Victim and the tragedy as a catalyst to change. We have a lot of work and well do all we can to keep tragedies like this from happening. The family of the victim making a point to say they forgive steve stevens. Channel 6 action news. An off Duty Philadelphia Police officer was allegedly involve Fire Department a domestic incident and ended up shooting her husband today. Investigators put crime scene tape around is the house in northampton bucks county. It happened in the driveway while three children were inside of the home. So far no charges are filed again anyone, bob brooks spoke with neighbors today and hell have a live report on action news at 5 00 tonight. The state of delaware is facing a lawsuit over the smyrna prison take over. Familiaritily of the guard killed and five other officers held hostage are blaming the riot on problems that they say were ignored for years. Vernon odom is live with more on the allegations made today. Reporter good evening monica, this winters deadly prison riots captivated this nation for nearly 20 hours before it was over and now lawyers for the families most affected says that the fault lies with the state of delaware which they say knew of the dangers in smyrna and covered it up and ignored it. It was february this year when inmates, more than 100 of them seized control of building c of the Vaughn Correctional Center in smyrna. By the time the authorities gained control lieutenant, steven floyd was murdered and five others were tortured. Today lawyers for lieutenant floyds family and surviving officers filed a sweeping federal lawsuit against the state of delaware and two of its previous governors. Claiming their budget pinchi ii triggered staffing shortages that made building c a time bomb. Its the policy of two governors in delaware deliberately not to employee enough officers to safely run delawares prisons. The budget cutting for prisons the lawyers say were so severe there was some 90 Job Vacancies and building c its budget was too tight for regular weapon searches and no working surveillance cameras to spot trouble. How many cameras to you think their were at that building . Zero. That building c had no cameras whatsoever. They paid tribute to lieutenant floyd for his bravery that day who according to the research saved the lives of many potential rescuers early on in the seethe. Lieutenant, steven floyd, after he radios what was going on an Emergency Team started rushing into the building, apparently at the cost of his life he radioed them go back go back its a trap its a trap. Reporter so far the state department of corrections has not commented on todays lawsuit as for the criminal investigation of the inmates involved no charges filed at least so far. Live at the federal courthouse in wilmington, im vernon odom, channel 6 action news. The maple shade man convicted of killing a child four decades ago in new york learned his fate. Pedro fernandez was given life in prison for the 1979 killing of 6yearold eton patz. He was allowed to walk two blocks to the bus stop by himself. One of the first faces to appear on a milk carton and the boys body has never been found. They did deliver blue skies everywhere today as we get a check of the accuweather forecast. Adam joseph is enjoying the sunshine. Yes, hard to find a cloud this tuesday with the sunshine in full force. We have High Pressure as we look to the north, over northern parts of new england, bringing cool air for boston and only in the 40s for us 69 degrees in philadelphia. Right now with the easterly wind. 68 in baltimore and 69 in point and again even north of boston, 37 if caribou, maine. With that pressure it brings a lot of sunshine and that dome, that kind of void of cloud cover, syracuse and philadelphia down to baltimore. Eventually the clouds will race back in from the west. As we look at the planner, 62 degrees at 7 00 and temperatures drop into the lower 50s under the mainly clear sky with the low temperature of 44. As we go through the rest of the week it wont be as bright and at times scattered showers and even a quick thunderstorm and as we head into the weekend as well. One day could see a decent amount of rain. Well chat about that in the full accuweather forecast. When i head back inside. Enjoy the sunshine. Thank you. Closing arguments are set to start tomorrow in the trial against accused cop killer, eric frein, john rawlins was in milford, as testimony wrapped up without the defense calling a single witness. Well sum up ever tomorrow and the judge will give the jury the appropriate instructions on the law. The jury must decide did defendant, eric frein, ambush two state trooper outside of their barracks. An expert described that Corporal Dickson was hit with two high powered rifle shots, the first tore through both sides of his ballistic vest. And survivor, alex douglas, a one time ultra marathoner now walks with a limp after taking a bullet to his hip. And written notes detailing the ambush and subsequent manhunt. The rifle and ammunition was purchased by frein and a letter written by frein. It was found on the defendants computer and the writer laments the loss of liberty. And they did not call witnesses, hoping that the prosecutions detailed case fell short. Whether or not it rises to proof beyond a reasonable doubt. The da will ask for a death sentence and the defense will actively fight in a. We hope that the jury will understand that eric frein is a human being and displayed qualities of humanity and a core of goodness that we all have. First, the jury must decide if eric frein pulled the trigger that killed one trooper and maimed another. And only guilty will they have to decide on prison or death. An ambulance carrying a patient crashed into cherry hill and chopper 6 hd was over head when they moved the patient. It happened at chapel road, an suv hit the ambulance on the passenger side. We dont know who was to blame. If you used the walt whitman bridge overnight youll face periodic closures. Between 11 00 p. M. And 4 00 a. M. It closes in 20 minute intervals to build a shield protecting commuters from a painting project. Bridge lanes will be reduced to three lanes in each direction. Matt pellman is standing by in the Traffic Center, Beautiful Day in the skies. A Beautiful Day to be out and about. Roads less beautiful. Starting tonight things become public ated here. Drone 6 is looking at the ben franklin parkway at the outbound river drive blocked and starting at midnight both directions the inner drives will be closed throughout the remainder of the nfl draft. The new closures take effect in seven hours at midnight tonight and inner drive will shut down. And outbound traffic to city hall its getting by in inner drive and that is not the case tomorrow afternoon. More closures coming up for you as we hit the big picture you see the nfl draft closures on there and a broken down vehicle that blocked the ramp from the vine street expressway to the ben franklin parkway that is cleared out of the way. And a crash along 95 near Bridge Street is over to the side and you are looking at speeds in the 20s down from cotman. Take a look at this, a crash on the southbound side of the blue route, 476 here close to route 3 the broomall upper darby exchange. Mostly off to the shoulder and causing slowing from villanova. And a broken down vehicle in the easy pass express lanes and one of them is blocked and keep going north into the Lehigh Valley major problems on 78 westbound in allentown, there is a crash near 4 and street taking out a lane single digit speeds, 22 westbound up top is the much better bet. Lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report. Major accident in warminster on route 3 south of street road. Lots of congestion to accompany that. Thank you matt. Up next on a tuesday afternoon, President Trump signed an executive order for the goal of creating jobs here at home. Hire americans buy american. Plus, missing that is in the grand canyon,ity the search is on to find a grandmom and her grandson swept away in a creek. Vanessa i got hurt and was given painkillers. By the time the drugs ran out, i was addicted. It happened so fast. I ended up on the streets, where the drugs are cheaper and easier to get. I was a full blown heroin addict, selling my soul to get high. When i realized i needed help i didnt know where to go. But i got help and you can too. Youre not alone. Help is within reach. This is governor chris christie. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. Breaking news from upper merion, it happened a half hour ago a fire here at a building under construction at the 100 block ofville able drive. Chopper 6 hd is over the scene and firefighters are on the roof here, it was called in as a two alarmer. The building appears to not be occupied because its under construction. Firefighters are peer to be working from the rooftop here and there are their ladder trucks, a fire in upper merion county at 100 block of Village Drive and firefighters are working on it right now. President trump spent the afternoon counting jobs in wisconsin and just signed a new executive order there. The buy american hire american seeks to change the visa program that brings highly skilled workers to the united states. It orders several departments to avoid immigration and fraud abuse and they say its dem mental to American Workers driving down wages and the president is facing criticism given his own wide use of visas as his own private businesses. The dow tumblining 113 minutes. Job seekers met with potential employers in king of prussia. The action cam stopped at the coasttocoast fair and they were on site looking to grow their companies with new hires. Stop the shootings that was the cry in camden during a march to end gun violence. And victims families walked from Elementary School to Whitman Square park. It was to stop the flow of gun sales in 21 neighborhoods and lessen the number of families. Say that guns destroy too many lives. And they calling it the opening salvo in the fight against drugs. It aims to mobilize the public to stop the south of openade addiction. I want this to lead a movement. We are willing to lead the movement and carry the ball forward but we need everybodys help. As part of the blitz there are several town Hall Meetings designed to present comprehensive information about the drug crisis. And services available. And rescuers are holding out hope to find two hikers swept away by a creek in a remote part of the grand canyon, the woman and her grandson were out with family and lost her footing and fell. She is the mother of the popular boot company. And they hope as avid hikers the pair has the skills they need to stay alive. They were well provisioned for a multiday trip and both reported to have food and water in their backpacks and we believe they are equipped and have the nonl to survive. A helicopter a drone and boat is involved in the search be one of the ground teams stayed in the canyon overnight. And veterans will soon get help in health care from cvs. To use their health care at the minute clinics inside of the pharmacies, if the if you Pilot Program is a success the change could be implements across the country. And this is aimed to reduce wait times at veteran as facilities. I wish we could spring this along the rest of the week but we wont have the bright blue sky the rest of day into thursday and beyond but not a bad week ahead either. A few cumulous clouds popping up but a great day here in the midatlantic and temperatures running a bit above average. 70 in philadelphia and the same forever lancaster, you see a bit a difference here. The wind coming in off the atlantic and 50s along the shore and the sea breeze goes into central parts of camden and Gloucester County and arcs its way form of dover where its 59 and north of there in wilmington jumps 5 degrees to 64. Winds 16 Miles Per Hour sustained at the Atlantic City airport and wilmington 21 Miles Per Hour at the time. But as we work away from the wind off the water it is calmer for reading, lancaster and 7 Miles Per Hour in the Lehigh Valley. High pressure again to our north you see the void in clouds but clouds are pushed down to the south and staying there behaving temporarily and working back to the north and east as we go into the day on wednesday. But for tonight it stays mainly clear and a bit of a spring chill in the air. Upper 30s for allentown and 43 in wilmington and 40 for millville and future tracker 6 at 8 00 in the morning tomorrow. There you can see mainly clear skies and high clouds building to the west and as we go through the afternoon, some clouds racing in 5 00 in the afternoon and clouds taking over could be a scattered shower far to the north and west to the poconos and on the brink of the Lehigh Valley. But most of the area staying dry during the day tomorrow. As we look at the day planner here. 47 degrees at 7 00 in the morning and by 9 00 into the 50s and not as warm as we were today. Well stop into the lower 60s here. The clouds increase in the latter part of the day and the clouds will kind of hang around at times through the rest of the week the four day at 4 00 forecast indicates some sun going to clouds, 61 officially for a high tomorrow and warm and late in the day on thursday there could be a scattered shower or thunderstorm around at 76 degrees and a warm friday. 81 degrees and shower or thunderstorm around and neither of those days near a washout and cooler on saturday. Turning cloudy after morning sun of 65 degrees, saturday definitely the pick of the upcoming weekend. Well talk about a rainy second half of the weekend in the next half hour. The boys and girls club in wilmington is better than ever and ready to help the community, leaders cut the ribbon on the facility of the 1600 block of north spruce street and a resurfaced Swimming Pool and repaired locker rooms among other things, all the upgrades are made possible by a 95,000 grant from the city. 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But an on going standoff situation on walton avenue in the cobbs creek section of philadelphia. Well continue to watch this and bring you updates. A church served as the setting for a salute for Police Officers in new jersey. They played bag pipes to kick off the annual blue mass held at st. Marys cathedral, honoring those that died in the line of duty and offering prayers for those still serving. And cli is a prek provider in philadelphia, the mayors beverage tax helps to fund prek but they say that it costs jobs. A highly anticipated new school is trod welcome students in montgomery county. They walked from the old hollywell elementary to the new building and there was. Shortage of excitement. I saw my classroom and i was like whoa i can look out the window. And kind of bad to leave my old school but im really happy to see the new one. Mixed emotions there you go. Students finish out the school year in their new classrooms and the building replaces the old one built in 1961 and will hold 600 students double the current enrollment. Meanwhile 50 students got a kick out of a class in chester. Boys and girls got to play at the stadium home to the Philadelphia Union soccer team and the unconcoaches and a player gave them tips today. And they raise awareness for litera literacy. Philadelphias fire commissioner reacts to a scathing report on the death of joyce craig. And im nydia han, when it comes to Spring Cleaning dont forget to clean your mattress or pillows. The best way to refresh those items coming up in whats the deal. Action news continues. Good afternoon its 4 30 and action news continues with the scary commute for delawares top prosecutors, what happened to him and his son this morning. And according to a pringles spokesperson there is a specific way to eat those chips in order to maximize your flavor experience. The secret will be revealed in big talkers today. And warrior spirit. A pennsylvania veteran steals hearts across the world for his inspirational finish across the Boston Marathon. Why the wounded sergeant races for his military brothers and sisters. And the reaction to a new scathing r