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>> gladz so glad you stayed with us police are investigate a shooting of a man. california is inundated with a major rainstorm. at home we're flirting with record highs as we experience spring season again. outside we go to chris sowers, chris usual be smiling. >> reporter: it's unseasonable unseasonable -- unseasonably warm today. we're starting out in the 30s,
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there's no windchill, once the sun comes up, the numbers will start jumping probably in some cases maybe as much as ten degrees within an hour and hour and a half time. there's hardly any clouds, we'll have sunshine from start to finish. yesterday it was 40 degrees, today we'll add 20. expect a lot of sunshine, unbelievable warm for february standard, especially the middle of february. old man winter has disappeared. for as warm as it's going to be this weekend we have warmer temperatures to come in the seven-day forecast next week. when i come back in ten minutes i'll have those details. gray. >> take a look at the screen, this is a massive sinkhole that opened up on a los angeles area street last night.
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one car had fallen in, look at this, suddenly an suv plunged into the hole as california deals with one of the biggest storms that hit the state in years. the fire truck experienced flooding in southern california. this is in los angeles, the fire truck dangling on the edge of the sing whole when it collapsed. all the firefighters were out of the truck. andy rhodes has more on the devastation. >> reporter: the wet season is not over for california. on friday a storm slammed the state stretching from san diego to the northern border and oregon. trees toppled and roads flooded out and neighborhood prepared for the possibility of mudslides. nearly 21 million people are under a flood watch this weekend. l.a. county could see 6 inches of rainfall in 6 hours friday
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night. while rain is a welcome sight for a state that's recovering from being under drought warnings for years there's one place not looking forward to the storm, oroville. residence -- residences -- residents were evacuated last week after a damp forced water into the spillway. >> i want to remind people we're operating under an emergency situation, we could go back to the level requiring an immediate evacuation. do the thing you need to do to be prepared, if that happens we're all in much, much better shape. >> time 7:03 a.m., back here at home and new for you this morning, a 38-year-old man is shot to death. police are investigating the murder case. officers are looking for the person who shot the victim in the chest in the 4100 block of liddy avenue in parkside.
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police officers rushed to the victim to penn presbyterian, but he died this morning. a motive is not clear. a north philadelphia donut shop was severely damaged by a car crash. chopper 6 hd above the crash at 7th and girard. the car ended up halfway into the business. no one was hurt. licensing and inspections are checking out the stability of the store. this evening, president donald trump holds what the white house is billing as a campaign event in florida. attend could raise money for the possible 2020 run. white house denying a memo from the department of homeland security saying the government would use 100,000 national guard
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troops to round up unauthorized immigrants down south and out west. the white house said there was no effort to utilitiesized national guard -- to utilize the national guard. a proposal was replaced by one no troop usage. scott pruit was sworn in by the environmental agency. he was considered the perfect pick for rolling back regulations that have been a drag on the fire. ben carson learned about singleton's dismissal. he called candidate trump a new morale low for the republican party. time 05:00 from our
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delaware newsroom, a lawyer representing correctional officers said inmates staged a dry run before launching their deadly uprising. the dry run happened at james t.vaughn correctional center where inmates killed officer steven floyd. trenton is aging the -- is raising the able limit to buy -- age limit to buy tobacco. stores in trenton caught selling tow back -- too -- tobacco to anyone under 281 will face charges. well take you to state
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college, 16,000 students are packed into the bryce jordon center. folks dancing to raise money for children who are battling pediatric cancer. lane burger has fought kidney cancer for a decade, his family benefits from thon. >> it's crazy what the kids do for kids who need help. it's crazy. >> reporter: the four diamond charity distributes all the money raised for thon. it brought in almost $10 million last year. 6abc will be covering thon all weekend long. we're streaming the entire event live on 6abc.com. you can follow under the -- foln facebook and twitter. it's important for seniors to stay active, now there's a
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new innovative tool they can help them back on their feet. plus, we have dramatic video as police pull a woman to safety after her car catches fire. gray, we're about to see a dramatic jump in temperatures, lots of 20s out there this morning, it wouldn't surprise me if we had a couple of 70s powpg -- popping up. details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.
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durell revis was arrested for assault. revis allegedly grabbed a president obama and tried to delete the video. revis said the men taunted him while he was at a business meeting. a woman was rescued from a burn car the video captured on police body cam. >> we got you. >> wow, that woman said she was driving when her car hit an ice bump she lost power that's when the engine caught fire, she couldn't get the doors or windows open. once the officer got to the scene, he started punching through the window to get the woman out. she was able to climb through a window safely. that would be frightening. >> reporter: that's the only fear with automatic everything,
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it shut down on you, what do you do? >> old man winter is shutting down. >> reporter: he never showed up. it's unbelievable when you look at the numbers in the seven-day forecast, you realize it's still the middle of february, you do a double take, you don't forecast temperatures like this very often this time of year. it's going to be a gorgeous weekend. there's a beautiful shot from the city hall camera. you come see the sun starting to rise, temperatures from this point on will soar, even though we're in the 20s now, the end result this afternoon is mid 60s. tomorrow, one or two of you will hit 70 degrees, there's nice stuff on the way. radars are clear no precipitation expected this weekend. days above average for the city of philadelphia going back to january 1 how you would look at this, days where the high temperatures was anywhere from 1 to 5 degrees above average. 15 days like. 6 to 10 above average. ten days in philadelphia.
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11 to 15, 6. 16 to 20 degrees above average, 3. 21 to 225 degrees above -- 25 degrees above average we've done that twice and we'll add to that. outside of that one week in january where we had the little bit of snow and temperatures in the 20s, it's been a non-winter across the delaware and lehigh valleys. these numbers will moderate quickly. dewpoint, 23, the pressure is falling, wind are calm at the philadelphia international airport. lots of 20s to the west. pottstown, 24. quakertown, 24. saint davids, 27. center city you're one of the warmer locations, sitting at 30. glassboro, 24. 28 in smyrna, gandys beach 23. hammonton, 25, woodbine, 27. look at the villas closing in on 40, all the warm air lifts north during the course of the day.
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satellite and radar, not tracking much of anything, lots of sunshine expected. as we look at the water vapor shot the reason why we're seeing all the sunshine on the east coast. you have to thinks of the united states when you talk about an overall weather pattern, it's like a seesaw, it goes down on the west coast it goes up on the other. sometimes it's the other way around north windy on the east coast and south windy on the west coast. look at the rainfall totals in california. this is going back 24 hours, you don't see rain in southern california, right, they have made songs about that. long beach, 2.74 inches. beverly hills 2 1/2 inches in the past 24 hours, poppy park is a desert, 2.29.
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los angeles airport, an inch and a half of rain in 24 hours. more rain on the way. all the clouds to the west, we're tracking nothing but sunshine on the east coast. tomorrow, equally as nice, a few clouds to to start the morning. millville, 66 sunny and warm. atlantic city, 62. overnight lows tonight it's going to be milder than the average high for this time of year. everybody is bottoming out in the low to mid 40s, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, are you ready for this, 65 today and 6 tomorrow, this is what it's normal for the middle of april. breezy and cool monday, president's day, 52. tuesday, 50, wednesday, 60 degrees, thursday, 66 degrees, look at friday, 68 degrees that's average for
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the beginning of may. >> people are facebook are saying thank chris for the weather. chris is a winter person. >> reporter: i wanted to give something to everybody. >> staying fit can be a challenge at any age, in particular as we grow orderly in the art of aging. -- older. in the art of aging, tamala edwards has a look at athletes. >> reporter: at age 69, he is continuing to be a triathlete. recovering athletes can swim in place or run on underwater treadmills. >> now, i cannesque lively
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treat anything from --ic effectively treat anyone. >> reporter: it's doesn't increase stress on aging injured muscle and joints. >> the pool allows you to move a little bit more pain free. people say they can move in ways they have not been able to to do so, because of buoyancy you're taking the pressure off the joints. >> a lot of people like the ability to have something they can use privately in their backyard. tamala edwards channel 6 "action news." at perdue, we take some unexpected extra steps to raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. like putting oregano in their water. it has natural antioxidants and we don't have to use antibiotics in their diet.
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finest received well deserved horns, the 19 district posted their service honored for their dedication to the force, congratulations thank you for your service. here's a look at what's happening in and around delaware valley this weekend. garden show is open at oaks, look for the 11 chandeliers that were designed by philadelphia high school students. guess what, i'll be there later today meeting and greeting our viewers. the home and garden show is today from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. him and tomorrow 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. take a dip in the atlantic ocean all for a good cause, the polar bear plunge in sea isle city sponsored by the sea isle city chamber of commerce and
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middle of february. as we look at the water vapor shot, it goes back to the seesaw pattern. you can see it along the west coast of the united states. it's stormy and comfortable along the eastern seaboard. the jet stream looks like, okay it's all the way up on the eastern seaboard, wind out of the south all the way down on west coast. wind out of the north, you get these storms coming off the pacific riding the jet and moving into canada. if you're a snow lover you want to see this in the opposite way in order to get cold and snow along the eastern seash. that seaboard, that will not han for the next ten days. joel embiid is talking about playing again and the frustration of being hurt. >> reporter: it's the big question when will joel embiid finally play again, perhaps good news, embiid said he will probably return when the sixers return from the all star break on friday barring any pain or swelling in his left knee.
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embiid missed 11 straight games. plus the rising stars challenge in new orleans because of the bruise bone and meniscus tearful moment. >> after missing two years, you get hurt, you got to miss so much sometime, it's annoying, i want to play, i want show what i can do. i have to take my time. >> reporter: embiid wanted to play last night instead he is watching his teammates in the rising stars challenge. okafor coming off the bench for usa he gets ten. the world wins 1150-141. phillies coach says he can see it in their organize --
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eyes. >> reporter: with the game all here, the manager gave his players this message. >> work harden joy the fight to get to where you want to be, don't be late, do everything right, follow the rules, and compete. >> reporter: everything but say your prayers and eat your vitamins. the first full squad workout have a little bit of everything and it lester the skipper upbeat. >> you can see it in their eyes they are going to be a better team this year, they are eager and working out with a lot of energy. >> reporter: the phillies have not played a game, but he can see the addition of howie kendrick playing dividends. >> you try to drive in one, good channels you will get more, you try to drive in four, you might not get any.
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>> play again the right way, i know he bring a lot of energy. >> these guys can play the game. i've played against them for a few here's, hernandez, have had great years to come in and build on that. >> having a veteran like howie kendrick can certainly help this ball club. ducis rogers channel 6 "action news." >> mcconnone hoping they can hover around 500. that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski. >> a woman enjoyed not one, but two big surprises on the hard court in upstate new york. she sank a half court shot and won $500. inside the dunkin' donuts costume was her boyfriend. he dropped to one knee, he popped the question she said
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those those stories, but first the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. meteorologist chris sowers at the "action news" big board you have good news. >> reporter: we do, we have temperatures in the 60s very rare for february, most of the time, very rare for this time of the year. pottstown we have colder numbers, that colder air sneaking into the valleys, it's warmer in the poconos than the lower elevation. warrington, 29. center city, 30. glassboro, 25. agenda beach vineland, 24. hammonton, 25. browns mills 26. here's some of the milder stuff showing up 40s along the coast from atlantic city to cape may. it's a touch of spring this weekend. warm front punching through, this is the wind out of the southwest. what's happening here, here's philadelphia what's happening behind the warm front the air mass in this part of the country here is anywhere from 20 to
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30 degrees above seasonal averages. for example if dallas, the normal high is 62 degrees, they are expecting highs in the 80s. that air mass is charging east. our normal high for this time of the year is 44. you add 20 to that, you're at 64 degrees, some areas are warm aer than that this afternoon especially tomorrow. today, sunny warm, 65 degrees is the forecasted high. tomorrow, we're close to the record of 68, gray? >> thank you so much for the update. your time, 7:31 developing right now a 4-year-old boy is in the hospital with burns on both hands both feet and rear end. philadelphia housing authority police are investigating how the child got hurt. we know the boy lived in powton in west park apartments which the housing authority owns. it is said he dumped scalding
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water on himself. he is in serious condition. a firefighter is in the hospital after collapsing outside his firehouse. medic 37 which operates out of the same firehouse as ladder 19 rushed him to the hospital at the university of pennsylvania. the firefighter had just come back from an accident on the schuylkill expressway. the firefighter we are told is in stable condition according to a captain. this morning an 8-year-old girl remains in the hospital after a disturbing attack. police in collingdale, delaware county say she was stabbed in the head with a butcher knife. the alleged attacker, a neighbor is in jail. dann cuellar has the details. >> reporter: 21-year-old bashir had nothing to do and felt the need to cover her face after what she did. >> sick. i don't care what you're fighting about, you have a baby
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in the mix you're pulling a butcher knife out. >> reporter: began before 4:00 p.m. an eerie purplish light shown from the second floor window. the suspect was not happy with the 8-year-old girl who was babysitting her daughter. >> there was a confrontation about babysitting skills and argument ensued. >> a neighbor who lives downstairs was asleep and awoke to the nightmare. >> she stabbed the girl with a knife. >> reporter: police arrived on the scene to find a man holding a girl outside with a towel wrapped around her head. >> she has a four inch gash in this area of her head, it's quite deep and quite wide. >> officers rushed the child to fitzgerald mercy and transported to children's hospital. neighbors said the police were called to the suspect's apartment so many times in the
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past they practicerly live -- practically live there. police had to pull neighbors and the victim's neighbors away who was trying to get their hands on the suspect. the chief wants justice. >> she deserves everything she gets. >> reporter: dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> an early-morning fire forced the evacuation of philadelphia school of business, there was an electrical fire in one of the rooms. the fire is out, the exact cause the students are allowed back into the school of business. two protesters were arrested for assaulting police. chopper 6 hd above the protest last night. investigator say officers were injured when they hit with pepper spray. protesters were scene burning the american flag at broad an
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girard. the group organized protests across america against what they call victimizing people by the trump administration. >> we should not just be protesting about trump, but all the issues that predates trump's election. >> reporter: they hope it is the organization of larger protests in the weeks and months to come. >> in germany this morning, vice president mike pence put russia on notice. he blasted russia for its military action in crime -- crime a that took ukrainian territory. >> the united states will hold russia accountable even as we search for common ground. >> vice president pens said the
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trump administration would be unwaiverring in support of nato. president donald trump brought his message about jobs to the boeing plant in charleston, south carolina yesterday. the 787 dream liner is being built there. trump said the plane is proof of an american manufacturing renaissance, he did not acknowledge that boeing said 30% of the parts of the plane come from foreign factories. trump said more american factory jobs are coming. >> when america workers win, america as a country wins, big league wins, that's my message today. america is going to start winning again, winning like never ever before. >> president trump went on to say that we must fight for every last american job. happening right now, the
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dance marathon at penn state is in full swing you're looking live at happy valley thon 2017. 16,000 people are packed into the bryce jordon center there. they need dancing for 13 1/2 hours they are still going strong. thon is the annual event to help raise money for pediatric cancer. "action news" reporter, bob brooks was in the thick of it all last night. he has more. >> reporter: at 6:00 p.m. sharp thon 2017 got moving. since then they have not stopped 73 dancers countless other volunteers. they are of all ages and working together dancing for the next 46 hours straight to raise money for cancer. there are volunteers making snacks behind the scene to the little kids bravely fighting
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cancer cooling them off with squirt guns and all their friends cheering them on. even apartments offering support. >> my daughter is spectacular. >> reporter: kenny rodriguez son 11-year-old lane has battled kidney cancer since he was 1 years old. >> we lost so many friends along the way, we come and grieve with them and at the same time we celebrate with them. >> it's crazy what the dancers doing to kids who kneed -- who need help, it's crazy. >> reporter: last year alone thon raised 9-point million dollars. another look at how incredible thon really is. the fact that they raised the money goes to a charity called
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four diamonds they distribute the money to families of children battling childhood cancer at the penn state children's hospital. the band members on the stage the song they are playing can you hear? it's all about love. i can tell you there's a ton of love going on here at thon 2017. reporting live from the bryce jordon center, bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> a big party for a good cause, 6abc will be covering thon live at 6abc.com follow us on facebook and twitter for live updates through the conclusion of thon tomorrow ranch. the powerball jackpot continues to grow, no one has a ticket for all the winning numbers. tonight's drawing has an estimated jack pot $349 million. that's a 213 million-dollar lump sum cash value. there has not been a jackpot
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winner since december. you can see the numbers on 6abc "action news" at 11:00 p.m. >> where do you carry your -- two cars plunge into a sinkhole look at this after sawrn california is soaked with torrential rain. coming up, meteorologist chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast spring lovers you'll be jumping for joy, "action news" saturday morning continues in just a bit.
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>> two people are dead following flooding in california. the rain is not over, waterways are swal -- swollen and several inches rain coming. a fire truck and two cars plunged into a sinkhole. thankfully everyone is okay. 70-mile an hour wind took down trees and power lines and canceled hundreds of flights there. tough file for the folks in california as they deal with this rain. back here at home. >> reporter: you look at our weather. do you wear shorts in 60-degree weather? i'm just wondering. i know people who wear shorts in the 20s and 0s, so, it's going to feel like that today,
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especially compared to the cooler days we had yesterday and the day before that. all of a sudden you'll get a day in the mid 60s and you will want to wear shorts. a beautiful day on the way, live on sky6 live hd looking at thomas payne plaza, that's the the bi centennial statue. radars are clear, the numbers are close to where they should be for this time of the year. monday, average, 42. tuesday, 47. wednesday, 53. thursday, chilly, 39 windchills in the 20s, yesterday close to our current seasonal average of 44. today we'll add 20 to that. 65 degrees is the forecasted high for this time of the year. the low temperature is 30 degrees, that was our present temperature reading that's going to go down as the low for the day. taking a look at the numbers across the region. most locations are down in the
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20s. we had radiational cooling develop. clear skies in the nighttime hours, calm winds all the energy from the sun radiates back into space as part of the cooling process. the numbers will climb dramatically shooting for a high of 65. satellite and radar it's clear nothing going on, high pressure in control. you want to know where old man winter has been over thes last couple of weeks, just north of interstate 80 there's a ton of snow on the ground, they have lake effect ascertain hammered hammered -- they were hammered in new england with three storms. lake ontario, the seasonal snowfall they had 120 inches in ten days. the seasonal snowfall is 320 inches. if you take our seasonal average which is 21 inches a year it would take 15 years to equal
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that. 80% of the great lake lakes are ice free because temperatures continue to be mild in that part of the country. normally 50 to 455% of the great lakes -- 55% of the brakes should be frozen over. next shot of cold air that rolls in, lake effect snow machines will be turned on that means more lake effect lake-effect snow for them. it's 6:46 a.m. through here, they are already in the 50s and 60s shooting for highs in the 80s in that part of the country later this afternoon. all that swings east over the next few days. we'll see in the mid to upper 60s. mostly sunny and warm, 65 degrees, ton of sunshine, comfortable breeze out of the west/southwest at 5 to 10. overnight tonight, patchy clouds all the numbers above the normal high for this time of the career, 40 in allentown and
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reading, pottstown, close to 40, as well. philadelphia, bottoming auto out at 47. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, take a look at these numbers, 65 today normal for april 18. 67 tomorrow, that's normal for april 24. if you look at the bottom of the screen there, friday's high of 68 degrees is normal for almost the beginning of may. so the next week every single one of those temperatures above average. exaggerated i -- expand it to tn days and you keep on going. >> what happened to old man winter? >> reporter: i was cheering him on and i gave up. >> i would like to remind you can get the seven-day forecast and tracker radar at 6abc.com/weather. an all new "fyi philly" is coming up 6abc here's alicia vitarelli and karen rogers now with your preview. >> reporter: here's what's coming up on "fyi philly." we tap into philadelphia
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sheds light on the worst and best places to carry fat. hundreds of thousands of people were studied, those with the apple shape are at higher risk and heart disease and type two diabetes. if you tend to carry fat around the legs and backside you're at a less risk. the worst are those who have fat all over.
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this weekend, medical professionals from the delaware valley are leaving on an important life saving mission, two dozens doctors and nurses and other professionals are heading to haiti. ali gorman has details on the mission. >> reporter: the team from holy redeemer hospital includes surgeons, also an or nurse. it's lisa's first medical mission, but the blue sky surgical team it's an annual trip. just outside port-au-prince they will work with local also to perform operations such as hernia repair and tumor removal. the surgeries are not complicated, but for the patients they can be life changing. the experience for the traveling team has a similar effect. >> a figures or nurse lost your
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way sign up for a medical mission you will find your arena arena -- reason for going into healthcare. >> for things happen for a reason and everything fell into place. >> reporter: ali gorman channel 6 "action news." >> coming up meteorologist chris sowers takes a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast as we take a live look at the commodore barry bridge, a beautiful picture and beautiful day in store, we're back after this. ♪
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car on thursday. the dog named diamond was so impatient she kept honking. the owner was inside the subway getting a cease and desist -- getting a sandwich. once was posted on facebook, many were saying get back to diamond. >> reporter: hurry up i have to go to the bathroom. 60 degrees for the jersey shore, sunny and mild, look at the city of philadelphia, are you kidding me, 65 degrees, it's warmer tomorrow, 68. the poconos, 53 degrees, sunny skies, 65 today, 67 tomorrow. cooler days monday and tuesday, above seasonal averages 52. another string of 60s begin wednesday, wednesday, morning rain, 60 degrees, thursday, 66 and friday, 68.
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this is the way it's going to keep going, good stuff. 7:55 just a few minutes away from saying good morning to "good morning america." >> reporter: good morning, coming up on "g.m.a.," president trump back in campaign mode after a first month in office he will hold a rally organized by his re-election campaign. he called the press the enemy of the american people. is it his way of regaining his footing and reclaiming the narrative will it work. the strongest storm in years pounding california. sinkholes swallowing vehicles. rob marciano mrs. in the threat zone. ford audio coming out, did the actor not know what
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good morning, america. this morning, 20/20 vision. president trump kicking off his re-election campaign with a planned rally in florida this morning as he pledges to pump up the economy. >> we're also here today to celebrate jobs, jobs. >> meanwhile, his new attacks calling the news media the enemy of the american people. plus, mike pence talks tough on russia in his first overseas trip as vice president. monster storm. southern california slammed by torrential rain. roads crumbling. this fire truck tumbling into a sinkhole. cars also swallowed up. stranded motorists waiting for help. this interstate a muddy swamp. massive trees toppled.
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