"action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. sunday night, the white house explains what president trump was talking about when he referenced a mysterious incident in sweden. tolls day marked 12 years to the disappearance of the couple last seen at a bar in south street. but the big story object "action news" is record break ing warmth, the temperatures hit highs in the 60's today making it tiehl

more like late syringe time then middle of february. >> it is beautiful day. we're not done yet. it will cool off but still well above normal will with temperatures approaching 60 degrees once again later this week. meteorologist melissa magee has our first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa >> walter and sarah hard to come inside on a day like today. temperatures well above average across delaware and lehigh valleys. we have record warmth here in philadelphia so taste of syringe fever overhead today. the high in philadelphia, 70 degrees, break the old record of 68 setback in 1948. we were 25 degrees above average today. as you mentioned temperatures to take were more typical of mid to late april rather than the month of february. so some of the other record highs we hit today allentown, reading, 68 degrees. sixty-nine the record in trenton. 71 degrees the record high in wilmington but most spots today either in the upper 60's , lower 70's, poconos hield in the mountains and temperatures at 55.

the satellite six with action radar you can see we have clear skies there new york down to philadelphia. washington tc. but you look off to the thort and west and we are tracking this cold front that is coming through canada. this will dip southward as we go throughout the overnight hours and into the day on monday, and that will ignite a bit of the cooler change. outside on the town for rest of the this sunday we are looking good. 7:00 p.m. that temperature 60. fifty-six at 8:00 o'clock tonight. we will hold in the middle to upper 50's at 9:00 p.m. and dropping in the lower 50's at 10 and 11:00 underneath mostly clear sky. taste of spring still overhead it is cooler on hon for presidents day but still hield for february, and we will let you know how long this will stick around with the full, exclusive accu weather forecast now back over to you way. >> thanks, melissa. it seemed like everyone took advantage of the syringe- like weather and spent time outside, parks were packed full of people soaking up the sun. "action news" reporter catherine scott was among them >> i love syringe so this is spring fever. >> reporter: it certainly didn't feel like syringe, and it looked like it too with

optimistic blooms opening or peeking through the earth at the rodan museum. sky was blue, the temperatures mild, and it was wonderful weather for a wand error dining outside like the hamlen family's hoagie lunch. >> we're going to go to the museums and go to the rocky steps. >> inn teed, sunshine seemed to draw everyone outdoors, the city bulging with who will take weekend crowd. ben franklin parkway was packed with pedestrian. many who have shed their jackets to bask in the most balmy february of days. it was certainly a picturesque afternoon to be on the schuylkill river even geese were enjoying a swim and ni bell. >> it is like income california without palm trees. >> reporter: kelly drive was alive with people with fresh air. >> warm with you sunnies not beating down on you. perfect running weather. >> it is just getting our training in outside this is sun. >> nice work out, beautiful will day. >> reporter: cyclist, runners, families, dates and dogs, the k-9 contingent did see to be

relishing the heather none more so than roofus. >> he hopped on his skateboard and sailed away, no doubt, feeling syringe time, vibes: and fans of this weather are in for a treat, expect more mild temperatures, coming up this week. along ben franklin parkway catherine scott for channel six "action news". >> stay atop of the weather with six abc. find the seven day forecast and live look at storm tracker six double scan radar right there on our web site at six abc.com/weather. police are investigating a stab nothing center city that left a man seriously injured, it happened around 12:30 this morning here near 13th and spruce street. officers were called to the scene when they found a 25 year-old man, stabbed once in the chest. and he was taken to jefferson hospital in stable condition, and no arrests have been made. philadelphia police are also trying to find out who opened fire on a group of teenagers last night here in west philadelphia. it happened near 56th and market streets. four teens were shot, one was

15, rest were 16 years old. all were taken to penn presbyterian but none of their injuries appear to be life threatening. yet another overnight shooting, this one in bluery town, left a man in critical condition and it happened around 12:30 a.m. in the 2800 block of cecil b. moore avenue in front of the take out restaurant. someone shot a 51 year-old man in the abdomen. the victim was taken to hahnemann hospital, and the gun man is still on the loose. believe it or not today marked 12 years since danielle imbo and richard pet thrown junior first went missing. federal investigators issued another plea for information about this case. the fbi is offering $50,000 reward for information. couple was last seen leaving baron south street on february . they were riding pet thrown's black 2001 dodge dakota pick up. they have been working on promising let but no breaks in the two-year old case. the white house says now explained a comment made by president trump yesterday that prompted questions, all around

the world. trump referenced an incident in swede then supposedly happened friday night, and as he was talking about terrorism , but no incident or attack ever took place. a white house spokesperson said that the president was talking about rising crime, in general, in sweden, not a siskins dent. abc's mary bruce has more on the president's weekend. >> reporter: it looked like an election flash back in florida this weekend. >> i want to be among my friend and among the people. >> reporter: president appearing to enjoy his time at campaign inner chief rallying 9,000 supporters, saturday. it comes after a rocky week in washington where trump had to fire his national security advisor and deal with calls for an investigation into alleged links between his campaign and russia. the president insists reports of chaos in the administration , aren't true. >> the white house is running so smoothly. >> reporter: president trump

also taking swipes at the press condemning the news media as the enemy of the american people. >> fellow republicans, disagreed. >> that is how dictators get started. i'm not saying that president trump is trying to be a dictator i'm just saying we need to learn lessons hoff history. >> president believed in the first amendment and free press >> reporter: back in florida the president is trying to get back to business. meeting with potential relays. s for national security advisor. and fine tuning a new so-called travel ban. the current measure restricting immigration from seven predominantly muslim countries is stuck in court. >> we will be doing something over the next couple of days, we don't give up, we never give up. >> reporter: the administration's agenda spilling in the streets for a fifth straight weekend. >> these protesters across the country taking part in what organizers are calling not my president day demonstrations. mary bruce for abc news west

palm beach. world news sunday will have latest on the presidents weekend and what is expect in the week ahead. that is right after "action news". hundreds of penn state students are resting their feet tonight for first time since friday. thon 2017 is in the books and once again, this event was a massive success. "action news" reporter bob brooks has details there happy valley. >> three, two, one... >> right at that moment, 46 hours of dancing was complete, after a few hugs, it did not last long. big reveal came, the number, absolutely huge. >> the thon family of dancers volunteers and supporters of all ages, captured an amazing year of work with more than 10 million-dollar raised that honey going straight to helping kid fight cancer. thon's executive director austin somer. >> it shows, what penn state can do and most incredible feeling in the world. >> reporter: momentum and dancers inside only got

stronger. one dancer says pain is so bad a shoe had to come off but for these kid he was going to finish. >> high feet are absolutely killing me. it is worth it though. very, very worth it. what we did here was absolutely amazing. >> reporter: the last four hours of thons are amazing, emotional, video called celebration of life honors those who have passed away and another reminder of why everyone here does this. >> ♪ >> reporter: and then ended with one last rock show, before the big reveal. cancer survivor ashton garcia says thon brings her back every year and hopefully for college. >> now i'm going to start college. i think i will come here. >> reporter: one dancer after it was all over said she kept going and then she can continue to raise fund for these brave kid battling cancer. >> you cannot put word to it. everyone even after the total,

they are just continuing to dance but, we're just, i don't know, it is great. >> reporter: that young woman said she feels like she can keep dancing. after more than 10 held raised here she can go home. she can all go home and rest. reporting from thon, bob brooks, channel six "action news". much more to come tonight on "action news" an unbelievable scene in new jersey as a plane crashes, into a crowded residential neighborhood. and amazingly it missed hitting a single home, we will have details. also a celebration, worthy of the first, commander in chief, of the local families had a chance to eat birthday cake with president washington jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right back.

small plane crashed in the bayonne new jersey neighborhood today but miraculously it did not hit any homes. officials say that the inning is will engine plane went down

just after 10:00 a.m., shifting power lines and plowing into a car. the 56 year-old pilot was alert, talking after rescuers removed him from the wreckage. one witness said it sounded like a freight train. >> all of a sudden, you hear just manningeling of met will al and i didn't realize that my car got hit and my main concern was to try to help somebody. >> other witnesses say the pilot may have been trying to a voice a gas station. pilot, only occupant in the plane, is in the hospital in stable condition now. there is no word quite yet on why exactly the plane went down. students from 10 area colleges and universities competed with their wits and their talents today at bucks county community college. it was the sixth annual battle of the student association. participants challenged each other in the mass olympics jeopardy contest essay, film art and digital photography. theme of this years contest was muslim american heroes. berg are shop in philadelphia paid tribute to

girl power today in the very very advertise take wake. punk burger is selling five different milk shakes inspired by girl scout cookies and a dollar from each milk shake sale is being donate to the girl discounts on the eastern pennsylvania. the owner has six daughters and wanted to give back have the flavors include carmel delight, peanut butter patty and thin mints. local families had to celebrate george washington's birthday with the president himself. at least the man plays him for the annual crossing of the delaware commemoration. washington crossing state park held a huge, 285th birthday party. the father of our country cut the birth daze cake with the sword and joined others in enjoying the celebration. victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill, which didn't get me to my goal.

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in the right direction. flyers heading down a bad road , they have lost 12 of their last 14 road games, and they have lost that wild card lead, too. coming into play in vancouver they are three out of the final layoff spot. flyers finished out in western canada road trip tonight against canucks at 10. michael neuvirth will start for fourth straight game. how about this defenseman andrew macdonald a rare healthy scratch. flyers have not had much luck on this trip over last three years they have lost eight straight in vancouver, edmond ton and calgary. here's where flyers stand in the wild card standings three out, and just five out later tonight if boston wins their games. flyers are only 24 games left to salvage this season. well, there is a big piece of phillies history missing, down at syringe training. ryan howard, phillies, bought out this off season is gone. phillies are now hoping tommy joseph can fill that void all by himself at first base. joseph who made his debut last season was only third phillies

rookie over last 45 years to hit 20 or shore home runs. ducis rodgers goes one on one with the first base man. >> another year for you, tommy how different is it this year going in knowing that you are the man full-time first base man. >> it goodies that is how people are talking bit. it is still my job to go earn. nothing is ever given to you in this game. you have to continue to earn. everything you get on the field. that is what i will continue to do. >> you hit 21 home runs, not even a full season. do you set number goals each and every year. >> yeah, there is 162 games. i try to play in all 162. >> not based on homers and rbi's. >> i stay away there that stuff. >> how good can this team be. >> we will have potential to to great things. our division is one of the best in baseball, pitching depth in the division is incredible. we can all get on the good roll. we should have a really fun season. >> let's hope so. more there phillies spring

training tonight on "action news" sports sunday at 11:00 456789 the plus we will talk sixers and, of course, flyers. college hoops there will be no cherry on top for cherry and white this season. temple who has only won two this c double a tournament games since 2002 is trying to now salvage this season after a slow start in conference play. temple hosting u-conn, up 10 points with eight and a half to go. they lose it, final minutes, tied up, quenton rose with the three. temple up by three. final seconds, temple clinging to a one point lead, oh, no, jaylen adams with three seconds left, temple down by one. one last shot, and, no. wow. temple loses 64-63. only three games left in the regular season. penn playing their best ball of the season against yale, they beat them up in the second half starting on a 13 to zero run. matt howard the three. can he will kormen for three. penn knocks off yale 71-55. they have won a season high four straight.

nba all-star game is tonight in new orleans and there are no sixers participating but stars will be out tonight, including three time all-star and philadelphia native kyle lowery. finally the penn state football team, among those performing at thon, raising more than 10 million-dollar, for pediatric cancer. penn state offensive lineman charlie shoeman actually danced for all, 46 hours, so james franklin actually gave him a shout out as he addressed the crowd. he is 305-pound, can you imagine dancing for 46 straight hours. can you imagine how much he lost. >> a lot of the water weight. >> get that guy a cheese burger, thanks, jeff. up next on "action news" yoga with puppies, need we say anymore. and meteorologist melissa magee has the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast when "action news" comes right back.

this is a big weekend at camden's adventure aquarium for two big attractions button and jenny the hippos. there were displays and games and fun facts about two hippos and special hippo theme items for sale. of course, lots of opportunities to watch these 3,000-pound girls enjoy their time, in the so-called hippo haven. >> they look happy. >> yes. >> that is very rare. >> yes. >> time for a check of the accu weather forecast with melissa magee on this record breaking day, for many. >> yeah, lots of record across the region. tomorrow could be a touch cooler but looking at numbers and compare them to average, it is still going to be a thighs day for february standard. we will talk about what is going on storm tracker six

live double scan radar. it is try. no issues with precipitation. all about the temperatures and record breaking warmth. outside we will go sky six live in hd we are down the shore, in atlantic city, look al those folks on the board right now enjoying what they can of the rest of their weekend on this sunday, probably having on a bit of the white sweater or light jacket, high earlier today in ac in at 71 degrees a lot of folks still out and about on this sunday evening. right now atlantic city at least 9 miles inland is 64. at the coast in cape hey 58 degrees. record high today in philadelphia maxing out at 7o right now we are coming in at 66 with west southeasterly win fifty out in the west in lancaster. and these numbers are holding at 60 degrees. the here's satellite six with action radar. we have a mostly clear sky across much of the mid-atlantic region but looking off to the thort and west and there is a cold front moving across portions of the great lakes and canada. this will dip south as we go throughout the rest of tonight

and into the day on monday, for presidents day and by then it will be a touch cooler. call from accu weather for next 12 hours mostly clear skies, cooler then last night, we will drop down to 34 in the suburbs and 41 degrees in philadelphia for overnight the low with the northwesterly wind at six to 12. northwesterly wind is an indication of the change that comes through overnight. future tracker six showing at 6:00 the in the morning tomorrow thumbs along 95 corridor holding at 40 in the city. forty-one this will hinge. thirty-six in trenton. middle to lower zero's north and west of town but still 40 in millville and 43 degrees in wildwood. by tomorrow afternoon, it is still a knot a bad day. fifty-one in the city. forty-nine this lancaster. thirty-seven, chilly in the poconos with that northwesterly wind and 53 degrees in dover. a that is frontal boundary dips southward tomorrow, temperatures will be a touch cooler. in the lehigh veil, cloud to some sunshine, we will get a cool breeze. high temperature north and west in the 95 corridor coming in at 50 degrees. cloud to start here in center

city, we will be breezy, cooler but this is still nice for february, a high temperature tomorrow, of 55, and remember average for us this time of the year is 45, so still above the normal, by monday, along the coast tomorrow, cloud, sun, it is cooler then today's high. high temperature coming in at 58. and here's the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast spring fling, somewhat continues tomorrow, cooler, still nice on monday, high temperature of 55, and as we get into tuesday, turning cloudy in at 49 and overnight tuesday into wednesday, early showers, are likely, about a tenth of an inch of precipitation on the way but by mid week it is milder by afternoon at 65. sunshine, cloud on thursday, warm day, in at 70. on friday mostly cloudy at 63. we are tracking another front that moves through so rain is likely try night into early saturday, otherwise, it is hield in at 62. for oscar sun take it is cooler and breeze which a high of 48 degrees. so despite it being cooler

tomorrow, numbers are still in the 50's and 60's next week. >> pretty wild. >> all week long. >> thanks, melissa. finally tonight downward dog with dogs. sweat fitness teamed up with the morris an new refuge for hour of yoga with puppies. participant went into posts holding these adorable dogs. puppies had a chance to wander around meeting and greeting everyone. all of these puppies are looking for forever homes up for adoption, at morris animal refuge very cute. and abc world news sunday next on channel six. don't miss "action news" at 10 on pll17 tonight and we are right back here on six abc at 11:00. for melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. we will see you right back here at 11:00 o'clock. >> ♪

welcome to "world news tonight." president trump and a baffling claim. what happened in sweden? >> you look at what's happening last night in sweden. sweden. who would believe this? >> but nothing dangerous happened there this weekend. tonight, the white house explaining. ravaged. the death toll rising from that drenching and damaging west coast storm. as a brand new round of wild weather is set to hit. breaking news. assassins on camera? the new airport surveillance video appearing to show the female suspects accused of murdering the brother of north korea's leader. also breaking tonight, wanted. police stepping up the search for this man, now considered the main suspect in the case of those young teenage girls killed in the midwest.