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WPVI Action News At 4PM March 22, 2016

And prayers for the victims. President obama is vowing support condemning the attacks from havana, cuba. We will do whatever we can to support our friend and ally belgium to bring to justice those that are responsible. And police have so far discovered explosive devices containing nails, Chemical Products and an isis flag. Thank you. The attack in brussels has cities across america on high alert and philadelphia is no exception. At Philadelphia International airport we find john rawlins live today continuing our team coverage. Reporter word here is there is stepped up security among uniformed officers, we are at the International Side of the airport where flights arrived. Some arriving on flights from paris not aware of what had occurred in brussels or grants case only the barest of information. I was on the plane and i texted my brother and he said there was a terrorist attack so watch out, that is all i knew. That will not defer him from flying interests nationally keep him from flying again. Officials say in the wake of the brussels air terminal attack, there is an increased number of officers at plh today. But not like post 9 11 where there was signs and police stopping vehicles at arrivals at the airport. Would it be safer to move metal detectors to an airports front door. We are an open and free society and we pride ourselves for being that way. We dont want to turn the United States into a prison camp state. Rather find the terrorists. Its a useful program, some one says is violates privacy, and if done in the proper way it does save lives. He is based in Delaware County and in the private sector now and was formerly deputy secretary in the department of homeland security. It includes spark Surveillance Systems and sniffers and going through social media to detect the threat rather than building walls around soft targets. Thank you. For train travelers today the Security Response is visible at amtrak 30th street stays, you can see bomb sniffing dogs checking everyone and everything. Boarding a train to new york city with brussels and isis very much on the minds of riders. Amtrak says the police force is sharing intelligence and more officers than usually are deployed and amtrak employees are reminded what to do in the case of an active shooter. A man arrives from new york was relieved to see the increased police presence. I am happy that new york is so vigilant but i cant help be concerned. I really am. I am concerned but the police are around and that gives you a sense of safety. Amtrak riders and workers are asked to report any suspicious activity or unattended items to police. Any time there is an attack like the one in brussels, it always raised fear that something could happen here. Wendy saltzman talked to a National Security expefrt and continues our coverage live on the ben franklin parkway. Reporter we did speak with the expert to answer the question on everyones mind here. That is could an attack like this happen in the United States. He says the recent bombings be evidence of the fact that isis is more powerful and dangerous than we previously thought. Isis right now is much more capable and lethal than any Terror Organization that preceded it because its reach is extraordinary. U. S. Counter terrorism expert says that both belgium and the u. S. Should be on guard as isis followers and sympathizers expand their efforts. There is no terrorist activity that will not come here in one form or another. Four days after the mastermind of the paris attacks was arrested. The bombings in brussels are believed to be revenge. They were pretty certain there would be a retaliatory strike or else there was plans underway for attack. It would be much more difficult to do here, but notab impossibl he believes this nations heartland is a breeding ground for terrorists. Isis has an International Brand name and they have tremendous success getting people to be part of their movement. Where are you from . Immigrants and refugees are regularly recruited. Our country has to be vigilant. Over time if this activity is not fought in a very clear way. Chances are you will have more of it. Reporter and even with the more advanced antisecurity efforts here in the United States, he says its nearly impossible to secure the soft targets like all the buses and train stations and airports. The sheer inconvenience and cost would be crippling. Wendy thank you. Our coverage of the terror attacks in belgium continues on 6abc. Com. There you can find the latest updates as they come in. We posted photos and videos from the aftermath as well as reactions from world leaders. And abc news has complete coverage this evening, tune in for a special edition of world news tonight starting at 6 30, immediately following action news at 6 00. Time for a first check of the accuweather forecast. Lets head outside to adam joseph. A decent day around here some sunshine and high clouds and the temperatures warming to 6 degrees above yesterday. 57 in philadelphia and chicago 59 degrees, but 60s are blooming in cincinnati and atlanta, and wichita is sitting at 75. High pressure to the south and high clouds kind of arcing around that high to the north and west. That is a warm front that will continue to move to the north as you go to the middle of the week and overnight tonight, once the sunsets, temperatures dont drop off all that much. They hold steady in the upper 40s to low 50s way mixture of stars and clouds overnight tonight. We are back into the 70s here for the next couple of days. The week ends with a few showers and sets up for a nice easter weekend. Near records one of these days, ill talk about it in a little bit. Thank you. And breaking right now, a trash truck worker was hit by a vehicle and killed in Delaware County today. Chopper 6 hd was over the scene on latmus avenue in ridley park, they say the worker fell off the trash truck and was hit. The driver did stay at the scene and is talking to police, we are working to find out the victims name right now and police remain on the scene investigating. It is time now for the action news traffic report. Lets send things over to matt pellman with a first update. Traffic troubles for the tuesday trip home. And its a problem throughout the midday here in Camden County on the northbound side of 42 a dump truck flipped over and spilled sand all over the roadway, luckily that is cleared out of the way and caused huge delays on 42 and the local lanes and westbound a. C. Expressway. Those are beginning to thin now but you are still looking at speeds in the 20s on 42 northbound. In Burlington County, Police Activity blocking the ramp to go southbound at the willingboro exit. Use 541 instead and welsh road a crash blocking a lane. And northbound side a typical backlog coming off the schuylkill to broad and perkiomen township, a downed tree at gravel pike at Skippack Pike. Lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this tuesday afternoon. Not far away from the Burlington County situation, there is a majorer crash along irack road. Well check it again in the next half hour. Slow doe going there. Still ahead one of the most controversial tactics of the Philadelphia Police department. The new report on stop and frisk and how city leaders are responding. And what president obama said today in a televised add to cuba. And the wildcats hit the road to the sweet 16, we are there to give the team a proper sendoff. And world news is going to be an hour long, jeopardy will air right after night line. Well be right back. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. 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The controversial practice that led to a civil lawsuit a few years ago. They allege that police are stopping and frisking people without good reason. They called for reforms back in 2011, and today a followup by the Civil Liberties union says that 42 of all stops and 72 of all frisks were done without probable cause and that minorities are being targeted more often. Commissioner ross says its clear that the department has work to do, and is making changes like make prognosis commanders accountable for all stops and frisks. Well continue our auditing procedures where captains look at these things daily as opposed to quarterly. They say if things do not improve they will seek sanctions in court. The next meeting is set for september and coming up tonight on action news at 5 00, well hear from mayor jim kenney who vowed to stop stop and frisk during his campaign. And in his final day in cube, president obama urged the people there to look to the future with hope. The president speech was National Televised to the islands 11 million people. And he once again called to an end of the decades old embargo and that the country has deep differences especially on human rights and the president talked about the Common Ground shared by the u. S. And cuba. Before i discuss those issues, we need to recognize how much we share. And because in many ways, the United States and cuba are like two brothers who have been estranges for many years. The president also watched a baseball game today between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National team. From there the president heads to argentina. The villanova wildcats are heading to louisville to get ready for the sweet 16 and they got a proper send off as they continue their march to the final four. Lets go nova fans cheered greeting the villanova wild catses as they walked today the bus heading to their first sweet 16 since 2009. Students and alumni and local families went through the crowd as coach wright and the players get ready for the sweet 16. They are coming off sundays win against iowa. If they win two games in louisville they head to the final four. Fans are hyped up they could win it all like they did in 1985. My parents were here in 1985 when they won the whole thing and i am a fan since diapers. With saints joes and temple out of the naacp tournament coach jay wright knows his team is now representing the philadelphia area. I want to thank everybody for their support sticking with us through the years and all through this season and we take great pride in representing philadelphia basketball. We are going to play hard like the city of philadelphia and like villanova basketball always does. If villanova wins both games in louisville they head to the final four this year in houston. And action news will have complete coverage of villanovas trip to the sweet 16 and Jeff Skversky has live reports from louisville thursday here on 6 abc. Its huge. Time for a check of the accuweather forecast. Lets send things to meteorologist, adam joseph. Reporter it started off quiet except the snow on monday morning. A little bounce in the camera today but the winds today are more southerly so warmer air push in as we look northbound on sky 6 in Atlantic City and its a couple of months now we are talking about summer at the shore. As we look at the winds southwesterly, 18 in philadelphia and wilmington and 14 in dover. Another day with that breeze out there. And again that wind is more tolerable today because its a little bit warmer, 56 in reading and 57 in wilmington and on the verge of the upper 50s for dover 58 degrees and with that southerly wind, when you catch it just right along the shore it brings in cooler air like beach haven at 48 degrees, satellite and radar, warm front is lifting to the north and staying well to the north of pennsylvania, and a little bit north of pittsburgh but overall we have some clouds breaking their way away from the front overnight tonight and overall it is a pretty clear sky with that full moon and not as chilly tonight, 41 in allentown and 47 in philadelphia and 43 in millville and dover 46 degrees, and for you astronomers and star gazers, something you want to check out tonight in the southeastern sky, the moon as well as the planet jupiter, the full warm moon and jupiter will appear as a very bright star next to the moon, more on the upper left side corner of the moon, you wont miss it, something cool to see both the planet and full moon overnight tonight. Future track tomorrow afternoon at 5 00 p. M. , temperatures on the verge of 70 for i95 and south and low to mid60s north and west. And as we get into thursday afternoon well be on the verge of records around here, 73 in philadelphia and 71 in allentown and 70 in reading and cooler at the shore at wide wood just 56 degrees. The temperature 70 for wednesday, and near record warmth come thursday with a High Temperature of 75 degrees, and then rain comes in thursday night early on friday and a quarter to half inch, be then it drys out and the sun returns and mostly sunny and cooler on saturday at 59 degrees, even that 59 is a little bit above normal for this time of year. We get spoiled the next 48 hours. A good looking weekend. Up next well take a look at the closing numbers on wall street. To see how the markets reacted to the attacks in belgium. And Atlantic City moves closer to the edge and the mayor makes plans to shut down city hall as the resort town officially runs out of money. 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Starbucks plans to donate all of its left over food to help americans in need. They will try to contribute 100 of its unused food to feeding america. Ceo Howard Shultz says baristas originally suggested the idea and they plan to give out 1. 5 million meals this year. And one of the worlds Biggest Online retailers are steaming up with one of the worlds biggest cable providers. Amazon. Com is selling cable packages, it makes amazon a Service Provider without having to build any of the infrastructure. Comcast orchestrated the deal to build on amazons Strong Customer service. Women were honored today at the town hall is of justice. The actor that portrayed Harriet Tubman and other africanamerican women. A special museum has been created in west windsor, new jersey, to showcase High Schoolers artwork. Today at Mercer High School there was a Ribbon Cutting for the new exhibit, the staff at the school worked with autistic students to study famous artists, they replicated the art pieces that are on display in the schools hallways. We are following the latest developments out of the terror attacks in brussels and Atlantic City government may be forced to shut down. Well explain the potential impact in a live report. And a group of toll workers were honored today for their heroic efforts last week. What went through their minds when a suspected drunk driver plowed towards them. We buy any car dot com we buy any car dot com we buy any car dot com any any any any did you know trading in your car at a dealer could cost you money . A recent study found consumers who trade in their car pay an average of 990 dollars more. So dont trade in. Sell it. To we buy any car. Learn more and get your free online valuation now at we buy any car dot com find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com it is 4 30 and action news continues to follow developments coming out of brussel. As we speak now antiterror raids are underway across belgium. Prosecutors say that two of these men are responsible for suicide bombings at the airport. They are actively looking for the third man that ran from the days carnage. At least 31 people were killed in the attacks that hit the airports and then the subway station. More than 190 people were injured including nine americans. Isis is claiming responsibility for the attacks but there has not been any official word from belgium authorities, who is trying to figure out if this is connected to the terror at

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