in cinnaminson, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> a 20-year-old man facing charges after police say he threatened to shoot people at a school in northern pennsylvania. officers arrested austin lehman who got a tip from other students who was planning on shooting other people at a job correspond. >> at least someone tipped us off. kind of a shocker, but the way the world is going not out of the ordinary. >> lehman texted the students and told her, he utilized other serial killers. the student contacted the director of school security and reported it to police, he said he didn't want to hurt anyone but is charged with making terroristic threats. >>> fire officials are trying to figure out what sparked an enormous blaze for classes for dozens of students. the blaze erupted at 3:00 a.m. yesterday with fuel tanks exploding and tires bursting off their rims. officials canceled classes, but hope they pick up on monday. >>> one student was arrested stemming from a brawl at a basketball game in delaware. smyrna and copy henlopen on -- cape hen cape henlopen on saturday. he has been charg

john rawlins is live now. what is the story? >> reporter: well the question is will the students bring their passion and questions to the board meeting their concern is security and they believe that what is an injustice to a faculty member. >> free mr. luck! >> these students had a message and despite administration threats they could face discipline they walked out of school. because they don't believe that cherry hill east is secure enough. and they believe that the school district unfairly suspended teacher, timothy lock for discussing security issues during an ap history class last week. the 59-year-old luck served in the air force and he was ordered to undergo an evaluation by his bosses. >> it's a controversial issues, he brought up about a real problem how our school security lacks. we lack proper foundations and proper funding for security. >> he was just saying we need more security and safety. that is all true we do. >> the school superintendant declined to talk to dann cuellar about the student protest that actually

john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> all right john thank you. >>> we remind you to stay with "action news" for live coverage of the championship parade starting at 9:00 tomorrow morning, we'll also be streaming the celebration live on 6abc.com. and we have a special page on the website with a complete guide before tomorrow's main event and then the street by street route and list of road closures and parking restrictions and mass transit plans, that includes all of septa's service changes and fine the information at 6abc.c 6abc.com/eagles parade. and join the "action news" morning team early at 4:00 a.m. as philadelphia gets ready for the parade. we'll have live team coverage of the last minute preparations. >>> the philadelphia eagles as you know put on quite a show in minneapolis this weekend but the american bald eagle put on a show in mercer county yesterday and attracted on looks to conal lake in lawrence. the wildlife officials say it can be spotted across the state but the majority nest in cumberland and bay side in cape may county. >>> philadelphia police are asking for your

john rawlins has the full story from the newsroom. >> hi jim, the governor called the gathering today in the wake of what happened in florida. new jersey has a lot of existing protocols concerning school security. active gunshoter drills and that sort of things. the action today the new minvation will look through the pol says and add to them where needed. >> today we will review current protocol and outline different steps being taken at the state level. to augment the practice by law enforcement. let me be perfectly clear nothing is a replacement for comprehensive gun reincluding a ban on mill industry style weapons and keeping those with mental issues from access to gun. >> and reaction over schools security. starting today state troopers begin increasing their stops at schools within their patrol areas. >> it's not just about the security in those schools. that is certainly a primary function but giving faculty members and parents and the students the opportunity to interact with our troopers. that is where the instilling of public trust comes from. the states department of childr

lets switch live to suburban station and john rawlins. this will take coordination between the commuter rails and the city division both equally crucial. >> reporter: that is correct. septa hopes to move about 500 to 550,000 people to and from the parade on thursday. the biggest people movers the broad street line and market frankford line is on rush hour service all day long. and regional rails has to extensively modify their schedule and some stops are bypassed and those folks from the burbs in center city have to get off at 30th or jefferson. >> if you can get to the broad street or market frankford line on thursday. the good news is your ride will be free but if you think about taking a regional rail train expect twists and turns. to get on board you must have special reduced fair tickets and existing trail pass or one of these special one day passes, 50,000 of them are on sale. the line at paoli snaked outside the stays today. one man looking for -- >> 13. >> at $10 a pop. >> come thursday only the airport line will have regular serv

john rawlins was there. >> reporter: two men and a truck. by the end of the morning the truck was a wreck and the two men arrested. the driver for suspicion of driving under the influence and the height is clearly marked but people in the area says too often ignored. >> i don't understand why they don't look up and see the sign that says how many feet. can they not read? because the height is there on the bridge. very clear. >> remarkable to me. >> every few month. >> this was the fourth time since november and the police estimate they have generated 100 accident reports in here in 10 years and one theory too many truck drivers have their focus on navigational apps for cars that don't factor in overhead clearance and everybody is look agent apps and looking at and listening to whatever the voice in the machine is telling them without observing them around them and saying i'm a big truck that is a small clearance. >> can anything be done to improve things? something hard toward ignore? >> blinking lights or neon, so when you approach it it's

john rawlins is live inside of city hall, to find out how much the parade impacted the city of philadelphia. >> hi guys, well we heard from a number of organizations. a post analysis. up beat saying it went off well. only a few hiccups and as you said the number of people there that became an issue. the expectation going into the parade. 2 to 3 million people there. an established report today of an analysis made by an organization in britain estimated 700,000 people there. the city officials here skeptical of that analysis. they believe it was a larger number of people. they think it was the largest organized event they have ever seen here in the city in a parade fashion. but could not produce the numbers for the 700,000 figure. going to the cleanup. the cleanup is still going on and the city has a good handle on it. at this point they collected 60 tons of rubbish from the parade in excess of any other event that may have happened prior in philadelphia. obviously a significant number of people here and they left a lot of trash behind. >> we heard from police commissioner ross about police

live in king of prussia, john rawlins channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you, john. >>> as we look live at center city philadelphia, it has been a dreary monday but we're about to see some unusual temps moving into the tri-state area. meteorologist cecily tynan has temperatures soaring to and even past 70. cecily, what is going on? >> and jim its pretty amazing. today's president's day. it's going to feel like mother's day tomorrow. temperatures are in the 70's out to the west. we're still in the 40's. this warm front hasn't gotten here yet but it will be moving through overnight and behind that we have a surge of real springlike warmth. the problem overnight is this, though. visibilities will be dropping. right now the lowest visibilities areas farther to the north that got the deeper snow pack over the weekend. reading the visibility down to a third of a mile, lancaster less than a mile, pottstown a mile. as we head through the overnight hours dewpoints will be increasing. that means dense fog could really hamper your morning commute. but o

and john rawlins live with that part of the coverage. >> hi there. all the regional transit agencies here are gearing up but there are limits, both patco and new jersey transit a.c. line suspended sales today for tomorrow because of heavy volume. as for the little passes we were talking about that everyone was looking for they sold out about 1:00 this afternoon and we'll show you some folks went to great lengths to get one. >> i arrived at levitt town train station and they only had 60 tickets and i heard bensalem was selling them and by the time i had their phone number they were sold out. and i came down here and thank goodness i was able to get the tickets. >> but be aware getting the pass is half the battle, it does not guarantee you a train tomorrow. it's about being at the right place at the right time. the rail schedules changed and to find out where and when they depart. go online 6abc.com/eagles parade, has links to septa's critical one day information. take for instance the paoli thorndale line. >> there are three of them leaving at 4:50 an

john rawlins live now where the victim lives. >> reporter: very peculiar narrative. it happened at 6:00 last night a busy time on the feast extension but authorities did not know a there was a truck involved or b a fatality until almost 9:00. there were cameras in the area but they are not recorded. and hopefully witnesses can come forward to help them understand the sequence of events. these images show how a portion of electrical conduit came down and pierced the roof and windshield of the truck and instantly killing the driver howard sexton of howard county. sexton's widow michelle today trying to understand the bizarre incident. sexton an employee of ray more and flannigan was driving northbound at the lehigh tunnel. the conduit carries wiring and lights for fans on the tunnel. and he was fatally struck in the head by the conduit. and traveled for about a distance of a mile before coming to a stop along the highway unnoticed. initial police activity focused on other vehicles that had minor damage. sexton and his truck was not found for several hours, it was locat

. >>> a real life history lesson lets head to john rawlins live near suburban station and folks trying to get home. >> reporter: well i'm not anywhere near suburban station, that is closed today. but i am standing at 15th and jfk. this is 15th behind me here. earlier today it was shoulder to shoulder with people. and crowded and they were having fun. >> reporter: happy fans flooded the area around city hall this morning all ables many dressed in some shade of green, there was a carnival atmosphere. >> mike glitch order of port richmond came with his son and a video camera attached to his head. why? document the day. mass transit. >> market terminal it was not that bad. >> others drove or took car services then woman walked from new jersey. >> we parked underneath the bridge and walked across the ben franklin. >> how was that? >> not bad. >> this is what they came for fleeting glimpse of their eagles super bowl champions. >> how far away? >> about 30 yards or so. not bad but the cloud crowds so dense they couldn't actually see their birds. >> do it again? >> yes. >> what would you do di

anyway, live from the airport, john rawlins channel6 "action news." back to you guys. >> a brave man right there, john. thank you. >>> let's head out now to bucks county. "acti news" reporter walter perez is attending an eagles pep rally at alte monty's italian market tonight. hey, walter. >> reporter: rick i want to introduce you to a few dozen of my closest friends here in doylestown. it's a party in doylestown. they had their 6abc underdog masks in the anticipation leading up to the big game is hitting a fevered pitch. the good citizens of red here at the italian market in doylestown a little pep rally ahead of sundas big game. this party has a little of everything from eagles pastries to a wing eating contest along with some good most of these fans say they've never seen an eagles squad with so much heart. >> they're resilient. somebody like carson wentz foles steps re doesn't mattell >> reporter: and as the celebration continues after the birds won the nfc, ese folks are confident that the party will continue after the eagles bring home the vince

live in radnor, john rawlins channel 6 "action news.." >>> president trump gave criticism of his own attorney general prompting a response. calling jeff sessions disgraceful for the handling of alleged fisa abuse, the surveillance of american citizens and session says that the justice department review the allegations. he released a statement saying it was appropriate. and as long as i'm attorney general i will continue to discharge my duties with integrity and honor. >> and the former campaign chairman says he is innocent of charges brought against him by the special council. paul manafort pled not guilty this morning and he is accused of a money laundering conspiracy and friday his co-defendant rick gates pleaded guilty and believed to be cooperating with prosecutors. >>> to call street and a look at closing numbers. today's session ending with down numbers. the dow closing down more than 380 points, closing at 25,029 and the s&p and nasdaq closing down on the day. >>> south jersey firefighters were honored for their life saving efforts for not one but two resenfires. it was held o

john rawlins is live in the neighborhood to explain what happened. >> hi guys this happened between 9:00 and 10:00 yesterday morning. some i'ms were taken and credit card can be replace and others had deep and profound sentimental value including a quilt. >> every night i held on to them. they were the last things that put me to sleep at night. those are the things that are irreplaceable. andrea showed us the laundry room door where someone broke in taking a jewelry box with her husband's dog tags and her rosary. and this quilt. t-shirts from north catholic high school, ireland and notre dame. why take a quilt. the thinking is the thief threw his loot on to the loot that was on dot's bed. >> they went through mom's bureau and scooped it and threw it on the bed and they got spooked and wrapped it up and got out as quick as they could. the quilt a labor of love a connection between dots and the guy they was marrieded to for 65 years, her family hopes that someone knows where it is. and returns it. >> it means nothing to them. >> it means something to you? >> oh my god yes. of course. >>

john rawlins is live now with more on his history in our area. >> mr. graham came to pennsylvania a number of times. he was in philadelphia twice in 1992 and 57 years ago in 1961 in both cases they had multinight revivals called crusades, reportedly big crowds turned out to see the celebrated preacher. >> jesus christ as your lord and master and savior. billy graham used television and stadium base revivals to call people to the christian church and the farm boy became a counselor to presidents and a big deal to americans facing a cold war and social change. >> to try to get a sense of the closest equivalent in society you would have to look for someone like oprah winfrey. >> a pro presser of studies, he described his abilities. >> the combination of personal charisma. and ability to connect with people one-on-one with. >> graham's revival message simple come down from your seat and accept christ. reverend kay marshall williams of the nazarene baptist church says he was a uniter not a divider. he removed a rope during a revive ale that separated blacks

live in north philadelphia, john rawlins channel6 "action news." >> thank you, john. >>> well, experts had an emergency meeting today trying to save new jersey's tiniest residents. congresswoman bonnie watson coleman met in trenton to talk about the high infant mortality rate among minority babies. children of african-american women are three times as like to die their first year as white children no matter what their mother's income level or education and that is the highest racial disparity in country. >> a south jersey effort to build houses for homeless veterans got a big financial push today. a check for $3,800 was presented to gloucester county pastor donny davey. he's the founder of operation safe haven a project to build a housing complex for veterans at a former campground in franklinville. the money was given by the cardinal village senior living communities which has been collecting donations to help operation safe haven become a reality for vets who have nowhere to live and receive assistance. [narrator] look around. if our world isn't stuck in the past, why is higher educa

live at the airport john rawlins channel6 "action news." back to you. [laughter] >> poor guy. >> yeah, john, we know how nice and welcoming eagles fans can be. john thanks. while fans are busy having a good time making their way to time forteam to get down to business. >> their media obligations are done so they can focus on the getting ready for the biggest game for many of their careers. sports director ducis rodgers and jaime apody live at the mall of america today. guys i just can't believe it. two days left. certainly feel the excitend the team and you're around the fans. the players' families were flown in today. as for the team another practice, their last practice of the season held at the university of minnesota here in bloomington. >> they know it's the last practice of the season. just a short time ago rodney mcmccleod posted a video. they're ready to go. g thi light. they do get comes down to the business of the and supe ade it a point to keep dancing,. >> all right. >> reporter: wrestling match. this team is focused on fun but mood chases >

live in mount ephraim, john rawlins channel6 "action news" >> thank you john. >>> a gun scare today at a philadelphia middle school l here in westopeared and happet oak lane. we're told a female student told the principal she school. police searched the building and did find a bb gun. fortunately nobody was hurt. dismissed regularly scheduled f day off. >>> from our delaware news room now, an ambulance crew stumbled upon a shooting victim lying in an intersection in wilmington today. it happened about -- this afternoon at fourth and clayton street. the victim had been shot es. medics rushed him to christiana hospital. no word on his conon and no arrests have been made so far. >> ♪ >> health check tonight. it continues to be an especially bad flu season and now we're learning the effectiveness of this year's flu vaccine could be the worst we've seen in a decade. but some hospitals in our area have found a way to help protect their workers despite being surrounded by the virus every day. health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman joins us at the big board with thto tonight. ali. >

john rawlins is looking at mayor jim kenny's response we'll have more on "action news" at 4:00. >>> tsa is asking local travelers to sign up for precheck at philadelphia international airport. the agency has reopened precheck in the terminal b baggage claim. once approved you'll be allowed to go through the precheck security lane that is faster than the regular line because travelers are allowed to leave their shoes on and keep their laptop in its case. >>> coming up at 11:00 p.m. bargains that may be bogus. if you love a good sale. we have revealing information and advice. >> reporter: bargain hunters be aware. nearly long undercover investigationnd prices are not l savingsaozen national retailers engage in potentially pricing policy. >> that makes me want to buy right now. >> that means if you come back next week -- >> it's not going away. which are the worst offenders and which have do over special savings. find out tonight at 11:00 p.m. ♪ when heartburn hits... fight back fast with tums smoothies. it starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue... and neutralizes stomach a

john rawlins, channel 6 "action news" back to you. >> ha, ha, ha. all right john thank you. win or lose productivity will be at an all-time low in philadelphia on monday. we have a whole lot more and we are very productive from minneapolis, minnesota and talking about the show within the show a lot going on at halftime sunday night. we have details on that today. so live from minneapolis, for brian taff i'm sharrie williams. rick and monica back to the studio. >> all right nice job thank you. >> well, over the past few weeks you are sharing emotional stories of your eagles pride using #6abcaction. >> and alicia vitarelli is here with a few of our favorites. >> first, you meet a woman of final here both in god and in the birds. this is sister margaret. you'll love her. she got pretty big news. >> sister margaret you are going to the super bowl! [ cheers and applause ] okay so the fact that the students there at epiphany school know the words for the fight song is not surprising but consider the fact that they are in miami. sister margaret say south philadelphia native and mov

live in center city, john rawlins channel6 "action news." rick. >> all right, john, thank you. >>> meantime the school district of philadelphia and archdiocesan schools administrative offices will all be closed this thursday for the eagles super bowl parade. school officials say classes will resume on friday. >>> and you can count on "action news" to bring you every moment of that parade, the celebration will be live on air and streaming on 6abc.com and the 6abc app starting at 11 o'clock thursday morning with a team of reporters spread out along the parade route and stay with "action news" as the m.v.p., nick foles, other players, coaches, all take the stage at the art museum rally to address the best fan base in the nation. >>> well, many of those fans expected to attend the parade on thursday have been waiting for this moment, some of them for their entire lives actually. and now that the eagles can finally call themselves super bowl champs, those fans can hardly contain their excitement. "action news" reporter walter perez spoke to some

john rawlins is live in mickleton gloucester county. >> the family of the driver and the driver live here. his family is trying to get around the idea of what happened. they know the incident happened about 6:00 last night but authorities initially did not know that a truck was involved and did not know there was a fatality. and it was an odd chain of events. >> these images show how a portion of electrical conduit fell and pierced the roof and windshield of this truck the force instantly killing the truck's 70-year-old driver howard sexton. and inside of the family home his widow michelle and others trying to understand the bizarre incident and sexton a 19 year employee of raymore and flannigan driving through the northeast extension's lehigh valley tunnel. it carries conduit for lights and fans run as long the roof of the tunnel and they say that sexton hit him in the head. and it travel the distance about a mile before coming to a stop along the highway unnoticed. and police activity focused on vehicle that had minor damage and sexton's body and truck were not found for several ho

we go to john rawlins live. >> reporter: hi guys. i will preface my remarks saying if you take mass transit go online sooner rather than later. a place to start is 6abc.com/eagles parade. a good thing. lots of questions out there and if you think about taking regional rail in it's a one day pass for use on regional rail a lot of folks in this long line are trying to get one of these and i'll explain shortly. first good news a ride on septa's big people movers the broad street and frankford lines are free on thursday with rush hour service all day. if you think about taking regional rail think about septa. >> we are oning in the morning and out at night. inbound service only before the the parade and outbound service only as the parade wraps up. and septa issued maps that service is only from select station. also, important to get on board regional rail riders need certain types of reduced tickets or existing trail passes or in some cases these $10 one day passes now on sale at ticket offices. neither regular tickets or cash will be a

live from mayfair, john rawlins for channel six "action news". back to you. >> i think that is the score the last last time. >> we like a better outcome. >> lets go live to "action news" report ali gorman at king of prussia town center tonight. >> it is starting to get crowded and craze there i too. >> reporter: hi, guys excitement is definitely starting to build. we are here live inside city works in king of prussia and if you take a look at the crowd everybody is starting to get in their places. and great crowd here. we have a lot of families together. as you can see it is a sea of green. lots of eagles fans. manager tells us that people booked their tables two weeks ago, right after the eagles beat the vikings. so again we have got some rally towels, lots of excited fans. >> e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles: >> reporter: and the chants, mostly eagles fans. however, the rumor is that tabll patriots fans, so, we will see if they are brave enough to show up. that is latest here guys, we are live at city works in king of prussia ali gorman for channel six "act

john rawlins is live inside of city hall, to find out how much the parade impacted the city of philadelphia. >> hi guys, well we heard from a number of organizations. a post analysis. up beat saying it went off

john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> pennsylvania governor, tom wolf, has rejected the newly drawn congressional map submitted by republicans, he says that the latest plan is jerry mandered to favor the gop. and this comes from the supreme court to draw up new and constitutional boundaries. the governor may still his own proposal to the court or work with the legislature to submit asensus map by monday's deadline. > you about this problem yesterday and operations began today to rid the city of trenton of 30,000 crows. "action news" reporter christie aleto is live at the knowledge state capital. they say the solution is -- the solution isn't high tech -- >> reporter: that was one of the pyrotechnics, lasers anything non-lethal to square away the birds, like clockwork they descend on the parking lot and you can definitely hear them. >> we are going to attempt to push them out of the area -- pyrotechnics and lasers and spotlights part of the measures crows from downtown trenton. >> making it as uncomfortable mr as pos area. >> the crows have become a big problem. >> it

lets go live to "action news" reporter john rawlins, what is the story here? >> reporter: well, the students jim, the map making students you need the right equipment and data along with common sense and goodwill. something that is lacking at times in harrisburg among grownups there. the state supreme court is poised to take action inhe governor and gop leadership can't agree on a map. >> it a fair and compactness and minimizing slits those are all parts fair map. >> take a look at the current 7th district congressional map that it slices across our region where they favor the gop and exclude those that don't. >> the supreme court said it can't be drawn that way and districts need to be fact and on aps a hot in chester county challenged to use census data to make congressional districts and they say they did. >> a bunch of eightt would be e for anyone to. >> an eye opener, the kids concluded that whoever drew the map were looking for political advantage. >> they draw out the maps trying to be and is a turf war. >> theeacher says the kids came to see it not jus

live in center city, john rawlins channel6 "action news." >> thank you john. you can count on "action news" to bring you every moment of the championship parade. the celebration will be live on air and streaming on 6abc.com and the 6abc app starting at 11:00 thursday morning. we'll have a team of reporters spread out all along the parade route for you and stay with "action news" as the m.v.p., the other players and the coaches take the stage at the art museum rally. all to address the best fan base in the nation. >> right here. and when the eagles soar to victory our viewers grabbed their cameras sharing some incredible post win moments with us on social media. >> alicia vitarelli has been going through your submissions all day long. she's over at the big board with a look at some of our favorites. hi, alicia some so hard to choose the favorites. there clearly has been a lot of celebrating for the birds and that's meant a lot of champagne. this championship was years in the making and so was popping this particular bottle of bubbly. >> yeah, pop. >> drink it,

live at fifth and spring garden, john rawlins channel6 "action news." back to you guys. >> too little too late for a lot of drivers. >>> if you have a problem pothole in your neighborhood head to 6abc.com/pothole. there you can find phone numbers and web links to report those road issues. >> i have a few thoughts about that one. >> yes. >> time to turn back to our forecast which we are hoping for some brightness at some point. >> yeah and maybe a few dry days. meteorologist adam joseph joining us in the weather center. at least we know of one. >> we have two full dry days and then more rain comes in at the end of the week so take advantage of tuesday and wednesday around here and temps not bad either. right now 52 in the lehigh valley with sunshine returning there already. 51 philadelphia, trenton, wilmington and 52 degrees at the atlantic city airport. there are no potholes on the slopes but there are holes as you take a look at sky6 live in spring mountain as we're starting to eat away at the snowy slopes there at spring mountain in montgomery county.

live above the parkway, john rawlins, channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank, you john. at one points today officials said the city had collected 60 tons of trash and by any measure that is a huge job especially when it has to be done quickly. "action news" reporter bob brooks is live at eakins oval tonight. bob, what is the latest on the cleanup patrol? >> reporter: well, jim, good evening. a big parade means a big cleanup and that's exact what the city is doing like you just said, 60 tons of garbage, that's a lot of trash and right in front of me some of that slop but at this point the city doing an amazing job. they have a pretty good handle on things. this is how you clean up after quite possibly the biggest party in philadelphia history. you get out leaf blowers, street sweepers, the city even had to bring out the heavy machinery and it was all needed for the estimated 60 tons of garbage cleaned up after the super bowl parade. but the city says they were ready and willing for the task. >> like the eagles we just go to work. we get in there real quick and, you know,

rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >>> and world news tonight with david muir has more on the life and teachings of billy graham. tonight at 6:30 after "action news." >>> high school students in south jersey honed their golf game this morning and all part of the 13th annual technical hosted by timber creek high school in sicklerville. the theme was hole in one. months back engineering and tech none students were challenged to build a miniature golf device meckcly operated and students from timber creek and highlands and try tan took part today. >>> ducis rogers went to the head of the class this morning and spoke to cadets at the military college in wayne. and ducis spoke with his school experience and path to become a sportscaster. and i could think of no one better to give advice than ducis rogers. >> out there a lot of energetic students out there. hopefully they have a bright future. move ago on to the sixers it's back to work for them. the sixers sit in the seventh playoff seed and three games away from being in the fourth spot. at practice today all the talk was keeping the momen

. >> john rawlins is live at the delaware county money center media where school security is top of the mind. >> reporter: it is top of the mind jim, but probably top of the mind for a lot of these folks a lot of the time for educators and people in public safety. because they know it could happen any time any place this type of tragedy. the folks here is a they decided to speak up in part because of the rest of us are paying attention for now. >> this is a training video posted on youtube simulating an active shooter simulation to give students and staffers, survivoral skills, they conducted active shooter skills for years. it hit home. >> does it make sense to you now? >> it does. >> they are taught that if it's in the far corner of the building run away don't stay put. >> but if the threat is nearby the advice changes hide and prepare. >> the third thing you is prepare to fight if the intruder comes into your classroom. block doors with chairs and throw chairs, have you to buy as much time as you can. >> besides staff training they have added cameras and worked closely with four poli

john rawlins is live now. what is the story? >> reporter: well the question is will the students bring their passion and questions to the board meeting their concern is security and they believe that what is an injustice to a faculty member. >> free mr. luck! >> these students had a message and despite administration threats they could face discipline they walked out of school. because they don't believe that cherry hill east is secure enough. and they believe that the school district unfairly suspended teacher, timothy lock for discussing security issues during an ap history class last week. th59

in cinnaminson, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> 7:35 a.m., this morning a 20-year-old facing charges after police say he threatened to shoot people at a school in northern pennsylvania. police arresting and you say continue lehman after they got a tip that he was planning on shooting people at keystone job correspond. he was charged with terrific threats. >>> several school districts around the condition are banning backpacks to make the school savers. school leaders made the change at an eastern ohio school are looking to give students extra time to get to classrooms since they have to swap out their books between classes. students will be able to carry small purses and lunch boxes. >> fire officials are trying to figure out what sparktd an enormous -- sparked an enormous blaze in the lehigh valley in the parkland school district in south white hall. the blaze erupted with fuel tanks schoagd -- exploding and tires bursting off their rims. one teenager has turned himself in and police have arrest warns for two additional students stemming from a brawl at a basketball in milfo

in cinnaminson, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> your time, 6:36 a.m., this morning a 20-year-old is facing charges after police say he threatened to shoot people at a school in northern pennsylvania. police arrested austin lehman yesterday after they got a tip from another student who said lehman was planning ton shooting people at a job correspond in luzerne county. >> kind of a shocker, but the way the world is going, it's out of the ordinary. >> lehman texted a female student and said he idlizes serial killers. the student contacted the director of school security who alerted lehman about that, he is charged with making terroristic threats. >>> several school districts around the condition are banning backpacks as a way to make schools safer. school leaders who made the changes at eastern ohio school are looking to give their students extra time to swap out their textbooks, students will be able to carry small purses and lunch boxes. >>> fire officials are trying to figure out what sparked an enormous blaze in the lehigh valley that canceled classes for students. flames destro

rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> an alert student is being credited to what could have been a similar tragedy in pennsylvania. officers got a tip on austin lehman who was talking about shooting other students he has been charged with terroristic threats. >>> there's no word on what started a huge fire that damaged two dozen school buses in the lehigh valley. the buses that were destroyed or damage belonged to parkland school district in south white hall. when they firefighters got there they found exploding fuel tanks and tires bursting off their rims. school leaders canceled classes friday, but hope classes can resume monday. >>> an 18-year-old turned himself in after this fight in milford, delaware. the happened at smyrna and cape henlopen were playing at smyrna central academy. 18-year-old randy rickert for assault. there are two additional students who have not been identified, but plan to surrender. >>> 935, special counsel robert mueller has a third member of the trump campaign cooperating with the investigation. rick gate joins michael flynn and george popopulous. >> we have th

live in media, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >> right now at 6abc.com, hearing more from the witnesses and watch the entire interview with former police issi profile on this issue. and advice oow to discuss the difficult news with their children. >>> time for a check of the forecast which includes an accuweather alert for this weekend. >> but a warm day today and temperatures falling throughout the day tomorrow along with rain likely. meteorologist, adam joseph now in the weather center with the forecast. >> reporter: we are tracking two systems one tonight and the second one more potent over the upcoming weekend. it's warm out there with sunshine breaking back out and a batch of rain in the ohio valit and will be here this evening into the overnight hours and early tomorrow morning. as we look to the south and west on stormtracker 6 live double scan ar albuquerque, new mexico, they come together and are raced and injected late tomorrow night from the desert southwest moving across the country it rapidly intensifies from the mid-atlantic throwing rain, sleet and

. >> john rawlins is live in the trenton bureau with the details tonight. >> reporter: hi guys, what we had today was a potpourri of ideas, of existing policy and future wants. we heard from the governor, and we heard from legislate he officials and from cabinet members, considerable number of people. the hook of course is what happened last year in broward county, florida. new jersey was explained here has had specific policies on the books be in the paper for money drills. everybody is content with that. but the governor says that the protocol and procedures will be examined as they go forward in the coming days, weeks and months to look for areas of improvement. >> today we will review current protocol and outline additional steps being taken at the state level to augment the vigilance being practiced by law enforcement. let me be perfectly clear nothing we are doing here can be a replacement for comprehensive gun safety reform at the federal level. including

"action news" reporter john rawlins is standing by outside of suburban station not far from where we are positioned. what is the scene? >> reporter: well first of all i'm not at suburban station, that is closed i'm at 15th and jfk. and the party is definitely over over here. cleanup began a half hour ago and they made a lot of progress across the street but have a lot of work to do as far as cleanup. big crowds packed this area 15th and jfk asn a parade went by today. folks headed for the exists and were out in the cold for a long time. they may have been celebrating but they were cold. >> fly eagles fly! >> revellers poured in and there was a carnival atmosphere zm hats, hand warmers, beanies. >> what is the big sellers? >> the hand warmers and eagles hats. >> it wasn't that bad. uner and this woman walked from new jersey we parked underneath the bridge and walked across the ben franklin. >> how was that? >> not bad. >> no matte they got here that is what they wanted a glimpse of the eagles and the lombardi trophy. >> those towards the back cou not see theirrds. >> no. not really >>

john rawlins live now where the victim lives. >> reporter: very peculiar narrative. it happened at 6:00 last night a busy time on the feast extension but authorities did not know a there was a truck involved or b a fatality until almost 9:00. there were cameras in the area but they are not recorded. and hopefully witnesses can come forward to help them understand the sequence of events. these images show how a portion of electrical conduit came down and pierced the roof and windshield of the truck and instantly killing the driver howard sexton of howard county. sexton's widow michelle today trying to understand the bizarre incident. sexton an employee of ray more and

"action news" reporter john rawlins is at the art museum, bob brooks at eakins oval and vernon odom in havertown. john, the city has had lots to say about yesterday's extraordinary event. >> reporter: yes, they d they did. they had a post parade get together. give the size of the crowd and yes, you're going to find that there are some disputes about the numbers at this point in time but given all of that they say everything worked well with the exception of a few "hiccups." preliminary police parade numbers, five disorderly conduct arrests an arrest in the assault of an officer and two stabbings, one of them likely a transplanted neighborhood quarrel. >> the second individual 25-year-old male was assaulted around 2200 and the parkway. all we can get thus far is that it was from a fight. >> reporter: four police cars also damaged from people standing to better see the parade. so, how many people attended yes there were claims of one, even 2 million plus. but a published report today citing experts examining aerial images put the number at 700,000. city officials seem skeptical. >> based

live in king of prussia, john rawlins channel6 "action news." >> a lot more voices surely to weigh in. john thank you. >>> salem county where the woods town ambulance company is reeling from a fire. all ambulances are either damaged or destroyed. no one was injured. bob brooks live for us at the scene. bob you talked to some of the emts who were inside when the flames broke out. >> reporter: yeah, sharrie, i didn't the building if i were officials think it started on this end closest to me right now. all emt's were on duty they were on the other side. behind me here you can see just how bad this damage is, sharrie. those are the two of the six ambulances that were here. you can see at this point there is nothing left of them. that's just one ambulance. sadly everyone at the woodstown american legion ambulance association was destroyed or badly damaged. everything inside as well. as you can imagine, for place that 47 people earn a living from, what happened is tough to see. >> it's definitely hard. i've been here for seven years, you know, three years since we've gotten paid. it's like

. >>> lets switch live to john rawlins at 30th street station, we know the passes septa was selling are gone now and for those that did get one there are things they should know for today. >> that is correct. know and do. they have to do online research. but 50,000 of these sold out by 1:00 this afternoon. sometimes they were not always easy to find. >> they started off at levitt town stake they only have 60 tickets web they opened and sold out in five minutes and i hopped the train in levitt town and came to 30th street station and bought three passes tomorrow. >> but buyer beware. there is no guarantee they will get you on a train. it's about being at the right place at the right time. the rail schedules are highly modified to find out where trains depart and when. is on 6abc.com. we have links to the critical one day information. for the paoli thorndale line. three of them 4:50 and 6:15 and 7:36. and ardmore from 7:21 and boarding is first come first serve. the gm suggests better to be early rather than late. >> you have to be careful if you bet on hitting the last train you could sh

live above the parkway, john rawlins channel6 "action news." >> all right, party first, figure out the payments later. john, thank you. >> sounds like dinner every weekend. all day long crews have been busy cleaning up the trash left behind after the crowd cleared out from south philadelphia to the art museum, sidewalks and streets are covered in litter. making matters worse much of it is encased in mud and frozen to the ground. crews are using rakes leaf blowers and heavy duty machinery to clean up as best they can and they're hoping to have this done later today. >> reporter:. >>> jason kelce's outfit speech from yesterday will go down in philadelphia history. next at 4:30 we get a look at the costume he borrowed from the mummers to see how the fans are still celebrating the player who stole the show. >> a lot of fun and celebrations come with the super bowl but it gets the attention of other teams who are looking to acquire top players or coaches. >> sports reporter jeff skversky joins us now. we learned today that one of the key coaches is leaving the eagles. >> and there possibly