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what the security director did and who directed him to do it. kenneth moton is live with the details. >> reporter: white house courthouse letter to the president, kellyanne conway says that the national security adviser knew he was a lightning rod and distraction to the president so he quit. the president could not trust michael flynn and he asked for his resignation. >> the white house talking about michael flynn. >> the resolving level of trust with this situation and other questionable instances is what led the president to have for general flynn's resignation. >> just as the u.s. was hitting russia with sanctions we know that president trump was told weeks ago that he was lying and alerted white house council.
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press secretary sean spicer would not give details but found that flynn did not illegal. >> the question is not if he did anything improper or illegal but could he be trusted either? >> but he tweeted. the question is why there are so many illegal leaks coming out of washington. >> and the resignation of michael flynn was brought about not by discovering the false hood but by the false hood became public. >> democrats demanding an investigation. >> there are potential violations of laws here and republicans mixed reaction. >> will not prejudge this until we have all the information. >> there is an administration in significant disarray as far as national security is concerned. and they need to fix that. >> russia lawmakers called flynn's resnation anti-russia. and keith kellogg is now serving
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as the national security adviser but there is contendered for a permanent replacement including general pet ration -- >> thank you. and now the governor has ordered an independent review on the incident at the vaughn correctional center. today governor john carnie pointed former judges to lead their own investigation, they will look for what led up to the uprising and recommend changes to keep the state's correctional officers safe. >> we will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to find out exactly what happened inside vaughn and what we can do to prevent that from happening again. >> the governor's office is dealing with the fact that 17 of delaware correction employees have quit or retired since that
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deadly attack. a woman is facing charges this afternoon for a string of crashes in german town accused of hitting two cars and a pedestrian. vernon odom joined us now live at the scene. you have the story here. >> reporter: brian, at this hour it's business as usual at this busy intersection in the heart of german town after a wild morning in the heart of german town where it's fortunate nobody was killed. surveillance video shows a normal scene at 9:30 this morning, suddenly a burgundy chrysler sedan barrels through the light and slammeds into a pedestrian and the driver of the honda was long time civil activist shelly. >> i was driving down german town avenue and the light turn
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and was mine and the car came through and smashed right into me. >> the pedestrian victim, age 51 remains in stable condition at this hour at einstein medical center. the car was being pursued by a woman driving this impala when the driver sped through the light and took off again after her second hit and run in the morning. she faces charges of leaving the scene, and causing injury. >> reporter: sharrie that accused hit and run driver remains in police custody at this hour. those formal charges soon to be filed. live in german town, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a man from maple shade has been found guilty in one of the country's highest profile missing childrens cases, the jury handed down the verdict
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against pedro hernandez. 6-year-old aton patz disappeared on the way to the bus stop in 1979 and hernandez worked as a clerk nearby at the same. the first jury was deadlocked and he showed no emotion as the verdict was announced. and a change in the weather department, to walk outside and not be swept away by the wind. >> lets step outside to adam joseph. >> not bad at all. sunshine took control and the winds are long gone. and as we look at the temperatures presently in the eastern half of the country, i'm telling you winter taking a break on this valentines afternoon, 50 in bismark and 50 in omaha, and 45 in philadelphia and 60s lurking just to our south. satellite 6 along with action radar one storm north of the great lakes and another storm moving away from texas toward
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arkansas and both of these systems are splitting our region over the next 24 hours so we are kind of in a good place so to speak, as we go into the middle part of the week. 41 at 6:00 and 40 at 7:00 and for valentines dinner plans, clouds late in the evening between 9:00 and 10:00 with temperatures dropping into the 30s at that time. a mild day for your wednesday and more wind and cold temporarily for the end of the week and alicia we are tracking a warm holiday weekend and we'll show you the numbers coming up in the full accuweather forecast. and speaking of warm weather spring training in the accuweather forecast. >> i'll take a chance to do meteorology, we are turning to florida where there is 100% chance of baseball. it's the first workout for pitchers and catchers and phillies fans are out in full force. and ducis rogers is live in
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clearwater in sunny florida. >> reporter: hey there. bright and early this morning, 9:45 pitchers and catchers hit the field for the first dave springtain traing and they took the field up beat and optimistic. no sun? no problem. phillies spring training 2017 begins with an eye on a bright future. >> i like to be positive and look for the best in my guys and hope they can show improvement. if everyone of our guys shows a little bit of improvement we are a better team. >> no pressure. it's the first day. i think that what we have ahead of us is going to be a good show. >> just how good the phils can be remains to be seen but the team peaked the interest of everyone. and an advantages of having young player is their unbridled
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optimism. the team as say slightly new look with clay buchholz and cameron rupps shaved head. >> i thought it looked better. >> and rupps took up yoga in the offseason. not easy for a 216 pound man. >> to work on flexibility and stray strong. >> what is your go to yoga move? >> i don't even know the name of that. >> downward facing dog or half moon lotus. you would show you those poses but my hands are too full. ducis rogers, channel 6 "action news" back over to you. >> we'll look better to the facebook live video of that. and bringing you ducis's reports at 6abc.com and be sure to follow ducis on social media for more of his actions and yoga
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poses you just never know. >> a preview yes. thank you it's time for a first check of the "action news" traffic report. lets go live to matt pellman. happy valentines day. >> you too. we can use yoga. northbound side we have a broken down vehicle in the work zone by 413, the good news is the dv is no longer disabled. and sluggish speeds in the 30s. on 95 and that is problematic, people are using 95 and route 1 to get around the continued closure of the turnpike connecter bridge. and 95 normal of stuff in the city 11 miles per hour by the ben franklin bridge, and a few suburban accidents, one in worchester montgomery county
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along skippack pike along beth elroad. and as you head toward 95 and bear, delaware look for a crash along route 40 polanski highway. lets grab the ipad and dos commuter report, more problems in delco, it's a crash along baby road in springfield by the springfield shopping center with stroll road comes in. red zones in the area. we'll check it again on this valentines day in the next half hour. >> thank you. still ahead on "action news" the search for two thief who's made off with big ticket items from a philadelphia bar and the update from the emergency retears underway at a california dam. >> plus -- >> we don't have -- we have up's and down's but you overcome them. >> it's a love story that lasted
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new surveillance video show two men breaking into the risky business bar in the hunting park section of philadelphia and took out a side window and went after big ticket items before 5:00 yesterday morning the two removed big screen televisions and grabbed a few bottles of alcohol before they left the scene. a major bust is getting a lot of drugs off the streets in bucks county. garret thompson is accused of dealing heroin in falls and bristol townships. authorities were investigating him for four months and that
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undercover officers bought more than 70 bags of heroin from him. and sold 1400 bags of heroin each week and falls township had dozens of overdoses some of them deadly in december. and crews rush to fix a damaged california dam are making progress. helicopters are dropping large rocks to fill the holes. and they need to bring it down more before thursday's expected rainfall. nearly 200,000 people remain evacuated in case the dam fails and sends water rushing into the nearby towns there. here is a look at today's closing numbers and the upward trend even more records being hit today on this tuesday, the dow closing up 92 points on the day closed at 20,504 and nasdaq up 19 points and the s&p up 9 points on the day. local doctors are hoping a
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new kind of gene therapy is help people that are robbed of their vision. leer is registered nurse, ali gorman. >> for people it happens in the prime of their lives and one day their vision is 20/20 and then in a sport period of time everything goes blurry. >> it just happened overnight and one day i was fine driving through the streets of town and the next day, i couldn't see and i couldn't drive anymore tonight was hard for me. >> it's a rare disease and there is no treatment in the united states, but doctors at wills eye hospital are optimistic about a new interpreter replacing the abnormal gene with a normal one. i'll explain how this works and how it could help treat other diseases as well. a center city school earned $500 for xcelling at a civic challenge. sixth graders got that big check
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for placing third in the land fest citizenship challenge. they submitted a citizenship essay about the electoral college and whether it or the electoral college to select the president. and charlotte olson of west berlin, new jersey decided last christmas she wants to help others, she is collecting books to support the reach out and read program and today she delivered 1300 books to childrens regional hospital at cooper voorhees. >> i always wanted to do something like this and help others, and like win was little, i drept of being on the news. and giving out coats and blankets to people. and giving out books. >> and she made it on tv on the
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news. >> the 12-year-old says that the idea of the book drive came to her in a dream and the books will be distribute said throughout the hospital to the young patient there's. >> a special young lady. >> love that. time against for a check of the accuweather forecast. lets check in with adam who is standing by inside with his coat off now. >> and the sun is shining with morning clouds, looking live sat sky 6 hd and if you look down towards the ground it's brown and brown much of this winter season, snow lovers taking a hit this winter season as we take a look at the snow depth that is presently on the ground, there is nothing in the immediate viewing area and towards the lehigh valley and poconos there is snow there and once you hit new york city and central northern new england they have 2 to 4 feet of snow on the ground. you start to hit some of that deeper snow pack and in fact over the last seven days,
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philadelphia we have only seen 2 inches of snow and boston has gotten close to 18 inches of snow in that same time period and albany new york 21 inches and harvard closing in on two feet and portland, maine almost 40 inks of snow. we are in the wrong place this winter season to get the big storms to develop. just a little too late this winter season hitting new england and not the mid-atlantic. 44 in the lehigh valley and 43 dover with a south southwesterly wind. satellite an radar showing the ribbon of clouds this morning now pushing off to the south and sunshine taking control here as we get into the mid to late afternoon hours. temperatures tonight do fall back into the 20s north and west and 32 wilmington and above freezing in southern new jersey and delaware and the clouds start to pull back in late tonight ahead of another front. we are tracking the front at
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7:00 in the morning and the cold front comes through here right around lunch time thereafter and it pushes everything off the coast. so we don't see precipitation and the front is going to kick the potential for another big storm to miss us here as we get into the day on thursday. parts of new england get hit again with more accumulating snow. the midweek planner for us here. we touch 50 degrees for the afternoon a mixture of sunshine and clouds but not a bad way to enjoy a midweek, four day at 4:00 forecast on the breezy side, the four day at 4:00 forecast for tomorrow. 52 for the high temperature and as we get into thursday, as the storm develops too far away we get wind whipped around it, windchills in the 20s and wind gusts near 40 and a high of 39 degrees and sunny and seasonable on friday and 44 and turning miler on saturday, sun and 57
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degrees. when you take a look at the seven day you'll go whoa what's up? >> oh yeah? lets see. >> that may be my reaction. on valentines day we find out that philadelphia's famed love statue is getting a makeover. find out when it will be out of public view. and proving love is ever lasting we'll interview to a delaware valley couple that after 60 years of major are still celebrating valentine's day. >> if perhaps cupid's arrow missed the mark and it's not all chocolate and roses, we'll show you how to dump emotional baggage all for a good cause.
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afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. the the last call for the love statue today near philadelphia city hall. tomorrow crews will remove it
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from dillworth park for resstration. some people are giving a proper farewell stopping by for the last selfie. and some people were given free red roses in honor of valentine's day. after it is restored it will be moved back to the original home at love park. its valentines day and time to celebrate your sweetie and if you want to know the answer to enduring love. we found a couple with 65 years experience. >> look at all of this. all for you. >> it's probably not where dick and francis bonnet would want to be celebrating valentines day but none ttheless the rehab sta set up the most romantic lunch for them. >> they go to therapy together and hold hands it's sweet to watch. >> they were sent to rehab today. dick is released but his bride
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is still getting care so the staff surprised them with the works. a meal, teddy bear, candles, cake and sparkling cider and some polka music. their favorite. dancing is a secret to a good marriage. >> learn how to do the polka. >> she is 89 and i'm 90. life is not existing it's enjoyment. >> 65 year is a long time. a sense of humor is clutch. >> we never argued we just fought. >> they never had kids and you know, the topic still comes up. >> we didn't have any.
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it just happened. but we are still trying. >> some laughs and even a few tears. happy ones. >> have you the ups and downs but you overcome them. your love is stronger. >> one other piece of advice they say always make time for each other and those laughs have to be what kept them going for 65 years. and strong. >> a memorable couple. lots of good advice in there. >> i love it. all right alicia, so much more ahead in the next half hour at 4:00. the way people are spreading the love this valentines day and horrifying and demeaning that is how septa's chief of police is describing an assault on one of its officers. we are live with the update only the charges the alleged attacker is facing.
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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, sharrie williams and brian taff. >> hello again, 4:30 now and "action news" continues with a story anyone looking for love in the city will want to see today. which philadelphia neighborhoods are best and worst for singles. and why? >> plus, a horrifying holdup, three men storm into a german town laundry mat and point a gun at a workers head.
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the robbers got away but left an important clue behind. if you post pictures of you or your pets on social media you may want to double-check your privacy settings. they found out the hard way after her insurance dropped her over a facebook post. and a kiss is typically an act tied to infection and the kiss this man planted on one of its officers last night was a demeaning act of aggression. more for on the attack we go live to septa headquarters and sara bloomquist with the full story. >> reporter: that is right. septa's police chief described this as demeaning and dangerous for this officer. she was on routine patrol when this young man was determined to kiss her and it did not end well. >> you kissed me? >> yes. >> are you going to back upright
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now. >> 3:30 yesterday afternoon, the female transit officer was on patrol in upper darby. when a man identified approached her, she activated her body camera that captured the man as he demanded she kiss him. >> back up. >> let me kiss you. >> back up. >> let me kiss you. let me give you a kiss. >> this rolled quickly you see the officer activated her body camera, which is fantastic because it provided tremendous evidence for us as this guy is very aggressive about grabbing her and attempting to kiss her. >> you heard her radio for help but the suspect pressed on. >> have a seat on the bench. >> let me kiss you. >> she was creating space trying to get on the radio and get backup and then decided to move
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in and try to make the arrest and grabs him by the arm and spins him away from her and did a fine job. i'm proud of how she handled it. >> the officer was not injured but the chief says she was rattled by the encounter. >> it's aggravating to see any woman treated by a man like that. but a uniformed police officer trying to protect people. it's horrible. >> we are told it did not get physical. the arrest they want to hold on to that as evidence to use in court. he is known to police is now locked up in delaware county. is he charged with assault disordercly conduct and harassment and resisting arrest. >> i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a nasty accident involving two suvs and a tractor trailer snarled traffic on part of
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interstate 95 in mercer county, and the crash happened at the northbound lanes of exit 4 after 10:00. it looks really bad and police say the driver of the cadillac escalade was hurt and the injuries here were not serious. philadelphia police are looking for three men of terrorizing a laundry mat employee. this is chu avenue last saturday evening, after storming the business the men order a 47-year-old worker to the office at gun point, after stealing cash and coins the trio escaped on foot and one robber referred to the other as green several times. if you have information contact northeast detectives. in port richmond, comehar employees rallied to raise aw e
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awareness for violence against women. their demonstration was one of many happening around the world as part of the 1 billion rising revolution. and we are looking at some wind tomorrow but after that -- >> wind tomorrow and bigger wind thursday and then beyond that -- we are trying to jump the gun and get closer to the weekend. as we look now the sunshine is back in center city and 45 is the present temperature, winds southwesterly at 15 and windchill does kick it back to the upper 30s and atlantic city we are sun soaked here 41 degrees and the dew point around 36 and winds south-southwest at 14 miles per hour. the pagoda cam in reading and berks county. all aglow with sunshine and 37 pleasant degrees and winds southwest at 10 miles per hour. and feels like 42 degrees not
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bad for the middle of february. when you look at the seven-day forecast, we are in february not one, not two not three but more days above normal consecutively in the seven day. quite a shootup in temperature. >> we want to see it. >> no complains thank you. if you are looking for love in philadelphia you may be in luck. a new report says that the city has one of the highest percentages of single adults of any city in america. 58% of men and 65% of women are unattached. philadelphia magazine took it one step farther and found the neighborhoods with the best odds running into singles. washington square west and rittenhouse have the most residents that live alone and fishtown and manayunk have the least singles. now you know where to go this
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weekend. a messy situation in trenton people are trying to fix and cows have gotten too comfortable in town and rick williams is live in the newsroom with the deta details on this one. >> that is right, if you live or work in north's capital, you have seen the birds, they are loud and leave a calling card behind, residents say it's annoying and bad for business and what the city is trying to do coming up tonight at 5:00. >> and the new studies giving hope to women undergoing cancer treatment to try to avoid one of thetreme's most troubling side effects. those stories coming up at 5:00. until then back to the studio we'll see you later. >> thank you. valentines day is a designated day for love. so getting married on this date only makes sense, we found not one but a dozen couples making
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that big leap today. >> it's my honor and privilege to pronounce you husband and wife. you are married kid your bride. >> woo! >> that was the magical moment forever this couple today and many more. 20 couples were married today in wilmington so much more than a dozen. each ceremony whereas led by the justice of the peace ken boldin. and this is a tradition in wilmington on valentines day. friends and family were there to see the bride and groom start a new chapter. >> and they have found a new way to respect the ladies in their lives. they were taught how to do meaningful relationships, some handed out roses to the young women at the event. they believe the art of courtship has been lost on recent generations. >> and they are making a good
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dale of it right. still ahead here today, say good riddance at goodwill how the nonprofit is helping them bid adieu to their ex's. >> and a simple dog of a photo on facebook ended up costing a woman her insurance coverage. >> and mia the beagle may not have won the westminster agility competition but stole the show. what the medford owner is saying about her easily distracted dog next.
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loneliness. and love stinks and netflix is my love. and there is a market for those that don't like valentines day and they decided to cater to that market. at health check at 4:00 a young car crash victim is getting a chance of a more normal life. lopez lost both legs in the crash before summer, and one charity helped lopez get a basic set of prosthetic but could not afford better ones. >> with this one i can walk normally, it changes my life. >> the prosthetics came from heather abbotts foundation she lost part of her leg in the boston marathon bombing and got a good prosthetic and now is paying it forward to others. and parents are in an uproar
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and has people speechless. a school secretary is out of a job and six teachers are reprimanded after this video leaked. a six minute shocker taken at a bar and posted on youtube. >> they play a game, deciding which students they would marry, sleep with or kill. the parents went berserk. >> you can't regulate what they do off school property. unless it has an adverse affect on the school setting. >> people need to be held accountable for their actions. >> so add to all of this, the local police chief watched the
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video and did not see criminal in it and the parents are not done fighting. >> and think before you post kind of warning, if you put pictures of your kids or pets on social media and some of us do, you never know who is watching. when they added person alum umbrella insurance to their policy. they had to list their dogs and breed. they were waiting for approval and got a cancellation notice from nationwide. they claimed one of the dog breeds was ineligible and that the family failed to disclose it. they were scoping her facebook page and found a picture of the dog,zues was a rottweiler but
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it wasn't. they say that everything you can, so you know, everything you post can and will be used against you. even your dog. >> it's important advise generally, watch what you post. you never know who will see it. alicia thank you. lets get a check of the roads right now. >> matt is standing by with the updates. >> and the sunshine we never want to complain about is being used against us. some sun glare delays southbound through delco on the brakes approaching villanova from this point at broomall just volume and sun glare. elsewhere in springfield township a crash at sprawl road and 420 at the joins store. and this point volume and sun glare along the schuylkill and 95. no other major issues but the burbs a bunch of accidents one at davis road at mandarin garden and a serious one in hill town
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township broking 113 and the fire and police are out there helping you around that area. and a crash in new garden, chester county, blocking 41 gap knew part pike, instead of 41 use the pike as an alternate. 926 is now closed as of yesterday for bridge repair through september. long-term closure new this week, 52 lenape road or route 1 baltimore pike are alternates. and delco a crash at 322 at madson road and crossing into bear a crash at polanski highway is clearing out but more downed wires in hammonton and expect a lane restriction along the white horse pike at fairview avenue. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour. >> thank you. meteorologist, adam joseph
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now to the accuweather forecast it's only tuesday but all eyes are on the weekend. >> it's a holiday weekend. and it's going to be spectacular weekend to be outdoors. >> we are going to see it. in three minutes. not everyone will love it because everyone want winter and cold and snow. not going to get it in the seven-day forecast. just brace yourself. taking a look on sky 6 hd from cape may, a beautiful shot here clouds early on and sunshine returning this afternoon and this could be a popular place if people want to stroll along your favorite boardwalk or promenade this saturday, sunday or monday. giving you the heads up for that.
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stormtracker 6 live double scan no precipitation at the present time. not tracking much of precipitation as we go through the rest of the week. 45 degrees in philadelphia and 44 in allentown and 45 in wilmington and 41 in mill shrill. this number a couple of degrees above the norm and 45 in the poconos, we are above normal day in and day out of this winter season, halfway through the month now and basically halfway through the month and every day in red is an afternoon high. and there may only be one day below normal over the next seven and temperatures running over 5 degrees above normal. as we look at satellite 6 along with action radar one spin to the south and one to the north, they slide by across our region to the north and south, and we are in a split flow here, so to speak, so the two are not going to come together until it's late
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in the game to bring us anything but a lot of wind. so wednesday, one low in new england and another low in the carolinas and tomorrow sun and clouds between the two systems and winds are breezy 12 to 25 miles per hour with a high of 52 degrees and then into thursday that low really ramps up once again northern parts of new england going into nova scotia win gusts of 45 miles per hour and air temperatures 39 degrees and parts of maine picking up an additional foot of snow after seeing 40 inches over the last week and future tracker wind shills with the whipping wind and 26 in allentown and 29 in philadelphia and only 27 in millville during president anoon and that is the one day chill before things really change. 52 and breezy and sun and clouds tomorrow and windchills in the 20s on thursday and the real consistent with the seven day is
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the amount of sunshine we are going to see almost every single day. it's been a cloudy year, on friday the sunny seasonable and 44 and 57 degrees and break out the shorts on sunday, 64 degrees if we go up a little bit more we could challenge records on sunday for presidents day and 60 bright and beautiful and the mild stretch continues with temperatures on either side of 60 not only for those four days saturday through tuesday but that could last the entire week with temperatures near 60 if all things go right. >> nice. a lot of sunshine. >> we have not seen that. he is practicing his run i think. >> can we get a camera here. >> his career will be over. >> thank you adam. >> goodwill wants you to unload their emotional baggage by unloading their actual baggage, how they are helping the broken hearted heal in what's the deal.
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lets be honest valentines day is not an easy holiday for some. if you are recovering from cupid's missed hour we found a way to turn heart break into hope. >> it's not all candy and roses for everyone. >> here is a chance to remove visual reminders of a formal flame for a good cause. >> and they throw the ex's clothes out the window. >> bring your stuff here don't throw it out the window or burn it. >> by dropping off the items you are spreading the love. >> we have programs to help people get to work. >> and decluttering is also good for the soul. it's getting rid of stuff and emotional baggage, and clothes
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to accessories and shoes, they take it off your hands and your heart. >> a good way to start fresh, getting rid of a dress you wore on a first date or clothes he left behind. now is the time. >> bring your items here to goodwill. >> we want all of it. >> february is typically a low donation month and they are happy to stock their shelves with your old memories and you can pick up new memories at discountses. >> you can find great deals, designer clothing and accessories and great finds for furniture and vintage pieces. and people look for things to refurbish, and a world of opportunity to get out there and get creative. >> and there are 35 goodwill drop-off centers in our area. and most of them are open until 8:00, 9:00 unless are you looking for great plans and
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nothing says that like giving back. and it become a tax write-off. >> unload the baggage. thank as leash a. finally at 4:00 a burlington county beagle may have lost her event but she won the internet while trying and the 9-year-old pup started out strong springing through the agility course but 7 seconds into the race mia remembered she was a dog. >> don't be a beagle come on! >> of course mia could not help but be a beagle and stare into space mid race, at one point the medford dog took in her surroundings. >> it did not come as a huge surprise to her junior handler ashy fisher she says her
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favorite activity is sniffing. >> lots of sniffing on display there. cute. >> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00. now for brian taff, alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm sharrie williams. join me along with brian, adam and ducis rogers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00. on phl 17 here now are rick williams and monica malpass with a look at what is coming up next at 5:00. >> you should see rick in the newsroom. that is all i'm saying. he's running around. >> the independent review being launched in delaware state prison system after a deadly inmate takeover in smyrna. and the new trouble that kellyanne conway could be facing after ivanka trump's fashion line.
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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. less than two weeks match a deadly inmate takeover, at delaware's biggest prison, governor john carnie is calling for an independent review. tuesday night and the big story on "action news" is the new
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investigation on how that prison uprising happened and how to stop it from happening again. >> governor carnie says that two former judges head up the review and bob brooks live in wilmington the with the details for us. >> reporter: rick and monica people close to the stitation say that something needs to be done about that but the decision to go with an independent decision was predictable at best and want more to be done. >> what led up to the inmate attack in smyrna, how did the inmates carry it out and how can it be prevented from happening again. governor carnie says getting to the bottom of that is the top prior and that is why he ordered an independent investigation. >> anything that effected the security arrangementses at c building that day is the primary focus. the former justice dupont originally and
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