tonight. the nearby saint malaki school was on lockdown for a time. police were searching the area for video and fearing retaliatory violence. >> they were all friends buddies and all four are well known to police and come in can't with us on many occurrences. >> and police have not locked down a motive for the executions. a fourth victim remains hospitalized in critical condition. police say there is a history of gans violence in this part of town, it would be over a war of drug turf or something as insults on social media. >> in broad daylight 24 rounds fired it could hit an innocent kid or person. we feed the help we can get to get these individuals off the street. >> reporter: rick an anti-violence vigil is expected to begin at 11th and styles in about a half hour. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. in other news tonight the trial of eric frein the man accused of ambushing two pennsylvania state troopers underway. frein opened fire on douglas and dickson last late year. douglas was wounded and dickson died frein led police on a weeks long manhunt before being arrested in an airplane hangar. police have charged a 17-year-old with assault and reckless endangerment and theft in connection with the armed robberies in philadelphia. according to officials. ma king stewart played -- all in the same area. nobody was hurt until a confrontation last thursday on north 59 and street. that is when run of the robbery suspects was shot in the arm. police are investigating stewart's connection to other incidents in the area as well. the nfl draft is still more than three weeks away but with the league set to take over the ben franklin parkway restrictions in the area begin tonight. beginning at 12:01 a.m. there is no parking on the south side of the 2400 block of pennsylvania avenue, that lasts until monday may 8th, the first road closures begin next monday when parts of spring garden streets and lanes of the parkway shuts down and begins in full on thursday, april 27th, we have all the information on the closures on our website at 6abc.com. protesters lined the streets outside of senator pat toomey's office to oppose the nomination of neil gorsuch. they called on toomey to vote against the nuclear option, that refers to a plan by republicans to change the rules ensuring the nomination and confirmation of gorsuch. as of this afternoon 44 senators say they will oppose gorsuch as a pick for the high courts. >> the irs is making a big change that could impact you. the agency is handing over the debt collection work to private firms and the firms may call you demanding payment. a practice long deemed a scam by the government. stephanie ramos is live tonight with what you need to look out for. >> rick, for years the irs will never call a taxpayer and demand payment. but now that they have out sources that is exactly what is going to happen. >> the reason for this call is that the irs is file august lawsuit against you. millions of americans heard that threat from scammers claiming to be from the irs. >> for years the irs warned against callers demanding money saying that the irs does not do that. if you are at all behind on your taxes, the irs will have a private company call you starting this spring. it's part of a new program where debt collectors are hired by the irs to chase down long overdue taxes that the irs just can't get to. and they have no choice, a new law enacted by congress requires the irs hire debt collector to help pay for new roads but the new contracts could cause a spike in scam calls, here is how to make sure you are not being scammed when this program kicks in. the irs will can't you multiple times in writing before you are ever called by contractors and won't hear from a collector until the you have multiple years of overdue taxes and all payments are made to the irs and not the contracted company. >> if you get the call from the irs and a really aggressive threatening sounding kind of thing, hang up. >> if you are not sure, if you have any unpaid accounts with the irs visit irs.gov and plug in your information and if not call. five of pennsylvania's state owned universities are put on notice layoffs and program cuts could be ahead. notifications have gone out at california, cheney and ed enborrow universities. walter perez is live at cheney university. >> many students here are quick to tell us how proud they are to attend a school that is historic and significant as cheney is. and their hope is that whatever change is made will hopefully secure the school's future for generations to come. founded in 1837 the oldest historic black university in the country. students here is a that their pride in the school's past is eclipsed by the concerns over cheney's future. >> i want to stay here and graduate from here. i want them to get everything together. >> the concern is over the recent announcement that layoffs and program cuts are passable beginning in september of 2018 at five of pennsylvania's 14 state owned universities. the cuts are linked in overall dip in student enrollment within pennsylvania state schools. at cheney university enrollment dropped 53% since 2010 on a brighter note the possible changes could include new programs in emerging fields along with reductions in established programs wayning in paplarity. and many students say that cuts and layoffs make it tougher to attract new students to a school located in the rural part of the delaware valley. >> we are in the middle of nowhere. we need things to do. we have other state schools that got different dormitories in my time of being a student and new athletic buildings and you know we still are stuck with the same old stuff and it's not fair. >> now to be clear at this point we are talking about possible cuts and playoffs, the notice was put out and discussions can begin on how to minimize or how to avoid the reductions. >> walter, thank you. time now for a check of the "action news" traffic report tuesday night. lets swing it over to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> traffic troubles for the tuesday trip home cropped up on the walt whitman bridge knowledge bound. the southbound lane as approaching the exit for the bridge, you can see what is happening and the traffic is stacking on the southbound side. and northbound side of 95 heading toward the bridge, that is because there say crash mid span on the bridge heading toward new jersey taking out a lane on 95 and the schuylkill expressway you are a much better bet get into knowledge this afternoon and this one clear right now. take the ben and the commodore not the walt into new jersey right now. watching a crash at the park along johnsboro boulevard and one on main street at colonial app avenue. and the crash in delco on westchester pike cleared out and watch for one on newport pike. we'll check if again in the next half hour. >> thank you. up ahead, horror in syria. after a suspected chemical agent or attack targeted hundreds of people including women and children. >> and the medical milestone, the kid my transplant celebrated 50 years after it was first performed. temperatures soared into the 70s despite pop-up showers and clouds, i'm tracking bright sunshine tomorrow and thursday the risk of flooding rain and possibly severe storms, i'll have details on what to expect in the accuweather forecast when "action news" returns. if you're looking frien. 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of of health. the white house wants to cut it by 18% and lawmakers from both parties are opposed to that. and that it's just getting to funding levels it needs and that comes four months after signing the 20 and century cures act. it put money into research not just for them but for the universities and medical centers nationwide and that big cuts could slow down advances in medicine. and today researchers are learning more about so-called super abgers these are people over 75 and sharp as a tack. and it shows that super agers lost less brain volume than the average senior and said case did not seem to pay a role. three out of four were women, and it may be that they had larger brains to begin with but more research is needed. also, today a father and daughter are celebrating a milestone, a kidney transplant 50 years ago that changed the course of medicine. ted lombard gave his then 13-year-old daughter denise a kidney to save her life. denise and her twin sister diane had a genetic affect that caused kidney failure. they would not put denise on dialysis because it was too new and risky and her mother convinced them to do a living donor transplant. >> i lost one daughter. and i didn't want to lose another. >> well now transplants including those from living donors are being done every day but the lombards want everyone to consider becoming a living donor. there are 100,000 people on the waiting list right fow a new name is added every 14 minutes, the bomb lards are believed to be the oldest living donor pair in the united states. back over to you. >> isn't that terrific. thank you ali. the college of new jersey kicked off a huge health fair today at the student rec center it's called thrive wellness expo featuring scores of vendors carrying information and wellness activities and some offered free massages to stress filled students, and some were taught how to make smoothies using an exercise glenner. it was neat. it coincides with national public health week. 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high pressure is building up briefly over the great lakes. the skinny high pressure that moves over us late tonight. however, there is another storm system waiting in the wings than brings us the potential for localize the flooding and possible severe storms on thursday. and temperatures are mild for this time of year. 52 in philadelphia tonight and allentown 46 and wilmington 50 and atlantic city 52 and cape may 52 degrees respect the day planner showing tomorrow try to get outside at some point during the day carve out some time to enjoy the weather and full sunshine at 8:00 already 56 and by 11:00 reaching the average high of 60 making it up to 70 by 5:00 and 8:00 clouds begin to move in ahead of our next storm system and future tracker 6 showing us that this next system could bring rocky weather on thursday. it brings a squall line developing at 10:30 in the morning with downpours and damaging winds and that likely will continue in the afternoon and the severe storm prediction center puts the greatest risk of severe weather south of philadelphia. and even in philadelphia we are under the marginal risk and the biggest threat is the potential for damaging wind. tomorrow a beauty mostly sunny and mild and 70 degrees and tomorrow 63 degrees and the possibility of severe storms and friday the phillies home opener, and chilly and the possibility of scattered showers 53 degrees and gets brighter on saturday 57 and sunday 66 and would you believe we have a shot near 80 degrees next week, melissa will talk about that in the exday forecast. >> i will running on that day yes. >> to the ice-cream store. >> she knows me. more ahead in the next half hour of "action news." a new yorker saw someone in trouble and did not hesitate to act. and his heroics were captured on cell phone video and we'll show you it to you. and the purpose to make sure those in need you can care for because of generous people in the public, and dallas cowboys quarterback, tony romo is giving up the 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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. the trump administration continues to dispute and down play revelations that russia interfered in last year's elections. now new accusations again the obama administration. a frightening discovery in a delaware pond has people looking for answers and emergency repairs has people prompting to close this bridge. and allies of president trump are jumping on a report alleging -- the administration says that nothing illegal happened. >> reporter: rick, we are seeing the trump administration double down if not triple down on these accusations but we are also seeing the former administration bite back. >> a former member of the obama administration is back in the spotlight. >> i leaked nothing to nobody. >> susan rice the former national security adviser to president obama on msnbc saying she did nothing wrong. the president tweeting otherwise, accusing rice of unmasking or asking to see the name of trump associates whose conversations were picked up by intelligence agencies. >> and rice says that unmasking is common. >> in eight years for me and others that served it was not uncommon. >> clarifying that unmasking is not illegal. the name is only revealed to the person that asked for it and helpful in understanding the depth of an investigation especially one as serious as russia interfering in the election. >> if we see something of great significance that involves russia or china or anyone else interfering in the political process and we need to understand the significant of that. >> at the same time white house spokesperson sean spicer was on camera good he doesn't accuse her of being politically motivated. i believe there are more questions than answers. >> rice was asked if there is any truth behind the alligation that president obama wiretapped trump tower, to which she responded those are absolutely false. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. turning to the subway bomb attack in russia now, we now know a 22-yea bomber was behind the attack but no group claimed responsibility for the attack that killed 13 people. some people injured are in critical condition. a new york city engineer crossed two electrified rails to rescue a man that fell on the subway tracks. jonathan says he was headed home from work and heard a commotion on the opposite platform after realizing a person was lying nearly motionless on the tracks. he jumped into action and carried the man to safety right there. just 90 seconds later a train barrels down the tracks. officials are blaming the man's fall on a me medical problem. and david muir will have more on the subway rescue and the russian bombing attack. after "action news" at 6:00. and the drunk driver accused of causing a train reaction crash that kill aid music teacher was in court today. authorities say he was drive on south 13 and street on february 11th and allegedly sideswiped two parks acars and carolyn morgan died when her car was hit and allegedly tried to take the license plate of his car following the crash. from our delaware newsroom police in newcastle county, are investigating the discovery of a man's body floating in a reception pond on warwick road in middletown. dive teams serve sd the pond for a car but found nothing. police are working to identify the man and trying to figure out what happened. authorities in bensalem are looking for help to identify a woman found disorients and wandering. they found her this morning after a septa bus called because she asked them to take her home but didn't know where home was. they took her to the neshaminy mall. and she is being treated at the torresdale hospital. a man by a vehicle riding a bike in the port richmond section is in critical condition, the victim in his late 40s or early 50s was hit at 10:30 on aramingo avenue. he was unresponsive and rushed to the hospital and officials say that the driver did stay at the scene. a thief used a coffee cup to threaten a convenience store employee in south philadelphia. the suspect walks into the 711 in the south block of south street. he ordered a pack of cigarettes and had a coffee cup in his hand and said it was filled with gasoline and threatened to set the clerk on fire the suspect got away with about $20. they celebrated culture and diversity today at city hall. the annual barbershop event. mayor kenney celebrated dr. martin luther king jr. and his legacy and robert woodard was honored by the mayor today he is the own of the barbershop in winfield. he uses his barber chair to connect with people of all colors. and a man in public service for four decades was honored. chief massy is with the second alarmers since 1997. and he is also soon to be a retired sergeant with the philadelphia police department. and folks in trenton are getting a blessing tonight thanks to the generosity of donors much the rescue mission of trenton helps people in crisis and they announced their biggest financial crisis in the 101 year history that they would have to close their emergency services without the donation of $220,000. now they can stay open past june of next year and they do job training and addiction treatment. money repairs forced officials to close the bridge between sea isle city and avalon. they found a crack in the pier at the toll bridge along ocean drive. the damage is 30 felt under water and the hope is that the repairs could be finished before memorial day and drivers have to use route 9 or the garden state parkway instead. lets see how the transit is going tonight. matt pellman is in the traffic center. >> for drivers down the shore, trying to avoid the closed bridge not looking bad at the garden state parkway the worst speeds are 50 miles per hour. not too bad at this point. same cannot be said in lawrence township. mercer county route 1 an overturned vehicle accident with lots of police on the scene taking out the left lane, are you jammed coming north on 1, stay on 295, you are better off there. and slow speeds along 95 and the schuylkill expressway and at least our crash on the walt whitman bridge new jersey ground is gone but delays linger, the slow speeds on 95 northbound side at the girard point bridge and a broken down pickup truck on the northbound side of 95 a close view of that in the right lane northbound from the airport it's jammed coming on to the girard point. and a crash along the holiday inn expression at street road. watch out for that. back over to you. >> thanks matt. still ahead a motorcyclist is looking out for road hazards but what happens when a mattress flew into his path. and a partnership is changing the life of young and old at one senior center and melissa is in for adam. >> highs there today in the region, and 80s to the south, 72 in the city and 82 in washington, d.c. and the mild air sticks around into wednesday. details in the 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they are shaping their roster for the 2017 season, more wheeling and dealing from your birds, they add a piece by trading for ravens trackle jimmy jor jorangan. and other nfl news, tony romo calls it a career. an nfl career and you'll see the former dallas quarterback hanging up his cleats for a microphone. is he joining the broadcast team. romo appears in five games the last two seasons. the sixers are down to the final five gamed of the season and tonight home to the brooklyn nets and sarge is feeling home in philadelphia. the two time rookie of the month had to make the transition to the nba game and had to make a transition to a new country. sarge made it all seem easy. >> in the beginning it was a little bit hard for me. you know new country and new teammates and something different. a different style of basketball and different style of life. >> when did you feel he was funny and have the sense of humor and personality he has. >> once i started to understand what he was saying, in the beginning as bad as his english is now it was worse when he got here understandably so. once we started to joke around with him and he became comfortable everyone fell in love with him and he is like a brother to all of us. >> the guys are like bosom buddies. >> the flyers are visiting the devils and they are no longer in playoff contention they are focusing on their future. he signed with the flyers last week and defense man sam morin is expected to make his debut as well tonight. the phillies get an extra day to enjoy the opening day victory over the reds and they have the day off and face the reds again tomorrow night. and the ncaa championship featured a close one it was north carolina edging gonzaga 71-65 and after falling short to villanova last season the tar heels redeemed themselveses. >> feeling of inadvocacy in the locker room was awful last year and this is fantastic and it is sweet. >> and chris jenkins was in the stands root on his brother. >> thank you ducis. it was an open house for the trenton thunder an affiliate of the new york yorew york yankees watch the practice. the concession stands were open for a $1 for hot dogs and sodas. the home onlier is next week april 13th at 7:00. question for you what happens when you mix a group of senior citizens with kindergarteners, a program is exploring that and they found out the results are nothing short of inspiring. >> it gives me a facet of life i wouldn't have otherwise. >> every tuesday here at the riddle village retirement community transformational gathering of sorts takes place. >> we saved this seat for you. >> that is nice. >> we are all old here. >> for nearly two hours the very young and very old are paired up and what happens next is almost magical. >> some have relatives that live a distance and it's nice to have the kids here. >> the eyes light up when they see the children. >> it's an inter generational program first pitched by debbie and made possible by several staff members that bus in a dozen kindergartners from the ymca of delaware county. >> just a big smile on his face. >> the budding friendship between mr. walter a reserved man of very few words and his new bowedy charlie who has become quite the helper. >> you want to say hello? >> not really much. >> he is my friend. because we do good stuff together. >> charlie even wanted mr. walter to visit for grandparents day. >> just yesterday i said your grandparents coming? >> and he said yes but i want walter to come as well. >> and the program is in its infancy, but the results are heart warming. >> i will grow up to be your mother. >> and this collaboration is so successful organizers tell me they are working on partnerships with nearby facilities to establish something similar. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month, 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then it drys out overnight into the day on wednesday. you can see the numbers north and west of town. tannersville on the school side in at 53 and levittown 63 and 71 in quakertown and 75 in coatesville and 75 in new holland and center city 72 and philadelphia a high of 74 and down down in new jersey atlantic city had a record high of 76 degrees cooler in toms riff at 59 and dover 58. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we see all the moisture across our region starting to depart and we are left over with showers exiting to the east but the heaviest moisture across portions of new england. we'll widen out the picture to the southwest and this is our next storm we are tracking across the plain states, across the backside of the four corners region. that heads our way and the storm moves in as we get into thursday. of the next 12 hours, turning clear and 52 in philadelphia for the overnight low, and center city tomorrow, mostly sunny day and 10 degrees about an above average, and traveling north of philadelphia the lehigh valley is bright and beautiful and temperature coming in at 68 along the coast a nice mixture of sunshine and clouds, high of 62 degrees. as we fast forward into thursday we track the area of low pressure that works its way eastward it's a windy and rainy day with the strong storms overhead and high temperature of 63 and we are calling for an inch to two inches of precipitation but there is a risk of finding severe weather. marginal for philadelphia but a slight risk across south jersey and delaware and the enhanced risk is down to the south of the virginias and into north carolina. there is a big concern with flooding rains and severe weather and a torn cannot be ruled out with the system. spring beauty tomorrow enjoy it with the accuweather forecast. the high temperature of 70 degrees and heavy rain and severe storms on thursday and high temperature of 63, breezy on friday, cooler and a high of 53, maybe a left over shower, we are nice over the weekend on saturday, it's bright and breezy and a high of 57, warmer on sunday that is the better of the two of the weekend at 66 and pass overbeginning on sunday and next week middle to upper 70s. it's coming. >> like it. you can get the seven-day forecast and check storm tracker 6 radar by going to 6abc.com/weather. several philadelphia postal carriers were honored for reaching an incredible milestone. "action news" was at the coastal branch where they were given the 100 million steps award. created forever the carriers with foot routes with no accidents. each recipient walked 50,000 miles of a 30-year career. what an amazing accomplishment. jim gardner is standing by with these stories next at 6:00. they are investigating the beating at a king of prussia mall. we hear from the mother of the 14-year-old boy attacked. and four police recruits make an arrest at a local park, how they received a life before they even graduated from the police academy. now for the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams have a nice evening. good night. "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. tuesday night four police recruits become heros in new jersey and investigators are pouring over this video of a brawl inside of the king of prussia mall. but the big story is eric frein on trial. lawyers delivered opening statements in the trial of the 33-year-old frein today. he allegedly killed one pennsylvania state trooper and injured another during an ambush in september of 2014. frein was called an assassin that tried to spark a revolution. john rawlins is live now with the firsthand account outside of the courthouse. >> reporter: a remarkable opening by the prosecution rolling out its case using dna and battistic evidence and handwriting analysis to try frein to the crime. first on the stand nicole palmer a civilian dispatcher that described the sniper ambush outside of the door of the blooming grove police barracks on september 12th, 2014. fighting back tears at times, palmer told how the fatally wounded