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Balcony. Neighbors came to help. I came home from work and saw Corporal Webb come flying across and stop in the middle of the street and i thought something didnt look right. That balcony is high up and with an intense fire happening, there was no time to waste the kids had to be dropped. The little girl came straight down and bear hugs her and took her out. They caught the kids safely and seven people in all were rescued and in through her ohhic fashion. None of these men think they are heros. You would not be able to sleep at night if you knew people were trapped up in. I was just doing my job. Until the last unit cleared everybody did a great job. Very humble you hear the men. There were others, Good Samaritans that helped. We want to mention them on air. Robert murray, and john lynch, and i think they are heroes and im sure you think they are as well. Bob brooks, channel 6 action news. Yes, heroes indeed. Thank you. Well, students in half town got quite the square when their school was struck by lightning and this happened at 9 30 during todays thunderstorms and the lightning damaged a cross on the top of the john foley school on eagle road and firefighters responded after debris fell to the sidewalk and nobody was injured but the students were evacuated and sent home early. Accuweather is tracking the chance of more showers tonight. As we look live from sky 6 hd at the Commodore Barry bridge, its a soggy and stormy day across the region and even this thunder boomers in the area. And cecily tynan is here now with the latest conditions. Reporter hi rick, double scan live radar showing the system is not quite done with us yet. The heavy downpours and thunderstorms we had this morning have now moved on and the national low pressure is still to the south. That is bringing a few more light scattered showers as we zoom in philadelphia light action, a heavy downpour over dover, and as we head through the evening hours we get a few more showers and a few more thunderstorms possible and not quite as Ikechuku Ndukwe intention as this morning. Thunderstorms were moving along the i95 corridor. And south of malvern more than an inch of rain pulling down moisture in a short period of time. Good for our gardens and our lawns. Temperaturewise the warm air just to the south, washington, d. C. 73 and we have an easterly flow than is pulling in the cooler air and philadelphia currently 53 degrees. As we head through the evening showers, well see a few lingering showers and cant rule out the possibility of a rumble of thunder and not widespread like this morning. Patchy dense fog however overnight there is clearing. Im tracking the return of sunshine finally but also our next soaking rain and ill have details on that in the full accuweather forecast. Thank you. Remember you can get that sevenday forecast and check stormtracker 6 live double scan radar any time at 6abc. Com weather and be sure to follow our Accuweather Team on social media. And we have new information about the gun fire that erupted in northern libertied last night. A woman was walking from delilahs Gentlemens Club and two bullets flew by her and nearly hit her. And she called 911 starting a search for the gunman. That closed 95. And Police Believe they recovered Surveillance Video of the suspect. Walter perez will have the latest at 6 00. A woman is facing charges for a childs death in west oak lane, Police Arrested the caretaker. And last wednesday officers found 2yearold dead inside of nesbitts home. He is facing multiple charges including Reckless Endangerment and abuse of corpse. And a man that murdered a lyft passenger in trenton. Roderick emanuel is charged with shot shoulding and killing amber dudley. She came under fire riding in a lyft vehicle and emanuel is the one that got into the car and shot dudley in an attempted robbery and three accomplices remain jail at the corrections center. And today philadelphias top prosecutor was back in court today about a hearing for his defendants team. The lawyer defending Seth Williams wants off the corruption case. Vernon odom is live now to explain why. Reporter good evening sharrie. Todays hearing was brief and very dramatic. Williams current lawyer want withes off this case as you said. Citing at least two reasons the main one is this, he cannot afford to pay michael diamondsteins fee. Da Seth Williams was confronted by a trio of black lives matter activists as he left court this afternoon. Williams told the magistrate he hopes to have a new lawyer by friday. Michael diamondstein who represented him last week told the judge he wants to withdraw because williams cannot afford his fee and claims he will have potential conflicts of interest because of clientses being prosecuted by the District Attorneys office. And he continues to resist calls that he immediately resign in the wake of a 23 count indictment by prosecutors, one voice is retired chief Supreme Court justice ron castille. We were known as one of the best prosecutions in the united states. Seth fell into that moral swamp and started to typically things here and there. And mayor kenney called for williams to resign as well. I dont think he can effectively do his job. You have not told him that . No. Im sure he watches television and reads the paper. Sharrie District Attorney Seth Williams told the judge this afternoon he will get a new lawyer by friday afternoon one he will be able to afford. The da says one that promises to stay with him through the trial and verdict. Live at the courthouse, vernon odom, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Today in washington, President Trump signed a new executive order rolling back manufacture the Climate Change policies put in place under the obama administration, he says his new order will help to create American Energy jobs by revitalizing the coal industry and mandates for the Clean Power Plan that sought to reduce power plant emissions and lifts a moratorium on federal lands. Local authorities are warning of scams that happen during tax season, josh shapiro says that this is the time of year that thieves pretend to work for the irs and contact residents and ask for personal information and use it to file fraudulent returns and steal the tax refunds. They remind them that the irs will never request your personal information by phone, email or text. If you receive this type of call do not respond and Contact Police instead. Always a good reminder this time of year. Time now for the action news traffic report. Lets go live to gina gannon in the traffic center. Reporter hi rick and sharrie. We are not starting off terribly but slowdowns on the majors. The big picture we see 10 Miles Per Hour on the vine and that is giving us problems all afternoon long 13 on the roosevelt boulevard and 16 Miles Per Hour on the schuylkill expressway. So some heavy backups there. Lets take you out now on 422, look at this heavy delay we have on the westbound side. Right at the pa turnpike a slow go there and travel times 16 minutes right now to oaks. The vine street expressway no exceptions there and on the westbound side youll hit the brakes from 24th street to 76. 24 minutes on the blue route traveling southbound at route 30, 24 minutes there. Ill send it right back of. Thank you. There is more ahead tonight on action news at 5 00. Former olympic gymnasts are talking about the abuse they suffered at the hands of usa gymnastics officials more on the testimony at the nations capital. And millions of americans are living with type two diabetes and they dont even know it. Details on the quick and simple test that can tell if you have the disease or if you may be at risk. Two Undercover Police officers are expected to be okay after they were shot ambush style in miami. The officers were in plain clothes last night investigating Gang Activity when the bullets started flying, a group of men fired dozens of shots into the officers unmarked car. One was treated and released and one officer was able to return fire. The Police Arrested several suspects and charges are pending. Retired star gymnasts when before congress to tell their stories of sexual abuse of usa gymnastic officials. Among them were jaime dantour. She told of dr. Nasar. He abused me in the National Training sent fer texas and in california and all over the world. Many times of abuse in my own room in my own bed. No one from usa gymnastics testified today. Today is diabetes alert day. The day to sound the alarm of People Living with type two diabetes. Registered nurse and reporter ali gorman is at the big board with what you need to know. Reporter there are millions of americans that have type two diabetes or a precursor to the disease and dont know about it. Today is a wakeup call. The American Diabetes Association Want people to take the online survey. To determine your risk. If you have prediabetes you can still prevent it from turning into full blown diabetes by changes to your diet and lifestyle and if you have type two you can work with a Health Care Provider and prevent complications such as kidney failure and heart disease. Find the link on 6abc. Com health check, it take a minute to fillout if you get a higher than normal score you need to talk to your Health Care Provider. And lawmakers are pushing for stronger penalties for those that sell candy flavored drugs marketed for kids. They are combining drugs with flavors or look like candies or candy bracelets laced with ecstasy. It would make the punishments for dealers much more severe. Its a question many people ask, is cardio or weight training better if you are trying to lose weight. An eight month study followed 119 overweight adults, some just did cardio and some did weight training and some did both. The cardio group lost the most weight but the volunteers that did both, had the biggest improvements in the ratio of fat to lean muscle mass. And that is really the goal. Not just to lose the weight but to lower your body fat and increase that lean muscle mass, that will help you keep the weight off and help you to protect your bones. Now, of course diet plays a role you cant exercise a bad diet. It all has to work together. You cant exercise a bad diet. You cant have a pizza box and do curls with it. You can try. Thank you ali. Students from the school of media and communication of temple explored their futures today and had a chance to talk to local businesses about possible internships and jobs and working behind the scenes at 6 abc were manning the booth for us with producers like our maxine, talking about journalism and communications today. If you have medicare parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what . You could apply for a Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan whenever you want. No enrollment window. No waiting to apply. That means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Medicare doesnt cover everything. And like all standardized Medicare Supplement Insurance Plans, these help cover some of what medicare doesnt pay. So dont wait. Call now to request your free decision guide. It could help you find the aarp Medicare Supplement plan that works for you. 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Stock market got a boost today here a lock at todays closing numbers, the dow snap aid losing streak closing up more than 150 points and the nasdaq s p 500 following suit and the nasdaq up 45 points and the s p up 37 points on the day. And home prices are climbing at a quick pace according to the home price index. Prices rose almost 6 in january. Some buyers are getting locked in bidding wars because they are fighting over a short supply of homes for sale. Frontier Airlines Adds nonstop flights to puerto rico. The flights to san juan starts as low as 59 for a one way ticket. Its available every day except forever peak hurricane season, from september to midnovember. Now there is a place in philadelphia for students to improve their piano skills and much more. Mayor kenney was there to cut the ribbon on the piano lab, its sponsored by the Langley Foundation and funded by a grant. The money pays for the equipment and teachers for three years its made to build the students confidence. And the Chester County High School Swim team proved to be the best the state and today they got to celebrate. Well, the Avon Grove High School girls team took part in a Victory Party today. They won the piaa championship at bucknell over the weekend. Congratulations to the swim team. Nice job there. More to come on action news at 5 00 a check of the forecast for you. Outside for the live look this is the penns landing view. Still cloudy and gloomy. Cecily tynan has the fiveday forecast when action news returns. Time for accuweather at the action news big board tonight. Cecily tynan is standing by at the big board. Take the umbrella keep it handy. You knew what i meant didnt you. Stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have showers around, the steadiest is the little batch moving over the delaware bay from dover to fortescue, its heading, clipping Cumberland County and heading toward Cape May County as well. Across 206 and lighter rain and glassboro and lighter rain to the north philadelphia norristown and quakertown and allentown and easton dealing with light rain and a drizzle. And that is affecting the visibility. Visibility right now in trenton 1. 7. And the good news is well begin to get the winds picking up and well clear it out so fog should not be a problem forever the morning commute. Never get the warm air from the south think philadelphia 54 and allentown 51 and cape may currently 54 degrees. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing we have got some heavier showers, the thunderstorms this morning right in time for the morning commute. They have lifted off and youll notice we have a lot of clouds and still a lot of moisture in the air and it will be a gradual process as we head through the overnight hours to clear things out. Tonight early showers take the umbrella this evening. Clearing after midnight and not that cold for march standards. Allentown 43 and wilmington 46 and cape may 47 degrees, tomorrow can you leave the umbrella at home and grab the sunglasses, finally sunshine is back and we are looking at walltowall sunshine throughout the day and its on the breezy side and temperature as above normal should make it up to the low 60s into the afternoon and temperatures falling back into the 50s as we head through thursday. Two days of dry weather but satellite and radar showing the next storm system low pressure near albuquerque bringing mountain snow and Severe Weather across texas than is the system that brings us the steady soaking on friday. Future tracker 6 showing its here by lunch time and that lingers through friday night. Tomorrow the sunshine is back and pick of the week breezy and beautiful and bright and 63 is the high and thursday is not bad, 55 degrees and clouds roll in late thursday and friday the chilly rain looks like we could get move than an inch of rain and the high own 49 degrees. Saturday transition day, morning drizzle and mostly cloudy and 59 degrees, and sunday thor of the two days 61. Will it stick around . Adam will have that. Something tells me well have april showers. I think so. Quek break. Hey, neighbor. Well, if it isnt the second most famous groundhog in pennsylvania. Wow, you were some athlete. Back in the day, g. Well, you can still go for gold. Ahh, Million Dollar gold rush, the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. With top prizes of a Million Dollars. See, you still got game, dwayne. I got instant game, gus. Instant game. giggles keep on scratchin. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, Rick Williams and monica malpass. Hello again. We start this after hour with breaking news from north philadelphia where police