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WPVI Action News At 4PM November 13, 2015

Found the killers of my son and i think this is senseless because i lost my childs life and i want to thank my community and everybody that has shown me love because i didnt know that my son was loved by as many people as he he was. My sister kept him in plenty of activities. It wasnt a hoodlum kid. He didnt deserve to get gunned down the way he did. Reporter sharrie, tonight police say both 17yearold suspects will be tried as adults while tonight they remain in police custody. The Philadelphia School district says its working to address concerns about recent violence at George Washington high school in somerton. Action news obtained this video of a large brawl yesterday during the first lunch period. Students say there are fights nearly every day and some dont feel safe there. This afternoon the district said its planning a parent meeting for next week to answer questions and review a plan of action. David henry will have the full story tonight on action news at 5 00. A 16yearold student is charged with assaulting a teacher during a pep rally in allentown. The teacher ended up falling down in what many first suspected was an accident. Trish hartman is working this story for us and shes live in allentown. Trish, what are we learning about the teenager and the victim in this case . Reporter well, sharrie, that 16yearold girl is charged with aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person. The District Attorney says she pushed that teacher down a zest bleachers last week. Sophomore Adele Rodriguez says his english teacher mary matso has been out all week after the incident at last weeks pep rally. I was upset because shes such a nice teacher. I dont know why she pushed her down the steps for no reason. Reporter according to the Lehigh County District Attorneys office the 16yearold student pushed the 51yearold teacher down the steps during a pep rally friday. Officials say the teacher was trying to control a group of students walking down the bleachers when she was pushed by the girl and landed on the gym floor. She then tried to take the girls student i. D. Card from around her neck. Thats when Authorities Say the girl punched her in the colder with a closed fist. Thats when the teacher grabbed her by her id. She was choking her with her id. The gallagher reacted girl reac. Reporter the teacher had injuries to her back shoulder and jaw. We spoke to a student who was in the nurses office. She walked in and she was crying. Everyone rushed to her and was like what happened. She was history al. Reporter many students we spoke with werent surprised to hear about the charges but they are shocked that it happened at all. I think that she should be expelled because you shouldnt be hitting no one. I hope that like the judging is fair and the teacher gets her justice and the student does, too. Now, the president of the Allentown School board tells me that student will be expelled for the rest of the year citing a zero tolerance policy for violence in school. That student is due in Lehigh County court on monday for a detention hearing. Trish hartman channel6 action news. Time for a check of whats been a blustery accuweather forecast. Lets head outside to meteorologist adam joseph. Not too bad for a friday, though. No, its very windy but at least weve had the sunshine most of the day today and seasonable temperatures, though theyve stepped down from yesterday. Take a look at those peak wind gusts so far in philadelphia, 37 miles an hour in allentown, near 50 miles an hour this afternoon. Millville and wilmington clocking in at 35 miles an hour and so far the peak gusts in lakehurst at 38 miles an hour and its all because of a low pressure thats supplying clouds north of i80 so weve been just on the edge of that sunshine today so were on the good side of this particular low Pressure Center and you can see a lot of showers and even snow showers along the u. S. Canadian border with that low in northern maine. Theres a secondary front thats going to come through here later on this evening and overnight and behind that the winds shift more out of the westnorthwesterly direction and you can see the numbers drop into the 40s and then eventually 30s near green bay and sue saint marie. Ahead in that accuweather forecast well talk about the morning wind chills tomorrow, struggling to 50 in the afternoon but if you dont like the cold dont worry, rick, weve got 60s coming back next week. Well have the ups and downs in those numbers coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Well talk again soon. Thank you add. Dam. Jerry sandusky will get his pension back despite being coconvicted of abusing 10 boys. A Pennsylvania Court ordered the state employment retirement board was wrong when it concluded sandusky was a penn state employee when he committed his crimes. He retired as coach in 1999 and collected a 148,000 payment at the time. Now sandusky and his wife will get about 4,900 per month. The judge ordered the board to pay back interest and to pay the sanduskys what they are owed from october of 2012. Were following developing news out of Montgomery County this afternoon. The Health Department has confirmed a case of bacterial meningitis in the cheltenham School District. But they have not told us which school or when the student got sick. Bacterial meningitis can be spread through close contact and result in serious complications but Health Officials say this was an isolated incident and there is no threat to the school community. The rothman ice rink reopened in dillworth park today. Its decked out with some brand new features this year and 6abc is proud to be a partner once again. Eva pilgrim shes live at the rink where all the action is and the first skaters hit the ice just a few hours ago. Hi, eva. Reporter hey, sharrie, yeah, the skaters arent on the ice right now, thats because the zamboni had to get on here to make sure that ice stays safe for all of them. Last year some 50,000 people enjoyed this new attraction. The city is hoping even more come out this year. Three, two, one, lets go, you are open. Reporter and with that the rothman ice rink at dillworth park is officially opened. Skaters out there you got to wake up and get out on the ice with us. Come out everybody. Reporter 6abcs own karen rogers helped kick off the first day on the ride on the sam bonnie around the rink and excited skaters took to the ice. I dont know if i actually can do it. I was so scared and i just grabbed him grabbed her. Super exciting. Ive never done ice skating before but its really amazing for a First Experience the people out here are nice, too. Theyre health us out for learning reporter we asked the experts. Most people sometimes do crossovers and then when they step forward their legos back. Reporter the girls from the wissahickon skate thirty one their best advice about iceskating. Do you fall down ever. Yes, yes, a lot. Everybody falls but if youre not falling youre not trying. Reporter you can try your hand or rather feet at this, too. Its three dollars for kids, five dollars for adults and nine dollars to rent skates. Reporter new this year at the rink, the rothman cabin. For the first Time Offering food and drink to both skaters, people with skaters or anybody thats here in the park that wants to come in. Reporter and you still have time to get out here and enjoy the ice rink here in dillworth park. The rink doesnt close until 11 00 tonight. For more information about the rink and the hours, head to our web site at 6abc. Com. Live in dillworth park eva pilgrim channel6 action news. All right eva. Time for a check of the action news traffic report. Lets head to matt pelman in the Traffic Center keeping an eye on the road. Hi, matt there happy friday sharrie and rick. Dealing with wicked winds because of wicked sun glare on this friday afternoon. This report brought to you by the letter w but the traffic on the schuylkill certainly not wonderful as we head home theres a crash here in the westbound lanes just west of the vine street expressway involving this tractortrailer and this sedan. Left lane out of commission. The delays from this are spilling back onto the westbound side of the vine itself which as you can see he is an absolute parking lot, a sea of taillights the whole way from 95 out to the schuylkill expressway. So, we jam from university to that accident scene just west of the vine street expressway on the schuylkill but you basically remain jammed out to the blue route because on the northbound blue route near conshohocken theres a crash now on the shoulder but the delays from that spill back onto the westbound side of the schuylkill so 10 and 15 Miles Per Hour is the name of the game as you head westbound on 76 this afternoon. Westbound on route 23 headed toward 422 at moore road watch out for a crash. Were watching a wreck in vineland along 47 delsea drive near ardmore avenue. Lets grab the ipad. Happy friday. Down in delaware slowing on 95 southbound and reports of an object on the road along 141 southbound near newport but at least things looking better on 495 northbound now that that construction at terminal avenue has cleared out. Well check it again sharrie and rick in the next half hour. Okay, thank you matt. And still ahead, a secret Service Officer heads to court to face serious charges in delaware. Also, he is the isis executioner who appeared in videos showing the death of americans but did the u. S. Military finally catch up with him . The latest on the mission to kill jihadi john. A local actor hitting the big screen as part avenue star studded cast. Well introduce you to the nineyearold turning heads in hollywood. Its the final countdown the final countdown if youre the band europe, you love a final countdown. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. A ruthless isis terrorist is believed to be dead. Pentagon officials are reasonably certain that their air strike killed jihadi john whose real name is mohammed emwazi. The british citizen took part in killing several western hostages including americans. He was the masked man who spoke english in videos showing the beheadings. U. S. Officials say the military picked up on his trail and saw him move to the location targeted in the air strike. Guy was human animal and killing him is probably making the world a little bit better place. Officials went on to say they believe he was still involved in kidnapping and killing numerous people. British Prime Minister David Cameron says if jihadi john did in fact die, it would hit isis hard. Disgusting thats the harsh word the white house has for lee robbed moore the uniformed secret Service Officer accused of trying to solicit a 14yearold girl for sex. The 37yearold moore is also charged with sending obscene images and texts online. Today moore waved his right to a preliminary hearing without a hearing at the kent county courthouse in wilmington delaware. Police say he had a series of on High Pressure conversations with a state Police Officer who was posing as an under aged girl from hazlet delaware. Investigators say he sent nude pictures of himself and requested to meet in person for sex. Moore allegedly admitting to sending some of those message while on the job at the white house. The secret service has relieved him of his duties, they have pulled his security clearance and this is the latest in a string of incidents involving secret service agents. The white house calling those situations including this one embarrassing but saying president obama does continue to have confidence in the agencys director. Rick. All right, alicia, thank you. Coming up at 11 00 a simple test can help give athletes a competitive edge. Heres Health Reporter ali gorman with a preview. Its something professional athletes have been doing for several years, sweat testing. We got an inside look at how the flyers use it and now its going mainstream. A small sweat patch can reveal how much you sweat and the concentration. We try it out on two local athletes. Its going to be interesting to find out if i should be doing something else. Ill show you how it can help everyone who exercises and how you can test your sweat tonight on action news at 11 00. Well, a hot meal on the thanksgiving table is a reality this year for dozens of families thanks to the kindness of strangers. Bank of america volunteers donated 200 meal boxes to the food bank of delawares mobile pantry. Senator chris coons helped top distribute the food today at west Side Family Health center in wilmington. Bank of america also presented a 75,000 check to support the food banks year round efforts. Were also pitching in to feed our neighbors in need. Join us wednesday for a live telethon to benefit philadbundance. Sarah bloomquist will host the event and volunteers and special guests will be here to take your donations by phone from 4 oclock to 6 30. You can also log onto 6abc. Com for a link to the philadbundance donation page. We appreciate our viewers for helping with that always. Uhhuh. Time for a check of the accuweather forecast. And lets go back over to meteorologist adam joseph for a check of the weekend adam. Yeah, weekend not looking bad. Sunshine from start to finish although it will be much cooler than weve been used to at least to begin the weekend. Sky6 live at Philadelphia International airport right now, you can see the longer shadows indicating again that sun angle is not getting very high in the sky this time of inquiry and every now and then weve seen that camera bounce a little bit and you can see the smoke stack kind of going sideways as opposed to straight up with those pretty breezy winds and in fact strong at times. 51 just in allentown right now is your air temperature, 56 wilmington, 57 philadelphia, 57 millville. It feels cool but thats normal for this time of year. As we look at those westerly winds, 21 miles an hour sustained in philadelphia. Weve seen many wind gusts near 40 miles an hour today, even the Lehigh Valley near 50 miles an hour. Right now its sustained at 14, 17 wilmington and even at the shore between about 14 to 15 miles an hour. As we look at the satellite and radar, really the thickest clouds have been north of i80 during the day day. Weve been on the sunny side of this system. There was a front to the north and you can see the expansion of some of those showers and snow showers near buffalo and rochester. Theres a front thats going to slip through tonight but it will come through dry. Looking pretty good despite that wind and chill in the air but that is typical for your High School Football games here on friday night. Our game of the week for the 6abc High School Huddle neshaminy at springford. Clear and cool with that westerly wind, 42 end to 20 miles an hour and the air temperatures dropping into the lower 40s throughout the game. Future tracker were talking wind chills here to start the weekend. 9 30 tonight, 38 degrees in allentown, 35 reading, 41 in millville and early on saturday morning most areas will be in the 30s. In fact near freezing tomorrow morning for the Lehigh Valley lancaster 36 wilmington and right around 36 to 37 degrees at the shore and really not too much better in the afternoon. Getting to 40 in allentown, 45 wilmington, 43 in millville. Again, thats the wind chill, the air temperatures are going to hit right around the low 50s. Your four day at 4 00 forecast its still windy tomorrow, not as strong as today but still gusts near 35 miles an hour. 51 degrees. The winds will relax the second half of the weekend. Decent a sun for the birds. 59 degrees for the High Temperature so at least we jump it up by around 8 degrees the second half of the weekend and then here we go again, the 60s return quickly. Monday mostly sunny, 65 degrees. Sun and clouds tuesday, 64 degrees. And will the temperatures get even warmer as we get into that sevenday forecast . Well let you know in the next half hour guys. That would be nice. Wouldnt it. Wow. Okay. Thanks adam. Lets check in now with Alicia Vitarelli and we also want to give you a shoutout. Happy birthday alicia. Thanks, guys. I know, friday the 13th, it happens every couple of years. Its all good, though. We love this story today cause we love local talent. If you love holiday movies heartwarming and hill lar Russ Christmas comedies, lover the coopers is in theaters today. It has a pretty star studded cast Diane Keaton John good man live ya wild amanda sigfried to name a few. It also features a local little star on the rise. This is nineyearold maxim skins. Hes from ambler. A third grader at germantown academy. This kid is pretty impressive. This is his fourth feature film. He brought his parents to visit us here at the studio and tells me just how he knew his calling was to be on the silver screen. I had a lot of creativity and a lot of like wanting to talk so i needed somewhere to put it all and i knew acting you need Creativity Energy and i have that and i really enjoy being an actor. It was very amazing that i got the opportunity and so thankful that Jessie Nelson put me in this role and it was amazing getting to meet all these actors and actresses. Is he the cutest . Love the coopers tells the story of a dysfunctional family trying to come together for christmas eve. Four generations have to find their way home and each of course brings their own quirkiness to the holiday love the coopers is rated pg13 and if for any other reason you check it outlets support max simpkins from ambler. We love local stars on the rise. Sharp suit. I was thinking the same thing, very well dressed for nine years old. Best hair. Alicia thanks. Up next on action news at 4

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