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Worth of phillies and 76ers tickets. He repeatedly apologized for what he did. It raised doubts in the minds of some citizens regarding my character and fitness to serve as your district attorney. Reporter the d. A. Didnt answer shouted questions about reports of a long running federal probe and calls he should resign. David thornburgh of the committee of 70 says the take away the system does work. He broke the law according to the board of end thick they fined him the biggest fine in their history. He admitted that what he had done was wrong, he apologized profusely and now hes leaving office after he serves his term out. Reporter as for the mayors take on the d. A. s announcement. I think clearly that he has made the determination that it testimony affect the office and made the right decision and i wish him well in whatever he chooses to do in the future. Reporter again, williams did the no take questions today in his remarks which lasted about 12 minutes he made no mention of resigning early saying instead he tends to intend to take the balance of his term which would be about 11 months to work on regaining Peoples Trust in him. Live in center city, john rawlins channel6 action news. Jim. Thank you john. Now with williams out that leaves five people vying to take over the job. Democrats michael under mri rich Negron Joe Kahn and Theresa Karr Denny announced their candidacy. Republican Beth Grossman is also in the race. Ice turned to projectiles posing a real problem for both pedestrians and drivers in center city this afternoon. Chunks of ice some as big as baseballs started falling from the top of the lowes hotel. Police were forced to close Market Street from that 12th to 13th for reasons of safety. The delaware state fire marshal says the fire that critically burned a man at a construction site this morning was an accident. The incident happened on north bayberry parkway in odessa. Investigators say the 21yearold victim was using an open flame to thaw frozen hose lines. The hose broke and the liquid inside ignited. The man suffered burns on 40 percent of his body. A viewing for the corrections officer killed last week during that hostage siege at a delaware prison will be held tonight on the campus of delaware state university. Action News Reporter bob brooks is there and bob, we all expect it to be an emotional evening as they pay tribute to lieutenant steven floyd. Reporter jim, emotional without a doubt. Such a horrible thing that has happened down here and again, we are talking about lieutenant steven floyd. Behind me here the viewing just got under way at 5 oclock at delaware state university. You can see traffic and road markers out there directing things. It is opened to the public and inside of the Memorial Hall gymnasium. The flags at the james t. Vaughn Correctional Center in smyrna at halfstaff. More than a week ago lieutenant floyd was killed after inmates took the lieutenant and three others hostage. This weekend the life of lieutenant floyd will be celebrated at delaware state university. Of the the school is hosting the funeral services. While friends and family gathered to remember lieutenant floyd, theres been an intense and Ongoing Investigation to figure out how exactly the inmates were able to carry out the attack. It happened in the prison section c. An autopsy completed by the Delaware Division of Forensic Science has determined floyds death to be a homicide by trauma. Floyd was the lone corrections officer killed. Since his passing, floyds family has been presented with the Delaware Department of corrections highest honor the medal of valor. It was during that ceremony that floyd was also promoted from sergeant to lieutenant. Lieutenant floyd was 47 years old. The viewing here goes until 9 oclock tonight. Then tomorrow there is another viewing that starts at 8 00 a. M. That goes until noon and then directly after that the funeral for lieutenant floyd will h for now reporting live in dover, bob brooks, channel6 action news. Jim. Bob, thank you. At least four people were hurt in a twocar crash in north philadelphia this morning. Chopper6 hd was over the scene near front and venango where two cars collided just before 11 00. We know at least one person was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Police have not said how bad the injuries were. A south Jersey College student who sued her estranged parents for College Tuition has lost her court battle. Action news Investigative Reporter Wendy Saltzman first reported on the battle between Caitlin Richie and her divorced parents. Initially a judge ruled in favor of richie to force the parents to pay 16,000 for her tuition at temple. In december 20s 14, Maura Mcgarvey and Matthew Richie appealed that decision to a higher court. Today the appeals judge ruled in their favor. It isnt every day that a grandmother gets to deliver her own grandchild but thats what happened today on the way to the hospital in gloucester county. New jersey correspondent Nora Muchanic has that story. I jumped out of the car and within seconds, her water broke. Reporter as a bartender ida eldridge of deptford is used top handling deliveries but its usually beer not a baby and certainly not her own grandson. I could feel him and i was like hes going to come right now. Reporter wednesday afternoon idas daughter samantha began having contractions. They got in the car and headed to virtua hospital in voorhees but had to pull over at nearby Blackwood Lake when the baby wouldnt wait. Ida dialed 911, then took matters into her own hands. And i saw his little head so i grabbed his head. Helped the rest of him come out. He didnt cry at first so i swiped the inside of his mouth until we heard a little cry. My mom just kind of wrapped him up and handed him to me and by the time i got him in my arms there was the first Police Officer pulling up. Reporter little kayden entered the world in the front southeast his grandmoms suv. Every emotion you could and possibly think of happened at that moment. It was fear, it was happiness, a lot of screaming and crying. Both happy and scared. [laughter] reporter grandma ida can mixup a mean cocktail but she has no experience delivering babies muchly now she has quite a sobering story to tell her customers. I had so many phone calls. Theyre like is this really true . And im like yes, unfortunately it is. I was kind of worried but then again i wasnt because this woman can do everything. Reporter this is samanthas of second child. Cadens father missed the birth because hes hospitalized in florida. What a story this family can tell about where and how he was born. Im Nora Muchanic channel6 action news. Still to come, a pledge to be great. The program thats inspiring young gentlemen to lead positive and productive lives. And this is 110. A bucks county woman celebrates a milestone birthday today. Storm tracker6 showing a system that will bring a few flurries across our region tonight. The bigger change the temperatures behind this system and then im tracking rain for part of your weekend. Ill explain in the accuweather 7day forecast. The flyers struggles continue. Jeff skversky with that and more when action news continues. Ing. Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation and the Organization Give Something Back presented a half Million Dollars to West Chester University today to fund 25 full scholarships. Students who take part in the ed Snider Youth Hockey Program are eligible for those scholarships. Students from the Quaker School at horsham hit the ice in warminster today for good time but also a good cause. With each lap the youngsters are earning money to help children living in a South African orphanage. Students at the Quaker Schoolwork to overcome learning disabilities. Organizers say this event teaches them that they have the ability to help others. They are called the young gentlemen and today they took their pledge top lead responsible and productive lives. It happened in south philadelphia. Action News Reporter Katherine Scott was right there. Reporter meet the newest ygs, the young gentlemen. Reporter 155 boys stood shoulder to shoulder as they filmed the Public Service announcement at the Philadelphia Club of jazz performs arts in south philadelphia. The young gentlemens program through the Community Alliance for progressive positive action was designed to inspire atrisk youth. Some of these are my friends. Some of them are from other schools. And its nice to know that i got other kids just like me who want to who have the same goals. I want to get into a good college and i think that the ygs will help me get into one. Reporter through music and performing arts the idea is to instill self confidence build self worth and learn techniques to overcome obstacles. Young gentlemen you can get respect from other people even bad people. Alternative to the things that that are out there in the street but to get them to be above the street and to get them to really be able to find their way. We are young gentlemen. We are young gentlemen. Reporter mayor kenney showed his support leading the yg pledge for this new crop of young gentlemen from that Thurgood Marshall Robert Morris and William Rowan elementary schools. I think what they need to know at that beautiful impressionable age is that there is hope, that we can if we make the effort be successful and that there are adults in the community who think positively about them. Reporter this program started about a decade ago in williamsport. It now exists in three philadelphia public schools. The hope is that with efforts like this psa that they will expand. Reporter in south philadelphia, Katherine Scott, channel6 action news. And we want to wish a very happy birthday to a bucks county woman who is turning 110 tomorrow. Rosa lee esposito celebrated her birthday today at her home at pickerring manor in newtown surrounded by family and friends. Mrs. Esposito credits her longevity to her Family Friends and faith. She is still active and enjoys music and dancing. During the party today she enjoyed a dance to, what else, the song you make me feel so young. [cheers and applause] i raise turkeys without growthpromoting antibiotics, hormones, or steroids. If youre looking for little ways to simplify life, feeling good about what your family eats is a Pretty Simple place to start. My name is tammy plumlee, and i raise honest, simple turkey for shady brook farms. Flyers dont play until tomorrow. They have to get back on the winning track. Absolutely. One goal in the last three games not going to cut it. Whats up with the flyers . They have lost three straight and they have lost their wild card lead, too, and captain Claude Giroux hes pointing the finger at himself saying i have to be better. Jaime apody has more. Reporter theyve lost three straight and pulled only one goal over that stand. Flyers are struggling and they know it. Hockey player no matter what kind of player you are you want to score and be on the winning side. Reporter it was the perfect day for some perspective and the flyers got just that thanks to a few guests at practice today from mcgee rehabilitation center. We just felt welcomed and they certainly didnt have to do that. But you can really get an appreciation for just how nice of a group of guys it is. Reporter Jim Dambrosio who lost his leg after antileak cull accident at work had an interesting way of getting autographs. Coming here is like a bucket list. Reporter you chose your leg. I chose my leg much i dont know why it was just there and i said you know what, let them sign my leg. Reporter but the story that touched the players personally was that of Pat Mccloskey a former drexel hockey player who became a quadriplegic. This was my favorite thing to do is play hockey and learning like what. I going to do after hockey and it came too soon. You try not to think about it and its hockey its part of it but you know what, you get so much courage. My message is to stay positive and remember that things happen in life. Everybody has difficulties and its after the difficulties happen overcome that. In 52 are hes new jersey jaime apody channel6 action news. All right jamie. The sixers maintain joel embiids knee injury is no big deal but the big man will miss his ninth straight game tomorrow against miami and embiid could now be out until after next weeks allstar break. The sixers say they are just being cautious. No jojo last night. Hey, no problem. The sixers end their five game winning streak with nerlens noel and jahlil okafor. Mcconnells second game winner prompting embiid to tweet from home is tj mcconnell the clutch evident player in the history of the nba. I guess so much i guess that means sorry michael jordan, move over mj. Forget the forecast, forget what the ground hog sis spring , spring is around the corner. Today in clearwater the phils bats and balls arrived safe and sound at the facility. Also on that equipment truck, you cant leave home without it, the fanatic hot dog launcher. You cannot leave home without that big thing and were also shooting our own Ducis Rodgers out of a hot dog launcher to get him to clearwater. You can see Ducis Rodgers live reports from all next week. Tiger woods has pulled out of the next pga events because of back spasms. Charles oakley has been banned from the Madison Square garden. Knicks owner james dolan tells espn radio in new york oakley has a problem with anger and he may also have a problem with alcohol. Now oakley maintains his innocence says he was doing nothing wrong until the security guards threatened him. Its unfortunate. All right, jeff, thank you. Teams from four south jersey corporations put their can do attitudes on display today. They took part in the can struction event. The teams used nearly 4,000 cans to make their display. All the canned goods will be donated to the food bank of south jersey. If youin a palace of ice,winter theres only one place to go. And thats not the only thing you can only find in new york state. You can find it all, only in new york. New york. Its all here. Its only here. Plan your winter getaway at iloveny. Com we have the weekend accuweather forecast with cecily tynan. Jim, we are climbing out of the deep freeze for the weekend warming things up. Storm tracker6 live double scan showing theres a warm front moving through the leading etch of the warmer air. This looks more for boding than it is. Mainly its just coming with some clouds. Usually this time of night i post pictures of the sunset but i want to post the moon rise. Susan posted this on my Facebook Page from that ocean city. The moon rising at 5 23. We have the full snow moon prenumbral eclipse tonight when the moon s, its a mouthful isnt it but its when the moon passes through the earths shadow and we have a comet tonight at 10 30. The problem, though, is this. Got a lot of cloud cover moving in so not really great timing with the sky conditions to see that hopefully ill be able to post some photos. Satellite6 and action radar showing this is the warm front moving through and this will climb us out of the deep freeze tomorrow. Right now philadelphia 32 degrees. Thats the high for the day. Allentown 28. Wilmington 33. And Atlantic City 32 degrees. The winds have died down since yesterday but still its a little bit breezy so the wind chill makes it feel like 25 in philadelphia, 19 into allentown, 26 in Atlantic City and 11 in the poconos. So, tonight with the clouds could have a few flurries maybe a snow shower north across the Lehigh Valley and the poconos but with that cloud cover temperatures arent dropping all that much. 23 degrees in the cooler suburbs, about 28 degrees for center city, not that harsh for this time of the year. Saturday definitely the better of the two days this weekend. 52 degrees the high in philadelphia, 46 in allentown, wilmington 53. Cape may 52. But it wont be a bright and sunny day. Lots of clouds, some breaks in the clouds, some filtered sunshine. The better of the two days definitely, though, because future tracker showing on sunday, low pressure begins to move in from the west and that will bring us mainly rain here, 10 30 in the morning, though, notice the northern Lehigh Valley, the poconos could have a wintry mix, some freezing rain, some snow around 4 oclock its moving along the i95 corridor. Again, still chance of some freezing rain in the poconos and this system actually will deepen and become potential for another snowstorm across new england but what it will do for us is just bring us really high winds on monday. If youre heading to the poconos speaking of snow they got 9inches yesterday. Saturday should be great, mostly cloudy, 40 degrees. Sunday, though, going downhill fast, chance of that mix, changing over to rain with a high of 38 degrees. Association th38 degrees. The sevenday forec