breaking news, accept th. right now at 6:00, breaking news, a temporary rail car shortage on septa's market trail line. the company just announced cracks being discovered on several cars. and because of that septa is temporarily pulling some of the cars from service. the trains will still run in the morning, but septa officials

tell us they expect to be about 30 to 40 cars short. that means riders should expect delays and crowded conditions. this will also impact anyone heading to and from 30th street station. septa will be providing additional bus service. with a breakdown of how your commute could be impacted, check out the nbc10 app. make sure you're watching nbc10 first alert tomorrow morning, jessica boyington will have the latest of information on how you can get around with a shortage of rail cars. exclusive new pictures of the delaware turnpike connector bridge, shows temporary columns so the workers can do what they do without the bridge collapsing.

new at 6:00, funeral services have been set for the delaware prison guard killed during an inmate uprising last week. the first service will be held on friday evening at delaware state university. a second visitation and funeral will take place saturday morning. turning now to your first alert forecast, a live look outside at center city. a major warmup is on the way for this week, but there's also going to be some rain along with it. let's get to first alert meteorologist erika martin. >> a major warmup is what i'm tracking for you. we talked about this yesterday, and we're right on trend, 43 degrees in philadelphia, and right now temperatures 41 degrees in philadelphia, pottstown 41 for you along with trenton. mt. pocono faring very well at

41. lancaster 42 and redding currently at 39 degrees. so certainly we are preferring this nice warmup here. here is your 24-hour temperature range, 7 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. 10 in mt. holly and 12 in atlantic city. we're only getting warmer. this trend for the next couple of days is impressive. 47 is the expected high in philadelphia for tomorrow. tuesday 55, and on wednesday. we're going talk about what to expect beyond that. and your valentine's day forecast. now to media where hundreds of principals, parents and stude students protesting betty devos. >> he's not responding and we feel as though we have elected

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tonight a battle is brewing in supreme court about whether trump's travel ban will stand. in the moont, my grants are boarding flights headed to the u.s. one of those families will be coming home to allentown. they were told they needed to go back to syria. lauren mayk was with family

members who already lived here as they get ready to finally welcome their families home. she joins us live. >> reporter: i just got back from spending time with the members of the alsani family. it was a limb over a week ago, when their family was turned away after arrive agent the u.s. they were ready for them, even had a house for them. >> reporter: at the home in allentown, they're keeping busy preparing food for a welcome they hope will happen. did you do all of this last time? >> last time, i didn't have the chance because by 9:00 i got the call. >> reporter: after the president's executive order preventing citizens from seven countries from entering. after a friday night court ruling, they're trying again. >> you can hear it in their

voice they're so afraid something might go wrong. >> reporter: so the family waits at home. is there a part of you that is nervous that it's not going to happen? >> i'm still leery, even though i'm hopeful and still praying, in a way my heart is still anxious. i'm waiting for the next, maybe, half an hour, hopefully we'll know something. >> reporter: in the meantime, there's food to prepare, and with a cup of syrian coffee, a flurry of phone calls, from a congressman. their attorney. >> is it all okay? okay. >> reporter: she's smiling more, her family sending their stamped documents to their phone. >> this is happening, this is real hi happening. >> reporter: then a phone call from their family member from

abu dhabi. >> i have been waiting for this for two years. >> reporter: how are you feeling now? >> a little relief. i still am the type that needs to be accomplished to the end. so tomorrow will be the truth, truth. >> reporter: the attorney for the family say they believe they have crossed a big hurdle, going through a preflight clearance at customs clearance in abu dhabi so they presumably won't have to do it again when they land here in new york at jfk tomorrow. one year ago tonight, a fire ravaged a north totown home. sanford ran back in to try to save his father. his father survived but sanford

died. >> reporter: family, friends, even firefighters gathered tonight for a vigil. i just want you to see that there are balloons in front of the home, and if you look up, the windows are still boarded up, the home is under construction, and while that fire may have happened a year ago, they feel like it happened just yesterday. sanfo sanford harlin, one year ago today he rushed back into his burning home to save his father. the 12-year-old didn't know his father had already jumped from a second story window to escape the flames. sanford died in the fire. the community has rallied around the family ever since, today they return to the home to mark the somber anniversary.

>> all of the times that we had with sanford, the good times and the bad times. it's hard. >> reporter: sanford's father has to use crutches right now, he just completed his fourth surgery, he tells us that he has to do a lot of physical therapy. reporting live in north town, i'm andrea klein thomas, nbc10 news. crows are creating a crummy situation, coming up, hear how the city plans to clean up. i'm tracking rain moving into the area by early tuesday morning, so of course i do have what you can expect coming up in your most accurate forecast. see you then.

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an update now on breaking news. septa is pulling 30 to 40 cars

from its market-frankfurt line. trains will still be running in the morning, but septa says riders should expect delays and crowded conditions. septa will be providing additional bus service. for a breakdown of where the busses will be and how your commute could be impacted, log on to nbc 7.com. a group of crows have left the city covered in droppings. drew, people are worried about a public health issue now? >> reporter: that's because this animal waste is all over the place, whether it's on the sidewalk or over on these park benches. these crows have been flying above us all night here, they live in these trees here. we're actually worried about getting hit in the head with some of his droppings. these workers who work in this building are worried about tracking all this waste into the

food area and into the workplace. >> this is the largest poop pile i have seen here. >> reporter: it's the bus stop, the sidewalk or even works of art, few places have escaped being covered by the birds. >> it's quite repulsive. >> reporter: scott miller says this unusually large amount of birds arrived in the fall. after decades in the city, he's never seen anything like it. >> they just keep coming and coming, a larger number every day. >> reporter: the city and state are involved to try to find a way to humanely get the crows to nest elsewhere. in addition to making a huge mess, they have generated a foul smell, it's a rude wakeup call. so if this doesn't feel like a

hitchcock movie already for the neighbors, here's the plan to deal with them. the city will actually be firing off fireworks to try to humanely scare these birds somewhere else. we're live in trenton, i'm drew smith, nbc10 news. three, two, one! >> thousands of people braved the february cold and took a dip in the atlantic today. and they raised nearly a million bucks doing it. it was all part of the polar bear plunge in rehoboth beach. taking a live look now down the shore. things are going to be warming up and it may be a good day to take a stroll on the beach. >> take your umbrella, because it might be a little rainy, but yes, temperatures are going to top out in the 60s. we're seeing partly to mostly cloudy skies across philadelphia, so conditions certainly not mostly clear, or clear for tonight. not the ideal night for sky

gazing, the good news is temperatures are very comfortable. there's a weak disturbance just offshore which is why we're seeing the effects of these clouds hovering around delaware. a partly cloudy night, warmer conditions through the overnight hours into tomorrow, so at least it's not going to be as cold as it has been for the past couple of days, on monday, some clouds and tracking rain that will get here on tuesday, widespread rain, then on wednesday, we have some scattered rain moving from west to east and those 60s will make a come back. current temperature for allentown, 31 degrees, a normal high of 42, sun rise, 7:04 a.m., and sun set 5:46 p.m. current temperature, 42 degrees, really mild conditions right

now. in fact temperature trend, we're up a couple of degrees from yesterday at this same time, 7 for allentown, 9 for vine land and 10 for mt. holly, we will certainly take that, we like this warm trend. current winds coming out of the west, they will start to shift southwesterly, which is why we do have that warmer a air sliding into place, there's a warm front just in time for tuesday into wednesday. colder air wednesday into thursday. westland area 43, and rittenhouse currently at a nice 42 degrees. allentown 54 by wednesday, we may get a wintry mix with temperatures in the low 30s. look at that temperature climbing pretty quickly. hour by hour forecast starting at 6:00 p.m., i want you to see that we do have comfortable conditions at least through the overnight hours, temperatures

above the freezing mark for everybody through tomorrow morning when you're getting up for work and school. you're only 20s to low 30s, but certainly lower than we have been seeing the past couple of days. 60 degrees for dover, we'll take that, egg harbor, 55 for you, philly 54 and swedes borrow 55. i do have a 10-day forecast. hey, i'm danny pommells, the super bowl is about to begin. we'll hear from matt ryan one last time before the biggest game of his career. that's next in sports.

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