"action news", delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah a bloomquist and walter perez. sunday night, two men posing as police officers rob a philadelphia abyss. also, a well traveled bridge business to shut down for repairs. but the the big story on a "action news" is welcome warmth as we get ready to kick off month of february. >> after week of walking, driving, through, slush and ice, mild temperatures gave us a great weekend to be outdoors and more mile conditions are on the way. the meteorologist melissa a

magee joins us with the first check of the accu weather forecast. >> hi walter and sarah hopefully you have a chance to even eye the the warm conditions, the high today in philadelphia, 58 degrees, well above average of 41. the currently at this hour 52 in the city, 45 up in the poconos. forty-nine in reading, and 40's for beach haven down toe aisle city, 50 in trenton. fifty-three out the to the south and west in dover. so when you look at the 24 hour temperature change, it is a good 14 degrees warmer in the city then it was same time yesterday. 16 degrees warmer in millville. 17 degrees warmer in dover then it was just 24 hours ago. if you are stepping outside on the town we have you covered with your evening planner, 7:00 p.m. 48. upper 40's at 8:00 tonight. we have partly cloudy sky at 9:00 and at 10:00 o'clock and 11:00 tonight temperatures will be in the middle to upper 40's underneath the a partly cloudy sky. we will talk about what we can expect for the week ahead, mild for first week of february, temperatures, early on, we will be in the 50's and

60's. we're tracking some rain, little precipitation coming in by monday afternoon and more by wednesday. we will talk about the the details with the full, exclusive a accu weather forecast, walter. >> thanks, melissa. we will move to "action news" reporter christie lleto talking to people embracing the mild weather after last week even a's blizzard, christie. >> reporter: yes, walter hard to believe last week we were getting hammered with snow, even people out wearing t-shirts taking advantage of this winter warm up. 55 degrees in january... means families in the park are taking advantage of the unseasonable winter warm up. , it is better to day. >> reporter: just a week ago mother nature hammered the delaware val which record breaking snow, that left many digging out, for days. >> i know people kill us for saying that, i wouldn't mind seeing another blizzard. yeah, i know. we miss it. it was like you got to have that one good snowstorm.

>> reporter: but people soaking up sun and dodging melting piles of snow on kelly drive tell a different story. >> i'm out for a run on the schuylkill river trail and wearing shorts and t-shirt today. >> over dressed. >> of course. you know, it is snowing and it is still winter. >> reporter: and you know even though the the sun has set and it is nighttime new we are seeing people taking a stroll on the race street pier really even eyeing this mild evening. reporting live christie lleto for channel six a "action news" good thanks, christie. we have some breaking news to pass along, police have a person of interest in custody in connection with the stabbing on a september bus on friday. this is the video shown of the attacker on the route 56 bus in torresdale. police have not yet filed any charges in this case though. the red cross is a assisting three people after this fire overnight the in the olney section. fire fighters were called to the house in the 5400 block of north fifth street, just after

4:00 a.m. they saw flames shooting from the first and second stories of the house, additional fire fighters were brought into help control the blaze. no one was injured, no word on a cause. woman ace monk three people arrested after investigators say that she punched, three philadelphia police officers during a huge mala outside a par early this morning. it all started just before 3:00 a.m. outside the good life lounge on bustleton avenue. a a security guard called police after the the fight broke out and he heard several shots being fired. when officers arrived several dozen people were still involved in the mala. one man reportedly came at officers, with fists raised and with pepper spray. a woman then jumped between that man and officers and began swinging. the those punches connected with three officers. she was arrested on assault charges. also in the bustleton section of the city two men posing as police officers robbed a business last night. investigators say men entered dtm detailing on geiger road identifying themselves as

cops. one of the men, even had a gun. they forced employees to the floor, and tied his hand and took $1,200 from his wallet. they toll the man they will get a warrant and then took off. anyone with any information is asked to call philadelphia police. to politics now, one day ahead of the iowa caucus, the the candidates spent the day frantically winning over voters in a final appeal. "action news" anchor rick williams joins us live from des moines with the very latest, hi there, rick. >> reporter: hi there, sarah. thank you. that is right. 7:00 o'clock tomorrow night presidential primary season is officially underway and it gets started here in iowa. road to the white house has to go through the hawk eye state and that is why campaigners and candidates are making their final push all day to day. meanwhile here in the capitol city, anticipation and excitement is building, everyone starting to feel it from the campaign workers to the downtown merchants. crunch time in the bernie sanders campaign headquarters. >> bernie sanders campaign.

and, volunteers working, calling and canvassing for votes as tomorrow's big day approaches. >> similar seen at marco rubio's headquarters. certainly all of the candidates have invested quite a bit of time, money, energy in this state, and that simply because their caucus is first. if it wasn't iowa wouldn't get as much political attention not that everybody that lives here is complaining because economic impact is tremendous. >> the caucus could pump a hundred million-dollar in the state and 25 million into the sit irv des moines. even stores like this one that sells presidential paraphernalia with annie was flare are popular. and if it makes des moines a place to be for visitors in town for the caucus. >> people have been really gracious, and forgiving when

we take over our group to go over a restaurant this morning, we were there. >> reporter: for two more days political spotlight will shine here and after tomorrow's contest des moines will be once again a quiet, sleeping town in the american heart land. >> a lot of the hotels, i think, maybe are going to feel like a ghost town when tuesday comes around. >> reporter: well, it is in the a ghost town yet. every where you look you see some type of political message or political images from billboard to tv ads. oh, boy, the tv ads. collectively the the candidates have aired 60,000 political commercials throughout the state of iowa spending 33 million-dollar. the candidate that has bought most tv time, hillary clinton who spent about six million-dollar. we will see fit pays off tomorrow night. speaking of tomorrow night you can see result from iowa on "action news" at 11:00 and on six abc.com. sarah, walter, back to you. we will see you at 11:00.

rick will continue his, live reports from iowa, through monday's vote. you can see his next live report tonight at 11:00. he is tweeting and posting more about the sights and sound on facebook. it could be a trick commute tomorrow for anyone who usually takes the falls bridge. it is shutting down for two months so crews can make much needed repairs. "action news" reporter trish hartman has more. >> reporter: thousands of drivers use the falls bridge to cross the schuylkill river every day. but as of monday the bridge will be closed to vehicles for repairs. work is expect to be completed by april 1st. >> it is what it is. i read that they will be fix ago this. >> reporter: while the bridge is closed crews will sit special brackets under bridge strengthening steel beams beneath the road surface. city inspectors found rust and corrosion late last year prompting emergency repairs. here in east falls folks are preparing themselves with the congestion that will come with the detours. the city officials are

instructing drivers to use city avenue bridge instead. >> it will be crazy. traffic is already crazy in the morning coming a across here and it will be like hell. >> reporter: city officials announced closure in december and as you can see at the the entrance to the bridge, is there a sign posted as well, but still we managed to find some folks who had not heard about the repairs. >> what will you do instead? >> i don't know, i have to figure that out now. >> reporter: while drivers will have to find another route bikers and pedestrians will have access to the sidewalk. if you use the bridge recreational they were happy to hear about the repairs to the 121 year-old bridge that is a fixture in fairmount park. >> atmosphere is incredible. good place to train, good place to work out. >> reporter: city officials hope this round of repairs will last until a full restoration can be done in five or six years. >> it really needs it when you see underside of this bridge. it needs a good solid foundation underneath it, so it the will last another hundred years. >> reporter: reporting from

east falls, trish hartman for channel six a "action news". there is much more to come tonight, they are not even old enough to drive yet but still girls pack the philadelphia auto show today. we will tell how they were there to see. local schools get ready to celebrate a very special week. and full plate of college hoops, jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right back.

are celebrating the start of catholic school week. a action cam was at saint frances desales church in the kingsessing section of the city where they celebrated a special mass. bunch of students were involve in the service including members of the st. francis desales orchestra. after mass there was open house for families and potential students. hundreds of the people hit phone lines in cherry hill today for a great cause. this is super sunday, annual phone-a-thon to benefit the jewish federation of new

jersey. money raised benefits wide variety of programs helping holocaust survivors, college students, elderly and needy. phone-a-thon runs through thursday. also in cherry hill a popular brewing company held its annual charity day. forgotten boardwalk brewing used the day to raise a awareness about the benefits of organ donation. brewery featured two specially made spicy beers. a portion of the proceed will go to the living kidney donors network and gift of life donor house. there are plenty of things to do and see at this years philly auto show. today crowd packed the pennsylvania convention center to see world cup champion and two time gold medalist carli lloyd. delran, new jersey native gave an inspirational, and took questions from some young soccer players. okay. much more to come, in sports, nhl all-star game took a unique turn with the unique style of play. jeff skversky has details when "action news" comes right back.

well, five temple students showed off their basketball broadcasting skills today in the battle of broadcasters competition. but there was a catch. each finalist had to perform a play by play and analysis in mandarin. it took place this afternoon during south florida game at morgan hall in north philadelphia. the the two winners will do audio broadcast in mandarin for future temple games. >> i cannot even do it in english. >> yes. >> i struggle too. >> we will see how this goes. >> yeah sure, why not, college hoops, we're getting into that. villanova a without dann you'll ochefu, he is out and nova a struggling in the big apple. sixth ranked villanova has in the lost to an unranked team all season. that streak is in jeopardy today a after nova had their worst first half of the season against saint john's.

they make only seven shots. villanova coach jay wright wearing sneak tours raise a awareness for cancer. wright pacing during the ugly first. down one, josh heart the steel, miguel bridges the slam. they shoot 23 percent in the first. they have 11 turnovers. the saint john's causing billing problems in the big apple. in the first, dika banks it in. nova up just one at the half. after worst first half of the year, cats come out clicking in the second. chris jenkins, and then, he hits the from behind. how about bridges. back to back, to back. wright and villanova pull it out winning 68-53. they are 18-three. temple trying to bounce back after losing on wednesday, in south florida, tray law, how about this, the the steel, the slam at the end of the first. wow. then it is time expiring just before the half how about the the move by quinton decozy, 20 of his career high 30 points come in the first. second half, fran just sit

there and enjoy the show. he hits a few big shots. up bias much as 13. temple wins by seven. they are 12-eight. still a lot of work to do to make a tournament run. flyers star claude giroux is part of the new look all-star game. they are playing three on three hockey. giroux and metropolitan division all stars played atlantic division, winner and then plays the division winner from the western conference all for one million-dollar. >> claude girl row. >> giroux suiting up for his fourth all-star game tonight in nashville. he has mev been a part of the format like this on the top line of the metropolitan division. he comes so close to the goal. the guess who does score? former flyers, jagr, who is nearly 44 years old. yagr and the atlantic division are moving on, g and metropolitan division eliminated, they will miss out on that million-dollar. it is also all-star

weekend in the nfl, the eagles well represented at the pro bowl in hawaii. fletcher cox, darren sproles and malcolm jenkins will all play. sproles, their speedy kick returner is on the the same side as jenkins playing on team irving. those two eagles will play a rare game against cox. a little fantasy football. pro bowl kicks off tonight at 7:00. the other team in the nba, looked like warriors last night. the sixers were the on the brink of beating the golden state warriors, defending champs in the final seconds. hey, good building block for this rebuilding team. there is no moral victories in sports but a character building performance. down as much as 24, sixers for the back in the final minutes. they lost by three at the buzzer. but they nba scoring leader steph curry under a season average. sixers should have more confidence come wednesday against the atlanta. >> they know we're playing good basketball.

they know that they have a chance to come back. they have done it against somebody that is 17-one-11 think of those regular season in the past 82 games. so that is the value in victory that we get out of it, just the knowledge that we have something to offer too. much more sports, tonight on "action news" sports sunday 97.5 fanatic's mike missanelli will join us in the studio and as i said i have trouble with this in english, i cannot imagine doing this thing in mandarin. >> yes, did you find. up next here on "action news", the the slice of spring in gloucester county, we will show you best designs from the deptford flower show. taking a look from sky six over penns landing. the these warm temperatures have brought ice skaters out tonight. the meteorologist melissa a magee has the exclusive a accu weather seven day forecast but first a preview what is ahead on world news tonight. coming up on world news tonight, live in iowa just 24

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chopper to the department for mall experienced taste of spring. flowers were on display as part of the camden county a's technical school student flower show. annual event has a chance for students to demonstrate their talents. the more than 200 displays featured everything from, bridal bouquets to potted plants, to i think there was a

minions in there. >> interesting one. >> time for a check of the accu weather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee. another beautiful day. >> so nice, guys. we were over achievers by a large stretch. it will stay that way for monday too. we will talk about the details. storm tracker six live double scan radar you can see no issues with precipitation but as we get into monday afternoon there is a a weak frontal boundary moving through. a spotty shower cannot be ruled out by monday but the bigger story will be the warmth in time for february. we will show you the the temperatures outside sky six live in hd. over our temple university camera looking at city hall, a portion of the center sit the eye sky line. we have partly cloudy skies overhead and pretty comfortable conditions, for the last day of january. the the high today in philadelphia, 58 degrees. well above the a average of 41 for this time of the year. sixty-five is the record setback in 1947. we're in the 50's tomorrow but 60's not too far behind. the currently 52 in philadelphia. forty-five in poconos.

forty-one in lancaster. reading in the upper 40's along the coast in beach haven 45. fifty-two in millville. temperatures are a good ten to 20 degrees warmer then they were this same time yesterday. here's satellite six with action radar partly cloudy skies across the the region. you can see the area of low pressure across the the great lakes with the cold front moving across the midwest and piece of the energy will slide eastward as we get into monday afternoon w that there is a threat of the couple of spotty showers as we get into late in the day tomorrow into the early evening hours. the the call from accu weather for rest of tonight partly cloudy, areas of fog will take over as we go throughout the overnight hours. temperatures are relatively mild for this time of the year. forty-two, still warmer then our typical high for this time of the year. you will also have a lot of snow melt on the ground and snow pack on the ground that will relate and create some areas of fog overnight tonight. thirty-six in the suburbs for the overnight low but we will keep that southeasterly wind going. future tracker six showing you all about the numbers. 6:00 in the morning it is 45 in philadelphia.

forty-five in the poconos. thirty-nine for both reading and lancaster. fifty, already in wildwood. i'll advance this by 11:30 tomorrow morning, we're at 59, 50 in dover, and 53 degrees in allentown. now remember we are track ago this cold front that will move on through so a spotty shower is likely late in the day tomorrow, and then really behind that frontal boundary, by 2:00 in the afternoon not much in the the way of cooling. forty-nine in philadelphia that is still above our average of 41 for this time of the year. the the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast showing you areas of morning fog tomorrow. it is friday afternoon shower. high up to 59, foreground hog day on tuesday, mostly sunny it is nice up to 51 degrees. on wednesday we will have a high of six 36789 record is 62. setback in 2006. but we are tracking a good soaking on the way by wednesday afternoon and this could lead to localized flooding, cross the area especially with that snow on the ground. thursday, sunny, cooler up to 48. and then on friday mostly cloudy, we will be watching

the coast but a high otherwise of 42. forty-four on the saturday and cloudy, on sun take with the the potential of on is rain and snow. we will keep you posted but a high of 46. mild for first couple of days, february and then track ago this rain. >> that is fine. >> yes good thanks, melissa. you can find the seven day forecast along with live storm tracker six double scan radar anytime of the day, on our web site at six abc.com/weather. >> abc world news sunday is next here on channel six. don't miss "action news" at ten on phl17 tonight. we're right back here on six a abc at 11:00 o'clock. for melissa magee, sarah bloomquist, and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. we will see you right back here at 11:00 o'clock. >> ♪

tonight, a special edition of "world news tonight." the final push. just 24 hours to go until the iowa caucuses. the new poll. donald trump in the lead. we're right there with him. >> how do you close this deal? >> his daughter and wife hoping to help seal the deal. also, hillary clinton with a razor-thin lead. but can they stop sanders' momentum? also tonight, the storm moving across the country. powerful rains, blizzard conditions. here in iowa, they're preparing for a hit. and the virginia tech student accused in the death of a 13-year-old girl. his friend also under arrest. the dramatic takedown. the fugitives, armed and