"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon in the news a destructive celebration. we have new images of the young

men wanted for vandalizing property in philadelphia after the super bowl. >> and brand new video of several eagles fans damaging a woman's car during the victory parade last week. but the big story is another winter warm-up in the accuweather forecast. first we have to get through today the coldest day of the work week actually. outside penn's landing from sky 6 hd sunny and chilly and tracking milder conditions and moving into the region soon enough. meteorologist, david murphy, has the latest. >> yes, we have looking at sunshine across the region and cloud cover and precipitation down to the south and cloud cover off to the form and west. and high clouds sweeping in later today. fairly speaking sunny and on the cool side. the cool air that rushes in saturday morning is still in place. 37 degrees in philadelphia and 34 in trenton and 34 in allentown and 36 in millville

and wilmington. and the winds are not real strong just averaging 5 to 10 miles per hour. but in philadelphia a windchill close to the freezing mark. are you knocking 5 to 6 degrees off the temperature with that wind riding through. in the meantime we have lingering issues with flooding and because of that heavy rain on sunday. still an issue out there. along the rancocas creek between pemberton and cumberland. and down south a couple more area are added. morris river west of vineland. the river itself and some tributaries are over their banks a big and egg harbor atlantic county between camden and gloucester county. if you are driving around these places and you see the water on the road you want to turn around if it looks deep. don't take chances. the warnings are up for the ref of the afternoon and the evening.

temperatures we go up to 41 for a high. lots of sunshine out there right now but we start to introduce a few more clouds as we go later into the afternoon. look how the temperatures dip not quite as precipitous as a drop. and probably getting down to the freeing mark overnight. a milder overnight and colder in the morning. the deep freeze in indianapolis it was not able to march down south and it's receding and starting tomorrow the southerly flow will dig in to the southerly air in the south is and make us milder tomorrow and on thursday. i'll have details on how warm we get coming up in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> thank you. as always you can get updates to the forecast. get updates with storm tracker 6 live. the famous love statue is back in philadelphia just in

time for valentine's day. the iconic sculpture went in for repair a year ago and today it finally returned to its home at love park. jeanette reyes is live with a look at the statue's homecoming celebration. >> reporter: love is in the air and back in love park. just minutes ago it was mounted on the pedestal to a cheering crowd. you would think a celebrity was here. but good reason many of us have taken pictures in front of the sculpture. it's back to its original splendor. and the word itself draws a crowd and today was no different. >> people were hanging out over here. you can see how it brings back back together. >> they miss it they meet at the location of the love and people make marriage proposals. >> it made the the big debut

returning after a year long restoration that includes a paint job and a slight color correction involving stripping off all the old paint and issue we found with the metal and aluminum and tough things like pin holes and cracks and the colors were intended to be red green and purple, not red green and blue. >> the love tour began at joan of arc statue and ended at love park that is also renovated all of it in time for valentine's day. >> a philly feeling to it. even off kilter, the kind of underbelly of philadelphia's beauty and ugliness at the same time by just being off a bit. >> coming back out live to us. you can predict easily there will be some crowds come valentine's day. and fun fact here it's the only statue with this color combination. that is pretty cool for

philadelphia. and as for the ceremony, the official ceremony it's set for sometime in the spring. they have not set a date yet but open for all to see. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we have new information on a massive drug bust this noon. authorities recovered $2.6 million worth of heroin and fentanyl in the feltonville section of philadelphia. danger laced with death is how he describes the combination, two men were trafficking this major stash out of a row home on north 4th street. >> putting the dollar value aside, the amount of drugs we seized would have created 250 thousand doses of heroin and fentanyl. that is 250,000 potential death sentences averted. >> both suspects were arrested during a raid on sunday night

and held on $1.5 million bail and vernon odom will have more on the results of this month long investigation coming up at 12:30. >> we have new surveillance images of the eagles fans wanted for acts of vandalism after the super bowl. police released multiple pictures of the young man suspected of damaging property throughout center city. it occurred the night of sunday february 4th as crowds flocked to the streets to celebrate the eagles super bowl win. you can see a crosser look at our website at 6abc.com. the white house is facing more backlash about the top aide that resigned over domestic abuse allegations and rob porter's first wife is lashing out against the trump administration. >> reporter: good afternoon the woman behind the black eye that toppled one of president trump's top staffers is speaking out with the lack of empathy from

the white house. >> the first wife criticizing comments by a white house official. she wrote in the "washington post" that kellyanne conway misses the the point on domestic abuse. >> she did not fear for the safety of hope hicks that was in a romantic relationship with porter. >> i feel for this woman -- >> she fired back saying her statement implies that those are in abusive relationships are not strong. surviving takes strength. and they can provide new details on how the former staff secretary to president trump explained the black eye to white house officials. according to people with knowledge he says the black eye was an accident he claimed while he bruised her eye while stopping her from breaking the

vase. and another ex-wife who filed an order against him for punching the window in the house and he says he accidently broke the glass by tapping it on with his index finger. and sara sanders defended him. >> the president and chief of staff has full confidence in his abilities and performance. >> and they question what the white house knew, what and when. and why he was allowed to work with a temporary security clearance. >> and that the fbi investigation into rob porter's security clearance was completed in late july. channel 6 "action news." >> there is more ahead on "action news" at noon. the nationwide flu epidemic claims the life of a mother and beloved teacher why she refused to take tamiflu days before she died. and a woman goes to bed way headache and wakes up way

british accent. >> and david murphy has your seven-day forecast with milder conditions on the way when "action news" at noon continues in a moment.

investigators may know what caused a russian plane to crash

killing all 71 people on board. that the pilots failed to activate the heating unit for pressure equipment before the takeoff and that led to flawed speed data. it is sentencing day for the man convicted of setting off bombs in new york city and at the jersey shore. back in september, 2016. ahmad rahami. injured 30 people in manhattan and responsible for a pipe bomb at a charity race in seaside heights, new jersey. police say he showed no remorse and as even tried to radicalize inmates. the deadly flu epidemic has claimed the life a mother of two who died after she turned down medication. >> a small town in texas is mourning the loss of second great teacher heather holland. the 36-year-old died of

complications after she refused to take tamiflu because of the cost. this comes as the number of flu cases reporting in this area is exploding and doctors across our region reported a spike in the strain known as type a. coming up tonight at 11:00 a special investigation looks into patient brokering. a fraudulent scream exploiting people addicted to drugs and costing insurance companies millions of dollars. >> i'm "action news" investigators chad pradelli. they are called junky hunters or patient pimps, paying addicts to go to rehab and the practice is illegal and "action news" sits down with a young man that claims he was brokered and takes us inside of the fraudulent scheme and how it can hinder the road to recovery. >> the cost is $500 and you can get offered a detox package that

someone gets you high and brings you to the facility so you have dir dirty urine and can be accepted. health check this noon. imagine going to sleep an american and waking up british. that kind of what happened to an arizona resident that never left the country. >> 2011 was the first time and i was like oh yeah. something is really wrong with me. >> michelle myers grew up here in the u.s. and sounds like she is from the uk. the former beauty queen says she went to bed with an extreme headache and woke up sounding british. doctors diagnosed her with foreign accent syndrome. usually occurs after a stroke or traumatic brain injury and believes it's related to the syndrome that causes bruising and painful joints. there is more ahead on "action news" at noon. a popular beauty store chain is

accused of selling used cosmetics.

a popular beauty store chain is accused of selling used co cosmet cosmetics. a lawsuit in chicago is told that ulta was given a limited amount of items that could be thrown out. they allege the managers would

take the items out of the bin and put them back out. they say the problem is germs that could stay on makeup products for weeks. they deny all claims. and will defend themselves against the alligations. only a few hours left to get the valentines gift for your loved one of. and the average person will spend $145 on their sweetheart about $7 more than last year. raking in $19.6 billion with the bulk of the spending on jewelry flowers and candy. >> local students are taking advantage of the calendar launching their own charter. they have created a variety of valentines treats and selling them to their peers tomorrow and they come in many flavors, including single and satisfied and heart breaker.

it will be invested in the school run businesses. in honor of mardi gras. makers are fired up the fires on fat tuesday rolling out the traditional dutch treats. for those of you unfamiliar with the pastries they are similar to a fried donut made of sugar, butter and flour. and eagle town bakery expects to roll out 60,000 of them ahead of ash wednesday. and now a restaurant chain is poking fun at local commuters and obstacles plaguing drivers. friendlies released the ice-cream flavored called nor'easter pothole made with black tar fudge and cookie gravel and asphalt chocolate chips. a timely gimmick as penndot works to repair dozens of potholes every week. >> the "action news" team is out

working on news stories later today beginning at 4:00. >> alicia vitarelli is live in the newsroom with a preview. >> wanted to try it. but coming up today at 4:00. here is a question can a really bad haircut be considered child abuse. that is what one ohio police department is trying to figure out now. we'll show you why in big talkers. and in today's show a southwest philadelphia school principal came up with a controversial idea to keep the peace in her eighth grade class. pay kids not to fight. we'll tell you how the program works in big talkers. >> and if you can't sleep, experts may have the thing for you. here is a hint, it's natural and delicious and it doesn't contain a single calorie. something to put you to sleep that is delicious smelling. we'll tell you about it in big talkers. we'll see you at 4:00. >> thank you alicia.

>> i think i know what it is. >> your accuweather forecast is coming up next at noon.

david here with the accuweather forecast. >> sunny and chilly. phillies down in florida getting ready to do their first day. >> what is the weather down there? >> better than here. i read that the dodgers signed chase utley for another year. in a means he is still in baseball and we can still cheer for him when he comes to town. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows we are dry but spring mountain we had multiple shots of the snow guns operating and they are ready to roll now. in case have you is an idea of going up to spring mountain and doing some skiing. 37 is the temperature. winds from the northeast at 7 and windchill 32 and bundle up to the slopes or anywhere el. 37 if philadelphia and 34 in allentown and 36 in trenton and

46 in millville. satellite shows you a lack of cloud cover and high thin clouds moving into parts of the region now. and you'll see more of that come in but fairly bright the rest of the way. sun to start in the lehigh valley and later today a few of those high clouds coming in and chilly and on the brisk side 38 and down at the the shore 42. and sunny start. and giving way to increasing cloud cover and 41 is your high and only getting 5 to 10 miles per hour through most of afternoon and more clouds tonight and winds ease down and not as cold. we'll get down to the freezing mark in philadelphia and i can see out lying suburbs getting into the mid up toer 20s but not as cold tomorrow morning as you step outside as it was this morning. and that trend continues into the afternoon.

high pressure off the coast one of a couple of features encourages the southerly flow and that bounds our number. up to 52 for valentine's day a mild southwest wind. and there is going to be rain but it doesn't look like it will arrive until nighttime. future tracker 6 as late as 8:30 has it just pulling up into area in delaware and chester county. if you are out tomorrow night. at least light to moderate showers at times are popping through all the way through 11:00. and maybe bring an umbrella if you have a date for valentine's day. and overnight it looks like the showers get off the coast and by 7:00, 7:30 on thursday, we are dry and probably cloudy out there. thursday is going to be even milder than tomorrow though. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we are looking at bright and chilly conditions today with a high of 41 degrees, sun gradually giving way to high clouds and tomorrow milder and clouds and a high of 52 degrees and there could be sun at times and any rain holds

off until night and it looks basically dry and clouds and sun and high of 65 degrees and thursday may be a good day to make plans and thursday night into friday morning showers and those move out. but the 60 degree high is misleading, we'll probably hit that number in the morning and once the rain clears out and cooler air comes in we are likely to get into the 40s for dinner time and saturday high of 40 and afternoon rain or brief snow showers and back to the sun on saturday. and then 57 on presidents day. first time in a while for a sfousnow shower. all over the map. officials are working with a major crow problem in trenton. and we have the details coming up. and the place people call heaven on earth, we'll go to see

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"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. hello again here is the stories we are following for at 12:30. a mass of drug bust is announced in philadelphia. the drugs they seized would have created $250,000 doses of heroin

and fentanyl. and her mom reported her missing and then turned up on television on the bachelor. find out the story after not finding love with ari. and people are gathered around the love statute after it is reinstalled after a much needed makeover. two men are arrested for allegedly running a major drug trafficking operation in philadelphia. police seized more than $2 million worth of heroin and fentanyl from a home in fentonville. josh shapiro announced the drug bust and vernon odom was there. you have the details. >> reporter: good afternoon sara, the arrest and raid took place on sunday night in the feltonville section of the city right near hunting park. it was a big seizure and philadelphia police and state agents all involved. >> a huge drug bust probably displayed by the attorney