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WPVI Action News 5PM March 31, 2016

Two Elementary Schools and a childs playground right across the street. Its very upsetting to our whole neighborhood. Local folks say they learnd this was coming from the 88 hundred block of frankford. The owners of saints and sinners have not returned our phone calls or emails. They also operate this adult can club on emery street in port richmond, it sits right under i95. The neighbors here are used to it. You dont even know they are there. There is no noise. The trash, there is none. They dont bother nobody, never have. You have no complaints . None at all, you dont know its a sex club. It has trapeze you know they are swinging in there. They are saying the openers do not have the proper permits, necessary to open the club. Sources tell me that city councilman bobby heenen is organizing to block the opening of saintses and sinners. Just for clarification, the announced goals of this club are not in themselves illegal in the city of philadelphia. Lnis work stoppage is bound to at least postpone the opening for mid april. Live in northeast philadelphia, im vernon odom, channel 6 action news. Thank you. This just in to action news, police in Mercer County say they have arrested 21yearold joseph blanch after a 92yearold woman was robbed and beaten and tied up. It happened in ewing sometime monday night to tuesday morning. Blank is now held on 2 million cash bail. And the investigation is on going. Edward archer faced a judge for allegedly trying to kill a Philadelphia Police officer. The 33yearold is accused of ambushing Jessie Hartnett in january opening fire on his police car, archer said he was acting in the name of islam and his lawyer says his klein may have menal health problems. From our new jersey newsroom. Democratic lawmakers are call ago and Chris Christie to take responsible for the financial situation in Atlantic City. Nora muchanic is live today at state house in trenton. You have the details here. Reporter the Assembly Speaker says the state is overseeing Atlantic Citys finances for year and a takeover is not necessary. And that is not what the governor says and he is threatening to block the expansion of casinos in new jersey if that mess is not straightened out. Atlantic city is heading for disaster and north jersey gaming is heading for a defeat if we dont get our act together. Governor christie will active actively campaign against a referendum. The senate has approved the legislation and the mayor and council object to a takeover and the speaker has blocked it saying it would undermine collective bargaining for city workers. I am not going to permit the ignorance of the mayor of Atlantic City. The speaker shot back with this statement. Despite his excuses, governor christie owns the failings since 2010, he needs to accept the responsible and stop blaming others. The governor will not allow Atlantic City to file bankruptcy because it would hurt the Credit Rating for cities all over the state. Under the takeover the state would could modify contracts and sell assets and renegotiate debts. The borgata is suppose to negotiate with me but have the police chief continue to make 212,000. And prompting a week shut down of none essential services and unions to be paid monthly rather than biweekly does not stop the fact that the city is broke. He called the speaker today and offered to meet with him tomorrow but has not gotten a response yet. So the political standoff continues as Atlantic City inches closer to financial ruin. Im nora muchanic, channel 6 action news. Nora thank you. The countdown to the final four is on. In houston its a mad dash in texas to complete the stages and venues and the finishing touches on the pinnacle of this years march madness. Somewhere from 70,000 to 100,000 fans are expected in houston and hotels in that city are sold out. And nova nation is counting down to saturday when the villanova wildcats take on the oklahoma sooners, they are looking to make an appearance since they won it all in 1985. They practiced today behind closed doors but spoke to the media about this weekends big matchup. Our own Jeff Skversky is live in houston tonight and has more on the preparations this team is making. Reporter hey guys. Villanova lost the National Title game in 1971 but this time they do not want to leave houston without that prize possession, head coach, jay wright is telling them look enjoy the moment and the biggest stage of your careers but remember stay hungry and stay humble. Look at the villanova wildcats coming off the floor earlier this afternoon after their closed workout. They are trying to get used to the elevated court and the biggest stage in College Basketball the final four. This is a goal of theirs since they were little kids. This is something you dream about since you were a little kid. To be in it is crazy and i try not to think about it. I think about it tuesday, wednesday, after the season. But its a crazy feeling. Its definitely real but we know we have a huge task against a team that beat us by 25 points earlier in the year. We have to get past oklahoma and its in our grasp but we have one tough game to get by to even get to the national championship. Reporter that is exactly right. They are focused on oklahoma, that team that beat them up badly, arguably the worst loss in the season back in hawaii since december. And its eating at them all season. And the best player in the country buddy healed, who says that villanova is not the best team or best defense. And Bulletin Board for villanova as they head into the game. Jeff skversky, channel 6 action news. Healed is talking trash and we like it. Join jeff and the rest of the action News Sports Team for a special preview of saturdays showdown. As the wildcats gear up for the big game we want to see how you are cheering on nova nation send us your pictures at 6abcaction. Now to the race for the white house. Today the political spotlight is on pennsylvania and two candidates are swinging through the keystone state today alone. Bernie sanders is in pittsburgh and slammed Hillary Clinton about her relationship with wall street. But polls show him trailing in the keystone state and in less than 30 minutes, Ohio Governor john kasich will begin his fundraiser in philadelphia. And kasich is surging in support in pennsylvania. His biggest rival though, donald trump spent the day off owe the campaign trail. But his name is at the center of controversy for his comments on abortion. He said he supported a form of punishment for women that seek abortion, and reversed the stance later and said he thinks the doctors are the ones that need to be punished. The answer is that monica thank you. Its time now for a check of the action news traffic report, ill send it to matt pellman in the traffic center. Good evening, not a lot of sun glare out there but nonetheless slowing in delco, the southbound side past 420 an accident that is completely gone through ridley park down to 320, elsewhere in delco, in aston at mount road. And along main street at first avenue, a good spot to avoid. And the wreck on the westbound side of 422 past limerick and speeds are not too bad and the normal delays out of king of prussia with speeds in the 30s and priceless car rent wires came down so stay leer of 23 close to route 100. Newark a crash at chapel street near royal farms. And route 36 trolley is detoured on the woodland avenue because of downed wires. Well check it again brian and monica in the next half hour. Thank you. More ahead on action news at 5 00, we are following breaking news from virginia after a deadly shooting at a bus station. And soccer stars suing over wage discrimination. Why carly lloyd and her teammates are taking them to court. And we are warmer and then wet and get ready for cold air over the weekend. Ill have the details in the accuweather forecast when action news returns. So how old is the second most famous groundhog in pennsylvania . I dont have enough fingers ben ok gus, make a wish that was some blowout. Thanks, so are these wow, the new blowout instant games from the pennsylvania lottery, with over 225 million in prizes. Did someone say blowout . keep on scratchin breaking now in richmond, virginia, investigators are working to find out what is behind a shooting at a Greyhound Bus station. Several people are injured and a state trooper is injured and his injuries are lifethreatening. The adult male suspect is dead. The suspect fired at the injured trooper at close range before he was shot himself and police have not yet said what led up to this incident. At health check mosquitos that can spread the zika virus, can live in more places than first thought. Ali gorman is at the big board to tell us what changed. The cdc showed us a new map where the zika mosquito may live. Instead of the south and southwest area the range may move up and over and include our area. This doesnt mean they are here now and there have been no reports of zika infected mosquitos on the main land. But they want people to control mosquitos, to spread zika a mosquito has to bite someone infected and then bite someone else. The u. S. Has more window screens and air conditioning. Also, today when it comes to preventing colin cancer, the message is clear if you are 50 or older you should be screened. The recommendation is for a colonoscopy. It looks for the dna and blood links to colon cancer, last year he try tropical disturbance out himself. His colonoscopy five years earlier was all clear so he was shocked when the guard test came back positive that pleasant he had to go in for another colonoscopy. I when back in and had five polyps and two of which were precancerous, i dont know if i had waited an extra five years to get to my tenyear mark. The test is prescribed by a physician and goes to the patients home and then back to the lab for processing and the results are sent to the doctor. And medicare and other insurance plans cover the cost of the test, in a Clinical Trial they found it 92 effective in detecting colon cancer and 69 in detecting the precancers. Brian and monica back over to you. Still to come on action news tonight, long lines across the country all for a brand new car. The high tech auto hitting the market trying to put down a 5,000 deposit on a car they havent even seen. For the strength and energy to get back to doing. What you love. Ensure. Always stay you. Fodeveloping drugs to fight deadly diseases. As a scientist, i know theres more that washington can do to help families. Im running for congress to protect planned parenthood funding so more women get cancer screenings and treatment. To pass a ban on fracking in the Delaware River basin to preserve our clean water, and to always protect medicare and Social Security. Im Shaughnessy Naughton and i approve this message. The promise of an affordable car from tesla motors had hundreds lining up to get one. These folks in devon were up early to put down a grand, the car starts at 35,000 and have a range of 200 miles when fully charge. That is double what competitors in that price range can do now. This will be their mass market car starting at 35,000 before the 7500 federal credit that is right up my alley. Its great for the environment and awesome car also and we have confidence in tesla. Lines to reserve a tesla was around the country today and they unveil it tonight in los angeles, and those that reserve the cars will not actually get them until 2017. Climate experts issued a grave warning about melting ice innant arc can an in the science jury alternate your, that could cause the sea level to rise more than three feet by the end of the century. They say that seas could rise as much as six feet by the year 2100. Seniors in south jersey will get help paying their bills. They unveiled a new initiative to bring Financial Security to fight back against raising and Rising Health care costs. They spoke to their seniors at the Services Building in audubon. The efforts to go green got a Million Dollar boost. Jim kenney came to the heinz wildlife refuge and announced it for the Wildlife Service at cobbs creek. Still to come tonight on action news a check of accuweather forecast. Taking a live look at cape may, a beautiful scene. Doesnt it make you wish for summer . Its coming folks. 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. We return to accuweather at the action news big board. Cecily tynan is here. The first day of april tomorrow is somewhat of an unsettled day and that is no joking and we are saying goodbye to the month of march on a cloudy note. We had bright sunshine for really the past few days and the clouds have taken over ahead a cold front that will come tomorrow and wind gusts again are strong. Philadelphia reporting a peak wind gust of 35 Miles Per Hour. And the same in allentown and dover, delaware a peak wind of 43 Miles Per Hour. Reading and trenton 71 and winds off the ocean cape may is cooler, the current temperature only 59 degrees, well have another warm day tomorrow. But it will be unsettled. Stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the initial band of showers moving through later tonight and i want to widen this out and show you the scope of this storm system its a big storm, the low pressure over Lake Michigan and a trailing cold front, this whole system is heading our way and the low pressure is moving to the north and we will not be getting the full impact of the storm. But well get rain, this is really good news. March is normally dry, philadelphia reporting 2 inches of rain an inch and a half below normal. And allentown 2. 5 inches below average, the second driest march on record for allentown. We need the rain and will see it tomorrow. 11 00 tonight a few spotty showers and the morning commute there are plenty of clouds and showers and as we head through the day that is one of the days you see brightening of the skies and showers moving in at 1 00 and could have a few thunderstorms and the whole system, the cold front will finally begin to move through late in the day and that could bring us a broken line of thunderstorms and that front gets hung up, on saturday and that means saturday will also be unsettled. Rainfall amounts generally a quarter to half inch of rain and. 75 inch in some areas. Tomorrow windy in some areas and warm ahead of the cold front, 77 is the high and saturday mostly cloudy and lingering showers especially southeast of philadelphia, 62 and the arctic boundary moves through saturday night and 47 degrees and windchills in the 20s and 30s and we bump it up to 63 and back down to 45 on tuesday, will we warm up for the middle of next week . Adam will have that coming up. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, Rick Williams and Monica Malpass. Hello again, rick is off tonight and im brian taff. Here is what is happening on action news right now. Police are searching for two suspects after a woman was targeted in broad daylight while walking down a north philadelphia street. Some of the biggest names in womens soccer is taking a stand against wage discrimination and we are live. And a worker at a philadelphia day care is off the job after allegations of abuse. Now the details, a mom says someone assaulted her little 3yearold son and what is worse it happened at his Daycare Center in german town. Vernon odom went looking for answers. Reporter jessica the mother of a boy nearly 3 years old leaves the d. A. s office as she seeks the day care worker who physically abused her son. The son has been in day care here for two months. But when she arrived to pick him up on tuesday, she was hit by a disturbing story from a mother. The woman told her and now police as well saw a worker slam him to the floor and kick him in the stomach. She grabbed him on the hoody and kicked him to the floor and was on the phone while she did it. They are investigating the still unnamed bright side employee. By her account, pushed the child to the the ground, a small child, a toddler we believe a little over 2 years old and kicked the youngster. At least twice. A spokesperson for bright side academy told me by television that child safety and welfare is their top priority here and they are conducting their own inhouse investigation including cooperating with police and state licensing agencies. A spokesperson tells me the employee in question is suspended pending the outcome of these multipronged investigations. Im vernon odom, channel 6 action news. Part of a nationwide campaign that asks everyone to play a role in ending Sexual Assault and the physician general, Rachel Levine spoke about the its on Us Initiative it plans to bring all the College Campuses together in the state to talk about Sexual Violence and be part of the solution. Five female soccer players filed a complaint accusing the Soccer Federation of wage discrimination. Including carly lloyd. Reporter these women say they have proven their worth, a world cup championship and two gold medals and they think they should get a piece of the money they raked in especially compared to the mens salary. Now carly lloyd and hope solo and three other teammates feel they should be compensated fairly. Filing a federal client with the equal opportunity commission. Lloyd tweeting a historic moment proud of the strength of the team. We are continually told we are grateful to be able to play profess

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