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WPVI Action News 5PM April 7, 2017

Innocence of a fouryearold child. Reporter about two hours later in the cold night air the child largely unclothed was discovered walking out of banning park some 8 miles away in wilmington by a passerby who called police. The child was examined at the hospital and then turned over to her parents. Police continue top scour ban to scour banning park looking for clues. She was observed walking from the tree line of the park area so yes, she was coming from the park. Reporter neighbors of the family are deeply alarmed and tried to help last night when word of the kidnapping spread. It was very quick apparently from what i heard. She reached out for a piece of paper cause he said give this to your mom end snatched her in through the window. Nothing would do me grader this afternoon have him in handcuffs and led away in hell so that he can and held so that he can face the consequences of his actions. Reporter the Police Commander expressing the outrage that many feel around here today in the wake of this crime. Monica police are asking for the public to send them or give them any relevant video they find about that black sedan with tinted windows. They have no license plate information at this point. Live in wilmington, im vernon odom channel6 action news. Thank you vernon. Now lets take you live to center city where a protest is that under way right now against americas missile attack on a Syrian Air Force base. The action cam near Philadelphia City hall this is where the demonstrators are rejecting President Trumps action last night calling it an escalation of war. Meantime in washington many members of congress are demanding answers. The president says the move was meant to send a message to syria after that government allegedly attacked its own citizens with chemical weapons. Now some lawmakers say they should have been consulted first. Abcs Kenneth Moton with more from capitol hill. Today members of Congress Asking the Trump Administration whats next after his first Major Military action. Strikes on syria. 59 tomahawk Cruise Missile launched in there mediterranean striking a syrian air base. President trump giving the order from his maralago estate changing his mind about president bashar assad choked out the lives of helpless men women and it was a slow andrutal death. Reporter syria and russia calling the strike an act of aggression. Un ambassador nikki haley. It is in our Vital National security interest to prevent the spread and use of chemical weapons. Reporter senators were briefed friday on capitol hill. All agree assad needs to be accountable disagreeing after trump didnt ask congre strike. The power to declare war illegal for presi obama to bomb libya. Its also illegal for President Trump to bomb syria. You got to bring this to congress with a plan that tells congress what is involved whats the end game. Reporter the Top Republican in the senate says at this point that debate is not needed. I think this strike was simply about dont use chemical weapons again. Thats what ttrike was about so i dont think it necessarily leads to another conclusion. Reporter but many members of congress say assad must go and a comprehensive plan from the Trump Administration. Oton channel6 ction news. Split on the missile attack. S are cal Missile Launch decisive while democrats warn actions like this collide us into another conflict overseas. And this was a clear counion thhat thaomething that would be tolerated by going after the airplanes that delivered, you know, the horrible this evening and lethal assault. This is finally now the time for the United States top act and decide what our policy is going to be before we end up sleepwalking into a much larger war with russia. Action News Reporter john rawlins spent the day with allentowns Syrian Community who also have that plenty of questions about last nights attack. Our coverage continues with that part of the story coming up tonight at 6 00ly. Neil gorsuch is preparing to be sworn in as the newest member of the u. S. Supreme court. His nomination was confirmed today after an historic rule change in the senate. The nomination of neal m. Gorsuch of colorado to be an associate justice of the eme court of the United States is confirmed. Yesterday republicans invoked the socalled Nuclear Option changing the number of votes needed to clear the path for gorsuchs nomination. Gorsuch will fill the vacancy left by the death of justice antonin scalia. Hell likely be sworn in next week. Philadelphia police are hoping Surveillance Video can help them catch the person who robbed and shot a man overnight. Happened near the corner of wyoming avenue and north Fourth Street in feltonville. The victim had just withdrawn cash from an atm. Action news rep Jeanette Reyes has more. Reporter a manhunt is under way for the suspects who shot their victim near this atm even after he had turned over the money. It is very dangerous to take money at night advertisement many residents waiting for the bus at fourth and wyoming say although there are atms conveniently placed on every corner of this intersection most times they feel its just too risky to withdraw cash. Have you ever taken money out. No maam. I go straight to the bank. Reporter early this morning, two men experienced what many around here fear. Philadelphia p past midnight a 26yearold man and his friend got off the bus and withdrew money from an atm. Thats when they were approached by two men armed with a gun. They demanded the money about 250. The victims handed it over and as the suspects fled, one turned around and fired the gun hitting the 26yearold in the back. Police rushed him to temple hospital where hes presently in stable condition. Hes being treated by doctors. He is expected to survive. Reporter the victims told police at the suspects ranouthbound on Fourth Street. They werent captured on this nearby business camera but you can see multiple Police Officers responding minutes afte inc thats pretty bad especially since i come back home. Reporter there are several surveillance cameras in this area. Police say they will be reviewing all of that footage. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact authorities. Reporting in feltonville Jeanette Reyes channel6 action news. Mer Vice President joe biden returned to his alma mater this afternoon. [cheers and applause] he was greeted by the university of delaware pep band the spirit team and hundreds of screaming students. Earlier this year mr. Biden launched the biden institute. It is a research and policy center focused on developin Public Policy solutions on a range of issues. Biden says his sister valerie will help run the institute. Turning no to you accuweather and the sunny weekend ahead for our area. As we look live outside sky6 hd showing you the ben franklin bridge. Not a lot of sunshine today but the weekend is going to be different. For the most part actually we had it was a little damp and dreary for your first friday of april but a pleasant change is in store for the delaware valley. Meteorologist adam joseph is in for cecily tonight. He has more on that forecast. Yeah, rick, this is all in response to that low which passed through yesterday with the heavy rain and strong gusty thunderstorms. Clouds and a little ribbon of moisture in the northwestern suburbs that will bring a round of rain into the city of philadelphia within the next half hour. As we look at the wind gusts today, that also kind of drove right through us. 37 in philadelphia, clocking in the same for allentown 36 miles an hour in wilmington and near 40 miles an hour down the shore and those winds very chilly in fact wind chills right now in the low 40s for philadelphia just 39 in washington 20s for pittsburgh and syracuse and these winds will be with us tonight and for one more day tomorrow. In fact heres your friday heading out on the town definitely need the winter coat. Temperatures falling into the 40s. Wind chills in the 30s. And eventually air temperatures dropping to 36 by tomorrow morning cover later on this evening and a sunny weekend is in store. In fact with that sunshine well come way above normal, temperatures well talk about that in that full accuweather forecast in a little bit guys. Sounds good. Thank you sir. Time for a check of the action news traffic report friday night. Matt pelman in the action news traffic center. T. G. I. F. To you. What was made it. Watching below normal speeds this afternoon rick and monica here on 95 in delco. Southbound side jams from just past the airport through this point approaching 420. Its an accident scene taking out the left lane and appears to be a fairly serious one. Weve got an ambulance couple of them on the scene a fire truck as well so traffic is getting by but extra slow coming south out of Philadelphia International airport. Elsewherely in delco a crash in glenolden along chester pike at ashland avenue. A wreck along cobbs creek parkway at springfield avenue. Also expect extra traffic throughout the evening along 95 through south philadelphia as that phils home opener eventually wraps up and then people start heading in for the john 7 30. Up in the Lehigh Valley still have this crash on 78 eastbound with single digit speeds. Old 22 and tillman street or 222 would be better bets. Two accidents in Burlington County on the southbound turnpike. One off to the side. Speeds recovering there. Well check it again rick and monica coming up in the next half hour. Thank you sir. Much more ahead on action news for you at 5 00. Terror in sweden. Ahead a developments from europe after a driver plows a truck into this busy shopping district crushing into a Popular Department store. But firaseball is back in south philadelphia. How phillies fans celebrated the teams first home game ofhen action news at 5 00 continues tonight. Leave it to the pros . I am a pro. I made this lawn from seed pride, and less water than youd think. To those whod s ay the grass is greener on the other side. I politely disagree. Pennington smart seed. Guaranteed to grow with 30 less water. Reclaim your turf. Baseball is back in south philadelphia. The action cam was at Citizens Bank park as the phillies put the final touches on the field before todays home opener. Meantime plenty of fans of course were on hand for the Phillies First home game of the year. Katherine scott was with them in the middle of all that excitement. This is our 18th Consecutive Year together. Reporter they pitched their tent outside the Ticket Office at midnight. By morning more fans joined them. Like many die hard they have their own opening day tradition. Its a day phillies fans look forward to every year. Its the start of a new season welcoming of the summer is, the spring, the warm days. Probably last 15 years we come up here. We never buy tickets beforehand. Reporter inside this wet tarp stretched across the infield above opening day written in life. The phanatic joined the festivities before long tempted by some of the items youll see on the menu including an in house made smoked pass pastrami. We wanted to take it to the next level. We stuffed it. This is a pretty cool sandwich. Reporter plenty to do for the fans. The Majestic Clubhouse store is opened for the latest and greatest of phillies gear. Inside the bean bag toss for kids which i tried. Nailed it. At noon the block Party Started on Citizens Bank way. No ticket is required. Giant ferris wheel gogo gadget fun house food and drink sampling. Reporter part of the days fun included the freebies including the knit cap. Everyone that goes inside will get one. You might need it. It is chilly out here. At Citizens Bank park Katherine Scott, channel6 action news. The countrys Unemployment Rate is now at its lowest level in nearly a decatur the latest test jobs report out today from the Labor Department shows the Unemployment Rate down to 4. 5 percent in march the lowest since may 2007. But the jobs report also delivered a bit of a mixed message. 98,000 jobs were created in march but that is the weakest hiring pace for the u. S. In nearly a year. Health check tonight. Whether youre planning to start a family now or later its a smart idea for women to take folic acid. The u. S. Preventive Services Task for recently reinforced that recommendation. The group says folic acid can help. Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic say it might be too late if you wait until after you conceived. Healthy women should take 400 to 800 micrograms daily. Coming up tonight on 6abc a brand new competitive series. Talented toy designers are getting chance to bring ideas to life. First those inventors will have to wow a tough panel of judges. Four kids. The winning toys will be sold at toys r us after the series finale. Host eric stone street best known as cam on modern family says the winning is still to already in production. I think they made the right decisions. I think mattel is really happy with it. I know the toy is on trend. The kids got it right. I think i hope thats not giving anything away. When i saw the toy, i was like cool. The inventors will have some professional help in the form of three mentorsh decades of experience in the toy world. The seasonmiere of tonight at 8 00 on 6abc. Well be right back. 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If i Alpha Delta Fraternity response sponsored the head shaving event to benefit the saint baldrick foundation. Either way theyve already surpassed the 23,000dollar mark that they raised last year. Well, prom is right around the corner and some girls hit the racks today for that perfect dress and accessories. The Philadelphia School district fifth annual red carpet glam event is going on right now. More than 500 free new and gently used prom dresses are available to junior and Senior High School students from Public Private parochial and Charter Schools until 7 00 tonight. Shoes and hand bags are available. Former journeyman steve perry will perform with the band at tonights rock and roll he was of fame ceremony. Back in december journey was named as one of six members of this years hall of fame class. Tonight theyll be inducted in brooklyn. Perry who left the group twice will appear but reports are mixed as to whether or not hell actually sing. Last time perry performed with the group was back in november of 1991. A california mans plan to combat homelessness is turning out to be perhaps a hot commodity. That was the plan all along. His idea to convert portapotties into portable homes. Tk devines designs comes with Storage Space a foldup bed that turns the living space into a kitchen and also has an attached unit with a bathroom and a shower. The final product will be designed to include a top level garden and even solar panels. I can fit a 6foot one frame comfortably usually with my shoes off as my momma taught me right here on the bed and its as big as a twin bed. When the fires home system done divine plans to put it on a trailer and tour los angeles for a year testing out his new creation. Innovative. A check that of forecast. Looking live outside sky6 hd showing you Philadelphia International airport friday night. Meteorologist adam joseph has your exclusive accuweather five day when we come right back. 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