e using all available resources to try to find this suspect. they do believ that he has kidnapped two women from their apartment complexes here in the wilmington area just within the past week. residents here are very rattled if not flat out afraid as police search for this armed masked man. >> so, it's very scary 'cause this is a great area. >> reporter: today residents of the arundel apartments are thinking about what precautions they'll take in the aftermath of two kidnappings the most recent here last night. >> sometimes i come home late to babysit. >> reporter: that worries you. >> yes. >> until they find this guy i think any time my wife has toghttime i'm going toto the car and bringing her back up from the car fidget last night the victim returned home to the arundel complexer and round 7:45. the masked suspect was waiting in a common area and brandished a handgun. >> the suspect forced the victim into her apartment where he demanded money. the suspect physically and sexually assaulted the viim.he suspect

forced the victim to her own car where he d to several atms in the pike creek area and ordered her tothdraw an u of money. the was able to escape and call 911. >> detectives are investigating the kidnapping and believe it is the same suspect who committed the kidnapping at the top of the hill apartments on february 13th. >> reporter: last monday the victim was taken from the park lot at the top of the hill apartments in north wilmington. she, too was forced to do her own -- into her own car taken to an atm and ordered tocash. the suspect struck her ie sexual contact. she was released back at the complex. >> as an agency our primary focus r to identify and arrest the suspect who is responsible for these incidents. >> reporter: now police do believe these attacks are random. the suspect kept that that mask on the entire time in both incidents. the victims noted he had a

distinct accent and throughout these ordeals talked to himself about his intentions and plans. police are picking up patrols here in the area. they want to hear anyone who sees anything suspicious or anyone who may have that surveillance video. live in wilmington i'm sarah bloomquist channel6 "action news." monica. >> thank you, sarah. defense secretary james mattis says the united states will stay in that iraq for some time despite tensions between the twontries. iraq is whose citizens werepresl b mattis made an unannounced visit to baghdad toda to meet op military the meetings aimed to reinforce the partnership between these two countries. president trump has named his next national security adviser and the pick has roots in pennsylvania. mccaster seenn the left was announced this afternoon. mcmaster a philadelphia native and valley forge military academy graduate replaces lieutenant general michael flynn. flynn resigned last week after misleading the white house about his communication with russian diplomats and we'll have reaction to mcmaster's hiring coming up at 5:30.

>> well, today is presidents' day across the country and to mark the occasion demonstrators took to the streets nationwide to protest against president donald trump. many playeolidaycalling t president's day rallies. protests from los angeles to chicago to right outside trump tower in n york cit reached into the hundreds" reporter walter perez followed the demonstrations here ine tonig city with my'ssts walter. r: hi, rick. you know, it was a lively protest touching on a stringtrump' th they're concerned withning mentioned from 28 cities across the u.s. today. >> i feel leally important to express how i feel. >> reporter: and approximately 200 people who felt the same way gathered across the street from city hall. this was philadelphia's edition to the not my presidents' day protest across the country. picketers held a rally and marched to independent mall before returning to thomas paine plaza in oppos to a string of president trump's initiatives includinghe travel ban and mr. trump's plan to repeal the affordable

care act. >> he makes stuff up and he lies so that's why i'm here. i don't think he should be president. >> we do need to protect this country. i. proud to be an american but at the same time you have to have sympathy for those who are in dire straits. >> reporter: the protests came on the heels of the ign style rally in florida this past weekend. approximately 9,000 people came out to cheer the commander-in-chief as he described his first month in office as a run success once again bad therage of his administration citing reports of a chaotic white house . trump responded by saying "the white house is running so smoothly." regardless, the protesters here in philadelphia saytheir concerns about this administration continues t. >> we don't think he is qualified to serve in that office. and he embarrass me to the rest of the world. >> he's the face of me to the rest of the world and i'm embarrassed by that. >> reporter: now, mr. trump has addressed protests like these in the past saying they're filled with

professional protesters who have would gather and march regardless of his policy ideas. reporting live from thomas paine plaza walter perez channel6 >> from our new jersey news room now crews are literally the action cam inrnacle township where crews were purposely setting the woods on fire t the so-called prescribed burns are to help decrease the risk of a devastating wildfire. crews are trying to burn the dry and brush now so they cannot burn out of control later in the season. >> it's equivalent to gasoline on the ground and as you see right now it's been dry for about a 10 day period with very low humidity high winds which dries this material out. >> officials say they could burn up top 20000 acres of forests this year part of the peak of wildfire season begins next month. >> mother nature made for a wild weekend in texas andr the weekend. heavy storms hit both states causing big problems in that flood prone areas. >> over the weekend the groundgave way on the side of

california's cahoney path spend sending a fire truck tumbling down the hillside. fortunately no one was inside at the time. >> more rainfall over northern rompting new concerns about the area around the oroville today. a damaged spillway forced nearly 200,000 people out of their homes last week. since the evacuations water levels have been dropping but officials say th rain has once again put those communities on high alertly. >> that same system swept through texas overnight. take a look at this dashcam video taken on the san antonio roadway. that is a transformer sparking over a highway because of the strong storms. also todathe national weather service confirmed thathat storm spawned three tornadoes in the san antonio area. neither was particularly strong but each of them left a path of damage several miles long. more tn three dozen homes were destroyed in the homes. five people were hurt but they're expected to be okay. all is quiet in the delaware valley. that's the good news after a picture perfect weekend.

we're looking at another mild week and another chance of record breaking temperatures. and a gorgeous look of the river there. >> meteorologist cecily tynan is in the place to be outside with another check of the springlike forecast, cecily. >> hi monica and rick. all you really need is a light jacket outside. this is the end of what will likely go down as the w midwest presidents' day weekend on record. saturday 68 degrees. just 1 degree shy of a r setting a record high of and then we had a back door cold front roll through today we cooled off, 58 degrees, that's still 13 deges above normal. and temperatures right now 56 in philadelphia, you can see the wind direction out of the north so that's pulling down cooler air so tomorrow actually will be the coolest day of the week but still above normal and satellite6 and action radar showing that high pressure up to the north that will migrate down to the south. so, what that will do is become another classic heat pump and that means the second half of the week we've got some more may-like weather onhe way believe it or not so looking ahead cooler

tomorrow cooler than today but again still above normal. still about 51 degrees and then late in the week i'm tracking a blow torch on the way and likely more recordsological fallfall and i'll run down all the numbers in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily. time for a check of our "action news" traffic report. >> and it is holiday monday so hopefully it's light. let's go to matt pelman to see what's the real deal. . > not so g like artainly ri the and tha that cecily was just talking about is impacting us herealo bright sun glare as you travel southbound, rick and monica, from 420 through this point on down to 320. it is heavy.ke a nor here along 95. and on the schuylkill normal westbound speeds like 15 mile so we're really not getting too much of a break. we're on the brakes instead. also watching a crash involving a pedestrian in clifton heights delco along cambridge rad near oakl have downed wires in south philadelphia by the melrosener along snyder near 15th. in the lehigh valley, there was a crash on 22 eastbound.

ke that's clearing out but there's still one in wilmington, 495 southbound with single digit speeds there where it merges with 95. i would use 95 southbound of 495 and southbound. and in cherry hill some traffic light t cornell can't cross over 70 in ck it again. there are still plenty of problems, rick and monica in the next half hour. >> we understand. thank you sir. much more ahead on "action news" at 5:0 most parents know they have to take extratepskeep prescription drugs out of the hands of their children. coming up in health check the new study that shows manying that advice. nominations pacific northwest none for it. the man hoping to break a destreak ofscar loses this weekwhen "action news" at 5:00 continues tonight.

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>> we are following developing news out of southern california. a police officer was shot and killed and another was wounded while they were trying to help a man who had been in a traffic accident. the officers were approaching the vehicle that was hit when someone opened fire. now, police have not yet identified a suspect but they believe he is a gang member. the officer hurt in the shooting is expected to survive. >> turning to health check tonight a new survey shows many parents aren't doing enough to keep dangerous painkillers out of the hands of children. >> health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman joins us at the big board now with details. hi ali. >> hi guys. if you have kids prescription opioid medications at home the recommendation is to keep the drugs in a locked cabinet but a new survey shows only about one in three households with young children respect following this protocol. and only about 12 percent of

parents with kids ages seven to 17 have opioids stored safely. now, if they fall into the wrong hands it can lead to overdose or addiction. parents should keep painkillers locked up keep tabs of how many you have and safely get rid of any medication that you're not taking. a new study says banning teenagers anyone under 18 from indoor tanning could be a lifesaver. doctors say it could prevent 6700 deaths a year from melanoma. that's the deadliest form of skin cancer. studies show even one session increases the risk for melanoma. >> we know that the longer you tan, the more hours you are under the lamp the more session you go to and the the number of years that you do that there's all individually serve as risk factors for the melanoma. >> and skin cancer can strike all skin types. just over a year ago the fda proposed banning anyone under 18 nationwide from indoor tanning but it hasn't been finalized. delaware already has that ban.

in pennsylvania and new jersey under 17 are banned. finally today, we know losing weight is difficult but keeping it off can be even tougher. that's why a maintenance program can make a big difference. a study done at the va followed two groups of people both had lost about 9 pounds on a weight loss program. then one group continued to have weight loss intervention such as group meetings and calls from a dietitian. the other group was on their own. after about a year, the group in the maintenance program kept more of the weight off. and other larger studies have also shown things you can do to increase your chances of keeping the weight off. they include having a support system that can be friends family, group meetings a dietitian, keeping a food journal. you can do that on your smartphone. weighing in once a week, exercise 60 minutes a day and the eating breakfast. eating breakfast helps to keep your blood sugar level more and stable. doing all of these can help to you keep the weight off.

rick and monica, back over to you. >> all right ali. >> good ideas. >> the wilmington blue locks mascot and his friends are backing a mission to crush childhood cancer. they did the twist on independence mall today to launch the mascots for a cure lace up and twist challenge tour. chubby checker of the twist fame is a spokesperson for mascots for a security it will go to 36 cities to raise money and awareness for pediatric cancer patients. i still do the twist. do you monica. >> yes. >> why not. doesn't hurt. an as spying 12-year-old girl who came to children's hospital of followed commemorate black history month today. marley diaz read to patients and their families. in 2015 diaz founded the literacy campaign 1,000 black girls books. she did it to get books about black girls into the hands of children. her mission attracted nationwide donations of books 50 of them are now being given to chop. >> very nice. coming up on 6abc an all new episode of quantico tonight the recruits learn how to get

rid of everything if they're ever exposed and while recruits are in the middle of training a mysterious death leads to an fbi investigation. quantico begins at 10:00 at 11:00 "action news" is focusing on ways to reduce your cell phone bill. consumer reports analyzed some of the smaller carrier options and what they found may have you switching. find out how this could save you a bundle on your cell phone tonight on "action news."

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>> wells fargo says it's seeing fewer new customers these days. wells fargo report add 31 percent decline in people opening new checking accounts this january as compared to last year. the decline comes after the bank's recent scandal over also sales practices. it was discovered employees trying to meet ambitious sales targets opened up 2 million bank and credit card accounts without proper customer authorization. lego batman continued its run atop the box office this weekend. the animated movie brought in another $34.2 million over the holiday weekend which was good enough to win box office sales for the second this evening a row o "50 shades darker" came in second netting $21 million. the action flick the great wall the most expensive film ever made in china debuted in third with $18 million in

ticket sales. >> speaking of movies hollywood's biggest night is six days away. one man is hoping to end fooly score his first oscar after 21 nominations. kevin o'connell is an acclaimed sound mixer in hollywood. he's worked on some of the biggest blockbusters to hit the big screen top gun twister armageddon but he's never been able to take home one of the coveted golden statues. >> are you like the susan lucci of the oscars. >> golly i guess i would take that as a compliment. she ultimately won when it was her time to win and hopefully when it's my time to win i will too. >> o'connell has more nominations without a win than anyone in oscar history. of course he's hoping his worklm hacksaw ridge this year can change his luck this weekend. and 6abc your place for the oscars. jimmy kimmel hosts the 89th annual academy awards this sunday night right here on 6abc. i'm pulling for the sound mixer. >> he's been getting more attention by not winning. >> right. but i'm sure he'd like to win.

>> of course. still to come on "action news" at 5:00 another check of a delightful forecast. >> let's take you live philadelphia international airport, the sun starting to set a pretty picture there. meteorologist cecily tynan with that exclusive accuweather five-day when "action news" comes right back.

>> time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. >> meteorologist cecily tynan is inside now at the big board with the latest on the

forecast. tough to come in wasn't it cecily. >> yes, pretty nice out there. certainly doesn't feel like february at all and we had loads of sunshine today. sky6 taking a look at the skyline. our temple university camera. you can see a good amount of sunshine, some high thin cirrus clouds, the sun setting at 5:43. a lot of us talking about the great weather we've been getting. although these places taking a big hit. the ski resorts do not want to hear about more record warmth on the way. this is live sky6 take a look at the spring mountain presidents' day a big day for skiing. we have some folks on the slopes but you'll notice starting to see a lot of bear spots outside the trails and that is going to be more and more a trend as we head through the week much temperatures this month, though, certainly very warm and today still warm although not as warm as yesterday. yesterday a record high of 70. right now in philadelphia 56. down from a high of 58 but still that's 13 degrees above normal. allentown 52 wilmington 58 and cape may the school spot at 48 degrees. but look at these temperatures for february.

remember january we were running five and half degrees above normal. our 15th warm midwest january on record record. february so far even warmer philadelphia running 6.4 degrees above average allentown six, trenton close to five wilmington and atlantic city just a little more than 6 degrees above normal and we will be adding to that later in the week. satellite6 and action radar showing there's high pressure way up to the north. what that high pressure will that do is sink to the south become a classic heat pump and you can see these clouds out to the west. they'll be streaming in tomorrow ahead of a warm front. tonight though will be a clear night. going to be a cold night. 32 in the suburbs of philadelphia 27 in allentown, 33 in atlantic city wilmington 32 and tomorrow lots of high thin clouds. so it's not going to be as bright and sunny as today. it will be cooler but we should still manage to make it into the 50's by middle of the afternoon and then future tracker showing wednesday this is when that high pressure gets established out to the east so that becomes that classic heat pump, temperatures in the 60's but you can see 70-degree weather

out to the west. we will pull that in. thursday, friday and probably saturday as well. so the five day at 5:00 showing tomorrow filtered sunshine that milky white sky, a high of 51 degrees so cooler than today but still above normal. wednesday morning clouds and afternoon sunshine, 63. thursday 73. friday record warmth of 75. and saturday hitting 70 before 70 before a cold front brings rain. cooler behind that and adam will talk about that in the accuweather 7-day forecast. going to feel like the middle of may by the end of the week. >> punxsutawney phil is looking for a different profession. >> i've been wrong too. >> quick break and more news when we come right back.

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>> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody rick woman's and monicawilliams and monica malpass. >> president trump announces his replacement for national security adviser the career military man has deep ties to the delaware valley. a man is beaten bound and left in his home. he wasn't discovered until days later. what police are saying about this home invasion, how the

victim was that finally found. plus, a suspected fire bug takes aim at a philadelphia landmark eatery. police need your help identifying him before he strikes again. >> and now the details. president trump named his next national security adviser this afternoon and he has roots near philadelphia. army lieutenant general h. r. mcmaster was born here graduated from value forge military academy joined the army and went on ton a successful military career. also on this presidents' day protests aimed at the administration declaring no confidence in president trump. abc's lana sack is live in washington, d.c. tonight with more on that. lana. >> reporter: mcmaster is highly regarded with his distinguished military service and his keen mind and unlike the former national security adviser flynn that he's replacing, he's a far less controversial choice but don't worry there's still plenty of

political controversy today. >> reporter: not my president protests attracting thousands from the nation's capitol to cities across america. >> i thought it couldn't get worse and every day it gets worse. >> reporter: to atlanta and chicago. >> we're a month into this administration and you have this many people still out on the streets protesting because they're concerned about their country. >> reporter: thousands turning out for the fifth straight week of protests following the inauguration of president trump who insists all is going smoothly in his administration. >> you've seen what we've accomplished in a very short period of time. the white house is running so smoothly. >> reporter: trump supporters who ventured into the crowd feel the president is not getting a fair shake. >> i think it's a bit of a bumpy start but nothing like the media makes it out. >> reporter: president trump continues today to lash out against the media on twitter but at the same time in europe vice president pence says their administration is committed to the freedom of the press. >> both the president and i

strongly support a free and independent press but you can anticipate that the president and all of us will that continue to call out the media when they play fast and loose with the facts. >> reporter: but the importance of getting the facts right is a message being sent by sweden's prime minister after president trump incorrectly suggested there might have been a terrorist attack in sweden over the weekend. >> we must all take responsibility for using facts correctly and for verifying any information that we spread. >> reporter: and the white house continues to be hard at work on that new executive order for a brand new travel ban that they believe will that pass muster with the courts. we're expecting that that will be released as soon potentially as tomorrow but sometime this week. reporting live from and washington, lana zak channel6 "action news." back to you, rick. >> lana thank you for that report. house speaker paul ryan and other lawmakers will take a trip to the mexican border this week. one of the reported goals of the visit is to see what can

be done about building a wall along the border. constructing that wall was a major campaign promise by president trump. but some republicans have become concerned about the price tag that could reach more than $20 billion. some of them are demanding spending cuts to pay for the project. >> russia's ambassador to the united nations died suddenly this morning in new york city. vitaly churkin was 64 years old. russia's deputy ambassador says churkin became ill was rushed to the hospital and then passed away. he has been russia's envoy for little over a decade and was a considered russia's great champion at the united nation. a new video out that of airport attack that killed the half brother of north korea's leader. japanese tv released this image from the airport it shows a woman approaching kim jong nam from behind and grabbing him. his face was covered with a cloth that police believe was laced with poison.

moments later the video shows him pleading for help and suffering a seizure. nam died on the way to the hospital. malaysian authorities are requesting a dna sample from the family before releasing the body but north korean officials are on the attack. >> we cannot trust the investigation by the malaysian >> photos given to police show 11 suspects they believe are connected to the assassination. four of them have been taken into custody. in world news tonight with david muir will have much more on the assassination of kim jong nam as well as president trump's nsa announcement following "action news" at 6:00. >> back in this area a man was bound gagged pistol whipped and left to suffer inside his own home in the philadelphia juniata park section over the weekend and detectives are still trying to determine why he was targeted in the first place. "action news" reporter bob brooks was live at the scene along nielson street with the

latest on the investigation. bob what are authorities saying about possible suspects tonight. >> reporter: rick they're telling us that there's two suspects and basically they left this victim inside of his home to die. they bound and gagged him. he spent almost two days inside with no one around. the way they got in the garage door right behind us. we're told this victim's garage doors he works in there and always leaves it open. >> help people in my neighborhood. that's all he does. >> reporter: he's talking about this man who lives in this home in juniata park. his name is paul mayer. his neighbors are devastated because instead of working in his garage mayer is in the hospital in bad shape. he fell victim to my a violent home invasion attack this friday night. >> it's tragic. he never bothered a soul. >> reporter: philadelphia police say mayer was working in his garage fixing engines. two men in masks walked right in. friends of paul say they knew his kindness would eventually be taken advantage of. >> he shouldn't work at night with the garage door opened.

he should go in close it and work. >> reporter: detectives say they took mayer up to the second floor beat him tied him up gagged him and left him there but it gets worse. mayer wasn't found until around 4:00 p.m. yesterday. detectives say he was tied up with electrical tape and a rag was shoved in his mouth for more than a day and a half. it wasn't until he didn't show up for a family function on sunday that someone showed up here. the family says it was mayer's brother that came here looking for him. he too id to get in the front door but it was locked so he had to climb up to the second floor balcony. that's where he got in and found him tied up. >> thank god they didn't shoot him or kill him or something. they're crazy here. >> reporter: a bloody air gun was found next to him. it's possible that's what he was beat with. his face is fractured and nose is broken. >> for someone to do this to him, this is horrible. >> reporter: certainly is horrible. outside of mayer's home you can see he had this whole place lined with surveillance cameras. police say there is video but they have not released it yet.

reporting live in juniata park bob brooks channel6 "action news." rick. >> bob thank you. police in atlantic county say the driver who struck and killed a person in folsom last night will not face any charges. the victim only identified as a 33-year-old man was hit while walking along route 322 near cherokee road at around 9:30 on sunday. the driver did stop at the scene. also from our new jersey news room atlantic city police have identified the person found shot to death along the 600 block of pacific avenue. he is identified as 23-year-old carl simpson. someone called 911 to report that someone firing shots just before 10:00 p.m. officers responded to the scene and found simpson on the ground. so far police do not have any leads in the case and are asking anyone with information to give them a call. >> it has been 12 years since danielle imbo and richard petrone jr. were last seen on south street and still no sign of the missing couple. it was back on february 19th, 2005 when investigators say petrone and imbo left a bar

here at fourth and south in philadelphia. they went to get petrone's black 2001 dodge dakota pickup and seemingly vanished after that. imbo lived in mount laurel, new jersey. anyone with a tip can still call (215)546-8477. the fbi, philadelphia police and the burlington county police are still working the case. a $50,000 reward is available for any information leading to the couple. an arsonist caused damage to the famous fourth street delicatessen in south philadelphia. police released surveillance video of the suspect right there. he too id to open some car doors in the 700 block of south fourth street sunday february 12th, the night of the crime. a few minutes later, he was seen running from the opposite direction and a if i remember broke out. flames caused damage to the front of the restaurant and melted phone lines. if you know anything you're asked to call philadelphia police if you know that suspect. >> all right time for an update on the traffic situation on this presidents' day. matt pelman how we looking on lincoln drive or roosevelt

boulevard. >> very good. first if you're steering your ford or lincoln towards route one the superhighway grant me the opportunity tell you about what's going on here rick and monica. slow going on the southbound side headed toward the turnpike as again people avoid the continued closure of the turnpike connector bridge and each night this week route one the superhighway is scheduled to close up around oxford valley road. keep that in mind if you're head out later. vine street expressway will also close each night this week at 11 o'clock for overnight construction but at least the weather is cooperating for afternoon drive. no haze or anything as we look at the vine street expressway but we are just poking along in both directions between the schuylkill and 95. definitely fill more than it was the last time we looked at the vine street expressway. on the big picture okay lincoln drive that's doing fine. roosevelt boulevard that's slowing on the northbound side headed toward broad street and the issue that has trumped all others along 95 southbound has sun glare this afternoon. speeds there in the 20's. in northern delaware still those downed wires closing barley mill road lancaster pike gets you around it. still slow on the southbound

side of 495 through wilmington but the crash there is gone. i know it's hard to believe that it's so busy on a holiday but rick and monica, it's true man. >> you must be bushed. >> you guys got to take it show on the road. the clerk working his normal shift did not seem to be phased when a thief walked into his convenience store. coming up next we'll tell you what happened when the suspect pulled out a gun and demanded cash. >> a pennsylvania mayor facing criminal charges stemming from the alleged desecration of graves hears from the judge in the case what was just decided. adam. >> monica a spectacular weekend if you like the warmth and the sunshine as the sun is about to set over the hills here at the pagoda cam in reading. we'll talk about a brief cooldown tomorrow and then records to be set again at the end of the week. we'll have those details in accuweather. >> all right, also jaime apody with a big sixers news update in sports along with flyers phillies and an exciting sting forstingfordistinction for the temple

women's basketball team when "action news" comes right back.

>> a.m. smoke shop owner in las vegas did not give into an armed gunman. surveillance video captured their show down. watch the thief walk input the gun on the counter and demand money. the owner did not have a gun

but refused to hand over cash. instead he offered a pack of cigarettes. the suspect took it and got away. the owner grew up in afghanistan and used to be a translator for the military. he says guns never scared him. >> the mayor of pennsylvania no longer facing criminal charges for alleged grave desecration. mayor william hill brand is head of the cemetery association. a retired police officer claims mill brand desecrated graves by telling a contractor for a cell phone tower where to move some soil. the district attorney though says there is not enough evidence to prove guilt. the state attorney general may still look into the case. >> time for sports and jaime apody is here and there's a big trade in the nba to talk about right on the heels of the all-star game yesterday. >> yeah. and it actually has an effect on our sixers. >> uh-oh. >> i'll explain why. thank you sacramento kings. why am i thanking the kings you ask? their blockbuster deal worked big time to the sixers benefit.

sacramento sent one of the best players in the league demarcus cousins do new orleans where he'll team up with anthony davis. pelicans spent tyreke evans langston galloway and two draft picks. why should we be happy about the deal. back in 2015 sam hinkie made a trade with the kings including rights to swap first round picks with sacramento. without cousins the kings will likely tank the rest of the season so that pick could be in the top three. sixers owned kings pick in 2019 so sacramento dismantling their team now sounds like that pick could be a real good one in two years as well. so, on the other hand new orleans was a potential landing spot for jahlil okafor before that deal reportedly fell through. if the sixers still plan to move okay for this season, they will have to do so before thursday at 3:00 p.m. that is when the nba trade deadline hits. it's coming up soon. flyers are going to avoid sellers at the trade deadline they better start making a playoff push and fast. last night a much needed

victory in vancouver. flyers won in western canada for the first time in three years. they have dropped the first two on their trip. last night goals from wayne simmonds jake voracek and brayden schenn brought them back into the win column. a three-two victory. shayne gostisbehere assisted all three goals. flyers now two points behind toronto for the final wild card spot. >> kind of like a fresh start for us, you know. we're happy we had a little day off there in the beautiful city of vancouver but i think it was good to regroup realize we're a playoff team and get after it and i think that's what we did tonight we played great all aspects every zone. >> spring training continues for the phillies in clearwater. we have been saying how strange it is not to see ryan howard or if you faces from the world series days. here's one. that's brad lidge looking like the guy who was a perfect 48 for 48 on saves that magical 2008 season. only his playing days are over. he's back as a special instructor. surely a lot of wisdom to applaud on this young up and

coming pitching rotation. >> a great group of listeners things i'm saying they're listening to very carefully. i think they understand that they are young in the game but they've got the talent and the skills so whatever helps them learn the game faster that's one thing to have the talent another thing to go out there and understand what you're doing so hopefully that learning curve can happen faster with whatever i can relate to them. >> he's an instructor that makes me feel old. >> what are you looking at me for. >> anyway, the villanova wildcats being deadlocked in number two at the top 25. they play butler on wednesday. they're not the only ranked team in town. the temple women and jumped into the ap top 25 at 23. their first appearance in that that poll in 11 years. the owls knocked off 22nd ranked usf yesterday. that a your now 21 and five. >> it's ah good feeling but we just know how to keep it professional. i don't think we go out the way to let people know who we are. it's just -- i don't know it's just our personality that we're just i guess cool.

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>> meteorologist adam joseph is here now and if you liked this weekend there's more where that came from. >> and if your days off happen to be thursday friday not the weekend you didn't enjoy it the last couple days. >> you'll be golden. >> golden this coming week as we have those temperatures -- >> why your days off thursday and friday. >> are you taking off thursday and friday. >> no. you're going to be golden. >> she's going get a little -- >> never. [laughter] >> take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan. a lot of sunshine today but if you see the little green there, little speck to the north and west of surf city that is storm tracker6 live double scan picking up some of the controlled burning that they're doing there in part of the pine barrens in new jersey this afternoon so it's powerful enough that we can see a little bit of that debris in the air from the

burn that they're doing down in burlington county. as we take a look at the action cam which was in center city pass by independence mall early today and it was packed down there and as you can see a breathtaking shot there with the sun kind of glistening right behind city hall and folks taking in the view of olde city. as we take a look at the temperatures right now 56 degrees in philadelphia, 56 in millville 58 degrees in wilmington. much cooler today than the last couple of days because of a northerly wind but these numbers still running well above that average of 44 degrees. satellite and radar you can see this stripe of rain right through the northern plains down into the gulf of mexico. that is spilling some high cloud cover into the ohio valley the tennessee valley down to the deep south so you can see high pressure kind of holding off the clouds fornow going to weaken enough these cirrus clouds will arrive for our tuesday. tonight mostly clear and colder than we've felt the last few nights 20's in the suburbs righter and round

freezing for center city with that north-northeasterly wind. day planner for tuesday you'll notice high clouds, a milky white appearance to the sky. we'll bust into the 40's by 10 o'clock in the morning near 50 by the middle part of the afternoon tomorrow topping off around 51 degrees so that is the cool left day of this upcoming work week. lehigh valley for tomorrow again that dim sunshine, feeling cooler with a temperature at 48 degrees. if you're hitting the shore tomorrow an on shore breeze keeping temperature in in the upper 40's with some sunshine and a lot of cloud cover another blow torch end to the week as that jet stream streams up into the great lakes into eastern canada taking the storm track to our west. that surges all the warmth up to the eastern seaboard so yes, we are talking 70's again for not one two but three days at the end of the week. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast 51 tomorrow with that milky sky. clouds wednesday morning

breaking into sun in the afternoon as that warm front lifts to the north. 63 degrees. and we could do 10 degrees better than that here. back to the 70's on thursday. record warmth 75 with sun and clouds on friday. then saturday that's the transition day. it's cloudy breezy rain or a thunderstorm in the afternoon of 70 bringing those temperatures back to a reality check. check. an exceptional week ahead if you like the warmth. >> 25-degree swing in temperature is crazy. much more coming your way. we'll be right back.

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birthday. he brought troops through valley forge back in 1777. >> and right now jim gardner and the "action news" team standing by with these stories and much more coming up next at 6:00. authorities in delaware investigating a second assault and abduction in less than a week. >> and anti-trump protesters take to the streets of center city philadelphia and beyond. >> the new jersey forest fire service is setting fire in the pinelands. why fighting fire with fire makes sense. i'm nora muchanic. i'll have that story coming up. >> those stories and more next at 6:00 for adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody rick williams and the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass. have a good night. >> good night.

>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news

program with ducis rodgers meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪♪ >> monday night a home invasion victim is found days after being tied up and president trump's pick for national security adviser is a philadelphia area native but the big story on "action news" tonight is an assault and robbery in delaware and it sounds eerily familiar to another assault. police investigating the attack of a woman last night in pike creek who after she was sexually assaulted in her apartment was driven to several atm's where the suspect forced her to withdraw money. it was the same circumstance with a different woman at the top of the hill apartments in north wilmington on february 13th. "action news" reporter vernon odom is live at new castle county police in minquedale t vernon are police recently confident we're talking about the same attacker. >> reporter: yes, jim they're quite certain and they

are proceeding tonight in that belief. they have video of him at various atm locations across the county and each time he appears to me be wearing the same ski mask. >> extremely shocking. >> reporter: neighbors say armed robbery and sexual assault are not supposed to happen here at the arundel apartments in the pike creek section of suburban wilmington. but it did last night. a mask robber lay in wait in the common area inside this building then at gunpoint forced his way into a resident's apartment where she was sexually assaulted. he then forced her to drive him to various atms where he took her c