ekend will be warmer temperatures. speaking of temperatures, it's been cold over the last 4 to 6 weeks. we're about 3 1/2 below average entire move january and so far the month of february for first six days were five below average. a warm-up could be greatly appreciated and we'll get it here this weekend. stormtracker 6 double scan in the meantime showing snow showers quickly approaching far western suburbs this morning allentown, reading, it's now moving into western berks and lehigh county. light snow. just enough to coat things. so if you're out traveling the next hour or so take it easy out there. roads are treated but still could be slick spots. 23 allentown and 25 reading and 30 wilmington and philadelphia 30 mobile 31 reign trenton showing 28 degrees. just about everybody running anywhere from 10 to as much as 16 degrees warmer than we were yesterday at this time. so the moderating trend is starting here in the delaware valley. forecast for today ring mostly cloudy skies milder, high of

46. 5 wouldn't that be nice. 46 degrees. normally we should be around 42. so about 4 above average. tomorrow we're up to 50s. then we get to sunday night and monday. here we go again. winter storm watch in effect with poconos and freezing line drifts further south especially when we get to monday afternoon for accumulating snow and ice. that rain snow line gets close to city monday. i'll talk more about that and what it means for your neighborhood in the 7 day in a bit, sure leeb. >> thank you chris. new this morning philadelphia police are looking for the person that stabbed a man. he is in critical condition. he was stabbed outside a chinese takeout on the 2800 block kensington avenue. police were called there around 11 last night. investigators are piecing together what led to the stabbing. the victim is treated at temple university hospital. a crash caused traffic trouble ob the roosevelt boulevard this morning. it happened 5:15 on the southbound outer lanes of the boulevard 3rd street.

two men in 0s were injured and taken to temple university hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. police closed outer lanes while they investigated. overnight a small fire erupted at the site of an inferno. philadelphia firefighters quickly put out the flare-up. chopper6hd was in frankford as original blaze hit the peak last night. city salvage incorporated burned to the ground in 1600 folk rod street. no one was hurt and the cause of fire remains under investigation. smoke also poured from the roof of home in tredyffrin township as firefighters battled the plays. the fire was sparked in the 2300 block pheasant hill lane 7:30 last night it took firefighters an hour and a half to bring the blaze under control. no one was hurt. the cause of the fire is under investigation. and three animals died when a two story barn caught fire in south jersey last night on the

200 block of fern avenue gloucester camden county. the fire chief says a chicken and two pot bellied pigs died in the fire. animals did survive but the cause of the fire is also under investigation. health officials in montgomery county are investigating a report of suspected case of measles. tests are being done right now to confirm the diagnosis in 15-year-old boy. the news has parents of montgomery county on alert. "action news" reporter dann cuellar has the details. health officials did not make anyone available to speak on camera. they e-mailed this statement. some parents and others are concerned that health authorities are not saying exactly wherein montgomery county this suspected measles case is or where the 15-year-old boy goes to school. for that matter who he may have come in contact with in recent days. for people that don't have their shots, little babies that may come in contact with them that would be really bad for them. >> in a statement the montgomery county health department says the 15-year-old boy isself

isolating at home under their guidance. it says this all began when the boy went to see his doctor who suspects he has the measles. department says the patient is evaluated and testing conducted in order to determine if this is a true case of mezlees. they say specimens are delivered to the state laboratory and the investigation is ongoing. meanwhile, dr. diane wester berg from cooper university hospital says this about measles in general. as long as he's quarantined and only in contact with people who have had measles or measles vaccination then everything should be fine. the problem comes when he's exposed to people who have not had the disease or who have not had the vaccination. it is highly contagious. this all comes amid a measles out break in the united states with more than 100 cases reported. measles was declared completely eliminated in this country 15 years ago. measles can be serious. in some cases leading to swelling of the brain and even death. which is part of the reason some

parents and others are concerned the health department is not giving out information about the suspected case. if they're not telling me who it is and i don't think that is fair. rjt i'm thinking they need to be forthcoming and let everybody know what is going on so we can ab square and be able to identify where this kid is so we can make sure our kids are imuniced for the record dr. wester burg of cooper is suggesting all children who have not had children vaccinated do so regardless of where the case turns out to be in this large montgomery county. that's the latest. i'm dann cuellar "channel 6 action news." >> our coverage of the meezles in america continues on 6abc.com. we'll update any possible cases in our area. and we posted answers to frequently asked questions about the disease. plus a look back at the deadly 1991 outbreak in philadelphia. health officials confirmed rosa's restaurant in mercer county was cited for employee hand washing violations a month

before a worker tested positive for hepatitis a. workers were also observed handling food with bare hands and three customers have contracted the disease. also, although officials have not said if their cases were directly linked to the worker diagnosed in november and "action news" called the restaurant and the owner had no comment ascials had a follow up visit. a newark water boil advisory because of a risk of ecoli. experts are testing water for contamination which could take up to 4 hours. and new this morning pepridge farm is recalling 4,000 packages of bagels that may contain peanuts or almonds that could set up allergic reaction rawlins includes plain everything and cinnamon raisin and being recalled mini bagels sold whole we'll wheat, cinnamon

raisin and brown suggest are and cinnamon nrivrz ranging from february 7 to february 12. >> a man accused of walking in a julie store and running off with a pricey ring. chopper6hd was above philadelphia mills mall after police were investigating the theft 7:15 last night. employees at zales says a man walked in and asked to look at a ring valued at 12,000. when the clerk hand today over the man took off running with the jewels. a chester county teacher is accused of having sex with a former student. police say while teaching a coatsville high school mark hofsetler gave a student alcohol and had sex with her four times. alleged encounters happened in june 2008 and hossetler's home and his parent's home and the allegations stunned students and administrator. >> students loved him. he's always nice.

he was great when he subbed your classes he was pleasant guy. >> he used to work west chester coatsville and west chester say they have no record or trouble with him. he is charged with four counts of corruption of minors and four counts ofen dangering welfare of a child. drivers won't get as stiff of a punishment the first time convicted of drunk driving if new jersey legislators get their way. the state senate passed the bill that eases penalties for first time offenders with blood alcohol levels had .08 and .1% instead of losing license three months it would be ten days. governor christie still has to sign it. >> the atlantic city police department has a new arsenal that could help save people on the bring bring of death. they are carrying narcam. they received training in how to use the life saving treatment. narcan is kus used to reverse a drug overdose and has become

needed tool with spike of heroin in atlantic county and they're alerting public to dangerous batch of heroin that may be responsible for as many as 5 overdoses and a medical trainer explained the symptoms officer will be looking for in order to use narcan. >> the breathing we're looking for with the respiratory system is depressed from heavy use of drugs and if it's opiate type drug like heroin or ox yes codon't, pills, this should reverse the use of it. >> those bags of bad heroin are stamped with phrase one stop in purple lettering and have been linked to several owe overdoses. they are equipped with narcam in hope of saving lives. >> "action news" this saturday morning a family in it colorado trying to figure out exactly what paralyzed their young son.

they're looking to bring the boy to philadelphia for help. we'll have their story. a product claims to be the perfect solution for gas emergencies. never get stranded in your car again. consumer reporter nydia han tested out the results coming up. chris. shirleen coming up in weather. satellite 6 and action radar showing a nice band of snow showers quickly approaching western suburbs and take a look at it stormtracker 6 live on the 7-day forecast when we come

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evacuated along the rain swollen river in washington state. a5" of rain drenched the down near seattle. flooding is reported in drought stricken california and/or or. they're also occasional hurricane force wind gusts mudd slides and more rain are also big concerns. >> and. >> and we have temperatures here. >> when one part of country is -- the other is good. the rough weather out there. we'll see the clouds here on the eastern seaboard. it will be nice and queue they weekend and much, much milder. there's the view in center city. snow showers are approaching from the west and shouldn't tooment too much. stormtracker 6 double scan showing far western suburbs and they're seeing a few flakes flying. we'll zoom in a little tighter. those allentown and reading and

for the most part lighter shades of gray and very light snow steadier stuff out here across north central pennsylvania and a lot of that evaporates before it makes its way to the lehigh valley. make a couple snow showers and passing flurries over the next hour or two in the lehigh valley. winds southwest at 5 miles an hour. bitter cold up here. 23 allentown and 25 reading and 30 philadelphia and dover 32. storm track is all the way up here across the u.s. and canadian border as long as it stays north it will be mild. think of it as dividing line. south of that line it's warm. north of the line it's cold. you see areas to the north include canada only. so, this is quite unusual to see that storm track so far north this time of year especially february. february is one of those months that could be stormy. lots of big snows rains again with storm track so far to the north it means quiet weather for most of the country.

future tracker 6 today looks perfect. cloudy. temperatures in mid 40s. nice comfortable breeze. should be nice day. sunday we'll start with sunshine. maybe a few, high thin clouds and increasing and sunday is nice. southwesterly breezes get us to 50s. then we get to monday monday starting out with clouds and then that freezing line starts to collapse a little bit. actually going to sew that here on temperatures future tracker by 1bg on sunday showing 49 in philadelphia and 55 in dover and watch how quickly the numbers drop as the cold front shifts further south so by 7:30 monday morning allentown down to 31. philadelphia 33 and millville 35. that means whatever moisture is leftover we'll start as wintry mix in lehigh valley and rain in city and again that line shifts south as well as colder temperatures work their way in. so monday afternoon a little light snow in the lehigh valley and perhaps wintry mix for far northwestern suburbs mainly rain in city and you see the model

monday. every single model has something except for european 2.2 that model busted horribly on last storm we saw around here that deposit amount to anything super bowl sunday and same for lehigh valley every single model has nothing except for european that shows 4.2 we'll go with consensus and say it's not a big deal monday afternoon. 46 in philadelphia, millville 45. very, very comfortable, trenton 40 wilmington 46. cloudy skies. very gentle, light breeze out of the southwest. here's your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. 46 today. 52 for sunday. sunday is nice and mild. normal is 42. so we're running 10 above avshling and monday 40 the number for philadelphia. maybe rain in the city. perhaps a wintry mix north and west. and temperatures falling during the afternoon. tuesday, 42. wednesday, quiet 39, thursday arctic front arrives 38 and hello friday bitter cold. 22 degrees. valentine's day morning waking

up to temperatures in single dij sglits oh, boy, thank you chris. >> children's hospital of philadelphia is offering help to a 19-month-old boy paralized in denver. he needs help paying for treatment. he was diagnosed with entrovirus at 2 months old. complications set in and since then he has been paralyzed from the neck down. electrics in denver do not know what is causing paralysis. doctors at chop and john hopkins are willing to take a look at him. this little fighter is an inspiration to his parents. >> amazing he can endure what he endures and smile and be happy. >> he's a fighter. i mean i am amazed every day by tr ru it. >> because he's on ventilator he must fly on especially equipped plane. that cost is covered by donations. the family needs help covering costs of accommodations for two full time nurses and go fund me page is set up for donations

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vehicle to doctors and really all the fuel taken out. >> and we end up driving it around and run out completely. now the makers of magic tank claim it won't harm your engine sensors or converter and it's safe to keep in your car. >> magic tank is non-flammable fuel and it's taking petroleum. >> we tested non-flammable claim. if you strike it around gas the fuel ignites what about this the vapor nor liquid ignites. despite tests one expert at the test says he would be weary of keeping it in his vehicle and the company stands by safety claims saying magic tank is come bust i believe but safe to keep in vehicle for as long as ten years. now magic tank we'll see if it lives up to the claim to get us going on. after we pour in the first half

gallon our car won't start. >> since bigger cars like ours might take two bottles here's bottle number two. >> this time. the sweet sound of our ignition. >> we're going again. it worked. >> now the question is how far can we go? "action news" drove and drove and drove and in the end we go out ten miles and decide that's far enough. we pull into a gas station and fill her up. so some of you aprobably considering getting magic tank to keep in your vehicle and there's a long list of other things safety experts say you must keep in your car in case of emergency. and they include a small safety kit small roadside flares scoo fuses flashlight and flyers and crew driver tire inflator and rag pocket knife and help sign. for more come rehen receive list

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>> welcome back. it is 9:25. we're taking a live look at cape may and what a beautiful weekend. chris sowers says he has in store for you. 46 degrees the high today. we'll have more in the accuweather forecast. it is time now for sports. sixers host the hornets tonight.

celtics held off a sixers rally last night. ducis rodgers has saturday morning sports. >> good morning last night's game against celtics for sixers a micro cosum of the season as a hole. the sixers looked lost. awful. couple moments of optimism before reality sets back in. out with a post train here and still posting them up. 2nd quarter jake crowder. falls behind by as many as 26 points. not much efforts in this one. sixers may make a run. hol as thompson three. pulls three in the fourth. 16 points for him off the bench. sixers cam back down-to-earth hard. 12-2 run from there. 22 points. sixers lose 107-96. they will host charlotte today. kimmo timonen will be back on ice with flyers in due time.

he skated yesterday for the first time since diagnosed with blood clots in legs and lungs last spring. he's a few weeks from a national game. the condition was career threatening. he says he's grateful he's getting another chance to continue playing. little tired but really, really excited at the same time. so like i said it's been a long process in the last 6 8 months and i was looking forward to this day. this is my last year. i want to retire my skates to my shoes like i said really it time. so i feel when i want to leave this game on my own terms. >> 7th ranked villanova has a huge game at the wells fargo center they face squorj georgetown one of only two teams to beat them this season. they'll use these uniforms to honor 85 championship team that beat georgetown ironically. if we can only get ed pinkney to suit up things will be a-okay. that's a look at sports.

i'm ducis rogers you have yourself a terrific weekend. and there is much more to come on "action news" for this saturday morning including shelter me. >> and hey everyone this is lucky charm from dog town our shelter me winner of the week. she act like a puppy and acts like a cat sometimes as well. you'll meet her and other dogs from dog town coming up on "action news". >> plus a tradition after every fliers win we have a story of this army hat and another check ever the exclusive accuweather forecast with chris sauers. i told you it would be a good one. stick around and find

>> happening now on "action news" saturday at 9. isis claims it's only remaining american hostage has been killed. that woman's family releaseded a statement on the claim. a major roadway in south jersey is open after a crash brought down power lines. and you would be $380 million richer tonight the powerball jackpot continues to grow. first outside we go to meteorologist chris sauers and the accuweather forecast. we're feeling better out there now. >> it's funny, shirleen w that said it actually feels nice. temperatures in the 20s and 30s.

tomorrow we'll show you where we started out. and comparison here on the left. temperatures low temperatures yesterday morning on the right. low temperatures this morning. you see we're already trending in the right direction. poconos yesterday at this time zero degrees. 14 degrees with the morning low today. and allentown yesterday 3 this morning nine. trenton 11. this morning 17. yesterday in philadelphia 14. this morning 21 and wilmington yesterday morning twelve and this morning 17. again the numbers are trending warmer and we're now in the 30s in the is they points south and east. dover 32. wildwood 34. millville 31. philadelphia 30. chilly in the lehigh valley. allentown 3 and poconos 22. they're actually reporting light snow right now. allentown a few flurries you can see shades of gray on double scan live. so steadier stuff to the west. pottsville you're seeing brighter white shades. steadier white snow. and there's light snow falling in the poconos. now a lot of this is falling apart as it is traveling east.

it's encountering drier air. again if you live let's say in the lehigh valley far western suburbs poconos don't be surprised if you see a few flakes in the next hour, hour and a half. shouldn't amount to much. otherwise mainly cloudy afternoon. 30 right now. up to 37 by 11:00. 42 by 1:00 and 45 by 4:00. we're shooting for a comfortable high of 46. looks like a nice mild weekend overall staying dry. lots of clouds around. again staying dry. we get into sunday night and monday and things change a little bit as wintry mix moves into parts of the area. when i say wintry mix i mean rain sleet, freezing rain and snow depending where you live. i'll break all that down for you and have a cold 7-day forecast when i step back inside in ten minutes. >> thank you chris. >> route 73 mount laurel and driver and around 9:30 chopper 6 was over the scene on southbound

route 73 near crawford place. wires came down when the driver hit the utility pole. route 73 was closed for a while and the driver was flown and -- >> and philadelphia fire company accused of sexual misconduct on city property. fire union officials addressed those allegations . >> the fire file theer's union local 22 says office of inspector general accused 17 members of sexual misconduct involving female paramedic four had sexual relations with the young woman including one battalion chief. most alleged sex happened off duty and away from department facilities. >> department has elected to charge one of our members with having sexual relations within the firehouse. >> all the sex was concept you'll and other allegations involved sexual harassment. union head joe shuly said

inspector general failed to provide a full report of investigation. and redacted all the names and except for the 7 members now facing discipline. >> there's no legitimate reason why they will not provide us with whole report and we can't speculate to what they're covering and hiding and our perception is there must be something in the report they don't want us to see if they're not providing the whole report. >> shuly setz female paramedic sources say is mentally troubled and suicidal and forced by department brass to file an employment complaint after word began to spread about possible misconduct. he says there's some indication that dates back to 2011. mayor's office had no comment. and making sure derrek sawyer tells "action news" it's a personnel matter that will go through normal process. >> it's disciplinary problem and we have to be fair and to all those involved.

and we can't talk about what happened. >> the union expects the fire commissioner to handout any sort of discipline within a month and then those that are disciplined could appeal to the labor relations board. then take it to arbitration. in old city, chad pradelli, "channel 6 action news." >> two philadelphia police officers and another motorist continue to recover from injuries suffered in this pileup in northeast philadelphia. a limo service car struck a police suv that pulled into intersection of large street and herbert yesterday afternoon. it's not clear if the police vehicle's lights and sirens were on. limo driver is hospitalized and two police officers were treated for minor injuries. the family of american cayla muller has pleaded to isis. the plea comes as u.s. works to confirm isis's claims that muller was killed by a jordanian air strike in syria in a statement her parents told isis you told us you treated cayla

has your guest as your guest her safety remains your responsibility. "action news" reporter sharee williams has more on muller and that air strike. >> 26-year-old kayla muller is described as citizen of the word. the arizona native went to turkey and india volunteering with aid groups and in august of 2013 she was kidnapped in syria isis claims she was killed by a bomb dropped by joyrd and iian war plane it was known isis was holding at least one american hostage and terror group was first to reveal her identity doing so in a statement on twitter. isis did not provide proof of her death and american officials say they're not able to confirm the claim. >> we do not at the present have any evidence to corroborate isis's claims that obviously we'll keep reviewing the information at hand. >> jordan's interior minister says isis blaming jordan for

american death "a low pr stunt " there's strong reasons for skepticism that she died from a jordanian air strike. >> there's coalition air strikes going on every day and how do they ascertain a jordanian plane dropped a bomb top detroit this building. >> another point of doubt the claim that she was alone in the building and no one else was hurt. >> i'm extremely skeptical of this. as you can see in is multi-story building other buildings flattened and she was the only person killed in a public air strike. there were no guards, passerbys nobody injured except for her. it suggs it doesn't pass the smell test. >> sharee williams "channel 6 action news." >> a major development could putin tended sale of revel casino at risk and last night the federal third district court after peels in philadelphia ruled partly in favor of owners of hq night club at the casino. they argue they could lose 16 million investmentp if the

bankruptcy sale goes throughch the court lifted an order that the sale closing is scheduled for monday and florida developer set to buy revel threatened to forfeit his $10 million deposit if he cannot proceed with sale on his terms. dreams of becoming instant millionaire are growing this as powerball jackpot continues to grow itself. there's no winner in wednesday drawing the jackpot ballooned to 380 million for tonight's drawing. that is the biggest powerball jackpot in nearly a year and the 6th largest on record. you can buy a ticket until 9:59 tonight and be sure to tune in for live drawing at 10:59 people before "action news" tonight. 6abc is the only place to watch. and there's much more to come on "action news" this saturday morning at 9. in "healthcheck" a cesearean section is major surgical procedure. new england hospital trying to change all that with something

called the gentle c and in shelter me a pet retailer expands to animal shelter. we'll take you to dog town and get a check on the accuweather forecast when "action news" returns

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the top story. >> when i was out there ten minutes ago it felt warm then and still 20s and 30s. again imagine what 52 will feel like tomorrow afternoon and some areas could be warmer than that. dover, right now projecting 54 or 55. as we look live on sky6 north and west of city this is spring mountain. you can see folks enjoying themselves. we had fair amount of cold weather over the last couple weeks. mother nature helping out as well. as we climb up into the 50s wanted to quickly show this with you. and philadelphia look at the sunrise over the camden water front and shot this morning this morning over the delaware river before the clouds moveded in in advance of this. and the snow showers are starting to approach the lehigh valley. for the most part this is on lighter side. you see light shades of gray there representing the lighter snow. it gets a little steadier further west you go here.

so from pottsville west ward to harrisburg and north central pennsylvania all the this is pushing east it's encountering drier air a lot is starting to evaporate before it reaches the ground. nonetheless if you look at this part of the viewing area allentown, reading north parts expect snowflakes over the next couple hours. 5 in philadelphia, millville 31 and trenton showing 28. satellite and radar clearly showing stromtracker are to the north and as long as it stays north that means mild weather for us here in the delaware valley. that's because winds shift out of the southwest. now on opposite side of this frontal boundary winds out of northwest driving that colder air into the northern portions of united states. and again with that line so far to the north we'll see temperatures easily above freezing today and again low 50s as we get to subdz. and all of this starts to collapse a little as we get to sunday afternoon and by monday pushes further south and that's when things could get a little complex as we get into monday.

with just enough moisture leftover and cold air working its way in from the north we could see wintry mix on our hands mron. let's start with today, today looks like mostly cloudy skies. few breaks of sun later on. nice day, temperatures in the 40s. repeat performance for sunday. accommodation of sun and clouds and high temperatures around 51. 52 to the south and maybe 54 or 55. sunday night to monday it's quiet. clouding up. clouds low and thickening and here comes monday as we see some of the wintry mix. it looks like this model is completely backed off now at this point. more than likely when you see it this come monday morning light wintry mix in lehigh valley snow well north and rain just about for everyone elimination. lights rain. not a heavy event. monday afternoon cold air drops to the south. we move mix line closer to city. again monday afternoon weapon light snow? lehigh valley and poconos. rain for south jersey and delaware. again a winter storm watch goes into effect monday actually sunday night monday for poconos for accumulating snow and ice.

for us here in delaware valley north and west of city be on the lookout for wintry mix maybe a brief period of snow and now only minor issues with this again a light event for city south and east and mainly light rain and temperatures falling into the 30s and then speaking of falling temperatures look at this. this is polar vortex right here northern canada and this air mass moves into the delaware valley. and as we get into the latter half of the 7-day forecast. wait until you see these numbers. cloudy. milder. 46. overnight tonight more clouds around mild relative to averages and 27 north and west 34 for center city and the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast shows bitter cold here friday. 46 degrees today. 5 degrees for sunday. so the weekend as a whole looks fantastic. monday rain in the city light wintry mix. and tuesday quiet 42 and thursday the arctic front arrives, 38 comes awful early in the day. temperatures in 20s and 30s

throughout most of the day and friday 2. we're happening out in the teens end of week did you see the low low 5 in the city. >> that's down the line that could change. >> yeah, let's think about now. >> thank you chris. >> it's another week and another winner in our shelter me contest. matt o'donnell takes us to dog town to meet adorableadoptables. >> we can't do it without the village. >> dog town is a popular retail and boarding shop 7 years. after adopting a dog from act in philadelphia owner jen joseph decided they could do even more. >> once i went there and saw how much help they needed of course i wanted to help. >> since opening their adoption center in april of 2013 dogtown saved more than 350 dogs. >> we're trying to put dog locally. philadelphia is not far from us. they're in our own backyard and dogs are dying every day. >> adopting has its perks

discounts on toys and bored boarding and business side of the organization makes compassion possible. >> the retail center itself pays for the adoption center procedure and the more items we sell in the shop the more lives we are shaving from the shelter. >> they're giving dogs like chloe a second chance. >> she's very playful and young and she would be best in a home without young kids. >> partnering in a city of elderly love to find a home for 8-year-old cowboy. >> he also is very calm. he's very gentle. he's good with all the other dogs. >> and these pit mix puppies might make a perfect concoction to the family. >> these little girls are alice martini and zoey and they'll be able in three or four weeks. >> this is lucky charm she looks like a puppy they're thinking she's probably 1 to 2 years old. >> acts like a cat sometimes likes to jump and climb up walls and stuff very good with families and children and just

extremely friendly dog. if you're interested in lucky charm or any other dogs you met today go to the dog town web site. go to favorite shelter or add a rescue group to the list by going to shelter me section of the "action news" facebook page. i'm matt o'donnell "channel 6 action news." yolanda indrosonovich can appreciate a simple name. that's why she likes pick 5 from the pennsylvania lottery, they've given all your favorite numbers games new, simpler names.

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gwendolyn schnellinghoffer can appreciate a simple name. that's why she likes pick 3 from the pennsylvania lottery, they've given all your favorite numbers games new, simpler names. and for something really simple, play the all-new pick 2. easy to play. simple to say. >> welcome back taking a live look at penn's landing seeing, what figure skater there on what's going to turn out to be a nice mild saturday. 46 degrees the high. and here is a look at what is happening in and around the delaware and lehigh valleys. this weekend. head to the jersey shore for progressive insurance ac boat show and it's docked at the atlantic city convention center this weekend and you'll see hundreds of boats on display and happening today tomorrow 8 to 5.

open today from 9 to 10 and tomorrow from 9 to 8. tickets are 13 dollars for adults and 6 dollars for kids and seniors. >> celebrate reading at 23 african-american children's book fair there you find best selling authors and i will straighters happening today at the community college of philadelphia 1 to 3 and event is free and open to the public. >> and health check a boston hospital is putting a twist on traditional cesearean section it's called gentle fee. less surgical obstacles are in place a clear sheet allows mom and dad to see the moment baby comes out and one of mom's arm is left free and chest clear of monitors so newborn can go skin

to skin in minutes the believe is that it increases likelihood of successful breastfeeding and mothers can listen to calming music and breathing therapy. bring ham and women's hospital offer this procedure. >> philadelphia flyers know it's a postgame interview rocking camouflage hat the team started tradition this stone show their appreciation for war hero from bucks county. jeff skversky has the story. >> after every win a flyers player put on this army hat. it's not a fashion statement. the flyers do it to honor a fallen soldier. doylestown native kobe umbrow died fighting in iraq nearly 8 years ago he was 2. >> what he did to sacrifice his life for greater cause, living on in the hat. something simple as a hat has

much larger meaning. >> flyers award the hat to a player who demonstrates the most courage and lays it on the line like umbril did in the line of duty. >> i get chills the stories they told it brought us closer together. >> this is glier's coach craig's idea he came up with it when at parade in doylestown and later introduced to them by acquaint answer. >> they were moved from it all and we take great pride in this. >> umbrel's parents mark and nancy stopped by practice to thank the team and keeping his memory alive. >> we are very proud and you guys are taking it seriously. >> we appreciate it. it's something to look forward to after a win. >> anyone who loose as i child they have to go through their rest of lives to deal with it and one of the good things about

this is that you know colby is constantly being honored. >> when you look at the hat what do you think about. >> i think of colby. >> jeff skversky,

>> final check of the weekend forecast we all have learned. >> that's the warm-up. >> do we not? >> the weekend call from accuweather looks fantastic. lots of clouds out there. mild temperatures. 46. clouds, limited sun. 52 for tomorrow. combination of sun and clouds and then by the time we get to sunday night and monday colder air starts working its way into the region again and there could be wintry mix developing north and west of city and for city areas south and east is probably just rain. we're up to 40. then another big cold shot

arrives by end of week. 38 thursday. 22 shirleen for friday. >> enjoy this while it lasts. >> thank you so much chris it's been a pleasure. >> and jack hannah wild countdown is next on channel 6. "action news" continues later tonight. we'll be right back tomorrow morning beginning at 6. for chris sowers, eva pilgrim and entire "action news" team, shirleen alicott, have a great

>> "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. >> hi, everyone, i'm jack hanna coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo and welcome to "wild countdown." you know, i'm a little jealous of the animals on today's show 'cause they all have something i never will--a tail. oh, sue, sue. some tails are dangerous... >> he relies on his tail for catching prey. >> some are powerful. >> he can kill you by the tail. >> he can kill me by the tail? and some are critical for high speed navigation. oh, my gosh. today, i'm on the trail of seven exotic creatures to see how they use their