Ryan about two hours ago telling him to pull the vote. This afternoon ryan said he did everything he could to rally support. Moving from an Opposition Party to a governing party comes with growing pains and, well, were feeling those growing pains today. We came really close today. But we came up short. But ultimately, this all kind of comes down to a choice. Are all of us willing to give a little to get something done . Are we willing to say yes to the good, to the very good even if its not the perfect. Well, this caps off a very rocky week for the speaker is of the house something two former Congress Members know the feeling all too well. John rawlins has more from langhorne tonight. John. Porter hi, rick. We touched base with a couple of former members of congress, one is a d, one is an r to get an idea of the pressures they felt while on capitol hill and the kinds of pressures they think republican lawmakers were probably feeling who were either undecided about the gop measure or were not aligned with the gop leadership. This protest outside congressman Brian Fitzpatricks office one of many pressures exerted in the battle over Healthcare Plans. There are others. In this case this bill you will. So, you got to figure out whats best for the country. The pressure was extraordinary and you really have to redefine how you feel and how the lining of your stomach is going to react. It is tough. Reporter democrat Marjorie Margolis and republican john fox battled each other to represent pennsylvanias 13th district in the 1990s. Margolis once took a call from a president switched her vote and that helped cost her reelection. As for the Obamacare Repeal and replace drama paying out in d. C. , both agree republicans not aligned with their leadership are feeling the heat. Its really perfect storm. Every constituency hitting you all at once. Reporter from a policy and standpoint a lot is at stake for Many Americans but behind the photo ops hardball politics for what could be an unpopular vote back home. Thats always part of the equation what is it you can do for my district. Reporter were unsource of pressure a new president facing his first big legislative test in hyper partisan washington a loss could be interpreted as weakness. A win. If this passes people will think maybe he can hold it together. Reporter but if it doesnt pass . If it does not pass i think its a disaster for him. Reporter given whats at stake, fox earlier today said the gop should hold off the vote and work on a bill that is shoe your to succeed. Thats what i think. You got to figure out a way to get to the end line, the finish that wins. Reporter have to figure out a way to get to the end line and the finish that wins. Sounds like good advice. Today the votes not apparent there when the whips checked the gop has now pulled that bill. We dont know what will happen in the near future. Live in Langhorne John Rawlins channel6 action news. Abc news is following todays developments. More from washington and reaction from around the country coming up on world news tonight with david muir. Thats right after action news at 6 00. Turning to other news tonight a former youth hockey coach is facing sexual abuse charges in both delaware and new jersey. Officials say they know of three victims and theyre worried there are more out there. Action News Reporter gray hall is live in lansdale tonight where the suspect lives. Gray. Reporter well, rick, this is the suspects last known address but you need a Security Code to gain access. We did buzz his unit. There was no response. Police tell us that he last coached youth hockey back in 2010 and right now theyre working to see if there are any more victims. Although the reported incidents occurred almost 30 years ago, the law echoes the sentiment of the community that these types of terrible crimes which violate public trust should be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Reporter Police Accuse 55yearold Walter Tracy Ferinden of sexual abuse dating back to the 80s and 90s. It was last year that police in delaware and in much were made aware of the allegations against the former youth hockey coach. Police say he used his position and authority to befriend kids and eventually abuse them. The defendant committed the crime of sexual contact by intentionally touching an intimate part of the vices body for sexual gratification. Reporter three victims have come forward two from delaware one from new jersey, all were boys under the age of 18 at the time of the alleged crimes. Weve learned that ferinden had connections to the holly dale ice arena in and Washington Township new jersey. No one would talk on cameras. Workers tell me he was never employed there or had contact with their players. They say he only rented the rink to hold skating clinics. We did confirmnc coached at the stating club of delaware. The assistant manager says ferinden once coached her son. He was shocked, very shocked. You ner he never stayed at my house, you know,d anything to my son. Reporter police say this is a multi state investigation that goes beyond new jersey and delaware. Ferinden also coached and conducted skating clinics in pennsylvania, new york and vermont. The defendants arrest does not mark the end of this have yet to comerward. Back out live we can tell you the suspect turned himself in to police on monday. He is now out on bail. We tried to reach his attorney. He was not available for comment but again, the fear here is there could be more victims out there. If you think you were a victim, you know someone that may have been you should contact police. Live in lansdale, gray hall, channel6 action news. Alicia. Gray, thank you. No arrests in the murder of a mother and her sixyearold son in maple shade. They were found stabbed to death inside their fox meadow apartment last night. Now, the have ick tims husband called police when he said he found the bodies of his wife and son. They have been identified. Sorry for the family. I feel very sorry for them. Losing a his wife and his child. Its unbearable. Again, no arrests have been made in this double murder and the investigation continues. Local prosecutors are calling for the state of pennsylvania to restore mandatory minimum sentence for violent offenders. Representative tom stevens is the sponsors of house bill 741. In 2015, the state got rid of mandatory sentences for certain crimes. Among them, child rape and assault on an elderly person as well as committing violence with a firearm and dealing large quantities of drugs. Earlier this week the bill cleared the statehouse judiciary committee. We need the citizens of Montgomery County and the whole philadelphia region to understand how important this legislation is to the safety of their communities, how important this legislation is to their Police Officers and how and important it is to prosecutors. A vote could take place in the statehouse as early as april 4th. Turning to accuweather tonight and the big change ahead for the delaware valley, one we think youre going to like. Sky6 hd showing you Atlantic City this friday evening. Its going to get warmer tomorrow its been pretty seasonable start to spring so far but less than a week into the season, were going to be vaulting into some summerlike temperatures. At least for a little bit. Meteorologist Melissa Magee has the good news for your weekend at the action news big board. Alicia i think youll like it as we get into the first half of our weekend. A nice temperature swing on the upside s yesterdays high 45 and today so far were coming in at 58, average for us this time of 82er is 56 so 2 degrees above the mark. If you look at the 24 hour temperature change, this really tells the story its 13 degrees warmer in the city than it was the same time yesterday. 15 west in lancaster than it was just 24 hours ago, 17 degrees warmer at the coast there in toms river. If youre out on the town here on this friday evening, 7 00 p. M. Not bad, 55 degrees. 54 at 8 oclock underneath a partly cloudystm. M will staying the lower tonight. Ts partly cloudy its pretty sos, hat we can expect w lootomorrow. Shorts and t weather on the way but then youre going to need the rain gear as we get into sunday and were tracking an unsettled week ahead. Those details coming up in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. Rick and alicia. Well check back in later. Thank you. The countdown to the nfl draft is on. In the p the city of philadelphia outlined thelores that will come ahead of this years and if you ever use the istee route. Starting on april 10th, that is two weeks from monday, Spring Garden will close westbound at pennsylvania avenue. Lanes will also close o e right in front of the art museum. On april 19th the inner lanes of the parkway will then close between the art museumth street. Ill clos completely ebb between 20th street and the art museum. April 25th side streets in andwl access availability only. Many of those closures will stay in place until 5 00 a. M. On may first. We have a full list of the closures, the parking restrictions and detours on our web site at 6abc. Com. All right, and with that lets check our action news traffic report for you on a friday night. Lets go to matt pelman in the action News Traffic Center. Hes trying to get people home for this weekend ahead. Yeah, were trying. At least no us were fires this afternoon or awful accidents here on the schuylkill, alicia and rick just a whole lot of volume. This is where our bus fire was yesterday. This afternoon just a lot of eastbound traffic headed toward the city. 37 minutes ideally should be 14 not on a friday afternoon. But at least we lost our crash in southwest philadelphia. The ramp from 95 southbound to bartram has reopened if you like to go that way to get to the airport. However farther south past the airport on 320, 95 southbound remains very slow. Headed up to the poconos, theres a crash on the northeast extension northbound approaching quakertown left lane out of commission there. Over the weekend tomorrow night into sunday morning, this stretch of the nex will close northbound for construction for six hours. 309 your alternate. One more inlare its an westbound. And i would use the ramps aven inst. Well check it again, rick and all right, thanks matt. Our. And there is much more coming up for yoti 00. Its a scare on the tracks in neyork city. Involving a train headed for philadelphia that is still snarling the commute in and out of manhattan tonight. Also its a battle of the badges. The new competition between the Philadelphia Police and Fire Departments when action news continues tonight. No matter how dusty the room or how high the pollen count, flonase allergy relief keeps your eyes and nose clear. Flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances that cause nasal congestion and itchy, watery eyes. For relief beyond the nose. Flonase. Did you know slow internetur bu . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hellernet 150 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Built for business. It is a commuter crunch in new york city tonight after scare on the tracks at the nations busiestcation. Today an amtrak acela express rain. Ansit isted outboundumpingg service out of new york tonight because of reduced track capacity. Jim huffer from r new york has thefu story. Reporter pictures takenows e of impact as an outbound amtrak acela for unknown reasons came off the track around 9 00 this morning sideswiping an inbound new Jersey Transit train. Tenth of a second i didnt know what had happened. I thought a bomb had gone off or something. Everyone in my car screamed out. I cursed. This is what you do sometimes i guess. And it wasnt until that next tenth of a second that you felt another train raking down the side of our train and you heard people behind me screaming. Reporter only two people were slightly injured but the minor derailment is causing massive headaches for thousands of new Jersey TransitLong Island Railroad and amtrak passengers. Robin germany from brooklyn is trying to get to philadelphia. Waiting for over an hour and a half and that train is delayed indefinitely and allegedly some other train is now going to take us but it hasnt yetism the accident closed half the tracks at penn station forcing amtrak, the llir and njt to share the remaining 10 tracks cutting their capacity by at least 50 percent. Halls of pep station packed with stressed travelers trying to get home or just get away. Each passing hour waiting hoping their train would be the lucky one to get out as their weekend plans seem to be slipping away. Going to put us on buses and take us to Grand Central station. Reporter and then what . Apparently board us on trains from there. Reporter when do you think youll get to buffalo . At this rate never. Reporter new Jersey Transit the telling us they expect to be operating at about 60 percent capacity through the peak rush hour this evening. Its not that great but its a lot better than we thought just a few hours ago. From now in manhattan at penn station jim hoffer channel6 action news. Back here the Philadelphia Police department and Fire Department are going head to head in the battle of the badges. Today he that kicked off their annual weight loss competition. Police commissioner richard ross and fire commissioner adamel werent the only ones to jump on the scale. The winning team gets a trophy and Weight Watchers will make a 10,000 donation in their name to the hero thrill show. Excellent. Still to come on action news hen check how you can eat healthy without breaking the bank. One of the best selling artists in history comes to philadelphia tonight and i sat down or maybe stood up with country star garth brooks ahead of his first show at the wells fargo center. So cool. Thank you alicia, i am. His message to his fans here when action news comes right back. Stay with us. Both of you. Leave it to the pros . I am a pro. I made this lawn from seed pride, and less water than youd think. To those whod say the grass is greener on the other side. I politely disagree. Pennington smart seed. Guaranteed to grow with 30 less water. Reclaim your turf. Health check tonight. Its common thought that in order to lose weight you have to spend more on healthier food. But it turns out there are ways to eat better without breaking the bank. Health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman joins us with the details. Love this one ali. Guys Consumer Report says eating well does not have to be an expensive undertaking. Heres some tips for shopping healthy while also saving money. Buying organic produce does help limit your exposure to chemical pesticide residues but you can be picky. According to Consumer Reports testing some nonorganic produce is already low in pesticides. Like avocado corn and onions. If you do buy organic, limit it to fruits and vegetables you eat with the outer skin. Look for store brand organ in this casorganicsand try to shop. Youll eat cheaper fresher fruits and vegetables. But you have to eat blue berries in winter save money and buy frozen instead. Reporter heading down the aisles dont be tempted into buying expensive processed foods just because they say healthy or natural on the box. A better rule of thumb is to look for a short ingredient list. Those foods will probably be less processed with more wholesome ingredients. And think about how youll use what you buy. Every year on average a family of four throws out 1,500 worth of food. You dont always need to toss produce thats past its prime. Save overripe fruits and vegetables in the freezer and use them in a smoothie. And imperfect veggies can make a perfect homemade soup. And as for those precut fruits and vegetables, theyre typically more expensive but they do you time. So its good to compare prices and then decide what works best for your schedule. Action news will be back right after a break. Time now for accuweather at the action news big board. Meteorologist Melissa Magee is in for cecily tonight and melissa i think were a little overdue for some really good sunshine. Yes. Yeah, i think youre going to like the first half of our weekend, guys, because weve got numbers that will be well above average tomorrow. And today pretty good. Right now in philadelphia were coming in at 58. 56 in reading, 55 in allentown. The Lehigh Valley at the coast it is a touch cooler in cape may were coming in at 48 with that south facing wind. 57 for millville and Atlantic City airport. The winds sustained anywhere from 9 miles an hour in allentown 15 in trenton but 20 Miles Per Hour in that philadelphia. And we have picking up some higher gusts out of the westsouthwesterly direction ahead of the arrival of even warmer air for the start of our weekend. Heres satellite6 along with action radar. You can see its dry and quiet although earlier today we had this frontal boundary its now lifting off to our north and east so were stuck in the clouds and the sun starting to make a late day appearance before it turns partly cloudy for the rest of tonight but i do want to show you the numbers out to the west. Right now in philadelphia were sitting at 58. But its 80 degrees in chicago. 74 in detroit. If you look closely you could really see where that front is. Its about 43 degrees cooler in green bay with a temperature of just 37, sault ste. Marie coming in the a 38 degrees. So we have changes arriving. Wont be that dramatic but as we get into the second half of our weekend it will not be that warm. The call from accuweather for the rest of tonight partly cloudy, mild, well drop down to 44 in the suburbs and 50 degrees in philadelphia for the overnight low with that west to southwesterly wind. Tomorrow as we go throughout the day at least for the first half of the day tomorrow clouds and occasional sunshine, a High Temperature of 74. 68 in reading, so much warmer tomorrow but we will be tracking some showers that will be arriving late. Future tracker6 showing you by noon clouds, a milky sky on the way but as we get into the afternoon hours as that frontal boundary dips to the south, couple spotty showers are likely at 4 30 in the afternoon and 8 oclock tomorrow evening, some rain could be moving in depending on the progression of that front as it dips on off to the south. So, the five day at 5 00 showing you saturday warm with showers arriving late. Otherwise a High Temperature coming in at 74. Some rain arrives on sunday with some drizzle, too. A cooler day, a high of just 50. Staying unsettled on monday, mostly cloudy with showers and at 67. Well stay in the 60s as we get into tuesday. Weve got more details, guys, coming up at 5 30. All right, thank you melissa. Well see you then. Quick break. More news when we come right back. Stay with us. man vo it was may, when dad forgot how to brush his teeth. woman vo in march, my husband didnt recognize our grandson. woman 2 vo thats when moderate alzheimers made me a caregiver. avo if their alzheimers is getting worse, ask about onceaday namzaric. Namzaric is approved for moderate to severe alzheimers disease in patients who are taking donepezil. It may improve cognition and overall function, and may slow the worsening of symptoms for a while. Namzaric does not change the underlying disease progression. Dont take if allergic to memantine, donepezil, piperidine, or any of the ingredients in namzaric. Tell the doctor about any conditions; including heart, lung, bladder, kidney or liver problems, seizures, stomach ulcers, or procedures with anesthesia. 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And Country Music super star garth brooks is back in the city of brotherly love for a big weekend of concerts and i go oneonone with brook and his talented wife Tricia Yearwood on what its like to be back. We continue to follow breaking news from washington tonight as President Donald Trump attempts to replace universal healthcare in the u. S. The final house vote on the republican Healthcare Plan was scrapped just minutes before it was scheduled to begin. President trump met House Speaker paul ryan for about an hour this afternoon. Thats right. Abc news learned a short time after that the president asked ryan to postpone the vote because it did not have enough republican support to pass. President trump spoke to reporters about the tabled bill just a short time ago. What would be really good with no democrat support if the democrats when it explodes, which it will soon, if they got together with us and got a real healthcare bill id be totally open to it and i think thats going to happen. I think the losers are nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer because now they own obamacare. They own it. A hundred percent own it. And this is not a republican healthcare, this is not anything but a democrat healthcare and they have obamacare for a little while longer until it sees to exist which it will at some point in the near future. Speaking this afternoon and trump and Vice President pence and other Top Republicans have spent the past few days trying to convince undecided gop members of the house to support the plan or to change their no votes to yes. They needed 216 republicans to support the plan to move to the full senate. However a handful of moderate respectmodrepublicans d with the bill. It calls for roll backs on Medicaid Expansion and ended the essential Health Benefit requirement Mental Health services and maternity plans. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Top Democrats addressed the days shelfed vote. Obamacare is the law of the land. It will remain the law of the happened until its replaced. We did not have quite the votes to replace this law. What happened on the floor is a victory for the American People for our seniors for people with and disabilities for our children for our veterans. President trump says there is no plan b Healthcare Plan right now. And its still not clear whether the republicans will try to redraft another Healthcare Plan in the future. World news tonight with david muir will have much more on the pulled healthcare legislative vote and whats next. You can watch that tonight at 6 30 following action news at 6 00. To other news tonight former penn state football coach and convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky is fighting for a new trial. Chad pradelli was in belfont Center County today where sanduskys new lawyers are pushing for a retrial. Reporter Jerry Sandusky has a new judge in his quest for a new trial but it was the old face he took the stand at todays hearing. Jerry sandusky seemed in that good spirits as he walked into Center County court. How you doing today . You ready. Reporter his attorney al lindsey called his first witness former defense attorney joe amendola. He accused amendola of providing ineffective counsel. Amendola has said all along he didnt have enough time to prepare. We had so much going on. We were trying to still sift through discovery materials that were just filtering in to us and we were trying to do those things at the time we were trying to get ready for trial. And try the casism lindsey accused amendola of serving up sandusky in his hastily arranged phone interview with bob costas shortly after being charged pointing to this awkward answer when asked if he was attracted to young boys. You know, i i injoe young people. I i love to be around them. I i but no, im not sexually attracted to young boys. Reporter amendola argued he needed jerry to profess his innocence and curry favor to the media. So, it wasnt as if i got involved in this case the week before and just threw him on the phone and said talk to bob costas. Reporter Defense Attorneys also called a psychiatrist and two state troopers to the stand. They tried to prove that trio coached the victims to change their stories and drum up the allegations. When someone says i cant say what happened, and then they say well this is what everybody else is saying, or this is what we think you should say, thts suggestive questioning and this type of case that type of questioning is it shall we say raises a lot of credibility issues. Reporter and more hearings are scheduled to take place in may and then judge fedora will make a decision on whether the convicted pedophile will get a new trial. In belfont chad pradelli channel6 action news. In other news a Philadelphia Police officer has been charged and arrested with animal cruelty. 33yearold michael long is accused of abandoning his dog and the leaving her for dead in a trash bag. Back in november a Good Samaritan found the pitbull in a track bag. The dog was severely emaciated but after months of rehab and care cranberry has recovered. Long has been suspended for 30 days with the intent to fire. A violent assault in Montgomery County sent two roommates to the hospital. Police were called to the 800 block of arch street in norristown around 6 30 this morning. When they arrived a 42yearold man covered in blood charged at them. Police used a taser to subdue the man. They found his 30yearold roommate with a stab wound to his mouth and nasal area. Both men were taken to the hospital for treatment. The suspect is charged with aggravated assault. His bond is set at 99,000 cash. Now from our delaware news room. A truck driver was seriously injured when a deer flew through its windshield this morning. The man was driving along Lancaster Pike about 10. Ooh 30 when another car crashed into the deer and the animal flew into his truck. The man was taken to christiana hospital with injuries to his face head and upper body o the animal did not survive. A trio roof suspects is under arrest accused of pulling off nearly n car breakins its story our new jersey news room is following today. You can see the trio right here. State Police Arrested claudia oleary, 20yearold dallas smith of eldridge and the 19yearold germy hornacek of cape may. Theyre accused of breaking into at least 23 cars in upper and dennis townships beginning october of last year. The suspects reportedly took Money Electronics jewelry credit cards and other items. Detectives added that most of the cars that were targeted were left unlocked. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie paid a visit to the department of Human Services today. He stopped by the offices in trenton to acknowledge and celebrate the work of staff members. He recognized them for Community Based programs and services for residents with mental illnesses. From healthcare to technology and more, local employers were looking for new workers today in willingboro. The Burlington CountySpring Job Fair was held at the kennedy center. The countys Workforce Development institute hosted the event. Along with meeting with Different Companies the job seekers were invited to take part in a resume writing workshop. A new study suggested more than 200 million in highway Construction Funds are being diverted to subsidize the Pennsylvania State police. A legislative budget and finance Committee Report out this week calculated the appropriate level of highway funding for the state police is just over 500 million. Thats based on last fiscal year when Governor Tom Wolf and lawmakers approved 755 million in highway funds for the state police. Now, under the state constitution motorist fees and fuel taxes are strictly to be used for highway construction, repair and safety. All right. Time now for another check of the highways and byways on a friday night. Matt pelman is in the action News Traffic Center with an update for us to get you home this friday, matt. Were losing time if we drive on those pennsylvania highways this afternoon. Theyre very busy rick and alicia like the vine street expressway. Eastbound side jammed solid off the schuylkill out to 95. Also seeing a lot of traffic this afternoon on the blue route, 476, here in radnor township delaware county. Southbound a 44 minute ride. Thats more than double what it ideally should be to get from the schuylkill town to 95. I think some of these drivers may be headed to south philadelphia for the big garth brooks concert tonight. Elsewhere on 476, if youre headed up to the poconos we had a crash on the northbound side approaching quakertown. Looks like they just got that and pushepushed off to the side. In upper oxford Chester County today penndot reopened the edenton road. Dont know that i would use 295 coming out of burlington into Camden County this afternoon. Theres a crash there just in on the southbound side past the white horse pike. Some single digit speeds. Also have a vehicle into a tree in moorestown blocking creek road. Hartford road the way to go around that on this friday afternoon. Rick and alicia, have nice weekend. Matt, you too. See you monday and thank you. Still to come on action news tonight Country Music legend garth brooks is back in philadelphia after more than a decade and i sat down with him and his wife Tricia Yearwood to see how they both feel about being back in the city of brotherly love. And philadelphia Police Officers are making sure younger generations have the support and encouragement they need to succeed. Well tell you about a new partnership and melissa is in for adam. Hey, alicia. Right now in philadelphia were coming in at 58, the 70s across the ohio valley. It is 80 degrees in chicago right now. Well tap into a piece of that warmth for the start of our weekend. Details with the accuweather forecast. And Jeff Skversky has sports including sixers and flyers news when action news comes right back. Uhhuh. Why are you deleting these photos . Because my teeth are yellow. Why dont you use a whitening toothpaste . Im afraid its bad for my teeth. Try crest 3d white. Crest 3d White Diamond strong toothpaste and rinse. Gently whiten. And fortify weak spots. Use together for two times stronger enamel. Crest 3d white. We are following breaking news for you at this hour. Chopper6 hd is live over as you can see a fire that is still burning at this hour in bucks county. Fire crews battling that now two alarm blaze in croydon. The fire broke out just after 5 oclock on the 2900 block of state road. As you can see, fire, those flames still coming through the roof of that building. It is a very active fire. The crews working to put out out at this hour. It has ineighty two evidence tincreased to a twoalarm fire. So far no injuries reported. All right. Well, Country Music super star garth brooks is back in town its been almost 20 years and his wife Tricia Yearwood have performed in philadelphia. Their first of four shows kicks off tonight and i had a chance to talk to the husband and wife team about their return to philadelphia and they are just as excited as their fans. And i know this town theyll be tailgating. Theyre going to be treating it look its a football game. Garth and tricia prom some evidence their fans great shows this weekend with some surprises along the way. Both say philadelphia knows its Country Music and will be singing along all night long. Probably these people been working all day. I want to make sure they understand how appreciative i am but no good deed goes unpunished. Im going to keep them here way to late and i hope they cant communicate in the morning when they wake up. Last year for the welcome america concert on the parkway in 2001, brooks told me social media has changed the landscape for performers and how they interact with fans. One thing remains the same his fans love to sing along with the hits like friends in low places. We are thinking tonight probably the only night we dont do friends. Real. No. [laughter] are you kidding . They would they would be out with a noose by the bus. Only elvis has sold more records in the u. S. Than garth. Any duets. Between yeah. [laughter] why didnt you guys sing the action news theme song. I tried. They called security but thats another story. Who doesnt Call Security on Rick Williams. Sixers in chicago tonight. That is a big problem. They have lost 12 straight to the bulls and theyre likely without their best player tonight. Hes in, hes out, hes in, hes out, Sixers CenterJahlil Okafors availability changes by the day as he tries to work through knee soreness all season. As far as tonight in chicago okafor officially listed as questionable. Okafor did not participate in shoot around this morning. He will be a game time decision against the bulls. His right knee is bothering him again after he banged into another player wednesday in oklahoma city. Head coach brett brown says its getting hard for jah to get going. A player would say this louder than a coach any time you get them into a rhythm, theres a rhythm beat to somebodys cadence its not erratic its not a rug pulled from them from time to time when theyre not playing, you know, finding consistency from that standpoint hard. Yes, it is. Flyers they may have the night off but they will be anxiously watch and the scoreboard hoping both the islanders and lightning lose. Flyers need all the help they can get with nine games to go. Dave hakstols guys stand six points out. They need lots of help of course. They did help their own cause last night with a rare road win in minnesota. Flyers fans cross your fingers. Spring training ends a week from today. So sthe phillies are trying to trim down that roster. They sent out fielder Tyler Goodell to minor league camp. Hes expected to start this season in you believe did a reading. Germy hellickson he looks sharp against the yankees in tampa today. He worked into the seventh his longest outing of the spring. He allows only one earned run. Phillies strike first Freddy Galvis with the bases loaded in the second two run single off c. C. Sabathia. Phillies up twozip. Phils lose three to two. They loss outfielder Michael Saunders after getting hit in the hand and phillies say its just a bruise and they are not overly concerned. If there is such a thing as a dine city in High School Basketball its neumanngoretti. They have won seven state championships in the last eight years. Neumanngoretti was a perfect seven for seven in that steatite tell games lasstatetit. Senior guard green finished with 22. He has won all four years. What a run by neumanngoretti. I really want it for these guys. I mean for the kids. I mean, they leave with this good feeling tonight and ill take a little couple days before i start thinking about next year but, you know, im just really happy for the senior group. This senior group has been with us for four years in our Program Great group of kids and im real happy they can go out a winner. Congratulations. Big plans this weekend. Eagles big man Brandon Brooks playing a plan pulling a page out of Vince Vaughns book in the movie wedding crashers. Hes going to crash a wedding. Kind of. An eagles fan sent Brandon Brooks this letter inviting him to his wedding in ohio tomorrow and believe it or not brooks responds on twitter this morning saying i dont know you but see you tomorrow. While the fan and brooks went to the same college in ohio, they have never met. Brooks jumped on a plane to ohio today. Hes going to the wedding. What. Not sure what you guys are doing this weekend but if you want to go, we werent invited but lets just go. Yeah, right. Thats so cool. All right. Thanks. All right. Moving on, its called bigs in blue its a unique one to one mentoring program between students and Police Officers. They launched it today at the elementary. This partnership with big before thes big sisters of america pairs philadelphia Police Officers with children in the district they serve. The goal is to build trusting relationships between police and the younger generation. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. 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Oh, yeah, definitely. He already did. Storm tracker6 live double scan radar, you can see that its dry ooh, no issues with precipitation. So, outside we go. The action cam was outside earlier today there in delaware city. You could see we had clouds earlier today. Now the sun returning making a late day appearance before the sun setting. A little after 7 oclock tonight. The high in philadelphia coming in at 58, 2 degrees above where we normally should be for this time of year. Average is 56. The record 76 set back in 1988. Some locations tomorrow will max out in the lower 70s. Weve got a southwesterly wind, so its 55 in wilmington, 56 for reading and allentown and the poconos, 43. At the coast in cape may its a touch cooler with that south facing wind, 48 and 47 degrees in beach haven. Winds are sustained anywhere from 9 Miles Per Hour in allentown, 10 in reading, 20 Miles Per Hour in that philadelphia, 12 there in millville and we are picking up some higher gusts out of the southwest. And it will be that southwesterly wind that gets us above average for the start of the weekend. Heres satellite6 along with action radar. We have a frontal boundary moving through lifting well off to our north and as it does it will help supply us with a fresh warm air that works its way into our region as we get into sunday. So, the next tomorrow i should say, so the next 12 hours partly cloudy, it is mild, 50 the overnight low in philadelphia, 45 in reading, 44 in allentown, 45 degrees in cape may. Down in dover, coming in at 52 and 48 degrees in trenton. Heres the setup for us on our saturday. The start of the weekend. Weve got High Pressure to the north. Then were tracking this frontal boundary. So, tomorrow having a High Temperature of 74, well above average. It will be warmer with a bit of a milky sky and depending on how quickly this front moves on through it could have an impact on our temperatures. We may have to watch this number very closely. Nonetheless cooler at the shore with that south facing wind. As we get into sunday the front dips farther to the south so were tapping into an easterly wind at seven to 14 Miles Per Hour. Its cloudy and we have that occasional drizzle, a High Temperature on sunday, a cooler day of just 50 degrees. The heres the exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, enjoy the first half of the day on saturday. Its warmer but we will be tracking some showers late in the day as that front makes some progress to the south. A High Temperature of 74. On sunday, some rain and drizzle with that easterly flow coming in off of the atlantic. High temperature in at 50. On monday, mostly cloudy with showers around and at 67. Spotty showers on tuesday, a high of 68 and on wednesday some sun and clouds, a High Temperature of 65. 58 as we get into thursday, mostly cloudy next friday with rain arriving. And a High Temperature then coming in at 56 so enjoy the first half of the day tomorrow. Were tracking late today you showers but all in all looking really nice. Well put the shorts on while we can. Ill keep mine on. Thank you. Want to go back to our breaking news story. In croydon bucks county this two alarm fire in the 2900 block of state road. As you can see billowing smoke flames still escaping from the rooftop. So far no injuries. Well keep an eye on the situation and bring you more information as it becomes available to us. Well be right back. Yeah, so moms got this cold. Hashtag stuffy nose. Hashtag no sleep. I got it. Hashtag mouthbreather. Yep. Weve got a mouthbreather. Well, just put on a breathe right strip and. Pow it instantly opens your nose up to 38 more than Cold Medicine alone. So you can breathe. And sleep. Shut your mouth and say goodnight mouthbreathers. Breathe right. Thats it for us. Action news at 6 00 is next with jim gardner. Have a nice weekend. Good night. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. Friday night, road closures are announced for next months nfl draft in philadelphia. And Graham Spanier is convicted on one count of child endangerment. But the big story on action news tonight is the huge failure of the republicans to repeal and replace obamacare. When it became obvious there werent enough votes to pass the republican Healthcare PlanSpeaker Paul Ryan canceled the vote that was spue evidenc suppe today. In the parlance of the congress he pulled the bill. What that means is that obamacare remains the law of the happened for the foreseeable future. At a Late AfternoonNews Conference ryan said this. We were a 10 year Opposition Party. Were being against things was easy to do. You just had to be against it. And now in three months time we try to go to a governing party where we actually have to get 216 people to agree with each other on how we do things and we just werent quite there today. We will get there but we werent there today. Shortly after that, we got reaction from the white house. Of course President Trump campaigned on repeal and replace guaranteeing that he could make the deal. It didnt happen today. And late today, President Trump spoke from the white house and said its now up to the democrats to save healthcare