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WPVI Action News At 4PM October 13, 2017

Expected to be changed to homicide at some point. What we do know is a group from frankford that traveled all the way up to bustleton and mcgee, to the area of bustleton and mcgee looking to engage in confrontations with students from northeast high school. Reporter as this familys nightmare continues his maternal grandmother asked. You just cant understand how someone could take someone elses life. It doesnt matter what goes on. So, we need to get these guns off the street. He was 18 years old. That boy was 18. And shot my 16yearold grandson. Theres no reason. Why does he have a semi automatic handgun . Reporter sharrie, all the carnage and tragic out here on the streets because of gun violence continues. Im vernon odom channel6 action news at Police Headquarters in center city. Heartbreaking story. Vern, thank you. For the past week, crews have been decontaminating all six schools in Monroe Township Gloucester County where mold has grown into a major concern. This afternoon still no word on what will happen come monday. Action News Reporter bob brooks covering the story for us live now at the school administrationing building and bob test results are supposed to come back today. Reporter sharrie, good evening. They are supposed to come back but as you said, theres no word on that yet, also no word if theres going to be school for the district on monday and we spoke with a lot of parents today who say its that lack of communication theyre most upset about. What has the School District told you throughout the week . Really havent gotten any updates throughout the week. Theres been no calls to the house. I havent heard anything yet. Reporter right now theyre in limbo. Parents of children who go to school in Monroe Township, theres been no class all week because of mold issues and little to no communication from the District Administration making it hard for a lot of families. I have this kid here who is trying to do the right thing. He wants to get an after school job. Reporter thats patty marcelis. They warranted to pick up working papers but with everything no luck. The school is closed they wont get you sign id to get it. Right. We tried to meet with School Board Members or any administrators at their headquarters on Academy Street but. The superintendent is not here at this moment. Reporter is there anyone here . No administrators. Reporter the district has shut down all the schools to test for or clean out mold from the school buildings. Holly glen elementary has been shut down until further notice. For a district that has 6300 plus students, you can bet a lot of plans have been altered or ruined. I couldnt imagine parents that have work that count on their children to be in school. I was infuriated. Reporter at this point more than anything those just want transparency a solution and more Community Involvement moving forward. Regular checks, regulations, accountability. I hope that the town maybe gets together and goes to more School Board Meetings instead of when they just feel its needed. Reporter okay, back out live here the reason why were facing that minivan is just about 20 minutes ago the School Superintendent pulled up. I spoke with him briefly. He says hes going to have an update soon. For now well wait and see. Reporting live in williamstown bob brooks. A tractortrailer caused a major problem at the base of the walt whitman bridge this afternoon. Somehow it ended up on its side blocking the ramp from 95 south onto the bridge. Chopper6 was overhead about noon as Police Responded. We dont know the exact details of the crash but officers say the driver appears to have lost control. No word on any injuries at this point but that scene has since been cleared. A fire caused part of a vacant house to collapse in trenton. Firefighters first got on the scene there around 1 30 this morning to find the three Story Building completely overtaken by fire. This along the 1000 block of south broad street. Well, the fire was so bad that the back of this home collapsed. Crews called in a second alarm and residents living nearby were safely evacuated. It is gloomy out there and a little bit chillier than were used to but its friday. It is friday. Yeah. And maybe the weekend will be better. Lets get the latest now from meteorologist adam joseph who is outside with no coat today, though. Hey, adam. I call this refreshing. A lot of people call it cool and chilly. It is cloudy with an easterly wind and temperatures closer to where we should be for this time of year. Right now 65 in philadelphia. New york city 64 and baltimore. 73 degrees in pittsburgh so theres warmer air to the west and that will be puncturing in here as we go deeper into the weekend but as you can see the clouds they have been locked in all day long and theres a little trough, just a little front, little Atmospheric Energy down to our south and east bringing a couple showers to the coastal communities of delaware, maybe cape may, down to virginia and that could spill a couple of showers our way late tonight but overall this evening on a friday night, temperatures dont move all that much. They drop by a degree or two between 7 oclock and 11 oclock. Again, cool, cloudy with a low temp only going to 64 tonight which is actually close to 10 degrees above average and as we go into the weekend, especially on sunday, this is 3 oclock in the afternoon, signs of summer along with humidity back into the 80s for the east coast. But then theres a bigger change to come in post sunday. Well talk about all those changes and monday will be much brighter than the other this weekend, alicia well have all those details coming up in that full accuweather forecast. Adam thank you. President donald trump had tough words for iran today about its nuclear ambitions. He called the country a rogue regime and the worlds greatest sponsors of terror. He is now calling for more sanctions and hes pushing congress to make changes to the Current Nuclear deal. He says if lawmakers cant do that in a very short period of time then hes prepared to terminate. It calls the current deal one of the worst the u. S. Has ever entered into and after his press Conference Today he placed the blame on his predecessor. We will see what happens with iran. Were very unhappy with iran. They have not treated us with the kind of respect that they should be treating. They should have thanked barack obama for making that deal. Well, he fell short of pulling the u. S. Out of the current deal, he did decertify the agreement and also imposed new sanctions on irans revolutionary guard for supporting terrorism. President trump vows that his policy means and he said today, that iran never acquires a nuclear weapon. The Iranian Foreign minister today said its america who has made clear its lack of adherence to the deal and its spirit. The governments of france germany and the United Kingdom also issued a joint statement saying theyre concerned by the possible implications of the president decertifying the deal but they do remain committed to ensuring that it is maintained. So, now await and see how this all plays out in congress. Brian. All right, alicia, thank you. Meanwhile attorneys general from several states announced plans today to sue the trump administration. The move comes in response to the president s decision to stop paying subsidies intended to lower out of pocket medical costs for millions of americans. Now in taking that action, mr. Trump said the subsidies arent legal. California, connecticut, kentucky massachusetts and new york are among those threatening a lawsuit. They argued that ending the subsidies will make insurance premiums skyrocket to force some consumers to give up having coverage. Lets check the action news traffic report. Matt pelman standing by to get us where we want to be. Looks like a slow go there matt. Were working to end our week but first we have to get home, brian and sharrie and this a little bit of a feat on friday afternoon usually this friday afternoon being no exception. Roosevelt boulevard extension northbound locked up already on this friday afternoon from the schuylkill up to broad street but the even bigger problems are on the southbound side of one coming out of Mercer County into bucks county, thats where theres a crash on the pennsylvania side just off the trentonmorrisville bridge blocking one of the two lanes past pennsylvania avenue. And there are the results, just 5 Miles Per Hour coming into new jersey along the southbound side of one. So, i wouldnt, i would head on the scudder falls bridge thats 95 southbound or even the turnpike connector bridge. One southbound is not where you want to be heading into pennsylvania. A crash in the work zone at girard of a pushed off to the side now but were treated to speeds like 6 Miles Per Hour as you come northbound away from the walt whitman bridge. Even though its on the side its still causing a substantial delay. Warning for you if youre heading to the poconos this weekend ill do so soon. Theyre closing the northeast extension at 9 oclock tonight between Lehigh Valley and Mahoning Valley. Youll be detoured starting at 9 oclock. And the new jersey turnpike southbound had a crash in Gloucester County. Clear but speeds in the 20s. Lets do the computer report on this friday afternoon two oh and two northbound approaching the 30 bypass have a crash actually looks like its causing slowing in both directions there. Well check it again, brian and sharrie, coming up in the next half hour. All right, matt, thank you. Still ahead on action news at 4 00 the eagles have to be feeling pretty good after last nights big win over the carolina panthers. Hear what coach Doug Pederson had to say today about the teams five and one record. Plus, neighbors helping others in need. Local Police Officers Work Together to fix up some homes without charging the homeowners a dime. And now, i help people find discounts, like paperless, multicar, and safe driver, that help them save on their car insurance. Any questions . Yeah. How do you go to the bathroom . Great. Any insurancerelated questions . Mmhmm. Do you have a girlfriend . Uh, im actually focusing on my career right now, saving people nearly 600 when they switch, so. Wheres your belly button . [ sighs ] ive got to start booking better gigs. [ sighs ] the eagles and their fans are still flying high from last nights performance and the magnitude of the win could have major implications down the road. Yeah, in case you havent heard yet the birds pulled out a dramatic win against the panthers in charlotte last night. Jaime apody joins us now. Jamie a lot to be excited about. Its been an impressive road show from this team. Yeah, its been a long time since we have been able to be excited. Id say let us. It was a huge victory and like you said maybe we can start thinking into january. Hm. Consider the eagles beat another top team in the nfc on the road on three days rest on national television, the birds who won once last year away from lincoln financial field are now five and one having played four of their first six games on the road so it feels like theyre for real. The eagles played great in all phases. Last night the defense picked off cam newton three times and the offense turned two of those into touchdowns. Carson wentzs new go to guy his tight end zach ertz hooked up for two scores. This tied the game at 10 in the second quarter. Moving to the fourth, eagles clinging to a fivepoint lead, wentz to Nelson Agholor defended by nobody, love that. Puts the birds up 70 ive 17. 20 to 17. Jalen mills seals the deal. Eagles win 2823. They have the best record in the nfc. Time to take these guys seriously. Doug pederson says hes trying to keep his players from getting caught up in the excitement. Its tough its a fine line because the players are you know, theyre going to read and theyre going to listen to the all the Media Outlets on tv and stuff and just hear how people are talking about them and saying how good and how great they are, but i got to keep it real, too and that comes from me and im yeah, were winning these games but theres a lot to fix. Coach please dont fix this. This is not broken. Not even a little bit. This is Malcolm Jenkins victory dance in the locker room. He was outed by his teammate. It was posted on social media. This is the time of success folks a happy team, happy locker room. Its been a long time since weve seen things like this around here. Please keep it going. Dont make it stop. Keep going. I cant. All right. The eagles next three games are winnable ones at home. Then they have the bye. You got to like how things sit right now. Maybe get that calendar out and start thinking playoffs. I know i shouldnt use the word playoffs. Yeah, what are you doing. Its hard not to. Its hard not to. Hard not to get excited. I know that dance. Thats a fraternity dance there. Youve done that dance. My father. Oh. We got to get that video. Yeah. I want to see more of that. Pretty cool stuff. Thanks jamie. Two kensington residents are getting their homes renovated all for free. Philadelphia police and septa officers are sprucing up two houses on the 1900 block of east somerset street. The project was organized by rebuilding together, a nonprofit that helps low income military veterans and seniors. Now, when the group put out call for volunteers, they say the response from the officers was overwhelming. New life is coming to an old school in hunting park. Work is under way to turn Roberto Clemente middle school into a Affordable Housing project. City and project leaders broke ground this afternoon. The building on the 3900 block of north fifth street will have 38 units and some retail spaces as welly. Philadelphia mayor jim kenney is pushing hard for amazon to build its second north america headquarters in the city and is tapping some young talent. He stopped by the university of pennsylvanias Wharton School of business to hear ideas from those talented students. The school organized a competition for students to come up with pitches to lure that online giant to the steve city of brotherly love. Amazon needs each citys official proposal by next thursday. Local teenagers preparing for life after high school got some very exciting news today. [applause] hugs and cheers today at crystal ray Philadelphia High School as students were accepted to college right there on the spot today. This is the schools third annual instant College Acceptance day. More than 40 graduating seniors participated in interviews with College Admissions representatives and during that time, students had their transcripts on hand, their act scores and College Essays which then led to them being accepted to college right there on the spot today with more than five colleges taking part. Awesome. Pretty cool stuff. Listen, the last five stories have been very positive. Yes. Meteorologist adam joseph. What are you telling me to keep that positivity going. Yes. Oh, the second half of the weekend. Okay, thats something. Not everything but. A little gloomy out there as we take a look there. Sure, im the bearer of bad news this afternoon. With all that cloud cover overhead on sky6 but the good thing is at least its not raining here on this friday evening. But again, a little bit on the coolish shied with winds side with winds coming in off the atlantic. It is a cloudy start to the upcoming weekend for saturday but we will have one more summerlike day on sunday with that sunshine returning and then the coolest temperatures weve felt so far since early spring will be coming in on monday night and tuesday morning. Right now our temps are coming in at 63 degrees for allentown, 63 trenton, 67 beach haven, 65 philadelphia, and if you think theres a chill in the air these numbers are pretty close to our average for this time of year. In fact right now 65, 66 which is near our normal of 68 degrees but look at how fast those temperatures tumble. The normal one monday from now as we get into november 57, 2 months from now december, 45 and in january our normal high is 40 degrees so take these 60s, 70s and our 80s coming in here, soak it all in on sunday. As we look at satellite and radar, theres a lot of cloud cover along the midatlantic and as you can see some moisture down to the south here and some of that could spiral through late tonight and throughout part of the upcoming weekend but again, it is far from a washout here. Friday night lights for your High School Huddle games, cloudy and damp, jackets will be needed, a chill in the air, 60 degrees basically from the kickoff to the end of the game. Those temps earn going to drop all that much but with kind of that low level moisture definitely feeling a little on the damp side. Tomorrow morning at 8 30 there you can see the clouds continue to lock in and theres a little bit of a blip of green there west of dover. Again, there could be a little bit of drizzle in spots. That continues into tomorrow afternoon with those clouds hanging around and especially southern areas near the coast, there could be some showers tomorrow afternoon while most areas stay dry. As we wake up on sunday morning, if youre up early youre going to be going, where is the sun, where is the warmth because theres going to be a lot of low clouds and fog to begin sunday morning and then as we get into the late morning, afternoon, 1 oclock there you can see that sunshine puncturing in and thats when temps will be offer to the races. As we look at the four day at 4 00 forecast it is warmer tomorrow despite its cloudy like today of 74 degrees. The winds turn more off the land as opposed to off th

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