expected to use shuttle buses again. as for the problems at the heart of this the cracks, they were discovered by a pair of twu mechanics friday. they sounded the alarm and that led to app around the clock inspection process this weekend. >> thank god again we caught something and safety has been preserved and it's not a situation of investigating an accident. >> reporter: for the second time in six months, septa is facing a major rolling stock safety problem but caught the problem before someone could be hurt. friday alert mechanics found this, an 8-inch irregularly shaped stress crack in a critical portion of a market frankford car. the critical beam is called al car body bolster. >> it is the strongest part of the car. it is the part of the car that connect the wheels to the body. it's the part of the car that allows the wheels to swivel. >> reporter: septa has 218 market frankford cars that complete inspection found two cars with bolster cracks but

58 others with cracks in an adjoining nonstructural vent. what is worrying it's believed the cracks begin in the vents and then spread. ly. >> we believe that it's going from the vent to the beam. >> reporter: what septa doesn't know is why the cracks are developing on the 60 cars nor how to fix them yet. the gm today stressed they would not rush out a bad fix. >> it is a complicated area and it's the highest stressed area of that beam. so, we want to move quickly but we don't want to rush and make a mistake that would create another problem. >> reporter: as for the riders, septa isly expecting crowded conditions tomorrow during the peak commute. it normally has 144 cars in rush hour service. it is expecting 108. well, as for this morning's commute the sense was the numbers were down. nobody too sure why that was. some people speculated today maybe it was because people heard there were some problems on the market frankford line. others wondered if it could have been a situation where

after a super bowl weekend people took the monday off. nobody's too sure about that. live in center city, john rawlins channel6 "action news." back to you all. >> the old super bowl flu john thanks essential our coverage of septa's rail car woes continues on 6abc.com. we've got reaction from commuters and updates on septa's efforts to deal with this latest issue. >> an alleged serial child rapist is behind bars in bucks county as detectives urge any other possible victims to come forward. they say william thomas worked as a handyman at various veiler parks in falls township. according to investigators thomas kept meticulous records of his crimes dating back 40 years. "action news" reporter nora muchanic live in morrisville and nora it appears the details surrounding this are pretty disturbing. >> reporter: sharrie, authorities say it's among the worst they've ever seen and the contents of the court documents would that curl your

hair. much of the evidence against william thomas came right out of his trailer home. this is 58-year-old william thomas' morrisville who has been charged with multiple counts of child rape and sexual assault as well as possessing and manufacturing child pornography. authorities raided his trailer recently at the midway village trailer park on new falls road finding over a thousand images of child pornography and much more. >> he also possessed over 1,000 pairs of soiled little girls' underwear in his trailer and these pairs of underwear were displayed almost throughout. >> reporter: police say they know of at least six victims and suspect there may be many more ranging in fridge two to 10 over the last 40 years. thomas was a handyman at the trailer park where he lives and after working in one of the trailers the new owner discovered handwritten on a piece of plywood intimate details about the sexual assault of two children ages three and six and a half. that led to the investigation.

>> human race hasn't come up with words to describe what we saw in that trailer. this is a parent's worst nightmare. >> reporter: here's what he looks like over the years. authorities say thomas had a remodeling business called thomas construction and they are asking anyone who might have been a customer with children he befriended to contact them. >> he asked us. he wouldn't let nobody in his trailer or anything so that's -- i'm shocked, still in shocked. >> reporter: several neighbors of william thomas say the handyman was a nice guy to kept to himself reason stunned by his arrest. >> i wouldn't have never guessed it of him. he was very helpful. he fixed stuff around my house and stuff and i had no clue he was a child molester. >> too nice of a guy and everything, that's what i thought all these years, you know. i mean looking at a monster. >> reporter: now, authorities say thomas' victims include a.m. relative. they also say some of the assaults took place at his former home on pheasant lane

in levittown. again, the d.a. is something anyone hoop suspects thomas may have had improper contact with their children while acting as a contractor to contact the falls township police or the d.a. office. live in morrisville, i'm nora muchanic channel6 "action news." brian. >> nora, thank you. a teenager remains in critical condition following an early morning shooting. officers say the boy was shot several times in the arm, neck and shoulder. they found him in the 4,000 block of way may wood street in the city's juniata neighborhood. police are still looking for the shooter but believe the person left the scene in an older model pontiac grand prix. no word just yet on why that 17-year-old was shot. police say this is the ma tn who stole high end jewelry from the king of prussia costco. he got inside the store on allandale road through an unsecured back road and kept his face covered. upper merion police responded to a burglar alarm about 1:00 a.m. and found the broken jewelry case. they are working right no you to figure out the value of all

those stolen items. >> starting a new work week as we get a check of the accuweather forecast. >> off to a sunny start. meteorologist adam joseph outside with a jacket. pretty nice day out there adam. >> yeah, beautiful day. unfortunately no it's not going to last but hopefully you got to enjoy today because it's kind of a rarity for 2017. so far the high today with that full sunshine at 54 degrees. this marking two of the last three days of being mostly sunny and we've hm 37 days so far this year only seven of 37 days sunshine took over, so, again, if you're in a good mood today maybe it's because of all that blue upstairs. again 54 right now in philadelphia. that's the high so far today. 67 in raleigh. 55 chicago. 62 saint louis. 73 in memphis. this looks more like the beginning of spring than it does the middle of winter anywhere east of the rockies. but, again, that sunshine and clear sky, you can see a little wedge of it here in the

midatlantic but clouds are racing into the ohio valley approaching west virginia and they'll be on the move overnight tonight and arriving late tonight and especially throughout the next couple of days. however, despite that the clouds are coming in we have rain we are tracking. temperatures will be nearing records the next two days and as warm as it's going to be, we are talking about the possibility of a little bit of snow for some of us later on in the week. we'll have the timing on everything. those numbers and when the rains arriving as well coming up in that full accuweather forecast in just a little bit, sharrie. >> all right, a real mixed bag it sounds like. okay, adam, see you in a bit. >> okay. >> president trump he spent much of the day at mcdeal air force base in tampa florida there to be briefed. during the visit he also had lunch with service members there. he also gave a speech to senior commanders and coalition members. now, in his remarks, he stressed that immigration screening needs to be more stringent, this is in response to the court's putting his immigration order on hold.

>> and it was put on hold this weekend temporarily halted by a seattle judge who claims the ban mandates discrimination. the trump administration is now fighting to have it reinstated and has until 6 o'clock tonight to file a response with the federal appeals court. meanwhile, while that ban was on hold, one local family was finally able to bring relatives from syria back to the united states after they were initially turned around at philadelphia international airport. despite having valid visas six members of the family were detained and then sent back to syria on january 28th after home intervention they got on another flight and arrived at john f. kennedy airport in new york city this morning where they were reunited with their family. tonight they are in allentown calling their experience unjust and inhuman but say they're happy it's all behind them. >> i'm so excited to see my brother again. i'm so grateful. i just want to say thank you to all the american people

that support us. >> they're going settle in the house that we purchased for them and hopefully tomorrow is a new day where we start with school registration and rebuild our future. thank you all. thanks, everybody. >> they are also expressing their gratitude toward lehigh valley congressman charlie dent who helped the family through this process and today governor wolf was there at the home in allentown to greet the family as they arrived altogether this time. brian. >> all right, alicia. democrats have kicked off a marathon session on the floor of the u.s. senate as they work to block one of the president's cabinet picks. the senators say they plan to hold the floor 24 hours a day as they try to derail betsy devos' nomination as secretary of education. devos has drawn fierce opposition from democrats as well as two republicans who have vowed to vote against her. if one more republican joins that group they could defeat or confirmation. now small group of protesters voiced their opposition to devos' nomination in center city

philadelphia today. they marched to pam senator pat toomey's office to deliver more than 11,000 signatures urging the senator to vote no. he has already, though, said he plans to vote in favor of devos' confirmation. let's get the "action news" traffic report now. >> matt pelman standing by live in the "action news" traffic center on a monday afternoon. no go behind that you. >> hey, guys, not moving so well in bucks county. this is route one the not so super highway brian and sharrie and the northbound side is locked up this afternoon as you head toward the trenton-morrisville bridge it's because of a crash just beyond the bridge on the mercer county side of the river. you can see as a result, coming northbound on route one away from oxford valley we're moving at a very slow space even standing still at many times. now, this is additionally complicated because a lot of people have been using route one to get around the continued closure of the pennsylvania new jersey turnpike connector bridge which of course does remain closed until at least april. so, i wouldn't head for one. you can't head for the

turnpike connector. what do you do this afternoon? maybe use 95 and the scudder falls bridge up north there. or stay down on the burlington bristol bridge. no openings scheduled at this point. on the big picture normal delays on the schuylkill and 95. a crash on schuylkill avenue by 30th street station and in new castle delaware a crash is closing route nine river road. stay on 13 dupont highway to get around that. let's grab the ipad do the commuter report. hope you enjoyed your weekend. in cheltenham township watch out for crash along old york road right by church road and we'll check it again brian and sharrie and talk about the mass transit situation in the next half hour. >> sounds good, matt. see you then and thank you. still ahead here on "action news" today a suspected murderer arrested for a case that got national attention. find out why police say the victim helped lead police to her killer. >> plus how a major mistake seemingly led to panic a statewide amber alert searching for a two-year-old girl a popular brewery with locations in the suburbs reveals plans to open its first location in philadelphia.

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>> ♪ >> it was a case that made national headlines. a beautiful young new york city jogger killed while on a run in howard beach queens. well, six months after that incident, the nypd just announced a crack in the case saying it was karina vetrano's fight for her own life that led them to a suspect who is now charged with her murder. >> karena helped us identify this person. she had the dna under her nails. she had punch dna on her back and there was more dna on the cell phone. >> police say 20-year-old chanel lewis voluntarily gave them a cheek swab and his dna was a perfect match. they say lewis has since admitted to attacking the 30-year-old fitness enthusiast punching her in the face and head before he allegedly

sexually assaulted and then strangled the victim around the neck. her family says their fight for justice continues while lewis' father continues to defend him. >> must get his justice. >> oh, yeah. >> and we will see to it. >> apa wonderful young man. he wouldn't have done it. >> lewis is being held without bail. police say neighbors also helped crack this case reporting what they called suspicious behavior from lewis. turns out he had also received three summonses near that park four years ago but again, six months after her death finally a crack in the case. sharrie. >> yeah, big developments. all right, alicia. a mother's mistake may have led to an amber alert that went out last night across pennsylvania. two-year-old alexis weber was that found safe five hours after she was reported missing from her home in columbia county. police issued an amber alert telling people to be on the lookout for a stolen yellow mustang convertible. but it was all a false alarm.

alexis was found in the car which had rolled down the family's drive way into a wooded area. police believe the driver may have forgotten to put the car in park. >> all right now to a look at the today's closing numbers on wall street today. three red arrows, the dow falling just off 19 points today nasdaq falling three-point and a quarter points. the s & p falling about five points. iron hill brewery expected to open next spring on the 1100 block of market street. this will be the chain's first location in the city. it will be one of several new dining options along that revitalized block between market and chestnut from 11th to 12th streets. >> record setting that's probably an understatement when that describing sunday night's epic super bowl. the new england patriots are champions again and quarterback tom brady likely submitted himself as the greatest player of all time.

he was named most valuable player of that come back. this is his fourth m.v.p. award, the most by any nfl player and his fifth super bowl championship ring. brady's mom has been ill but she made it to houston to see her son battle back to an overtime victory. >> she's been through a lot and way harder than what i went through last night, way harder than what our team went through last night. just happy last night to be able to celebrate with her and she hadn't been to a game all year so what a hell of a game for her to be at and, you know, it's just -- it was really great. >> as if super bowl li needs any other headlines, brady says his jersey was stolen after the game. the lieutenant governor has asked the texas rangers a law enforcement agency to help find number 12's game jersey. >> he had a pretty good sense of humor about it saying if you see it on ebay let me

know. >> let the owner know, right, that's pretty good. >> time for a check of the accuweather forecast. >> meteorologist adam joseph standing by with the outlook for the week here for us. hey, adam. >> pretty spectacular right now then things turn very warm and then winter weather lovers a little something in the works for you at the end of the week. as we take a look at sky6 live a brilliant blue sky out there right now, that sunshine taking control and temperatures well above normal yet again this winter season. 54 right now in philadelphia, 53 wilmington, 52 in millville. low 50's even in the lehigh valley. the coolest spots where you catch that wind off of the ocean drops to 44 in cape may and dover off of the bay there at 47 degrees. again, you see the clear sky we presently have and it's going to be some time before those clouds increase from the west but they're beginning to and we're starting to see the development of a very weak area of low pressure. that will deepen over time over the next couple of days near omaha minneapolis heading

towards detroit well to our north and west. not a lot of moisture right now and we're not expecting a lot of rain with it at this point since the low will be so far to our north taking most of the energy with it as well. so, clouds on the increase overnight tonight and there will be a couple of late showers developing as even warmer air tries to puncture in for the day tomorrow, 33 in the suburbs, 39 degrees for center city, so all areas will be generally above that many freezing point, but if you're expected to travel, say, north of the lehigh tunnel, northern parts of northampton county into the poconos in the wee hours of tomorrow morning, there is a freezing rain advisory for the possibility of some light freezing drizzle around. at this point doesn't look like a big deal but just something to keep in the back of your mind if you're heading that way after midnight tonight. as we take a look at the future tracker6 again you see one tiny little area of blue near mount pocono. again, that's maybe that brief freezing drizzle. otherwise, it is some light showers for some areas in pennsylvania tomorrow morning for that rush.

we could see a round of some steadier rain especially, again, closer to the warm front in that energy to the north and west. could stay rather dry in southern areas. this is 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. then as the warm front lifts to the north, could we try to break clouds south and west sure but overall claude dee day on tuesday but again in the afternoon trying to dry out with that period of rain in the morning but take a look at the temperatures. 60 philadelphia, 60 millville. only in the upper 40's to the north and west so much cooler there and even warmer air to follow this as we take a look at that four day at 4:00 forecast. 60 tomorrow, mild with rain at times especially the first half of the day. record tying warmth wednesday with some peeks of sun developing, 63 degrees. and then another area of low develops which could bring some early snow and rain thursday morning, 37 and then brisk, cold friday, 35 degrees and everyone is wondering where is the cold? where is the snow? is it ever going to come? tonight at 11:00 p.m. here on channel6 we'll have

the rest of february winter weather outlook. we've got three weeks left in this month. >> yeah. >> we'll let you know what's going to happen tonight at 11:00. >> all right. to think we could see and 60 tomorrow and snow. >> we'll talk about it in the next half hour. >> alall right, adam thank you. still ahead, a wrong way driver leaves a trail of damage in north philadelphia. we have the search for the person who did this. >> plus an explosive discovery causes concern in a montgomery county neighborhood. "action news" is live withly what exactly prompted a response from the bomb squad. >> and a local company's very first super bowl ad has become one of the moral controversial from yesterday. we'll break it all down and tell you how finding out the conclusion crashed its web site. that's in big talkers. >> ♪

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>> ♪ >> a crash sent a the least one person to the hospital late this morning. chopper6 hd was over the northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike as first responders put the victim in an ambulance. a car lost control, spun around and hit a

tractor-trailer in the southbound lanes between the quakertown and lansdale exits. no word on the extent of the injuries. well, neighbors along a street in north philadelphia woke up this morning to find quite the mess outside. police saya wrong way driver hit at least five parked cars along butler street. the vehicle also hit the corner of an auto body shop and the fence in front of a church. investigators say the driver took off and they still have not found the person responsible for all of this damage. >> a street in camden has a new name and this one honors a revered local man. mayor dana redd unveiled mike doyle lane taking the place of jasper street in front of the sacred heart church. monsignor doyle has led that church since 1974 and in this video is right there with a scarf and glasses on. he made it his mission to fight for civil rights. he's been a teacher in the camden diocesan schools.

annual tradition continued at philadelphia city hall today. pal day. dozens of young people enrolled in the police athletic league took the oath as elected officials for the day. jamir scott shadowed mayor jim kenney. >> just want to study how the mayor approaches his day at work, also, what other activities can we come up with for the youth how to get less youth in trouble. >> the way in which we improve relations between our young people especially our young people of color and our police is to have positive interactions with them. >> and 6abc president and general manager much bernie prazenica serves as the chair of the police athletic league and he was on hand to commend the mentors and proteges. >> still ahead on "action news" at 4:00 police in montgomery county find something strange inside of a freezer. explosives on ice. >> and 20 years ago this was a dramatic scene in a snow covered nebraska road as police rushed to save not one

but two toddlers who ran away from home. the two decades later those twins got the chance to meet the officers who saved them. what the girls had to say to their heroes today.

>> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph alicia vitarelli sharrie williams and brian taff. >> ♪ >> it's 4:30 and "action news" continues with shopping news you can use. experts share what you should buy this month to save big and

what you should wait on. >> and mind the gap. police release frightening surveillance video showing a little girl slipping out of sight on a subway platform. we've got the dramatic rescue straight ahead. >> but we begin 4:30 with an unusual and explosive situation on the main line. a police bomb unit just finished removing several sticks of dynamite found in a freezer of a haverford montgomery county home that was being prepared for an estate sale s for more on why the explosives were on ice in the first place and how officers dealt with them we turn to "action news" reporter vernon odom live at lower merion police headquarters. vern. >> reporter: good afternoon sharrie. any threat of a possible disaster has now been averted thanks to the quick reaction by local authorities. dynamite was found in the home of a man who lived alone for many, many years. this was the scene in the 200 block of laurel lane late this morning. the lower merion police, the

fire department, and the montgomery county bomb squad called here after eight sticks of frozen dynamite were found inside this home. the owner passed away last month and his relatives were preparing for an estate sale when the explosives were discovered inside a freezer. >> an older gentleman who apparently was in -- had some work in his career that involved explosives who had recently passed away and the house is being cleaned out by apparently family members and they apparently discovered it in a freezer. >> no threat. everything is safe in the neighborhood here. we've notified the neighbors, the township has taken the appropriate steps. >> reporter: the neighborhood was never evacuated. explosives experts applied a standard treatment to thaw out the dynamite and reduce any danger. by midafternoon they took it away to a disposal site far earlier than they first had anticipated. >> it's frozen so they need to soak it let it defrost and soak in it diesel fuel. that will help to make it safe

to remove. >> reporter: sharrie, the rest of that house has been sevened for other old explosives and apparently no other ones were found. live in lower merion, i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news" at police headquarters. >> oh, vern, thank you. a delaware woman has admitted to killing her husband by lacing his steroid injections with antifreeze. 47-year-old jamie baker pleaded guilty today to a second degree murder charge. her husband james was a competitive weigh weight weighto died in september of 2013. an autopsy found evidence of the antifreeze in his system. jamie baker reportedly told police she used a syringe to put the chemical into his liquid steroids. she's now facing 15 years to life in prison when she's sentenced next month. >> meanwhile a ventnor woman will spend the next eight years behind bars for killing her baby with methadone. this is 33-year-old lisa scalia.

a judge sentenced her to prison today in connection with the seven month old girl's death last january. police initially thought scalia rolled over the baby while high but later determined that she gave her daughter methadone. they also found a number of other drugs in her home including heroin and oxycodone. scalia must serve at least six years and nine months before she's eligible for parole. well, the man whose jaw was broken in this videotaped altercation with dover police has been paid $300,000. now the terms of that settlement were made public today following a lawsuit filed by the associated press. the video shows officer thomas webster kick la tief dickerson. the city of dover initially refused to disclose the terms of that settlemently. >> a local girl scout who was robbed of her cookie money is now seeing an outpouring of support from her community. the family of anastasia

semblis says a number of neighbors have offered to donate money or buy more cookies to help the nine-year-old theft victim. she was selling her cookies on south 16th street in center city when someone snatched more than $50 from her saturday. witnesses tried to chase that man down but he got away. detectives say they are still trying to identify the cookie thief. >> meteorologist adam joseph joining us now as we soak in some sunshine on this monday. >> temperatures in the 50 pretty much everywhere. pretty spectacular way to start the week as we take a live look right now over the commodore barry bridge, a barge there just going underneath the bridge heading up the delaware. 54 degrees the temperature. winds out of the south-southwest at 7 miles an hour. the dewpoint has come up from the single digits and we had that cold air earlier in the weekend late last week now back up to 27. crystal clear sky in atlantic city. a little bit cooler with the wind off of the water out of a

southwesterly direction. remember the ocean water temperatures in and around the low 40's so it's 44 and you capture that that wind off the water, the dewpoint much higher at 39 degrees. but since yesterday we've gained 11 degrees in the last 24 hours from this point today compared to yesterday eight in pittsburgh, 13 in charleston, west virginia, so temperatures will continue to warm here the next couple of days. we're talking about nearing records the next two days. and even the word snow possible. records and snow. anyway we'll chat about it coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> adam thank you. >> yeah. >> police in montgomery county investigating a high school break in where the thieves took some priceless sports memorabilia. "action news" anchor rick williams live in the news room with details. hi, rick. >> hi, brian, thank you. the alleged thieves targeted the kobe bryant jim at lower merion high school over the weekend. bryant himself graduated from the school back in 1996 and in his honor there's a showcase

in the gym to the nba superstar's career. several of those items are gone and police are trying to track them down. what officials are trying to find coming up at 5 o'clock tonight. also coming up tonight in health check it has been common practice for doctors to advise women live heart defects not to get pregnant, that is until now. coming up tonight ali gorman breaks down the new guidelines aimed at helping those women have a family while limiting risks to their health. just some of the stories we are following for you when we see you in just a little bit on "action news" at 5:00 and until then back to the studio. sharrie, we'll see you later. >> sounds good, rick. see you then. >> many uh-huh. >> kids in philadelphia are getting an important lesson about the dangers of fires and hot surfaces. this week is national burn awareness week. the philadelphia fire department made app special visit at saint christopher's hospital for children. the hospital has the only dedicated pediatric burn center in the area. doctors and firefighters use games top talk with the children about burn safety. >> still ahead here today, new

months, new deals. we'll help you come up with a shopping list to save big in february. >> plus, from heart stopping to heartwarming. strangers rush to a mother's aid after her toddler tumbles into the gap between a train and the platform. >> and a reunion 20 years in the making. two decades after two little girls were saved from certain death on a snow covered street, the now grown up twins get the chance to meet their heroes. >> and meteorologist adam joseph will be back with that very busy forecast from accuweather when "action news" at 4:00 continues next. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> transit officials in china released frightening surveillance video to remind people to always mind the gap. in the footage you see a little girl in a blue coat run toward the train, then disappear. the child fell into the space between the platform and the subway just one minute before that train was set to leave. well, upon hearing her mother's screams, people immediately rushed over to help. two passengers jumped down to

grab that girl while others ran to alert the engineer. working together the group was able to pull that child to safety and incredibly she walked away from this without a scratch. twin sisters just had their very first chance to say thank you to the men who saved their lives 20 years ago. this was the dramatic scene on a frigid morning in 1997. police in omaha nebraska cradled to frozen girls and rushed them to the hospital. three-year-olds courtney and jennifer wandered out of their house at 4:00 a.m. and got lost in the snow. they were suffering from hypothermia and severe frost bite by the time the officers found them by following their tiny footprints. after days in the intensive care unit and months of physical therapy, both twins made a full recovery but had never met their guardian angels until now. >> let's see, who's who. i'm going to say you're courtney. >> yes. >> jennifer.

>> nice to meet you. >> love that. the twins are now 23 years old and dedicate some of their time volunteering for the children's hospital that that helped them during their very long recovery. >> great story for the twins. in health check today at 4:00 one hero is in need of his own hero. los angeles county sheriff jorge chavez has an aggressive form of leukemia and is into need of a bone marrow transplant. however there's mom match in his family or the national bone marrow registry so he's hoping someone in the public a total stranger can help him. >> i know i wouldn't hesitate to put myself in harm's way to help a stranger or save their life and now it's ironic that i need a stranger to save my life. >> well, doctors say chavez's best chance is with an hispanic donor but only a fraction of the 20 million registered donors worldwide are african-american, asian or hispanic. chavez is also appealing through app special facebook page hoping to meet more

potential don't. no tto improve your sleep how about spending a few nights in the great outdoors. a small study found a week of wind camping can help reset the body's clock to bring it more in tune with nature's light cycle. volunteers slept longer and after waking became alert faster. researchers say it's just more evidence of how modern living and technology is disrupting our sleep. campers also slept longer in that winter than in summer indicating we are hard wired to slow down in the winter months. >> i knew it. [laughter] >> right. >> over here at the big board with the big talkers. and did you watch the super bowl last night? if so you may have caught one of the most controversial and most talked about ads of the night. pennsylvania based 84 lumber out with its very first super bowl ad. it's app 92nd spot that follows a mother and her daughter who leave their native mexico to find better life here in the u.s. pretty gripping commercial.

it aired during the big game and it cut off just before mom and her little daughter get to the border leaving viewers sort of hanging. so everyone was directed to the company's web site to my complete the journey with a note that warns it contains content that was deemed too controversial for tv. they say fox called it tool political and edited the tv spot to omit the final scene which shows the pair blocked by a border wall in despair mom and daughter come across those two doors: now the ad's tag line reads the will to succeed is always welcome here. their web site crashed after a rush of people logged onto view the cliffhanger ending. 84 lumber says their "aim was to tell an authentic story and not to engage in a marketing

stunt. ." let us know what you think about that one. multitasking with an infant is no easy feat. so, when you need the two hands to make a sandwich and you're watching a two month old -- you like this, adam? you have to get creative. this teenaged babysitter is getting social media kudos for her now viral solution. the 15-year-old is jay ann and that's her baby cousin ava there just kind of chilling in her pants. she tells abc news she couldn't find the barry carrier so she improvised. baby ava very happy and content and being watched. her cousin with two eyes on the baby leaving two free hands to get that sandwich ready. you know what, parents everywhere jotting that one down. >> kind of genius actually. >> isn't it isn't that wrap the baby around the lower body. got it. >> the things parent do when they think no one is watching. these days everyone is watching. alicia thanks. let's get another check on

the roads right now. >> matt standing by with the update for us, hi, matt. >> as long as the baby is comfy. we have been keeping our eyes on septa brian and sharrie. we thought we left our train car shortages back in 2016. apparently that's not the case. over the weekend they found some cracks in the market frankford line train cars and as a result as you probably heard we're running on a modified and schedule on the market frankford line because a lot of those cars have need to be taken out of service. septa say they expect during the morning and evening rush hours to have very crowded trains because the trains won't run quite as frequently as normal. so far today it hasn't been awful. they have some supplemental shuttle buses on stand by in case the service does get bogged down but if you ride the market frankford line keep in mind you're running on a modified schedule for the foreseeable future. also on septa we've had about four or five different trains canceled on the regional rails because of crew shortages. i don't know if people are taking that day off after the super bowl maybe but a bunch of trains canceled

across-the-board this afternoon on the regional rails and of course the pennsylvania turnpike connector bridge on the roads remain shut down. additionally problematic this afternoon is the fact that there's a crash on route one at the trenton-morrisville bridge creating a backlog that's starting to dissipate at the moment from route 13 northbound toward mercer county. it is still a slow go. i think 95 and the scudder falls would be a better bed. 95 and the boulevard normal delays this afternoon. a crash by 30th street station along schuylkill avenue right there by j.f.k. boulevard and outside live in cherry hill by ponzio's, there's a crash and downed pole here along 41 southbound side at route 70. have a lane blocked. not too far away from that along haddonfield-berlin road by veto's pizza another downed pole and wires from an earlier crash, just one lane gets by there. we'll check it again, brian and sharrie, coming up in the 5 o'clock hour. >> all right, matt, thank you. stepping outside shall we and take a look, the view now from atlantic city as the sun begins to set. the sun is still up and that

is a change as well as we of course near the end of winter. >> yeah. sunshine may be disappearing not just for the day but for tomorrow as well. adam joseph with the accuweather details coming up next. >> ♪

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>> ♪ >> all right, meteorologist adam joseph joining us now. beautiful day today. >> really is. >> heading into some record territory. >> yeah, the next couple days. temperatures soaring way above normal but you guys who like snow, there's a little chance of that as well coming in later this week so something for everyone. as we take a look at the action cam, which was out along the wissahickon here in fairmount park, a beautiful shot there of the sunshine glistening there off of the trickling waters there of the wissahickon creek. this right near forbidden drive. really great place to check out the hike to walk to run if you've never done so. as we look at storm tracker6

live double scan, again, a lot of sun means the lack of cloud cover which means we're not tracking anything precipitation-wise at the present time. 54 degrees right now in philadelphia. 52 reading. 53 in wilmington. 50's for the lehigh valley, the poconos at 40 degrees. that ocean 42, so you get that that wind out of the southeast. it's only 44 in cape may and even right along the coast there delaware and also southern parts of cumberland county only in the mid and the upper 40's with the wind coming in off of the bay. there's that crystal clear sky right now but clouds on the increase from the ohio tennessee valley. you see a little bit of showers as well in eastern kentucky. all of that will be pushing to the north and east in the form of a warm front late tonight and throughout our tuesday. so, for tonight clouds will increase. there could be some showers but very late tonight in the early morning hours, 33 to 39 degrees with that south-southwesterly wind. as we go into the day tomorrow, it is all about location if you hear the word warm. if you're in dover, 62 degrees

for a high, in philadelphia 60 degrees, trenton a little bit cooler but still above normal of 54. lehigh valley only in the upper 40's tomorrow 'cause you're going to be the last to puncture into that warm air as that front lifts to the north and the poconos 44 degrees. again, 60 the high in philadelphia as that warm front passes by. there will be light rain in the morning into the early afternoon and drier for the afternoon commute tomorrow. temperatures for philadelphia 18 degrees above normal. even warmer than we're looking at record tying warmth on wednesday with some breaks of the sun developing as that front sinks to the south, 63 degrees but there's going to be low pressure right here. see that little circle there? low pressure developing along this boundary that ripples through here late wednesday night into early thursday morning. now, depending on the track of this low, which right now it looks like it should develop just to our south and how fast this cold air comes in to crash in wednesday night and

thursday, remind you, we're going to be in the 60's here on wednesday. depending on the track and how far that cold air punctures in, we could see a few inches of snow for parts of the area. can't say where just yet because we have to kind of track this low given how warm it's going to be but the potential is there for early on thursday morning. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast mild but rain at times early tomorrow, 60. record tying warmth with sun returning wednesday at 63 and as warm as it's going to be there could be an early round of snow and rain for parts of the area thursday. returning sun thursday afternoon, 37. cold on friday and then we warm up again with a few showers over the weekend, temperatures back above normal. so, we've seen a lot of warmth this winter season, very little in the way of snow. what does it mean for the rest of february? we'll let you know tonight at 11:00 p.m. with our winter weather outlook of what we expect for the next three weeks as we go through the rest of this month. >> all right, looking for some snow somewhere there. >> uh-huh, yes. >> thanks adam. >> all righty. >> still ahead, a new month

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>> ♪ >> as we settle into february valentine's day is just around the bend. while we see markups on flowers, chocolate jewelry our friends say if you act right now you can grab the only valentine's deal around. they say to check ebay and groupon along with flower delivery service like 1800 flowers and ftd if they're offering specials they'll be gone by the end of the week. you have been warned. president's day is just two weeks away and that's when we tend to see a lot of home goods on sale bedding towels appliances. deal news says check stores like j. c. penney bed bath and

beyond and home depot for big savings. they also say there are a number of stores very popular ones that are going out of business and so prices are being slashed big time. right now american apparel is offering 40 percent off site wide but you should know that all orders respec are final sal. new round of closings for sears and k-mart locations. look out for clearance sales. other hot deals and the best ones happening right now and then they will be gone, winter apparel. everything from coats to sweaters boots and ski attire this is your final chance to save big time. now, there is one thing you should hold off on. if you're looking for a new tablet rumor has it that the new ipad pro will be dropped this spring. >> alicia thank you. that will do it for "action news" at 4:00 for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. join me along with sharrie

brian adam and ducis rodgers for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> now here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look at what's ahead at 5 o'clock. >> hi, thank you. coming up, breaking news out of center city. police have arrested a man after allegedly stealing a cab then driving it through rittenhouse square. we're live on the scene. also more train troubles for septa. the crack that's causing a train shortage again on the market frankford line. >> those stories and more coming your way next on "action news" at 5:00. >> ♪ (man vo) it was may, when dad forgot

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monica, it was such a bizarre scene for those people that were out here this afternoon when all of this unfolded. now you can see that police have opened up one lane for traffic as they wait to move this cab that crashed right in front of the barnes and nobles. the man who allegedly took this car on a joyride through the park was taken into custody but he left many who work, live and shop here horrified. >> i heard all these people like screaming. i heard like a car screeching. >> reporter: with she heard was man who reportedly had stolen a cab and erratically drove it through right house square before crashing at 18th and walnut just before 4:00 this afternoon. how well said she had to jump out of the driver's way. >> i saw my life flash before my eyes and i thought this is it. what was going to happen. >> people thought he was a cab driver trying to stop his car and he couldn't stop his car. then we found out he stole a car and he was driving randomly. >> reporter: residents and passersby quickly pulled out their phones film the chaotic scene as the man reportedly wearing