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WPVI Action News At 4pm April 7, 2015

Returned and put her in the van again, they returned and took her again and put a hood over her head and beat her and demanded the pin number off her bank card. They dropped her at the cemetery again and then took off. She was rescued by a passing driver and was taken to the hospital with a concussion, a black eye and multiple bruises and scratches. She is holding up well considering what she has been through. I just watched her husband try to touch her on the shoulder and she shrinked in pain. The van is spotted on jewellers row here even in the month leading up to the abduction on saturday. If you know the van they want to hear from you right away. Just call 911. Live in center city, david henry, channel 6 action news. Thank you david. Developing right now, an explosion at a maryland power plant caused widespread power out ables across the nations capital. The white house and capitol briefly lost power. Oprah winfrey gave a speech and some of the smithsonian museums had to be evacuated. The department of Homeland Security is monitoring the situation but found no links to terrorism. Well, just as we said they would the clouds are building and some of are you seeing rain today. Lets go to meteorologist, adam joseph, live at the big board with the accuweather forecast. We see more in delaware and the temperatures are above normal, the normal is 60 degrees but its too good to last around here and 64 on sunday and 75 degrees yesterday and now we are heading back down so far this afternoon these numbers will be tumbling big time here over the next few hours as we look at the numbers in the midatlantic and the northeast, can you see a front right here as you get the winds to collide from the northeast and the south and new york city is down to 50 degrees right now syracuse 48 and boston 40 degrees, its still warm to the south in baltimore, at 68 degrees, as we follow future tracker that front is south of new york city and south of dover by the time we get into the late evening hours you can see with the northeastly wind was doing its damage and it will fall from nearly 70 degrees over the next few hours on top of that we are dealing with light scattered showers around and you can see a batch in southern new jersey pushing off the coast and also some north of that front north of the poconos and sprinkles in the Lehigh Valley we are dealing with the rain, the chill down and on and off rain the next couple of days. More february like as opposed to the beginning and middle of april and the raw northeasterly wind on top of it and periodic drizzle and showers to go along with it. Well talk about changes to come at the end of the week, another big jump in temperatures to come up at the end of the forecast. Can you stay ahead of the on and off showers, by checking in with Storm Tracker 6 live at 6abc. Com weather, youll find the accuweather forecast and the receive day and the reports from our team of meteorologists. One person is dead after a shooting in Montgomery County the victim showed up for help at the gas station but police say the gun fire happened a few blocks away. Walter perez is live with more on this story. Reporter hey shirleen lots of Unanswered Questions here but what investigators know is that someone walked up to the vehicle in norristown and simply opened fire. Neighbors we spoke with along the 1200 block of locust street in norristown say they didnt see what happened but heard it. I didnt think it was bullets it sounds like firecrackers. But that was actually the sound of someone inside of the vehicle getting shot repeatedly. Then the same vehicle pulled up at the lukoil gas station in plymouth meeting, they called 911 and the victim was taken to the local hospital and was pronounced dead sometime later. People around here said its just not suppose to be this way. Its scary stuff can happen anywhere though. Anybody hates to hear about people dying and getting murdered like that, its unnatural for someone to just kill somebody its just not suppose to be. Now the victims name is not released but anyone with information is asked to call norristown police. Walter perez channel 6 action news. Walter thank you. Atlantic citys casino got good needed news the eight surviving casinos have profited up 4 last year and the sale of the revel is finally done now, florida developer paid 82 million for the hotel and resort. It cost 4. 2 billion to build and never turned a profit. It closed just afternoon hours before the deadline four previous attempts to buy revel fell through. Well have more on what straub plans to do with revel in a live report at 5 00 tonight. Here at the big board with a big move by Rutgers University in new jersey, the school is now banning all fraternity and Sorority House parties for the rest of the Spring Semester this moves comes after several alcohol related problems including the death of a student. In september 19yearold kaitlyn kovachs died of alcohol poison. There are 16 sororities and fraternities at rutgers, students reacted to the news today. I think its a horrible idea, i think that greek life is important at rutdgers and something that all the students enjoy, and that is a part of college experience, going to fraternity parties. I see where they are coming from but its unfair it doesnt represent what all the campus is doing. The University Says that they take seriously the commitment to maintaining a healthy, safe campus environment. And of all the people that Nora Muchanic spoke with today in new jersey, more than one student said the parties will continue but not in a house with greek letters on it. Alicia thank you. Camden community charlotter school is expanding. Officials broke ground on north 9th street. They have classrooms for up to 400 students up to sixth grade and the expassion will allow them to take another 350 children. And jazz legend billy holiday is taking her place in the Philadelphia Alliance walk of fame. Lady day will be part of the 12015 class t. Comes on what would have been the legendry singers 100 birthday. She was born in West Philadelphia holiday and the rest of the honorees will be formerly inducked into a ceremony along the avenue of the arts. Yesterday was a continuation of the passover and Easter Holiday but today its back to work and surprisingly this afternoons traffic looks better. Go figure but its busier here on the schuylkill expressway westbound side of course from the boulevard to city avenue we stack on out toward gladwyne 25 minutes from the blue route to the vine than is an 11 minute delay. 95 delays are forming 13 Miles Per Hour by the betsy ross bridge and 17 southbound through the work zone at girard avenue, a handful of accidents in pottstown and master street and also one in lower southford to avoid, 113 near 63 that is main street in that area. And coming southbound on the northeast extension watch for a crash that taking out the right lane a vehicle that broke down in northern delaware 222, the concord pike at powder mill road and speeds are in the teens 17 Miles Per Hour at the moment. Lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this tuesday afternoon, lots of issues on the new jersey turnpike yesterday afternoon but today its looking good over there but on 295 north through the bordentown area, look for an object on the road. Well check it again in the next half hour. Thank you matt. Up next another candidate joins the race for the white house. Plus, coffee for college, why starbucks just decided to pay for four years of college for its baristas. And pop culture hits the auction block. Your buddy ron once said he could install your ceiling fan. He couldnt. And that one time ron said another chili dog was a good idea. Yeah, it wasnt. So when ron said youd never afford a john deere tractor, you knew better. Now ron does too. Introducing the e series. Legendary john deere quality. Unexpected low price. See your john deere dealer for great deere season savings on the e series family of tractors. Here at the big board with the big announcement from senator ran paul, he is running for president , the first term kentucky senator and Tea Party Member declared his White House Campaign telling supporters quote, we have come to take our country back from special interest groups. The special interest are more concerned with their personal welfare than the general welfare. The washington machine that gobbles up our freedoms and invades every nook and cranny of our lives must be stopped. He also vowed to expand the programs for women and minorities. He is the second candidate to declare a president ial bid, the gop field is expected to get a lot more crowded before the primary begins. The fighting continues to rage on in yemen as they warn that the humanitarian crisis only gets worst. They are helping them fight off rememberles and they continue their air strikes meantime on the ground local tribes are trying to fight off the they say that at least 74 children have been killed since the air strikes began to week ago. Jury deliberations are underway in the Boston Marathon trial, the panel of seven women and five men are deciding the fate of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev they say he participated in the attack but his older brother was the mastermind and they are weighing 37 different charges if he is convicted the sentencing phase would likely start next week. A different massachusetts jury is weighing the fate of Aaron Hernandez closing arguments wrapped up today with a bombshell from the defense, they claim that the former patriots player witnessed the killing of odin lloyd but did not commit the crime. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty. To business now and a quiet day on wall street. Red across the board but not major losses the dow dropped 5 points and the nasdaq lost 7 and the s p dropped 4 as well. To business news, starbucks offering their employees a full ride to college, the coffee chain says that baristas who do not have a four year degree will be eligible to Arizona State online they will get a scholarship that covers 42 and they will reimburse the rest at the end of the semester even parttime employees are eligible they offer two years of tuition with the university and ceo Howard Shultz helped them have a better educated resource and fedex is buying a dutch packaging company, it will cost 40, and ups tried to take over at t in 2014 and regulators blocked the deal and the huge ground deal should commitment their huge air fleet and give them access to the uk and france. From our delaware newsroom there was an effort to tackle the growing problem of too much dead teens and adults at the Wilmington Library were given a lesson on how to build credit and tackle dead, they spend more than half of their income on debt, this event was put on in cooperation with wilmington city count. A sea of Law Enforcement dressed in blue attended a symbolic mass in trenton today. This was the 16th annual blue mass of the cathedral of st. Mary of the assumption. The event honors the sacrifice that men and women make each day and its an opportunity to pray for those who have died in the line of duty as well as their families. Pretty warm out there now but the cold air is coming as we get a check of the accuweather forecast. Lets go back to adam joseph track that for us. We are about to experience the big chill here as the temperatures drop to the 60s to near 70 and back into the 40s, double scan live radar shows a good slug of rain near the poconos and that pushes through this evening, and overnight as that particular cold front slides from the north to the south to add more showers into the mix as we look closer at double scan live, to the north and west. A solid area of light showers along 222 and route 100 north of boyer town and pottstown heading towards the Lehigh Valley and parts of northeast extension on the west side north of landsdale and to the south and east seeing scattered showers around the region and parts of southern new jersey to the shore communities to Sea Isle City and cape may that continues to the west of millville and well see the showers continue throughout the evening hours and in fact right through thursday night. As we take a look at the pollen one good thing about seeing pollen it rids the air and cleanses it of the pollen that really spiked the last three days with the tree pollen exploding with the sunshine and warmth and with the breeze it percolates and gets blown around and the mold on the high side well drop both of those as the rainfall and cooler temperatures push in. Right now allentown down to 59 degrees, trenton on the verge of the 50s and the northerly winds here in allentown and the southerly winds through Chester County and berks county keeping it in the 70s, the win off the water is keeping it in the 40s at the shore and everybody gets into the component of wind overnight tonight. The lows tomorrow. 40 allentown and 40 in trenton and 42 in millville with on and off showers and drizzle as the chill pushes in and future tracker tomorrow morning, scattered showers and a raw wind out of the northeast with temperatures in the low 40s, lunch time, temperatures are not going to move all that much, staying 41 to 43 degrees, with the scattered showers, with the evening rush we may lose a couple more degrees with temperatures near 40 to 42 degrees within our typical high of the day comes in as we look at that four day at 4 00, 47 tomorrow and the chilly broez on and off drizzle and a raw damp dreary day on thursday, with highs only 46 degrees, but its much warmer on friday maybe a couple of hints of sun before downpours and thunderstorms arrive in the afternoon. 75 degrees and bright and breezy, a beautiful start to the weekend at 63 degrees, we are going from 60s and 70s and back to 70s and back to 60s so welcome to spring for this roller coaster ride. Thanks very much. This is cool, a unique piece of americana don mcclain put the lyrics for his classic song american pie up forbid the winner paid 1. 2 million, but christies did not release the name of the buyer. That song released in 1971, was a number one hit for four weeks i knew every work of that song. At one point. I dont know if i could do it now. Ahead a new plan to treat drug overdoses in pennsylvania is Getting National attention and a local College Professor emails porn to her students. And coming up in big talker a big leap of faith from a wife who refused to give up on her husband, why she wouldnt pull the plug. Police in center city are trying to track down the man that stole from a business on south street. You can see a man staring in the window on the 1600 block before 1 00 in the afternoon, he checks to see if the door is unlocked and comes back and walks in and grabs a bag of laptops and walks right out. Police are asking anyone with information about this to call them. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf is getting high praise to expand access to a drug that prevents overdose death. Its a prescription for all pennsylvanias to get narcan, its an antidote to help those that have overdosed. They want people to have access at a pharmacy rather than going through a doctor to get it. And police are start to carry that drug, wolfs plan is a model that other states should follow. Still ahead here today a plus size Clothing Company is clipping the wings of victorias secrets angels, well explain that coming up. And the teacher, the email she accidentally sent to her students. Im nydia han, suits for 30 and ladys dresses for 8 to 20, ill show you where to get these. Hello again 4 30 now and action news continues with the fans of lucille ball say they love lucy but hate her statue a few years ago she was told the love of her life would never wake up and now she is hoping to run a marathon, a newlywed hoping to pull the plug on her comatose comatose husband is now fighting back. The sensational story of an auto cystic little boy lost no more. And now an embarrassing email mishap that landed a drexel professionner hot water for more on the explicit message and the sponfrom the school we turn to chad pradelli live with the details from campus today. Hi chad. Reporter a law professor who is accused of emailing a link to pornography to her students, how it happened is unclear and the school is investigating but what is clear is that the email porn controversy is the talk of campus. Professor lisa mcllroy is a law professor at drexel, and graduate of harvard, a hard working woman why would she send a porn link to her students, in the email containing the link were the words were i thought this article of brief writing would be interesting to all of you that seems like she may have been hacked or inadvertently sent the link. There was no intent here an accident, people make mistakes, the right move is to forgive her and move on. I dont know how you accidently send a porn link. It says it in the subject. Drexel is required to initiate fact finding of all reports of inappropriate behaviors of a sexual neighbors that could impact the community. I am not completely sure on that one so i would like to ask the audience. Mcllroy was a contestant on abcs who wants to be a millionaire, she has sex on the brain, social science and sanctions for risky sex. I never had her but heard great things about her very friendly and personalable. I dont think anybody will hold this against her. If it was an accident let it go. If it wasnt its unacceptable. I think that drexel law say great school and its a Great University or one alligation should not define the school. We left email and phone messages for professor mcllroy for comment but have not heard back. Chad pradelli channel 6 action news. Thank you chad. Federal authorities now say the Virgin Islands resort accused of accidentally poisoning an American Family with pesticide has used the chemical before. The resort in st. John used methal bromide several times in the last year even though it was banned for indoor use years before. A coupl

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