. >>> senator bob casey sat down with vice president mike pence to make sure pennsylvania's needs are heard by the new administration, casey talked about investments and infrastructure in the ski stone state and trade. he told pence that the incoming administration must take swift action to protect pennsylvania workers and that all countries are playing by the rules when it comes to trade. for a long time pennsylvania workers got the shortened of the stick on trade and that has to change. stay with 6 abc news for coverage of the inauguration. we'll have live reports, all the happenings from the nation's capital leading up to friday's big event. >> a federal judge in florida denied bond today for the man charged with killing five people at the ft. lauderdale airport. esteban santiago will be held without bond until his trial and an agent testified that he said he was in touch with like minded people in jihadi chat rooms that were planning attacks. and santiago could get the death penalty if convicted. >>> and the malaysian airlines plane is officially suspected. crews have found no tra

calling on pat casey and toomey to block the nomination. that call to action came as a nationwide conference focused on lgbt rights started in center city. more than 4,000 attendees are expected for the national lgbt task force creating change conference. the event runs through the 22nd. >>> a 27-year-old montgomery county woman is headed to trial accused of supplying heroin to an overdose victim. 27-year-old gwen prabish is facing charges the death. and admits to selling heroin to the victim and tests revealed she was actually selling fentanyl. and they want this case to send a message to other drug dealers. >> the heroin epidemic going on and this is just another tool to use to show how serious we are and how we are going to, if you sell in montgomery county and someone dies, we are going to come after you. >> she faces five years or more behind bars if convicted. she'll be back in court in may. >>> newly inaugurated governor, john carnie already at work, he was inaugurated yesterday and today he signed his first piece of legislation as g

. >> note the qualifier, casey is not confident that the republicans in power or the new occupant will present opportunities for compromise, that means making their case for their plans directly to the american people. turning disagreement into debate. >> we have to have solid ideas we are willing to put forward we can't just say no. >> we are excited about what we can get done. i was frustrated for six years, i know think we have a real opportunity to get our economy growing again. >> well republicans have a long list of legislative priorities they hope to start enacting literally 12:01 tomorrow afternoon. for democrats it's a wait and see for them. how the president will line up with those of the republicans that now control congress but they are ready, willing and able to work with them again where they can. >> we'll keep an eye on that starting at 12:01, coming up donald trump has been very effective with communicating with the american people using social media. we look at his use of twitter and what every day americans are saying about that, and lawmakers in the tell wear valley

. >> in other news pennsylvania senator bob casey returned to washington for the first time since president donald trump took officers. as he left philadelphia this morning he had a message for the new administration. >> i hope that the administration would focus on investing in infrastructure, not on the size of the crowd, not on going after the press about how they reported on the inauguration. who cares about that? nobody does. >> over the weekend white house press secretary sean spice erin assisted the media misreported the size of friar's inauguration cried. today spicer took the podium for the first time since the remarks that caused a stir. what he had to say at i've too. 30. >> are you sure is on to fix a crack between the pennsylvania turnpike and new jersey turnpikes. officials say a truss under the delaware river bridge has a fracture closing the bridge until further. >>> no and that means pig traffic troubles for commuters left to get around the mess. "action news" reporter john rawlins is live in bristol township bucks county with more on the repair process. john. >> reporter:

. >> joining him -- >> casey affleck, andrew garfield. >> denzel washington and veeg mortensen. >> and emma stone in lala land and meryl streep. >> here is the list of best picture. for the 89th academy award. one of the most diverse. after making changes to the membership, and viola davis was nominated for best supporting actress for her role in fences and you can watch the oscars live here on sunday february 26th here on 6 abc. don't you love that he is taking his mom to the oscars. thank you alicia. >>> we brought you the oscar nominations live at 6abc.com and now you can see the full list and a closer look at what to expect at the 89th academy awards themselves. take a look. >>> now jammy is here now with sports. the sixers have a game tonight and touch one to win without their star. >> they have won 8 of their last 11 but the player of the week is the big reason why and they will not have joel embiid against the clippers or tomorrow night in milwaukee. he was injured in atut jahlil okafor is down grated to questionable. with h. but someone has to step up without embiid. >> it hurt

. >>> senator bob casey held app round table discussion with breast cancer survivors today in his center city o the topic was the cost of supplies to control a condition called lymphedema. that's a condition that causes swelling and fluid retention following surgery where lymph nodes are removed. casey along with those survivors supporting legislation that would provide medical coverage of lymphedema compression treatment garments. >> news tonight from texas where doctors say george h.w. bush can go home from the hospital possibly this weekend. the bush's spokesman released a statement a few hours ago saying the 41st president will be released monday at the latest and he said bush is eagerly looking forward to it. the former president who is 92 years old has been hospitalized since january 14th after suffering respiratory problems. >> time now for another check of the highways and by ways on your rush hour friday evening. gina gannon in for matt pelman to tell us the latest. >> hi, rick and monica. unfortunately starting off with an accident and we're also in rush hour so a lot going on.