we are following may breaking news overseas right now. two u.s. war ships have fired at least 60 tomahawk missiles into government controlled air base in syria. the target was the air base in central syria. missiles were fire at the base's air strips hangars and control tower. this is all in response to that chemical weapons attack that the u.s. blames on syrian president as sad. u.s. officials say syrian government aircraft dropped a nerve agent earlier this week that killed dozens. president donald trump delivered this statement from his resort in florida within the hour. >> my fellow americans, on tuesday, syrian dictator bra scharr al-assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians using a

deadly nerve agent. aside choked out the lives of helpless men, women and childr children. it was a slow and brutal death for so many. even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in many very barbaric attack. no child of god should ever suffer such horror. tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. it is in this vital national security interest of the united states to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons.

there can be no dispute that syria used chemical weapons, violated it's obligations under the chemical weapons convention and ignored the urging of the un security council. years of previous attempts at changing as sad's behavior have all failed and filed very dramatically. as a result, the refugee crisis continues to deepen, and the region continues to destabilize threatening the united states and its allies. tonight i call all civil advised nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in syria. and also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types.

we ask for god's wisdom as we face the challenge of our very troubled world. we pray for the lives of the wounded and for the souls of those who have passed and we hope that as long as america stands for justice and peace and harmony will in the end prevail. good night and god bless america and the entire world. thank you. well this change of policy in syria has some big implications for global politic. joining us on the phone tonight michael boyle ph.d. and associate professor political science at lasalle. thanks for joining us. yesterday president trump said his attitude about civil's war changed and said he wouldn't let us know when u.s. respond to this chemical attack. is this air strike a surprise, michael? >> this is a surprise. i mean even couple days ago you

had both rex tillerson and secretary of state nicky haley united states saying removininga sad was not a priority n a sense as sad attacked. >> attack very close to something like bill clinton single missile attack targeted facility message to the as sad regime and the implied message we'll come after you. >> michael, harsh words tonight from secretary of state rex tillerson about russia pretty much dropping the ball keeping chemical weapons out of syria. so what does that mean for u.s u.s./russian relations? >> well, part of what's going on here i think the trump administration trying to signal a tougher line towards russia it's interesting that about the actual strike that they contac contacted and warped russia in advance the idea deacon flick the air space one of the great concerns if us military strike killed russian personnel there's a real risk of case laying. so on one level they're trying to look tough against russia. on the another level they're trying to make sure that they

don't make find themselves in situation with an accident orcas lates laying they don't want that creates a greater international crisis with russia because the stakes there are so much higher. >> all right. michael boyle. also, you know we talk about president trump was talking about a line in the sand. what do you think this means for his presidency? this is pretty big step for him this early on. >> it is. it's signaling events towards something very similar to what clinton d very similar to what obama threatened to do to use -- limited military force to change the balance on the ground. interesting question will be where he goes from this. if you warn the as sad regime and you warned russia the strike was going to happen that implies you won't escalate. so the question at the moment is this the step toward a greater escalation with ground troops or further strikes in syria or is this a one off attack in which case it's not similar to what his predecessors did. we're starting to see new much more internationally trump very different than the trump we saw

in the campaign. >> michael boyle thanks for your insight. >> thank you. >> we will bring you breaking details. you can head to fox 29.com for any updates around the clock. "good day philadelphia" of course will have breaking updates all morning long starting at 4:00 a.m. now to a story that could change the way you drive forev forever. distracted driving is taken more and more lives every year. the state of new jersey wants to you report if you see it. now there's encouraging drivers to use the state's pound 77 alert system to report all forms of dangerous driving whether someone is teching, reading or even driving drunk. tonight our chris o'connell talked to a father whose life will never be the same because of a distracted driver. chris? >> reporter: well, iain, 18-year-old nikki, was killed on this very intersection almost five years ago to the day. her father says it was because of a distracted driver. well now he's making it his life's mission to make sure that

doesn't happen again. the morning of april 15th, 2012, was the last time mike saw his 18-year-old daughter nikki alive. >> that was the worst day of my life. >> reporter: nikki was weeks away from graduating washington township high school. the accomplished honor student had that very day gotten a scholarship to rider college. she had her whole life ahead of her. >> she came across the road at about 20 miles an hour and a truck just like that hit right there, boom. smack. >> reporter: nikki was in the back seat this saturn driven by a classmate. her family believes that driver was using her phone prior to the crash. nikki was killed. the driver eventually plead guilty to a failure to stop violation. but just hours after nik can i's death her legacy began. her father started people against distracted driving in his daughter's name. since her death hundreds of these signs have been put up on highs way cross the country. >> i think she knows i'm doing

something when i come here. i miss her, man. i miss her a lot. >> reporter: now he's a dad using pain as a purpose to make sure another father doesn't have to go through what he has. >> if we can save one life by it it's priceless. because one other family won't have to go through what we go through. >> reporter: now next week the organization is having a walk in in. kim ki s honor on the anniversary of her death and mike will be appearing on "good day philadelphia" tomorrow morning to talk about his daughter and that organization. iain? >> chris, thank you. on your radar tonight that soaking rain is finally out of here but not before absolutely soaking our area. look how cobbs creek looked earlier today. crews had to close roads around the cobbs creek parkway because of flooding. kathy you warned us last night about this and you were right. >> iain, i'll tell you those rain rates were about one to 2-inches an hour and that's why you had that flooding on area roads. poor drainage flooding and now we're seeing pretty quiet conditions. that's the good news. that area of low pressure that

brought all the rain is moving into new england. cold air on the back side is bringing snow to toronto, buffalo and maybe a few snow showers in the poconos by tomorrow afternoon. temperatures in the 50's along the coastal plain but look as you move west in pittsburgh 37. cleveland 35. a chance of some snow showers there as well. so we'll watch as our storm exits colder air builds in during the day tomorrow it will be blustery day the difference in pressure between that low and high pressure building in for the weekend will create windy conditions. we're talking about winds gusting to about 30 miles an hour tomorrow afternoon. keeping the chill in the air so waking up to 43 in physical. 41 in allentown. 34 in the poconos and 41 in reading. the morning temperature in wildwood will be 46. saturday morning even cooler. so we are in for a cool couple of mornings. by the afternoon, cloudy, breezy he dee a spotty shower gusty winds the temperature 51 degrees. it will be a chilly day for the phil home opener. the jet stream lifts north and

that means all the southerly air fills into the delaware valley talking about 60s over the weekend. 70's next week and if we're real lucky oh yeah looks like we can make it to 80 degrees on tuesday. wednesday a morning shower. 72. and then by thursday iain partly sunny, 64. so once we get passed i'd say saturday, temperatures well above average. the average high for this time of year 60 degrees. the only way to go is up. >> i love that, kathy, thanks. of course because of today's heavy rains, part of our area got some serious damage. our brad sattin joins us live in west conshohocken with a look at the scene there brad. >> reporter: at this pope we're not sure if this indeed was this tornado or straight line winds. you can see the damage here behind me. there was a volunteer with the national weather service here tonight. earlier today, so too was the mayor of west conshohocken who says despite what you see, this could have been much worse. >> i'm glad it wasn't down a

residential area. because we have a lot of small homes. >> reporter: west conshohocken's mayor calls this scene fortunate. whatever it was that tour through tour through an industrial are not a reasonable one. it ripped the roof off the technology manufacturing plant sending massive pieces of thick foam over cars in the parking lot. a good bit of damage but not a single injury. a company security guard witnessed it. >> she said it was great big gray cloud come right down and she says she notice what tornadoes look like it come right down and right into the building and just hit and lift it right off and, you know, went that way. >> reporter: by early evening a volunteer witness national weather service was on sight in an unofficial capacity at first glance he says the debris doesn't seem to be consistent with the path of tornado >> testing. >> ment. >> testing. >> testing. >> testing. >> testing. assessing the damage

tonight and the cleanup begins in the morning. indeed it will start in the morning. we can also tell that you the plant will be closed for the time being because there is some concern about the safety obviously of the roof right now. and again the question of what exactly caused this still has yet iain to be answered. >> all right, brad, thank you. opioid epidemic continues to have a strangle hold on some communities. why just saving a l

breaking news overseas tonight. two u.s. war ships fired at a government controlled air base in syria. the target was the shayrat air base. missiles were fired at the base's air strips, hangars and control tower. this is in response to that chemical weapons attack that the u.s. blames on syrian president bashar as sad. us initials of officials say syrian government aircraft dropped nerve agent earlier this week that kill dozens. president donald trump delivered a statement from his resort florida within the hour. breaking right now out of wilmington. police are looking foreman they say abduction add four-year-old girl around 7:00 tonight. police say driver approach the girl while she was playing outside in the village of plum run. he took her in his car and drove off. the young girl was later found in the area of banning park.

we don't know her condition. investigators would like to hear from you though if you saw anything or if you've got surveillance video that could help the case. ♪ i'm a person long term recovery and i know how important and how hard it is to get clean, get sober. >> reporter: seemingly end less discussions about the drug epidemic responsibility and possible recovery options. but conference at arcadia university addressed those things but paid special attention to what to do if you find yourself dealing with someone overdosing. >> call 911. get ems in motion. if they are breathing irregularly or not breathing at all you want to administer narcan. >> reporter: there isn't as much people to administer the anti overdose drug it encourages wreck bless behavior in feel. doctors and recovery workers like sean rogers himself a recovering addict say his

personal experience has taught him otherwise. >> i know plenty of people in recovery today that wouldn't be here if it wasn't for narcan. >> we have a couple different ways we can administer nav can. two routes that go through your knows and we have a route that goes into your leg. report roar live-saving chem demo was eye opening to me so was the fact that students say knowing how to address addiction even carrying medicine has become a daily part of some of their lives. >> you don't know who you know that may need it, um, it's just really important that everyone be educated in aware. >> reporter: the conference did focus on recovery. identifying alter diction and many of the things often discussed but it became clear that the attention to addressing overdose has nothing to do with providing a safety net for addicts. >> inject complete. >> reporter: it's because the people there realize you can't turn a live around if the person is no longer with us. >> we're just supposed to be provided with the opportunities to save people's lives and help them to find their journey to

recovery. >> right leg and bend it at the knee report roar some may require several chances. >> they're worth helping. you really want to give everybody a second chance, a third chance. >> reporter: for goodness sak sake. i'm bill anderson. ♪ usually the police are saving lives but today one new jersey trooper actually helped helped bring a new life into the world. around 8:00 their this morning a pregnant woman was in labor on her way to the hospital when she realized the baby just wasn't going to wait. so while driving on i-78 in summit in north jersey her friend called 911. trooper christopher good sal dough arrived and help deliver the baby girl. mom and newborn were then taken to the hospital are both doing just fine tonight. you see it and you shoot it. our fresco users are helping show you what's happening in your neighbor. dawn, what's going on tonight. >> heavy rain left serious damage and flooding all across the region. fresco user alvin clay shows us

pennypack creek completely floodeflooded out this videoed n at 5:30 tonight. and how about this a big turn out at the university of the arts tonight. fresco user emma takes us to an opening night party where hundreds of peaces of art by students, alumni and faculty were on display and for sale. all the money raised goes to student scholarships that exhibition will run through april11th. and when you see news happening be sure to take out your phone and shoot it and make sure to use the fresco app to zen it to our newsroom. iain. >> dawn, thanks. in our ardmore today first responders learning some new skills on how to handle crisis situations involving those with autism or other intellectual dissables. non-profit organization mel hosting today tosses event at the lower merion police station. first responders learned how to deescalate situations involving those with intellectual dissables. >> we want to make sure that we're avoiding any crisis situations or any, um, mishaps

in the community with police officers and the individuals we serve. >> this was just one of three sessions mel mark is hosting throughout the month of april. ron what's coming up in sports? >> iain we saw something happening in the phillies three game series that's present throughout baseball. it involves a phase of the game that used to be prominent but no longer exists. i'll explain why we all los

♪ ron burke looks at an aspect of baseball that is gone and forgotten but not for the good of the game. his commentary in 15 seconds.

♪ baseball is back these days but for too long there's been something missing. the art of the stolen base is gone. all the evidence tells us it's not coming back. phillies reds series there were 36 runners left on base. 36. only three successful steals. dozens of opportunities to affect the game on the base pass amount to do nothing. stealing bases takes work. it requires knowing pitcher' tendencies so well he's as concern as the base runner as he is about the batter. lou brock and ricky henderson vince coleman tim rains were all that type of threat. the player that could go zero for four impact game because a walk could be more exciting than a base hit.

henderson once stole a roar 130 bases in a season in the american league. last year's al leader stole 43. the year before, 38 led the league. now it's clear the powers that be and fans dig the long ball. homeruns can be just as magical, a league that's actively trying to speed up the game should do just that. starting with the way the game is played on the base pads. iain. >> ron, thanks. before we wrap up tonight, here's one last check on the breaking news we are following tonight. the us has launched tomahawk missiles at a syrian air base it is all in response to chemly attack that killed at least 86 syrian civilians including 26 children on monday. this is video of the aftermath. president trump is now calling on civilized countries to stop the bloodshed in syria. meanwhile second of state rex tillerson says russia hasn't done enough to prevent chemical attacks and for all the latest on this story you can check in online just head to fox 29.com.

all right. let's check on the final weath weather. i know you said say we got 80s coming in few days. >> tomorrow we have the phils home opener it's going to be little windy and chilly but it's never perfect, right it's early april. 51 degrees for the high. saturday better, 58. annoy game sunday 60. and then next week look at monday. 76. tuesday 80. wednesday 72. need i go on. >> no. you don't. because that's what we want. >> i want that from now until -- >> until november. >> until november exactly. >> that's about time. >> more entertainment news straight ahead on fox 29. tmz and dish nation then of course stay tuned for chasing news and the simpsons. we of course are back at 4am for "good day philadelphia". sue serio and bob kelly have your weather and traffic covered all morning long. thanks for watching. have a great night. ♪

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