and that is what trump will do on capitol hill. he was busy today signing executive orders and signing bills and meeting with groups including 20 states attorney general. that includes pennsylvania's josh shapiro and tonight the eyes of the country and indeed the world will be on trump and what he has to say. and the eyes of monica malpass who is in washington to cover trump's first speech before congress. monica what can we expect tonight? >> sceptics say they worry we'll hear more rhetoric like a campaign street but supporters feel certain that president trump will give detailed outline of a prescription to rebuild and heal the nation. president trump is under intense pressure to do thee things, first to deliver on key campaign promises to satisfy his base and explain in detail how you'll do thicks like tax reform and in a

infrastructure and the economy. and people are skeptical depending on party affiliation. but even republicans say it's time to heal the nation. >> certainly hope it's not another campaign street. and has to be more conciliatory and unifying. i hope he will focus on the economy and an economic strategy as well as unifying. >> one of the best things to do would be to outline as details as he can a major investment in infrastructure. >> i think it's emperative that president trump give a specific plan on tax reform and health care reform and infrastructure. and broaden the base and create a more competitive tax system to have a more in this country. >> tonight the president must outline a plan to create work.

>> this is -- millions of jobs unable to fill and millions of people looking for jobs and one thing that would be great is how to we help people looking for jobs make sure they have the skills they need. >> we have major issues in this country from our defense spending to how we treat our veterans, the health care crisis and opioid addiction crisis. >> a tall order and expectations are high and we'll be here to bring you live reaction from our local delegation after the president's important speech. i'm monica malpass reporting live from washington. >> thank you. you can see live coverage of president trump's address to a join section of congress at 9:00 they expect it to go from 70 to 90 minutes, or see it on 6abc.com. >> and the world news tonight with david muir has extensive

coverage of what is expected at the address tonight. that is at 6:30 right here after "action news." hate has no home here. that is the message from dozens of supporters who rallied outside of the katz jewish center outside of cherry hill tonight. they came to denounce the wave of ants eye semitism and the threats make to this facility yesterday. and police continue to try to track down the individuals that vandalized a jewish center. and so many people want to help restore mt. carmel cemetery they have organized shifts of volunteers. lets go to sara bloomquist at the cemetery tonight. >> reporter: well jim, the work here wrapped up for the day just after 4:00 this afternoon and the soltears expect to be back tomorrow and in days ahead. they will do their work as police do theirs, trying to figure out who vandalized this

jewish cemetery and they tell us they have no solid leads. this isn't easy work and it's important work and incredibly holy work. >> this afternoon volunteers began the organized effort to clean up mt. carmel cemetery and mapped out the damage. >> come to the place and identify lost graves and try to bring this place back to a place of respect and honor. >> the jewish federation receives thousands of offers to help after they found dozens and dozens of graver stones overturned on monday morning. fixing the heavy gravestones required the help of professionals but the volunteers did what they could. >> my mother is bury in a cemetery not this one but one just like it. >> it's my duty. >> robert weis drove from boston to see the damage and offer his

help. >> this is pure hate. not vandalism, pure hatred, how could people do this? >> it's overwhelming. christina torres came with her son after seeing the story on the fuse. >> really feel that whether in is so much hate, we need to show how much love there is judge the jewish federation and police stood nearby to update the situation. >> we put proactive measures in place for extra lighting and cameras and checking area cameras for video that may show the offenders leaving the location. >> police did say that they have had collected some forensic evidence that is now being analyzed. the reward for an arrest stands

at $13,000. >> thank you sara. a 4-year-old child was rushed to childrens hospital this morning. after falling from a third floor hotel window. it happened at the extended stay america on the 88 hundred block of bart ram avenue. fortunately the police say the child's injuries do not appear to be life-threatening. new jersey governor, chris christie gave his budget add in trenton. it's 2% larger than last year and includes $30 billion in education spending. >> for the nay sayers no amount will ever be enough ever. the fact is we have contributed more money to education than any other administration in history. >> and $2.5 million to the public pension fund and proposed creating jobs with more bridge

and road repairs and infrastructure and vowed to fight the drug addiction crisis in new jersey with more funding for treatment. football fans are getting psyched up for the nfl draft being held in philadelphia this year beginning april 27th and today we learned about the plans for the nfl draft experience, that will be a public event for fans of all ables, live in front of the art museum. walter perez -- >> reporter: well, i love football so i'm biassed and it sounds incredible. interactive exhibits, zip lines and photo-ops with the vince lombardi trophy and the three day draft itself right here in philadelphia. >> what philadelphia will do is absolutely mind blowing. >> that is eagles legend ron jaworsky talking about the plans for the 2017 for the nfl drastic

that took place here first. >> it took place in the conference room of the ritz carlton in 1936 we have come a long way from then for sure. >> the ben franklin parkway will be converted into a massive outdoor football festival covering the space of 25 football fields and the draft theater will be constructed outdoors on the art museum steps. with the costs being covered by the nfl and private funds it's pretty much a win win for the city. >> know the passion the fans have for football and the passion they have for the draft, this is going to be in our sports history an unbelievable event. >> both internationally and nationally in the region to come into philadelphia to see what we have to offer.

>> 2,000 people are expected to show up as it is expected to have an 80 million impact on the city. >> the draft has never been done like this before. the philadelphia way. >> reporter: jaws is excited. by the way the event including tickets for the draft itself are free, go to 6abc.com for links to more information about that. reporting live from the art museum. walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> we are all excited thank you. coming up tonight a green plan to connect center city and pens landing over i-95, it could be moving forward after decades of proposals. and the flyers take on it's avalanche before the trade deadline. and keep your umbrellas on hand, the third round moving in tomorrow a big change in temperatures behind it. those stories and more when

"action news" continues tonight.

for decades they have been trying to figure out how to develop penn's landing and connect center city to the waterfront. mayor jim kenney made news today and is likely to make more news during his budget address on tuesday. >> the infamous i-95 canyon below chestnut and penn's landing a line of demarkation that is among several forecast teres limiting development along

the river. this is an architects drawing of a plan to put a canopy over 95 and build a 11 acre green park finally connecting society hill to historic penn's landing. >> we are putting up $90 million over six years and the rest from penndot and highway dollars. >> the mayor will propose spending $90 million over six years to spur development over the estimated $300 million bill to complete the project. >> open up the space and make it more public accessible so families can enjoy it. >> and a prestigious architectal firm will merge it or move elsewhere. the folks that walk the bridges every day. >> i don't know why we wouldn't want to do that.

it seems there may mot get enough access to the waterfront area. >> i would think about the construction time and what it would take to get it done. >> this is not just another penn's landing pie in the sky project doomed to failure or never to materialize. it's all but a done deal already. in society hill, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news" taxpayers in delaware's colonial school district is voting on a referendum for the schools to scope a 39.4 cent tax for every $400 her them it worth. if approved it will be phased in over two years and go towards preschool staff and enrichment programs. >> for us to continue to provide access to programs, like culinary, and emersion programs

we need an investment from the community to make sure those things continue to happen. >> the polls close at 8:00 tonight.

we are probably at the point where the calendar is not the flyers friend. >> we have a lot of games to make up. and seven losses in their last nine games and they sit six games out of a wild card spot and it's bleak and tonight they host colorado. the flyers will not be buyers and that is okay with the captain claude giroux he wants to die with the guys by his side. >> we like our team when the results are not there. but we really like our team and we like the way we play and play as a team. and i really think we'll do great things right now it's just a tough stretch and can't find a

way to win a game. the phillies continue to hit the long ball in clearwater, three more homers again the baltimore orioles, the first against tommy joseph. he smacks one that lands on the tiki bar if the left field stands, he had 20 homers in limited bats. and he is looking to make the team as joseph's backup at first base and aaron au pair goes deep and the phillies win 7-5. the sixers have the night off and life without joel embiid continues with miami. and he is out indefinitely. the sixers lost to the golden state warriors and to say the sixers were sloppy that is an understatement. the sixers lost 119-108.

>> and the new football coach jeff colins is on the for months and he recently had his team hook up with the philadelphia fire department for what those brave men and women call the five alarm workout. >> five alarm workout -- [ alarms ] >> they are the best at what they do. this is not the average workout but what we do at the academy. -- ♪ ♪

>> they went out at 5:30 in the morning and extended an invitation to you jim if you would like to join them tomorrow. >> uh no. terrific. i admire what they do. coming up cecily tynan with the forecast. hi

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potentially stormy for the next 24 hours. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing a round of rain moving in now. no severe thunderstorms with this. no thunderstorms at all. just moderate rain, it's just kind of rolling up the i-95 corridor, you will want to take the umbrella from you headed out and you won't need a heavy winter coat. another warm day, philadelphia and wilmington tying the record highs of 68 and 66 and trenton and atlantic city airport. not records but 10 degrees above normal. and this is an appropriate end to the warmest february on record. the warmest temperature 44.1 degrees, close to 8 degrees above normal. and we start march with warm air. philadelphia 61 and allentown 62 and cape may the cool spot with the wind off the ocean 49 degrees. the poconos 52 and double scan

live radar showing this is the first of three rounds of rain, as it pushes in it is just a short wave. a piece of energy on the flow that is out of the southwest aloft. that is the direction of the wind that pulls up the warm air tomorrow. and the bigger event is waiting in the plane plains and this low pressure is coming up over iowa. and they have tornado watches and warnings and that is the cold front moving through late in the day tomorrow and tomorrow evening. future tracker 6 showing 9:00 tonight showers around mainly south of philadelphia. a break in the action at midnight and tomorrow morning the latter part of the commute this could come with thunderstorms and i don't think they will be severe but with the heating the of day they could be severe. and philadelphia forecasting a high of 74 and allentown and

atlantic city could hit record highs of 72 and reading 73 and a lot depends on how many breaks of sunshine we see, the move sunshine the better chance of very strong storms. future tracker 6 showing the timing of this front is not good for the evening commute. could have the storms over the i-ought corridor at about 5:00 and they could have damaging winds. this is really the timeline for the storms, between 3:00 in the afternoon and western suburbs, 10:00 at the shore and any storm has the potential for damaging winds and more than 50 miles per hour and also could get small hail and locally heavy downpours that could slow down the evening commute and also dangerous lightning and you need to head inside if you hear the rumble of thunder. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast it's warm and 74 degrees and rain in the morning and potential for severe storms in the afternoon and evening and look at this behind it. 49 degrees and with the winds it feels 10 degrees wooler with the windchills and friday 4-degrees and potential for rain and snow

showers and grassy coating north of i-78, and we start the weekend cool, 44 degrees and then temperatures up to 52 degrees on sunday. and monday 62 and tuesday mostly cloudy with a shower and high of 54 degrees and i'll have details on the timing of the storm and how severe they can be on "action news" at 11:00. abc world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues on phl 17 at 10:00. and please join us for a special report at 11:00 on channel 6. many insurance plans give wellness exams with no co-pays. so why are people being charged. >> this report has people checking their insures an plans and calling their doctors. consumers tell us they were

charged for visits they thought were flee. what can trigger the sometime sometimes surprising co-pays on how to avoid them. tonight on "action news" at 11:00. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team. i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

tonight, several breaking stories. first, president trump. just a short time from now addressing congress and the country. we have new reporting. what he'll say about obamacare, national security and the breaking headline involving immigration. is president trump ready to compromise? with an immigration reform bill. will the dreamers get a path to citizenship? the horror. out of control driver plowing into a crowd, running down at least a dozen students in a marching band. the pilot killed. slam into an apartment building in the northeast. and another plane plunging intoen a l.a. neighborhood. severe storms as we come on the air. the reported twister. pictures coming in now. there are tornado watches from little rock to chicago. and tonight, the system moving east. damaging winds and hail. and your