is off, we begin with breaking news s police caught up with a suspect accused of robbing a bank and leading police on a chase. in city's holmesburg section. the man was apprehended in the bridesburg section. to word of injuries at the bank and the bank robbery suspect is taken into custody by philadelphia police. there was delayed transactions for citizen bank customers. they woke up to find out their deposits were not available. bob brooks has more. >> reporter: rick, it's friday and for people that means payday and their bills are scheduled and financial responsibilities centered around today, and when they woke up and didn't see the direct deposit they were concerned to say the least. >> thank you for calling citizens bank your information is temporarily unavailable. that is what customers heard when they called this morning. when it comes to your money that is not something you want to hear. especially on a friday when so many people get paid. their paychecks never made it into their accounts. we spoke to a woman heading into the branch on city avenue, she too was not able to make the deposit. >> i tried to deposit my checks through the mobile app and it would not do it. >> thank you for calling citizens bank due to unusually high call volumes, we are unable to answer your calls at this time. >> the bank released this statement. due to a vendor processing issue involving several institutions there say delay in transactions posting to their accounts. they acknowledged the inconvenience to customers needing their paychecks today and said that the issue will be resolved soon. for some customers you may notice things are back to normal. >> we also did speak with the bank representative, we asked her were she hacked and she said no. it was a vendor issue and at this point things should be back to normal and if not very soon. check your bank accounts. bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. in other news, one person was killed when a fire broke out in a home here in pemberton, burlington county, chopper 6 hd was over the scene at 6:00 this morning you see flames coming through the roof and the a tanker truck had to be called in to help douse the flames, no word on what may have sparked the blaze. >> flames poured from the the roof of two homes down the shore, and fire engulfed the large homes as firefighters poured water on them from above. you see the damage from chopper 6 hd and they are located on sea gulf drive in avalon, cape may county. jeanette reyes joins us from the scene with more on that morning blaze there. >> reporter: well rick, a couple dozen firefighters are on the scene after battling the blaze this morning, behind me say fire that destroyed two multimillion-dollar homes. look at these images from overhead at chopper 6 hd black smoke billowed into the skies this morning. right now firefighters are working to put out the hot spots and fire officials tell us they got a call at 7:45 about a fire alarm on flamingo drive off pelican drive and arrived to find heavy smoke and fire in both homes, and used one water line to get the flames under control and a second running about two blocks from here to help put out the fire. the fire chief says the size of the homes did complicate matters because it spread quickly and one family was home and managed to get out without injuries. the other family is out of town on vacation and a friend tells me they are in florida. this is their primary residence and they booked a flight for this evening. >> residents of one of the dwellings reported that the fire woke them this morning. and they saw it on the outside of the building as they were getting their families out of the building there was no fire inside. >> fire officials believe that the fire started outside of the building, one thing being looked at in this ongoing investigation is the gas leak as the possible cause of these fires, again just one of the factors being looked into but these homes are both a complete loss. reporting live in avalon, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. on the weather front maybe it's the luck of the irish that is giving us a sunny afternoon and slightly warmer temperatures than yesterday. not a bad day to end a wintry work week and the weekend could be a bit unsettled. sky 6 hd looking at the center city skyline and bathed in sunshine that could melt the snow we could see a wintry mix returning this weekend and for more on that, lets check in with karen rogers in for david murphy at the "action news" big board. >> top of the afternoon to you rick. we spent three days stuck in the 30s and we are in the low 40s today. 39 in philadelphia and 37 in reading but we are at 40 in wilmington and 42 in millville and 42 in dover and 43 right now in atlantic city. satellite 6 along with action radar showing with all of that beautiful sunshine we see the clouds creep up. got the luck of the irish our high is 42, 6:00, 41 degrees and clouds mixing in and by 8:00 p.m. 38 degrees and by 10:00, 35 degrees, as we take a look. 42 is the high well below the average of 53. that would feel nice, staying below average. not only today but the entire seven day period. i want to show you storm-we are watching this precipitation building in from the west and a warm front is lifting through the region and not a big storm or a lot of precipitation but it will be impacting us and watch that late tonight into the overnight hours, late tonight into tomorrow we get a wintry mix and tomorrow is a nasty day with cold rain showers, maybe mixing in with wet snow showers north and west. and another event where we have light snow arriving saturday night. saturday night into sunday and we'll talk about the timing of that and how much to expect of these two nuisance events coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> we'll check back in later thank you. philadelphia police are trying to identify a man shot before being dragged 100 feet by a minivan along the 1,000 block of north 58th street in overbrook, he looked and saw the victim also suffering a gunshot wound to the head. the victim is believed to be in his 20s or 30s. the driver is cooperating and not considered a suspect. two men were stabbed overnight at market street in secenter city. police have a person in custody they found a purse and other items on the street near the 7-eleven store. they are trying to figure out what happened. >> a car collided head-on with a freight train in the tioga-nicetown section. this is west moreland street at 7:30 this morning, nobody was hurt in the car and no damage to the train, the car was damaged however. and police are trying to determine how the car got stuck on the tracks. president trump is meeting with with german chancellor angela merkel at the white house talking about fighting isis and resolving ukraine's conflict. they'll have a press conference at 1:30 and that the health care bill will be change to shore up support for the gop. >> we made certain changes. thank you -- speaker ryan -- >> that is not the only battle brewing, the white house is not backing down when it comes to trump's accusations that former president obama wiretapped trump tower. top republican leaders on capital hill joined democrats thursday saying they saw absolutely no evidence of wiretapping. from our delaware newsroom, a major thoroughfare is closed down so a pipe can be installed. at port penn road it will about closed at 7:00 tonight and 5:00 a.m. on monday. traffic is detoured to pole bridge road and back to route 13, route 1 is an alternate route. weekend toll rates will not go into effect because of the work being done this weekend. ♪ ♪ bag pipers led the way for the annual st. patrick's day parade in wilmington, delaware, following a mass and breakfast at saint patrick's church. mayor mike carnie and wilmington's fire and police chiefs took part in the parade holding a banner. 6 abc is getting into the st. patrick's day spirit. if you pass by our building overnight, you would have seen our offices lit up in green. happy st. paddy's day. still to come a massive fire engulfs a north carolina apartment building and nearly a dozen buildinged surrounding. and an emt is dead after being run over by her own ambulance after it was stolen. a massive five-alarm fire engulfed an apartment building in raleigh, north carolina at night. ten nearby buildings were damaged and one firefighter was hurt by shattered glass, it took flee hours to bring the blaze under control. several people lost power during the fire. and investigators are not yet able to get into thee to determine the cause. a home was leveled outside of washington, d.c., the blast was so loud it could be heard for miles. >> i was woken by an extremely loud explosion, shh shook my windows and whole house, it felt similar to the earthquake a couple of years ago. >> investigators are trying to figure out what caused the back. back in 2011 there was an explosion on the same street, and two people were killed when a person disconnected a clothes dryer without capping the line. and a woman is charged with spiking her boss's coffee to forget about the loan. >> when she attempted to pay the loan the check bounced and he noticed a spike if his -- and slime in his coffee cup. it was a mixture of caffeine pill and anti- -- medication in his coffee. a pilot was able to safely land a plane after losing one of the propellers. the pilot made the landing in sydney australia earlier today. the crew on board report that the righten begin propeller assembly separated from the plane and there were 16 passengers and crew members on the plane at that time. they are asking anyone that finds the propeller parts to come forward. still ahead on "action news" at noon, a study links the possible connection from grades and drug use among teenagers. and if you are searching for a job wawa is offering hoagies. i made this lawn from seed pride, and less water than you'd think. to those who'd say 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on wednesday march 29th. acme stores want to help you restock after the storm. they are offering a 10% coupon, and it's on the website and valid through today. some exclusions apply so read the fine print. we have a link on our website at 6abc.com. turning to health check at noon, the new study finds that the better the student the more likely they will use drugs and alcohol. they surveyed students from private and public school and tracked drugs and alcohol and found that those with the highest test scores were more likely to drink alcohol and smoke pot but less likely to smoke cigarettes and binge drink. here is alicia vitarelli live in our newsroom with a preview of 4:00. >> reporter: coming up a young dog attack victim made a miraculous recovery and a professional athlete wants to make sure she stays on that track. a 5-year-old met shaquille o'neil himself. if meeting the nba was not enough he had a huge surprise for the family. find out what it was today at 4:00. and it is freebie friday with tasty freebies coming up. including free ice-cream forever the first day of spring. which we imagine will come, i don't know, when it is suppose to? either way free ice-cream. >> it's suppose to be monday but we'll see. >> thank you. quick break and accuweather and karen rogers when we come right back. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. 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[ male announcer ] you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. plus, there are no networks, and virtually no referrals needed. see why millions of people have already enrolled in the only medicare supplement insurance plans endorsed by aarp. don't wait. call now. meteorologist, karen rogers is back now with the st. paddy's day forecast. a little bit of irish in your family. >> my husband is irish and my kids are irish but i'm not, but i like a pot of gold. lets look at stormtracker 6 live double scan and we are dry and looking good, we are not staying dry, overnight we are tracking a wintry mix in our area. lets see what is going on outside as we look live at the irish american memorial there in penn's landing. it's looking good and a couple of people are out there at this hour. sunshine and finally getting out of the 30s today and we'll take a walk. 39 in philadelphia and 42 in millville. and 43 in dover and melting in the region and 40 degrees in cape may. satellite 6 along with action radar showing beautiful clear skies and a nice afternoon with sunshine and precipitation is not that far off. a warm front lifting through the area, not a lot of precipitation but enough to bring us a wintry mix overnight tonight and into tomorrow. for today it's dry for your evening commute at 2:00, 41 and get out and enjoy the 40s the first time in a while we have hit them. 42 in philadelphia and better than it has been, clearing up by 6:00 and 8:00, 38 and 10:00 dipping to 36 degrees. the first round of precipitation comes overnight tonight into tomorrow. and this model showing future tracker 6 at 5:00 in the morning, a bit of a wintry mix near the city possible and rain showers for most of us. and in the lehigh valley some light snow and this advances through the afternoon hour and rain showers through most of the region and a nasty day on saturday. and without snowflakes mixing with than snow in the poconos during the day on saturday. and then this coastal low forms and we get the bands of moisture wrapping around it and this is a better chance for more precipitation and snow saturday night into sunday. we track this and look at saturday night 11:30, we start to see the snow overtake the lehigh valley and dip down to the region and most of the area getting light snow at 5:00 a.m. on sunday. we can see this wrap up quickly by 9:00 nothing is happening and we are drying out already. temperatures are the key, and we are not getting much snow in south jersey and delaware. but it will melt quickly, a coating to inch of snow for both events from late tonight into the overnight hours through sunday morning a coating to inch in the philadelphia area, including delaware and chester county and southern and bucks counties and trenton allentown and reading 1 to 3 inches for both. and mt. pocono through the weekend 3 to 6 inches of snow good news for the skiers, not a lot of precipitation for two events in the city. 42 is the high today and overnight into tomorrow a wintry mix and tomorrow 44 and rain and snow showers. and sunday morning light snow ends and 46 degrees. and monday not as cold we make it up to 51 and tuesday breezier and milder 53. wednesday the milder air does to the lost and it drops to the 40s and 44. and thursday even colder, it's spring but won't feel like it. 42 degrees. looking at temperatures below average. >> thank you. we would all go the extra mile to help our beloved pets but one man is getting national attention for coming to the rescue of his disabled gold fish. derek says his pet gold fish has a defective swim bladder and was stuck on the bottom of the tank upside down and created a wheelchair for the fish, tubing connecters and zip ties and now skims like any other fish. okay. more ahead in our next half hour of "action news" at 12:30. a camera crew barely escaped an erupting volcano. and a taco truck stolen in california. how the truck's owner plan to repay the officers that helped to bring it back. more when we come right back. "action news" continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and david murphy. >> hello again. here are the stories we are following for you. an intense house fire kills one person in south jersey what we are learning about the deadly blaze coming up and the man with gunshot wounds was dragged by a minivan without the driver's knowledge. the investigation into what happened. >> and the gop tries to push through the health care plan. they continue to investigate the president's wiretapping claims. and the house fire in pemberton new jersey and they may know why it spread the way it did. nora muchanic is live now with the investigation. >> reporter: investigators from several different agencies including the state fire marshal's office is on the scene and going through the house. the victim was trapped in a second floor bedroom but neither police nor firefighters could get to her through the flames, the call came in at 5:44 and a neighbor dialed 911 to record that a house in the 400 block of

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