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 no clothes was pulled

from the cab and taken into custody. >> crazy, it was crazy. thank god it wasn't 5:30 and people weren't picking up their kids from school and walking through the square and coming home from work. somebody would have been killed. it was absolutely insane and scary and just awful. >> reporter: now, a tow truck just arrived to help move this cab off of walnut near 18th and yes this could have been so much worse especially since this all unfolded at the beginning of evening rush but fortunately there were no injuries. reporting live here in rittenhouse christie ileto channel6 "action news." rick and monica. >> christie thank you. we're also following more train troubles for septa tonight. just months after issues on the regional rail, problems are affecting the market frankford line. >> now the agency is relying on buses to help carry extra commuters as it deals with a shortage of rail cars on the el. "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist live in west philadelphia with that story. sarah. >> reporter: rick and monica, septa is hoping to have more trains back up and running here on the market frankford line. as we get into the evening

commute, there were fewer problems than anticipated this morning, but that could change tomorrow. septa's taken dozens of train cars out of service on the market frankford line after the discovery of a structural problem by app maintenance worker friday night. an 8-inch crack was found running across a support beam known as a car body bolster. further inspection found two cars with bolster cracks, 58 more with cracks in an adjoining vent. >> understanding how cracks form and how they travel is a very specialized business. and so we're -- we have experts in that area that have been working with us to develop a quick inspection method that could get us some assurances. >> reporter: for the morning rush, septa had that 16 of the usual 24 trains running on the line. it hopes to have 18 for the evening rush. commuters at 69th street were surprised to top to find fairlyw

problems. >> everything has been go smooth. >> it was very smooth. there was a septa official at the norristown train station talking to people. >> reporter: septa used only agent 60 available shuttle buses hands in case of crowding. ridership may have been down the day after the super bowl so septa is working to get more cars back in operation and figure out a permanent fix. >> we'll move as -- as fast as -- as we can but -- but with caution. and i'm hopeful that every day that goes by we'll have more cars out there. >> reporter: this is the second time in a year septa trains have come out of service due to a structural problem. you'll remember the issues surrounding the regional rail. there are far more available cars in this fleet, so this problem is not expected to have quite the same impact. live in west philadelphia, i'm sarah bloomquist channel6 "action news." ly. >> all right, sarah, thank you. an alleged child rapist is

now behind bars in bucks county. and tonight officials are looking for any potential victims to come for yard. 58-year-old william thomas of morrisville worked as a handyman at various trailer parks in falls township. when authorities recently raided his trailer they found more than 1,000 images of child pornography among other disturbing items. >> the human race hasn't come up with words to describe what we saw in that trailer. this is a parent's worst nightmare. >> here's what thomas has looked like over the years. police say he kept track of his crimes. they date back 40 years actually. officials say they know of at least six victims and they suspect there may be more. >> demonstrators gathered outside pap senator pat toomey's service office today. they want the republican to oppose education secretary nominee betsy devos. >> hey, hey, ho, ho betsy devos has got to go. >> devos faces a close confirmation vote tomorrow in the senate after two gop

senators pulled their support for her. it's widely expected the senate will tie leaving vice president mike pence to break that tie in devos' favor. we'll have more on that coming for you at 5:30. >> meanwhile the fight continues over president trump's executive order on immigration. the travel ban was blocked on friday by a judge in seattle. a department of justice request to reinstate the ban was denied by a judge in san francisco over the weekend. the appeal heads to the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals. president trump defended his plan today while speaking to senior military officials in florida. >> we need strong programs so that people that love us and want to love our country and will end up loving our country are allowed in. not people that want to destroy us and destroy our country.

>> but for now that travel ban is on hold and that means visa holders who were either turned away at the border or thought they were stuck overseas are now allowed back in the country. >> and that includes the assali family, six syrians with ties to allentown. one week ago today, their lehigh valley family members showed "action news" the house they had renovated for their loved ones and then the allentown assalis were angry and upset that their family was turned away. >> but daw dait was a celebration after the assalis were able to reenter the u.s. lehigh valley correspondent walter perez was in allentown for the big reunion, hi walter. >> reporter: quite a day for the assalis especially for the six family members who have now flown back and forth from syria three times over the past 10 days. the assali family is together again. ly. >> i did not think this was going to happen. i was hoping a it was going to happen so today i think we reached what we were trying to do and the results are just

wonderful. >> reporter: this joyful reunion at j.f.k. airport in new york this morning marks the end of a week long ordeal put this family in the middle of president trump's travel ban an ordeal that wrapped up way visit from pennsylvania governor tom wolf who were there to greet the assalis when they require ice arrived in allentown. >> you cannot say you're not welcome here because of your religion or the language you speak or the place you come from or the color of your skin. that's just wrong. >> reporter: it was a week ago saturday when six members of the assali family arrived in philadelphia from syria with their visas to begin a new life in america with the rest of their loved ones but they were sent back nearly as quickly as they arrived because a travel ban had gone into effect just hours earlier. >> last week i was angry and i was depressed. >> reporter: as the allentown assalis were putting together their legal strategy a u.s. district judge temporarily blocked trump's executive order last friday.

so, with all their paperwork including their visas reinstated they once again made that long journey from the middle east for what they hope will be the last time. matthew assali one of the six who made the journey says the support he and his family received from the american public was overwhelming. >> very happy and very grateful that a lot of people supporting us. i -- i did not imagine that a lot of people in here supporting us and i'm very grateful. >> reporter: so now the new american residents will move into their new home here in allentown behind me later on tonight. a home that was purchased and renovated by their extended family as a gift to them. reporting live from allentown, walter perez channel6 "action news." monica. >> thank you walter. turning to accuweather. the rollercoaster forecast for the delaware valley. looking live right now in atlantic city a beautiful sunset. how pretty is that? we started the week with plenty of sun and mild temperatures but get ready to ping-pong

between spring and winter as it were as the week goes on. meteorologist cecily tynan live at the big board to explain. hi cecily. >> get ready for a wild weather week but wasn't it gorgeous. 54 degrees for the high, 12 degrees above normal and loads of sunshine in fact two of the past three days we've hm sunshine which is pretty rare this year. so far this year we've only had seven days of mostly sunny skies in philadelphia. we've had 30 days shrouded in clouds. now, if you look at high temperatures across the nation, philadelphia we're in the 50's, cincinnati, saint louis in the 60's and we will tap into some of that warm air for the next two days. satellite and radar showing, though, it will come at a cost. we have this little slice of nice white over us but there's some clouds associated with a warm front that will be lifting through as we head into early tomorrow on tomorrow's the day you will want to grab the umbrellas. so, this is what to expect. the next two days temperatures near record warmth with a round of light rain and then

temperatures crash and, yes, i am tracking the potential for some late week snow that could complicate one of our morning commutes. i'll talk more about that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. it is february after all. >> it is february, okay, thanks cecily. time for a check of our "action news" traffic report monday night. >> let's take you live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. >> it's february 6th. i've been trying to cook up a nice ride home for rick williams on this his big birthday of course. so far it's not too bad going his way but going the other way 95 southbound headed towards center city extra slow go at the moment from past cottman down to approaching allegheny, that's where app disabled vehicle just cleared out. we continue to watch that bizarre situation that christie was telling us about by rittenhouse square. avoid walnut by 18th for the moment. word of a crash on the northeast extension southbound south of the lansdale interchange but causing a little bit of extra slowing on the northbound side which is the direction most of you go in the afternoon on the nex.

on the east west turnpike still without the correct bridge. you can go back to using the trenton-morrisville bridge although it's busy along langhorne. a pair of downed polls along route 70. we'll check it again birthday boy and monica in the next half hour. >> i appreciate your gift thank you. >> same thing you got last year. >> yeah, a gift card would be nice one day. >> much month are to come on "action news" at 5:00 priceless sports memorabilia stolen from a montgomery county high school. new at 5:30 the kobe bryant history that police are trying to track down. >> in health check the new guidelines from america's top health officials that are giving hope to women with heart defects who would like to start a family. those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪

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>> ♪ >> health check women born with heart defects have traditionally been told for decades and they should not have babies but now there is a medical road map to help them do it safely. >> health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman is at the big board with more. ali. >> hi, guys. the concern was that it was too risky but now millions of women with heart defects are living longer and many have had successful pregnancies. so doctors are helping more

survivors to also become mothers. the american heart association has published new guidelines based on information from hundreds of successful high risk pregnancies. the recommendations call for extensive testing and counseling before pregnancy. specialists like cardiologists and high risk obstetricians are urged to work together as a team. >> that doesn't mean that you're home free at least from this pregnancy. many of the complications occur postdelivery. >> now women with congenital heart problems are also urged to go to larger medical centers if they're considering pregnancy because they have a wider range of resources. doctors are reporting a concerning new practice in teenagers who use electronic cigarettes. it's called dripping. the smoker drips a few drops of e-cigarette liquids directly onto the heating coils which creates thicker clouds of vapor plus a stronger flavor and sensation

in the throat. some studies suggest dripping can raise levels of toxic tell me calls in the vape ponch scientists say parts of our brain shrink when they sleep and that's actually a good thing. they're learning more about the restorative power of sleep. now they found the size of larger connections are sy. that anses stay the same. this is why if you don't get enough sleep you could have trouble thinking and remembering. rick and monica, back over to you. >> after last night's game i can't remember anything. >> thank you ali. >> who won by the way. well hollywood's biggest night is less than three weeks away and today those up for the biggest honors were

celebrated in beverly hills at the traditional nominee luncheon. "action news" brought you an exclusive view on our facebook page. an artist sketched the stars as they walked the red carpet. if you missed it you can watch the whole thing on facebook.com/6abcaction news. by the way we are your home for oscar sunday. jimmy kimmel hosts the 89th annual academy awards on sunday february 26th at 8 o'clock right here on 6abc. ♪

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diocese. >> new england patriots fans are no doubt still celebrating last night's historic super bowl win. tomorrow the team will take to the streets of boston for a victory celebration. all eyes will be on quarterback tom brady who led the team to an overtime win last night the biggest comeback in super bowl history. brady now has five championships, more than any other quarterback to ever play in the nfl. but something brady still doesn't have, the jersey he wore on the field last night. brady insists someone stole it. >> yeah, i put it in my bag and then i came out and it wasn't there any so, it's unfortunate 'cause that's a nice piece of memorabilia so if it shows up on ebay somewhere, someone let me know, 32 toy trac try to tack t. >> they're asking for the help of the texas ranger division to try and track down that jersey. >> ♪ god bless america

>> pop star lady gaga announced her post super bowl plans. the singer will embark on her joanne world tour in august with stops in the u.s. canada europe and brazil and that includes a show here in philadelphia at the wells fargo center on sunday september 10th. tickets go on sale one week from today. >> quite a show person. incredible. still ahead on "action news" at 5:00 we'll check accuweather forecast. >> looking live outside tonight sky6 hd showing you the sites from spring mountain. a few folks on the slopes right now. meteorologist cecily tynan has your full accuweather forecast when we come right back.

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if you're looking for little ways to simplify life, feeling good about what your family eats is a pretty simple place to start. my name is tammy plumlee, and i raise honest, simple turkey for shady brook farms. >> time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. >> meteorologist cecily tynan with a look at our week ahead. hi, cecily. >> hi, monica and rick. this is my gift to you rick. we had a good amount of sunshine today. no, i'm way to cheap to buy anything. this is free from mother nature. live on sky6 taking a look at the center city skyline. good amount of sunshine today. the sun setting at 5:27. we have some high thin clouds beginning to move in and temperatures pretty mild. our high today made it into the 50's. 52 degrees in philadelphia right now. reach a high of 54, that's 12 degrees above normal. trenton 50. cape may a little bit cooler with that wind off the ocean,

43. allentown 48 and reading currently 51 degrees. so, satellite6 and action radar showing loads of sunshine but you can see how the clouds already trying to move in from the ohio valley. we have a developing storm. it's still getting its act together. if you look right here you can see a little bit of a swirl. that's low pressure and what that will do is head into the great lakes and up towards quebec. so, as that tracks up to the north and west, it pulls up some very warm air. as we head through the day tomorrow. so, tonight the clouds will begin to move in. they'll thicken. some late showers developing. 33 degrees in the cooler suburbs, 39 for center city. so, temperatures above freezing. the problem, though, areas north. the higher elevations of northampton county and the poconos temperatures cold enough that there could be a little bit of light icing before that changeover to rain, so a freezing rain advisory has been poster up there from 1 o'clock in the morning until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. so, future tracker showing around 5:30 a few sprinkles, some light showers beginning

to develop to our north and west counties. it looks like the steadiest rain should be waiting until about midday t right around 11 o'clock a pretty good shrug of moisture right over us. then we get a break in the action into the afternoon. but the actual warm front will be very close to us so your temperatures really depend on where you are. philadelphia mild with a high of 60. millville, wilmington, dover also in the 60's. little bit cooler along the coast with that ocean influence. temperatures in the 50's but look at allentown and reading. a lot cooler up there. temperatures not getting out of the 40's presidential nominee it will be a damp day. association the five day at 5:00 showing tomorrow philadelphia 60, a lot cooler areas north and west. plenty of clouds, just some rain at times, mainly centered around midday. wednesday a cold front moves. there was ahead of it record warmth, 63 degrees. thursday temperatures crack 37 with some snow and rain for the morning commute. friday brisk and cold 35 and saturday 49 so that's the next five days but how about the

rest of the month. february typically our snowiest month. i'll have the answer on what to expect in february as far as snow on my and winter weather out look ton tight knightonight at11:00. i know rick wants a lot of snow. >> we made it into the 50's and so did i. >> much more when "action news" comes right back.

>> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> hello again. here's what's happening on "action news" monday night. thieves bust into lower merion high school and grab memorabilia tied to the school's most famous graduate, kobe bryant. what they took and why the crooks might not get much for the goods. also a delaware woman accused of killing her bodybuilding husband with antifreeze makes a statement in court. and a 24 hour marathon by senate democrats all in an effort to block donald trump's -- president donald trump's nominee for secretary of education. why they say betsy devos is not fit for the job. >> now the details. before he was one of the biggest stars in the nba. kobe bryant was a star

standout at lower merion high school. it appears someone wanted a piece of that cinderella story for themselves. authorities say somebody broke into the school over the weekend and stole several items from kobe's shrine outside the bryant gymnasium. dann cuellar live outside lower merion high with more on what the thieves grabbed. hey, dann. >> reporter: hey, monica. school officials and lower merion police are going over surveillance footage of the people responsible for the heist. and the word is getting around the ace's nation community including kobe bryant himself. this is the display case that was broken into sometime sunday evening. the thieves busted the locks and took everything, all the memorabilia from kobe bryant's high school career. >> they're material items but for us they're important. they remind us of a really exciting and special time for the school community. >> reporter: these are image the items from they were stolen, the 1996 state championship trophy and the net from the game played in hershey a replica of jersey's high school jersey that was

signed game programs and sneakers certainly a shocking development especially for those who played basketball here during that era. >> i played with kobe and those of us who played during that era we've been exchanging messages this morning and kind of talking about this loss and it's app wonderful high school but someone decided that they wanted to do something that just, you know, was really quite upsetting and sad. >> reporter: authorities are perplexed by the burglary because the items stolen did not carry substantial monetary value. meanwhile lower merion high's ace's nation family is already coming together to address the matter. >> we've heard from alumni who want to donate another program or have a pair of sneakers to give back to us and we've heard from kobe, too, saying whatever can be done to help certainly he'll do. so, we'll replace the items as best as we can but, you know, no one is ever going to take away the memories and the excitement that we share from those great moments. >> reporter: now,

authorities believe in all likelihood someone is looking to make some quick cash by selling the stolen items but that could prove problematic with word getting around to be on the lookout for the items and call police. live here at lower merion high school, i'm dann cuellar channel6 "action news." rick. >> all right, dann thank you. the criminal trial involving a montgomery county lawyer who is charged with raping one of his clients is now under way. jury selection began this morning in the criminal case against vincent cirillo, jr. cirillo was arrested and charged back in august 2015 with sexually assaulting a client and allegedly taking photos of his unconscious victim. he initially pled guilty to the crime but then withdrew it. from our delaware news room tonight, 47-year-old jamie baker pled guilty today to killing her husband by lacing his steroid injections with antifreeze. baker had been charged with first degree murder but ultimately pled to a lesser murder charge. james baker a competitive weight lifter died in september of 2013.

mrs. baker faces 15 years to life in prison when she's sentenced next month. >> 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 to the seven month olde old girl's death last january. police initially believed the woman rolled over on the baby while she was high but later discovered she gave the baby methadone. scalia must serve six years and nine months before she's eligible for patrol. a tractor-trailer crash caused traffic tie-ups at a busy interchange along the pennsylvania turnpike this morning. this the scene along the route one ramp in bensalem. it's no the clear what caused the driver of the big rig to lose control but traffic did manage to get by. chopper6 hd over the seen in haddonfield-berlin road in cherry hill.

that crash happened about 7:00 a.m. no children were on board the bus at the time. and the driver of the bus was taken to the hospital. >> police say surveillance cameras captured a suspect wanted for stabbing man in north philadelphia. the video was taken on january 20th right before midnight at yes. bd beer on the 700 block of north tenth street. police say after the man in the video left the store he got into a fight with a man and stabbed him in the stomach. the victim was taken to the hospital in stable condition. if you recognize the suspect, you're urged to contact police. >> ♪ >> president trump is trying to get back to business today as democrats work to stop one of his cabinet picks. he made his first trip to the headquarters for u.s. central command and special operations before heading back to washington, d.c. abc's janai norman is live in washington tonight with the very latest. jenae. >> reporter: rick it was president trump's first trip as commander-in-chief and while he spoke out against terrorism at least one

lawmaker in another country spoke out against him. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: in his first address to troops president trump taking on "radical islamic terrorism" saying it's the highest duty to protect american people. >> isis is on a campaign of genocide committing atrocities across the world. radical islamic terrorists are determined to strike our homeland as they did on 9/11 as they did from boston orlando, to san bernadino and all across europe so today we deliver a message in one very unified voice, to these forces of death and destruction, america and its allies will defeat you. >> reporter: but for some of our closest allies there's opposition top president trump. in the uk the speaker of the house of commons drew cheers as he expressed he would not invite trump to give a formal address at westminster hall.

>> i feel very strongly that our opposition to racism and to sexism and our support for equality before the law and an independent judiciary are hugely important considerations in the house of commons. >> reporter: and the criticism of the president isn't letting up back home. >> i have not called for the impeachment yet. he's doing it himself. >> reporter: meanwhile senate democrats have launched a 24 hour talkathon. they're holding the senate floor for a full day in a last ditch over to the try to persuade one more troop vote against betsy devos for secretary of education. one democrat even urged americans who have been calling and e-mailing their senators to vote no to devos to double down on their advocacy. reporting live from washington, janai norman channel6 "action news." monica. >> thank you jenae. world news tonight with david muir will have much more

on the battle over president trump's secretary of education nominee and his and comments about russian president putin. you can watch that that following "action news" at 6:00. there has been an incredible showing of support forearm philadelphia girl scout robbed on the street while she was selling girl scout cookies. it happened in broad daylight early saturday night in the 400 block of south 16th street. nine-year-old anastasia said man was talking to her and asking for lemonade. the next thing she knew he reached in her apron pocket and stole an envelope of money. anastasia's mom says the thief got between 50 and a hundred bucks. since that story aired only on "action news," anastasia has gotten both cash and cookie box donations. >> good for her. all right, time now for an update on the commute home on a monday night. >> over to matt pelman to see what's rolling out there in the "action news" traffic report. hey matt. >> hopefully everyone is well lester after the weekend ready to tackle the transit.

running on a modified schedule on the market frankford subway because of cracks found in some of the cars and a whole bunch of the cars have been taken out of service. mod fight schedules are under way. you could see some crowding especially during the rush hours and then you might be directed over to a shuttle bus instead of being put on the trains. so, those changes we're really getting used to them today. so far it hasn't been awful but something to keep in mind for the coming days. on the regional rails we've seen app bunch of delays this afternoon and cancellations on some of the trains because of crew shortages. no cancellations, no closures but a crash here on the schuylkill causing a little slowing as you head eastbound by the blue route. maybe in toward that are flyers game tonight. closed again farther east as you pass montgomery drive into south street. watching a crash in north philadelphia at fifth and somerset there by elbow heel and a crash on the northeast extension southbound past lansdale taking out the right lane. on the east west turnpike the turnpike connector bridge remains closed and route one not so bad right now.

earlier accidents there have gone so you can use that as an alternate. rick and monica, back over to you. >> matt, thank you. >> thank you. still ahead on "action news" tonight a pair of twin girls rescued from near death 20 years ago are reunited with their so-called guardian angels. we'll have their story. >> and the next time you want to play powerball and mega millions in the garden state you won't necessarily have to go out and buy your tickets. we will explain why. adam. >> rick, i must remind you, yes, it is still winter despite you seeing temperatures more like spring in the eastern half of the country we're talking about record warmth and then followed by maybe a little bit of snow. we'll talk about that in that full accuweather forecast. >> all right, we'll take the warmth. jaime apody has more on the day after that incredible super bowl overtime finish last night. that and much more when "action news" continues in a moment. >> ♪

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home and left. just 10 days ago, a detective recalled reports of of a suspicious person near that crime scene prior to the attack. the dna allegedly found on vetrano and some provide bide lewis led to his arrest. he had no prior arrests or any relationship with vetrano. >> app winter storm caused treacherous travel out west. several inches of snow made roads slick in parts of oregon and in washington state over the weekend. seattle even got a little bit of snow. all those areas don't get much each year in fact so getting to super bowl parties was a bit dicey. >> uh-huh. >> as you can imagine. >> afraid we can. jaime apody here with super bowl for the record books for a few reasons. >> that thing was unbelievable, hm? halftime i think my husband and i said out loud this is the worst super bowl of all time and by the end of the game it was arguably the best super bowl of all time. no matter who you were rooting for this tale of two blowouts

for the ages. the patriots managed to score 31 straight points to send the game into overtime where they won on on this james white touchdown. capping the greatest comeback in super bowl history. tom brady has an unprecedented five championships. >> took a lot of great plays for us to overcome but the deficit and the hole that we dug but, you know, we were able to do it and, you know, we'll be able to celebrate together, you know, for a long time. so, i think that's just a great feeling. >> on the flip side penn charter grad matt ryan a few minutes away from winning his first super bowl before it all unraveled. ryan had quarterbacked the falcons toly what seemed like an insurmountable 25-point lead in the second half. so many philadelphians were rooting hard for the hometown kid from exton. >> there's nothing you can really say. that's a tough loss obviously

very disappointing very close to getting done what we wanted to get done but, you know, it's hard to find words tonight. >> sixers are in detroit to take on the pistons. jahlil okafor will start at center despite the fact that there are reports that the sixers and pelicans are in talks for a trade for the big man. instead of game planning last night brett brown a life long patriots fan spent the night watching the super bowl and he told his team there's a lesson to be learned from the way the pats closed out that game. >> a lesson on how to stay in attack mode, how you don't ever want to play to, you know, not lose, execution at the end of the game. there's the reality that there's -- luck plays a large portion of a lot of that. >> flyers still holding down that final wild card spot host the blues tonight. michal neuvirth gets his third

start in the web. >> wildcats coming off a 92 92-79. they'll travel to face xavier. villanova's buzzer beating win in the national championship happened in the very same building as tom brady's epic comeback last night in the super bowl. many athletes are superstitious types but not brady it seems. who actually pretaped a commercial showing his fifth ring months ago. he even managed to stick it to commissioner roger goodell. watch this. >> tom. >> hi. >> would you please remove all jewelry and place it in the locker. >> oh, yeah, sure, no problem. >> tom brady trusts shield mri. you can, too. >> is that all. >> no. i forgot this one. it's kind of new. >> we need to get you a bigger locker.

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>> adam is here with that accuweather forecast. more ups than downs in our winter weather. >> near records the next couple of days and that four

letter word. >> snow. >> snow could follow. >> i thought you were going say heat. >> if only. >> if only. >> we'll get a little bit of february heat here the next couple of days. storm tracker6 live double scan, it was a beautiful monday. lots of sunshine. today was really the second time in the last three days we had mainly sunshine to look at when you looked up to the sky. the clouds didn't take over today, so as we take a look at the action cam which was along the wissahickon creek there in fairmount park, a beautiful shot here and typically when you're in the month of february, you can see some ice collecting on some of the rocks on the sides of the creeks. not so this year with the extreme warmth there we have been dealt with -- or been supplied with. as we take a look at that warmth right now 52 in philadelphia, 50 trenton still near 50 reading, allentown, wilmington 47 degrees. a bit cooler down along the shore with the winds off the water, cape may just 42 matching that ocean temperature. clear sky right now.

high clouds starting to enter western pennsylvania, near pittsburgh. there are some showers in west virginia eastern kentucky. this is along a warm front so, yes, it does get warmer, no the colder as this front lifts to the north here during the day on tuesday. so, clouds on the increase overnight tonight. any of the showers are going to hold off until the early morning hours, so we are looking at some damp roadways especially in southeastern pennsylvania for that tuesday morning rush but no icy roads with temperatures above freezing both in the lehigh valley all the way down to the shore. and then for highs tomorrow on tuesday, kind of a -- it's all about location if you are going to call it warm. warm in dover and philadelphia, 60 to 62 degrees. trenton not bad tomorrow, 54 degrees but farther to the north, the longer it takes to get that warm front through it will be a little bit cooler tomorrow, 47 in the lehigh valley and 44 for a high up in the poconos. so, that southwesterly wind takes over with a quick round of rain in the morning to the midday hours. drier in the afternoon. that 60 for philadelphia is

18 degrees above average. front comes through on wednesday dry so we're not looking at rain here on wednesday. there will be some breaks of sun developing with a high possibly record tying of 63 degrees and then along this front as it stalls briefly, wednesday night early thursday morning a new low is going to develop and at this point that low looks like it will track just to our south as cold air tries to flush behind that 63 on wednesday. so wednesday night early thursday morning, as that low develops the cold air comes in, we'll have a round of precipitation, changing from rain to snow presidential nominee who sees that snow and really that's kind of hard to say at this point because we got to see where the track of the low is. who does see the snow could see a few inches likely. not a big storm but a few inches likely wednesday night into thursday morning. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast t-it is 60's near records the next two days, a little wet at times tomorrow morning, drier on wednesday. that early snow or rain wraps

up pretty quickly thursday morning with returning sun of 37 degrees. cold behind it on friday research 35 and then another warming trend going into the weekend. a lot of clouds a few showers saturday into sunday and staying mild on monday near 50 with sun and clouds and tonight at 11:00 despite how warm it is through most of that seven day and a little bit of that snow, we'll let you know what the rest of february has in store with our winter weather outlook with cecily tynan at 11:00. >> we'll be watching. >> quick break more news when we come back. stay with us.

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cannot collect a portion of a prize from a winning ticket. >> good to know. jim gardner and the "action news" team standing by with these stories next at 6:00. witness describe a wild sight as a stolen cab careens through rittenhouse square today before crashing this afternoon. >> and a family reunites in the u.s. a week after being sent back to syria. that story and much more coming up next at 6:00. now for meteorologist adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody monica malpass the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams. have a nice evening. >> good night. happy birthday. >> thank you.

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>> ♪ >> monday night. dynamite is discovered in a home freezer on the main line. and a new problem has septa taking train cars off the tracks. but the big story on "action news" tonight is a frightening scene in center city philadelphia. a stolen cab went careening right through rittenhouse square before crashing at 18th and walnut many people were screaming, the car was screeching. a lot of noise and a lot of frayed nerves. "action news" reporter christie ileto was live at the scene. christie, what are the details. >> reporter: well, jim, it was such a bizarre scene for a lot of people that were here in this park this afternoon. at the center of the chaos is that cab you can see just over there and the man who allegedly took the car for a joyride is in custody this evening. >> just saw my life flash before my eyes. i felt like this was. >> reporter: keira howell jumped out of the way of this cab. a viewer caught the driver who had allegedly