still needs to be picked up completely but officials and fans agree it was all quite worth it. >> absolutely. city officials couldn't give an exact number about how many people were along the parade route but they say it was more than 700,000 screaming fans. police say only two people were injured, they were stabbed during the parade. >> however, one of those incidents likely stem from an ongoing problem between two people and happened inside of a residence according to authorities. there was also an assault on a police officer and five arrests for disorderly conduct. police commissioner richard ross says -- he summed it up this way. >> to be able to have that type of event with those numbers and to have as the mayor said, some small hiccups, you know, is remarkable in my estimation and that's just because of the collaboration of everyone, not just philly pd, everybody and so i'm thankful to them, i'm thankful to all the people who attended, you know, who helped to make this a great celebration. >> absolutely. as far as the cost of the event, the city still working

out how much the eagles the nfl and philadelphia will each pitch in to cover the cost of everything. >> one look at the conditions on eakins oval and the ben franklin parkway shows the amount of work that is ahead for crews in the coming days. mud is now where the grass used to be and we're told that's only temporary. so is the trash but there's still a lot of it and it seems to be everywhere. >> for more on that let's head to "action news" reporter bob brooks along the ben franklin parkway. they still have a job ahead don't they. >> reporter: yeah, rick and monica, they do. maybe a record setting day in attendance certainly a record said in setter in the fact that that was a first, the first of many we hope but also a record setting day in the amount of garbage. you can see some of it surrounding me 60 tons of garbage had to be removed. like the spot you see in front of me they still have a few places to tidy up. it was a celebration for the ages. when you have a party like that, you'll also have a cleanup for the ages to go right along with it.

today crews have been busy cleaning it all up. all kinds of stuff. most of which was stuck in mud that used to be the grass. we have philadelphia streets commissioner carleton williams on that. >> oh, it was a lot of unique items that we saw here, so we saw grills, we saw crates, maybe people were standing on them, i don't know. >> as it stands right now, he says crews have collected more than 60 tons of garbage along the parade route. that's a record for any event in the city. but his crews should be done with the cleanup work by no later than tonight. he says they don't even mind. >> we're like the eagles. we just go to work. we get in there real quick and, you know, that's our job and that's our business and so our guys are happy to do it. >> reporter: neighborhoods just outside of the parkway like spring garden, fairmount, also had some cleaning up to do. we saw quite a few piles of trash bags on street corners but neighbors we spoke with said they're not surprised. >> honestly it's worth all the effort. i mean, it's a mess but anyhow

it was all so fun. >> trash is kind of gross. more trash cans during the celebration but it was a once in a lifetime event and it was really, really great to be here. >> reporter: but the celebration of this magnitude we're just heaper -- happy garbage was the only thing. >> i was set to go out with a giant broom and bag to clean it up. it wasn't necessary. >> i think this is just what happens when a big city celebrates something like this. >> reporter: you can see there is still some trash here that's supposed to be again removed by the end of the day and also a lot of mud. what's next is a sort of a waiting game now for things to totally get back to normal. we certainly want all the grass to come back along the parkway. for now reporting live along the parkway bob brooks channel6 "action news." rick, monica. >> thanks bob. >> thanks bob. >> just because the parade is over doesn't mean celebrations a finished. a live look at the linneys side carl's cards and

collectibles. fans are waiting for jason kelce and beau allen. already a big crowd there. >> relive the history making day in philadelphia sports on our 6abc app. right now you can see videos from the biggest moments of the celebration as well as raw video from the action cam and chopper6 and dozens of photos of eagles players and fans who joined the championship parade all right here right now on our 6abc app. >> turning to our weather now for the weekend, it's going to get a little interesting. meteorologist cecily tynan in the "action news" weather center with the latest on some wet and some warm. >> that's exactly right, monica. the good news is we're going to be warming up. if you don't like it on the cold side we have a chill in the air right now. philadelphia's high temperature today 39 degrees. the normal high for this time of the year bumps up to 43 tomorrow so just slightly below normal but if you look to the southwest, you can see temperatures in the 50's and 60's. we'll tap into that warmth this weekend but with it comes a developing storm. double scan live showing you look at this not much happening right now.

just beginning to gather some moisture from the gulf of mexico but that will really blossom as we head through the day tomorrow and it moves in. so future tracker showing first half of the day should be fine just cloudy. then showers developing late in the afternoon around 4 o'clock they're here and then that rain really intensifying into saturday or sunday morning. by sunday morning it's pouring out there. we also could be dealing with some fog. so, the accuweather alert is post -- posted for the weekend. heaviest rain sunday morning. we're looking at a pretty good soaking, generally one to 2 inches, the heaviest right along the i-95 corridor. could get locally up to about two and a half inches and this will cause some flooding concerns. the ground is pretty much frozen so even with that warming it's going to have a tough time absorbing the rain so localized flooding even some waterways could flood. i'll talk more about the details coming up in the full accuweather forecast. monica. >> sounds good. thank you cecily. get updates to this

weekend's rainy forecast any time, also check storm tracker6 live right on your phone or tablet. the 6abc app is a free download for your mobile device. >> following a rollercoaster ride of historic lows on wall street. we ended the week on a high note. the dow gaining 335 points and change before closing at just over 24,000. the nasdaq and the s & p also saw gains to end the work week. abc's maggie rulli has more from new york. >> reporter: wall street is still holding on tight as this rollercoaster week at the stock market continues to be a wild ride. [bell tolls] >> reporter: investors still skittish after yesterday's 1,000-point plunge. the second biggest one day point drop in history. the biggest, that happened just four days ago on monday. the dow is now down more than 10 percent from its high in january in what analysts are calling an official correction. >> it's a bit like a wildfire. it's good we need to burn some

of the brush off so that you don't get a massive wildfire. i think we're just burning off some of the frost in the equity market so that a much bigger bear market correction doesn't happen. >> reporter: experts insist the economy is doing well. but these positive developments could be having a negative impact on investors. many worried that the economy is doing too well too quickly and that the federal reserve may hike rates in order to keep inflation under control. >> the real concern is that if we get good news it suggests that actually maybe our economy might be overheating. >> reporter: experts remind us that now is not the time to be afraid. >> do not jeopardize your long term financial security based on short term volatility. look at the big picture. the fact is the economy's growing and if you're vesting for years or decades, this is a good buying opportunity. >> reporter: this has been the worst week for stocks since the financial crisis in 2008, but experts and analysts here on wall street say now it's a much different time

than it was a decade ago. markets, the economy and the banking industry all looking better than ever and unemployment is at the lowest it's ever been in 17 years. in new york, maggie rulli channel6 "action news." rick. >> maggie thank you for that report. and world news tonight with david muir will have much more on the wild week on wall street. you can watch that tonight at 6:30 following "action "action " at 6:00. >> roosevelt boulevard will soon be safer for pedestrians. state senator christine tartaglione got a million dollar grant to improve adams and somerdale avenue at route one. the highway is considered one of the most dangerous in the country. it carries 78,000 vehicles a day through dense neighborhoods. there were 222 applications for a total of $41 million in state money. >> all right. well, it is friday night so let's get a check of your "action news" traffic report. >> allall right, we're live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. t.g.i.f. to you matt. >> we made it after a wild week, a great week around here and we're going to wrapping things up with a crash unfortunately here on 422,

rick and monica, westbound side approaching the oaks, the egypt road exit. we can see here now all off to the side but a lot of emergency crews are still on the scene, so it's attracting some attention. westbound is extra busy coming out of king of prussia through this point at oaks along 422. now just off 422 just south of pottstown in north coventry there's also a bad wreck along route 100 pottstown pike at cedarville road close to the long horn's steakhouse there. by the wendy's in morrisville watch out for a bad crash along pine grove road at trenton avenue. the good news is everything's cleaned up along the pennsylvania, way -- parkway but the rains are opened along the ben franklin parkway so you're good to go heading out of town in direction this afternoon. in bella vista watching a downed pole along washington avenue, it's the westbound side by ninth street that the police are directing you around. we had a crash along 95, it was the southbound side near bartram avenue but there has now cleared out of the way. in garnet valley watch out for

a downed tree along concorde road. stick with 322 instead but it is plenty busy there through the construction zones and a pair of accidents in new castle county, route nine has one at rogers road by dixon auto sales. one along route 13 at franklin avenue by the golden dove diner. we'll check it again rick and monica in the next half hour. >> matt we'll see you then. more still ahead on "action news" tonight. officers trying to serve a warrant on a wanted ma and in georgia -- man in georgia are met with gunfire and a suspect who had no intention on going anywhere. we'll explain what happened. >> the flu is gaining ground around the country and in our area, more cases are being reported. registered nurse ali gorman with details on what parents need to do to keep their children safe when "action news" comes right back.

>> three law enforcement officers were shot while serving an arrest warrant in georgia. one was killed. it happened at 11:00 a.m. in the town of locust grove. officials say when the officers went to the home they had no reason to believe the suspect would become violent but then it became clear the man was not going to go with them willingly. we know the suspect is also dead. the locust grove officer killed had been on the force for five years. the two deputies who were wounded are veterans. they were seriously injured.

>> health check tonight. the cdc released new numbers on the flu this year. it could be on track to break seasonal records. >> health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman joins us at the big board with more. hi, ali. >> i know i've been covering this a lot but it just keeps getting worse. the virus is still on the rise and we're seeing a lot of people treated for severe symptoms. now, typically flu season lasts about 11 to 20 weeks. right now we're at week 11 and officials say it doesn't appear to be slowing down. it started with a bad cough. then 10-year-old keonna richardson ended up on a ventilator unable to speak due to complications from h1n1 an a strain flu virus. >> she had went to school with no problem and her school nurse sent her home with a 102 fever. >> the flu comes on quickly with fever body aches cough and runny nose. she's now recovering. the cdc says hospitalizations

due to the flu are way up this year. more than 60 children have died and the flu is also hitting healthy adults over the age of 50 harder than usual. the vaccine isn't a great match for the predominant a strain, the h3n2 which is typically more severe but there are other b strains also now going around. the vaccine is more effective against these viruses. pediatricians tell parents to watch for signs of trouble. >> child having difficulty breathing, dehydrated blue or bluish around the mouth is your child having a fever with a rash. >> these are signs of a medical emergency. also if your child is extremely lethargic or if their fever breaks and returns with worse certaining symptoms get them to the doctor. and cdc officials are still calling this season moderately severe. at this point the flu-like activity is about the same as it was for the peak in 2009. and that's when we saw the

h1n1 or swine flu going around. it's still too early to tell whether this season will be worse than that season but we do know that this flu season is expected to continue for several more weeks and it is still at high activity in 48 states. rick and monica. >> all right. ali, thank you. well, the super bowl parade is over but the fun and excitement isn't for the players or the fans. vinnie curry arrived to cheers at the macy's in center city. the first 150 people in line won this meet and greet. he signed autographs for the excited eagles fans young and old. as we head to break more incredible moments from yesterday's super bowl parade. center jason kelce's costume and his speech isn't the only two things that went viral. his speech and his song was pretty inspiring as well. here's a bit. >> this entire organization is a bunch of driven men who

accomplished something. we're all a bunch of underdogs and you know what a underdog is, it's a hungry dog.

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starting in april passengers can fly to charleston jacksonville myrtle beach and nashville. the additional nonstop options bring frontier's total to 15 flights from trenton. you can book those flights to the new destinations right now. he created his own coffee based energy drink while living in a dorm room at philadelphia university. now this college student is trying to grow his business even bigger on "shark tank." jordan dicicco and his brother's will pitch super coffee to the sharks this sunday night. their organic coffee with protein and coconut oil comes in four flavors. the creation was inspired for the need for himself to keep up with basketball practice and lots of studying late at night. they'll ask the sharks for $400,000 for a 5 percent stake in the country. find out if the sharks take a bite sunday night at 10:00 right here on 6abc. >> a former football player brought his inspiring story to students in bucks county

today. blare thomas was the guest speaker here at newtown elementary in newtown. thomas grew up in philadelphia attended penn state and played for five different football teams during his nfl career including the dallas cowboys and the new england patriots. he was drafted by the new york jets. he told students today that if they work hard enough they can accomplish anything just like him. thomas' visit was part of the school's tribute to black history month. this weekend 6abc is presenting a special black history month edition of visions including a look into a south philadelphia museum dedicated to a music and civil rights legend. we'll also get a preview of a big parade getting ready to march through the streets of philadelphia also see how the sixers are making a big mark on the lives of children in camden. that's visions a special visions 2018 tomorrow night at 7:30 right here on 6abc.

>> time for a check of that weekend forecast from accuweather. >> meteorologist cecily tynan here to fill us in. it's going to be not so perfect. >> you know, the news is you don't have to shovel rain. >> good. >> true. >> but there is rain on the way. not the entire weekend but a good portion of the weekend. let's head over to the "action news" weather center and you can see how the clouds are already arriving behind the center city skyline and the clouds will continue to thicken and we'll have winds out of the southwest. so what that does, it pulls in

some very warm air, very moist air. the problem is that the ground is still very cold, it's wet and when you have that setup, the temperature will meet the dewpoint and what happens, we get fog forming and some of that fog could be dense saturday night into sunday morning. that's also when the heaviest rain will fall. this could definitely cause some travel delays especially if you're trying to fly in or out of philadelphia. right now temperatures generally in the upper 30's. philadelphia 38. allentown 36. trenton 37. cape may 38. the poconos 23 with some snow showers. and temperatures actually will be rising overnight. satellite and radar showing the storm system bringing the snow showers to the poconos its a warm front so as that lifts up to the north, we get that flow shifting out of the south. that pulls up the mild air. so, overnight lows will actually reach this evening temperatures dropped to 36 in philadelphia and before we start to rise allentown 29, trenton 33, cape may 37 and wilmington 34 with plenty of

clouds and future tracker showing tomorrow morning the clouds are in place. could have a touch of drizzle here or there across south jersey, really doesn't look all that organized. if you want to get in some outdoor activities, i know rick wants to go running tomorrow, do it early because -- exactly -- in the afternoon that's when the showers will develop around 4 o'clock and that's also temperatures rising up into the low 50's in philadelphia. it gets heavier into sunday morning. sunday at midnight some heavy rain, even a rumble of thunder and sunday early in the morning more heavy rain, 50 degrees in philadelphia. at 6 o'clock. should manage to make it up into the low 60's before temperatures drop into the 50's by 4 o'clock and that rain tapers off to showers. if you're heading up to the poconos get your skiing in tomorrow. tomorrow not a bad day. clouds with some rain arriving late in the day, 42 degrees. sunday maybe a good day to head to the indoor water parks, maybe the outlets with a soaking rain and a high of 46. so, the five day at 5:00 showing tomorrow it's cloudy.

that rain arriving in the afternoon, 53 degrees the high. sunday fog in the morning, heavy rain, perhaps a rumble of thunder, very mild, 61 degrees. on monday, morning clouds give way to late breaks of sunshine, 48. tuesday some evening showers possible under cloudy skies, 42. and wednesday for valentine's day, 52 degrees, a mild day. lots of clouds with a possibility of some showers, so very mild forecast but also pretty unsettled. >> we should run together tomorrow. want. >> all right. >> how far. >> 8 miles. >> i'll catch uber. never mind. [laughter] >> thanks cecily. much more still ahead in our next half our of "action news" at 5:00 more drama inside the west wing after a top aide resigns amid accusations of domestic assault. today the president spoke out about the scandal and the fallout. >> plus, a new federal proposal could take tips out of the hands of servers and put them in your -- their employer's pocket. what a local official is hoping to do without that plan. more when "action news"

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>> ♪ >> hello again and here's what's happening on "action news" for you tonight. it is the day after a wild wonderful celebration of the eagles super bowl championship. what city officials are saying about how the festivities went. plus, an early morning vote ends a brief government shutdown. how one senator brought the process to a standstill for hours. and president trump defends a now former top aide who is facing multiple allegations of domestic abuse. >> and now the details this afternoon. president trump spoke out about a former aide who is accused of multiple domestic assaults. in his comments the president says this is a tough time for rob porter and he said he's wishing him the best. abc's tara palmieri joins us. >> reporter: good evening rick. inside the white house there has been mayhem over this crisis. it has been handled so poorly the president's own chief of staff john kelly offered his resignation. now the white house denies

this saying he did not offer his resignation, he plans to stay but we know that the president has been furious over it. president trump defended his former top aide rob porter who resigned as staff secretary yesterday after allegations of spousal abuse by two ex-wives became public. from the oval office president trump wished him well, this despite evidence of domestic violence including photos and a police report. >> he said very strongly yesterday that he's innocent. >> reporter: the president made no mention of the women accusing porter of domestic abuse but instead commented on porter's state of mind. >> he's also very sad. >> reporter: last night chief of staff john kelly under fire about what he knew and when he knew it sent a memo to staffers stating that the white house takes matters of domestic "very seriously." when the allegations became public earlier this week, kelly first issued a statement calling porter man of true integrity and honor. but after a photo surfaced of porter's first ex-wife with a black eye kelly distanced himself from his original

position. the second ex-wife said she told the fbi everything. >> they were asking me to describe his character, anything that i thought might be problematic. >> reporter: while the president seemed to show no signs of regret white house spokesperson raj shah said yesterday. >> we all could have done better over the last few hours -- last few days in dealing with the situation. >> reporter: now there are questions over how rob porter was able to do this white house duties with just an interim security clearance. the white house says the fbi is looking into it but he's not the only staff with a temporary security clearance. our sources say that the president's son-in-law jared kushner is also on interim security clearance. live from washington, tara palmieri channel6 "action news." back to you monica. >> thank you tara. an earl physical morning vote in congress... early morning vote in congress ended the second government shutdown in less than a month. it was shut down mainly because of the objections by one senator kentucky's rand paul objected to the budget

deal because it increases the deficit and he held up the vote himself for hours. >> i don't advocate for shutting the government down but neither do i advocate for keeping it opened borrowing a million dollars a minute. >> the bill does not address the dreamers. after president trump signed the measure he tweeted that negotiations on the fate of the dreamers will begin soon. the legislation is a two year spending plan for programs such as defense spending but it does only keep the government running through march 23rd. >> a new proposal by the trump administration would require servers to hand over tips to their employers. now pennsylvania's ag is fighting that plan. attorney general josh shapiro was at the morning glory diner in south philadelphia this morning. he outlined efforts by the labor department to allow employers to take tips as long as a server is making minimum wage. minimum wage in pennsylvania is just over seven dollars an hour. shapiro along with several

other attorneys general have filed a notice of formal opposition to the plan and says the idea is also a disservice to customers. >> go ask some of the customers here. they believe that when they give a tip to their waiter or waitress it was intended for their waiter or waitress not to be pocketed by the owner of the place. >> there are about 220,000 tipped workers in pennsylvania. they could stand to lose more than $24 million under the proposal. >> it is the day after one of the biggest parties this city has ever seen and with most day afters, it is time for a cleanup now. the action cam on the ben franklin parkway this morning as crews deployed all kinds of tools to pick up the mess behind. now what made matters worse was a layer of mud covering everything that had been dropped on what used to be the grassy surface of eakins oval. a big job of course but for any who say this could be done once in a lifetime they say it was still worth it. >> trash is kind of gross. >> it's worth all the effort.

i mean, it's a mess but anyhow it was all so fun. >> sure it was. street officials say 60 tons of trash were collected making this the largest cleanup effort they have ever had to deal with and the lawn on eakins oval will soon be receded as well. city officials say there were very few hiccups during yesterday's parade. everybody was well behaved for the most part. there were only five disorderly conduct arrests, one assault on an officer and two stabbings, were you ever which may have been part of a previous dispute between neighbors. >> everybody wanted it more. and that's why we're up here today and that's why we're the first team in eagles history to hold that freaking trove disple well, one of the most memorable moments of yesterday's parade was this enthusiastic a little irrelevant jason kelce who delivered a speech who made the crowd roar and he did so in style wearing that mummers costume. we'll find out where he got the outfit and why he thought it was the perfect one to wear

to this parade. >> this reminder relive the history making day in philadelphia sports on our 6abc app. right now you can see videos from the biggest moments of the celebration, raw video from the action cam and chopper6, dozens of photos of eagles players and the fans enjoying that championship parade right there on our 6abc app. >> said it was an absolutely incredible day. >> i will never forget it. >> i'm sure. nice job. all right, time to check out conditions on the roads right now. >> yeah, the traffic is forgettable tonight. matt pelman live with the details. >> certainly wasn't yesterday, wow, what a day that was traffic and transit-wise, too. this afternoon comparatively speaking. everything is opened on the parkway even though on the grassy areas some of the cleanup continues. underneath vine street expressway is plenty busy jammed in both directions pretty much river to river now. and you've got slow speeds like a normal friday afternoon along the schuylkill expressway and 95.

we're also watching the remnants of a small vehicle fire here on the northbound side of 95 close to ridley park. you can see everything's off to the side. penndot is out here. not a big deal. southbound you've got your normal afternoon delay coming away from 420 on down to 320 in delaware county. in morrisville bucks county still have that crash along pine grove road at trenton avenue by the wendy's. and in north coventry still watching a crash along route 100, pottstown pike, at cedarville road by the long horn's steak house all jammed up there. avoid 100 as you head up towards pottstown this afternoon. in garnet valley still a downed tree blocking concorde road close to falk road. 322 at this point with the construction and everything is just a mess so i wouldn't use that as an alternate any. valley brook and lieu well len kind of some local detouring there could get you around concorde road and in new castle still a pair of accidents, one along route nine at rogers road by the dixon auto sales. route 13 at franklin avenue by the golden dove diner.

rick and monica it's been a week its over now. have a great weekend. >> you, too. thank you, matt. see you monday. much more still ahead on "action news" friday night. the things a hungry horse needs to do to get his hooves on some hay. the unusual sight captured on camera wednesday night. >> in chicago it is their biggest storm of the year. >> meteorologist adam joseph tracking the latest in our "action news" weather center. nothing like chicago. >> no, no, no, no. we're going to see our own storm this weekend but it's going to be in the form of liquid, rain around here with very warm temperatures, in fact as we look to the south you could see all the 50 and 60's that will be moving our way after a high of just 39 today. we'll have the timing of that rain and how much to expect in that seven-day forecast, guys. >> thank you. plus in sports the eagles continue their victory happen with appearances on national television. jeff skversky with details when "action news" comes right back. >> all righty. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> hungry dogs run faster. >> ♪ we are the champions >> y'all truly are the best football fans in the world and you make it a joy and a pleasure to play for you.

>> ♪ >> e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles! [cheers and applause] >> nice. >> a it was a great day. i was there with jeff. we were down there. >> yes, awesome. >> very memorable. we think carson wentz is probably going to want to win a super bowl for the team. >> maybe a few and eagles believe that carson wentz can be the guy going forward winning over and over again. this is the new norm. super bowl champions and parades on broad street, eagles coach doug pederson believes the birds will be flying high for a very long time. the eagles victory happen continues today after running the streets of philadelphia during the parade yesterday, the eagles are rerunning that philly special at espn. among the biggest challenges now repeating as super bowl champions. brandon graham is challenging de facto gm howie roseman to build another. >> i know it ain't going to be

the same but put another one together so we can do this thing again. >> he can do it. >> eagles center jason kelce the center of attention at the eagles first super bowl parade in his mummers outfit. you heard his speech. did you see him crowd surfing. eagles fans so excited a fan got a kelce tattoo his name is hanging outside the mayor's officers. eagles are on top of the world finally owner jeffrey lurie won it all. >> i've always felt these are the most incredible sports fans anywhere and to be able to finally bring a world championship to philadelphia it's just -- it's incredibly fulfilling, it's emotional, it's perfect. it's personal. and i'm so proud of all of the people around me 'cause, you know, players, coaches, front office you can't do it without an incredible collaborative effort and that's what's happened. >> who is next to win a championship? could it be the sixers who say they're now feeling some pressure but their painful process takes another hit today with number one pick markelle fultz.

fultz may not play the rest of the season as he continues to recover from that shoulder injury that has limited him to four games. general manager brian colangelo says he has no idea if and when the rookie will play again. shooting range limited inside the paint which is a huge problem even air balled a shot at practice. >> we're talking about a situation where someone is relearn how long to shoot a basketball and that was one of his elite skill sets. it's got to be frustrating but overall i think he's making great strides in every capacity and we're going to see a better markelle fultz because of it. >> sixers legend bobby jones immortalized forever with the statue outside the sixers practice facility in camden today. jones a four time all-star helped the sixers win their last championship in 1983. hard to believe harry, phillies spring training just days away. the equipment truck and the phanatic packing up with bats

balls, uniforms and lots and lots of gum. it departs for clearwater florida. pitchers and catchers hold that first workout wednesday and after sitting outside in the cold for 12, 13, 14 hours, a little sun will be nice. >> absolutely. >> you going to clearwater? -- are we going to clearwater. >> we're going . >> [laughter] >> you'll see some on the plane. >> a special workout at dsd boxing gym. two time world champ danny garcia was there set to box in the welter weight title. he'll take on former champion brandon rios. >> much more still ahead: the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> taking a live look right now through our sky6 camera in center city at the skyline. meteorologist adam joseph will have details of you were weekend ahead when we come right back. >> ♪

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>> take a look at this. the midwest is getting slammed with a huge snowstorm. in michigan snowy roads caused several crashes. in chicago more than a thousand flights have been canceled. there's 7-inches of snow on the ground right now and three more waves are expected this weekend. but the windy city is used to this sort of thing. this guy was spotted clearing off the sidewalks along the magnificent mile because after all the shopping never stops. >> we need to get umbrellas

and rain boots ready. >> we don't need the shovels, we don't need the winter gear we just need rain boots and the umbrellas and all that kind of stuff here this upcoming weekend. the action cam down in philadelphia on the avenue of the arts. look at that. crystal clean after that little parade that went through there. >> amazing. >> yesterday. looking pretty good here and a little sun early on in the day but as we go to the weather center take a live look on sky6. spring mountain a few skiers and snow borders and even tubers out there this evening. they were cranking out the snow yesterday last night as the temperatures were cold enough but now a soggy weekend will be setting in but if you want to hit the slopes, the first half of the day tomorrow it looks okay, the rain comes in during the middle part of the afternoon. in fact, we take a look at that chances for rain and notice how high it is both saturday and sunday. it's mainly saturday afternoon going into saturday night and the first half of sunday and then the chances drop off as we get into the beginning and middle of next week but

there's still a chance especially late on tuesday for another round of some showers so we have an unsettled pattern setting in. the almanac for today, the high 39 a few degrees below in normal of 42 degrees and the record for the date it can get as warm as 64 degrees. that was set back in 1990 but take a look at the low. the low. 47. that doesn't seem to be right here. since the high was 39 degrees today. but the record low 11 below zero back in 1934. that was the coldest recorded temperature ever in philadelphia's history on this date and hey, the sun is setting now at 5:30. as we look at numbers, 36 in allentown, 37 in trenton, 38 in millville. so temperatures are still chilly. winds coming in off of the ocean of 37 degrees. but the southeast wind is going to turn more southerly overnight and that will actually increase the air temperature as we get into the late night hours. clouds, they're plentiful here in the midatlantic and to the

northeast. this is the same system that rode through chicago heading into new england and that is not the system that is going to bring us the soaking rain. that is still gathering steam here down to the south and the gulf of mexico. you starting to see all of that moisture blossom and by later tonight, 10 o'clock on phl17 or here on "action news" at 11:00 you'll see a lot more rain down to the south heading our way. so, clouds dominate for tonight, temperatures do rise, 29 to 36. it will be 40 by morning. in fact, you can see that by 8 o'clock tomorrow morning on future tracker, maybe a few showers along the shore. but a lot of clouds locking in and as we get into the afternoon, that's when the rain starts to arrive, 3:30 with temperatures well into the 50's. raining all of saturday night, turning heavy and steady. in fact, saturday night temperatures may not drop below 50 degrees in the city of philadelphia. waking up sunday morning 6:30 it is still pouring out there but then everything exits as we get into sunday afternoon with a few lingering showers and very warm temperatures. we are expecting anywhere

between an inch to 2-inches of rainfall. this is a true soaking here as we head into the weekend and with that one to 2 inches of rain, the problem with the flooding concerns here is we have a frozen ground. that means the rain will run off the ground and most of it cannot seep into the ground and so with all that runoff, there will be some streets that could also flood streams creeks and rivers. we'll have to watch that especially during the day on sunday. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast 53 as that rain arrives late tomorrow afternoon. fog will also be a concern late saturday night into sunday morning with that heavy rain, 61 warm degrees and then we drop it back to 48 on monday. any morning showers or clouds should exit with late breaks of sun developing and then the clouds roll back in on tuesday with evening showers of 42. valentine's day lots of clouds, maybe a shower around at 52 and then maybe we'll break that dismal pattern as we get into thursday and friday as it turns cooler on friday after near 60 next

thursday. >> oh, wow. >> valentine's day. you worked on that special, didn't you, adam with the 52 degrees. >> what special? >> valentine's day. >> i'm a romantic. >> yeah, okay. >> thanks. [laughter] >> okay. >> nice ad lib adam. get updates to this weekend's rainy forecast and check storm tracker6 any time right on your phone or tablet. the 6abc app is a free download for your mobile device. >> penn state university's annual on that that fights childhood cancer is next weekend but one local high school started the fundraising today. abington seen i don't are high holds a mini on that every year. representatives from penn state's campus in abington help out. for eight hours straight nearly 300 high schoolers will stay on their feet there dancing playing ping-pong and more to raise money for the four diamonds fund. it does benefit pediatric cancer research and treatment. penn state's on that raises money for the same organization. and last year on that itself brought in more than 12 -- rather $10 million. nice work.

well, children in center city had a fun at any with their sesame street friends today. elmo abbey and cookie came to to philadelphia. they gave out nice hugs. essence for friends is the name of the tour a way to spark young children's imaginations and of course let them laugh a looks like fun. >> sure does. very cute. still ahead on "action news" tonight an unusual sight near pittsburgh. >> how four legs replace four wheels in this wendy's drive through and why the horse's trainer says this horse deserves all the frosties she wants. >> ♪

>> right now jim gardner and the "action news" team standing by with these stories at 6:00. the city of philadelphia gives a post parade report as the cleanup continues tonight and we get an inside look at how jason kelce acquired his special parade attire. >> potholes are proving costly for drivers across the delaware valley. that and much more coming up next at 6:00 now for meteorologist adam joseph

jaime apody cecily tynan monica malpass and the entire "action news" team, i'm rick williams. have nice weekend. >> good night. >> good night.

>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> so what happens when you invite a million or so of your friends to a party? chances are they leave quite a mess. which is what happened yesterday. so the city has had to make quick work of sponging philadelphia clean. it is an enormous job. friday night and the big story on "action news" tonight

is the day after one of the truly great events in the history of the city. we might have to put it behind the signing of the declaration of independence although i bet there are some eagles fans who would say otherwise. whatever, let's begin with our coverage. "action news" reporter john rawlins is at the art museum, bob brooks at eakins oval and vernon odom in havertown. john, the city has had lots to say about yesterday's extraordinary event. >> reporter: yes, they d they did. they had a post parade get together. give the size of the crowd and yes, you're going to find that there are some disputes about the numbers at this point in time but given all of that they say everything worked well with the exception of a few "hiccups." preliminary police parade numbers, five disorderly conduct arrests an arrest in the assault of an officer and two stabbings, one of them likely a transplanted

neighborhood quarrel. >> the second individual 25-year-old male was assaulted around 2200 and the parkway. all we can get thus far is that it was from a fight. >> reporter: four police cars also damaged from people standing to better see the parade. so, how many people attended yes there were claims of one, even 2 million plus. but a published report today citing experts examining aerial images put the number at 700,000. city officials seem skeptical. >> based on that our experience with other large events on the park way we feel that it was well above 700. >> reporter: septa released some early numbers it provided 395,000 trips coming and going on its biggest people movers, the broad street and market frankford line. and 65,000 people rode the regional rails yesterday. some questioned why the big stadium parking lots were not opened yesterday as in parades past. in part, the mayor said, it was an issue of police