, "mad off". >>> a congressional hearing over the flint water crisis turned into an angry blame game, angry officials fought over who is responsible. the epa said that michigan state leaders ignored advice to treat the city's water after taking it from the flint river. congressman elijah cummings was outraged when he saw the led in the water. >> we are not defending anybody we are the last line of defense, if we don't do it nobody is going to do it. >> flint's state appointmented manager says he was unable to attend the hearing. and michigan's governor rick schneider was not called to testify today. >>> a convicted killer says he is sorry for the fear he caused when he broke out of a new york prison last year. david sweat apologized at a sentencing today. he was already behind bars for life but a judge gave him additional time, and they killed the other inmate that escaped with him and sweat was ordered to pay $80,000 in restitution. >>> and looking at closing numbers, the dow up 283 points and the nasdaq down 13 and the s&p 500 up 9.5 points on the day. >>> the toyota is discontinui

cities in new jersey where the lead poisoning rate of the kids tested is higher than flint, michigan. i'm nora muchanic in trenton. i'll have that story coming up. >> but first here at 4:30 we are tracking rain and unseasonably warm temperatures clear across the delaware valley. >> sky6 hd looking live outside at the philadelphia international airport. busy activity happening but the rain is only the beginning of what looks like a wet week ahead and so those wet run ways out there today. let's start 4:30 with "action news" meteorologist adam joseph and the latest from accuweather. hi, adam. >> sharrie and brian this will be a quick hit of rain this evening. that's the good news. it's stretching basically right along that i-95 corridor a little bit to the north and west and to the south and east. as we close in closer to around philadelphia to the south glassboro wilmington and newark dealing with some pops of yellow as this rain is working from the southwest to the north and east so quick hits of some heavier bursts of rain but already the ending line, the leading edge ther

. >> ♪ >> e-mails released today show michigan governor rick sh staff knew about the flint water crisis as early as october of 2014 and that they urged the governor to do something about it. schneider's top environmental aide and his deputy legal counsel both urged schneider's chief of staff and others to putter flint back on detroit's water system. they said at the very at the same time the general motors plant had recently switched supplies because flint's water was rusting the auto parts. they called the situation urgent. snyder was reelected the next month. it would be a full year until michigan's governor took any action on the water crisis. that came after tests showed elevated levels of lead in the water. >> tuition is going up at three colleges and universities in our area. the university of pennsylvania says its total cost of attendance is going up 4 percent to $66,000. swarthmore college approved a plan to increase its tuition and room and board fees three and a half percent. that brings the cost there to $64,000 and villanova also planning a three and a half percent increase. th

urged them to help and stop the cycle of violence. >> the people of flint, michigan, knew their water was contaminated and now they find out that they paid the highest rates in the nation for that contaminated water. they did a survey of the country's five largest systems, flint residents paid nearly $864 a year more than double the national average. >>> the viral sonogram that is heart breaking and awe inspiring. a sibling bond even before birth. it's a picture of her twins holding hands during a moment of crisis. the family was devastated to find out that baby mason has a hole in his heart and abnormal brain, and his chances are grim. but his sister, madeleine, holding him their tiny hands connected. >> i am carrying him and she is the only one holding on to him and it's comforting to know that if he does pass he won't be alone. >> the family comforted knowing that mason feels their love and their prayers. it doesn't get more beautiful than that. >>> now to a viral add one of twitter's viral ads. the stop smoking campaign, and it's veered to cat lovers, called cat mageddon. the comp

effort to help those suffering from that water crisis in flint michigan. today pennsylvania state representative vanessa lowry brown urged people to donate to flint residents. they need pure if i'd water home filtration systems and basic necessities like baby wipes and form l this was part of a national day of action held in cities across the country organized by the national black caucus of state legislators. >> delaware's pumpkin chunking could be making its way back. it has been canceled for the past two years because of liability issues. organizers hope to hold the event in sussex county but are also looking at two locations along the eastern shore of maryland. they say they have insurance for this year's event and hope to iron out more details in the next month. >>> a bucks county mother's determination paid off. nearly four years after her son was hit and killed while walking home. "action news" anchor rick williams live in the news room with more on this. hi, rick. >> hi, sharrie. quite a story here. call it triumph after tragedy. back in 2012, john riorek was killed while