Wednesday. We start with an emergency session set for today at the United Nations over whats being called a war crime in syria. Government warplanes dropped suspected toxic gas on their own citizens. The images of the suffering can be very difficult to watch. Abcs lana zak has the latest. Reporter the horrific brutality. The Syrian People the victims of a suspected chemical weapons strike by their own government. Young children and babies among the victims of one of the worst attacks in the history of this civil war. The death toll continues to rise. The injured struggle to breathe. Rescue workers racing to rinse the toxic substance from the skin of victims. The assault unrelenting. Even as this local activist reported from one of the hospitals, it was hit with another air strike. The suspected sarin gas attack follows two chlorine gas attacks over the past week. No one is doing anything to stop these gas attacks. Reporter these chemical weapon attacks come just days after the new Trump Administration signaled a major change in the approach to syria. Longer term status of president assad will be decided by the Syrian People. Reporter but faced with the raw brutality of assad its unclear if the Trump Administration will continue to hold that position. Today the u. N. Security council will hold an emergency meeting on syria. We have all seen the reports of the terrible chemical weapons attack in syria. Reporter neither the secretary of state or the president directly answered questions on syria following the attack but President Trump delivered this message in a speech on the economy. Im not and i dont want to be the president of the world. Im the president of the United States. Reporter in a statement the white house called the attacks reprehensible and said that the civilized world cannot ignore it but they also laid blame at the foot of the Obama Administration for their weakness, meanwhile, the russian government is now disputing that the Syrian Government had anything to do with it blaming instead insurgents though eyewitnesses say it came from government planes. The russians saying in fact they bombed a weapons a chemical weapons depot there in syria instead. Another foreign crisis facing the United States. North korea. In a statement secretary of state Rex Tillerson said, quote, north korea launched yet another intermeet yesterday range ballistic missile. The United States has spoken enough about north korea. We have no further comment. Overnight the south Korean Military says todays launch may have been north korea showing off its defiance in order to send a message to President Trump and the chinese president. They meet this week. Here at home the white house is stepping up its latest push to repeal and replace obamacare. Looking to breathe new life into the failed Republican Health care bill. The Vice President is making daily trips to capitol hill proposing changes aimed at convincing conservatives and moderates to back the bill. Overnight Vice President mike pence is trying to revive the health care effort. Good progress. Reporter pence and House Republicans emerged from a twohour meeting just before midnight. Making progress. I believe it was a very productive meeting. Reporter after a vote on repealing and replacing obamacare was canceled last month amid republican opposition, lawmakers are considering several changes. One would weaken something the president vowed not to touch. When you replace it, are you going to make sure that people with preconditions are still covered. Yes, because it happens to be one of the strongest aspects. Reporter now theyre considering effectively doing away with that provision. Also on the chopping block the requirement that Insurance Companies cover benefits like wellness visit, Mental Health treatment, Maternity Care and ambulances. Under the new plan, individual states could opt out. Those at last nights meeting didnt reach any official agreement but the president and Vice President are making their message clear. They want to get this done as quickly as possible on behalf of the american people. Reporter the group is planning to meet again today. The president is hoping for a vote on a revised bill by the end of the week but some republicans say thats unlikely. Mitch mcconnell has filed a motion to end debate on Supreme Court nominee neal gorsuch and clear the way for a final vote. Democrats are expected to filibuster gorsuch tomorrow. Though hope to confirm him with a simple majority. Jeff merkley has been talking all night staging his own protest over the republicans decision to block president obamas nominee from last year. Susan rice is denying allegations that she used secret intelligence reports to spy on President Trumps associates before he took office. Rice acknowledged that she asked for the names of americans who were referenced in the report. She made it clear the policy known as unmasking was a key part of her job and its not illegal or uncommon. A month after President Trump accused president obama of wiretapping him rice insisted the new administration was not targeted. This is not anything political has been alleged. The allegation is that somehow the Obama Administration officials utilized intelligence for political purposes. Thats absolutely false. Well, rice also denied that she leaked any names. Democrats say the allegations are being used to distract from the investigation into Russian Election meddling and possible ties to the trump campaign. Well, ivanka trump is taking on her critics as she speaks out for the First Time Since taking an official job at the white house. The president s daughter and now assistant to the president tells cbs news when she disagrees with her father, she expresses herself with total candor and she responded to criticism that shes been complicit by not publicly denouncing some of his controversial policies. If being complicit is wanting to is wanting to be a force for good and to make a positive impact, then im complicit. Trump also defended her husband Jared Kushner expressing confidence that he can handle his expanding white house role saying hes incredibly smart and talented and he has an amazing team. Humble brag there from the wife to the husband. It looks like fewer people are trying to sneak into the country from mexico. Illegal Border Crossing arrests plumbed in march to the lowest figure in 17 years. 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The suspect was identified from genetic evidence on a bag containing a second bomb that did not explode and was found in a station. The man is also seen on Surveillance Video at a subway station. In atlanta a murder suspect is scheduled for his First Court Appearance in the brazen shooting of an attorney at a busy intersection. Police say 40yearold trinh huynh was walking to work when Raylon Browning shot her and ran off. Late their night he was already in Police Custody in another county wanted for a stabbing. Police still arent sure if the two even knew each other. Two tragic outcomes this morning. A reminder of the dangers of food challenges. A man died at a doughnut shop in denver while trying to eat a half pound doughnut in under 80 seconds. That challenge has now been suspended at all of the doughnut chains locations. This comes after a young woman from new jersey died during another food challenge. Caitlyn nelson whose father died in the 9 11 attacks passed away after choking during a pancake eating contest at her college. Well, if your kid was running up a bill on amazon you may have a refund coming your way. Children for awhile were able to make purchases on mobile devices without the permission of their parents. The government sued and as part of the settlement amazon will now make up the refunds up to 27 million in total and now kids to order things on their phones will need parents permission to make purchases. Amazon signed a deal with the nfl to allow its prime customers to stream thursday night Football Games in the coming season. Amazon paid 50 million for those streaming rights. Thats five times the amount twitter paid to show thursday night games last season. Theyve made it easier for your Adult Children to be able to spend some money and watch football. Do wives need their husbands permission. They should. 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The citys long time ben franklin it impersonator has died after decades of duty orange getting ready for the nfl draft even though its weeks away in philadelphia. All next. Finally to a family that has a lot to be thankful for and not just because they are all home again after their vacation. Yeah, but its because of what happened on that vacation. Our denver station has the details. Reporter it began as a picture perfect vacation for jay and his family. A rafting trip on the Escalante River but soon rough weather moved through and the river became a dangerous force. And our boats got stuck on the boulders. We got swept under the boulders. It was terrifying. Reporter the family had no choice but to ditch their rafts and hike for help. Their dog on the journey too. All stuck in the wilderness for two nights. We had enough food for another day or two. But i had medication that was running out and, you know, we just kind of didnt know what we were going to do. Reporter despite the uncertainty one thing was constant, their faith. Jay is a youth pastor. We sat on a sandbar and basically said, god, can you give us a hand here . Were out of options. And right then like the calvary, honestly, within two minutes, this chopper comes flying into our Little Branch of the camp. As soon as i saw the helicopter i started like crying. I was just so happy and i was just thinking about all my friends at home. When that helicopter came in just knowing that somebody knew that we were there and needed help was encouraging. Reporter ironically the chopper wasnt intended for them. It was flown to find someone else who was stranded. So you have a full car here. No time yet to unpack, from a journey centered on perseverance and prayer. You talk about an answered prayer, doesnt get much more profound or obvious than that. Reporter in baylee, mark stewart, denver 7. The man rescued originally served for was found safe. Whats the odds of that. Great story. Everybody safe and sound. Can you imagine if they were like, hey, thanks for help. No, were not here for you. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With Matt Odonnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. Good morning everyone, its 4 30 a. M. On this wednesday april 5th. Tam is off and Jeanette Reyes joins us. Heres what were following for you this morning. Surveillance video shows a stroller scare. Police believe this could be an attempted abduction. Investigators search for evidence in the shooting that critical injured a man. This morning were remembering Ralph Archbold the man who portrayed ben franklin in philadelphia for decades. Could be the pick of the week today. Lets find out from david and karen. Good morning. Absolutely. Lots of sunshine on the way. Tomorrow is a different