We got a terse response from thomas mother when we went to her home this morning. Could you get off my door please. Reporter she appeared in court this afternoon dressed in full muslim gash. She gave yes or no answers to a few short questions from the judge. She was informed of the charges and the Court Appointed a federal defender since she cant afford an attorney. I dont have any further comment at this time. My office was just appointed but well be prepared next week. Reporter thomas will be back in court next wednesday. On wednesday well be back in court for a detention hearing an preliminary hearing. Reporter thomas is charged with attempting to supply Material Support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization. If she is convicted on those charges she faces the possibility of 15 years in jail. Live at federal court, david henry, channel6 action news. Brian. Pretty extraordinary stuff david. Thank you. Our coverage of thomas arrest continues on High Pressure. Youll find more details from the criminal complaint against her and more on that exclusive video on the raid of her north philadelphia home. Its all right there right now on 6abc. Com. It is time for a check of the accuweather forecast on this rainy friday afternoon. Meteorologist Melissa Magee in for adam joseph today. She is live at the big board. Hey, melissa. Hi, brian, hi shirleen. We have been in and out of the moisture today. Storm tracker six live double scan radar showing you light activity south of the city mainly across south jersey and also moisture starting to bubble up in Lancaster County and also in berks county pretty close to reading. Now, we do have the moisture overhead. Despite that temperatures are pretty mild with that southwesterly wind. Its 62 in philadelphia. 56 up in the poconos but much cooler along the coast from beach haven down to Sea Isle City there temperatures are only in the upper 40s. Well widen out the picture because were tracking more wet weather to come later tonight. Storm tracker six live double scan radar 3d showing you off to the west were tracking an area of low pressure that is starting to get pretty close to illinois and indiana and with that there is a tornado watch that has been posted for western sections of kentucky, also into tennessee. Well be tracking this moisture with this area of low pressure cutting up to our west but some of that precipitation could work eastward overspreading the delaware and lehigh valleys. So the Storm Prediction Center has placed us in a risk of finding some Severe Weather. When we talk about this were looking at the probabilities here. So low probability of finding gusts up to 60 Miles Per Hour here in philadelphia. Points to the north and a moderate probability of finding some gusty winds down across south jersey and into delaware within 25 miles of this highlighted location. Coming up well take a closer look at the forecast on the way and let you know if awful this moisture will clear out just in time for the holiday and for easter on sunday. Details coming up with the accuweather forecast. Shirleen. Well check back in with you soon. Thank you melissa. Stay ahead of changes in the weather by checking 6abc. Com weather. You can always find live Storm Tracker six radar and the sevenday forecast and get the very latest our team of meteorologists. Philadelphia police have arrested dozens of people in a major drug sweep and the suspects include both dealers and buyers. Vernon odom live at Police Headquarters this afternoon and vernon, this all happened in an area where police say the drug trade is rampant. Reporter its been rampant out there for a long time brian. Todays announcement however of a big drug sweep comes as the sensational trial of six former narcotics cops proceeds in federal court. In todays case more customers were arrested from dealers. If your employer doesnt know youre a heroin addict if youre arrested the next morning theyll know. The 40 people busted yesterday for allegedly buying heroin on the streets of philadelphia. More than a third of them are sir suburban nights. 20 drug dealers were swept up in that same east division operation. Dozens of vehicles were confiscate. If you think its a good idea to come into philadelphia or if you already live in philadelphia to buy illegal drugs, that not only then not only will you be arrested and charged for that crime but your vehicle if you have one will be confiscated. More importantly your picture and information will be publicized. Reporter the operation hit open air drug corners in sections known as the bad lands in kensington where residents whispered to me they were happy to see this operation but would not comment on camera. Quote i want to wake up tomorrow one said. One of the things we want to do is make it difficult for drug dealers to make money. Out of town buyers who find it easy to purchase narcotics here we want to make it very, very hazardous for them to enter, venture into philadelphia and purchase drugs. Reporter police would not display the thousands of dollars worth of heroin or cash they confiscated but they did show off this drug dealing car with a hidden stash compartment under the back seat. Now, if you want to peruse those mug shots dozens of them go to our 6abc web site. Live at Narcotics Strike headquarters in germantown, im vernon odom channel6 action news. Vernon thank you. Police say they caught the man accused of raping a woman inside a Fraternity House at west chester university. Police arrested 19yearold marreese yo san and Juan Martinez of gettysburg. Martinez was arraigned and is nest Chester County prison while he waits for his preliminary hearing. Two people in gunfire after a party at temple university. A 19yearold was critically wounded, a 23yearold was also hospitalized in stable condition. Temple University Says none of the victims or suspects is it a is a student although there were students at the party. There were at least 100 people inside this house involved in the party when a fight broke out inside. The fight spilled onto the street and thats when shots were fired. Detectives recovered a gun in front of the house. No charges have been announced so far. From our delaware news room today, police in milford are on the hunt for the man who robbed a pnc bank. They gave us these surveillance pictures of him and the car he was driving. Youll see that shortly. The heist happened yesterday around 4 00 oclock at the branch on north dupont highway. Police say the man flashed a gun and passed a note to the teller demanding money. He left the bank with cash, walked to a nearby mcdonalds then got into the car you saw and drove off. Police are asking anyone who might recognize this strouse please call them. Political allies of senator bob menendez launch add major pr campaign to support him as he heads to trial on corruption charges. Supporters launched the web site i stand with bob. Com. The site is being paid for by the menendez for Senate Campaign committee. Menendez pleaded not guilty in court yesterday to accusations that he used his office to benefit the business of a friend and political donor. Today the New York Times published an oped calling on the senator to resign. The florida developer buying the revel casino may not be done scooping up property in Atlantic City. Glen straub is reportedly trying to buy showboat which is next door to revel. Richard stock couldnt college bought showboat back in december and wanted to open a College Campus there but trump taj mahal invoked a contract provision to block that saying it wants a casino on the site instead. All right, time now for a look at the action news traffic report today. Lots of people getting out of the office a little early today. Trying to get that weekended. Lets go thrive matt pelman. Not a boat load of fun as we try to head out on this Holiday Weekend. Big problems in montgomeryville, Montgomery County where you can see 309 is closed in both directions here at five points road right by the Lowes Home Improvement store trafficked being forted onto horsham road and cowpath road. The crash brought down some poles so thats why its taking some time for them to clear things out here. If you dont want to use horsham road maybe stick with 202 as a possible alternate through the montgomeryville area this afternoon. And just acrosstheboard were walking a whole lot of Traffic Volume like here on the vine street expressway, some damp conditions as well. Westbound stacked the taillights headed toward the schuylkill eastbound also quite busy from 76 out to 95. And of course we have some accidents for you as well. One here in Brookhaven Delco along 352 at edwards drive. Plenty of slowing on 95 as you come south of the airport with speeds like 12 Miles Per Hour and head down toward the delaware state line and on 95 in delaware watch this. 12, 14 Miles Per Hour, a slow crawl northbound the whole way from 896 up toward the delaware Memorial Bridge. We also have a ya in new crash in new castle. Grab the ipad to do the commuter report. On holiday friday afternoon we always see a lost traffic on the new jersey turnpike around robbinsville. Some foggy weather out there damp conditions as well this afternoon. Well check it again brian and shirleen in the next half hour. All right thank you. Thank you matt. New details on a terror attack in kenya. We get our first look inside the college that was attacked by gunmen. Plus, a massive fire rips through a plant where thousands of people work every day. What investigators think started the flames and the lucky break that kept people from getting hurt here. And the rush is on to get ready for Easter Sunday from pierogies to pastries were with shoppers picking up their favorite parts of the menu. Yeah, im married. Does it matter . Youd do that for me . Really . Yeah, id like that. Who are you talking to . Uh, its jake from state farm. Sounds like a really good deal. Jake from state farm at three in the morning. Who is this . Its jake from state farm. What are you wearing jake from state farm . [ jake ] uh. Khakis. She sounds hideous. Well shes a guy, so. [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. Get to a better state. Hundreds of firefighters had to come together to battle a raging inferno at a General Electric plant in louisville kentucky. You can see the flames there tour right through that building. Took more than 200 people to get this situation under control. The flames started at the ge appliance park early this morning. From the air you can see the plumes of smoke that filled the skies as if they were clouds. Firefighters can only stand back and watch as that building eventually collapsed. About 6,000 people work in that complex. Fortunately they are all safe and all accounted for. The company says most of the buildings were empty today because most people were off for good friday holiday. Crews dont know exactly how this started just yet but they think it might have been a lightning strike. New images show the aftermath of a College Massacre in kenya. Garissa University College is covered in shattered glass and bullet holes. The terror Group Alshabaab has claimed responsibility for killing 147 people. Survivors think the attackers scouted their campus beforehand because they knew exactly where to find christian students praying. Some kenyans believe their government failed to protect them from the extremists. Iranian president as san rouhani vowing to stand by the Nuclear Agreement reached with the u. S. And other countries. Yesterday iran said it would dismantle its Nuclear Program if sanctions were lifted on tehran. Secretary of state john kerry says a deal could still fall apart in the coming mostly sunny and some opponents say it could threaten Americas National security. June 30 is the deadline for a final compromise. Business, marketss were closed today in observance of good friday. There was still bad news about the u. S. Economy. The jobs report showed the country added just 126,000 jobs last month. Thats the lowest number since december 20s 13. It snaps a streak of 12 straight months with gains above 200,000. The Unemployment Rate stayed at five and a half percent. The economy has been hurt this year so far by harsh weather factory slowdowns a sluggish market for construction. Wages were up over all by about seven cents but because the average number of hours worked fell in march americans actually earned less money. This weekend is one of the most important times of the year for christians. But for easter but the easter celebration doesnt mean just a day at church it also means a traditional meal whether its a heart dee dinner or sweet dessert eva pilgrim has more on the people picking up their favorite part of the holiday. Reporter the rush is on. Today everybody is in for their easter cakes. Reporter five generations have been busy in the kitchen getting ready. The decorators probably make 30,000 handmade roses on all the cakes. Reporter the must have items here is pound cake. I live in Delaware County. I just traveled 45 minutes to get i sent out a text this morning that i was making my run and so i have to pick up 12 of them. Reporter even the rain cant keep people away. Well still stand here, right guys . Thats right. [laughter] nothing like it. Reporter the wait more than two hours and its been like that all week. Its a long day. Its a long couple weeks but in the end its worth it. Reporter the kielbasi is made the same way. Generations keep coming back for more. My dad started the tradition a good 40 some years weve been doing this. Reporter no easter is complete without chocolate. Easter is always our highlight. Springs on the way, the days are longer, the people are happy. Reporter chocolate is so great here it even has the kids dancing. At the italian market we like to eat. Reporter its the only place in town you can get these little lambs made in a custom mold. They have been baking cakes the same way rooted in tradition. To do Something Like this all the time is its family. This is why we get up in the morning. Reporter and while it will only take a fraction of the time it took to make these delicious goodies to eat them. Nobody trusts a skinny baker. Reporter every shop we talked to says the same thing its so worth it to see the families come back yeast after year. Eva pilgrim channel6 action news. And of course easter also means big business for the flower industry and in west chester you can get your arrangement and help a local fire company at the same time. The Goshen Fire Company on boot road started its annual easter flower sale today. Anyone shopping can also check out the fire trucks and equipment. The sale runs until 7 00 oclock tonight. Theyll also be opened tomorrow and sunday. All good stuff. Made me hungry. Pretty lousy out there right now but looking a lot nicer as we head into the Holiday Weekend. I know. Lets send it to Melissa Magee who is tracking that for us. Hi, shirleen and brian we have some improvement as we head into the weekend but for now we are tracking the unsettled weather. Well show you whats going on behind me. Storm tracker six live double scan radar still some light activity across our region. As you look off to the west you can see that area of low pressure thats over indiana and with that low theres a tornado watch that has issued across western many western sections of kentucky, tennessee. That low cuts up to our west but that moisture works its way eastward for the rest of the evening and into tonight. Well show you whats going on with Storm Tracker six live double scan street level. You could see north and west of town for lancaster and berks counties weve got a little bit of light precipitation especially if youre there in lebanon and to the south by route 422 and down across south jersey from Seaside Heights down surf city, mays landing were tracking a little bit of wet weather. A lot of this will push on out. Then well track that secondary wave of energy that moves in as we go throughout the rest of the evening and into tonight. Temperatures however responding nicely with that southerly wind its 62 in philadelphia. Average for us this time of year is 59. Were already above that. 48 though, in Sea Isle City so much cooler with that moisture coming in off of the atlantic and that south facing wind affecting our shore communities today. 66 in lancaster, the upper 60s in reading. Later on tonight with a sunset 7 27 this evening passover beginning at sundown cloudy and warm with some showers and even a rumble of thunder is likely that temperature by then coming in at 65 degrees. Well fast forward and track future tracker six will show you at 7 30 we have showers starting to pop up from lakehurst westward into millville also into northern sections of new castle and kent county as well. A cluster of activity moving to the north and west. 11 00 oclock tonight tracking that wave of energy. I would not be surprised if we had an embedded thunderstorm with the moisture thats moving on in. 4 00 oclock this morning during the Morning Hours i should say saturday morning well track the actual front that the going to work its way eastward and with that weve got one last push of moisture that moves on through. Well start to clear