judge john cleland did hear arguments from defense attorneys and prosecutors but it is unclear when he will decide on whether there should be an appeals hearing. convicted pedophile jerry sandusky walk into court with a defiant tone imploring the press to listen, to defense arguments for a new trial. inside the courtroom defense attorneys argued sandusky refused ineffective counsel from his past defense attorneys, joey amen dole a they believe theyer ordinary in waving the penn state football coach's preliminary hearing which would have given the attorneys then an opportunity, to hear from the victims. the defense also criticized his attorney for allowing sandusky's infamous interview by bob costas. when he suggested that he liked young boys, for sexual gratification, and, paused when he asked if he was sexually attracted to boys. judge reiterated though that he had problems with a new defense's argument saying that he had questioned factual evidence that would compel him to provide an appeals hearing. defense attorneys did hold a press conference just a short time ago, during one of the defense attorneys actually read a statement from jerry sandusky, and sandusky, maintains his innocence and will have more details about the read statement, and other aspects on later additions of "action news". live, chad pradelli, channel six "action news". >> chad, thank you. jury selection has begun in the corruption trial of the long time pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah. fattah's accused of taking bribes and misusing campaign funds and federal grants. the judge delayed start of the testimony until may 16th. last week fattah loss the primary to state law maker twi evans ending his hopes of the 12th term in congress. philadelphia police say a 20 year-old man had died following a crash in the east falls section that also killed a six year-old boy. man has been identified as nair ross wilson while the child was identified as eric perez. wilson is father of the seven week old baby girl critically injured in the wreck. six other people, also seriously hurt. the crash happened shortly before 4:00 o'clock yesterday afternoon, here in the 5400 block of henry avenue. investigators say the rainy weather was a major factor in the crash. a driver is in the hospital following this collision in the cities mayfair section. it happened on frankford avenue near tyson avenue at 6:30 this morning. police say driver in one of the cars was trapped and had to be rescued. that driver is hospitalized in stable condition. the cause of the crash still under investigation. turning now to the accu weather forecast, another dreary day across the delaware and lehigh valleys. those cloud just do not wanting to away. >> nope. later this evening we will have, we will be watching for some possible thunderstorms, as well. meteorologist david murphy outside with the latest from accu weather. david, we are dry right now but things are changing. >> rick and sarah, there is possibility of showers and thunderstorms rolling back in especially this evening. might see that later this afternoon. storm tracker six live double scan right now shows us that there is no rain however but we are getting a break. we are expecting over the next couple hours to start to return unshine into play which isn't a good thing because that will destabilize atmosphere and make it more likely we will see thunderstorms later. for now showers fading off the map over the last couple of hours as they try to edge east. farther west though just on the other side of the baltimore we can see cloud breaking up but we are looking at the potential return for some sunshine. the as we look at future tracker six you can see by 2:30 we already are, transition go to at least partially sunny skies. now watch the west as we advanced this, we will see showers that begin creeping through. as we get in the evening hours there is a chance some of these develop into thunderstorms. some could be strong gusty thunderstorms down in the southern 23rd of the delaware, base click kent and sussex counties and extreme south jersey, southern cape may county could see a cracking then are storm tonight with good gusty wind with it. be careful of that. even as late as 11:00 you might still be looking at lightening outside the window and thunder through your neighborhood. temperatures right now are still cool, 55 degrees beneath clouds in philadelphia. farther south in washington we have got 63 where the cloud are breaking. it isn't too much farther south we are well the in the 70's. we will try to tap into that warmer air down south and we should see a late the day high in the mid to upper 60's in philadelphia. some spots south and west getting up in the 70's. here's how we will play it the rest of the afternoon by 4:00 mix of clouds and sun breaks. sixty-seven. sixty-eight by five or 5:30. then we will start to dip after dark by 10:00 o'clock all the way down to 57 degrees. look out for showers and thunderstorms. as we speak very light misty drizzle has opened up here otter ace. cloud are low enough right now where we might see that until they break a little later. rick, not only toys day unstable but next four days, also look a bit on the rainy side at least for parts of the days. we will break it down in the exclusive accu weather seven day coming up in a few. >> looking forward to the weekend as always, david, thank you. we will see you back inn identify. with the potential for severe thunderstorms keep six abc.com/weather close at hand it is best tool to use to find out when and where the heaviest storms will hit. from our new jersey news room now state education officials will consider different school start times today. they are launch hearings to discuss whether middle and high school students should start the school will day later in the morning. the legislature passed a law last year to at least consider the time switch. health experts have been reprimanding that older student start class, no earlier then 8:30 a a.m. the first meeting will be held this afternoon at camden county college's blackwood campus. a solemn exhibit is on display right now at the university of delaware. 1100 backpacks have been placed a cross the center of campus. each represents a college student who committed suicide every year. pictures and stories are attached to each of the backpacks. the the exhibit called send silence packing driving home message it is never too late to ask for help. help lines are being provided. exhibit will be in place until 4:00 this afternoon. the race for the white house runs through indiana this week. most of the presidential candidates are stumping in the state a head of tomorrow's critical primary. abc karen traverse joins us live with the latest from washington. karen, good afternoon. welcome back. >> reporter: good afternoon, sarah, thanks. it is a very busy day on the campaign trail in indiana. there is a frantic push to look down the inn yan a vote. ted cruz and bernie sanders say they can still pull off this nomination but right the now they are facing a a very steep, uphill climb. ted cruz barn storming indiana in the the state is make or break or him. >> to pull us back from this cliff that we are staring down. >> reporter: despite endorsement of indiana's governor and announcing carli fiorina as his running mate, cruz is trailing donald trump by double digits. >> if we win indiana, it is over, okay. >> reporter: on the democratic side, bernie sanders also in a must win, situation. >> it looks to me like south bend is ready for a political revolution. >> applause. >> reporter: hillary clinton hold is a a small lead over sanders in indiana but even if he loses there he says he is not going anywhere. >> the convention will be a contested contest. >> reporter: sanders is now calling on super delegates in the states he has won to throw their support for him. even they they overwhelmingly backed clinton. >> i do not deny for a second, a tough road to climb. >> reporter: how tough? he would need to win 92 percent of all remaining delegates. clinton meanwhile has her eyes on the general election. >> we cannot let barack obama's legacy fall into donald trump's hands. >> reporter: and in his closing arguments in indiana ted cruz says the voters should choose their candidates based on substance not insults or attacks. reporting live from washington, karen traverse, channel will six "action news". >> rick and sarah a. there is much more still to come on "action news" at 12:30, an intense search continues for a missing florida mother and police say her disappearance is suspicious. woman turntables on the man that she said prayed on her in public and police say she was not his first victim. those stories and more, coming up next. blank so atlantic city was on the brink of defaulting on its debt but a short time ago mayor guardian a announced the gambling town will be a able to cover a more than one million-dollar bond payment. "action news" reporter john rawlins is live now in atlantic city with the the very latest, john. >> reporter: hi, sarah a. atlantic city to not make history today and that is a good thing. the historic possibility would have been that bond default, the first in new jersey, since the 1930's and the great depression. certainly atlantic city is running on fumes at this point in time according to the mayor here but as of 10:00 o'clock this morning the city did wire out 1.8 million-dollar in its bond obligation. >> we have made the decision to pay our bond payments as of 10:00 o'clock this morning, 1.8 million-dollar. if i believed that a full state over was helping save atlantic city, i would say quickly conceded as the white cat to follow and support its passage but i just don't. >> he doesn't. that of course he is talking about the potential of the state take over something that governor christie and number of people in trenton want at this point in time. atlantic city is fighting that and trying to get a less contract cone yan take over modified plan if you will. at this point though atlantic city is on its own, given what they call a burn rate how much money it spend per day and current inflow of taxes, it expects it will make its payday this week. the it expects it will make its payment to the school district which it must do this month at the 15th of may. looking toward june, however things far less certain, according to mayor guardian. live from atlantic city, john rawlins for channel six "action news". >> john, thank you. authorities in south florida are spending a sixth kay looking for a mother and air force veteran who vanished last week. a cord go to police 30 year-old tricia todd was last seen last tuesday night. when she and her ex-husband brought their six year-old with what their -- brought their sick two-year old to the hospital. sheriff's office found todd's car near her home with the keys in the ignition and her purse inside but her phone and wallet was missing. >> her disappearance is stream willly disappearance and worst possibility is she is a victim of a crime. >> she's out there somewhere. we just want our girl back. >> todd's ex-husband was in the air force has returned to north carolina where he was stationed. police say he is cooperating with the investigation and is not considered a suspect. woman in jacksonville, florida confronted the man who she says repeatedly harassed her. >> do you remember, running into me in the grocery store. >> stop this guy. >> reporter: candace spivey recorded the encounter. he approached his woman and asked inappropriate questions. when he approached her in the aisle of the target store she confronted him, even chased him out of the store. >> if that is what you have to do be safe and protect yourself, you do what you have got to do. >> police say he is a convicted video invoicer, spivey posted the video on facebook and has been viewed more than a millions of times with dozens of women saying 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think most of the afternoon. >> right here. >> it will be dry. >> we will get a late and a nighttime, with all of this going on. storm tracker six live double scan, what are we looking at. >> stop it. >> we are looking at nothing right now no umbrellas necessary for right now. taking a look outside we have a lot of cloud cover around. the cloud are low enough where we might get misty drizzle in your face or windshield but even that isn't umbrella worthy. taking a look at our highlights? today we have potential for late day or night time thunderstorms. some of them could be strongest specially in the southern two thirds of the delaware, kent county, sussex county, down in southern cape may county. rest of it will be drenching downpour, maybe gusty win from these and lightening. the tuesday morning, we have got some showers possible, but they should break up and we should be basically cloudy and damp on tuesday, wednesday, through friday, stay unsettled though each of those days with the chance of rain at least for part of the day. 55 degrees currently in philadelphia. wind are running calm, so not a lot of wind out there but certainly chilly enough for a jacket. hopefully as we go through next several hours things will change for the better. we are looking at the breaks to the cloud out to the west and south? we are expecting a return of the at least some sunshine this afternoon. that will, in turn, help temperatures go up a bit. looking at future tracker six you can see those breaks in the cloud. now by 4:00 o'clock there will be some cloud out the to the west and related showers and then eventually that starts to drop through and by six or 7:00 o'clock tonight there is a chance of spotty thunderstorms popping up. later in the evening hours we will see some more drenchers and some of these could be those severe storms that we are talking about down in dover and millville. it could be late this afternoon but it could be as late as 11:00 tonight. if you have a concern about this, of course, adam joost he have will be on the air with storm tracker six live double scan at ten on phl17 and cecily tynan right here on six abc at 11:00 with the radar showing you the very latest. the severe risk that was in place this afternoon appears to be getting push further to the south. so may be a little will less chance of the severe weather. the none the less thunderstorms that populate tore day and authentic could produce lightening and a bit of the gusty wind out ahead of them. 68 degrees is your high today in philadelphia. farther south and west you go better chance you have of more warm air surging in and down in dover we think about 74 late today. all of these, fairly late in the afternoon. up in allentown only 62. real difference between north and south, of course, it will be cool along the ocean because we are next to the cool ocean water. taking a look where temperatures go rest of the the way, 60 degrees by 2:00. getting up in the upper 60's by 4:00. if we get that 68 it is more like five. sixty-five by 6:00. cooling down between 8:00 and 10:00. possibility of showers and thunderstorms through the evening. then tomorrow morning we are still unsettled to start out. it looks like morning showers around, and then by noon we are down to spotty drizzle a and spotty showers, a little bit more of that during the afternoon. the less rain though thomas we go into the ladder portion of the day. sixty-eight is the day high, late this afternoon. we will probably break out some sunshine but then look out for that afternoon or evening shower or thunderstorm. cloudy and damp thomas you saw, 66. could see early sunshine on wednesday but then afternoon rain builds back in and if you have a t time in the morning, great. afternoon not so great. sixty-four is the high on wednesday. thursday 62 under the clouds. the thursday does look like it is a day that could feature off and on rain pretty much throughout. friday still unsettled. we could see early sun and then afternoon showers, we'll merge, and then for weekend things get better, clouds and sun on saturday and sunday highs of 70 or so. while is there a chance of the spotty shower saturday or sunday it is not a wash out and generally speaking should feel more comfortable. >> thanks, david. >> it is monday, that means more dancing in the ballroom and this week on dancing with the stars, it is doubly limb nation time, eight couples are left in the competition, and top of the leader board is boys two men singer juan morris, kim field and ginger zee tied with last place. every one will get two more dance this is week. be sure to watch starting tonight at 8:00 right here on six abc. princess charlotte is celebrating her first birthday today, duke and duchess of cambridge released several new pictures, to mark the occasion. pictures were taken by mom, kate last month. and kensington palace officials say principales received letters and gifts from 64 countries. president obama, the first lady sent charlotte a gig saw puzzle and stuffed dog that looks like bow, the white house dog. philadelphia's known as the city of first and pennsylvania ballet is set to put an a or a program of first actually. karen rodgers has more in this weeks six abc loves the arts. >> ♪ >> this is a program made up of three ballet, a world premiere, north american premiere, and valentine's first ballet in america which marked a milestone in the history of dance. >> it is a very different program, but at the same time its masterpiecees from these three major choreographers. >> ♪ >> reporter: show opens with george classic serenade in string. >> it is one of the first ballet he did for new york city ballet and considered a masterpiece. the it is a stamp in dance in america and way that dancing was going to be seen in the future. >> he was very famous for using dancers as part of the music. you almost visualized the music which is something really impressive. >> program includes the world premiere of the work by ballet's resident choreographer, matthew keenan. the piece is entitled archivea and gives us a glimpse in the mind of the dancers. >> it will be appealing for an audience not used to classical ballet. some are very intense but at the same time music is intense and makes it a little lighter program closes with the north more than premiere of meadows featuring music by french composer. >> the music is really powerful and strong. there is three different movements. and it is a very different energy. it always takes you by surprise. >> the pennsylvania ballet, performs a program of firsts may 12th, to the 15th at the contacted my of music. the for tickets and show times go to the arts in philly.org or of course you can visit six abc.com/loves the a arts for other area events. for six abc loves the arts i'm karen rodgers. pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. flonase is the first and only nasal spray approved to relieve 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