>> breaking news this noon from delaware, new caster county

police are investigating a second kidnapping in a week, they believe the two incidents are related. the latest abduction was reported later afternoon at the arundle apartment on cross fork drive. this happened as the investigators searched for a man who kidnapped a woman at a hill top apartments. it is gunman forced her back into the vehicle to drive her to nearby atm to withdraw money. look for updates during "action news" at 12:30 p.m. and online at 6abc.com. now an agonizing ordeal for a home invasion victim who was beaten and left to suffer for two days before someone found him tied up in his own bedroom. >> two intruders got into the man's house and left him gagged and bound. a family member found him badly injured. katherine scott is live near the victim's home in juniata park.

>> reporter: sarah and rick police say this was a planned out attack, but they don't know what the motive was or if anything was taken inside the home. the 50-year-old victim is in the hospital where's recovering. >> it's a good hard working guy. >> reporter: this is the home where a brutal home invasion took place friday evening, the victim not to be found until sunday afternoon. >> he is such a good guy. he fixes things. >> it's got to be hard, he's got to be hungry and tied up. >> reporter: the victim is a mechanic who fixes small engines and machines at his shop in the corner of his home. when he works he keeps the garage door open. >> he asks people to come in and drop off lawnmowers and picks them up. >> reporter: the victim was in the garage when two men armed with a gun and wearing masks and

gloves open through the garage door. >> there's nothing across the street to park, you can't see, if they come in, boom, they are in. >> reporter: police say the men grabbed the victim and dragged him to a second floor rear bedroom and tied him up with electrical tape and stuffed a rag in his mouth. the suspects pistol whipped the victim and left after 15 minutes. when the victim did not turn up for a family function on sunday, his brother grew concerned. he climbed up the second floor and found his injured brother and took him to the hospital. the police found a bloody air gun in the bedroom who they say say the victim was assaulted and unable to free himself. there were cameras inside and outside the home, that captured much of the incident. so far police have not released the video. traffic is moving on the

new jersey turnpike after a crash in mounts laurel. police say a large truck overturned in the northbound lanes north of exit 4. the driver lost control and the truck spilled bruise on the highway. crews -- produce on the highway. police righted the truck by 7:00 a.m. a crash on the southbound side of the turnpike caused delays last week. as we look live from sky6 live hd at the jersey shore, atlantic city, pretty picture here, it's cooler than yesterday, but above average and we could see more record warmth later this week. david murphy is tracking the latest conditions outside on president's day monday. >> reporter: rick, it will not be as warm as yesterday when everybody was walking around in t-shirts, but this is a nice afternoon building for the second half of fbi. take a look at satellite -- second half of february. take a look at satellite, we have blue skies over the terrace right now.

while there could high clouds filtering in later today, it could be a bright one from start to finish. the temperatures continues to climb, we're up to 54 degrees, that's 9 degrees above the average high for this date, of course it's only the midday hour, so we'll add a few degrees to that before we are done. 57 in wilmington, 56 in cape may. there is a bit of a breeze that's blowing through the region it will probably through most of the afternoon range between 10 and 20 miles per hour that's what you got from philadelphia south toward millville and the airport, atlantic city. not a strong wind, not the sort that's going to knock you over, but enough to add the chilly feel and require a jacket. here's where the numbers are going, 56 degrees by 2:00 p.m. 55 degrees by 4:00 p.m. we'll hit a high of 57 at 3:00 p.m. by 6:00 p.m., 50, after that we are getting chillier in fact overnight we'll get cold,

10:00 p.m., 39 and tomorrow morning below freezing, when you get up tomorrow morning and step outside it will be colder than this morning. a ridge of high pressure returning very warm air into the forecast area, rick and sarah we might wind up with record highs later this week, i'll let you know when that happens when i step back inside. >> stay with 6abc.com/weather as our winter warmup continues, you will find updates on details in any changes in the forecast. follow our meteorologists, as well on facebook and twitter. president trump is responding to questions about comments he made about sweden during a weekend campaign rally. at the same time, vice president mike pence is overseas trying to reassure america's international allies. lana zack is following

developments from washington. >> reporter: hi, sarah. it looks like the vice president and president are doing a good could be bad could be routine with the vice president trying to reassure the world that america will retain its commitments to nato and eu animal free incident dependent press. president trump is blaming the media for his comments that might have been a terror attack in sweden over the weekend. >> you look at what's happening last night in sweden, who would believe this? sweden, they took in large numbers they are having problems like they never thought possible. >> reporter: the former sweden prime minister tweeted sweden terror attacks, what is he smoking? >> the president was referencing a report from fox. he tweeted saying -- john mccain

expressed his concern about the dangers of attacks of the media on meet the press. >> when i look at history, the first thing that dictators do is shut down the press. >> reporter: while elsewhere in europe vice president mike pence is reassuring natoal -- nato allies that everything is okay. >> too many surprising opinions have been voiced about our relations and security for us to pretend that everything is as it used to be. >> reporter: it seems that the president's defense of his comments are still infitch for some swedes. -- insufficient for some swedes. the former prime minister was saying if he was talking about crime, that in orlando there were 50% more murders in all of sweden last year.

back to you, sarah. >> thank you. some of president trump's critics are trying to send him a message this noon. they are holding not my president's day rallies in several u.s. cities including in philadelphia. you're looking live at thomas payne plaza in center city where demonstrators are just beginning to gather for a march around city hall. walter perez will join us live from that rally, coming up at 12:30. in other news, philadelphia police are investigating a violent attempted robbery in the city's east oak lane section overnight. the happened in the 6600 block of north 6th street before 1:00 a.m. police say a 19-year-old man was back into a parking space in in his house when he got out of his car he was the approached by a gunman demanding money. a struggle ensued. the gun went off, but nobody was hit, although the victim was pistol whipped. he was rushed to the hospital in stable condition. the gunman is at large. a 7 the candidate has

official entered the crowded race for district attorney, he most recently served in the d.a.'s office as first assistant. seth williams is not seeking a third term in the midst of an fbi investigation for gifts he did not report. the race includes 6 democrats and one republican. >> authorities are looking for the cause of a mansion inferno in virginia. >> he has been nominated for an oscar 21 times, he has never won. we meet the sound mixer who is trying to take home a trophy this weekend.

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the national weather service confirmed a tornado caused extensive property damage near downtown san antonio texas. more than sue homes were hit by -- 150 homes were hit by the twister or straight line winds. crews are on the ground trying to figure out how strong the tornado was. flames tore through a mansion in virginia, records

show the estate is owned by the embassy of the united arab emirates. firefighters spent 12 hours putting it out, a lack of of nearby fire hydrants made the job difficult. >> i have no water. >> i'm going to have to shut you down until i get water. additional water tankers were brought in, but the five bedroom home was destroyed. a chain reaction crash sent a race car flying into spectators in florida. three people were hurt in the incident last night. witnesses say two cars bumped one of the cars went over a wall and hit people. the other car ended up in the embankment. a third car struck the wall, no drivers were hurt. a separate crash at the same speedway days ago sent a car hurdling over the wall, nobody was hurt in that incident. u.s. defense secretary of

state james mattis is in iraq. he said the army is surging against the fighters on the western size of mosul. u.s. troops are providing air and special help while in iraq. president trump is pressing matters to get him a revised iraq strategy. he did not want to call in more american troops. "action news" is focusing on ways to reduce cellular phone bills. consumers reports analyzed some of the small carrier options find out how this could save you a bundle tonight at 11:00 p.m. the oscars are being handed out this weekend, the sound mixer is hoping to win, he sets the record for being nominated 21 times without ever taking home a statue. >> reporter: from top gun to twister to armageddon, kevin

o'connell has been behind the sound mixer making films so much more than what you see on screen. >> what sound mixing is all about emotion, we're manipulating your emotions. >> reporter: he did just that for the academy award nominated film hack saw ridge making the sounds and intensity of every encounter transport the audience to the battle feed. a project he's clearly passionate about and for which he is nominated for an oscar for best sound mixing. do you think this could be your year? >> it would be great, i think everything happens for a reason. >> reporter: he has been here before. nominated over and over again. >> kevin o'connell, getting a total of 21 nominations mother-in-law anyone else in the

history without a single win. >> are you like the susan lucci of the oscars? >> i guess i would take that as a compliment she won when it was her time to win, when it is my time i will too. >> reporter: o'connell and so many friends in hollywood hoping his time comes on sunday. >> i've had people say to me, the third time will be the charm, then it was the 12 and the 17th and 20th, i hope the 21st. you can see if he gets his win when the oscars air live on 6abc. our coverage begins sunday at 7:00 p.m. a cheese recall is expanding

to includes seven additional flavors made by sargento. list listeria was discovered at a supplier facility and ended its rip with that supplier. the affected cheeses have sell by dates. go to 6abc.com for more information. one of the largest cooperate merger proposals is off the table. craft heinz made a bid for

uniliber. kraft has dropped the proposal. if the deal had gone through it would have been the largest in the food and beverage industry. "healthcheck" more people should have weight loss surgery to control diabetes. australian study looked into the lap band procedure. they found it greatly reduced problems related to type 2 diabetes in moderately overweight patients. they place a band around the stomach which limits food intake by make be them feel -- making them feel full more quickly. women have said their bodies act differently when they are pregnant with a boy or girl. super sized drones they can carry people and how they work. wow, accuweather is next at noon, meteorologist david murphy will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right

back. >> david back with a check.

accuweather forecast on this president's day, another day for people to get outdoors and enjoy the weather. >> reporter: i hope you enjoyed the weekend record highs up around 70 saturday and sunday. >> i'm voting for warmer weather. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we are looking at a lack of precipitation at this hour. as we take a look outside, plenty of sunshine and blue skies over 30th street station and the cirrus center, a little earlier this morning when the action cam was along the schuylkill. temperatures, as said not as warm as yesterday, but pretty good for this time of the year. 43 degrees in philadelphia. heading to 3, 4 degrees above that before we are done. the winds north, northwest at

10 miles per hour. breezy, a day you want to grab a jacket, or a couple of layers when you go out. this is feeling good, feeling like a month from now instead of late february. 354 in philadelphia. 57 in dover. 351 in allentown enthat's not a bad number for -- even that's not a bad number for this time of the year. 52 in trenton. in cape may on the peninsula, 48 degrees. you can see the lack of cloud cover out there, there's a bit more on the other side of lake erie, this will have a struggle getting down to us. we'll see some clouds pup up this afternoon -- pop up, this afternoon, but generally speaking it's a sunny one. 53 degrees in the lehigh valley. at the shore, 57 degrees, well above average, breezy nice, sun and clouds. in philadelphia, sun a couple of pop up shy clouds here and there, breezy conditions with a high of 57 degrees there's that wind, 10 to 20 miles per hour, again, knows the kind that will

bring down a lot of tree branches or anything like that, but enough to add to the chilly feel. jackets a good idea as you step outside. for the evening commute, 55 degrees at 4:00 p.m. coming down from a high of 57. 5:00 p.m., 53, 6:00 p.m., 50 and then down to 46 pretty quickly by 7:00 p.m. we'll we'll be sinking into colder territory overnight him in the suburbs, 25 degrees, philadelphia dipping below the freezing mark under mainly clear skies, chilly conditions, the winds easing back a little bit, a lot of radiational heat loss expected. tomorrow, colder, sunshine, as the day goes on, clouds will filter in, later tomorrow night there's the possibility of showers that you see way up in new york state making down in the overnight hours to philadelphia. it doesn't look like a lot of precipitation overall. then comes the heat pump. we have a cold front coming in

and warm front off to the north. wednesday and thursday you'll see warmer and warmer air coming in. 60s for the high on wednesday, and yep, 70s on thursday. the exclusive accuweather forecast, 57 is today's high, breezy and bit cooler than yesterday. not hard to be cooler when you're up to 70 degrees record high in philadelphia. that's a good number. tomorrow, 51 degrees with clouds increasing. clouds back to sun on wednesday, that's where we start enjoying the milder air with a high of 65 degrees on wednesday, and then on thursday, 74 degrees near record warmth. the record in philadelphia, 75. boy, we'll be close. friday mostly cloudy. not only is it mild high of 67 with a sprinkle or shower around, it will feel humid on friday which is another odd thing. >> great. >> can we suggest maybe winter is over? >> reporter: it's going to feel chillier on sunday. >> i think he just jinx the the whole thing. >> reporter: it looks like

another mild surge comes in middle of march. >> thank you, david. much more ahead on "action news" 12:30 p.m. the kids are off school that doesn't mean they have to stop learning. the national constitution center is full of lessons today and it's all free. >> karen rogers will tell us about new pod casts for actors, performers and musicians still ahead.

>> hello, again, here some of the stories we're following for you on "action news" at 12:30 p.m. a group is gathering outside city hall to send president trump a message, we're live at the not my president rally just ahead. plus the victim of a home invasion is hospitalized after being found two days after the incident took place in juniata park. there are lots of questions being raised after a mansion is destroyed and fire officials say they had no access to water at the scene. >> but we begin this half-hour with breaking news out of new castle county delaware, officials have announced details about two kidnappings in the past week they believe are related. the most recent was last night in pike creek. a man was approached by a man with a gun and sexually assaulted inside her apartment and driven to an