Brandywine township. A one time newspaper reporter taught english and sports literature here at Coatesville High School and assistant basketball coach at East High School in west chester he also published several well reviewed books on high school athletics. Coatesville students said he was a good teacher who seemed to love his work. Students loved him. He was always nice. He was a pleasant guy. I have him this year for sports literature. We watched different sports documentary films we examined them and we like we learned different aspects of the film the documentary about sports. Reporter in a statement west chester schools said in wake of the charges mr. Hostetler is not permitted on School Property nor permitted access to our students. Coatesville issued a nearly identical statement. Both said he passed allstate and federal background checks and there had been no odd complaints about his behavior. Now, the Coatesville School district signaled today that it is beginning the suspension process of the defendant with the intender to fire him. He had been working there since 2007. He was able to go home today. He was able to make the 10 percent that was required of his 20,000 bail. Live in westtown, john recall lanes, channel6 action news. All right, john, thank you. Brand new after 4 00 and from our delaware news room one person is dead after a dump truck an car collided. It happened on route 13 and duck creek road. You can see the heavy damage to that car there. Police say the driver of the car 58yearold charles kobosko died in the crash. The southbound lanes of route 13 were closed for hours as police investigated but those lanes are back opened at this hour. Take a look now at the huge chunks of ice floating in the delaware river. It makes this scene in trenton today look more like something in the arctic. Yeah, but you dont need to see a glacier per se to know its absolutely frigid out there. Lets get a live look now at the accuweather forecast. Adam joseph over the big board with the details. We kind of hit rock bottom this morning with those wind chills. In allentown it felt like 9 degrees below zero, 16 and below in mount pocono, two in philadelphia, one below in trenton, one above in reading and even southern areas dover, millville to Atlantic City between about one and 4 degrees. Weve recovered a little bit this afternoon. A lot of clouds out there. So the sunshine really not able to work those temperatures up very much. Feels like 22 degrees in philadelphia, the same for millville, 18 in allentown, 23 in dover as well as lancaster. As we take a look at the temperatures across the lower 48, you can see were in a warming trend. We just kind of have this trough left over from chicago the ohio valley into parts of the midatlantic with temperatures in the upper 20s to around freezing but there you can see the warmth building with 50s to the south and west and this will continue to march to the north and east as we get excuse me through the upcoming weekend. So, whats ahead . A mild weekend is on tap a really nice turn around for saturday and sunday. It will mainly be dry over the upcoming weekend before monday we see our next system arrive. Well call it a miserable monday especially when you compare to it what we will enjoy this upcoming weekend. Well have that full accuweather forecast, talk about how warm those temperatures get, brian, for your saturday and sunday and whats in store for monday as well in that full accuweather forecast. At least we have the weekend to look forward to. Yes. When wintry weather hits keep an eye on our Storm Tracker 6 raid tore an 6abc. Com weather. We have your hourly and sevenday forecasts along with the latest call from our team of meteorologists right here at action news. They were trying pull a car over but the Police Officers involved ended up crashing their cruiser and the accident sent cops and innocent people to their hospital. David henry is live now near the scene of this wreck in northeast philadelphia. David. Reporter yeah, shirleen, most of the vehicles involved in this accident have been towed away but what remains here is the Police Vehicle itself, a reminder of how horrific this accident was. You can see the condition of that vehicle. The others were banged up pretty well as well. But fortunately no one involved here suffered any kind of serious injuries. The white car was heading down lawrence street and had the right of way. The police car had a stop sign on herbert. Its not clear yet if the police car stopped before heading into the intersection. The white car was driven by alejandro agra montae. His cousin says he was on his way to pick up a customer for his limo service. The cop driving that way across the street. Reporter the cop didnt stop. No, the cop no stop. Thats what happened. Reporter he says his cousin is pretty banged up and will have to spend the night in the hospital. The police say the two officers involved were treated for minor injuries. The Police Continue their investigation. They say the patrol vehicle spotted a suspicious looking car and started to follow but the accident happened before any kind of pursuit. The police arent saying yet if they had activated their lights and siren before entering the intersection. The car that they were trying to stop did pull over a little ways ahead and they got stopped and they were just investigated and let go. So, there was no pursuit. Reporter the luckiest of all here is the man who was sitting in the volkswagen at the corner. He says the Police Vehicle flew right over him. Next thing i know the suv is going over my car. Reporter right over your car . Right over top of the car. I saw the undercarriage of the car. So scary but. Reporter and you werent hurt. No, i wasnt hurt at all. Reporter a lost lucky people out here today. Mostly that guy in that volkswagen who saw a car fly right over the top of his head but unfortunately the one driver of the white limo will have to remain in the hospital tonight for observation. Live in north wood, david henry, channel6 action news. Shirleen. Thank you david. Police are looking for the murderer who shot a man more than a dozen times on the street in southwest philadelphia. It happened just before midnight on the 1400 block of south paxon street. Police say a 51yearold man was shot 17 times. Investigators say they think this is an attempted robbery. They are checking surveillance cameras in the area to see if it can give them any clues. From our delaware news room a water main break caused Serious Problems on a major road in newark today and its still affecting peoples drinking water. The action cam was on kirkwood highway this morning where an 8inch main broke near cleveland avenue. It forced road crews to close the road for most of the day. It is back opened right now. Now, the break also affected a school in the area. The middle school had to dismiss students early today and several businesses along the busy highway had to shut down because they didnt have any water. The action cam found signs posted in windows explaining the situation to customers. Now, the city is asking feeble boil their water because of a risk for e. Coli. Experts are testing the water and will give an update once theyre sure theres no contamination but that could take up to 48 hours. Brian and shirleen. Alicia thank you. Time for the action news traffic report. Weve got breaking news this afternoon on i95. Lets go live now to matt pelman in the action News Traffic Center with an upday. Reporter good good news things are looking up. As we look live at 95 these are the southbound lanes by cottman avenue and just up ahead just a bit ago from sky 6 we caught a huge vehicle fire in the southbound lanes. Chopper 6 was overhead here. This is the southbound side between cottman avenue and Bridge Street. You see the work truck there in flames but the firefighters got out there made pretty quick work of the situation. The fire now completely extinguished. Everything is out of the way and all southbound lanes are reopened. But as we come back out here live you can see the jam that were left with on the southbound side from woodhaven youre dealing with a lot of stopped traffic through this point approaching cottman down to the earlier vehicle fire scene approaching Bridge Street. So that southbound travel time of 40 minutes ideally should be 14. Nowhere close this afternoon but northbound you may have seen is even slower. Thats the gaper drain normal afternoon volume. Speeds like just 9 Miles Per Hour as you travel northbound by the betsy ross bridge. Also the crash we were watching in lower merion this afternoon on wynnewood road at winnowed road and another vehicle fire is on the new jersey turnpike in Chesterfield Township burlington county, southbound side just past exit seven for route 206 has the right lane blocked so youre looking at speeds in the 30s as you come down from 195 and if youre out and about in ac this afternoon watch out for a crash involving a pedestrian along indiana avenue at pacific avenue. Grab the ipad do the commuter report on this friday afternoon. Happy friday everybody and were checking slow speeds and people complaining of so much traffic on 95 southbound because of that earlier vehicle fire, now extinguished all lanes reopened but still a sizable delay. Well check it again brian and shirleen in the next half hour. Thank you matt. Still ahead isis claims an american hostage is dead but they say they didnt do it. What they say happened instead and how the u. S. Is responding. Plus, new details today on that deadly plane crash in taiwan. Investigators say they now know what the pilot did in the seconds before the plane went down but they still cant figure out why. And the Powerball Jackpot just got even bigger. Wait until you hear the cash thats up for grabs in tomorrows drawing. I love my shows, but i cant just sit around all day. Thats why i have xfinity. Their cloud based dvr lets me take everything i recorded, anywhere i go. Which is perfect for me, [whispering] because i have responsibilities. I mean thats really interesting, then how do you explain these photos . [people gasping] objection your honor. Sustained. With the x1 dvr library you could take anywhere, xfinity is perfect for people on the go. There are new reports today that an American Woman held hostage by isis has been killed in an air strike. In an online statement claiming to be from isis identifies the hostage as Kayla Jean Mueller a 26yearold captured during a humanitarian mission. It says she was killed when jordan launched airstrikes on a militant strong hold in northern syria. A photo of the damage was included with the online statement. The state Department Says it is deeply concerned and looking into the claim but so far there is no evidence to support it. If it is true, this would be the fourth american to die in isis captivity. Investigators in taiwan say the black boxes reveal more information into what may have caused the crash of that trans issue jet monday moments after takeoff an possible fatal mistake made in the cockpit. Just five seconds after the plane took off the crew knew something was wrong. After 10 seconds an engine warning signaled something is wrong with the right engine. Compounding that problem it turns out the crew may have shut down the wrong engine leaving no working engines. cause if they may have shut down the wrong engine, no power the airplanes essentially a glider. A glider that hit a taxicab on its way down. That crash killed at least 35 people. Eight are still missing and presumed dead. Shirleen. All right alicia, to business now. Stocks were lower to close the week. The dow dropped 60 points today. The nasdaq lost almost 21. The s p was down seven points. The drop came in spite of a strong january jobs report. That report showed the u. S. Added 257,000 jobs last month. It also showed wages jumped by the most in six years. And the news got even better since the labor Department Says the u. S. Economy added more jobs in november and december than previously thought. In fact, novembers numbers were the best in 17 years. The average hourly wage in january was also up 12 cents. Unemployment was actually up a tenth of a point but analysts say thats good news because more than a million americans started looking for work once again. And radio shack has made it official. After 94 years the Electronics Retailer has filed for bankruptcy. It plans to sell more than half of its stores to sprint. The other stores will close. The writing has been on the wall for radio shack for quite awhile. The company has no ability to pay its debt and its been closing hundreds of stores trying to stay afloat. The New York Stock Exchange stopped listing radio shack earlier this week. The Powerball Jackpot went up once again today, one day before tomorrows very big drawing. The action cam was in south philadelphia where we found people buying tickets for a shot at tomorrows 380 million prize. Thats about 257 million in cash if you take that cash option and that number is likely to rise before the drawing. You can see the numbers as they come out tomorrow night during action news at 11 oclock. It is time now for the accuweather forecast and quite a cold day it was today. I wish you could see adam joseph literally sprinting over here to get into position because hes crunching the very latest numbers. Yes, he is. Im just so excited how warm its going to get this weekend. My mind is kind of looking at a vacation for saturday and sunday but as we look at double scan live radar this is another beautiful picture not finding any precipitation but those temperatures still a little on the chilly side for the end of the week. Right now as we look at philadelphia the number at 32 degrees. 27 in allentown 30 degrees in trenton, 33 at the Atlantic City airport and as you head towards wilmington, as well as lancaster were right around in Freezing Point but again numbers have moved up since yesterday and theyll continue to move in that direction as we go through the upcoming weekend. 18 your wind chill right now in allentown, 22 in philadelphia, 22 in millville and you can see the trajectory of the winds. Right now theyre moving more out of the westnorthwest. Yesterday they were driving out of the northnorthwest. Were starting to get that wind shift. That will push warmer air in and definitely it will come in for the upcoming weekend. As you look tupper part of the atmosphere you can see the clouds moving in that trajectory coming in from the great lakes. That is a high pushes to the east well start to move that cloud cover and a front to the north and thats going to allow a little bit of sunshine through the upcoming weekend but also push those temperatures at if not above freezing by the end of the weekend. So, for tonight a lot of clouds and not as bitter as last night. 13 in allentown, 19 in trenton and toms river. Philadelphia 23. And millville will drop back to around 19 degrees. Future tracker will show at 10 oclock saturday morning there could be a little bit of snow showers breaking out into the poconos as that boundary pushes from the south to the north. By saturday evening, you can see the snow showers breaking up binghamton, burlington, were beginning to clear south of philadelphia and again that front is going the stall to our north on sunday afternoon at 3 oclock. Thats where theyll see any mixed rain or sleet or snow showers. We stay on the dry side through much of the weekend but eventually that boundary will collapse back down to the beginning of next week. But if youre heading up to the poconos cloudy, calm tomorrow there. Could be an early snow shower with temperatures in the 20s so good skiing conditions for saturday. And on sunday, more in the way of clouds and any mix that starts to arrive to the poconos wouldnt be until very late in the day or in the evening hours with temperatures between about 33 and 35 degrees. The exclusive accuweather fourday at 4 00 much milder tomorrow as we break into some peeks of sun. Up to 45 degrees and we say welcome back to the 50s here on sunday. 50 degrees in the city. Better than that in southern areas with a little sunshine and on sunday evening into sunday night some rain showers will develop. Light rain on monday for most at 42 degrees. Maybe mixing in the Lehigh Valley at a time before it turns breezy and sunny on tuesday with a temperature of 42 degrees. So, the next four days not bad temperaturewise compared to what weve been through this week. Yeah. But wait until you see that sevenday. Nothing like that. Another rollercoaster . Well see. Got to stick around for the next half hour. All right. Thank you, adam. Members of the Philadelphia Fire Department faced discipline after an investigation into sex between firefighters and a female paramedic. Action news anchor Rick Williams is live now in the news room with the very latest on this one. Rick. Hi, shirleen thank you. Thats right. The head of the Firefighters Union spoke out today about the investigation and said the Inspector General never provided them a full report. The union head, joe schule said all of the sex was consentual and the other allegations involve sexual harassment. More details about what happened and when any discipline will be handed down. Also coming up tonight Atlantic City patrol officers are being equipped with a tool to help combat the heroin epidemic in that city. Theyre being trained how to use a special medication called narcan. Well tell you how it works coming up tonight at 5 00. Just some of the stories were working on for you until we see you back then. Brian back to you. Happy birthday by the way. Where is my gift . Its coming later on. [laughter] some of philadelphias finest were rewarded for their hard work today. Commissioner Charles Ramsey announced promotions of more than 100 members of the Philadelphia Police department. That includes 51 detectives, 13 captains. D. A. Seth williams was at the ceremony at Temple University to congratulate the men and women on their continued success. Fire Academy Cadets tried to prove that they are ready for the next level with a show of endurance today. The group ran to all six fire stations throughout wilmington. A journey of 10 miles in temperatures hovering in the teens today, my goodness. To top it all off they dropped for situp and push up at each stop. Several of them it appears. The run has become an annual rite of passage for all of wilmingtons academy graduates. When Winter Weather impacts our area inevitably traffic problems arise and a major issue for drivers stuck on the road is the possibility of running out of gas. A new product on the market claims to address that issue. Heres consumer reporter nydia han with a preview of her special report coming up on action news at 11 00. Reporter this product claims to be your perfect solution for gas emergencies never get stranded again this will get you going. But does it work . Plus it says its safe and nonflammable so you can keep it in your car. We test both claims. We also have a list of items to keep in your car in case of an emergency. Tonight on channel 6 action news at 11 00ly. Need all of those things. The local bar held up by men with shot guns early this morning. Plus an update on our top story, a suspected case of measles in Montgomery County. And the latest on the outbreak from the symptoms to the vaccine we are giving you a chance to ask your question coming up. I may be a pizza maker, but i know a few things about dessert. Like chocolate, and more chocolate. Introducing papa johns new Double Chocolate chip brownie. Delicious. Decadent. Served warm, for just 6. Better ingredients. Better brownie. Papa johns. I know grandmas house isnt the most exciting, but its only for a few hours. Look what ive got. When you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality, super fast internet, and americas most reliable network. So you wont miss a second of that movie, that game they love, or those moments with family. Can we sleep over . Please come on make your house the house. You get more from verizon fios the tv Service Rated 1 in hd picture quality and signal reliability based on Customer Satisfaction studies plus americas fastest most reliable internet. And for peace of mind, get a price quote in writing and professional installation from a highly trained verizon technician. Now thru february 21st get a fios triple play online for just 79. 99 a month a price guaranteed for two full years. Plus get an incredible 400 bonus with a twoyear agreement. But hurry, this amazing deal ends february 21st. Visit verizon. Com worryfree to learn more today. Philadelphia police are trying to track down the people who robbed a Queen Village bar with shot guns overnight. It happened just before 2 30 as the staff was closing up at irish times on second and bainbridge. Police say two masked men walked in with shot guns. It is still not clear if they actually took anything but investigators say they didnt stay long before they ran off. No one was hurt. Patco is get something upgrades to make it easier for folks who are waiting on platforms. The commuter line is installing monitors at stations to keep passengers updated on trains, arrivals and departures and on weather conditions. The agency says the monitors are a part of a series of overhauls that include track work and refurbished trains. The new monitors started going in last week alicia. Brian, a woman nearly killed by her husband is telling her story. Mary Margaret Farren was married to a white house lawyer but he attacked her just two days after she served him with divorce papers. She says shes talking now because she hopes to make other women aware of the signs of abuse. You can see her story tonight on 20 20s at 10 oclock right here on 6abc followed by action news at 11 back to you guys. All right alicia. Action news continues with the latest on the Measles Outbreak both nationwide and right here in the delaware valley. And pope francis takes a stand on spanking. Why the pontiff says Corporal Punishment is okay in certain circumstances. Plus, the retired janitor shocks his small town. How this scruffy vermont man wound up proving you should never judge a book by its cover. Action news continues with meteorologist adam joseph, Alicia VitarelliShirleen Allicott and brian taft. It is 4 30 and action news continues with the first freebie friday of the month where you can find everything from free tango lessons to free gym classes for the little ones. Plus, he walked in looking for a clip on tie but walked out with something that would last a lifetime. What made several target workers stop what they were doing to help a teenager who needed a little mentoring. And later, good intentions, terrible outcome. Fleece missouri say a sixyearold boys family faced a terrifying kidnapping to teach him about stranger danger. You wont believe how far the lesson went. But were going to begin now with developing views on the Measles Outbreak. Late today we learned that a 15yearold Montgomery County boy may be the latest person exposed to that disease. Health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman us with more on what we learned. We learned this about an hour ago brian and details are still coming in. We know the patient is isolating himself at home. Now, we do not know if he was or was not fully vaccinated. But Health Officials are urging everyone if you or your child is not vaccinated, police do so. It will help protect you and it will help protect children too young to get the vaccine. Five infants at this Daycare Center outside chicago have been diagnosed with measles. And up to 10 other babies are at risk and now being kept at home. A day care in santa monica is reopening today after a baby there had measles. But 14 infants are still under quarantine. And a oneyearold child in jersey city also caught measles and has recovered. Neighbors have been instructed to watch for symptoms. There are more than 100 cases reported nationally this year. Many have been linked the an outbreak at disneyland last movement measles can be serious. In some cases it can lead to swelling of the brain and even death. The vaccine works but over the decade, many parents opted out of the vaccine due to unfounded fears linking vaccines to autism. Yesterday the group Autism Speaks released a statement saying vaccines do not cause autism. We urge that all children be fully vaccinated. For them to say the question is over, vaccines dont cause autecism get vaccinated thats a big step. Reporter some lawmakers are calling for stricterrer guidelines on who can opt out of vaccines. Mississippi has no opt out provisions. 99 percent of kindergartners are vaccinated and there have been no measles cases there since 1992. Compare that to california where more than 17,000 parents refuseed vaccines last year. Its vaccination rate is nine 2 . There have been 99 cases of measles there since december. And we know there are more questions so we have a live Facebook Chat going on right now. Dr. Diane westerburg from Cooper University hospital is there. Doctor, going back to that suspected case in Montgomery County, can you talk us through what goes into the investigation of a suspected case . I suspect that this patient came to the office, maybe with a slight fever, a slight rash, maybe feeling fatigued. The doctor would have looked for his temperature often with measles youll have a high temperature, although it may start out low. The patient may have had congestion bloodshot itchy irritated eyes, red type of rash over the body and spots in the mouth that are called coplic spots which are little white spots on the cheeks. And after once you suspect a child that has measles you would send them for a blood test to check the titres to see if they have antibodies against the disease. Thank you doctor. Thats what were waiting for is those lab results. If you have questions at home you can join the chat. Just go to the action News Facebook page. Dr. Westerberg will be answering questions until 5 30 tonight. Lots of parents have questions. Definitely join that chat. Thank you ali for that. It was quite a scene in northeast philadelphia this morning after six cars collided on i95. Chopper 6 hd was over the northbound lanes around 10 00 a. M. You can see one of the cars involved in the crash wedged beneath an suv. The pileup closed a portion of the interstate between Bridge Street and cottman avenue for nearly two hours. Despite all the damage, no one was hurt. Investigators are still trying to determine which driver was at fault. A 54yearold delaware man woman, that is, is facing a number of charges for allegedly injuring a state trooper on i95 in newark last night. Officials say Vanessa Wilson rearended a trooper after he tried to stop her by pulling in front of her car. State police say in addition to driving under the influence of alcohol troopers found a small amount of crack cocaine on wilson. The trooper was not seriously hurt. Delaware state police converged on a Shopping Center today to arrest a robbery suspect. They captured the man driving a stolen car at the bryn mawr Shopping Center on morris road in wilmington. Investigators say he was wanted for a robbery in pennsylvania. A second suspect escaped and police were looking for him in the area surrounding the Shopping Center. One person was hurt and treated for cuts to the face but its not clear right now how that person was involved in this incident. Health officials now confirm rosas restaurant in hamilton was cited for employee hand washing violations one month before a worker tested positive for hepatitis a. Workers were also observed handling food with bear hands there. Three customers have contracted the disease although officials have not said if their cases were directly linked to the worker diagnosed in november. Action news called that restaurant today. The owner had no comment. Health Officials Say they have seen improvements during recent followup visits. One person was hurt when fire spread through a Center City Apartment this morning. It sparked on the second floor of the building on the 300 block of south 17th street just before 1 30 a. M. Though it only took crews about 10 minutes to put out the fire, one resident was hurt. They retreated at the scene. Officials are still trying to determine a cause. A water main break in wilmington is being claimed on the rapid change in temperatures. Chopper 6 hd was over the scene along west 14th and North Clayton streets. Thats where a pipe broke around 11 30 this morning. Service was shut off to homes in the area so crews to isolate the leak. A city spokes western says work is now under way to repair the broken pipe. Everybody is expected to be back online by this evening. We have made it to friday. Everybodys earned i think a pretty nice weekend and adam joseph says were going get one. Yes, i can deliver that to you. All right. Both saturday and sunday. As we take a look right now at a pretty nice shot in cape may on sky 6. Sun out there high clouds but its a cold one at the shore 34 degrees. The dewpoint has come up from areas where we saw below zero dewpoints which is extremely dry arctic air. Were starting to get a little more moisture at 10 degrees. Winds out of the westsouthwest at 11 miles an hour and at Philadelphia International airport more in the way of cloud cover here but the wind is not too bad. Southwest 14, wind chill 22 and again that air still very dry but at least were starting to add a little more moisture so we can relax your lips and hands and all that from being chapped by this arctic air that has been in place through much of the week. In fact, Philadelphia International airport no delays and no delays at all the major hubs. Look at order dan atlanta jealous, seeing 50s and 60s on their board. Dont be too jealous because well be seeing 50s over the upcoming weekend. Well talk about that jump in temperature coming up. We havent seen 50s in a long time. We had one i think in january but its been awhile. Distant memory. Adam thank you. 6abc Storm Tracker app has you covered from live radar showing you the path of the snow to the latest hour and sevenday forecasts and instand alert for all weather warnings. Download the app right now because it wont cost you even a cent. Young smiles are shining bright today at Delaware Technical Community college in wilmington thanks to the dental health center. Children from low income households were able to get their teeth cleaned and examined for free. Todays event was a winwin for the students. They not only got to give back but got in some much needed practice. A world war ii veteran got a surprise at his home in delaware county. Members of the American Legion arrived to bring john k. Hall a flag and plaque honoring his service on the same day he turned 96 years young. The crozer keystone hospice patient once served under general George Patton in the 14th armored tank division. Hills three daughters were there to watch their dad blow out the candles on his cake and accept his many gifts. He offered free advice. The secret to a long life, bluntly dont smoke. No cigarettes he says. Good advice. Tabloid magazines coffee for. We have five freebies for our viewers. Why dont we teach them a lesson about safety. Instead they wound up in prison. You wont believe how far one Missouri Family went to make sure their sixyearold would not talk strangers. And a touching moment in target. What made several workers stop what they were doing and help a teenage here needed a little mentoring. And meteorologist adam joseph back with that exclusive accuweather forecast when action news continues on a whats it friday. Friday. Oh, friday, its friday. Uhhuh. Well be right back. Sure is. A wild story here. Two California Children are in the care of the state today and their dad is locked behind bars for an entirely different reason. This is joshua who Police Arrested for allegedly going on a drug fueled crime spree breaking into cars and homes in merced california. He had no idea where his kids were. Setting off a frantic search to find them. Police searched neighborhoods and alley ways and eventually found the boys in his truck where they had been locked up for 12 hours. They were in Good Condition but they were extremely cold. They were like popsicles when we touched them. Officers say the two toddlers were locked in their car seats with the windows rolled down. Their father, of course, is now facing a very long list of charges. Wow. And now to a story that really backs up the old adage never judge a book by its cover. This is ronald read, the scruffy vermont man famous in his small town for living frugally. Passed away back in june at the age of 92. Read was known as a nice army veteran who made ends meet by working various low paying jobs until he retired in 1997. Thats why what he left behind came as such a shock to those who knew him. Read donated nearly 5 million to a local hospital and more than 1 million to his library. It turns out the former janitor became interested in the stock market when he retired and apparently he had a knack for it. When read died, his Stock Holdings were valued at more than 8 million. Wow. Here at the big board with the big talkers and a missouri mother a grandmother and other family members are behind bars for the dramatic and dangerous way they tried to teach their sixyearold a lesson about strangers. Police say all of them, including the mom staged the little boys kidnapping. It was spearheaded by the mother who thought that he was being too nice to strangers. So, she had the boy lured into a truck and terrorized to teach him a lesson. His aunts coworker was the one who drove off with the boy, showed him a gun, tide his hands and feet with plastic bag cover couldd his head and threatened to nail him to a shed. All four of those people including the mom and the grandmother facing felony charges. The latest attorney weigh in on the spanking debate is the pontiff. Social media is stir dag to both support and criticize pope francis after he said spanking children is okay as long as it doesnt compromise their dignity. The pope made the comments during his weekly general audience which focused on the role of fathers in the family. He said a good father knows how to forgive from the bottom of the heart. Of course, he can also discipline with a firm hand but the pope stress they had discipline should not involve demeaning the child. Let us know what you think about that one. Finally a very tender moment caught on camera at a target store in raleigh north carolina. The young man you see right here in the suit was simply shopping for a clip on tie for a Job Interview and left the store with a team of cheerleaders and life coaches. You see the store doesnt sell clip ons so a few employees taught him thousand tie a real tie. But they did more than that. Helping him look the part, of course, they also prepped him for that Job Interview. Make sure you look him in the eye give a stern handshake and she showed him. He tucked his shirt on, tide his shoes. We were here to help the young man get a job and forward his future. A shopper so impressed with the kindness and caring of those workers she snapped the picture that of very special moment in the tie aisle and of course it has a lot of people talking and you know on his way out there apparently they were clearing for him go get em, let us know how it goes. No word if he got the job but sure hope we did. Great moment. Thats so great. Alicia thanks. Lets get another check on the roads right now. Matt pelman in the action News Traffic Center with an update matt, do you know how to tie a tie. I learned a couple years ago, yes indeed. It takes some practice. Good afternoon brian and shirleen. They were preparing him for his future were trying to prepare you for your afternoon ride home. Some extra traffic on 95 in delco. Southbound side we have a crash thats partially blocking the ramp from curlin street to the southbound lanes of 95 so thats attracting some attention and causing the extra slowing us a travel through that normally busy spot. And its even slower on this chunk of 95 in the great northeast. In fact, stopped at points between woodhaven the whole way on in to girard. We had that earlier vehicle fire southbound on 95 by Bridge Street that got us you have to a really bad start this afternoon. Also gave us extra heavy delays on the northbound side with speeds in the teens and you know how that goes. Those delays spill back onto the vine, those delays spill back onto the schuylkill so everything is backed up across town this afternoon. Also watching a number of accidents, a couple in frankford. Theres one along aramingo by 95. Weve got one on the boulevard northbound at tyson by Rolling Thunder skating rink. May not be rolling so well threw upper southampton bucks county. Weve got a crash along street road at davisville road an warning for you if youre a 422 driver. Tomorrow theyre shifting the westbound lane between 100 and stow onto the eastbound side so just one lane in each direction until next year but traffic pattern changes tomorrow during the mid day. Well check it again brian and shirleen at 5 oclock. All right matt thanks as always. Take a live look outside right now sky 6 a beautiful shot over Center City Philadelphia tonight. You can still see those streaks of blue in the sky and we love to see that. Yeah, meteorologist adam joseph will have your exclusive sevenday forecast. Changes are coming. Stick around. Next as a Small Business owner you wouldnt deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. So why are you settling for halffast internet . Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch. Upload speeds as fast as your download speeds. So large files go out in a snap and your video conferences with customers are seamless. 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As we take a look at the action cam which is out in clementon new jersey at Silver Lake Park and silver lake you can see it is frozen over. This is a good time to remind you especially with the warmer weather this weekend the kids may want to get out and play, please tell them to stay away from any body of water. You dont know how thick the ice is and it really hasnt been cold enough to make it thick enough to venture out on. As we look at double scan live radar we have clouds outer there this afternoon with some pops of sun here and there and temperaturewise, were better than yesterday. 32 degrees in philadelphia. Millville 32 in wilmington, 27 in allentown, 18 in the poconos. And a shore temperature between about 33 degrees and 34 down towards wildwood. But we still have a wind out there and that is dropping the numbers to more like 22 in philadelphia feeling like 22 in millville, nine in the poconos, 20 for reading or trenton and reading coming in around 25 degrees. You can see the clouds spilling in and we saw a decent amount of sun this morning. The clouds have kind of taken over but theyre very thin so you get the sun to penetrate through still and as this cloud cover continues to go to the south well break it up a little overnight but the clouds will win out through much of our friday night and the first part of saturday and then as this front continues to drift to the north on saturday afternoon, it will turn milder with temperatures in the low and the mid50s and a decent amount of sun especially south of philadelphia and then this boundary kind of flirt to our north on sunday so well call it breaks of sun for the second half of the weekend. It stays mild with temperatures near 50 degrees and the heavy snow is now moving way into the upper part of new york state and also northern parts of not only vermont but also New Hampshire and eventually this low to the west will collapse the system down over us but thats not until sunday night and early on monday morning and the call right now because its going to be so warm this weekend monday at 8 00 a. M. Most of us will begin our morning commute with rain showers on monday. It could mix to the north Allentown Trenton not looking at snow but there could be some sleet or freezing rain for a period of time late sunday or monday in those far northwestern suburbs. As of right now it looks like minor issues. Most of us will see light rain on monday with temperatures in the low 40s so its more about ponding on the roads with water than it is any kind of slush or ice. As we look at the forecast for tonight, lots of clouds, not as bitter, 1323 degrees. And the exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, 45 tomorrow. Were heading up to 50 on sunday but again not going to be full sunny days both days but well take the warmth and then well watch for that light rain sunday night into monday, mixing a little bit in the far northwest at 42. Turns sunny but breezy tuesday at 42. And then we go back below normal wednesday and thursday as an arctic front blasts through on thursday with maybe a couple of rain or snow showers and then the bottom falls out on friday. 22 for a high, seven for a low. That will be the coldest air weve seen this winter season and that leads up to valentines day. Wasnt that means. You go to the cuddle, stay warm under the covers with your loved one stay warm. I see what youre doing mother nature. She knows what shes doing. Yes she does. Freebie friday coming up next. Time to save with 6abc. Its freebie friday and with valentines day next week better hurry up and grab those dancing shoes and your sweety because tonight theres a free class at 7 oclock at the Philadelphia Argentine Tango School on frankford avenue. Yes. So you can look like those two in the picture right there. And how about some free classes for the little ones, the little gym is offering free learning and physical Development Classes from four months to 12 years. Check with the location near you for the schedule of those free classes. Now to some free magazines. Value scenes is offering a free oney one year description to every day with rachel ray and us weekly for all my fellow entertainment buffs. By the time friday rolls around lots of us feel like the cat in this next story. This comfortable kitty wants a drink of water but cant be bothered with that whole standing up thing. He carefully drops any other her mouth while remaining totally relaxed and motionless. All this lazy feline needs is a couple human servants to feed her treats and fan her fur. She needs a straw temperature her thousand use it. We can all relate to that. We can. For Shirleen AllicottAlicia Vitarelli adam joseph im brian taft. Shirleen and i along with adam and Ducis Rodgers will be back we hope you can join us for an full hour of action news at 10 00 on phl17. Heres Rick Williams the birthday boy. Happy birthday. Weve ordered your gift. Thats not going to happen. Coming up next on action news at 5 00 friday night. Still no charges in the case of a teenager who brought cocaine to a philadelphia elementary school. Were live with reaction from parents. Also Harvard University makes a change to its policy about relationships between faculty members and students. And Atlantic City police are being trained use a tool to combat the heroin epidemic. How the medication called narcan works next. Those stories and more coming your way ahead at 5 00. 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This is Carriage Drive and malaga road once again in Monroe Township gloucester county. Details are still sketchy but we know those two vehicles that you see collided head on. It trapped two people and we now understand the two of them are injured. We dont know how seriously but obviously firefighters, police and now ambulances are at the scene trying to extricate them and get them some medical help. Well keep and eye on it. Two injuries, very serious in a vehicle collision tonight. It is a developing story about the Measles Outbreak were working on for you. Action news learned just a short time ago that Health Officials in Montgomery County are now investigating a suspected case of the measles in a 15yearold boy. Health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman joins us now with more details. Ali. Reporter and guys, were still learning more of those details but we do know that the patient is at home isolating himself. Tests have been sent to the state laboratory to determine if this is a true case of measles. No