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at which time he was put on leave. it was part of the parish school but he did not work in that area. and more breaking news a car reportedly struck more than one person this afternoon on the 1200 block of delsy drive and police were examining the damaged car and two bicycles laying on the side of the road, it's not clear right now if the victims were ridinghe y were struck, we are working to find out how serious the injuries turning now to liti has from capitol hill. the nominee for secretary of labor says he wants out. he is officially withdrawing his name. he was set to appear before a that has been canceled. this comes from significant push back from both sides of the aisle and president trump is
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making headlines he made about strategies with the u.s. and israel. he is keeping his options open when it comes to peaceful solution between israel and palestine. here is more on the change from long standing policy. >> today the policy backed away from decades of u.s. policy that a path to peace must include two states. >> bb and i have known each other a long time. >> a long road of negotiations for territories. >> as far as settlements i would like to see you hold back on onsetlements for a little bit. i'd like to see a deal. we'll see what we do. >> doesn't sound too optimistic. >> what is the art of the deal. >> but the president coming to
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israel's defense criticizing the united nations for stopping expansion. something that president obama did not veto. >> this is one time that we reject -- at the unitedons. >> and president trump easing away from palestinian state hoo reslution. he is not holding on to the two state resolution. >> and i'm looking the one state and two states and i like the one that both parties like. >> leaving it to the israeli and palestinians. >> first palestinians must i but unfortunately they reject
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both prerequisites for peace. >> and president trump says they will encourage peace saying the two sides will negotiate an agreement themselves and that both sides will have to make compromises. back to you. >> thank you. that press conference came as the white house is also dealing with a new and bombshell alligation about the president's ties to russia. "the new york times" and others report that senior members and the president's campaign and his businesses were in regular contact with russian intelligence in the year leading up to the election. the president selected journalist who did not ask collectively about that, butoff that led to the report. >> papers are being leaked, it's a criminal act going on for a long time before me. but now it's really going on. >> the times does not detail the nature of the alleged
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conversations but says that the u.s. intelligence group is concerned by the frequency of the contact and the people involved in it. >> well, a driver has died in a multivehicle crash in delaware, this was the scene on the northbound route of 141 in price's corner, three cars collided leaving debris scattered across the road and one person wdelaired dead on the scene and nobody else was hurt. >> police in south philadelphia are trying to figure out what kill aid teenager this afternoon and why. >> the 17-year-old boy was shot twice in the back in the 1500 block of south bank croft street. he was pronounced dead. >> police warmed a neighborhood in delaware county telling neighbors to sta inside. they were looking for a manholed up in his home with a gun. nobody was inside of that home.
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two brazen robberies in philadelphia are now believed to be connected. police believe the same three people held up a bank and laundre last fewdays. sara bloomquist is live now outside of the bank in german town with the details. >> police and the fbi do believe they are looking at a pattern here with at least two armed robberies here along chew avenue in mt. airy and german town. at this beneficial bank. >> this video shows the suspects as entered the bank at chew avenue in jer plan town just before 9:00 yesterday morning. brandishing a gun one man usualered two employees to the back of the bank and another demands money from the tellers and they fled on foot and met up with another man as they made their get away and they believe
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they robbed the laundry mat at 6705 chew avenue on saturday at 7:15 at night. you see them walk into the laundry mat and approach an employee and at gun point demand he open the office, once inside with the handgun pointed at him he was ordered to hand over money and open the coin machine. we spoke to an employee. >> my boss told me three people y had a gun. yes, i am worried. but i'm not scared because i believe in my gut protech me -- >> during the laundry mat robbery. one suspect referred the another as green on several occasions and they fleed on foot. >> the scary, this is my favorite laundry mat.
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i don't live to far and always come to this laundry mat. >> no shots were fired and police consider the men armed and dangerous, a joint task force made up of philadelphia police and the fbi are now investigating and offering reward money for information. live in jer plan town, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. it's another day on the diamond in florida and phillies pitchers and catchers have their second full day of spring training workouts and ducis rogers is live again in clearwater today. how is the squad looking ducis? >> looking pretty good thus far brian. but for the phillies to be successful they need starting pitching and starting pitchers to be healthy, today we focused on two young arms, and their performance will go a long way in determine that.
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>> the starting rotation looks formidable at this point, even though we don't have an obvious number one. we have got a bunch of real good starting pitchers. >> but the phillies have question marks, we'll start with aaron nola he missed the beginning of last season where elbow issues. >> how is the elbow? >> imgood now, throwing and no pain and no hesitation i've been good. >> we are cautiously optimistic, he feels great and looks like he is 100%. >> zach helan had his own problems, he had leg problems and with a couple of surgeries he is able to role. >> you sound like you got a new body. >> it's unbelievable. >> whenever i hear his name or see him, i think about that
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performance against pittsburgh in pittsburgh. where it was like a man against boys and dominated that game for healthy knees for the first time in years i expect to see an even better pitcher and i'm excited to see him perform in the spring. >> reporter: the phillies are excited about those two young pitchers. we'll see how they turn out this spring. reporting live with the phillies, i'm ducis rogers, back over to you. >> sounds good. thank you. it's time now for the "action news" traffic report, matt pellman is live in the traffic center with a first look. >> a couple of foul balls as we start off the wednesday afternoon commute including this one that popped up a crash on the westbound side of the schuylkill expressway right here at south street taking out the right lane involving a truck you can see. no emergency crews on the scene yet. and westbound is already starting to stack as you come away from bear avenue south. we are watching those single
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digit speeds, 12 miles per hour on the eastbound side of the schuylkill at girard. and a crash at academy causing slowing from wood haven than is mostly off to the side. but this one is not, blocking the ramp from the blue route, 476 southbound to norristown an overturned vehicle, and may be an overturned car carrier, that will take time to clear out. the ramp from the blue route southbound to norristown blocked off from the mid county tolls. northbound of the blue route heavy but open coming off 95 in delco, just off it in chester it's closed. and in franklin township delsy drive is blocked because of the accident we told but a bit ago. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day afternoon. a crash at meeting house at susquehanna road.
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we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you matt. next on "action news." justice for a little girl that lost her life in the ongoing gun violence in chicago. we have new details about the repeat offender accused of killing her. plus, a once shuttered wilmington fire station is open again and the future is uncertain and we'll tell you why next. >> the winter winds are whipping up again, bringing wet snowflakes and rain drops across the area and we'll talk about a very cold thursday and big warm-up for the weekend.
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degree murder charges, the bullets struck her in the head and killed her. reports from witnesses helped them arrest jones he is held without bond. a wilmington fire station once closed because of funding issues is back open for now. the city is looking at budget needs and fire department operations before they make a decision about station six on union street that. was a point of contention with the union and the city after a deadly park that killed three firefighters, engine six was the closest station but was closed on that day last september. and those against restriction of abortions spoke out today. >> pennsylvania cannot afford to be a place that women cannot make their own decisions.
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and governor wolf says he will vote ebill 3, it would ban abortions after 20 weeks except in very rare cases think the governor was joined by philadelphia mayor, jim kenney and health advocates that all say that legislation could put women's health at risk. now the closing numbers on wall street, we venture into record territories. 107.5 points today and the nasdaq up 7 points and the s&p on the rise just about 12 points on the day. not a record setter yet and people are clamoring for their shot at $310 million, the power ball is expected to get higher before tonight's drawing, the action cam caught up with them buying tickets in center city hoping luck would be on their side. it's played in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware and 41 other states. you can see the numbers tonight
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at 11:00 after the accuweather forecast. and it's off. the love sculpture is on its way for pampering until is returns. it left its temporary home at dillworth park as it spends time out of the public eye to get a little facelift. the statue is on its way to get repainted and a fresh layer of protective coating after its restored. the sculpture moves back to its original home at love park. the public art program is managing the restoration of the famous statue created here in 1976 and today was the final day to sflap a final selfie until it returns this summer. this is the love statue's second
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refurbishme refurbishment. >> good stuff. thank you. an "action news" viewer is back from the trip of a lifetime. and she says the vacation never would have happened if it weren't for the "action news" troubleshooters. nydia han has a preview of her special report at 11:00. >> a big part of our troubleshooting is done by our call to action volunteers not only did they get a canceled trip reinstated for this consumer but they turned it into a luxury vacation. >> they are an amazing group of volunteers, hats off to each and everyone of them. >> find out how the troubleshooters solved this one, a happy ending but news you can use. >> we like happy endings. >> they are a good group of people dedicated to helping our
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viewers every day. we saw snow earlier in the live shot and adam joseph is standing by with the live shot. >> i couple of mixed wet snowflakes here and there across the region and the colder winds funneling in from the north and west and not technically cold enough at the surface to snow and it's driving down the cold air above and that is helping to support it and despite the green here on stormtracker 6 live double scan that was in the german town section of philadelphia and pushing into new jersey the coastal communities and southern new jersey and dampening route 70 and parts of 95 and as we look the north snowflakes as well and a little more intensity with the snow up to lake harmony as well as mt. pocono. and we'll see this unwind and fall apart and the clouds will start to part as well overnight tonight.
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winds are beginning to pick up. and we expectd this to happen and it continues overnight no thursday. 40 miles per hour wind gusts and 32 in philadelphia and 31 in dover and 30 miles per hour in millville and the winds are starting to feel very winter like. and it only feels like freezing in the lehigh valley. and the same thing for lancaster, 30s in philadelphia and dover and all the way to the shore. the only place still holding on to that 43 is beach haven. a look at satellite and radar, a cold front sweeping through pushing the moisture away and the development of another large winter storm for new england and we are going to be whiplashed around the low in the form of the winds as we get into the day on thursday. so for tonight 20s for most of the area, 30 degrees if philadelphia. and brisk and colder and the windchills are lower than the air temperatures in fact with the windchill tracker here as we go into the day on thursday,
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only teens in the morning and not breaking out of the upper 20s in the afternoon all thanks to the northwesterly winds sustained near 25 miles per hour. and gusting to near 40 right through the day. but there is big changes, and the four day at 4:00 forecast windy and cold and partly sunny on friday back to normal and 45 degrees and moving up saturday from the 50s now to 60 degrees, which is some high clouds and near record highs on sunday. 65 degrees i remind you it is presidents day weekend and we'll let you know if that spills into the holiday itself with the seven-day forecast coming up. big extremes in the next couple of days. >> got to get outside this weekend. >> yes. thanks adam. a new after school program is teaching students at bodine high school how to play tennis they are providing tennis
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clinics for the students. officials hope the new program will improve tennis skills and give players a boost in the classroom. >> coming up former vice president joe biden has another post white house role connected to the city of brotherly love. and winter often leaves cars in a thick layer of salt and grime and you may not know that that buildup could have dangerous consequences. >> in what's the deal we have six things to keep your family safe. and in big talkers, can you be bullied to death? why this boss is facing unprecedented manslaughter charges. coming up.
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mr. biden says he is honored to head up the national treasure and splitting his time with the university of pennsylvania and the university of delaware. the action cam took a tour of the iconic site of historic park today. we were invited to a close up look at the liberty bell and independence hall and the ben franklin museum and you can explore his life for free on presidents day. they are waiving admission for adults and children. and the cultural society today revealed the theme of this year's show. it's holland flowering the world tens of thousands of flowers will bring the dutch culture to life. it will be march 11th through the 19th at the pennsylvania convention sensneer this unique chandelier is just one of two
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creative submissions of mercy technical high school in philadelphia. they are now hanging at the home and garden show and you can cast your vote for your favorite in the first ever design the shine challenge. there will be 11 chandeliers in all that were designed and build by high school students from around the region on display. the show opens this friday. >> how about that song chandelier stuck in my head. >> it's a catchy song. >> yes. more coming up on "action news" at 4:00 including details of an abduction victim's ordeal. and i have things you need to check on your car this winter to stay safe.
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"action news" continues. >> hello again 4:30 and "action news" continues with the decision a berks county couple for letting their child die of pneumonia about their other six children. and we forth a connection with cooking, the mother son duo dealing with food allergies to autism by spending time in the kitchen. and courage under fire, a rookie officer does the last thing most of us would think to do. he drove right into it. >> but a story impacting drivers
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and businesses in two states. it's been nearly a month since the bridge connecting the pennsylvania and new jersey turnpikes was shut down for the emergency repairs, but it's not just hitting the commuters hard. there are people trying to make a living on both sides of the bridge today. nora muchanic is live now. >> reporter: 42,000 vehicles a day use the connecter bridge and pat ronnize businesses on either end and some are hurting and losing as much as 50% of their regular business. >> it's a killer. >> jennifer williams is the manager of grays liquors not far from the turnpike connecter. the closer of the connecting bridge since january 20th, because of a crash in the support beam below the deck is devastating her business. >> at this point it seems like our business has been cut in
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half. and i don't think we fully understood how much traffic coming from pennsylvania and going back into pennsylvania was a part of our customer base. >> williams can't afford to restock the shelves when the store is only taking in the half the money it used to. business is down 15% at the dunkin' donuts right next door with less traffic on and off the bridge there are less customers. >> people coming for the morning coffee we don't see them anymore. >> and businesses are suffering on the pennsylvania side particularly near the entrance ramp at green lane and bristol pike. some tenants are having a hard time getting deliveries. >> they hire company its bring their big machines in and if they travel farther it costs more. >> they say that this week the workers are buildling saddles between the supports and the
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bridge itself. they are working to repair the beam and install plates to replace the temporary splice. businesses on both sides are desperate to get the connecter bridge reopen. i worry but how to continue to keep the doors open running at 50%. >> if all goes well, the repairs are suppose to be completed by early april and that can't come soon enough for the businesses that are struggling. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a berks county couple charged with allowing their toddler to die from pneumonia, have lost custody of their other children. jonathan and grace foster's attorney says his klein clients agreed to put their six other children in the care of child services. they didn't get medical care for their daughter grace because it
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was against their religion. police have now released disturbing new details about a violent abduction in wilmington this week. investigators say the woman was not only kidnapped and forced to withdraw money at gun point she was sexually assaulted. she was abducted just before 8:00 monday night after making the woman give him cash, police say that the attacker hit him in the face and then molested her she was then dropped back off at her apartment complex and a reward is offered for a lead that leaded to an arrest. and a montgomery county jury found vincent serillo jr. guilty. he said the encounter was consensual but she believed she was drugged. and someone fired a dead we
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weapon at customers standing in line at a food truck in south jersey. authorities say that a pellet from a rifle came flying at the truck on route 49 in pennsville township. they found the pellet lodge in the food truck and they believe it came from a vehicle stopped at a nearby traffic light. nobody was injured. a new warning about none prescription hearing aids and the affect it could have on your ears. monica malpass is live in the newsroom with this consumer alert. >> this comes from consumer reports and people have problems of course hearing, and they often turn to sound amplifiers instead of prescription hearing aids because they are usually cheaper and easier to get but what you save many money you could pay for in your actual hearing. ali gorman will break that down tonight.
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brian and sharrie we'll see you at 5:00. >> thank you. a local mom has penned a new cookbook inspired by her 11-year-old son, he was diagnosed with autism and severe gastro intestineal problems. >> that is all happening in this week's your life segment. >> this book, cooking with leo is not just a guide to kid friendly clean eating is also a loved story, with mother and son and they found a special connection in the kitchen. >> there you go. put your marshmallow in. >> thank you. >> leo was not really interested in sports or toys or games but was interested in food. >> erica daniels doesn't know why leo always gravitated to the kitchen maybe the bright fruits and vegetables or the ritual of
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making each meal. >> wanted to hang around the kitchen and make a mess. leo was diagnosed with autism at 21 months, like in children he suffers from severe allergies and stomach sensitivities. >> when have you a child with an illness you do anything to sort of help them. >> what is what erica did, learn what to eat and how to eat it. but it wasn't an easy transition. a chapter called holidays used to suck, and we couldn't go anywhere because all the food was full of allergens. and navigating the challenges is self isolating too. >> remember thinking when he was first diagnosed being in denial, like i'm going to fix it real quick and nobody will know. but cull fairy experiments became more like mom and leo adventures and she tapped to creativity, leo tapped into a hidden tal en.
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>> he was really much more capable of doing things than i thought he was. >> and cooking with leo was born along with the promise that he may one day take the skills and translate into a book he could call his home but a career and life of his own. >> an 11-year-old boy with autism, he is not academic, he is not great in sports and i wanted him to have something he could always have been be proud of, and and his family. >> it's an extraly story of love and finding the connection with your child. we have a link to buy the book at 6abc.com. >> when i left i thought how happy leo is with his mom. >> what a lucky guy. we have confirmation that no one is safe from the philadelphia parking authority not even the top cop. police commissioner richard ross
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got a park, ticket in front of the bellevue hotel. his clearly marked vehicle was parked on walnut during a speaking engagement at 9:22 a.m. and it was a rush hour lane with no stops allowed between 7:00 and 9:30 and the commissioner was quick to make a mends and his fine has already been paid. >> we have all been there. >> maybe more than once. >> still ahead on "action news" at 4:00, experts say that a dirty car could be more than an eye sore in the winter it can be dangerous. what you need to keep clean to keep your family safe. details are coming up. >> and more than burkers are flame broiled at a fast food restaurant were it not for a courageous cops dash-cam. and murder mystery in malaysia what we know about the young woman accused of assassinating the brother of the leader of north korea by spraying him with poison at a
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all seems beautiful to me. of his brother's government. he has lived in exile since 2001 after it was believed he tried to sneak out of the country to visit disneylandn investigators say he was attacked by two women that u some kind of chemical spray. a specific cause of death has not been determined. a quick thinking police
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officer was recognized for preventing a potential disaster in texas. a rookie cop saw this pickup truck engulfed in flames at a jack in the box drive-thru. it was dangerously close to the building and no time to grab a fire extinguisher, and he used his patrol car to push the flaming truck away from the restaurant and everyone inside. they posted it on facebook praising officer womack's courage. a big question in missouri. can you be bullied to death? a dairy queen manager is charged with manslaughter after her teenage employee took his own life. 17-year-old kenny ddenner's bottom is said to have been bullied to suicide. coworkers say she subjected him to constant harassment over his
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weight and speech impediment. they determine that her bullying was the principal cause of his death. branham is denying the charges. okay now to this viral tweet from here in west philadelphia that has people on twitter calling dad a hear oh and his son a stud and others laughing that dad is a snitch. they captured this picture of dad and his son going into the elementary with not one but to valentine's day gifts. he writes he made me spend $46 in walgreens apparently the little guy likes two girls in school and he helped him foot the bill for the double valentines, apparently a proud papa adding i had to let him rock i remember those days. lol. >> now twitter is loving this with more than 53 thousand
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shares be 160,000 likes, with all of this attention the dueling valentines have probably figured it out by now. >> but what if it was for a teacher -- >> don't think it was. >> if the bachelor can do it. that little guy can. >> alicia thank you. lets get another check of the roads now. matt is standing by with the update for us. >> he should take all of his lessons from the bachelor. that is a great plan. we are playing the game the afternoon commute, it's not going so great along the schuylkill expressway and westbound side by south street this accidents involving a truck taking out the right lane and penndot is blocking the right lane and it is extra slow as you come west on the schuylkill away from passyunk avenue being treated to 5 miles per hour westbound at south street. and our crash on 95 southbound near academy is gone but still
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sluggish from woodhaven. and sunshine again, so sun glare. meanwhile in center city this is the vine street expressway the sun is back out here. the backups are out as well. both directions are jammed by the schuylkill. vine is scheduled to close again tonight and tomorrow night. starting at 11:00. they have not done that work in a few weeks but it's scheduled to close tonight at 11:00. and the overturned vehicle in plymouth township. is gone. the rap reopened. and in minquadale, delaware, a crash at 13 and hill street and rogers road there on 95 through wilmington. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour. sky 6 hd giving us the beautiful view of the ben franklin bridge here. not a bad look if that is all
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mother nature put on an ultra rare light show at yosemite park last night. the light hits it at the right angle making it glow a golden red but in order for the natural phenomenon to happen the water temperature cannot be too warm or too cold and the western sky must be clear at sunset and even then the fire fall only lasts for 10 minutes but spectacular. who knew camels like the snow.
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they were caught frolic can in fresh powder they wasted no time play ngt winter wonderland playing and chest bumping and rolling around in the snow. >> who knew they pranced like that and have just as much fun as kids and adults alike. >> we would all be prancing if we saw that. >> if we got some and it would stickround. not tonight. plenty of sand at the shore. the action cam in new jersey today the sun did share the sky withed clouds at times and then at other times dark and threatening with a sprinkle or wet snowflake, stormtracker 6 live double scan we are tracking a front that continues to push off the coast and the colder winds funnel in behind the front than creates the instability in the form of showers or wet
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snowflakes and most of it is confined. burlington county and ocean county and parts of atlantic county as it passes through part of the city. this is it once it's off the coast it's wind and cold air that funnels in overfight tonight. windchills drop to freezing in allentown and teens in the poconos and 33 in wilmington and 37 in millville. and a high in the city of 53 degrees. satellite and radar, it's now exiting the coastline and pushing the moisture to the east and north? >> we have the the colder winds coming in and low pressure is beginning to develop in central and southern parts of maine expect to see another possibly foot of snow after some of those areas seeing close to 40 inches over the last seven days. for us brisk and colder and 26 in the suburbs, 30 for center city and one of those nights you
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throw the temperature as way because of the gusty winds from the northwest it will feel like the teens tonight and will stay in the teens at least through midmorning tomorrow with the northwesterly winds and the winds stay sustained in the afternoon of around 20 miles per hour. but they will be gusting at times up to 40 miles per hour and so you take a look at air temperatures tomorrow. again, toss them out the window. 37 in allentown and 39 and 40 in millville and not feel like that. it will be in the 20s in the afternoon with those very cold winds throughout the day. but again it doesn't last long it feels like spring this weekend and beyond and jet stream will go back up north of the u.s. and canadian border and high pressure to the south will start to build and not only is the mid-atlantic and northeast seeing temperatures in the 50s and 60s and it will be in the 70s and 80s and this warm air goes into the northern plains shutting off winter for the next
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seven or some days, as we look at the seven-day forecast, windy and cold and 39 be back to normal and 45. and with the warmth comes a lot of sun as well. 60 here on saturday, and near record highs on sunday and the old record 68 in 1948 and holiday warmth for presidents day and still in the upper 50s tuesday and wednesday. this pattern may start to break down by the end of the next week but that is one incredible seven-day forecast for the middle of february. >> like spring already. >> for sure. outdoor plans get them in the works. >> why keeping your car clean can keep you safe. next in what's the deal.
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snow and ice and it can be dangerous. here is nydia han with six things you need to clean to keep you safe. >> especially with a newer car you need to make sure the sensors and cameras clean and that way they operate properly when you need them the most. winter driver can get messy and consumer reports says that a dirty car during the winter can be dangerous. >> all the salt spray and snow grime can obscure the radar and cameras and the different sensors you use for the safety systems. they may not be there when you most need them. >> here is how to give them extra care. >> take a bucket of water and soap and go underneath and find the exposed camera. >> if your car has parking assist wipe the debris away from the bumper sensors and remove snow and salt so they can continue to detect objects out
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of your view. and cars have radar sensors behind the front grill and keep that clean of snow or mud as well. if your car has forward collision or lane depat tour warning you will want to clean these. and a 360 degree camera system is on some vehicles, reach under here and make sure they are clear. and other things you should do in the winter show your tires extra love as well. check your tire pressure monthly as well as the treads and always keep a full tank of gas. nydia han, channel 6 "action news." one of the best moments at the westminster kennel club dog show actually happened on the sidelines, the champion welsh corgis were given the royal treatment. men dressed in bell man uniforms
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fed the pups tea and dog biscuits and the stunt was to promote a cruise line. >> nice stuff there. for sharrie williams and alicia vitarelli i'm brian taff. join us tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00. on phl 17. >> now here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look ahead at 5:00. >> hi there. thank you, coming up next on "action news" at 5:00. the allegedly inproperty communication that promised a lehigh valley teach toward resign from his post. and developing now president trump's pick to lead the labor department has taken his name out of the running. (avo) this holiday...
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...get the presidential treatment... ...with a special trade-in offer... ...february sixteenth through the twenty-eighth... and let enterprise car sales... flip your thinking about buying your next vehicle. "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. wednesday night and the big story on "action news" is developing news, a montgomery county catholic school teacher is under arrest accused of touching a 3-year-old girl during nap time. 32-year-old michael barbee
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worked at the parrish in norristown and was informed the investigation when he was put on leave he is held on $7-50,000 bail tonight. and the claims came to light months ago but it wasn't until the lehigh county da started to investigate that the teacher decided to step down. walter perez is live at whitehall high school with the details. >> reporter: hey guyses you know this investigation is in its infancy despite the fact that the teacher was suspended three months ago, but those that know the details are absolutely outraged but a teacher would rather resign than submit to the year long process of termination. the school board accepted his resignation earlier this week
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