion resolver. He indicated and the passenger confirmed he would not go back to jail under any circumstances apparently. Walen says his investigators got the information from longers cousin a passenger in the vehicle, he bailed when the shooting started and was wounded slightly, he faces no charges here, he told authorities his cousin with a long criminal report mostly for drugs was out on patrol and not going back to prison. When the vehicle came to a stop the driver shallamar pulled out a gun and pointed it at police. He confirmed his cousin vowed not to be returned to prison but said he never saw him pull a gun on the cops. Relatives are denouncing the claim that the shooting appears to be justified. He probably didnt want to go back to jail, who does . He never would have waived the gun at the cop. He never would have done that. Tonight the d. A. Says that this investigation is not over. Detectives are still looking for witnesses and or evidence like Surveillance Video from the neighborhood. Live in chester, im vernon odom, channel 6 action news. Vernon thank you. Pennsylvania attorney general, Kathleen Kane will remain in office for now. The state senate vote to remove her fell short of passing, the motion to push her out of office because she is stripped of her law license, supporters say that kane cannot perform her duties without the license and about two hours ago that motion secured 29 votes but it needed 33 to pass. Action news reporter, john rawlins in harrisburg today and will have what is next for the senate and more from the state house coming up at 5 30. In other news officials at Ursinus College say that more than 100 students fell ill on campus, they are trying to figure out what caused all the students to fall sick, but according to the school the students reported eating at the dining hall on campus. Tainted food was not necessarily the source of the outbreak but the school was closed today to be cleaned from top to bottom and the illness spread quickly and suddenly. We heard people waking up. Everywhere you go everybody is talking about it their hallway and house is sick and its everywhere. They will know if the sickness was caused by a food born illness or person to person by the end of the week. Turning to accuweather and the big difference a day makes, this time yesterday wet snow was falling in the area and today we are enjoying peeks of sun before a blast of arctic air moves in. Meteorologist, cecily tynan, is live with more. Its getting colder into the weekend we have a few snow showers satellite 6 along with action radar showing a band of snow showers moving through at 6 30 and then clouds rule, but every now and then you see a peek of sunshine and temperatures not bad. Dont get used to it, 34 degrees in philadelphia, we are above freezing and we trop below freezing tonight and will not climb above freezing until tuesday. This is the air mass waiting in the wings, this is really a siberian air mass. This is headed our way in time for the weekend. We are looking at five days of below freezing weather and before that cold arriving over your valentines day weekend and we are talking record cold on sunday morning. Well talk about how cold coming up. Thanks cecily. We are following developing news off the coast of new jersey, this is the live look at the battled Royal Caribbean cruise ship on its way back to port after it hit rough seas on its way to florida. Now its near the area of long branch, new jersey, this is the anthem of the seas cruise ship. It had to turn back around because it was hit with Hurricane Force winds and is expected to dock at 9 30 tonight. Well have more on that ship coming up at 5 30. A bridge in hamilton, new jersey is given new life, it cut the ribbon and reopened the knotting ham bridge this afternoon. It spans the Assunpink Creek and connected it to the city of trenton. The new span took two years to complete and cost close to 3 million. Now its time for the traffic report. Matt pellman in the traffic center. The commute costing a couple of extra minute as long 422 but better this morning. This afternoon things are dry and slow in the westbound lanes from the saint gabriels curve and the oaks interchange. A crash at fitz watertown road by the td bank, in upper darby a crash at marion state road and the activity in holmesburg blocked or bought of a spill of sorts. In christiana we have the truck carrying the dog food that rolled over and highway 1 southbound remains shut down. 273 or churchmans road would be better bets and the septa Regional Rail dealing with is a minute delays this afternoon because of earlier police activity. Well check it again in the next half hour. Thanks matt. There is more ahead on action news at 5 00. Harsh words from turkeys minister why he calls World Leaders two faced when it comes to the syrian refugee crisis. And the new responsibility for federal environmental officials for the flint water crisis. In turkey they caught this video of migrant stranded and needing help. He had to be airlifted from the mediterranean sea. Its rescues like that that reignited talks. He demanded his country open its border to more refugees, he calls the u. N. Two faces they have not done enough to solve democracy problems in syria. Right now there are thousands of refugees sitting at the syria turkey border, they say they will be allowed in when necessary. Congress has taken the first action in response to the water crisis in michigan, today the house approved legislation to clarify the Environmental Protection Agencies Authority to notify the public about the danger of led in their drinking water, this is in the absence of notification by the state. Flint stopped using treated water and switched to the flint river in 2014 to save money and regulators failed to ensure the water was treated and led leaked into the water supply and the epa did not notify the public for months after learning about the problem. We are learning about more than three travel related cases of the zika virus in pennsylvania and delaware and Health Officials have more evidence linking the virus to serious birth defects. Ali gorman is live now with more. Because people travel these local cases were expected and there will be likely more people infected while visiting these areas. We continue to learn more about the virus. The head of the cdc announced new finding that further support the connection between zika and the serious birth defect. Researchers identified markers of the virus in two babies that died of the condition in brazil. This is the strongest evidence to date that it is the cause of it but not definitive and pregnant women remain the top priority. There are now 66 cases of zika virus in the United States including two women in pennsylvania and one in delaware. All but one of the total cases were acquired outside of the u. S. , in areas where the virus is spreading. Health officials in pennsylvania say that the women had mild symptoms and they have not released if either is pregnant and in delaware its confirmed that the woman infected is not pregnant. Zika is predominantly spread through mosquitos and its not common in our area but found in other parts of the country and another type of mosquito seen here has the potential to carry the virus but so far that has not been found. Once spring hits local Health Officials will be on alert. Well be looking to see if there is any transmission of this virus during our mosquito season here in delaware. Reporter and there is growing concern about the olympics being held in brazil this year and at least one athlete, soccer star, hope solo, expressed concern, she told Sports Illustrated if she had to make the choice today she would skip the olympics but its six months away. And also it will be winter for brazil when the games are held. The hope is that the milder temperatures will reduce the number of mosquitos. Something to keep an eye on over the next three months. Tonight on action news we look at the hottest and coolest ways to jump start your body for summer. Many people are spending hours in the gym trimming excess fat and using high tech help to eliminate trouble spots that defy diet and exercise, it involves heat and cold and more but not recovery time. You can come in and go back out to your work or home and there is really no recoffee at all. We explore the options and hear from people that skipped the surgery but are getting rid of the fat, that is tonight on action news at 11 00. They represent blood cells. And if you have afiban irregular heartbeat that may put you at five times greater risk of stroke they can pool together in the heart, forming a clot that can break free and travel upstream to the brain, where it can block blood flow and cause a stroke. But if you have afib thats not caused by a heart valve problem, pradaxa can help stop clots from forming. Pradaxa was even proven superior to warfarin at reducing the risk of stroke, in a Clinical Trial without the need for regular blood tests. And, in the rare event of an emergency, pradaxa is the only oral blood thinner other than warfarin with a specific reversal treatment to help your body clot normally again. Pradaxa is not for people who have had a heart valve replacement. Dont stop taking pradaxa without talking to your doctor. Stopping increases your risk of stroke or blood clots ask your doctor if you need to stop pradaxa before any planned medical or dental procedure. Pradaxa can cause serious, and sometimes, fatal bleeding. Dont take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding. And seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. Pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if youre 75 or older, have kidney problems, stomach ulcers, a bleeding condition, or take certain medicines. Side effects with pradaxa can include indigestion, stomach pain, upset or burning. Dont just go with the flow. Go with pradaxa, the only blood thinner that lowers your risk of stroke better than warfarin and has a specific reversal treatment. Talk to your doctor about pradaxa today. Federal reserve chair janet yel yel yellen says that the fed will not raise interest rates, she highlighted concerns over chinas weak currency and Economic Outlook that spooked investors around the world today she said the fed is prepared to move slower in the economy is in a tough situation but an hour after the announcement the stocks slumped. The dow was down 99 points. Burger king is causing it the most obvious launch ever, its adding hot dogs to the menu, available nationwide starting february 23rd, as burger king pushes to boost sales with intensified competition with mcdonalds and wendys. Mcdonalds has all Day Breakfast and wendys the four for 4 deal. You can have it any way you want. Google is one step closer to building a competely driverless car. This week federal regulators green lit the plan by tweaking the definition of a driver, no Steering Wheel no brakes just a computer on board. Driverless cars can still be banned under state law. And today is Ash Wednesday a day of holy obligation for christians. Hope francis received ashes on his head before placing ashes on the heads of cardinals and nuns and the faithful. Here in the vatican city. It starts lend the 40 days of pen tense. And the holy father reiterated his thoughts for catholics around the world to be more sensitive and merciful toward others. Bishop John Mcintyre placed ashes on the foreheads on the faithful. This marks the beginning of lent on the christian calendar. Looking live outside sky 6 hd showing you penned landing on a wednesday night, cecily tynan has the exclusive accuweather forecast be ready to bundle up. Time for accuweather at the action news big board. Cecily tynan has the valentines weekend forecast. Its as cold as it can get around here. Not just for valentines but for skis, we are looking at a high speed quad at camelback, i was waiting for rick all weekend to join me to go skiing. I was waiting and waiting. If you plan on ski, dress in a lot of layers, bring the hand and feet warmers and take lots of hot chocolate breaks. Even now its on the chilly side winds west 12 to 16 Miles Per Hour and factor in the temperature with the winds. The windchills generally 24 degrees, 22 degrees, by the weekend we are wishing we had windchills this warm because it is going to get a lot colder. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing clouds really rule today, we saw a few breaks of sunshine and there is a cold front up to the north and west and this is swinging through in the overnight hours, and this is really the first in a series of fronts that move through and that brings us reenforcing shots of colder air through the weekend, tonight brisk and cold and could have a brief snow shower as the front gets closer, 18 in allentown and 25 at the boardwalk and wilmington 21 degrees. The bus stop forecast tomorrow lots of cloud and some sunshine and windchills around 10, bundle up the kids, by 10 00, 24 degrees. And windchills tomorrow afternoon generally just in the teens. Below zero in the poconos and the windchills drop a lot more as we head through the valentines day weekend. Tomorrow its blustery. And the high of 30 and friday night and saturday morning that is when the arctic boundary blows in and could bring us a round of snow squalls and the big news is the temperature, the high on saturday is 20, question hit that early and temperatures falling and windchill near 0, and sunday though for valentines day, brutally cold and a morning low a record tying 2, and on president s day not as cold and snow is arriving late in the day and adam joseph has more details on that coming up in the full exclusive accuweather forecast. Get ready to bundle up on valentines day. Quick brain and more news when we come back. Action news continues with adam joseph, Rick Williams and monica malpass. Hello again monica is off and Sharrie Williams is joining us. Pennsylvania lawmakers are going after attorney general, Kathleen Kane, what represents and senators did today to try to remove her from office. And the nightmare at sea for thousands of Cruise Ship Passengers and crew is nearly over. And one of the Largest Police unions in the nation are pulling an event from dorney park after the controversial removal of an employee with special needs. We start out now with breaking news on the zika virus. Lehigh University Says that one of their students that traveled abroad during break tested positive for the mosquito born disease. Health Officials Say that the two in pennsylvania were in countries where the zika virus is spread and the student has recovered and is feeling okay. Can attorney general, Kathleen Kane, still do her job without a law license. That is what they grappled with today. House representatives voted to move forward with impreachment and they tried but failed to remove cane from office. John rawlins live in harrisburg with more on everything that happened. Hi monica, a remarkable day in harrisburg, the senate using a portion of the contusion that was little known and not used since the 1890s, its called direct removal, its not impeachment that is a different animal. They wanted to get kane out as soon as possible and they need aid majority and failed by four votes and it fails along party lines. Can an attorney general with an indefinitely suspended law license perform the duties of attorney general. Kathleen kane cannot perform as the commonwealth lawyer. It was straight forward for those arguing for the removal of Kathleen Kane, an attorney with a suspended license cannot practice law or legally advise so how can she remain at the helm, the constitution says she only has to be a member of the bar. The attorney general is an attorney in pennsylvania. 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