Today . Reporter jim, the indictment of the 13 russians today reveals a great deal about the size and scope of this investigation of the Mueller Investigation and according to many, it makes it impossible for the president to continue virtually impossible for the present to continue calling the Mueller Investigation a total hoax. There are new allegations that there was direct collusion. Reporter no smoking gun on the president or any more of his top team members in todays mueller indictments but our legal expert finds much in the bombshell the special counsel dropped today to concern people close to the president s 2016 campaign. If i were someone who were involved in contacts with russian officials during campaign, it wouldnt i wouldnt have a good night sleep tonight. But, again, if you aggregate all the information we have its pretty obvious theyre getting close to making some conclusions. Reporter the indictment announced today does represent the most direct allegation to date of illegal russian meddling during the 2016 election. Aimed at helping donald trump and harming Hillary Clintons white house bid. Deputy attorney general Robert Rosenstein emphasized there is still no hard evidence the russians tampered with ballot totals in key states like pennsylvania. But that is apparently not the critical issue at least here. Not to be a good bank robber to be convicted of a bank robbery. You dont have to be seone who is good at to be convicted of fraud. The fact that you did it is the crime. So whether or not you actually influenced the election is not the point. Reporter jim, the experts with whom i talked today jim the experts with whom i talked today say todays developments are no surprise to them and they expected more major developments in the Mueller Investigation will continue coming. Im vernon odom, channel6 action news, live in center city. Thank you vernon. World news tonight with david muir will have much more analysis on these developments into the russian meddling charges. That is next at 6 30 right after action news. Other news at this hour, we are gearing up for some snow tomorrow which means there is an accuweather alert in progress. Lets get the latest information from cecily tynan and accuweather. Reporter and jim, hard to believe were talking about snow on the way when you consider we hit 60 degrees in philadelphia today. But the first step is bringing in the colder air. Double scan live showing us this front that brought us the showers, the showers moving off shore right now that will supply us colder air with winds out of the northwest. Future tracker showing by the time on the air at 11 oclock were already down to 39 degrees. The temperatures really crash after midnight. Down into the 20s. Tomorrow morning. The colder air is in place and the same front moving through tonight stalls to the soh, a wave of low pressure develops along it so that means weve got snow arriving right in time for dinnertime tomorrow niere will be some mixing along the coast and that rainsnow line will be moving northwest. The big question how far north and west. But the biggest concerns are areas like che montgomery, bucksouy, Mercer County and all areas northwest. Thats where we do have a winter storm watch in effecto vy early on sunday morning. This is the area where the travel could get very tri so, the time line moving it forward a little bit a couple hour its rushing in, snow moving in from the southwest to the northeast between 4 oclock and 6 oclock tomorrow evening. The steadiest and heavieid is ag system. Its out of here between midnight a back on sunday. Then the melting will begin. Ill talk about how much snow to expect where you live and then record warmth next week in the accuweather 7day forecast. Jim. Thank you, cecily. And you can visit 6abc. Com for the latest worm winter storm watches and warnings plus storm tracker6 live radar and the updated accuweather forecast for snowfall totals. The fbi now says it has received warnings about nikolas cruz the alleged gunman who killed 17 people at a Florida High School this week but the agency failed to follow up. The fbi received a tip last month cruzs gun ownership, his erratic behavior and his desire to kill people. The fbi has apologized for additional pain it may have meanwhile there were moments of high anxiety today at a philadelphia middle school. Wagner middle school was placed on lockdown in west oak lane. Action News Reporter bob brooks is live at the school tonight. Bob, officials acted quickly when they heard there was a gun inside the school. Reporter yeah, jim, they did but the real hero today is a little girl. She told the principal she saw a fellow student with a gun inside of the building. Its because of her quick actions that help was able to come so fast these hugs felt a little more special today. This is a good feeling, this is a g reporter thats because these students from the Wagner Middle School and their families didnt know what was going to happen. Police say at 9 00 a. M. A student reported to the principal she witnessed another student with a gun inside the building. After it was clear students spoke with us about the lockdown they say each one of them were individually searched. S. W. A. Teams and k9 units looked through every room. I had to hide all the way in the back of theom. It was it was scary. They checked me and they said just stay calm. Reporter parents could only watch as police went to work. Many say they were talking to their children on the phone while it was all unfolding. Does she have a phone . Yeah, i just spoke to her not that long ago. Reporter what did she tell you. Classroom. Reporter there was a pistol style bb gun. Detectives say it looked like this model. Police believe one of the students dumped it ere. Were going to talk to as many administrators as we can and get some answers. Reporter just two days ago the country watched the tragedy unfold in south florida. Everyone here today knowsheyre. You see what just happened with 17 people lost they you know, the kids are so were blessed today. To the young woman or to anyone who in these types of instances steps up is brave and say, you know, they see something and they say something, reporter cannot thak that little girl enough. Now, the parents here they wanted to stress some concerns mainly to the fact that the school does not have metal detectors. Jim, theyre hoping maybe those can be installed and also according to the police, the bb gun was not loaded but it was also missing the magazine. For now reporting live in west oak lane, bob brooks channel6 action news. Jim. Thank you, bob. So before stoneman in florida, before columbine in colorado, there was the homicidal rampage of howard unruh in camden. And tragedy has a haunting con to that first mss murder in america y ago. Carly novelle is a student at stoneman douglaswes photograph of her grandfather. She says he the attack in camden when he was 12 years old. He hid in a closet. Just likesh on wednesday in parkland florida. Unruh killed 13 people in a shooting spree in camdens cramer hill on september 6th, 1949. The incident became known as the walk of death. Unruh was held in a Psychiatric Hospital until his death in 2009. Pennsylvania Supreme Court is now weighing a new proposal to redraw the states co this is the district boundaries map submitted by Governor Tom Wolf last night. The governor says this proposal would even the playing field. I have subjected this map to all the tests of fairness. It is a fair map. And thats what i think we need as pennsylvanians. Thats what we need as americans, fair maps. Earlier this week wolf blocked a proposed map drafted by state republicans saying it was still gerrymanderedfavor th. Court has until monday to adopt the or to draw its own map. Coming up on action news tonight, we will go live to State College where thon is now under way. We will tell you about the weekend aimed at raising a lot of money for families impacted by childhood cancer. And Jeff Skversky is in florida live covering phillies spring training. Jeff. Reporter jim, how the phillies are using umpires to their advantage. Yeah, umpires. Cecily, how jealous are you of this . Very jealous, especially since im tracking a winter storm. Double scan live showing that moisture is developing across the southwest. It will run into colder air. Ill talk about what to expect and how much snow where you live in the accuweather 7day forecast. Those stories and much more when action news continues tonight. There are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. The future is for the unafraid. We love doing this every year and so it begins. Thon is now under way at penn state. It is the largest philanthropic event on any College Campus in the world. Live at the Bryce Jordan Center on the penn state campus is action News Reporter chad pradelli. Chad youll be there all weekend. What is the energy like right at the start . Reporter the energy is fantastic, jim. You can hear the music blaring. The 700 or so students who are taking part in dancing for 46 straight hours of no sleep, of no sitting down, just got on their feet at 6 00 it wont end until sund at 4 00 and you can see the vibe inside the Bryce Jordan Center. Look at the stands. Theyre packed. You see the signs many people are representing fraternitiessos and this is such a tremendous effort they do here at penn state. Its been going on for four decades and over 146 million has been raised in time. I want to take you to just a few minutes ago when these students finally stood up hour. [cheers and applause] three, two, one. [cheers and applause] reporter you know, lking with these students theyve been preparing for this all year. These seniors wait four years to finally get the chance to dance and to be a part of something so spectacular as thon. You just felt the energy from t their way clock in the afternoon. Obviously a lot of families areffected. Over 4,000 families have been impacted by the money raised by thon. Its to help those families pay the medical bills, its to help with accommodations when their son or daughter have to get treatment at a certain hospital. It money goes to the four Diamonds Fund and Penn State Hershey hospital. Many of the students are from the philadelphia area and they are so excited. We caught up with a few of them just moments ago. Ive been waiting for this day for years. Finally a senior and im capping off my career here at penn state by dancing at thon and, you know, you can barely sleep last night, and you just cant wait to get on the floor. This has been my dream since i was seven years old. Reporter youre pretty excited. Im so excited reporter and she was one of the volunteers, you know, so many volunteers are out here supporting these dancers. Theyll be doing it all weekend. Well be here covering it bringing stories on facebook, on twitter and of course on 6abc. For now live at State College chad pradelli channel6 action news. Jim. Chad thank you. 6abc. Com is your home for thon coverage all weekend. Well bring you the latest updates, photographs, videos, all from penn state and you can also find out how you can get involved and help the kids with cancer ftk. Latest from phillies spring training. Heres Ducis Rodgers. Theyre still fine tuning things down there in clearwater. Theyre still having fun and the manage . Er is still raving about his players. Optimism remains high with the phillies. Lets join Jeff Skversky live in clearwater florida with more. Jeff. Reporter hey, ducis. New Phillies First baseman Carlos Santana reported to camp today. Hes not the only new face out here. Out of the blue the men in blue showed up. Its not a sight or sound phillies pitchers are used to until spring training games and the regular season but new phillies manager gabe kapler is throwing a change up. Umpires calling balls and strikes for bullpen sessions something theyve never had done in the past. Having umpires is not the most important thing its just how can we find the last little detail to get just a tiny bit better gets us one step forward. Look were trying to win 90 plus games. Its not going to be easy. Its going to take all of us coming together and thinking about how we can sort of extract that last bit of value. Reporter the value immediate feedback for pitchers who are working every inch of the strike zone and for catchers who are trying to frame pitchers behind the plate. Kapler made this experiment optional but phillies starters love it. It was awesome. Its the feedback really early in camp and i thinkve. You want to see kind ofhe youre at and tighten things its definitely different today but i think thats the best way you can go about a withoutstepping on the mound ta hitter in the box. You got the umpire, i think it can help a lot. Reporter wow. Phillies pitchers love umpires. When do you ever hear that . Live in clearwater Jeff Skversky channel6 action news. Ducis. All right, jeff, thank you so much. To the ice, the flyers will skate in columbus tonight. Flyers currently sit in the sixth playoff spot blue jackets one of those teams fighting to get in. Ben simmons joel embiid and dario saric will represent the sixers at the nba allstar weekend in los angeles. The three will take part in a rising star challenge tonight embiid will also take part in the skills challenge tomorrow as well as the actual allstar game. That is coming up on sunday. Thats your look at sports. Coming up on action news tonight, cecily tynan and that accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. This is gointo be the place for binge watching, ladies. Is it, ladies . Dont get me wrong, you have killer tech mrs. D, but you still dont have fios. Ok . Fios is a 100 ibk, literally engineer good advice. Ive also got some ideas on a better cereal selection, which i will keep to myself. Experience netflix on the 100 option us with a twoyear agreement. The phillies fanatic went to school today. He visited with second gradines wilmington em wanted to personally congratulate them for being one of the top performers of the phanatic about reading program. Students are asked to read for at least 15 minutes a day. And boy are they proud of their accomplishments and they had some fun today with the phanatic. How would that not be possible. All that of green fur is going to come in handy handy tomorrow. Taking a look at the center city skyline. What you can see tonight but this time tomorrow night with the snow falling, the low clouds, were not goi to be able to see itut you know one place theyre happy about this. We are live on sky6 Spring Mountain ski resort. Weve got the skiers, snow borders out and president s day weekend is a big weekend for skiing so this is great timing for the ski resorts. The a will show you first of all we get a big drop in temperatures. This morning we were 58 degrees. Tomorrow well be 28 so thats a 30degree drop in 24 hours. Saturday night weve got snow and rain depending on your location and then next week record warmth tuesday and wednesday, a real taste of spring on the way. Right now temperatures not that cold yet but they will get cold. Philadelphia 52. Atlantic city airport 51. Allentown 45. And lancaster 46 degrees. But the cold front that brought us those showers had cleared the coast so we have winds out of the northwest now pulling down that cooler air. Wind speeds sustained anywhere from five to nearly 20 miles per hour. So, a noticeable wind out there. It will be clearing out the skies and bringing in the cold air. Now satellite and radar showing i really like this because it shows kind of the train tracks for that low pressure. Heres that cold front thats moved through that will bring us that colder air and if you look over here across the southeast, heres that low pressure that rides along the front, another piece of energy dives in helptensify the system but its fast moving so we have limited opportunity to get the accumulating snow. So, future tracker showing tomorrow morning its cold, temperatures in the 20s and 30s. But we get the sunshine at 9 oclock. Its out of here by lunchtime. By 1 oclock, thick clouds in place and then heading into the evening, this is when the snow develops with that rain along the coast. By 5 30 some pretty heavy snow north and west of philadelphia and then as we head later in the evening, we will see this rainsnow line start to push up to the northwest. By 10 30, near philadelphia. Still a big question just how far north and west it moves. And then by 2 oclock in the morning, the moisture is out of here. So, its a real quick hit. So, if you live right along the coast, cape may county, southern delaware, were looking at a rain event. No snow accumulation. Interior south jersey, central delaware a coating to an inch before that changeover to rain. The i95 corridos like one to three slushy inches. Well get som mixing or changeover to rain. The far northwest this is where we have that winter storm watch in effect, three to 5inches of that heavy wet snow. Saturday night if you have plans to go out, the northwest suburbs do be careful. The roads will be snow covered. The i95 metro area including philadelphia, secondary road will be slushy. I think the main roads will just be wet so i wouldnt cancel dinner plans. Really the same for interior new jersey along the coast just take your rain gear. It will be rain, not snow. So, the exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, itsmorrow, the. The evening snow and rain. By sunday, the sunshine is back. We bump it up to 48 degrees. All that melting. We continue to warm up on monday, a warm front moves through. That could bring us a late day shower. 52 degrees the high but the main impact is the record warmth behind it. Tuesday well likely tie a record high of 70. Wednesday breaking a record high that was set way back in the 1930s, a high of 73. Cold front brings us some late day rain and then temperatures drop back into the 50s on thursday and friday. I will be getting new information on the storm system. Ill have details on action news at 11 00. All right cecily. Abcs world news tonight with david muir next on channel6. Action news continues at 10 00 on phl17 with brian taff Sharrie Williams adam joseph and Ducis Rodgers. Then please joan us for a special troubleshooters report at 11 00 on channel6. Nydia han has more. Reporter the troubleshooters were called upon to help with an emotional situation. It involves a mothers death a temporary mission and a familys effort to get her moved to her final resting place. It was really devastating. We had a lot of friends and family help us get through this and it wasnt easy. Find out how this emotional story ends tonight on channel6 action news 11 00. And for cecily tynan Ducis Rodgers and the entire action news team, im jim gardner. We hope youll join us for action news at 11 00. More and more student debt is keenging what the like knocking sound traveling. Even getting married. At Citizens Bank we can help you refinance both your ivate student lo. So you can start saving and get on with your life. Ing how wean help you ach tonight, breaking developments as we come on the air. The fbis stunning admission. They had been warned about the shooter in florida six weeks ago. A call to an fbi tip line. How do they explain this to the 17 families who lost loved ones . Also developing tonight, the massive indictment in the robert Mueller Investigation breaking today. 13 russians, 3 russian companies, not only operating overseas, but operatives right here inside the u. S. , and tonight, the american pleading guilty and who is now cooperating with Robert Muellers team. Tonight, the new report involving thencandidate donald trump and a playboy play mate. Raising serious questions again. The play mate allegedly paid by a tabloid before the election. Why was her story never