Transcripts For WPVI Action News 11pm 20180215

Schools since the beginning of 2018. Around the world these horrific images of boys and girls trying to escape gunman invading their school are sews associated with one country ours. Today the scene was in Parkland High School north of miami. The gunman is behind bars. He killed 17 people today. Its the latest mass murder tragedy. It is a horrific situation. It is a horrible day for us. Said the Broward County sheriff there are no words. This as police apprehended 19yearold Nikolaus Cruz the alleged gunman found lying on the ground and arrested without incident. He was taken to hospital and then to jail. They made an appeal to adults everywhere. If you are on a website and you knowing you see something, you see a person with rife wills rifes or weaponry you owe it to your family and the community to make it a safer nation by calling tonight. We have two reports from dann cuellar at Upper Darby Police and Christie Ileto in the slight satellite center. Kristi christie well begin with you. The school says they were not warned about cruz, but his online accounts are shuttering. We have begun to dissect the social sites he was on. The 19yearold is accused of killing p 17 people and injuring 14 others in parkland, florida north of miami. He was on the third floor. He knows the schoolhes been to the fire drills. Hes prepared to this stuff. Authorities sayschool blending in with those trying to escape. I dont know how we are alive. Not far from the carnage, cruz was taken into custody without incident. The 19yearold was expelled for disciplinary reasons. Its not sure why he chose to come back and murder so many innocent people. If you are on a website and you know something, you see something, you see a person with rife wills and weaponry and you see something not right, you owe it to your family, community and Law Enforcement to make this a safer nation by calling up someone. Cruz is believed to have acted alone. Classesare canceled for the rest of the week. Christie ileto live for channel6 action news, wphl17. Dan you learned about the everies of School Districts and so prepare students for the worst. Thats right, jim. Upper darby has 15,000 kids at about 20,000 schools. Each year in partnership with the police, teachers and administrators go through training as to what to do in case of a threat. Like a number of Law Enforcement agency, Upper Darby Police train at schools in case of a shooter. Its a community issue. The community has come together. When we do our lockdowns, they are unannounced. The drills are unannounced to get a real reed on how prepared their schools and teachers a reacting to an active threat. The process today, you have to take out the threat immediately. We rely on the teachers locking the children up so they are safe. They know what to do. Happened . I hope and pray it never happens. At least the training is there. The author of crazing stress saving todays overwhelmed teenagers says putting kids through drills will increase parents need to talk to their kids about these events. For a child in that situations its traumatic with a capita t. Its imperative to getting our own selves under control first. All of the preparedness in the world cant stop some moron from getting a gun and shooting students. It doesnt happen. Over all chitwood adds that its a sad commentary in our society that children have to be afraid to go to school. Police headquarter, dann cuellar, action news channel6. Jim . Well continue to bring you updates as we learn them on the 6abc app. You can get more about the man accused of the crime as well as videos and photographs of the scene. Stay with us on channel6 for the latest live report from florida on nightline right after Jimmy Kimmel Live. Meanwhile seven people have been arrested in a gun trafficking ring that did arrests were announced by states attorney general graywall. Investigateinvestigators say 30 guns were purchased illegally in ohio and driven hundreds of mil sold to criminals in south jersey. Chances of snow for the weekend are rising tonight. We need to talk about rain coming in overnight. Meteor with more from accuweather. There is a warm front bringing us a taste of late april through the day double scan live showing rain moving in, the steadiest and heaviest west of Philadelphia Moving through reading and lancaster. This is m in the overnight hours. It should move through by 4 00 in the use caution because though the rain is ending, areas are wet and there is dense fog to the north wheter this get ready for a real surge in temperatures. Future tracker showing 4 00 tomorrow afternoon mid 60s 70s to the south and a strong cold fro friday bringing changes by the weekend. Another warm up next week. Four of the next seven days temperatures in the 60s. Crashing into saturday. Im tracking the chance of accumulating snow saturday night. Ill talk about that in the sevenday forecast. Thank you cecily. One person is being treated for injuries after a house fire in hamilton. Flames broke out justd. The fire grew to two alarms before being brought under control two hours later. Pennsylvania state representative Margo Davidson is facing criminal charges for getting into two crashes while driving on a suspended license. Action news learned that the Delaware County lawmaker was driving a state vehicle during an accident february 2nd in concord township. Police filed charges over an accident last month they say she failed to report. Davidsons license was suspended due to an unpaid speeding from july. Davidson plans to plead not guilty. Police say a 72yearold man fell into a hole and died while trying to rescue his dog. This happened on the 400 block of south concourse drive not far from park side and belmont. It was 2 30 in the afternoon. The mans dog fell into a six foot deep hole and the man tried to go in after the pet. Fall. A Chester County Marijuana Dispensary hosted an opening today. The site is called keystone shops. The Holistic Center in bucks county will also cannabis is approved in pennsylvania to aid 17 conditions including neurological conditions cancer and autism. Plame bla blizzard. January snow and freezing temperatures kept people from coming to the city leading drop in casino revenue. In one of the largest donations ever to a Public School anywhere aboutington high school is giving 25 million to his alma mater. Schwartzman is the billionaire ceo of black stone group. They plan to revamp their curriculum to s. T. E. M. The 1950 Era High School will be renovated. A new science and Technology Center will be built and sixth graders will start attending aboutington high school. The porn star rumored to have a sexual encounter with the president says she is ready to dish. Love is in the air. Celebrating valentines day with dinner and romance. Allie gorman shows us which vegetables are better to eat raw and which to cook. Cecily . Temperatures are in the 40s. We have a taste of spring tomorrow and a return to the snow. We have more in the sevenday forecast. Ducis rodgers say the sixers are down big and try to bounce back. Villanova on the road to new england when action news continues tonight. President trump today spoke out against Domestic Violence breaking the silence since the departure of a top aid. Trump said im opposed to knows that. Rob porter resigned last week after his two former wives accused him of physical abuse. At the time trump praised porter s lives are being shattered by a mere allegation. Things could get dicey here. Adult film star Stormy Daniels feelsfeels free to speak about her affair with trump during his marriage to melenia. Daniels manager says everything is off now and stormy is going to tell her story. Health check at 11 00 and we all know to eat vegetables. We think raw is cooked. That is not necessarily so. Registered nurse ali gorman tells us which veggies unlock surprisingly healthy benefits. When the girls have dinner, their parents serve vegetables. Like it or not children have been told to their spinach. Blanch the leaves lightly and plunge them into cold water to reduce the level of acid to block the absorbance of nutrients. When you cook them, cooking mushrooms just about doubles the nutrients. The list goes on. Boiling asparagus just until they turn bright green boostsighting the same for tomatoes. One study found that lycopene boosted 35 . Creates a deeper Flavor Experience too. Consumer reports recommends roasting them at 200 fahrenheit. Cooking vegetables can also destroy other vitamins. The level of vitamin c goes down cooking with tomatoes. It east best to eat a wide variety of vegetables cooked and raw. Action News Reporter Trish Hartman has that story. The newly refurb refurbished love sculpture for valentines day was the site of not one but two proposals when we stopped by. It was perfect timing. For the newly engaged couples the statue provided a romantic setting for the most romantic of questions. He got on his knees and axed me to marry him. Another gesture of love nearby. These friends giving out rosesn and cards teel people that arent in aationship can give love relationshi they gave me a card that says, i see beauty in you. Its lovely. Valentines day is one of the busiest nights of the year. Es to come out to give everyone a chocolate heart. Smart valentines made their play early to make sure they got a table at a family owned favorite. Reporting in south philadelphia, Trish Hartman, action news. We would love to see your valentines day memories. We are seeing flowers to cute kids. Just use the hash tag 6abc action. We have warm weather coming up, wet weather coming up, and snow. We have something for everyone. Thats the nice thing about this forecast. The skyline is glowing. The rain is moving in. Storm tracker six live showing its moving on to south jersey right now. Its a quick hit of rain moving off the coast by 4 00 in the morning. This is associated with a surge of warmth. 46 in philadelphia two Degrees Higher than the average high this time of Year Wilmington 45 and cape may 43degrees. Satellite and radar showing quick hit or showers moving through overnight. We have fog for the morning in time for the morning rush. Temperatures mild, suburbs 45. Philadelphia, 49. As we head through the day tomorrow, lots of clouds, not much sunshine and temperatures surging more than 20degrees above normal by 1 00, firmly into the mid 60s. Then a cold front early on friday, opening the door for arctic air right in time for the weekend. One ingredient, fresh arctic air the same front that moves through friday morning, temperatures will be marming marginal. For those that get snow, its wet, pasty and occurs saturday night. Thats a good time to keep the cold so it wont melt right away. There is certainty on the exact track of the low. That will determine what we get. The best chance of seeing four or more inches of snow, i95 areas northwest, mixing to the south. Im giving us 75 chance. Its not a slam dunk. One computer model showing the system missing us. We are three days away. We have time to work on this. The exclusive accuweather forecast lots of clouds, 67 tomorrow 62 friday morning with showers, temperatures in the 40s by the evening commute. Saturday, cold and dry most of the day. Evening showers and snow arriving based on the track of the system, 40 the high all o out of here sunday morning sunshine back 48degrees. President s day, 52. Tuesday and wednesday warm temperatures in the 60s with showers and we are getting new information, david murphy that has at 6 30. Thank you cecily. Students in bucks county are trying to address the global water crisis. The water club presented an evening of music featuring the schools ensembles. The proceeds go toward the clubs goal to raise 1,000 to build a water well in developing countries. De. Married after college. Hta truck didnt stop. And thats why well always drive a subaru. Lost hthr o alf. Guy marco 17 points. Final moments sixers up two. Dywane wade to win for miami. Sixers escape 104102. They have won five games in a row. The open phillys spring training. Jeff skversky was there when the pitcher and catchers took the field. The phillies love their new manager gabe caplers gabe capler is in a good mood this morning actually, its almost afternoon by the time pitchers and catchers take the field. Hes pushing practice back 90 minutes. I love the energy gabe brings. Its unmatched. I have never been around someone like him. To have that in the managers office, i dont know if you can tell but there is a different energy. Kaplan views spring training differently than most. Hes using his own phone to document pitches. These go. They are in incredible shape. A lot of smiles out there today. Phillys players notice caplers presence in the weight room. Hes not only watching hes lifting with them too. Well be talking in the weight room and he puts four plates on. Can he out lift you . Yeah. Four plates is pretty beast. Capler may be the only manager in baseball in better shape than his players. Still ahead villanova cats will likely drop further in the rankings after what happened tonight. Get the best internet with the best shows and ge fios by verizon gives you the Fastest Internet available for only 79. 99 a month online n on the 100 fiberoptic network, you can stream on up to 100 devices at once. So get the Fastest Internet available, plus netflix, plus up to 200 tv channels, plus phone, go to getfios. Com to switch today. V va to show the lost at to fall 7671twast three games. Newkirk dropped in three of 19 points. Hawbs win 7155. Thats sports. Thanks, ducis. Dwusit was a swinging concert in center city tonight. The venue was transformed into a big band era will you be for special performance of the summer club. There was a 17 piece orchestra playing big band favorites. Jimmy kimmel live next followed nightline. Action news continues at 4 30 with Tamala Edwards Matt Odonnell and Karen Edwards with traffic. Im jim gardner. Goodnight. Dicky from hollywood its Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight y, chloe bennet and music from monica now get ready, heres jimmy kimmel [ cheers and applause ] of love and romance. Can you feel the sexual tension in the air guillermo . Yes of course. J