2016. and they practiced at the college of osteopathic medicine, and the sixers have been apparently working on the project for months and formal approval on tuesday. and mayor nutter has comments tonight and we will try to bring them to you when we get them, and more on the breaking story as more information becomes available. all right. in the meantime we have breaking news about a school bus accident. a school bus was rear-ended by a car here all at the intersection. and you see the parkside section. it happened at 4:40, about 20 minutes ago. and chopper 6 over girard avenue at belmont. no word on if children were on the bus but it is getting out of school time for children. and traffic on eastbound girard is snarled. and a car and school bus collided moments ago and waiting to hear if there are injuries.

there appear to be youngsters getting off the bus now as you watch on the top left-hand sdz of the screen. it don't seem to be on urgent situation, police standing by as they come off slowly. that would infer the children are not injured, at least the ones we just saw getting off. three high school freshman facing charges bringing a pellet gun and hand gun into the high school in new castle, delaware. and outside of william penn high with the details. vernon? >> school let out for summertime today. there is great shock and dismay here. three local teens busted on weapon charges, bringing the guns to school. >> this is really scary for me, my daughter is a junior now. >> a william penn high mother reacts that freshman at her daughter's high school are

arrested for bringing guns and ammo in. and a photo with two of them in a rest room with the hand guns. and they found the pellet down and unloaded hand gun and two magazines, one fully loaded. >> they did not threaten any students. we have no indication as to why they brought the ones - -- weapons to school. >> this is the last day of the semester and parents and students alike shocked and shaken by the triple arrest story. the suspects face weapons and conspiracy charges. >> it is shock, it is a great school. i never had one problem here. >> my reaction, it is frightening. >> the three freshman are suspended by the colonial district. if found guilty will be send to a school somewhere else. >> it is a very safe school and we make safety a priority at

colonial. >> some suspects remain in custody and the one with the pellet gun has been released. a bucks county doctor behind bars on child porn few high clouds. they say he download nearly 60 child porn images in the past two months and eva pilgrim with the disturbing investigation coming up tonight at 6:00. more trouble for the closed 495 bridge tonight in delaware. inspectored located underground cracks much they showed where they dug up the ground beneath the pillars. and the horizontal cracks there,

they believe the earth shifted below four cool -- cool littles. >> and >> and those who use the platt bridge, it is closing. and at the base of the bridge in south philadelphia with the details. hi. good news. the end in site for the two-year improvement plan. several factors they needed to make the last part of the project happen. one is the weather much it is a weather-sentence active project. and it helps that the phills are out of town. >> it holds up a lot of traffic, especially the schuylkill. >> those loyal to the bridge are anticipating the traffic back up when it closes down. but officials say near not the end to the two-year project is near. >> in the home stretch.

all of the work we expect to be completed in early july. and this weekend upbrace is the last major work to be done on the platt bridge. >> $43 million project began in 2012 and it is a critical piece of infrastructure. and the federal government putting 80% of the bill and state funds make up the difference of the bridge with a new paint job, major parts repaired and replaced and the concrete reserviced and the riders noticed. >> it looks nicer. it is a lot smoother a ride. great for everyone. >> this weekend's traffic laying down a sealant. >> no moisture water can slip through so they get to the beams beneath. >> it is expected to keep the bridge in good condition for the next 30 years. and penndot suggests alternate routes. eastbound, follow island avenue to enterprise avenue to 95 north

to broad to patterson and kenrose. and the second for those heading westbound. back out live the state funding used for this not from the transportation bills. and they have other projects coming from that. and closing it tonight at 8:00 and reopening monday at 5:00 a.m. reporting live from the foot of the bridge. the philadelphia police asking for your help finding a robbery suspect in this video. look carefully. he used a gun to threaten a dunkin' donuts employee on may 22. it happened in the dunkin' donuts store on 6300 block of cast er avenue. if you see the man in the video or know who he is or where he is call 911 immediately. the miller homes in trenton

new jersey long have been symbols of crime and poverty. and a new start as they had a ribbon cutting for new affordable housing where the miller homes once stood. >> and joining us with more details. >> good evening. the miller homes once described as the poster child of public housing fail tour. this is exciting and the hope is that the new 204-unit development will help build pride for residents. >> the apartment homes are now open for business. the new affordable lifestyle community represents a fresh start in trenton. >> it's not just rooms, it's not just apartment, it is homes. >> four years in the making beginning with a $22 million grant for the government and it took the state and local leaders to get to this day. >> it is the result of people working together and bring real communities together to make them safe. >> safe because at one point this beautiful space was a haven

for crime. the miller project homes used to be right near this very spot. >> they called it killer homes because of the violence here. into and they have been boarded up and have become eye sores. the trenton mayor remembers patrolling the streets as a police officer decades ago. >> and had many battles here and now i look at today as a new day. and you look at this project, and it's unbelievably done right. >> and there is also a community center on the development named in honor of martese. and he ace expired to greater heights. >> and he is an example of what a difference public housing can make. it can be a steppingstone as he said to economic self-sufficiency and to community integrity. >> and although today was the ribbon cutting the complex

opened about a month ago. and they already have applications submitted on nearly half of the new development. pretty excited about the changes. >> thank you. and other news, checking out the traffic report for you now friday night commute. >> and matt pellman in the traffic center with the latest on the commute home. >> the first friday in june and we know the summertime friday nights get a little crazy on the roadways, rick and monica. it is busy for sure as you head home on 95 the northbound side. heavy volume from the vine up to cottman avenue. luckily the tractor-trailer accident near bridge street is nearly completely gone and the 95 northbound delay means the vine is jammed away from the sxuk. and the schuylkill eastbound also stop and go from 202 from king of prussia into the vine. and the school bus accident as well in parkside by girard. 46th and belmont. avoid girard and the black horse

pike because of a towned pole from an earlier crash. and stick with winslow road or blue bell road as alternates. and avoid 495 in delaware as we have been saying. a lot of people doing that and going to 95. and it is slow, especially southbound. and it is three times what it should be not a pretty thing. >> thank you. and exercises about to get easier in the huntington valley. breaking ground on the extension to the pennypack trail. and removing a rail from the regional rail line on welch road. and much along the pennypack creek and wilderness preserved. and including a bridge, tributary and gravel service. >> and much more still to come in the early edition of "action news" tonight.

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>> "healthcheck" tonight. headed to the movies or theater this weekend? we all enjoy actors who drop into the characters. spending months, sometimes years getting into a role. it is not really too easy to get out of the role sometimes. researchers using special new techniques to do what they call derole. the rituals vary from trying to shake off a character, undip yourself like this man out of a character's body. pretending to go through a car wash. hoping the visuals help the actors from losing themselves in the roles. >> there are many actors that i have known, and historically many actors who have been

bothered by really intense roles that they have played. the roles made them depressed are made them drink or act out in some way. it hasz changed their personalities. >> and the therapist says that keith ledger died after playing the joker in "the dark knight." and drexel university breaking ground on the ex-pension of the family health services. made possible by a gift from a family foundation. because of the dough -- donation it will be named after the family. and president obama and leaders around the world commemorating the 70th anniversary of the d-day landing. and placing a wreath in honor of those who died on the beach of normandy. a turn point in world war ii. in new york, a french group

showered the statue of liberty with a million rose pedals to expre express gratitude. and those who graduated on d-day reunited today. the class of 1944 met again after 70 years. 24 of 79 members were at the country club today. they looked at pictures and recognized world war ii veterans including some of their own classmates. >> i don't remember realizing how bad it was outside of the men being there. but we had so few fellows in our class that they always did service. >> i just left the day before the junior prom. so i broke one girl's heart. not because i wasn't there, but she didn't have a date for the junior prom. >> ocean city's mayor recognized

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u.s. employers hired at a healthy pace last month. the labor department says 217,000 jobs added in may, putting the average for the past three months at 234,000 of the latest report is a milestone for the economy of the u.s. finally regained all of the jobs lost in the downturn during the great recession nearly five years ago. a renovated house in mount airy with a different milestone for mixes abandoned property. this house was finished, it marks the final property in the state's blighted conservatorship act. turning around neighborhoods one vacant house at a time. and things are happening at the shiply school in montgomery county, breaking ground on a commons and art center facility. the 26,000 square foot center with performing classrooms and

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>> time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. cecily tynan here. folks headed to the shore have some nice weather at least in one spot. >> what a day. live looking at cape may. you notice the couple walking

along the beach. not a lot of folks on the beaches right now, but i think plenty will be heading there tonight and tomorrow. the weekend will really be spectacular. now the temperatures a little on the cool side this time of year. the normal high 80 degrees. philadelphia currently 76 degrees. allentown 74, millville 75. notice along the beaches because we have the wind out of the northwest it is a land breeze, not a sea bree breeze. and lancaster 74. and the dewpoint around 50 degrees. it is very dry air mass and we have breezy conditions out there as well. a very comfortable day. stormtracker live double scan showing nothing going around here. that's because we have this very broad high pressure. it is building in over the weekend and it will bring us a lot of sunshine. this will protect us from what's going on to the south. there are two areas of severe weather. one right now through the tennessee valley and the deep south.

atlanta into little rock. this line of thunderstorms. and then another area out to the west. denver, colorado just to the east a tornado warning. and there are tornado watches in effect for parts of new jersey into the panhandle. this whole system is sliding east but not getting here by the weekend. monday unsettled, but the weekend beautiful. futuretracker 9:00 tomorrow morning abundant sunshine and seeing plenty of sunshine all day on saturday. so the golf forecast if you are going golfing, put on the sunscreen and enjoy the weather. 9:00, 70 degrees. 3:00, 84 degrees. it is warmer than today. and if your headed to the union game tomorrow, golfing in the morning and union game in the evening, looking very nice. at the start of the game at 7:00, 81 degrees. by the 90th minute when the game ends 72 degrees. clear sky and warm evening. perfect weather for getting outdoors. and tonight mainly clear.

low humidity and a nice night. and the weekend kickoff and philadelphia sunshine and warmer 84 degrees. and down the shore getting a sea breeze, it is cooler at the shore than inland. 76 degrees. the poconos beautiful, 78 degrees. the 5day at five showing sunday a little warmer up to 85 degrees. look what happens on monday. scattered thunderstorms much they stay on tuesday, drying up a little bit on wednesday. but more storms on the way later in the week. and we will talk about that in the accuweather seven-day forecast. the weekend spectacular. >> thank you. and a quick break and

♪ >> hello again. here what's is happening on "action news" tonight. a seattle campus in mourning after a gunman opened fire with deadly results there. hear why some students who witnessed the crime are now being called heros. plus, a philadelphia fast food restaurant held up at gunpoint and a frightening scene

unfolds on camera. and a special look at the growing problem with truancy in philadelphia public schools. the former students explain why they had to drop out in order to just survive. details, students at seattle pacific university called heros after coming to the rescue after a headily shooting. the flowers are piling up, one person killed and three others wounded. the suspect nine custody after a dramatic takedown by the students. and we are live in seattle with the very latest. mary? >> good evening. classes canceled today at seattle pacific university. and they are coming together trying to make sense of the tragedy. another college campus in mourning after a gunman opened fire. >> you never thought it would happen here. >> late thursday afternoon at seattle pacific univ