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WPVI Action News 5PM March 10, 2016

To contact police. Philadelphia police have arrested a group of students in connection with a series of attacks targeting kids from one specific school. Multiple students at Roman Catholic high school were attacked in the span of a week. Now four suspect are in custody and they are all underage. A mount laurel man is sentenced to 41 years in prison for killing his wife. Kyle crosby plead guilty to killing her on new years eve last year and dumped her body in maryland. Cosby spoke in court before loved ones before the sentence was handed down. One day youll find i ask god to forgive me. Kyle the choices you made caused ericas death and you have taken someone so precious from us. I will raise caylee the same way he has to serve 85 of his sentence. The man accused of ambushing a Philadelphia Police officer on the street was back in court today and the action cam spotted officer Jessie Hartnett getting out of a car here before the hearing and today hartnett took the stand recounting his near death experience, archers Attorney Says that his mental state at the time of the shooting needs to be investigate. A philadelphia couple escapes certain disaster when the home they lived in began to collapse on top of them. While the action cam was on the scene hours after that collapse, another part of that house came crashing down. Tonight the city says that they had no idea the building was even at risk. It happened on the 5100 block of marion street and john rawlins now live there with the lightest. Reporter the ultimate question from lni is why did the Building Collapse it was not on a watch list for buildings, look at the rubble, they thought it was vacant in part because it was boarded up and owed taxes and didnt have Electrical Service but two people were inside when the walls came tumbling down. The second collapse in the rear of the building came hours after the initial incident it was 1 00 a. M. When the roof literally fell in. Lisa and aaron with both inside when tons of house crashed to earth. Boom boom boom. Amazingly the couple that was in the rear of the building escaped unharmed and they said a falling ceiling shielded their exit. I caught the ceiling. He caught the ceiling and i was holding it up and then he said come on lets get out and we thank god we are out of there. Bruce says the house is in his family since the 1980s and returned to look at what is left and said he could not afford to keep up with much needed repairs. It needed major work. There were tarps covering holes in the roof and the foundation was beginning to buckle. Oddly lni records did not indicate the building was at risk for collapse. No violations were written and no evidence of structural concern was visible to that inspector. So no red flags on this property. Not clear when that last official inspection was made. The building did collapse and there was a narrow escape today and a friend warned him recently about a buckling wall and that warning game just three hours before the overnight collapse. In german town, john rawlins, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Turning to the accuweather forecast a second day of record highs for the delaware valley, the action cam found plenty of folks out and about in Rittenhouse Square and there is a bit of a cool down on the way, and adam joseph is in for cecily tynan with a first look at the forecast. We love every second we get adam. Soak it in. Rare 80 degree days in philadelphia, summer in winter. 82 yesterday and today 82 as well. Have you to go back to 1998 to see consecutive days of 80 in march. Highs everywhere an asterisk is record breaking today. 81 in trenton and 81 at the Atlantic City airport but a lot cooler at the shore with the sea breeze in the upper 50s to near 60. Double scan live radar showing there is rain to the north and west lurking and that will slide in during the latter part of the overnight hours tonight to bring a wind shift and cooler temperatures for the end of the week, well talk about the showers and the timing tonight and how cool does it get and a quiet weekend overall and a few showers on sunday. Well chat about it all in the accuweather forecast. Thanks adam well see you later. Now the race for the white house tonight and the showdown shaping up in florida ahead of another set of crucial primaries. Hillary clinton and senator Bernie Sanders squared off over immigration with the hopes of courting the hispanic vote and now the stage is set for the republican candidates. Both are home states for candidates struggling to Gain Momentum and both could break their campaigns. We turn to Kenneth Moton live in washington tonight. Reporter hi rick and monica, yes, i can report this is being called a major and final gop debate of the primary season as Donald Trumps rivals as they get ready to pounce on him and slow the momentum, something happened at a rally that sparked a criminal investigation. Its gop debate night and the fight for florida, right now its talk about the rally of frontrunner, donald trump. Cell phone video captured the moment of trump supporter in fayetteville, south carolina, sucker purged someone being taken out by a deputy. The protester was charged and even a reporter for conservative news site claimed his Campaign Manager forcefully grabbed her arm after she asked a question and he called it false. I dont know why but i love it. Am i crazy . I love this. I love it. Trump is marching toward the nomination and delegates is winner take all in rubios home state of florida and john kasichs home state of ohio. After a fiery univision debate democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders spend the day crisscrossing the state. If we are going to change this nation we have got to do it together sanders wearing the gators cap there, he rallied thousands of supers at the university of florida and is hoping to get an upset and a repeat of michigan from last tuesday and republicans will be back on the campaign trail in full force after tonights debate. Kenneth moton, channel 6 action news. Thank you. From our new jersey newsroom there is still no deal between rail worker leaders and new jersey transit. More than 4,000 workers are planning to strike if an agreement cannot be reached. Talks ended an hour ago and are set to start again tomorrow. Time for a check of our action news traffic report. Its thursday almost friday. Lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. All i see are a whole bunch of brake lights on the blue southbound side. We are stacked solid from villanova to this point approaching broomall, and an accident up ahead they pushed to the side but its slowing us down and the travel time of 36 minutess double what it ideally should be. It should take 18 minutes. Heading down 476 the pennsylvania turn took, speeds in the teens approaching norristown and a sizable wall of traffic on the roosevelt boulevard on up to roberts avenue, the vehicle fire is gone but the jam remains, meanwhile in the southbound side near somer dale, a crash in the inner drive and a broken down vehicle by university has cleared. And mount laurel a crash past 73, its slow there as well. Well check it again in the next half hour. More ahead on action news at 5 00. Planned calculated and brutal, that is how police are describing an attack on a backyard cookout in pittsburgh. Why president obama is playing host to our neighbors to the north when action news at 5 00 comes right back. Pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. Then your eyes may see it differently. Only flonase is approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. No other nasal allergy spray can say that. When we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. Most allergy pills only control one substance. Flonase controls six. And six is greater than one. Complete allergy relief or incomplete. Let your eyes decide. Flonase. 61 changes everything. Police in western pennsylvania are looking for two gunmen at a deadly shooting at a backyard party. They are still unsure what prompted them to open fire on the cookout. It happened about 10 miles outside of pittsburgh. Police call it calculated. One man used a handgun to force people to the houses porch and another shooter shot people in the head. Two are still recovering in the hospital. It has been 20 years since the canadian leader made an official visit to the United States until today. There is no relationship in the entire world like the canadau. S. Relationship. With that canadas new very popular Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked his stay at the white house. They both shined a light on Common Ground with issues of trade to climate change. They will host trud oh and his family at a glitzy state dinner. Turning to health check now, the head of the cdc says we need to act now to fight the zika virus in puerto rico. The number of cases are doubling every week, and expected to affect thousands of people including pregnant women. Ali gorman is joining us with the latest. Reporter this is concerning. The head of the cdc just rece recently visit the puerto rico and they are on the frontline of the zika virus and its an uphill battle and many pregnant women there are concerned. The focus is to protect as many pregnant women as possible. It can cause birth desks and temporary paralysis. They say federal government funding is needed now to fund a vaccine and control the population before it spikes. The rains are coming and with the rains come mosquito season and with mosquito season comes the risk of explosive spread of zika. The type of mosquito that usually carries the zika virus are not in our area but are found in florida and other Southern States and some parts of california. Also, today people are taking advantage of the beautiful weather to get more exercise, if you try to lose or maintain weight. There is an another simple thing you can do. Just pack your lunch. Not only will you save money but youll also save calories. Because you have more control over your food. Nutritionists recommend the plate rule. Onethird of your plate with leafy vegables and then whole grains and you want to bring portable snacks like fruit or yogurt so you have something if are you on the go. It all comes down to planning, if you have healthy food with you youll eat healthy. Or you may hit the vending machines and undo the hard work you are putting in. Yes, i have been my lunch box is this big a suitcase. Thanks ali. Abc news is covering Nancy Reagans funeral live tomorrow afternoon and because of that tomorrows new episode of jen hospital is preempted until monday. Chopper 6 hd live over Gloucester County and there is an money at a National Park just a little bit ago a canoe flipped over on the river. And it involved four people and a dog in the canoe. When the boat overturned the people were able to get to a small island and await rescues. The officials have rescued them and everyone is okay. It happened at 4 30 so about 50 minutes ago they were stranded until rescuers were able to get to the island and get them back to some help. There is also rattled nerves after an airplane scare at Northeast Philadelphia Airport today. A beached super king air lost power in one engine on the way to Carroll County airport in maryland. Officials did give it clearance to land and it made it there safely and the faa is now investigating. Hot Water Service is restored to trentons only hotel. The agency temporarily turned off the water because of overdue bills. The company has not made a tax payment in months. They restored the service after getting a portion of the unpaid balance. And Pennsylvania City Council is studying going solar. They researched the possibility of solar powered schools, they say putting arrays on schools will create jobs and lessen air pollution and save money. Still ahead on action news for you, well check the accuweather forecast. Looking live from sky 6 hd showing you the ben franklin bridge, its a nice thursday evening and tomorrow a little on the cool side and adam joseph has the details in the accuweather fiveday when we come right back. When you think about success, what does it look like . Is it becoming a better professor by being a more adventurous student . Is it one day giving your daughter the opportunity she deserves . Is it finally witnessing all the artistic wonders of the Natural World . Whatever your definition of success is, helping you pursue it, is ours. Tiaa. Back here at the action news big board. Adam joseph has details on the accuweather forecast. Temperatures will run above average and record warmth today in philadelphia of 82 degrees matching yesterdays temperatures, more normal for midjune and this summer warmth is going to end tomorrow. But even tomorrow really not a bad day overall. As we look at the present numbers, the wind is coming in in a southerly direction, beach haven only 59 degrees and cape may 64 and 78 in trenton and 78 in allentown and basically every reporting station inland broke those record temperatures with many locations hitting that 80 degree mark, as we look at satellite and radar, we see the area of showers and thunderstorms kind of arcing their way from the gulf of mexico and then through the ohio and Tennessee Valley and the northeast, and High Pressure to the south the high is breaking down and will push the front through overnight and that brings showers and the wind shift out of the north tomorrow. A lot of clouds building in quickly and 53 allentown and 60 in dover, and it is a mild overnight. As we track the showers for you on future tracker, they are still to the north of the Lehigh Valley and temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. The showers collapse, at 3 00 in the morning its light rain, and off the coast in the morning, its dry and returning sun to the north and south, and lunch time tomorrow, and 50s to the north and west and low 60s to the south and east, over the next 12 to 24 hours, its dry through the next few hours and they arrive from 11 00 p. M. To the northern and to the south and only a trace to a quarter inch with the higher numbers to the north and west. And its dry for the morning rush hour, your fiveday at 5 00 forecast, tomorrow 66 degrees still 15 degree as above average. Its breezy and cooler and still nice, mostly sunny and saturday and 65 and turn the clocks ahead an hour and sunday clouds more in in the morning and showers in the morning and 64 and a cooler rainy day on monday at 58 degrees and then we bounce back to the middle 60s on tuesday and early showers giving way to a peek or two of sun by the end of the day on tuesday. That sun setting on sunday 7 06 p. M. , some good things coming our way this week. More to come in the next half hour of action news at 5 00. A joint effort that breaks up a major heroin dealing operation. And a philadelphia father and son is accused of killing a Family Member to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in Life Insurance. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, Rick Williams and Monica Malpass. Hello again here is what is happening on action news thursday night. A Delaware County Police Officer finds himself on the other side of the law season facing criminal charges and we are telling you what he accused of. And Atlantic Citys financial future puts up a vote in trenton and an important consumer alert for something you may be serving for dinner tonight. More on a massive recall. Delaware county Authorities Say that a Police Officer used his position of authority to prey on female prisoners. Officer turner is accused of making advances towards three women and the harassment did not stop there. Chad pradelli is live now outside of the media courthouse with more. Turner was hired to protect and serve the people of chester and instead investigators say he used his position to exploit women for sexual gratification. Investigators say that Police Officer Roosevelt Turner preyed on female detainees, getting them to show their private parts. He would manipulate them to an area where there was not camera and have the woman expose themselveses to him. Jack walen says the crimes began in april and in august the psychiatric tim came forward just hours before turner expotioned himself and pulled out a condom and turner kept in communication with the alleged victims after they were released. We were able to document through social media, he said thank you for an enjoyable time. Turner is suspended from the force pending a judicial process. One officer requested why he was able to have contact with the detainees after the allegations surfaces. We deal with allegations and motivations to fabricate, we take it seriously but cautiously. He was a good officer from everything i had seen. He was a good officer. The Police Commissioner tells us its his policy to have two Police Officers supervising detainees, but did not know what happens in the occasions in question. Im chad pradelli, channel 6 action news. All right thank you. Philadelphia detectives released new video today to drum up leads in cobbs creek. You can see from the video that a white jeep pull up and two men get out and open fire and three men were hit. The three victims are recovering from their wounds, if you recognize the suspects or their jeep you are asked to contact Philadelphia Police

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