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WPVI Action News 5PM April 22, 2016

A terrifying ordeal and police are praising the brave 19yearold woman for being able to fight back and escape. She was in the fight of her life. Thats her handled at his throat. So she was in the fight of her life and she fought him off. Reporter we showed People Living in the neighborhood pictures of the suspect who is described as a 37yearold black man about fiveseven and 225 pounds. Police say he was wearing a black hooterred sweatshirt and black pants. No one we talked to recognized him. Residents are disturbed by the news and hoping for a quick arrest. I wonder if she had any kind of training or had anybody tell her, you know, dont freeze in that moment, like fight, scream, yell, yell fire, do something. You know, to get away. Theres a balance between fighting back and being smart and i think that she probably, you know, took a little bit of a risk but im glad that she did and im glad that the guy didnt hurt her any more than he did. Reporter and tonight detectives say that they are reviewing more Surveillance Video. Theyre asking anyone with information about this to call police. Live in south philadelphia, gray hall, channel6 action news. Monica. Thank you, gray. In the past hour, officials in minnesota released new details about the death of music icon and legend prince. The head of the local Sheriffs Department said there were no signs of trauma on princes body when he was found by first responders. Officials have also ruled out suicide as a cause. An autopsy has been completed Officials Say it could take several weeks though for the results to come back. Abc news is in minnesota tracking the latest on that investigation into princes death and well have more for you at 5 30. 20 20 is devoting a full hour to princes life and legacy tonight. Elizabeth vargas will have more on his impact on the Music Industry and the investigation into his death. Its called prince, the legend, the mystery. It airs at 10 00 p. M. Here on 6abc. New at 5 00 tonight a man involved in a deadly shooting with Violent Police made his First Court Appearance today. According to police john bane and richard barr jr. Were lined a holdup in vineland earlier this month. There was an exchange of gunfire when officers arrived on the scene, bard was killed, bane is now facing several charges including robbery and Unlawful Possession of a weapon. His bail remains at 200,000. Students at Howard High School of technology in wilmington returned to class today one day after that deadly fight in a School Bathroom yesterday. 16yearold amy joynerfrancis lost consciousness during the fight yesterday morning. An autopsy has yet to determine how she died. Today grief counselors were on hand at howard high and schools dismissed early. Chad pradelli is following that investigation. Veal more tonight on action news a hell have more tonight on action news at 6 00. Dr. Steven mayer superintendent of robbinsville schools was hit and killed Tuesday Morning while jogging. According to police, the driver was a 17yearold student at the high school, mayer oversaw. Today friends, family and loved ones attended a Memorial Service at Princeton Alliance church. The memorial was broadcast via satellite to several locations including robbinsville high. Turning now to the race for the white house. With less than four days to go until voters head to the polls in pennsylvania and delaware candidates are working local voters trying to build momentum and last minutes support. That includes republican frontrunner donald trump who is holding a rally right now at the delaware state fairgrounds in kent county. And thats where action News Reporter Trish Hartman is standing by live as well. Trish. Reporter rick, monica, you might be able to hear trump is still speaking inside. The event started about a half hour late so he has been speaking about 30 minutes or so on jobs trade immigration all within the first couple of minutes. Thousands of people gathered here at the delaware state fairgrounds to hear Donald Trumps speech ahead of tuesdays primarily locations. This is great. We love to be here. Do we love delaware . Do we love it . Yes . [cheers and applause] reporter donald trump addressed a pumped up crowd inside the arena at the telling wear state fairgrounds asking for their support and their vote this tuesday. Amole out this week shows trump ahead among delaware republicans by 37 percentage points. Delaware was hit very hard by closures of its auto manufacturing plants, right, yes . Over the years including chrysler and gm plants, cruz and kasich support the Trans Pacific partnership which will absolutely kill the Auto Industry in this country. Im against that. Ive been fighting it. Reporter hours before the rally people waited patiently to get in. Some came with chairs a and blankets can. First in line donna and her 15yearold daughter natalie. Because i wanted to be able to be up front when see him up close and possibly have him sign my hat. If. Reporter why do you think he would be a good president. Because he is a businessman and this country needs a businessman. Reporter many trump fans say theyre ready to support a candidate who is not a career politician. Well, i feel like hes truthful, hes telling it like it is. And hes not sugar coating anything and i think thats what we need, someone to speak up and tell it like it is. Because hes an outsider. Hes not a politician. He comes in with fresh ideas. Reporter now, tuesdays republican primary is a winner take all primary so the winner in delaware will earn all 16 delegates. Coming up next trump takes his campaign to another state voting on tuesday. Hell be in connecticut tomorrow. Were live in harrington delaware, Trish Hartman channel6 action news. Rick. Trish, thank you. Senator ted cruz struck out at donald trump at a rally in central pennsylvania today. Cruz campaigned in williams sport speaking out against trumps support of transgender menussing womens bathroom. Cruz heads to allentown, the campaign there. John kasich spending the the day campaigning in connecticut. Kasich made two stops in the Delaware Valley yesterday and the latest 6abc poll both kasich and cruz are trailing donald trump in pennsylvania by double digits. On the democratic side, frontrunner Hillary Clinton returned to the Delaware Valley today. The former secretary of state sat down for brunch with working women here at kurds and whey cafe. She discussed her plan for fight for equal pay regardless of gender. Senator Bernie Sanders also up early in west philadelphia. This morning he held a Breakfast Program at the Sharon Center on catherine street and our own Matt Odonnell got to sit down oneonone with sanders. You can hear more from that interview tonight at 6 00. Come election day next tuesday stay with action news for complete coverage. Of course were hosting the league of women voters to answer any questions you may have before you head to the poll. Our hotline runs from 7 00 a. M. To 8 00 p. M. Using the number on your screen. The race for president has been garnering plenty of attention in pennsylvania theres a hotly contested primary race for one of the States Senate seats. Katie mcginty John Fetterman joe sestak are the four Democratic Candidates for the u. S. Senate and they gathered at the 6abc studios in philadelphia today for an hour long discussion on several issues. It was moderated by our own jim gardner. Our action news special vote 2016 the Pennsylvania Democratic senatorial primary debate will air this sunday morning at 11 oclock. Now to the philadelphia flyers. The teams post season hopes are on the line tonight in washington. After a big win against the caps on wednesday, the flyers lived to play another game. But theyre still down three games to one in the series. Action news Sports Reporter jaime apody is live inside the Verizon Center with a preview. Hey, jamie. Reporter hey there, rick. Theyve done it before, six years ago against boston, the flyers came back from an zerothree deficit to win the series but these capitals theyre the best team in hockey and theyve shown that all year. Take a look at morning skate this morning after skipping practice yesterday, the flyers took to the ice. Yesterday they attended ed sniders Memorial Service instead. The problem for the flyers they have been having trouble with scoring. With Braden Holtby in theyve been killed on the power play. Tonight they know they have to play physical but smart. I think thats been our goal all series long. We want to wear them down. They have a big fast team over there. We got to play the same way. Its not like were going to be more physical. Were just trying to play within our structure. Its going to be a physical series in that we need the keep our emotions in check and play within our system. I thought we did a good job of that last game. We got to keep doing it. Speaking of emotions it was an emotional day for the flyers yesterday as they attended ed sniders Memorial Service and Jay Snider Ed sniders son ended the service by saying to the caps watching on the live stream were not done yet. Lets hope hes right. Well have more coming up a little bit later in sports. Live in washington, im jaime apody channel6 action news. Thanks jamie. Breaking news from Philadelphia International airport where chopper6 is over a huge protest by drivers of uber black and uber x. As you can tell perhaps in the middle of your screen theyre using their vehicles to temporarily block the arrival road near terminal a here at the airport. This protest began just about a half hour ago and they are apparently demonstrating against the guidelines for taxicab drivers. They say those guidelines are unfair for uber drivers. There have been no arrests. Police are on the scene. Again, the purpose of the demonstration is for the Group Feeling they are unfairly targeted because of guidelines that favor taxicab drivers so theyre blocking the entrance here at terminal a. Well keep an eye o situation bring you more information as it becomes available to us. Time for a check of the action news traffic report for elsewhere. Matt pelman in the action News Traffic Center with a low down on the slow down friday night. Thats one of a few protests we have going on out there right now rick and monica. Theres one in olde city along Market Street and we have one in center city along south broad close to the union league. And on the highways at this point things are mostly dry, most of the highways but its plenty crowded here on the schuylkill expressway. Eastbound weve had two separate issues. There was a crash by girard thats gone and a broken down vehicle approaching passyunk also cleared but you can see the heavy delays the result coming away from the boulevard in towards south philadelphia. Also getting word of an accident on 95 northbound by academy taking out a lane so thats causing some slowing. In evesham township a crash is closing old marlton pike by the sanctuary. Stay up on 70 to get around that. In winslow township, were watching a crash along 73 by the a. C. Expressway. And headed into delaware, its been a better day at the delaware memorial bridge. Three lanes opened, only one closed because of the emergency construction but it sounds like that one could remain blocked for several more days. Rick and monica, back over to you. All right, matt, well see you next half hour. Thank you. Much more still ahead on action news at 5 00 tonight. A bizarre Murder Investigation is under way in ohio. New details from police after eight people were found shot and killed at four different crime scenes. Plus, president obamas call to action for the u can k ahead of a public referendum that could have a Ripple Effect across europe. After a warm and somewhat humid friday im tracking some showers and thunderstorms that could linger into part of your saturday. Ill have details on what to expect in the accuweather forecast when action news returns. Narrator looking out for wall street ceos thats what congressman sestak did. Sestak was one of only eight democrats to join republicans to allow ceos of bailed out banks to pay themselves unlimited bonuses using bailout money. An outrage, according to newspapers. Katie mcginty tough on wall street ceos, a fighter for pay equity for women. Praised by former gov. Ed rendell, shell stand strong for working families. Katie im Katie Mcginty and i approve this message. Why should we trust a like Steve Santarsiero who will say anything to win an election . After claiming credit for passing universal background checks for all gun purchases, santarsiero admitted in an interview that he didnt write pennsylvanias gun safety law. His campaign brags about his accomplishments, but in fact, he has failed in 54 attempts to get any legislation on the books. We just cant trust Steve Santarsiero. Im shaughnessy naughton, and i approve this message because we deserve better. Officials in ohio investigating a bizarre string of murders. Eight people were found dead today at four different crime scenes about 100 miles east of cincinnati. Seven of the victims were killed execution style according to police. In the past 30 minutes officials said all the victims were from the same family and included a 16yearold. So far no arrests have been made and a motive is still unclear. President obama is in london tonight to urge britain to stay in the european union. He met with Prime Minister David Cameron today. He says eu membership allows the uk to spread British Values across the continent and brings extraordinary economic benefits to british citizens but he says ultimately the voters must decide. Speaking honestly the outcome of that decision is a matter of deep interest to the United States because it affects our prospects as well. Voters will have the final say on the issue in a referendum in june. Dozen ares of verizon workers hit the streets of center city this morning in protest. Members of the communication workers of america local 1300 gathered on walnut street. Many held signs reading fight corporate agreed. Thousands of verizon workers have been on strike in several states. They say the company is outsourcing their jobs. Verizon says it is not shipping jobs overseas. And it stands ready to bargain with the Union Leadership it says in good faith. 12 big buildings are winners of an Energy Saving race to make philadelphia greener. Officials announced the winners of a city wide competition to reduce energy use. A dozen buildings reduced their Energy Output or needs by 5 percent and they won in three different categories. Officials say the real test, though, comes now with long term sustainability and winners each get 5,000. Good job. A little child with big dreams. Dwight evans. First a community activist. A legislator at 25. Always looking out for us. He worked to create a thriving commercial district. And hes brought new Grocery Stores to underserved areas. Dwight evans is committed to revitalizing neighborhoods in all of philadelphia. Hell be a block by block congressman for us. Im dwight evans and im proud to approve this message. Health check tonight it is fitness friday. Tonight we take you inside a south jersey Fitness Center where you can swim to get in shape or to stay in shape while recovering from an injury. Ali gorman joins us at the big board with more. Making a lot of waves there. Making a lot of waves. Swimming is one of the best exercises that you can do. It burns a lot of calories and fat. It can boost your metabolism and strengthen your muscles without putting stress on your body. At pro fitness trainers are also there to help. Jay fill man is working on his Stroke Training for his next triathlon. He first came to pro fitness to learn how to swim better and longer distances. It was his first time in an endless pool. He says it mimics open water swimming. At first it feels weird because you have water coming at you and youre staying in place as youre swimming but after awhile you get a feel for it and as your stroke gets better you can actually increase the speed. Reporter Patty Ann Finch coowner of pro swim says the flow is set to a certain resistance. Swimmers decide how fast they want to move or you can walk or run on an under water treadmill. For people like stillman they have an under water camera and coaches. The coach tells you what to fix and youre instantly getting feedback to work on it. I could swim a quarter mile to a half mile now which i couldnt even swim for 30 seconds before. Reporter in terms of a workout,. Swimming is one of the best calorie burners that you can do and without all the impact on your body. Try sideways. Reporter and because theres little impact, the pools are also used for rehabilitation. 15y

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