you right now on "action news" prison inmate was shot a short time after being released from what police say he tried to do was it outfit? fan interaction? or speech that made jason kelce a star during the super bowl parade? hear what fans say about the stand out player. pennsylvania's governor calls for big changes in the voting booth is a head of the midterm elections. those stories and more but first outside we will go to meteorologist chris sowers who has more on the accu weather alert, a rainy day in store, chris. >> we have seen better weekend s for sure, it is all right right now, mainly cloudy some what mild but not raining as of yet. that will change shortly after lunchtime today. look at how mild temperatures are already we are showing 50 's across south jersey, millville sitting at 50, atlantic city 51. cape may, wildwood, 48. dover at 43. we're warming up here near philadelphia then we were jed, 39, degrees, trenton at 38. so with the winds coming in off the ocean that milder ocean air will start to pushing all the way, northwest

ward, into central and north central portions of pennsylvania this will all be rain. we're not expecting any frozen precipitation this go around. clouds will continue to increase in the west/southwest those cloud will lower and thicken throughout the day. accu weather says rain develops shortly after lunchtime otherwise it is mild with a high of 53 degrees. national weather service has issued a flood watch later this evening up for entire viewing area and it remains in effect through sunday evening. rain fail totals in that one to 2-inch rain but isolated heavier amounts to 3 inches are possible. as we look at the radar across the southeastern part of the u.s., we have not one, not two but three areas of rain, head ing this way. first one, currently pushing through the virginias, the second one, just to the southwest of nashville, and tennessee, and then there is that third ban if you look to the lower left hand part of your screen right around houston, texas area all three of to push through the philadelphia area before we clear. that won't happen until monday

morning. so i'll be back along in a few minutes and focus more on the flood threat heading this way tomorrow morning, i will time it out with future tracker six and have that accu weather seven day forecast, gray. >> looking forward to the update chris, thank you. you can get updates to this weekend's rain forecast and check storm tracker six live anytime right on your phone or tablet, six abc app it is a free down load for your mobile device. newly released inmate in philadelphia's holmesberg section was shot after he attacked a correctional officer during an attempted carjacking. twenty-six year-old jamal bennet had been just released when he attacked a 66 year-old correctional officer in the parking lot. it happened around 11:00 last night. that officer discharged his personal weapon and shot bennet in the chest. bennet was taken to aria hours dale where he is listed in critical condition. the officer was also hospitalized but he is in stable condition. all right, your time 9:02. city of philadelphia still recovering from the eagles super bowl parade and what officials believe was the

biggest crowd, ever, assembled for an event right here in the city. look at all of the people. city leaders did not have an estimate as to the crowd size for that parade and they say they are skeptical of the report published friday that has the number of 700,000 based on some pictures, the city says nearly 60 tons of trash had been collected, post parade and they say that was the most trash collected after , a major event. and septa releasing its preliminary figures estimating 395,000 rides, on the broad street line and market frankford line and another 65 to 80,000 on regional rails. >> i did work phillies parade and there were clearly more folks there yesterday irrespective of what some people think numbers are i walked from that art museum down to the stadium and back and there were nothing but, people every where. >> so as for the parade's price tag the amount to be paid by the eagles and amount to be paid by the taxpayers,

well, that is still all being worked out. eagles center jason kelce also stole show at thursday's parade wearing a mummers costume and giving a memorable passionate speech. fans in havertown got a chance to meet up with him after he made headlines. "action news" reporter jeff chirico was here. >> reporter: jason kelce and beau allen are talking about the first time since massive super bowl celebration on the streets of philadelphia. >> to see i mean right away when you saw how many fans were there, the passion, and energy that everybody had, it was easy i think to get swept up in that. >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: fans waited for hours outside karl's card and collectibles in havertown for an autograph from the world champs, kelce a bit calmer then thursday where he was body surfing in the mummers costume and profanity laden under dog speech earned him a spot in many philadelphians heart. >> you know what under dog means? it is a hungry dog. >> it is wonderful. >> incredible. >> everything that he said was exactly right, it is what everybody has been saying about us.

>> philly through and through. i mean he rolled. he had that all bottled up for five years. >> hungry dogs run faster. and that is just it. >> was the speech prepared. >> i didn't write anything down but for some reason the night before the parade i could in the sleep. >> i thought it was one of the greatest speeches i have ever heard. >> reporter: brian north came to tell kelce just that. >> it actually put tears in my eyes the first five times i watched it and then next five i was just laughing. i figured i got to meet this guy who did this to me. >> reporter: kelce has taken the city and internet by storm one image placed kelce atop city hall? his response. >> i think it is hilarious is what it is. >> jason kelce too small. >> my seventh season. you know, for whatever reason, you know, i have always felt like i connected well with philadelphia. >> reporter: beau allen says that speech rest mated with the players, some on line speculate willing that if he ran for mayor he could get elected but he dispense any thought of that last night

saying he has no, interest in politics. in havertown jeff chirico for channel six "action news". and happening this weekend please touch museum is hosting super bowl champion celebration that will run all weekend long. that celebration kicks off around noon time today with a victory rally and a dj led eagles theme sing along. the music give away the eagles theme programming, it continues until 2:00 today and then again from tomorrow from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00. kids can write letters to the eagles players. in new jersey the camden county animal shelter celebrating the philadelphia eagles super bowl victory by embracing their own under dogs today the animal shelter is waving adoption fees for nearly all of the animals, except for the puppies, and the kittens. you cannery live the history making day in philadelphia sports history on the six abc app, right now you can see videos from the biggest moments of the celebration, raw video from the action campaign chopper six and dozens of pictures,

makers fans enjoying that parade. time check 9:06. pennsylvania governor tom wolf is reviewing newly drawned congressional maps from top republican law make their were ordered by the supreme court. jerry manneddering districts were ruled unconstitutional for favoring republicans. governor wolf has until thursday to inform the state supreme court whether he accepts the new map. if not the justices have indicated that they will create their own. here's what we are told, about these new lines, that keep nearly 70 percent of residents in their current districts. sixty-two cities and counties that are now split up, have been, stitched back together. the sprawling seventh district which now contains parts of the delaware, chester, montgomery, berks and lancaster counties have been made far more compact and montgomery county which would be divide add monk four districts rather than five, excuse me. the map maintains one district in philadelphia where minority voters make up the majority and increasing minority

population in the second city district. meanwhile governor wolf has ordered that any new electronic voting machines must be the type that leave a paper trail. it is latest measure against hacking and could help in the event of audits and recounts. as for the old machines the state is currently weighing whether to get rid of them. happening in delaware governor john carney signed an executive order authorizing the delaware national guard to assist the town, with distributing water, high levels compounds were discovered in municipal wells. delaware national guard has provided two, hundred gallon portable water tanks and an additional 5,000 gallons water tanker, is prepared, and available for follow-up support. all right. much more to come on "action news" this saturday morning. mounting questions about the white house's response, to domestic abuse allegations involving one of the president 's closest aids. if you are among millions of the equifax customers who

had data hacked last year, the crooks may have more of your information then were you originally told, we will explain, chris. all right, gray, coming up with weather, here it comes, rain is on the way and lots of it, could be some flooding out there tomorrow morning, details coming up in the accu weather seven day forecast.

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all right. welcome back. thanks for staying with us at 9:11 this saturday morning. this is a live live look from spring mountain action cam.

i can see it vice foggy getting ready for a soaker this weekend but according to meteorologist chris sowers, silver lining is that there is a little warm up. >> how is that a silver lining >> silver lining for those who don't like cold. >> you can have are cold, go to the mountains. >> it will be a lousy weekend for skiers. we are expect ago lot of rain. lets go over to the weather center. it will arrive shortly after lunchtime today as we go live, sky six, philadelphia international airport, same thing here low level cloud, a little fog and shrouding tops of the sky scrapers. that is how it will be, rain develops shortly after midday. call from being accu weather this weekend cloudy to day, rain developing, 53 degrees. normal is 43. then for sunday series of heavy rain especially during morning hours and could be a thunderstorm thrown in there as fog develops as well. 60 degrees is tomorrow's forecasted high. again, normal is 43. we're anywhere from let's say 12, to almost 20 degrees, above seasonal averages, a

huge warm up is on the way. you can already see some of the milder air down here to the south east across southern new jersey, and delaware, look at all of the 50's popping up already. thirty-nine in philadelphia, but 50 in millville, cape may, and 51 in atlantic city. dover 43. you can see the direction of the hours here, this is all mild ocean air pouring inland. rain/snow line with this system is actually all the way up here in the northern new england. nobody picks up wintry precipitation this go around. water vapor shot you can see all of the moisture coming from the gulf of mexico. what we are looking at here the green representing the higher cloud tops. where we get higher cloud tops we get heavier rain. that is exactly is what going on right now. we have a couple of round is here. here's round one, later today, tonight, and then this is tomorrow morning. into the afternoon. each round, brings a period of heavy rain. we're expecting at least one to 2 inches when all said and done with isolated heavier amounts up to 3 inches in some locations here. so, here's future tracker six

by 1:30 shortly after lunchtime rain begins, some of it will be rather steady or even heavy at cross south jersey, delaware especially by three or 4:00 in the afternoon and then everything quiet this evening. we will pick up a break in the action a couple spritz or sprinkles out there but for the most part heavier rains are gone, only to reload after midnight tonight, and this is second round right here, and this is very heavy, first thing tomorrow morning you can see yellow, orange, reds, again, a thunderstorm out there at lee a rumble of thunder and then here comes last round as we get into tomorrow afternoon more red, more yellow and more oranges and that means more heavy rain so to summit up for you rain begins, later this afternoon, shortly after lunchtime, the heaviest should occur tomorrow morning followed by another, heavier round as we get into tomorrow afternoon. one to 2 inches expected. isolated heavier amounts. flooding will be a problem especially north and west of philadelphia where ground is still frozen. you can get all this rain falling on a frozen ground and it cannot seep into the ground so it runs off and that means flooding. you can see here this

particular model has 3 inches for i-95 corridor. if we take that band and it actually falls out in through here that is your war case scenario because this area ground is, frozen. we will watch this very closely. we have issued an accu weather alert tomorrow. we will watch radar and see how this plays out. so for today rain developing after midday, mild, cloudy, temperatures in the 40's and 50's. fifty-five in millville. forty-seven in allentown. fifty-three in philadelphia and then overnight tonight, all of these numbers are actually warmer, then the normal high for this time of the year. soaking rain after midnight, 50 in dover. millville 49 tonight. philadelphia 47. and trenton is 45. in the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, 53 degrees today. we are upping to a whooping 60 for tomorrow. we have another 60 on thursday so accu weather alert goes into effect tomorrow morning, flood watch also, in effect for tomorrow, periods of heavy rain, monday, tuesday quiet, valentines day looks quiet, mild with a high of 54. more rain for thursday, 60 and

then cooling it down by friday , with a high of 44. gray. >> okay, chris, thank you so much for the update. your time right now 9:16. here's is what happening in and around the area this weekend. the national constitution center hosting a variety of programs in honor of african-american history movement visitors can slower the museum, the story of we, the people exhibit, discover, key milestones in african-american history and then test your knowledge at the center's giant game board, activity center, and fans in eagles gear can get discounted tickets for 10 bucks. discover haunting love stories during ninth annual love never dies valentines ghost tour, in philadelphia's society hill section, 75 minute candle light walking tour includes stops at haunted burial grounds and historic homes, tickets will cost you $22 per person and you have to be 13 years or older, we will be right back, after this break.

glad you are with us, president trump is drawing some scrutiny from lawmakers

and politicians over his defense of former aid rob porter, porter resigned wednesday after his two former wife's, accused him of domestic violence. just yesterday, president trump said he was surprised by those allegations and wished porter well in his career. the president made no mention of the alleged victims, porter denied claim of abuse. the white house told house intelligence committee that president donald trump is unable to declassify memo drafted by democrats, citing national security concerns. the memo counters a g.o.p. memo which alleged fbi abuse of governmental surveillance powers in the russia probe. white house has asked the intelligence panel to revise the democratic memo with the help of the justice department and a newly released autopsy report says that las vegas shooter had anti anxiety medication in his system. report also revealed that stephen paddock died of a self inflict gunshot wound to the head. investigators say the 64

year-old opened fire on 22,000 people last october, and 59 people were killed, and investigators have not discovered a motive for the attack. paddock's brain remains in a research lab in stanford university's school of medicine. equifax data breach expos ed more consumer personal information then the company first disclosed last year. the credit reporting company and announced in september that the personal information of 145 million consumers had been compromised in a data breach including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses and credit card numbers. but, in a recent legal document the company disclosed that criminals also accessed tax id, e-mail address is and phone numbers. investigation into the hack is ongoing and the company faces hundreds of consumer lawsuits.

all right. welcome back this saturday morning it is 9:23. this is a live look from sky 6 hd camera in cape may, looks pretty right now but, meteorologist chris sowers says that we are in store for some rain, this weekend. all right. turning to sports, the eagles continue to fly high following their super bowl victory. >> and another philadelphia team thinks they will be the next franchise to bring home a championship win, jeff skversky, explains. believe it or not eagles center jason kelce still has a voice after that epic rant during the super bowl parade and kelce's still talking a big game too. the birds, they are hungry. >> you guys were awesome. >> thank you. >> yep, they were kelce hanging out with eagles fans again last night signing autographs at karl's cards in

havertown. kelce says the eagles are not done, parading down broad street. they are hungry dogs, hungry for more super bowls, listen up. >> certainly that parade helps because i speak for everybody to say we want another one of them. but, you know, i think that, you know, bottom line is we have a lot of guys that have been hungry and i don't think anybody is done. everybody is, hungry. our franchise quarterback who we are getting back next week unfortunately didn't even get to play in the game so do you think he will be hungry? i imagine so. i don't think there is any lack of motivation at all. i think if anything, now that we have been here we are more motivate todd keep going. >> wow. eagles victory lap continues after running the streets of philadelphia in the parade eagles rerunning the philly special, up at espn but all of the tackies still, about kelce's speech. >> first of all, i saw his eyes. he was feeling good. he was having a good day. and then, coach tells us

before every game let your personality show, he did. everything else was just history. >> did you have any idea what he would say when he walk up there. >> you never know what kelce was going to say. i was waiting. >> wow speak his heart. he left it all out there. i told him to keep going. >> we can listen to that thing for hours. >> so who is next to win championship in philadelphia? sixers star joel embiid says that the sixers. sixers are next. eagles receiver torey smith anal shawn jeffery in the house at the game last night, jeffery looking sharp in the green suit, embiid looking sharp too against new orleans. he out scored them all by himself in the first. twenty of his 24 points coming before the half, embiid with a double/double. sixteen boards as well. sixers up as many as 35. dario czarrish getting in the swing of things. sixers win 100-82. sixth straight at home, champion ship, hopefully they are contagious. sixers are next, right?

first, embiid needs a rest. they will face clippers later on today. no markelle fultz, again, last night and that may be the case for the rest of the season. sixers general manager brian colangelo says he doesn't know if, or when, the number one pick will be back from his shoulder injury, shooting a major issue. air bald that easy shot in practice yesterday, his range is only in the paint right now >> we're talking about a situation where someone is re learning how to shoot a basketball and that was one of his elite skill sets and that has got to be frustrating but overall i think he is making great stride in every capacity and, you know, for him, we will get a better markelle fultz because of it. >> let's hope so. coming at noon villanova and temple boat in action at college sports. that is sports. have a good day. your time 9:26. parents and students usually find out about those snow days from the news and e-mail or phone calls, but take a listen

to an illinois high school principal who sang the announcement. >> ♪ the streets are filled up with snow today, it is very cold, so it is a snow day. so sleep in, take a nap and relax to day ♪ >> that is painful. >> the principal is, known as a fun loving guy, so nobody was too surprised to hear him sing ago this snow day message >> you think he needs to keep his day job. >> i think so, probably, yeah. much more to come on "action news" this saturday morning, brides on a budget listen up, one day sale happening today that could help you with your dream wedding without breaking the bank. there seems to be a popular theme at the philadelphia tattoo arts convention, we will tell you what it is, plus another check of the exclusive accu weather forecast with meteorologist chris sowers when "action news" saturday at 9:00 comes

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happening right now on "action news" saturday at 9:00, all good things have to come to an end and with the super bowl parade behind us we will tell what you that means for all of the clean up crews. plus a man was burned during an overnight fire in the cities juniata section what we are learning about his injuries. advocate of the me too movement now facing sexual harassment allegations of her own. >> but first lets head outside to meteorologist chris sowers

and the accu weather forecast, chris? >> i don't have the gloves on no hat, nice and mild, temperatures already in the 50 's across south jersey. lets take a look at some of the numbers, 50 degrees now in millville. fifty-one showing up for cape may and atlantic city. philadelphia showing 40. north and west of the city temperatures are above freezing, lancaster closing in on 40. reading 36. allentown 37 degrees. as we take a quick look at storm tracker i have set it all in motion for you there are three areas of moisture we are watching. first one comes in later today , round number two and three, they arrive tomorrow, and those will be the heavier round especially number two, and that round could produce flood ago cross delaware and lehigh valley. lots of moisture heading this way, waves of low pressure kind of riding, not a stalled out frontal system but it is moving very, very slowly to the east and taking its sweet time clearing the coast and

that means expect quite a bit of rain here in a short period of time. next 36 to 48 hours look very, very messy. forecast for today stays cloudy, through the morning hours, light rain, develops shortly after lunch, and becomes steady at three or 4:00 and then we will see steady rain through seven or 10:00 this evening. we will catch a break after 10 , only to see that rain, load up again after midnight tonight and that is what some of the heavier stuff arrives. so 53 degrees is today's forecasted high. biggest concern is flooding tomorrow morning, it has been fairly coldest specially north and west of philadelphia over the last couple of days. the ground is frozen. all of this rain will not seep into the ground. it will run off. one to 2 inches of run off is a lot of water and that means areas that typically flood, low lying areas, smaller creeks, streams, areas of poor drainage, some roadways, likely will flood tomorrow morning. when i come back in a few minutes we will focus more on the flood threat like we did in the last half an hour and we will have that exclusive accu weather seven day

forecast which features not one but two days in the 60's. it is all coming up in a few minutes, guys? >> thanks, chris, to get updates to the forecast and check storm tracker six live anytime right on your phone or tablet. six abc app is your free down load for your mobile device. 9:32. thursday's massive eagles super bowl victory parade has come an gone but traces of the hundreds of thousands of fans, who came out for that event, well, it still remains. >> that is right crews went to work cleaning up after the parade as soon as it ended but work is far from over. "action news" reporter dann cuellar with the very latest on those efforts. >> reporter: city workers from the sits department has done a tremendous job of clearing upward of 60 tons of trash from philadelphia's cherished ben franklin parkway. they went at it with gusto. >> this is probably largest we have ever had to deal with in terms of the clean up effort. >> reporter: what a difference a day has made. >> it is amazing they have done a good job cleaning up.

>> reporter: now is there something unescapable missing. >> i remember grass at some point. >> reporter: not one blade of grass remains around or near eakins oval where hundreds of thousands of fans camped out all day for the super bowl parade celebration. >> oh, man it looks like a desolate waste land out here. >> bound to happen when we have a lot of people. >> this area is usually really beautiful but now it is a war zone. i was walking down. it looks so desolate and different. >> reporter: spokesperson for cities parks and recreation say they are assessing damage from the parade. she said they typically seed the particle parkway in the spring once weather breaks. they expect to follow same time line this year but we will not see probably any grass until about may. >> it is usually so beautiful. such an important monument, and landmark of the city, it will look great once they get it done, and finish it backup. >> they will get it together fast. they have been doing a lot of work. >> cost of victory, you know, fly eagles fly. >> reporter: there you have it , the folks at parks and rec usually do a good job keeping up with the landscape on the

parkway and is there no reason to believe that they won't handle this any differently. in center city, i'm dan cuellar for channel six "action news". and with the eagles back in town, and parade all wrapped up, fans are getting a chance to meet some of the players, darren sproles, donnie jones, and halapoulivaati vaitai signed autographs for a long lines of fans at dynasty sports in the oxford valley mall. and this was the scene at dick's sporting goods in king of prussia after linebacker ni gel bradham surprised 10 families with the shopping spree. his charitable foundation called one tackle for change selected the families, from northern children services and then gave them $125 gift cards , and he helped the children go shopping and pick out their gifts. >> safety rodney mccloud was out last night, also signing autographs for all of those excited eagles fans, the appreciation event was held at the glen mills in delaware county and mccloud, posed for hundreds of pictures with a

line of fans that literally stretched around the block. >> that was nice. >> for some fans getting a picture, or autograph just isn't enough. check out these diehard eagles fans. we have got eagles inspired tattoos all over their bodies, at the pennsylvania convention center, they were all attending the 20th annual philadelphia tattoo arts convention, the event is a live exhibit of some of the best tattoo work in the world and it runs through sunday. all right, folks, you cannery live history making day in philadelphia sports history on the six abc app. right now see videos from the biggest moments of the celebration, raw video from the action campaign chopper six and dozens of pictures of eagles players, fans enjoying that championship parade. all right. time check 9:35. bad crash took down a pole and wires in montgomery county. action cam was there as peco crew is assessed the scene on davisville road between byberry road and turnpike drive, in upper moreland township. the police say that the car

carrasquillo hit a pole at 2:30 this morning. the driver was not injury. two people were able to escape from a house fire in philadelphia's cobbs creek, section, earlier this morning. crew where is dispatched to the, 6,000 block of hazel avenue just after 3:00 a.m. at that scene they say they found heavy smoke, coming from the first and second floors. the red cross has been called into assist the two people living in that home who are now displaced. a man suffered second degree burns to 45 percent of his body, during an overnight fire that happened in philadelphia's juniata section fire fighters were called to the 4200 block of palmetto street around 1:20 this morning. the victim was taken to temple hospital where his condition at this point is not yet known a lawmakers and out spoken advocate of the #me too movement is facing allegations of sexual misconduct. a former staff member of assembly woman cristina garcia said she groped him. marci gonzales has the latest

on those allegations. >> reporter: this morning this california legislator, known for her fierce advocacy on women's issues. >> time is up, time we have a different. >> reporter: out spoken support for me too movement. >> we should not have to be looking over our shield tours make this change. >> reporter: now herself facing sexual misconduct allegations. >> i remember thinking, okay, yeah, what is she describing is inappropriate, it is exactly what happened to me, and that is really bothered me >> reporter: dan you'll fiero says after a softball game in sacramento in 2014 state assembly woman cristina garcia was neb break when she made unwanted advances. >> she moved her hand to my up are back and my hand to my butt and squeezed and then at that point i knew this had gone on, you know, a direction i did not want it to go in at all. as i walk past she grabbed my crouch. >> reporter: several weeks ago he told the assemblyman he work under who then reported

the incident. political writes a second accuser has made similar claims. >> sexual harassment can happen to men and women and it is something that we need to deal with and something we need to address. >> reporter: gar see ace taking an unpaid leave of absence writing i'm certain i did not engage in the behavior i'm accused of, however as i said before, any claims about sexual harassment must be taken seriously. >> we need to be able to hold each other to a high standard, hold each other accountable. >> reporter: in another case unfolding in wyoming the secretary of state there ed murray announced his resignation following accusations by two women of misconduct decade ago. murray denied one incident and said he doesn't recall the other. marci gonzales, abc news, los angeles. your time 9:38. there is a travel warning for drivers in bucks county who use the pennsylvania turnpike. drivers on i-95 northbound will be detoured between bristol interchange, exit 40,

and pendell interchange exhibit 44 from 11:00 tonight until 7:00 sunday morning. that detour is necessary for crews to install a bridge beam six flags great adventure and hurricane harbor will kick off 2018 hiring season. that is going to happen today. the company wants to hire 4,000 team members, to fill positions from march through december, and today a jobs fair will be held at six flags employment center in jackson, new jersey from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. all right. there is much more to come on "action news" this saturday morning at 9:00 including shelter me. >> i'm david murphy and this is charity from the morris animal refuge we will tell you more about charity and finding inner peace with puppies coming up on "action news". >> ahh, inner peace. facebook is testing a new button for users. why the social media company says it should not be called a dislike button. >> interesting. we will check the accu weather forecast when "action news",

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all right. thanks for staying with us. it might look like your average school uniform but some schools, in japan will set parents back over $700. what? the elementary school is located in a high end part of the tokyo but some families admit they cannot even afford the armani brand wardrobe, that is ridiculous. >> that is what it is. >> it is not mandatory that is crazy, would i never. >> just paying for the name,

looks like a regular old suit. 9:42. meteorologist chris sowers tracking weekend forecast, we have some rain in that forecast. >> rain, rain, go away. a lot of it. we will go outside and live on the parkway here, clouds continue to increase, lowering , thickening, and rain is on the way, right after lunchtime actually when first drops will arrive. it will rain from that point on, the rest of the day, all day tomorrow, all night tonight, and some real mess this weekend. but again good news we have been talking about this all week, all morning long, and not a big fan of snow, cold. this is all rain. no wintry precipitation with this. temperatures will be way too mild, this time of the around. it is already 40 degrees here in philadelphia we are up to 53 today. close to 60 degrees as we head into tomorrow. all of these locations well above freezing, well above freezing mark of 32. forty's to the south. kirkwood, long wood, media, center city showing 40 degrees thirty-eight in quakertown. lake harmony poconos above

freezing. forty-one new holland. then south jersey and 50's pop up. fifty-five in tuckahoe. fifty-one in hammington. and low to mid 40's for forte coup, vineland, cinnaminson, 40 and ewing at 37. so from that point on temperatures again will continue to climb and that means we will not see white on the radar but we will see this , the green, orange, reds, three areas that we're watching, this is first round that comes in today. this is tomorrow morning. that is tomorrow afternoon. it is these two areas here that is heaviest. we could see perhaps an inch of rain with each of those bands, that come through, over the next 24 to 36 hours. so here's the first one, this is later today stopping the clock at 1:30. probably rain all areas north and west, maybe still just cloud a cross south jersey but shortly after that the rain arrives there as well. continues through until about four or 5:00 this afternoon and then we will catch a break at this point it is just cloudy, eight, nine, 10:00 this evening, maybe a spritz or sprinkle but mainly

cloudy, some fog settling n and shortly after midnight, it is round number two. this will continue right through tomorrow morning, and this is one of the heavier round that is will come through, and lots of orange and red is here, flooding probably an issue around 7:00 o'clock tomorrow morning and continuing in the late morning hours and then here's round number three, right around lunchtime it gets heavy again west of the i-95 corridor. that sweeps through southern new jersey by two or 3:00 in the afternoon and then from that point on springs should start to dry out from west to east. to summit up, rain develops today between one and 3:00 this afternoon, heaviest occurs tomorrow morning, and a good one to 2 inches of rain expect with isolated heavier amounts to 3 inches. our in house r p.m. model has philadelphia to three and a half inches on have rain when all said and done. that means we expect to see flooding because of the frozen ground. flooding concerns, roads, streets, high concern for. that low lying areas we have been talking about this all morning, areas of poor drainage, smaller creeks, streams, high probability of flooding there, major rivers a

maryland rate probability, to see some flooding over the next 24 to 48 hours. cloudy, mild, rain developing shortly after lunchtime, 53 degrees is the forecasted high, again right around midday we will start to see light shower activity off to the south and west and then it spreads northe during the afternoon. by 2:00 o'clock it is raining, 52. same thing by four, 52 and light rain and then a soaker overnight tonight, soaking rain arrives after midnight, fog starts to settle in, and then, some of that fog will be rather dense. 41 degrees outlining suburbs, 47 for center city. tomorrow is just a mess. we have issued an accu weather alert, visibility goes down because of the fog, heavy rain , there will be flooding issues out there, some of this rain will be heavy, 53 today. sixty for tomorrow. national weather service has issued a flood watch for tomorrow for the entire area and for monday, clouds, sun we will start to quiet down, 48 degrees, tuesday increasing clouds, 44. right now valentines day looks quiet, and fairly mild with a high of 54.

thursday next system moves in more rain and mild with a high of 60. that looks like something would you see toward the middle of march not the middle of february. >> so disappointed because there is no snow. >> chris, thanks very much. >> gray hall sure is funny. >> 9:47. yoga class popping up in fishtown is giving a new meaning to downward dog. david murphy has more in this weeks shelter me. >> we love you. little puppies. >> yoga for puppies with puppies is a new inly fundraiser manifested by morris animal refuge in center city and amrita yoga and well ness in fishtown. 100 percent of the proceed benefit rescue and its mission to save lives. >> this is to increase aware ness for the adoptable dogs, and also raising machine toy help shelter continue to do the important work that they do. >> we will do that, as well, laying. >> just like these stretches puppy philosophy runs deep. >> think of the puppy.

>> everything to them is play. everything to them is done out of love, right, curiosity and they forget about it. we can both be teachers for each other to live a happier, peaceful, more playful life. >> all three yoga pups came from a shelter in georgia just a few weeks ago. >> they are all around four month-old. >> della is a cuddle bug. >> he likes people, he tend toss want to be carried and he falls asleep in your arms quickly. >> jordan is a super social beagle mission. >> she likes to sit, laugh, play, more people the better. >> lazy would do well in the home with another dogs where ter your mix personality can really come out. this is charity, a beautiful terrier mix, also from the morris animal refuge. charity used to be a breeding dogs, she was a little bit shy of other dogs but looks, loves people, she's looking for more peaceful home. if you are interested in the pets you have met today or want to try that puppy yoga we

have posted links on our web site six abc.com/shelter me. if you'd like to share your shelter story post a picture and send details on our fyi philly facebook page using # six abc shelter me. we will feature your stories on upcoming shelter me segments w charity, i'm david murphy for channel six "action news".

your time right now 9:51. in today's technically speaking facebook testing out a down vote button. don't call it a dislike button they are reporting social media cities testing button on 5 percent of android users in the u.s., and instead of a long ask for dislike button the down vote is a signal for users and comment is offensive , misleading or off topic. down voting made popular by reddit. twitter posted first ever property in the 12 year history but profit came from cost cutting rather than growing business. investors reacted positively to the news, sending twitter shares up 12 percent.

twitter ceo also saying users are not tweeting longer messages after the character limit was increased to 280. average tweet has remain the same length, less than 50. all right. in today's what is the deal, a brides big day can be costly, from the gown to the shoes, to the accessories and everything in between, but today, local brides to be can score great deals for a great cause, alycia vitarelli explains. >> if you are planning your big day you know how expensive it can get, today brides to be get that one shot to get a gun and a deep discount at goodwill's valentine's bridal sale. from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. goodwill pennsauken store will feature 500 gowns that start at just ten dollars and don't go past 300. they spend all year collecting brand new gently used gowns from area bridal stores, manufacturers and other donors designer gowns are marked down from anywhere from $99 to $299

, and gently used, vintage gowns start at $49, and, there there is a bargain bin for others with gowns for just ten dollars a pop. now, it is not just wedding dresses but other special occasion dresses, gowns for the bridal part which shoes, t iara as, accessories and more we have a sneak peak at the gems you'll find there today. rerecommend to pack patients and bringing a friend for a second set of eyes and, of course, advice. they take cash, credit card and you should know all money raised from this valentines gown sale will help goodwill continue to help folks with disabilities and economic disadvantages. again that bridal roomies goodwill's pennsauken store in pennsauken, new jersey opened today only through 9:00 p.m. we have details right now on six abc.com. alycia vitarelli, channel six "action news".

final check of the forecast. >> all right, get rain gear ready. >> yes. >> we will get a work out this weekend, that is for sure, for today rain developed shortly after lunchtime from that point it is raining most of the day, so from 1:00 on, rain develops, 53 degrees is forecasted high, catch a break during late evening hours, and then we will see more rain develop after midnight tonight and that continues, just about all day tomorrow, and we issued accu weather alert tomorrow for possibility of flooding, 53 today, 60 for tomorrow, monday, tuesday, wednesday all look good, temperatures in the 40's and 50's and more rain expect for thursday with another high of 60 degrees. >> thanks, chris. hundreds of runners laced up their shoes this morning for cupid's, philadelphia's cupid's chase 5d, tenth annual race kick off at philadelphia zoo around 8:15 this morning and event raises money to help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities

participants will receive an available on unavailable shirt to wear for the race in the hopes of sparking a love connection. >> find love. jack hanna's wild count down next on channel six. "action news" continues a little later tonight. >> we will be back tomorrow morning at 6:00. here are stories we are following for you, how new smart devices may be able to detect possible life threatening illnesses before they become a problem. take a walk back in time with the chamber orchestra as it stages a concert from the 18th century. and, now for christie ileto, chris sowers and the entire "action news" team, i'm gray hall, make it a great day. >> ♪

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