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WPVI Action News At 4PM March 4, 2016

Of the accusations actually happened. This physical confrontation they said in the Police Report didnt happen. Reporter head football coach john vogan has been suspended pending an investigation by the school which is now investigating all athletic programs. The tredyffrin east Town School District released a statement that reads in part the process will be designed to determine whether or not code of conduct violations occurred. The awareness and level of supervision by the Coaching Staff and what further measures can promote inclusive and respectful behavioral the three students are charged with assault conspiracy and other related charges. Their names have not been released because they were juveniles when these crimes happened. As for the victim, he is no longer a student here at Conestoga High School. Im live in berwyn, chad pradelli channel6 action news. Thanks very much. The three suspects in this are specifically not charged with hazing. At his News Conference today District Attorney tom hogan explained why. We found in theres a glaring omission in the hazing statute in pennsylvania. Hazing statute in pennsylvania only covers colleges. It doesnt cover high schools. Hogan called on state lawmakers to fix had omission and held up a copy of house bill 1574 which does exactly that. That bill is currently sitting in the Senate Education committee. Hogan says he wants lawmakers to pass it. Weve got breaking news to get you to here at 4 00. Its a hazmat situation this happening in falk lands heights. An Apartment Building has been evacuated. This is at 818 woodlynne apartments is what were being told, the building 818 of the Woodland Apartments in falkland heights. You can see firefighters themselves being hosed down as this situation is being evaluated, just how serious it is. Were being told that a person reported opening a bag and then a cloud of fumes came out of it. That person did not require any medical attention but as you can see, they are taking precautions, even firefighters being hosed off here on the scene. Again, this is a hazmat incident happening at 1818 falkland road. Firefighters are on the scene. Of course as we get more information we will bring that to you. Brand new at 4 oclock, police have identified a person of interest in the murder of a cook at a south philadelphia restaurant. They just gave us this picture of a man who goes by the name noelle. They say he was working with the victim 54yearold thuong nguyen. She was found with her threat slashed in the basement kitchen of lees cafe and bistro on washington avenue around 9 oclock last night. The Restaurant Owner told police nguyen and noelle were in the kitchen together. That owner found nguyens body after sending a and order to the kitchen and not receiving any food. A neighboring Business Owner cant believe what has happened. I spoke with her a couple times when im buying food and shes a great person. I wouldnt imagine anything like this happening to her. Investigatoinvestigators saye signs this was a violent struggle. The cafe is closed for the day as the investigation continues. Police arrested four people for robbing a gas station in newark. They are accused in the crime at the exxon on South College avenue. Police say foeman had a gun and demanded money. Police say tivon knight and sanders watched the door and tayra knight drove the getaway car. All four are behind bars after none could post bail. Time for the accuweather forecast and this afternoon looks very different from how it looked this morning. The action cam was in Egg Harbor Township earlier today where we got off to a very snowy start. Some spots in south jersey saw several inches of snow but this afternoon, boy, weve seen bright sunshine and that has all of us thinking spring. Yes, and what better place to dream of spring than the Philadelphia Flower Show. Thats where adam joseph is live today with the first look at the accuweather forecast. Hi, adam. Reporter yeah, maybe winterlike out there especially this morning outside but as you mentioned spring has bloomed at the Pennsylvania Convention center as the phs Philadelphia Flower Show is back in town, Opening Doors tomorrow to the public. This years theme is explore america as they celebrate 100 years of National Parks. More about this exhibit behind me in one second, but first lets take a look at the satellite and radar because the sunshine is returned in some locations after the clouds and that morning snowfall, and the storm that is really blossomed to our east, you can see almost has a center to it now with those winds wrapping around it pulling some drier air now in from the north. Thankfully we just missed this massive storm though it did bring some heavy snowfall amounts especially in southern areas. Totals in philadelphia just under an inch wilmington about an inch and a halves lindenwold in new jersey just over two and a half inches, wayne 1. 2 and in cape may the jackpot coming in just over a half a foot of snow. As you look at the temperatures, it is still chilly down to the south where that snow pack is still yet to melt. Wildwood 34 degrees, philadelphia up to 40 degrees, reading 40 degrees and allentown on the brink of that 40degree mark as well. As we look ahead to that accuweather forecast, it will be a seasonable weekend ahead. And then on sunday morning, well have another round of some rain and snow showers but then the 70s return next week feeling like spring outside and this image that youre seeing here behind me is called after the fire by stony bank nurseries, it is inspired by Yellowstone National park. Basically guys it resembles a charred landscape where the growth underneath comes back so its kind of like a death meets back to life imagery behind me. Much more on the flower show and show you that main exhibit in a little bit. Cool stuff t looking forward to seeing more. The temperature not the only things rising. Gas prices have been inching up as we move closer to spring but they are still well below what most of us have become hack covered to me to over the last few years. Vernon odom live in bala cynwyd with more on the numbers and the direction were heading in. Vernon. Reporter good afternoon, brian. Compared to the higher gas prices weve had to endure in recent years, the cost per gallon is way down these days and the experts say its pretty much going stay that way. For me its a fact of life to go with the variations in the price cause to do what i have to do. Reporter at the end of january the average price per gallon was 1. 99 the lowest price since 2001. It dropped even lower aaa says in february as wholesalers cut prices to clear out winter blended gas. Weve seen prices locally here in the philly five county area climb two cents in the last week. Nationally weve seen the average increase eight cents in the last week. Reporter now tracking experts sa saw it slowly creepig up as the switch over to summer blends and many folks feel the uptick. Before it was terrible. Every time you look around you have to make a decision, a home decision, a household decision between the bills and the gas. I believe it was 1. 79 last week and now its 1. 85. Just a slight increase but not filling it up as much. I drive a lot so it does affect me. Reporter but you hadnt really noticed the rise in the last couple weeks or so he. No, it was going down as of here. It was 1. 87 earlier. Reporter experts say it was never destined remain under two dollars a gallon but even at the height of Summer Travel coming up it will never reach anywhere near the price levels of recent summers. Aaa says the National Price will hover around 2. 10. That compares to last summer of 2. 85 so its significantly down. Reporter so, brian, we found sort of a mixed bag of reaction out here today. So it looks like those going off and driving off on vacations this Summer Season will be pretty much in a good mood. All i can say about that is hallelujah. Live in bala cynwyd, im vernon odom, channel6 action news. Preach, vernon. Thanks very much. It is time for a first check of the action news traffic report. Lets go live to matt pelman in the action News Traffic Center and we just heard about the gas prices from vernon. No hallelujahs over here at friday afternoon we wish that the speeds were moving in the up direction. Live look at the schuylkill expressway close to montgomery drive and you can see that volume is building in each direction. Those 29 Minute Travel times each way are about double what they ideally should be. So no accidents on the schuylkill right now, just a lot of volume kicking off our friday afternoon. Elsewhere on 76, the pennsylvania turnpike, a broken down vehicle westbound by valley forge. That cleared out. But theres a accident blocking the ramp from the ebbet side to route 100, the downingtown exit. Get onto 100 northbound and do the old flip around or go eastbound to route 29 if you have the ez pass. Have a motorcycle crash this afternoon in middletown township delco. Its along bortondale road near knowlton road. And theres a gas main break to avoid in princeton along 206 stockton Street Near Library place. Traffic is getting by one direction at a time. If you want to use route one thats problem free so far. Lets grab the ipad do the commuter report on this finally friday afternoon and in the heart of center city along Market Street complete standstill as you sit through the traffic lights and we expect the volume in that area around the Convention Center to remain heavy for the next week or so with the flower show now in town. Brian and sharrie, well check it again in the next half hour. Thank you matt. Still ahead, a Stunning Development in the o. J. Simpson murder case much police are trying to figure out if they he have finally have the murder weapon. More than two decades after the high profile trial. And its a new movie state of emergency upper darbys own tina fey and it hits the big screen today. Well introduce you to the real woman behind the story on which its based. When you think what does it look like . Is it becoming a better professor by being a more adventurous student . Is it one day giving your daughter the opportunity she deserves . Is it finally witnessing all the artistic wonders of the Natural World . Whatever your definition of success is, helping you pursue it, is ours. Tiaa. Check out the fresh new look on Mcdonalds Mcpick 2 menu lemme get a mcpick 2 now, choose any 2 delicious mcdonalds classics for just 5 bucks. Mix n match share n savor 2 for 5 name your flavor pick any 2 iconic tastes a big mac made with 100 beef, flaky filetofish, seared on the grill quarter pounder with cheese or crispy 10piece chicken mcnuggets for just 5 bucks. Grab a friend today and pick your faves lemme get a mcpick 2 bada ba ba ba the lapd testing a piece of evidence that could be related to o. J. Simpsons murder trial its a nye recovered at simpsons former brentwood california estate. A construction worker found the knife in the late 1990s possibly while the home was being demolished but that worker reportedly gave to it a off Duty Police Officers who for reasons unknown never turned it in. That officer is retired now. Police say they recently learned of the knife and recovered it. It is being treated as we would all evidence so it has been submitted to our lab. They are going to study and examine it for all forensics. Now no matter what the testing reveals sit will not lead to simpson being charged again at the state level because of double jeopardy and police say they are still trying to figure out if the knife even came from simpsons property. The u. S. Economy added 242,000 jobs in the month of february. Thats according to the report issued today by the Labor Department it also shows the Unemployment Rate held at 4. 9 percent. Worker pay, however, slipped last month but more americans started looking for jobs last month and many of them found them. The report also shows the u. S. Economy has held strong despite rough patches in other countries. Now heres a look at how the markets reacted to the jobs report and green arrows acrosstheboard as we end this first friday of the month of march. The dow above 17,000 ending 62. 87 points up, the nasdaq up nearly 10 points and the s p five unup six and change. Reporters covering wars see all kinds of stories from the tragic to the heartwarming but we dont usually think of their experiences as comedic. New movie today is going for laughs using a reporters true story about her time in afghanistan and it stars upper darbys own tina pavement the Network Needs reporters on the ground in afghanistan. You folks are all the unmarried personnel in this bureau. Its 2002 and kim baker hits the front lines as a correspondent in the northeast. It could be great that kind of exposure. Reporter this is the real life kim barker, not baker. Her name and a bit of her story got hollywooded up as she puts it. She admits watching tina fey play her. Its so meta. Reporter you wouldnt imagine this is fodder for economy but its what sent barkers book whiskey tango fox trot to the top of the list. I was trying to channel the darkest of the sadness that i saw over there but also the funny absorbed things i saw. Reporter and she trusted fay to turn her first film into a project. I think when people see the movie theyll see tina fey they dont necessarily recognize. Reporter shes funny. Youre boarder line 10. What are you like a 15. Yeah. Reporter but barker is pretty funny herself. Do you think that i thought about tina fey in writing it . Sure i d absolutely. Reporter she does say that watching it was almost a little harder than living it. I think i watched the movie with one i open and one closed sort of like please let it be over, please dont let it be anchorman in afghanistan. Thats your biggest fear. Reporter rest assured she tells me that fay beautifully relayed the narrative arc of her life. Shes been so kind to me and respectful i feel to my story. Reporter kim says whats more amazing is just after one lunch meeting fay even nailed her mannerisms. Whiskey tango fox trot is out in theaters today and of course you can always read the book, too. Alicia vitarelli, channel6 action news. Pretty cool. A tie to the delaware valley. Yeah, looking forward to seeing that. Should be funny. Time for another trip to the Philadelphia Flower Show. Lets do it. Meteorologist adam joseph live there at the Pennsylvania Convention center with the accuweather forecast and adam no matter what the weekend holds, are you in the perfect place, that is if we can find you. Where are you . Dont worry, youll find i wanted to show you this main exhibit this basically is a big timber lodge. This is where visitors are going to walk underneath this is stone and wood structure. These folks are still putting down the green carpet for the black tie gala for tonight and as the folks enter this main exhibit, theyre going to be greeted by park rangers as they are celebrating, that is the National Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is going to be really highlighting National Parks. There are 409 across the can country, 100 of them will be on exhibit here within 10 acres and i tell you it is absolutely gorgeous in here. And you know what, its better outside right now than it was this morning. As we take a look at some of the numbers, we have warmed back up to around 40 degrees in the city of philadelphia and even points to the north and west, reading at 40, millville 39, 36 dover its a little cooler to the south where that snow is still on the ground trying to melt away. As we look at the wind gusts, they are pretty gusty especially southern parts of new jersey and the coastline because of that storm that is developing over the open water of the atlantic, youre still funneling in some of those winds. Still clocking in 28 miles an hour at the Atlantic City airport, 24 in wildwood and 23 in millville. As we take a look at satellite and radar, you can see that massive storm that is to our east and brought almost a half a foot of snow in southern parts of new jersey, that storm is pulling away, its moving in drier air for overnight tonight, so the sky will turn clear later on tonight but it stays on the chilly side with temperatures between 22 and 27 degrees with a much lighter wind out of the north. As we go into the weekend, there will be some changes. Were going to have a little bit of sunshine here early tomorrow morning with temperatures right around the Freezing Point but those clouds will quickly gobble up that sunshine as they work in from the west into the afternoon, seasonable with temperatures in the lower and the middle 40s. And then saturday night into sunday morning, another weak system is going to be passing by so well see the introduction to more light rain and snow showers. Most of the snow showers you see in the blue is north of wilmington, some rain showers to the south where temperatures are a little warmer and then as we get into sunday afternoon, most of those rain and snow showers will fall apart. There will still be a lot of clouds around. There could be a spitting shower with temperatures around 43 in the lehigh valley, 48 in philadelphia, 48 in millville and 47 in dover. As we look at the four day at 4 00 forecast, tomorrow 45 degrees as those clouds build in the afternoon. I like that touch of the tulips on the four day forecast as well. On sunday morning snow and rain showers. A little drier in the afternoon at 48 degrees and then m

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