You say joy lane . What. Can you say joy lane. Joy lane. Yeah. Shes the reason why this is about to happen to you. Students say halfway through the lockdown, they learned why and are familiar with the killing that happened sunday. He could go anywhere. I just thought about my mom and my family cause i was actually scared and my friends that was in there with me like if we get our lives taken away because somebody want to be dumb. Police began searching Fairmount Park after 911 calls of reported sightings at the belmont plateau came in just after 1 00 p. M. Authorities lifted the schools loudon countydown just before 3 00 p. M. And now say there is no indication stevens is in the city of philadelphia. This morning investigators in eerie, pennsylvania, reported they pinged stevens cell phone. Multiple states including pennsylvania are on high alert. Authorities believe stevens is driving a white ford fusion. This afternoon Cleveland Police announced a growing reward and again asked stevens to turn himself in. Were still employing steve to turn himself in. Definitely to contact a relative or a friend because there are a lot of folks out there that want to talk to him, want to get this resolved peacefully. Reporter and authorities in ohio actually say that they made contact with that fugitive sometime after the murder but have not been able to find him since. All authorities in those states that are on high alert are taking all reported sightings seriously. For now were live in parkside, Annie Mccormick channel6 action news. Monica, back to you. Thank you you annie. It was a violent Holiday Weekend in the city of philadelphia. Police now say theyre investigating nearly two dozen separate shooting scenes in the city all since good friday. From early friday morning through today, 27 people were shot in philadelphia, four are dead and now officials are trying to sort out details from 21 different incidents. Action News Reporter vernon odom live at Police Headquarters with the details. Vernon. Reporter good evening, monica. In the city of brotherly love this Holiday Weekend we saw a horrific eruption and gun violence across town. No arrests so far. Police say only the relatives and friends of victims mourning. I just heard the gunshots and just came outside and he was just laying in front of the door. Reporter relatives of this mornings murder victim from the 600 block of east clementine street try to figure it all out. Why was the 35yearold married man with six children killed on this kensington street around 5 45 this morning. Valentino stuart was his name. Neighbors had this comment to action news. I do know hes a nice guy. His wife, his son always in the house playing with my kids. And its crazy out here. Reporter the victim was shot 15 times in all, five times in the head. Somebody really wanted to hurt my son for nothing. Reporter this was one of two murders overnight in philadelphia. Bringing the number of homicides to 92 so far this year. This killing took place at 62nd and woodland around 2 00 in the morning, the victim a 27yearold man was shot in the back as he was leaving a bar. Sources say he had come here from honduras only two weeks ago. I dont believe this is robbery or revenge. Were not sure what the motive is because the victim still had mon on him. Reporter an hour before that there was a. M. Triple shooting in the 4400 block of whitaker avenue. All three victims are expected to survive. The latest report says there were 27 people shot in philadelphia since 2 00 a. M. Friday morning. Until this afternoon. In 21 separate incidents across town. This map of all of the locations speaks loud orange line about the gun play all around town. Warm weather brings a lot of people out and a lot of people come out today, everybody got a gun, they utilize those guns and, you know, obviously use them for all the wrong reasons. Reporter brian, with all the gun violence in philadelphia over the last several days, the pace said remains the windy city, chicago. There were 42 reported shooting cases in the windy city over the easter Holiday Weekend. Im vernon odom, channel6 action news at Police Headquarters in center city. A comparison without any winners, vernon. Thank you. New at 5 00 tonight this man 36yearold de bron powell was caught with thousands of bags of heroin. Powell was pulled over in dover this morning for driving with a suspended license. Once stopped police say they found 5200 bags of heroin marijuana and more than a thousand dollars in cash. Powell was arrested and will be charged with five counts of drug possession. Police released Surveillance Video showing two robbers stealing crash a popeyes in philadelphia. The robbery happened last thursday night at the fast food chain in the 3100 block of west cheltenham avenue in cedarbrook. The male suspects jumped over the counter pointed guns at the employees and demanded money. They got off with more than 1,300. If you recognize the suspects in this video youre asked to contact Philadelphia Police. Turning to accuweather, the Delaware Valley is drying out after some spotty showers. This morning the action cam was on Market Street in wilmingtons Rodney Square where plenty of folks had umbrellas on hand earlier today. And stepping live outside right now fast forward a few hour, the skies have started to clear and a little cooldown is on the way. Meteorologist cecily tynan live outside with more on that forecast. Hi, cecily. Hi, monica. I was standing out here an hour ago and it was mostly cloudy and now weve got blue skies so were clearing out really nicely. Satellite and radar showing the band of showers that worked through this morning. Generally less than a tenth of an inch, just enough to wet the ground. That continues to push down to the south. You see that High Pressure over ottawa, that will be nudging down somewhat as we head through tonight and tomorrow so that will bring us loads of sunshine. Temperaturewise its pretty mild. 70 in philadelphia currently. Thats above normal but much cooler than yesterday. Yesterday we reached a high of 87. Felt like summer yesterday. So, the evening planner shows that the clouds will that continue to clear out and with that twe get the winds out of the north. So it cools down pretty quickly. By 9 oclock 63. By 11 oclock 59. You dont need the air conditioners tonight like some people did last night. As we head through the week, the next two days will be seasonable but im tracking two days nearly 80 and then much cooler air by the weekend along with some rain. Ill run it all doyne for you when i come inside for the full accuweather forecast. Brian. All right, cecily, thank you. The care of children and families in need has improved in new jersey. That was the sentiment today by governor Chris Christie who talked in trenton about the results of a recent federal report he commended the department of children and family or dcf for its improvements that he says now more effectively protect some of the states most vulnerable residents. This job, the job that you all do every day has to be done for from a place of love. If its not done from a place of love its not going to happen the right way. The new report shows dcf has improved across six important areas and for the first time satisfied all Performance Measures on its cases. We are less than 10 days and countering until the beginning of the nfl draft here in philadelphia president ial nominee with the city on the clock, the stage for the big event is starting to take shape. If youve been near the parkway in the last two weeks youve seen all the work thats going into the setup. Come this wednesday, another set of road closures will go into that effect. Wednesday morning the inner lanes of the parkway will be closed from eakins oval to 20th street. The ben franklin parkway then shuts down completely one week from today. Action News Reporter walter perez will have more on the traffic impact for you coming up tonight at 6 00. Philadelphia residents have just hours left to register to vote if they want their voice heard next month. The ballot for mays primary election includes candidates for District Attorney city controller and several court seats. Two city ballot questions are also up for vote. Anyone not registered to vote must do so by midnight tonight. Time right now for a check of that action news traffic report. Check in once again with matt pelman live in the action News Traffic Center with a progress report. Hey, matt. Hey, guys. If youre electing to head for the schuylkill expressway this afternoon weve been warning you about a crash here on the eastbound side right by the vine expressway and 30th street station. This is all thats left. Its off to the side. Eastbound is still slow as you come in from montgomery but were getting back to normal. The westbound travel time has actually been a little bit worse. Crash on the blue route, 476 southbound by villanova is now long gone. And last half hour we were just getting reports of a vehicle fire on the westbound walt whitman bridge headed into that south philadelphia. Turns out its an accident. You can get by but it is causing some slowing. The ben franklin bridge our good buddy ben will probably be a bet better for you. In delco we had a southbound disabled vehicle along 95 by the Commodore Barry. Thats cleared out. Northbound is just a little sluggish as you head toward highland avenue and in norristown by china palace watch out for a crash along 202 at spruce street. Dekalb at elm would be better bets. Well check it again brian and monica. Much more ahead on action news at 5 00. Carson wentz gearing up to play. In sports the take away for the eagles quarterback from his first season in the nfl and what hes looking forward to this fall. First, health check, a life saving device that one local nonprofit is pushing to make available at places where theres children when action news comes right back. 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. Ostriches dont really stick their heads in the sand. A peanut is not a nut. And a real john deere is actually real affordable. You learn something new everyday. The surprisingly affordable john deere e series tractors. Now you can own americas tractor for just 99 a month. Learn more at your john deere dealer. Five people have died after a plane crash in portugal. It happened this morning after the small plane took off west of rise bon portugals capitol. The plane crashed into a parking lot. All four people on board were killed as was a truck driver on the ground. The cause of the crash is being investigated. Wall street returned from the Holiday Weekend on a high note with dow hitting session highs today. Analysts say there was less political turbulence easing investors concerns about the future of the economy. The dow jones rallied gaining 184 points today. By the opening bell the closing bell. The nasdaq rising 51. 5 s p 500 up about 20 points today. Local nonprofit launched a nationwide campaign to help get more of those life saving aed devices into more locations where there are children. Health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman now live at the big board with the details. Hey, ali. Hey, guys, yeah, if someone is in cardiac arrest the sooner their heart is shocked with an automated external defibrillator the better their chances are for survival but not all facilities or Recreation Centers can afford an aed and thats where assume simons fund helps. Darren is showing the staff at Beckett Life Center how their new aed works and how it can save lives. Hundreds of kids and adults visit the center in north philadelphia every day. But the executive director there says an aed device wasnt in the budget. They recently received theres through donation from simons fund and are grateful. To have that extra level of security is just fantastic. Reporter stedman cofounded simons fund and also launched got ae ddot organize. It gives other centers the opportunity to crowdfund to also get their own aed. You simply upload a profile picture and a description of the venue and then launch your own Crowdfunding Campaign on social media. After you raise 1,100, youll get an aed device and a cabinet shipped to your facility. Reporter anyone can use an automated external defibrillator. Stand clear of patient. Reporter it walks you through the steps and only shocks when necessary. Aeds save thousands of lives each year. The closer one is in an emergency, the better the chances for someone, child or adult, to survive cardiac arrest. An aed device is just like having a smoke deem ticket fire extinguisher. Burglar alarm. You hope you never have to use it but in those instances theyre really important things to have. One local center is already raised enough money and received an aed. A few others have started their campaigns. Now if you want to contribute or start tur own fundraising, you can find a link to the to their link on 6abc. Com health check. Brian and monica, back over to you. Thank you so much ali. Doctors in training got a chance to present their latest research and findings in Atlantic City today. Atlantic care Regional Medical care center currently has 53 residents. Those following fields in internal medicine, pharmacy osteopathic medicine and psychiatry showed off some posters of their work. This was the fifth annual residents research day. And still ahead here on action news at 5 00 tonight the record breaking Holiday Weekend at the box office for hollywoods latest action flick. Plus, how the t. S. A. Is trying to make it easier for philadelphia travelers to spend less time in Airport Security lines. When action news returns tonight. Today marked the 121st running of the boston marathon. The oldest marathon in the world. And the day went to the kenyans who won both the men and womens events. Record day in boston for the womens wheelchair winner. Switzerlands manuela shaw crossed the finish line six minutes faster. Beginning tomorrow, the t. S. A. Will open a temporary Enrollment Center at Philadelphia International airport. It will allow passengers to enroll in t. S. A. Precheck on the spot. Precheck of course allows flyers to leave on their shoes and coats and keep liquids in their carry on luggage. The center will be opened from 8 00 to noon and 1 00 20 5 00. Appointment and walkups will be accepted. Latest installment of the fast fast and the furious set a box office record. The fate of the fewer russ holds furious holds the record. It brought in more than 532 million topping at the mark set by star wars t force awakens back in 2015. In the u. S. , the fate of the furious made more than 100 million. Boss baby dropped to second. Beauty and the beast rounded out the top three. Coming up tonight on 6abc its disney night on dancing with the stars. The nine respect maining celebrities will perform a number of set songs from a disney film including Live Performances from donny osmond and disney is the Parent Company of course of 6abc. The competition for the coveted mirrorball trophy continues right here live tonight at 8 oclock. Thats followed by quantico at 10 00 and action news at 11 00. Still to come on action news at 5 00 a check of that accuweather forecast. Live look outside sky6 giving you the view over cape may, new jersey meteorologist cecily tynan standing when i with the exclusive accuweather five day forecast when action news continues tonight. Time for accuweather at the action news big board. Over to meteorologist cecily tynan to see how things are stacking up. Looking good brian and monica. Over the Commodore Barry bridge a half hour ago was shrouded in clouds but now the clouds giving way to sunshine and blue skies and the humidity levels are really dropping. The dewpoint at last hour was 41 degrees. Now its down to 34 so thats an indication the air is really drying out. Temperature right now Still Holding at 70 degrees. Pretty mild. Its getting on the breezy side. Winds out of the westnorthwest at 14 miles an hour. Pressure system 30 even and the ocean temperature a chilly 48 degrees. And that does have an impact on the air temperature. Cape may you got that that wind off the bay. Its only 60 degrees. Philadelphia is 70 and allentown, allentown saw the sunshine first today with the clouds clearing from the northwest to the southeast, so allentown is now holding at 72 degrees. This month, though has been on the warm side. Temperatures running more than 6 degrees above normal and rainfall has been about average. This is good news. We received about to inches of rain so far this month and there is some more rain on the way later on this week. Satellite and radar showing the rain this morning didnt leave much, most areas less than a tenth avenue and inch of rain, just enough to wet the ground and now you can see how areas east and south of philadelphia still dealing with lost clouds. North and west though clearing out nicely as High Pressure kind of nudges down from the north. What this High Pressure will do is clear our skies out tonight. Tonight becoming clear after midnight and it will be a bit on the cool side. 49 in philadelphia, allentown 43, wilmington 48, Atlantic City and cape may 50 degrees. Good time to download the new accuweather app and that will show you tomorrow nicest day of the week. Loads of sunshine. We start off a bit on the cool side at 53 degrees. By 2 oclock, 63. By 5 oclock, 66. Then back down to 61 degrees by 8 00. Future tracker showing as we head into wednesday we got a bit of an easterly flow. With that picks up some moisture in the form of clouds. Cools things off a bit. We start the day at 45 degrees in the morning and then by the afternoon, 62 degrees so not quite as warm as tomorrow and then we really warm things up thursday and friday. So, the five day at 5 00 showing tomorrow just gorgeous, loads of sunshine mild with a67. Pens pulling a little bit more cloud cover. We drop the temperature a notch still not bad 64. Thursday though it is warm. 79 degrees, some areas could climb into the 80s, possibility of some scattered late thundershowers. Friday still warm, 75, morning clouds, afternoon sunshine but look at the weekend. Saturday the high only 62 degrees and sunday cooler with a chance of rain. Ill talk more about that in the sevenday forecast but much of this week looking pretty nice, guys. Sounds nice. Thank you. Much more to come in our next half hour of action news at 5 00. United airlines has made a policy change following the outrage after that passenger wall dragged off a plane. What fliers can expect once they get on board now. Things were quite literally rolling around at the white house today for a favorite holiday event. What message trump shared with visitors at this years easter egg roll. And it is called dingus day. Its about tradition and celebration. Well explain why it is so special. Those stories and much more when action news comes right back tonight. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month, for the first year with a twoyear agreement. Its the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. Cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. And Verizon Wireless customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, datafree. Get the best. Go to getfios. Com action news continues with meteorologist adam joseph tjaime apody, Rick Williams and monica malpass. Hello again. Rick is off tonight. Brian taff joins us. Heres whats happening on action news for you. The Pennsylvania State trooper allegedly shot by eric frein takes the stand to testify about that deadly night. We are live with more on what he said. Three people including a toddler are rushed to the hospital after a headon crash in bucks county. And Vice President Mike Pence Visits the heavily guarded border between north and south korea as tough talk continues between our country and the north korean dictator kim jong un. But first here this evening we continue to follow developments in the nationwide search for the socalled facebook killer, suspect Steve Stevens. Weve been telling you that a flurry of tip calls phoned into Philadelphia Police placed a car matching the one that stevens was driving at the belmont plateau earlier today. Our action news drone live over that plateau right now. The Police Activity is over now it end the about 12 45 this afternoon but more than a dozen cruisers motorcycle units and trucks searched and converged on that area. Action news learned that investigators got several calls about a white ford vehicle with temporary ohio plates. As a result more than two dozen schools in the area were locked down. Much more on todays search coming up in our next half hour tonight. Now to the latest in the trial of accused killer eric frein. Today the surviving Pennsylvania State trooper took the stand to describe the frightening moments of that deadly siege. Action News Reporter john rawlins spent the day in the courtroom. He joins us live from milford with more. John. Reporter hi, monica. Well, this is the first time we heard from trooper Alex Douglass in public. He was very matter of fact on the stand today. He took the stand at about 4 15 this afternoon. For most of his testimony, certainly as far as the night that this all happened that would have been in september of 2014, he said he had just arrived to work, he is actually still talking on his cell phone to his girlfriend telling her he had just gotten to work and everything was just finally he later, however, broke down on the stand this afternoon as he talked about the lingering pain and the involved medical complications that he has suffered in the meantime t he was shot in the pelvis with a high powered rifle and he has had 18 major surgeries so far and there could be more. Trooper Alex Douglass still walks with a pronounced limp from being ambushed by a sniper on september 12th, 2014. On the stand he told after having arrived to start his shift at the emergency rooming grove barracks tonight he heard first a loud bang. He said it sounded like a fire work. Then heard a. M. Loud scream coming from the front of the building. He went there and saw someone down on the pavement. He told the jury he removed his side arm moving closer he recognized the person down was Corporal Bryan dickson. Douglass knelt down to assist when he said it felt as if he had been slammed in the back with a baseball bat. He told the jury he got to the door pulled himself inside and realized some coward or cowards were shooting from across the street. Douglass talked about how other troopers pulled him to safety and how he felt himself slipping into shock, he couldnt feel his legs, he was sweating and was hot. Corporal dixon died that evening. Douglass survived. The prosecution says the coward who shot him that day was eric frein. Frein showed no emotion as douglass testified. Douglass on the stand again today for about 45 minutes here at the pike county courthouse in milford. There was no crossexamination by the defense. The jury has now for days been hearing from expert witnesses from the prosecution who are putting in key stuff that ties frein allegedly to this crime. Its pretty dry and technical but with todays almost with the end of the prosecution case coming up in the next day or so douglass brought an emotional element into this courtroom. Live in Milford John Rawlins channel6 action news. Back to you all. Thank you john. The search continues tonight for the person who shot a 15yearold boy late last night in edgemoor, delaware. This the scene near the unit block of south penwal drive. That teen was that rushed to the hospital and is expected to recover. Its not clear if he was the intended target. A Court Hearing was held today in Chester County for Gary Lee Fellenbaum the suspect in the torture killing of a little threeyearold boy. Fellenbaum allegedly beat Scotty Mcmillan in 2014 with help from that the childs mom julian tate. The boy was that found unresponsive in tates west caln township home and later was pronounced dead. Tate is fellenbaums exboyfriend. She has accept add plea deal to avoid the death penalty. Three people including a threeyearold child suffered serious. A headon crash in bucks county. It happened in front of the Woodcrest Apartments on lincoln highway at falls township. Authorities say both drivers were trapped in their cars. It took about 30 minutes to cut them free. They were rushed to Saint Marys Hospital in critical condition. It is not clear right now just what led up to that crash. Fire tore through a south Philadelphia Row home this morning. Chopper6 was over the 700 block of christian street about 9 00 a. M. Firefighters had ladders against the front and back of that home to assess the damage. Everyone inside did manage to get outside. The cause is still under investigation. The Trump Administration is ratcheting up its rhetoric on north korea today. Vice president mike pence is in the region. And north korean officials are warning that any u. S. Provocation could have dire consequences. Abcs megan hughes with the latest. Reporter good afternoon. One north korean official today warned a nuclear war could break out at any moment. The Trump Administrations strategy seems to be to rely on china and tough talk. President trump at the White House Easter Egg Roll delivered a message to north korea. Got today behave. Reporter his messenger on the ground Vice President Mike Pence Visit the Demilitarized Zone between north korea and south korea and leading the south Korean Leader pence did not take preemptive military action off the table. The world witnessed the strength and resolve of our new president in actions taken in syria and afghanistan. North korea would do well not to test his resolve. Reporter north koreas representative to the United Nations blamed the u. S. For escalating tensions and warned of a Thermo Nuclear war. The drp is ready to react to any mode of war desired by the americans. Reporter this weekend north korea tested a Ballistic Missile that blew up almost immediately after launch. But hours before north Korean Leader kim jong un flaunted what appeared to be a new arsenal of sizable missiles in military parade. And so far north korean officials are responding to the tough talk from the u. S. With defines. [speaking foreign language] the interpreter well be conducting more missile tests on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis. Reporter White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer says the Trump Administration is hoping it can persuade china to use its influence leaning on a friendship brokered that that meeting at maralago. Well continue to urge china to get better results. The Vice President is moving on to japan tonight. The japanese Prime Minister has voiced support for a tough stance against north korea. In washington, megan hughes, channel6 action news. It took less than 15 minutes for News Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch to ask his first questions from the bench. This morning gorsuch and his colleagues heard arguments for the First Time Since president trumps nominee was sworn in. The case before the justices involved a procedural issue in a federal workers employment discrimination claim. The high court is back to its full nine members after being shorthanded since justice antonin scalias death more than 14 months ago. President trump welcomed families to the white house today for the annual easter egg roll. Trump accompanied by his wife melania and their 11yearold son barron and other members of the trump family told the large crowd that we will be stronger bigger and better as a nation than ever before. Many of the Trump Officials were there including press Secretary Sean Spicer. The white house is expecting more than 21,000 children and adults to attend today down from 35,000 who attended last year. World news tonight with david muir will have much more on the growing tensions with north korea as well as the continuing search for that Facebook Killing suspect steven stevens. You can watch that many following action news at 6 00. Lets check in now on the evening commute tonight. Were going to matt pelman to see how things are rolling out there. Hi matt. Were wishing the cars were running as fast as the kids were running at the white house today. Not so much. Any little break that we got last week during spring break pmonica and brian, and i emphasize little, it was not a big break but thats over now so were back to being on the brakes here on the vine in both directions between the schuylkill and 95t it is very crowded this afternoon. Also busy on the northbound side of the boulevard as you come off the schuylkill and head up toward broad street. Thats just a normal afternoon delay. But a little bit farther north there was an accident by langdon street. Cleared out pretty quickly. Thats where the home depot sits on the southbound side of the fence. We also lost our crashes on the eastbound schuylkill by the vine and the westbound side of the walt whitman headed into south philadelphia, those accidents have cleared out but whats not clearing any time soon are the restrictions because of the nfl draft. At this point everything is the same as last week but starting wednesday morning, the inner drives of the parkway will close, so changes are just over a day away. And theres a bad crash this afternoon in Chester Heights delco along route one Baltimore Pike at valley brook road. As you travel between concordeville and wawa, watch out for the emergency crews there. Brian and monica, back over to you. All right matt. Thank you. See you later on. Still ahead United Airlines says the yanking of a passenger off a flight was a watershed moment. What changes the Company Announced today. Rest and relaxation is over. Time to start getting back to work for the eagles. Jaime apody from the eagles quarterback carson wentz coming up in sports. Cecily is in for adam. Hi, monica. And sky6 taking a look over easton pennsylvania. Blue skies and sunshine are back. Ill let you know how long the dry weather sticks around and track some pretty big swings in temperatures this week in the accuweather 7day forecast. All right, well have those stories and more when action news comes right back tonight. Well, u. S. Troops continue to support Iraqi Special forces. Today they fired artillery rounds in western mosul where theyre battling Islamic State fighters. Officials say theyre making direct strikes as well as making craters in roads to stop suicide bar dabombs. Nearly a half million civilians have fled mosul since the wide scale military operation began last october. United airlines has made a policy change following the outrage after that passenger was dragged off their plane. The airline now says passengers boarding will no longer be removed. The airline says they require crews traveling on their aircraft to be booked at least 60 minutes prior to any departure and if a passenger needs to be bumped in the future to make room it will now happen at the gate. Since this video of a man being dragged off a flight after refusing to give up his seat surfaced more united passengers have also come forward. If we had refused to get up, that would have been us. They told us we will drag you off. American airlines is following united saying it will no longer ask passengers already on board to give up their seats and deltas now authorized to offer nearly 10,000 up from 1,300 for folks who voluntarily give up their seats on overbooked flights. Well, this years tax deadline is tomorrow. April 18th. If you owe uncle sam any money, you may soon have to answer to private debt collectors. The i. R. S. Will be sending out letters to affected taxpayers. Only people with longstanding tax debts going back several years will be contacted and the initial contact will not be by telephone. And while you get closer to the final day to file, the i. R. S. Is reminding taxpayers 70s percent of them are eligible to prepare and file their federal tax return free of charge. Jaime apody here with sports catching up with carson wentz. Yes, we havent heard from him in awhile. Its spring tile yet football is all anyone is talking about around here. Eagles begin voluntary spring workouts. For the first time in a long time we hear from the eagles quarterback who says after an off season working on his mechanics hes set for a bigger and better followup to his rookie campaign. Mentally its a whole different ball game. Its no the coming in trying to learn a new playbook and be overwhelmed with that and the other thing that come with being a rookie in the locker room. Coming in and having some confidence already knowing the playbook now im ready to dive into it really more understand and just grow with these relationships with these receivers with these tight ends with everybody im really excited about it. Feels like just yesterday i was in chicago the night that carson heard his name called by the eagles with the second overall pick. Hard to believe its been a whole year and with the draft coming to philadelphia late next week twentz reply flectd today on what the process was like for him. I just remember being tired all the time. [laughter] it was an exhausting time. Youre flying around everywhere, youre working out all the time. Just being tired but also mentally cause you have no idea whats ago. If you know, its a big question mark and then finally ill never forget the draft, ill never forget that night hearing my name called knowing i was an eagle getting to spend it with my friends and family, that time, you know, it still gives me chills talking about it. Did you know the very first nfl draft was held right here in philadelphia at the ritzcarlton in 1936. 81 years later it returns and its been back a few times before then, too, but a few local prospects are 10 days away from seeing their dreams come true and i met one of them today. This is Corey Clemons a former star running back at Glassboro High School and the university of wisconsin projected as going as high as the third round in the draft. Hell be meeting with the eagles on wednesday. They do that need a running back. Heres what he plans on telling them. Its about being humble and thankful for even being in this position and im just going to make the most of it and show the most are to the Coaching Staff and show them who i. And what i can be for the team a great asset. Is clemons an eagles fan growing up right here . That and much more on this former Area High School star coming up at 6 00. Well have your complete draft coverage including all of our local products on our action news sports and special draft Preview Party next wednesday night live from the parkway at 7 30 p. M. Right here on channel6. The mets are on deck next for the phillies who are off tonight. Yesterday the phils lost a series to the nats on the final pitch but that was nothing compared to the hit that Teddy Roosevelt took. Literally. Now watch. It looks like teddy watch teddy. Hes got the race won, rightly . Totally. Except rogue easter bunny, that bunny came out of nowhere and poor teddy paid the price. Look at this. An ear to ear hit. Should be a penalty. And teddy loses once again. I thought easter was a peaceful holiday. No, not any. What is going on with that . [laughter] thank you, jamie. I cant unsee that, jamie. We had to watch that at my house 17 times yesterday on replay. I have no doubt. It was quite a hit. Thank you my friend. They say everyone is polish on dyngus day. Dag woods pub in torresdale celebrated its Fourth Annual dyngus Day Celebration today with homemade traditional polish food for all to enjoy. Later there will be music and polka dancing. Dyngus day traditionally goes back to the 15th century when polish immigrants brought the celebration to america and it became a post lenten tradition. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month, for the first year with a twoyear agreement. Its the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. Cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. And Verizon Wireless customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, datafree. Get the best. Go to getfios. Com congrbut when rightwingomised topoliticians triedth care. To pass a disastrous Health Care Repeal bill that raises costs and cuts coverage, macarthur wouldnt oppose them. Macarthur wouldnt protect us from a bill that raises premiums and causes 24 million to lose their insurance. Wouldnt oppose a massive age tax on people over 50. But supported a 600 billion tax break for the wealthy. Tell Tom Macarthur stop trying to repeal our health care. Cecily tynan along with the accuweather forecast. Stunning day yesterday but a mixed bag. Tomorrow will be beautiful. Okay. And then but. Next weekend at this point not looking that great. But thats way far away. We can work on that. Well talk about the good news. Storm tracker6 live showing that the showers we had earlier dam did are really clearing out. The action cam early this afternoon was in fdr park in south philadelphia and you can see plenty of clouds there but the clouds are clearing out and temperatures pretty nice. Currently in philadelphia, its 70s degrees. That 5 degrees above normal. Allentown saw the sunshine earlier, so 72. Reading and lancaster 71. Notice cape may with that wind off the bay, its a lot cooler, 61 degrees. So temperatures running about 5 degrees above normal but compared to yesterday, were 10 to 20 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. Philadelphia yesterday hit a high of 87 were. Felt more like the fourth of july than easter. But things are cooling off thanks to this front. Satellite6 and action radar slowing this is the front that brought us light scattered showers earlier today. Its kind of pushed down the 80s. Down to the south over the carolinas. Then theyll stay there for the next two days. Tonight High Pressure building in will clear our skies out. Its going to be a lot cooler than last night, 43 in suburbs, about 49 for center city with winds out of the north five to 10 miles per hour. And tomorrow nicest day of the week as far as sky conditions. Loads of sunshine, center city it will be seasonable, couple degrees above normal, 67 degrees. If youre in Lehigh Valley and allentown, plenty of sunshine, mostly sunny, 66. Down the shore, though, before you think about it, its going to be a nice beach day. We will have an onshore flow so that means its going to be a lot cooler right along the coast, temperatures only in the upper 50s. Future tracker showing by wednesday, 8 oclock in the morning we begin to see an easterly flow more inland. That will pull more clouds in. 8 oclock in the morning some sunshine but then later in the day the clouds roll in, a few scattered showers, a better chance of some showers on thursday night, perhaps even some thunderstorms. And we dom need the rain because the pollen forecast is very high h maple juniper and popular the pain culprits. Pollen remains high to medium high with rain on sunday it should kind of wash the pollen out of the area. If you have allergies like i do youre definitely suffering this time of the year. The exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, tomorrow youll needle the sunglasses. Bright sunshine, really a nice day, a high of 67. On wednesday, that easterly flow pulls in more clouds, 64 degrees but again, 50s along the coast. Thursday we get a bubble of very warm air. 79 degrees, perhaps some scattered showers or thunderstorms late in the day and overnight into friday morning, then the clouds break for some sunshine with the sun should manage to make it up into the mid 70s again but dont get used to it. The weekend we cool off pretty dramatically. Saturday mostly cloudy, 62 degrees. Possibility of a scattered shower, i think we have a better chance of rain arriving on sunday. The high dropping to 60 so most of the day temperatures only in the 50s and monday it stays cool, it stays unsettled with some scattered april showers and a high of 62 degrees. So, enjoy the bright sunshine tomorrow because its not going to be lasting for the weekend. Okay, will do. Thank you so much cecily. Remember you can get the very latest sevenday forecast and check storm tracker6 radar any time yourself at 6abc. Com weather. Be sure to follow our accuweather team, too, on social media for the latest updates. Right now jim gardner and the Action News Team standing by with these stories and more next at 6 00. A nationwide manhunt for a murder suspect was focused on philadelphia this afternoon. Details on todays massive search and the lockdown of 30 schools. Plus, a construction crew makes a gruesome discovery. Were live with more on the burned body found inside an abandoned restaurant. And another local cemetery is dealing with the aftermath of a vandalism spree. Details on the damage in cherry hill. Those stories and more coming up next. For adam joseph, Cecily Tynan Jaime apody Rick Williams brian taff the entire Action News Team, im monica malpass. Have a good night. Action news at 6 00 is next. Good night. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. Monday night. A Cherry Hill Cemetery is cleaning up after the work of vandals. And fire causes extensive damage to a Delaware County church. But the big story on action news tonight is the nationwide search for the facebook killer and for a time today ground zero was philadelphias Fairmount Park. Police scoured the area around belmont plateau looking for 37yearold Steve Stevens, the person wanted for the murder of a 74yearold man in cleveland yesterday and for then posting video of the killing on facebook. Philadelphia police got tips that stevens was seen in Fairmount Park. And thats are action News Reporter Sarah Bloomquist is live. Sarah, what happened there today . Reporter jim, let me just start by saying Philadelphia Police say there is no indication that Steve Stevens is here in Fairmount Park or in the city of philadelphia at all. Were going use drone6 to help tell the story. Its just over to my left. Lets send it up over the air over belmont plateau. This afternoon officers did that respond to multiple 911 calls reporting sightings of the wanted man right here on the belmont plateau. They converged on the area. They took those reports very seriously and shut down 30 schools while the search was that under way. In the air and on the ground, Philadelphia Police searched Fairmount Park this afternoon. Shortly after 12 30, they received multiple 911 calls that the cleveland man who shot an innocent senior
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