like march. adam joseph is tracking the change at the big board. >> that change is in the form of downpours and strong to severe thunderstorms that did pass through the area at this point they are far south and east of philadelphia. broken line and parts of burlington and ocean county and extending down to cape may and lingering showers around dover. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan a few downpours atlantic city to oceanville but the more sizable storm packing a punch, not severe but one lightning strike near chads worth and there is pick on the radar. and i wouldn't be surprised to see hail being released along route 72 heading towards long beach island. we'll watch this storm as it moves south and east and heavy rain and strong winds. these storms and downpours that pass through came after near record highs. philadelphia we hit a high of 72

degrees, the old record 76 degrees shy in trenton by a degree and the same for wilmington and the atlantic city airport broke the record hitting 73 this afternoon. the change come in the form a cold front from the north and west. temperatures in the 30s and 40s in the western great lakes, and that is for tonight and the rest of this work week. look ago head winds are gusting to near 45 tomorrow from near to below temperatures as we go into the upcoming weekend and we are talking one day where highs will not get out of the 30s. quite a flip from today's 70s. we'll look at today's numbers in the full accuweather forecast. >> all right adam thank you. any time storms move through rely on stormtracker 6 live double scan live to see where the stronger cells are heading, that is one resource availableable at 6abc.com/weather and our team of

meteorologists are working to keep you informed on facebook and twitter. one man was killed in central illinois he was hit by falling debris. the storms have been blamed for another death in illinois and one in missouri. in other news a man attacked several women and they fear he may strike again. a woman was hurt while trying to hold on to her purse. john rawlins live now in south philadelphia. you talked to the victim and her friend. >> reporter: we did. the purse snatching occurred on the other side of the street a half block down, the victim says

she was hurt in her hand and arm and they were not serious, the incidents one of two captured on video of a man police are looking for at this point. >> it's disturbing if anybody is getting robbed. the potential for harm. we have to get this individual off the street. who is this balding man caught on tape. 6 feet tall and heavy set and he was wearing all black. february 19th, someone buzzed him in or he had a code to get foo an apartment building, then he knocked on doors until a 76-year-old woman opened and he stole a cell phone and $9 and then exited. he targeted a woman with huntington's disease, and overpowers her and stealing her purse. >> i was in my bedroom and heard

her screaming. she called 99 and the victim tells us that she did not know her attacker. >> williams' reaction. >> horrible and cruel and heartless. >> the man in the video is involved in similar robberies in philadelphia locations and it's believed that he may have an accomplice. >> a black suv or smaller minivan is what we are looking for. >> police say they want to get this guy. if you would like to take a closer look at that video, go to our website at 6abc.com. if you know who that is or know his name the police would love to hear from you. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> okay john, thank you. we are following new developments from the philadelphia 76ers, who just announced that joel embiid will be out for the rest of the season. new mri results show a meniscus

tear on his left knee appears to be more pronounced than the previous scan. embiid was already off the court indefinitely. and this means he will not play again this season. the sixers medical team is still deciding on the best course of treatment. and the reward increased to $69,000 to lead police to whoever vanalized the mt. carmel cemetery. they are still working to clean the mess up. at least 100 head stones were damaged at the cemetery and they are keeping people on a schedule and they don't want anyone trying to lift the heavy head stone stones, that will be done by professional masons. >> they are strongly denouncing domestic terrorism and anti-semitic acts. the state islamic society and

churches take a corner were among those at the meeting at the bethel ame church. pepsi sent outlayoff notices for up to 100 workers in the philadelphia area. the company says that the decline in sales from the city's new beverage tax is to blame but city officials say not so fast. sara bloomquist is live now outside of one of those plants with the full story. >> reporter: well, pepsi cents out notices to the employees at the southeast plant and a second in south philadelphia and a third in wilmington, delaware. they plan to eliminate 80 to 100 jobs due to slumping sales due to the beverage tax. >> they said their sales are down 40% in the city and only up 10% to 15% in surrounding communities. >> so the company that employed

428 people in philadelphia will eliminate 150 positions and pepsi says this is not something we take lightly or want to do. we are working with the community and soonon to treat people with dignity. the tax took effect on sweetened beverages in january. they took in $5.7 million, the money funds prekindergarten programs city wide. and the mayors office pointed to pepsi's profits in the billions and the new pre-k program created 251 jobs in the city. >> they said the soda company stooped to a new low. they are holding jobs hostage because of the beverage tax. >> if they are still selling soda outside of the city pepsi

doesn't only distribute in the city of philadelphia. why they are laying off folks i'm not sure. >> it's a corporation and company and they have a right to do what is in the best interest of their business but i would like to have given the tax a year to be collected to see an actual impact. >> pepsi says if the tax is repealed or struck down the company will bring people back to work. other companies and grocery stores says that the beverage tax has led to layoffs and slumping sales. they say it's a scare tactic to keep other areas from enacting a similar tax. >> sara, thank you. one day after president trump's widely lauded speech in which we called for unity, they are calling for deep signs of division over his agenda, they

publically panned the emerging outlines, saying sharp cuts to foreign aid and domestic programs are a none starter, republican leaders say they appear no closer to the agreement to replace the affordable care act but house speaker, paul ryan, called it a home run and nancy pelosi called it empty rhetoric. positive reviews helped to fuel a massive rally on wall street soar, 330 points today. the 32nd record close since the election and the single biggest day since the election. the nasdaq up 78.5 points and the s&p up 32 and change today. >> a bank robber in cherry hill new jersey got away with cash but not before his photo was captured on a surveillance camera. it was taken at the td bank on

route 70 sun morning. police say that the man walked into the bank and handed the teller a note demanding money. if you know who this guy is, can't cherry hill police. another search for suspects this time three men robbed a radio shack in marlton, new jersey. these were released by evesham police and taken february 13th, the men distracted employees inside of the store on route 70. and cut the wire on the apple iphone display. they grabbed the phones and ran out the front doors. >> lets take a look. lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> lots of employees running out the front door and trying to get home. and hitting damp conditions at this point. and hitting a big problem at schuylkill northbound. this morn wing we had a big bacp

and crash. and this afternoon another crash, 23 northbound approaching the schuylkill, left land lane is out of commission. you are hitting delays on the northbound side of 25 and street. and the 711 at bridge and large, and typicalw speed as long the broomall. and effects of those storms, cape may courthouse a downed tree at 47 southbound past 657 and right lane is out of commission there. and high water along route 13, luckily that water has receded. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day afternoon. a crash along north gulf road along 422 and that is causing congestion in that next of the

woods. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> still to come on "action news" at 4:00, mr. t, simone biles and nancy kerrigan are among the contestants on dancing with the stars. some youngsters in philadelphia make a case for getting a new playground.

today projects for clean energy and climate protection were on display for government and unity leaders. they took a look at the real estate building and st. patrick's church and it showcased incentives for solar

power. as they consider the greenhouse initiative that helps to fund the projects. if you are looking for work a new development in delaware is looking to hire. the residents in mid down is one of the newest housing and projects, and they need people to work. they are taking applications tomorrow thursday, from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 in the afternoon. the fair is held at city hall in wilmington on north french street. it pertains to the upcoming phases of construction for the project. coming up tonight video of a run away vehicle have you to see. here is nydia han. this is the video a luxury vehicle rolling down the driveway narrowly missing the owner, the owner tolls the troubleshooters it was shut off and no power and the money brake

on. >> how to get the couple out of a dangerous car and into a brand new one. tonight on channel 6 "action news" at 11:00. >> today we met the new crop of stars competing for a mirror ball trophy on the 24 and season of dancing with the stars. it includes olympic gymnasts, simone biles she is hoping to follow in the footsteps of her teammate laurie hernandez. and nancy kerrigan the olympic figure skater. and check it out. actor and retired wrestler, mr. t they are ready to bring it. >> i have the moves. this is my moment. >> singer and vague as legend charo showed off her famous shake and shimmy at 65 years young and chicago cubs catcher,

david ross, the first major league baseball player to compete on the show. and missing spring training for it. >> get out of my comfort zone and hopefully represent the mlb. and has competition from ra shad jennings, and gave us a sneak peek and fresh off of becoming new parents, maksim and pita are back to work. and if they are ready for their first dance the answer to the question is a little different. i want to know how many of you guys watch the show before you were cast on the show? all right okay. >> i suspect they will watch this season season 24 of "dancing with the stars" appears on monday at 8:00. you can see the complete list of celebrity as long with their dancing partners at 6abc.com. and we will be at spring

training to do consulting there and they are looking forward to his moves. first baseball player in the competition. >> and hey mr. t he is showing off his moves. >> he had them for years. lets get a check of the accuweather foreca accuweather forecast adam joseph is here with the forecast. >> what was move was a broken line of showers and thunderstorms, they were in lancaster county. at 2:00 and now almost off the coast. they were moving 60 to 65 miles per hour through the region, could you get to the shore faster with the storms than in your car. the thunderstorm warning is in effect until 4:45 p.m., for forked river and barnegat light. as you head into ocean county, the northern extent here into long beach island, this until 4:45 and winds of 60 miles per hour with this storm.

it's through lacey an cross the garden state parkway and a couple of lightning strikes and just passing to the east of route 9 be barnegat light and continues to move off the coast in the next 5 to 10 minutes and seaside heights will be in the clear of this storm. 65 in allentown and 63 in reading and still warm, not as warm as it was prior to the rain passing through. 65 in millville and the atlantic city airport broke its record today hitting 73 now down to 61 degrees. there is the line that really moved pretty quickly. it's not the actual cold front. that brings a wind shift. and colder temperatures, that is near pittsburgh and comes through later tonight. overnight we see the sky clear out and temperatures are going to drop and the winds pick up. 41 degrees in allentown and 46 in millville and 45 in dover, under partly cloudy skies late and if you take a look at the

temperatures, low to mid-40s when we wake up tomorrow morning, notice through the day tomorrow, the numbers do not go up all that much. with winds near 45 miles per hour despite we see the sunshine. it is not going to feel like the 40s in fact tomorrow morning, 21 reading and 21 allentown and teens in the poconos and 10 in the poconos. a reality check here for march 2nd. the four day at 4:00 forecast, 49 feeling like the 30s in the afternoon despite the sun and 42 on friday and rain and snow showers around, do not be surprised to see wet flakes on friday, saturday and brisk and cold and 39 degrees and chilly on sunday. but a dry weekend of 47 degrees. so we are heading back to normal here as you go into the upcoming weekend. we'll let you know what the next new week has in store in the next half hour. >> we are ready for anything.

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well, these are the fourth graders at the tanner g. duckry school in north philadelphia and right now this is their playground and the kids decided it was time for a new one, they did not just do something about it. they went to the top -- >> the students put on a whole presentation as they petitioned for the new playground no front of city council president, darryl clark, they are part of the outreach program and believe

that a new playground will reduce bullying and make it a healthier place to learn. and they did a video and signs and even interviewed the school nurse for the presentation. and they made an impression. >> we are going to work with you and get this done. >> it seems like a positive reaction right? duckry is rated 100% economically disadvantaged and this school is in the running for a grant and when they wanted to make the plea they said we'll do it ourselves. >> they know how to bring about change already. >> tomorrow aread across america day and some schools are celebrating dr. seuss's birthday early by enjoying his best work. >> i do not eat green eggs and ham and i do not like them -- >> hat included. students at saint jerome school listened to mayor jim kenney

read the dr. seuss classic green eggs and ham. >> he did pretty well with that. >> an international award was given to a filmmaker for the new jersey beach bird campaign. arthur beadler won the award for a sculpture of a beach bird made of thousands of plastic water bottles and it kicked off the clean water challenge. challenging people to clean up rivers and lakes and oceans. >> if you are look fog save money this month stay tuned we'll tell you which items to put on your march shopping list and which to cross over until later. >> and a teenager flying down the road at 115 miles per hour and the crash is just part of this wild story.

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, sharrie williams and brian taff. >> hello again. 4:30 fow. we continue with the tattoo friend with people with freckled faces have to see to believe. and that is one way to get the message across and a philadelphia teacher airs his grievances high in the air by buying a billboard but did it

work? the school district's response is coming up. did you hear of yupping, if not stick around. they put the yoga cupping trend to the test with the benefits and risks coming up in your life segment. >> we begin at 4:30 with the changing accuweather forecast. part of our area is under a severe thunderstorm watch, the threat of strong storms is gone for most of us now and as the system moves out it's clearing out the warm temperatures we enjoyed over the last couple of days. adam joseph is live at the big board with what to expect next. adam chillier temperatures coming? >> they really drop off late tonight into the rest of the work week and satellite and radar, these storms meant business approaching the central parts of pennsylvania and harrisburg, this was at 1:00, three hours later or so they are off the coast. they were moving at speeds of 60 to 65 miles per hour. and clouds are lingering behind it. and the last of the storms now

move ago way now from even ocean county. the wind gusts with the storms as they passed through and quanico, virginia, winds gusting to 78 miles per hour with the thunderstorms and andrews air force base 62 miles per hour and wilmington 41 miles per hour and dover this coming in, 76 miles per hour in kent county over hurricane force and the delaware bay a buoy that picked up a wind speed of 55 miles per hour. it was hit or miss who saw the most powerful winds with the storm but what everyone feels is the drop in temperature, right now 68 degrees and you can see the winter like air and chicago and bismark in the 20s and 30s and not only is the temperature going to drop but the winds will kick up as we go into the overnight hours tonight into thursday. so between 10:00 tonight and 1:00 p.m. tomorrow a winterd advisory in the far northwestern areas and the poconos gusting to

30 miles per hour. and we'll talk about windchills and rain and snow showers, yes i said the word somewhere in the seven-day forecast. and a look at the weekend in just a bit. >> thank you. if the wins caused damage we invite to you join the "action news" email your photos or videos to jointheaction@6abc.com or share them using #6abcaction. and a port richmond man and his girlfriend are arrested in connection to his aunt. 26-year-old andrew and michelle were taken into custody late yesterday. police say he shot and killed his 57-year-old aunt in her mercer street home last friday night. he is now facing a number of charges including murder, robbery and burglary. she has been charged with several crimes related to conspiracy. dozens of people march to the mayors office in wilmington but police stopped them from

going inside. they were demanding a meeting with the mayor to voice concerns about the city's crime rate. the mayor was not there at the time. he was at a prayer service at a nearby church. he tells "action news" that city, county and state authorities are all working to reduce the number of shootings in wilmington. >> they called it an office warming party today. but it was not meant to be a warm welcome, protesters gathered outside of pat toomey's new philadelphia office today demand that he meet with his constituents face-to-face town hall forum. gray hall is live now with more. >> reporter: well brian, we have not heard from senator toomey but his staff members tell me that the senator is well aware of the demonstrations and they are not being ignored. >> he is suppose to represent us. until he does that we are not going home. >> tuesday with toomey,

demonstrate on tuesdays but on wednesday senator toomey's philadelphia office moved to a new location and the group wanted the senator to know they are aware and the protests will continue. >> the point is he is elected to listen to our concerns and has not done that and has not made himself available. >> the group started the demonstration a while ago. >> we want a town hall and we want him to work for us. he said in the beginning of trump's president he would not be a rubber stamp and we have yet to see anything that is not just rubber stamping. >> toomey was in d.c. and not at his office in philadelphia and he is aware of the protest and they are not being ignored. they say that senator toomey met with protesters of the harrisburg and pittsburgh chapters of tuesday with toomey. earlier this month, senator

toomey held a tally town hall where participants could call in or social media and it was hard for them to call the offices because of a flood of calls. >> those are orchestrated effortses to block our phone systems. >> but demonstrators say it's not good enough they want to see him in philadelphia. >> i don't understand why he won't have a town hall with us and listen to us. >> back out live, despite the demonstrations there is still no planned town hall for philadelphia, if that changes we are told that the media will be alerted and the information will be on the senator's website. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. well, keeping the city streets safe for everyone that is the goal as the vision zero 2017 concerns kick of. safety experts and elected officials and members of the

community spent the day figuring out how to create local roadways. the event put on by the bicycle coalition of philadelphia focuses on motorcyclists. >> and a target of drug abusers, anchor monica malpass is live in the newsroom with the details on this one. >> that right. this doctor says the trend he is seeing is shocking no other word to describe it. the medication commonly sold as imodium, used to stop diarrhea. a doctor explains hi concerns about usage going on otherwise to ali gorman. she'll explain coming newspaper health check. and new numbers that show philadelphia residents are concerned about street safety in the city and we'll explain that and much more at 5:00. >> thank you. the philadelphia zoo, it is

closed today for a bit of spring cleaning, the zoo staff is busy getting the place ready for the busy warm weather season, they spent the day sprucing up the outdoor gardens and wiping down the indoor exhibits. it will be reopen tomorrow. as spring approaches some of us are looking for the latest and greatest workout. and high intensity workouts could be great, they take a toll on your body. local trainers say combining two recovery techniques could maximize your performance and results. >> it's called yupping and a combination of two healing practices that may be trendy but thousands of years old. and fans of the technique says it makes your sore muscles feel like new. >> it may be hard to watch, cupping is a holistic approach

to recovery. and michael phelps was covered in the marks during the summer olympics. >> your body needs rest, and can't be to the full potential if you don't let it rest and recover. >> amy introduced a new twist with yoga instructor alex. a class called yupping. >> our goal is to include a lot of different recovery techniques, alice provides the suction cups while you are if a pose. >> pulling up and spreading out is creating a large stimulus in the area. >> and then after a couple of minutes, they are taken off and you can achieve a greater stretch and mobility. and better blood flow. >> we pull that up so the system can flood it out and more nutrients coming to the area. >> and they leave significant marks that last 3 to 10 days, a

breaking up of the blood vessels and creases a blood flow that causes a bruising affect. >> the bruises are not harmful but in rare cases can be permanent. while sciencetivic studies did not produce hard evidence that it works but it doesn't say it doesn't. but yoga does. >> whether it's a psychological effect or an underlying physiological effect we are not sure. >> i'm not getting the aches and pains and soreness with the long runs. >> as always check with your doctor before adding anything to your regiment, the classes offered at balance are a semi private setting. i have the information on our website at facebook page. it does hurt a bit. >> it's hard to watch it. >> me too and i did it. i went through it.

>> i try tropical disturbance out over the weekend just for a little bit. it's interesting. >> thank you. still to come good news for anyone that grew up hating their freckles, freakle free faces are a thing of the past. plus, the philadelphia teacher slams the school district in a public way. and coming up we'll hear why he took out a billboard and how school officials are responding. >> and a scene from the dukes of hazard and the crash was very real. what sent a teenagers truck flying through the air. meteorologist, adam joseph, returns with the full forecast from accuweather.

a high speed police chase came to a dram theic end when a stolen truck went airborne watch when the driver runs into a road block before launching over a fence. the truck landed on a woman's car while she was inside of it.

she quickly took cover in the passenger seat the only part of the car that was not crushed. as for the man he was fleeing a traffic stop and racing up to 115 miles per hour during the pursuit. the 18-year-old was taken into custody after he crashed and thankfully nobody was hurt here. big talkers now and perhaps you have seen this billboard on i-95 south it reads welcome to philadelphia where we don't value our public school children and calls out the public officials including the mayor and you see their pictures there and it's more than five years since our teachers have gotten a raise. and the central high school teacher behind it and crowd funded for than $500,000 to put the billboard up. the goal is to remind the officials of the obligations for the underfunded public schools and explains that he and other

teachers are fighting for what they call a fair contract. a spokesperson responded today telling "action news" that talks continue with the philadelphia federation of teachers trying to work out a fiscally responsible contract that puts the children first. he will continue to raise money to keep the billboard up as long as possible. and freckles, if you have them you should know that they are so coveted. women pining for the tiny facial markers are having them tattoos to their faces. >> these are hand made freckle tattoos, reportedly started by canadian tattoo artist. these are before and after shots. rainbow's first complain was her

friend who was sick of drawing them on her face. when they setting in they look soft and fresh and they charge $250 and last two years, and they can be refreshed. gone are the days of using cover up. freckles are are the rage, if you grew up hating them people are paying for them now. >> the irish skin. already thank you. lets get a check of the roads now. matt has the update. >> speckles with traffic troubles on this wednesday afternoon leaving us with a far from flawless ride home. the blue route, jamming substantially this afternoon on the southbound side just past the schuylkill through this point at villanova down to broomall. 30 minutes should be 18, the same could be said of the

schuylkill, plenty of volume. and accident in frankford involving a pedestrian at bridge and large at the 7-eleven and reports of downed wires in woodland delco by the dunkin' donuts at mcdade boulevard. and more downed wires in chester county are shutting down 282, creek road i would use fairview to get around that. that is three downs telephone poles. in valley forge national park, and a water main break is blocking more road off 23, and speaking of tattoos, right by norristown tattoo a crash at main and after. and a crash at southbound 295, off to the side and still slowing as you come down from route 73 and near the shore look for a down tree along cape may county past 657 near southville

corner the right lane it blocked. we'll check it again coming up in the 5:00 hour. >> thank you. speaking of the shore, how about avantage point. the dark clouds off the coast today. adam joseph with the exclusive accuweather forecast. where's the car? it'll be here in three... uh four minutes. are you kidding me? no, looks like he took a wrong turn. don't worry, this guy's got like a four-star rating, we're good. his name is randy. that's like one of the most trustworthy names! ordering a getaway car with an app? are you randy? randy: that's me! thief: awesome! surprising. what's not surprising? how much money erin saved by switching to geico. everybody comfortable with the air temp? i could go a little cooler. ok. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more.

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♪ all right adam joseph you had a busy afternoon and looking at the radar all red and yellow, they were moving fast from lancaster county at 2:00, off the coast by 4:15, 4:30, west and east now off the coast. as we look at the action cam to brighten your mood on march 1st. look at the beautiful flowers in

bloom here the daffodils are up early but a sign we are in the month where we transition from what was suppose to be winter to spring. although it felt like spring since december. as we take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan around the area again, fairly quiet at this point. not really much happening at this point. lingering showers in and around atlantic county and parts of northern cape may county. this is pivoting from fortescue to atlantic city. you see it's on and off through dover and getting mist and drizzle at timed. that is at the present hour. we. >> reporter: shy of the record by 2 degree, 74 no matter what. really warm, 75 in wilmington that was record breaking, atlantic city also 73 degrees which was record breaking and allentown 6 8 degrees and

trenton 73 for a high today. we pulled the numbers down, 70 in trenton and 65 in allentown and still well above average and 60s in the poconos and dover sitting at 64 degrees, satellite and radar the line of storms again they were well put together when they were movelinging through the ohio valley. we had the round of rain and a lot of clouds with a few hints of sun and we needed a lot of sun to keep the storms going and on the severe side through the entire area, and thankfully we capped that and it kind of fell apart as the line moved through philadelphia and points to the east. tonight it turns windy and chillier under partly cloudy skies and 45 for center city and the wins that switch from the southwest to the west. they start to increase 12 to 25 miles per hour. and then tomorrow, low pressure kind of develops and deepening in northern new england and snow

from maine and we get whiplashed from the winter winds and gusting tomorrow and 49 degree air temperature with full sun feeling more like the 30s and a weak area of energy kind of pushing through here on friday. with on and off rain and snow showers and some areas could see a grassy coating of snow on friday and it's not a big deal, but kind of more on the psyche after being in the 70s, over the last weekend and you may see snowflakes in your backyard a couple of days from now. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 49 degrees tomorrow and windy and chilly, and sunny and rain and snow showers here at times and on friday not a big storm but 42, saturday brisk and cold just 39 for the high and still chilly on sunday and 47 with sun and clouds and we warm it back up 60 on monday and 63 on tuesday with sunshine and clouds and maybe a shower or two late tuesday and it stays mild on wednesday. with sun and clouds of 65

degrees. so again, much like this winter season, we have the one or two day hits of cold air and then the warmth takes over. continuing in the seven day. >> adam, thanks. a new month means new deals which items go on sale in march and what you should wait to buy.

all right it's a brand new month and march is like a lamb when it comes to sales. there are things to save on. we start with a sweet treat. overstock chocolate has deep discounts look for 50% off high end chocolate. and how about this for a tidbit, march is national frozen food

month and big names in the freezer aisle are slashing prices at grocery stores across the country. this is the month to stock up on staples and you know it never goes back if you have room in the freer you have room forever the deals. >> and this is it, cold weather clothing from coats to sweaters to ski gear, grab it before it's gone. can you get up to 75% off. to that end, we are kind of in an in between season right now, and so high end fashion sales get ramped up and they get rid of the winter stuff and bring in the spring stuff and offer big savings there. and luggage, the month to d discount your cases and something you should not be buying, android and windows phones, the new models expected to come out later this month. wait for them to get clashed

until then. >> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00, for sharrie williams, alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. join me tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. >> now here is monica malpass and rick williams with a look ahead. >> thank you, coming up two alleged victims speak out in the case of a serial sex offender. the testimony and the plea for other victims to come forward. >> and a drastic change for the delaware valley, a live check of accuweather for you at 5:00.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. his trailer was called a parent's worst nightmare by police. today two women came forward sharing stories of assault and abuse. claiming they were targeted by an alleged serial sex offenders and hoped that it would bring others forward. the big story is the emotional

plea for more testimony against william thomas. >> walter perez is live with the full story. >> the suspect william charles thomas thatlied in the trailer park behind we here remains behind bars on $750,000 bail and the hearing is later this month but today two of his alleged victims came forward with a passionate plea. >> i decided to take a stand for myself and everyone else that has been a victim. >> these two young ladies came forward for one reason, to encourage anyone else that was victimized to come forward. >> was taken advantages of by an adult child molester. anyone else -- >> 23 jm on the right, they reported to police that thomas a handyman in