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mid-atlantic region with this barrel high pressure in control. all of the unsettled weather with the warm front, now that will be snake go through as we go throughout the day monday and into tuesday. for the rest of tonight, mostly clear, still pretty chilly. not as bad as last night. we had overnight lows in the single digits and teens. now we are in the teens and lower 20's with that west southeasterly wind at three to 6 miles an hour. as we go throughout the day tomorrow, certainly not a bad start to our workweek, sunshine followed by increasing cloud, i will show thaw in a moment. it will be milder afternoon at 52 for the high in philadelphia, 50 in wilmington , 49 in allentown 506789 for reading. and lancaster at the coast. in cape may 47 for a high. 50 degrees in toms river. here's future tracker six. 6:00 o'clock in the morning it is mostly clear start to the day. no issues for that morning commute but as we go throughout the afternoon, sun giving way to increasing cloud tomorrow, and then as a warm front lifts well off to or north. as it does so you will tap into south southeasterly wind
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which is why it is a warmer day tomorrow. but by tuesday, as that warm front moves on through we have some showers, likely, mainly north and west of philadelphia , early tuesday, morning, and they will continue on and off throughout the day until that front swings through late tuesday into early wednesday. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast showing increasing cloud throughout the day tomorrow but it will be a warmer afternoon we're up to 52 for a high, on tuesday, it is milder, we're tracking showers, mainly north and west of the city at 65 for a high and in the wake of the front it will be turning windy but not dramatically colder, turning sunny, high temperature wednesday at 59, sun shining and cloud on thursday, breezy, too. a high of 53. fifty-two on friday, and some sun, with an afternoon shower possible, and then on saturday , cloud which rain possible and in at 45, and daylight savings time, walter, begins as we get into saturday night into sunday. we are springing forward. >> i have my apple trees blooming which is stress me
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out. lit tool early. >> thanks, melissa. finally at 6:00 more than a thousand people turnout to celebrate a big milestone for radio personality, bob pantano , south philadelphia native hosted his first saturday night dance party in 1977, 40 years later show is still going strong on wogl. last night action cam was there at adelphia restaurant and lounge in deptford, new jersey where pantano celebrat ed this very special anniversary with what else, a big party. abc world news sunday next here on channel six, don't miss "action news" at 10 on ph l17 tonight and then we are back here again on six abc at 11:00. now for melissa magee, jeff skversky and sarah bloomquist and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. we will see you right back here at 11:00 o'clock. >> ♪
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welcome to "world news tonight." breaking news. president trump accusing obama of spying on him. tonight, the fbi director calling that false. the president insisting his phones were tapped at trump tower. but when pressed, team trump not >> if this happened, martha. >> if, if, if. >> brian ross standing by with new details. fire and ice. firefighters battling high winds and freezing cold. this dangerous weather killing a mother and her four children, the hazards at home and on the road. fighting back. the chilling video of the alleged midnight assault. a masked serial sex offender stalking, then attacking, a female hotel worker.
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what she did that led to his capture. charity scam? the child fighting for his life, and the strangers accused of using his photo to raise money for themselves. and, true colors. the little boy, the high-tech glasses, and the incredible moment when his whole world changes. good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. we begin with that breaking news. a serious setback to president trump tonight, after he called on congress to investigate his claim that president obama spied on him. tonight, the fbi director is asking the justice department to speak out. rejecting the claim as false. president trump a short time ago, boarding air force one on his way back to the white house after a weekend after mar-a-lago. his friendship with president obama, forged after the election, turning into a bitter
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personal fight. aides to the former president denying there was any wiretapping, and it appears the fbi director is backing him up. here's brian ross. >> reporter: the actual source of the president's stunning claim the fbi bugged trump tower on the orders of president obama but late today, word that james comey has weighed in. asking the justice department to publicly reject the president's statement as false. the only white house official to speak publicly today, sarah huckabee sanders, appeared on the abc program "this week" and tried to change the subject and call for an investigation when martha raddatz pressed for an answer about the source. >> let's look into this. if this happened, if this is accurate, this is the biggest overreach and the biggest scandal. >> the president of the united states is accusing the former president of wiretapping him. >> i think that this is, again, something that if this happened, martha.
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>> if, if, if. >> i agree. >> why is the president saying it did happen? >> look, i think he's going off of information that he's seen that has led him to believe that this is a very real potential. >> reporter: but the president's series of twitter messages were not about the potential. rather that the wiretaps actually did happen. "terrible! just found out that obama had my wire tapped in trump tower just before the victory. nothing found. this is mccarthyism." as president, mr. trump has unlimited access to the country's greatest secrets. but tonight it seems increasingly clear that he instead relied heavily on questions raised in a fox news report friday night. and the conservative breitbart website which friday highlighted a conspiracy-loving radio talk show host. >> how many of trump's people
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were eavesdropped on? >> look, i think the bigger thing is you guys are always telling us to take the media seriously. well, we are today. >> reporter: the media speculation was all focused on possible russian connections with trump. and whether alleged collusion with putin's spies and the trump campaign during the election, in fact, did lead to an fbi wiretap. today, the former dni, the director of national intelligence, james clapper, said trump was never a target of a wiretap. >> for the part of the national security apparatus that i oversaw as dni, there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president-elect at the time, or as a candidate, or against his campaign. >> and brian joins us live. th highly unusual thing from the fbi director. >> we're hearing the director is extremely unhappy, making it appear that the fbi acted illegally, and he's asking that
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the justice department defend them. but nothing yet. next tonight, the reaction coming in, members of congress weighing in. and tomorrow, the senate also expecting to hear more from jeff sessions about his meetings with the russian ambassador. david wright is in palm beach tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the white house bracing for a fight. members of the president's own party are skeptical about that unsubstantiated claim that president obama tapped the phones in trump tower. >> i've never heard that allegation made before by anybody. >> it would probably be helpful if he gave more information but it would also be helpful if he didn't comment further and allowed us to do our work. >> reporter: democrats are downright critical. >> i think this is just a distraction. to distract from this very, very
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serious interference by a foreign power. >> reporter: some of them now calling for an investigation of connection there. >> but if it's true, it's obviously very serious. >> reporr: it was senator al franken's question th tripped up attorney general jeff sessions at his confirmation hearings. >> i didn't have -- did not have communications with the russians, and i'm unable to comment on it. >> reporter: sessions now admits that was not accurate. >> in retrospect, i should have slowed down and said i did meet one russian official a couple times. >> reporter: tomorrow, the attorney general owes the judiciary committee a full explanation of why he failed to tell them the truth. >> if he lied knowingly, then he committed perjury. >> reporter: at the start of this weekend, the president erupted in anger at his top aides in the oval office, according to sources, demanding
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they step up their game. this weekend, hundreds of trump supporters held rallies around the country. many of them willing to give the president the benefit of the doubt, even on the wiretapping claim. >> i think there's validity in mr. trump's comments. >> my initial reaction was if he just said it off the top of his head to lash out, i said, "oh, no. the left is going to have a field day with is." >> supporters out in force. david joins us live. any additional fallout from the exchange in the white house? >> reporter: the white house is cautioning us not to read in too much to who's in and who's out. but the bottom line, the president was expressing his frustration about messaging, and the top aides heard that message loud and clear. >> thank you. next, millions of people feeling this weekend's bitter chill. for some, it's the coldest
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temperatures all year. staying warm and the risk of a fire are a real challenge to firefighters. eva pilgrim on the battle to save lives. commercial. trying to locate the fire. >> reporter: this seven-alarm fire in queens, new york, fannes turned out in the bitter cold overnight. and in union city, new jersey, this block covered in ice after a deadly blaze. embers igniting this historic church, its steeple collapsing. >> the flames were just out of control because of the wind. >> reporter: in massachusetts, this ice a reminder of another frigid firefight. >> a second alarm for the town of warwick. >> reporter: firefighters facing negative-5 degree wind chills as they tried to save a family. >> we couldn't get near the house, it was too hot. >> reporter: fire authorities investigating tonight if the fire started because of a wood stove. this 100-foot pine tree falling on top of a car, killing the couple
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>> it was just demolished. >> reporter: and the cold temperatures blamed for this mess at new york's la guardia airport. a frozen pipe bursting, water pouring from the ceiling. back here in queens, temperatures were in the single digits. and firefighters facing 25 mile an hour winds. >> thank you. let's get right to rob marciano, it's freezing out there. >> reporter: it is another cold night for sure. but we're going to see warm up in responsetrong storm hitting t now. winter storm wind warnings. we'll have low elevation snow tonight. and a number of fires today. and we'll look forstorms breaking out for minneapolis tli
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arkansas. and 60 degrees in chicago, 70 in st. louis. wild swings so far for the month of march. >> rob, thank you. we want to turn now to a manhunt in mississippi. three inmates missing from a prison. and to the terrifying moments for a woman alone, working the night desk at a hotel. surveillance footage revealing a masked intruder in the halls. gloria riviera with the video, and we want to let you know, some may find it disturbing. >> reporter: a terrifying assault caught on camera minute by minute. investigators saying newly released surveillance video shows a masked man entering a home 2 suites hotel in omaha, nebraska, this week, in the dead
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of night. the alleged victim, a female employee on duty at the front desk, is seen walking down a hallway. her alleged attacker, peering from around a corner. then following the victim down the same hallway. in the next moment, you see the two struggle. the attacker throwing the woman on a table, the two then moving off-camera. police say what we cannot see, the woman fighting back, and pulling off his mask. he runs off but his face is exposed, and caught on camera. the woman returns to the front desk, when shockingly the attacker returns. another struggle, then he leaves for good. days later, authorities arrest zachary person on charges of sex assault. the registered sex offender, wanted for multiple sex assaults in three different states. police say they were only able to identify person because that brave hotel worker was able to rip off his mask. tom? >> gloria, thank you. still much more ahead on
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"world news tonight" this sunday. up next, how to protect your images online. one family's story o how some scammers tried to profit off of their sick child. and also, we'll take you into this brush fire. and what happened to this atlanta landmark? take a look. we'll be right back. before i had the shooting, burning of diabetic nerve pain these feet... jumped into city life as a kid... ...and kept my town moving. bu so i talked to my doctor and he prescribed lyrica. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior. or swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling or blurry vision. common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain and swelling of hands, legs, and feet. don't drink alcohol while taking lyrica. don't drive or use machinery
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we're back now with a warning for everybody who posts pictures online. a little boy battling cancer, and police are accusing others for using his pictures to make money for themselves. here's adrienne bankert. >> reporter: you can't tell from gianni incandela's bubbly personality -- but this little boy is in the fight of his life. battling brain cancer, his
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parents using the online site gofundme to raise money for his expensive treatments. the family says that captivating picture was then stolen off the site by others and used to scam people. >> he looked at me with a big smile and goes, "well, ma, that's not nice."neschmidt and vincent fina, accused of in photo to raise money. until in a wild twist they showed up to gianni's grandmother's workplace. >> i told her, i know what you've been doing. >> reporter: gianni's grandmother snapping this picture of the couple last week then alerting police. authorities there charging the couple on friday with fraud. experts say anytime you post a photo online there's a risk. one thing you can do to see if your photos are being used, go to google images, upload your photo, and select search. the site will pull up any web pages containing that photo. as for gianni, his family is hopeful.
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>>. finally tonight, seeing things differently. the moment when a black and white world transformed for a little boy. here's john donvan. >> reporter: being colorblind, and that's how cayson irlbeck of iowa was born, it's something you adapt to, and cayson did. he's a ballplayer. he gets a kick out of family cations. but he also wondered what he was missing. and so, when he heard about some special lenses that alter the light passing through them to make certain colors pop, he wanted to try them. knowing they didn't work for everyone with his condition. >> we were concerned that he might be a little upset if they didn't work. >> reporter: they worked for cayson, and it rocked him. of choke up, almost instantly realizing what hwas seeing was real. >> reporter: rocked him in a such good way. >> everything was so bright, it just popped out at me so well. >> reporter: that he's almost
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dancing in this moment. >> when you put these glasses on your life goes into high definition. >> reporter: as for more practical benefits, well, there's getting dressed. >> it's easier on me, i don't have to pick out his outfits. >> reporter: and there's what he sees now in his cereal bowl. >> it's colorful, yellow, green, a lot of stuff i want to eat, instead of just brown. >> reporter: and then there's the thing he didn't exactly want to get out of bed for the other day, until his dad made him. >> and i was like, why are you waking me up? >> reporter: because during that dark dawn, that was a sunrise, which you do have to see, when the world looks new. john donvan, abc news. >> we thank the family for their sharing that story. i'm tom llamas. have a great evening. good night. to the "index."
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