y2p9hy y5yy "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with gray hall, nydia han, and meteorologist chris sowers. good afternoon, it is sunday february 18th aim nydia han along with gray hall.

here is a look at some of the stories we are following for right now on "action news" a building was destroyed in an early morning fire that caused several evacuations in philadelphia's olde city section. we will look at what fire fighters were autopsy begins. we are learning more about the suspect gunman in the florida school massacre. clock is particularring down for thon 2018 but it is still going strong aspen state students, raised money for family's impact by childhood cancer. but first lets g to meteorologist chris soars with snow totals and spring like temperatures popping up >> that is right, clock is ticking down on old man winter as well here we had that snow last night and then temperatures are up in the 40 's already. it is 42 degrees in philadelphia, millville. forty-four cape may, atlantic city. beach haven 43. even lehigh valley area right here hit the hardest with last night's snow that they pick up six and 8 inches places like bethlehem, allentown those areas here, and western portions of, berks county, getting in the huffs churc

area picking up over 7 inches. we are showing 40 degrees here snow starting to melt even poconos 38 degrees this afternoon. looking at satellite and radar there it is, last night's storm sipping on by we have cloud cover left to the west but generally speaking sunny skies across the coastal plane here from richmond, virginia all the way up through philadelphia, new york city, and boston massachusetts. we are looking good out there. forecast for today mostly sunny a few clouds mixed from time to time rest of the way, mild day, high of 48, there will be a bit of the breeze northwest at five to 15 miles an hour so even though thermometer might read 48 degrees it will feel more like mid 40's. headlines looking like this turning mild they are week much, much milder, winter just completely vanishes again and wait until you see numbers in the seven day forecast, unfortunately we are tracking several chances of rain spring like showers, a couple of times this week. i will be back in a few minutes with the detail with the accu weather seven day

forecast, guys. >> chris, thank you. developing this noon a four alarm blaze ripped through a building in philadelphia's olde city section this morning causing residents and hotel guests in the area to evacuate. "action news" reporter bob brooks has been there all morning long, bob, you have very latest information what can you tell us. >> reporter: nydia and gray very unfortunate sad day for, sad people, in injuries to report but a lot of people have lost all of their belongings in this fire. i will step out of the way here and show you you can see it is still going on, battle to put this fire out, and still happening right now, you can see several hoses spraying directly in the building where it started but you can see off into that building next door, smoke still barreling out of that it last like they are trying to get a hose in position to shoot off of that. this is, i want to point over there the fire has now, it looks as if some of the smoke at the very least spread to the buildings around the corner so really impacting

this entire block but again very sad day for so many people, who now have lost their homes. the flames were shooting through window and out of the room, the location, third and chestnut right in the heart of the olde city. building on the corner andthe grabbed her child and ran out. >> it was smoke and it was just seconds. my daughter two and a half years old we ran out. >> reporter: at this point it is too early to tell what the extent of the damage will be but it is extensive. this morning a lot of people, lost their homes, businesses badly damage as well, philadelphia fire commissioner adam tiehl says so far more than 160 people displayed from their homes from the best western hotel. he also said some people didn't initially evacuated when alarms first sounded. >> when we hear fire alarm, get out, don't take your stuff , we are trying to evacuate these building and people are taking their stuff. i understand. it is serious. we don't evacuate a building without good reason. >> luckily today no one was

injured. >> back out here live, another look, at the scene you can see the smoke still coming out, and there there is still battling this i spoke to the family who lives in the top floor of the building that went up in flames today, and they are heart broken. they were in tears hugging each other they are going through a very tough time. they have lost everything they have had down here but good news is that despite the damage down here no one was injured. reporting live from olde city bob brooks, channel six "action news", nydia and gray back to you. ear no injuries. several businessness olde city are closed because of cant fire among the revolution it will be closed to day but plans to reopen tomorrow morning at 10:00 o'clock and restaurant the little lion says it is also closed for the day. announo reopen once owners can assess any possible damage from that fire. this weekend we are learning more about the 19 year-old alleged gunman who shot and killed, 17 people at

a high school in florida last week. the broward county public de fender says nikolas cruz had a history of mental health checks and diagnosed with autism, adhd and depression and cut himself on snap chat while saying he wanted to buy a gun. his defense attorney said cruz will plead guilty if prosecutors agree to take the death penalty off of the table this weekend president donald trump lashing out at fbi saying the agency missed many signals sent by the florida shooter. president trump said on twit ter this is not acceptable , they are spending too much time, trying to prove russian collusion with the trump campaign, there is no collusion, get back to the basic and make us all proud. now the fbi has admitted it failed to investigate a tip it received last month that the suspect and the florida school shooting had a desire to kill and access the guns, and could be plotting an attack. back in pennsylvania, a 15 year-old boy was rescued after being trapped inside of wind

caves in several hours in lancaster county. investigators say boy and group of friends and adults when he got stuck in the caves around 5:30 last night. crews had a hard time access ing the small area where boy was and weather made difficult getting there boy was finally freed at 1:30 this morning and taken to an area hospital as a precaution. a medical unit was involved in the crash this morning in philadelphia's germantown section. police and rescue crews were called to the scene at chew avenue and church lane at 7:00 . you can see front even of the white suv badly damage, one person was transported to an area hospital in unknown condition. so far it is unclear what caused the crash. thon 2018 is nearly over with 42 hours down and four more to go, penn state dance marathon, raises awareness and money for pediatric cancer. "action news" reporter chad pradelli takes a look at how this massive event makes a difference for families. >> reporter: party rages on inside bryce jordan center at penn state, only this is a

part which a purpose. ftk is the motto, for the kids , and for kids like key lonnie leboy who was diagnosed with written cancer as an infant. her mother, remembers the tears. >> it was very stressful, she was only given a 50 percent survival rate, so, yeah, it was very, very tough. >> reporter: thon four diamond s fund and penn state hershey's children hospital helped keylonnie make a full recovery. 4,000 families have benefited from thon over the years, three-year old mena whoran was diagnosed with leukemia a year ago. >> they give us gas vouchers for every trip that we make down there and anything outside of, our insurance four diamonds taken care of. >> reporter: kid like key lonnie and mena who inspired these penn staters to raise money and dance for 46 straight hours. taylor is a committee member at thon, she cut her hair

today, hair, that will go to help make wigs, for children. >> i really wanted to cut my hair and i thought no better way to do it and then to have it go for a great cause, so many kid deserve it. >> reporter: inside bryce jordan center pictures of the afflicted line the walls, each child, with their own, terrible journey, fighting cancer. each, in the minds of these dancers. >> just dance for pretty much any family that ever had to hear the words your child has cancer. >> reporter: more than 146 million-dollar have been raised at thon over the years, and coming up later today at 4:00 p.m. these dancers will finally be able to sit down, go to bed but before they go to sleep we will have that final reveal to find out how much money, was raised at thon 2018. in state college, chad pradelli for channel six "action news". can't wait for that big reveal. >> dancing for the big cause. >> still much more to come on "action news" this sunday afternoon we are learning more about i plane crash in iran that killed 56 people.

and if you stocked up object chocolate for valentines day holiday, you may be surprised to hear experts say it may be good for your health. >> we will explain. meteorologist chris sowers will be back with the full accu weather forecast when "action news" continues.

super heros, many shapes and sizes and ages showed up in camden, new jersey. they turnout for super hero autism activity day. super hero were parents, counselors, kid whose gathered at salvation army lacrosse center to have fun in a safe judgment free zone. kids got their faces painted, they ran obstacle course is, bounced around in bouncey houses and had snacks. day was sponsored by century health care, a national leader in providing analysis and therapy for children with

autism. time for accu weather the snow's out of here and we have a incredible week ahead. >> spring like temperatures on the way, lots of sunshine. lets get over to the weather center. it is not feeling like winter anytime soon. this is this morning but from this point temperatures will moderate here as we look at center city sky line, gorgeous day, mostly sunny conditions just a couple of clouds and numbers are already, up into the 40's. we're seeing that melting. 40 degrees far western counties, allentown, reading, lancaster all showing that number. millville 42. dover 43. cape may checking in at 41. there is a bit of the breeze so we are subtracting five or 6 degrees from those numbers but even still not too bad, 35 is wind in philadelphia, feels like 33 in allentown. thirty-five in trenton and 33 degrees, in cape may. officially for philadelphia, we will go, 42, with a dew point of 25, and believe it or not it was this dew point here that produced the snow, last

night, yesterday we had temperatures in the 40's but because the dew point was so slow as soon as it started precipitating the temperature tried to drop all the way down to that dew point number, flipped the rain over to snow and we saw big fat wet flakes accumulating very quickly there. if you are a snow already thank this number right here for snow we got last night. winds northwest at 13, wind chill again is 35 degrees. satellite, radar showing not much to look at, out there we have had just a couple cloud is a cross western counties and more cloud cover across western pennsylvania, and then this afternoon, the great lakes, western portions of the northeast that is bit. last night's storm is so far off to thee across canadian mar times it is not even on the map now. it is marching along. later this afternoon high temperatures will rain between 46 and 48, mostly sunny skies, just a couple cloud mixed from time to time. ever night tonight partly cloudy, seasonably cold, low temperatures close to freezing north and west, slightly above freezing in philadelphia, and

then 6:00 o'clock tomorrow morning lets say 34 on 35 across the i-95 corridor and right around freezing north and west. watch out for slick spots, re freeze developing again across western counties, most of the snow will melt here across i-95 corridor today but tomorrow there will be snow left over for areas west of the city. as we get in the mid-morning hours tomorrow the clouds will roll back in we will see a couple cloud nothing to terribly heavy at first but some could transition into a steady period of rain in the afternoon. look at how mild the temperatures are, 51 in millville. no snow this time in philadelphia. 48 degrees. forty-eight in trenton. forty-six in allentown. here comes the warm front so by 9:30 you can see temperatures are climbing, 50 degrees in philadelphia, winds shift nothing more south /westerly direction and watch what happens here with the temperature as we march along through tuesday, we are not really dropping off that much, monday night, tuesday afternoon, well, we should be about 66 to 70 degrees for the

forecast ted high but that will occur around three or four. this takes us out until 6:00. so we're back down to 62. but these locations between 65 and 70 degrees on tuesday and warmer as we head into wednesday afternoon 70 to 75. nice stuff on the way. so for tomorrow, it is day of transition early on north and west there could be icy patches once again, black ice, frozen slush be careful on the sidewalks and parking lots and then warm front gets in here by mid morning light rain, showers and some clouds, rolling in and then areas of fog start to develop monday night, dense fog with the passage of the front and then that opens up the door as we head into tuesday, everything clears out and really nice weather rolls in. 48 degrees in philadelphia today, reading 47, allentown 46, millville, cape may 48, sunny skies a few cloud mixed in and overnight tonight slightly below freezing north and west. watch out for refreeze black ice out there, 34 in philadelphia, 33 in cape may.

exclusive accu weather seven day forecast every single day way above seasonal averages mostly sunny, mild, 48, 50 on presidents day with rain, drizzle and 70 for tuesday, 73 for wednesday. nydia. >> pretty awesome, chris, thank you. in health check kidney stones may be on the rise among both men and women in the u.s. according to a new stud would i men 18 to 39 have highest increase in cases. from 1984 to 2012. kidney stones are relatively common and effect 10 percent of people at some point in their lives. to reduce the chance, stay hydrated and reduce your sodium in take. all right. so if your valentines gave you a whole lot of chocolate this week do not feel guilt bye eating it. it is not only romantic but may have some health benefits. one study says as little as a quarter ounce a day may keep that heart doctor away, just make sure, it is dark chocolate. german institute of human nutrition says it can lower risk of experiencing a heart attack and stroke.

another study says chocolate can improve a person's mood, yes, it can. it is also a good anti oxidant and helps with inflammation but remember moderation is the key, we are back after this. ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪

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conventional strength training down in florida, jamie apody has the rest of your sunday sports. likely his first of many joel embiid made his nba all-star saturday night debut last night. >> joel embiid. >> process has skills challenge, or maybe don't, embiid had trouble with passing, and, but, he did make a triple to beat out horford to advance to the second round where, it might have been a bit of cheating when he skipped that section entirely. he fell to the rocky, but he was out of the black and he is the future. just listen to what kevin durant said about embiid. >> he is, a skilled player for his size. he can shoot the three, dribble, and developed the skills over, time, he wants it , so, you know, he is a great player, he is definitely a guy that you have to respect and will take over this league

here once i'm done. >> wow. >> utah jazz donovan mitchell, was the winner, and he also brought out philadelphia's comedian kevin hart and his son to dunk over them. that earned all perfect 10's for judges. kevin hartist really small but it is impressive. spring training continuing in clear what ther with full squad work outs coming up tomorrow, all eyes will be on big time acquisition carlos santana who is already there, when it comes to hard work the first base man has quite a motor. jeff skversky has more. >> reporter: phillies are counting on carlos santana to be a driving force in the mid of their line up. speaking of driving one of his off season training rituals this off season involves santana pushing a mercedes, over 100-yards, over and over and over again. carlos santana is a big hit here in clearwater, after signing a three-year, 60 million-dollar deal this off season the phillies believe,

that they can go from worst to first with his bat and glove. >> we have to, you know, a lot of talent, lot of talent, hungry players, they work hard every day. that is why i'm here. i'm here to try to help. >> santana brings a different kind of calm, energy, calm, relaxed, focus bolden joy. >> reporter: santana is catching the attention of his young teammates much needed veteran presence and his approach at the plate solidif ies middle of the phillies line up. >> how dangerous do you think that this line up can be in philadelphia? >> a lot, a lot. especially. >> reporter: phillies fan love to hear that. >> yeah, i mean, you know, everybody know me i'm a patient guy. >> when you have a guy right in the middle of the line up grinding down the opposing pitcher you get exhausted you get benefits from that. next man up, next man up, a ripple effect, exhausted starting pitcher or exhausted reliever is a good thing for the philadelphia phillies. >> reporter: not only does

santana hit for power but he can work the count, he has most walks over last seven seasons in the american league and phillies need him to do that, right here. with the phillies in clearwater, jeff skversky for channel six "action news". and another half an hour of "action news" is just ahead >> here's some of the stories we are working on for you, mcdonald's happy meal is a little less cheesy. we have details on the new way the company hopes to make the children's menu. plus, the eagles super bowl victory a win for the businesses of philadelphia, a break down of the early numbers. those stories and exclusive accu weather forecast and much more when "action news" comes right back

updating a four alarm blaze on chestnut street. and a florida student may have prevented more deaths, during a school shooting last week by risking his own life, and we will have the story. we will look at some of the problems drivers face after snow felon parts of the delaware valley this weekend. >> those stories and more in a moment but first meteorologist chris sowers starts us off with a look at the weekend forecast, hi there, chris. >> good afternoon, guys another quick look at snow fall totals around the region here, heaviest hit are locations well north and west of the city of philadelphia which is kind of typical in this part of the country here. wood side kent county in delaware 1 inch.

bridgeton cumberland county in new jersey 2 inches. florence, burlington county, new jersey, three and then numbers gets heavier and heavier further north and west you go. huffs church in berks county 7.4. allentown, lehigh valley, 8.3 inches. it was this area right in through here that pick up heaviest snow. it is well north and west of the i-95 corridor, part of the reason why they saw heavier snow one it stayed snow the entire time, column of air was much deeper. column of cold air was much deeper out in through here then what we saw across i-95 corridor. this area here all change over to wintry mix or rain at some point. and, then it quickly moved along on its way. temperatures are starting to moderate, there is no arctic air rushing on the back side so because of that temperatures are up in the mid 40's in some locations. forty-five in coatsville, malvern 44. quakertown pushing 40. bethlehem, 42 degrees right now. pick up 8 inches of snow. warminster 42. center city 42.

vineland 44. cinnaminson 43. lots of mid to low 40's across south jersey, delaware and a ton of sunshine. you can see it here all the way through mostly sunny sky. the call for today lots of sunshine a few clouds mixed in , mild afternoon highs around 48. nydia. >> chris, thank you. we will continue to follow developing news out of the olde city section of philadelphia, more than 100 fire fighters responded to a four alarm blaze, that forced many people to evacuate during early morning hours. "action news" reporter bob brooks live at the scene with what we are learning about the fire, and bob, what is the latest. nydia, very unfortunate, this fire was very intense, a lot of people unfortunately had been forced out of their homes who their belongings this morning. they are certainly our thoughts and prayers with them behind me here in the fire department still, hard at work , this building is still smoking, you can see several houses are directed right into the building that caught

flames initially. we will see them targeting the other adjacent buildings, they are spraying the one right next door, and instant smoke and cleared through the morning clear up into this afternoon and then as we pan the camera over to the left you will see crews now up on the building, several, several down, from this one here. so really impacting entire block. this is third and chestnut. you can see fire fighters up on the roof, so really a lot of property affected by this this was around 3:30 or 4:00 this morning and man, these flames were huge. when we first got down here. one of the worst fires i have personally seen. big problem fire department says that he were actually running into was when they initially sounded the alarms fire alarms were going off some people weren't evacuating that prompted another response by fire fighters having to go inside of the building, helping escort people out to the fire department, they want to remind everyone in the dire situation like that thaw heed

the warning and that you do come out. we spoke to some of the residents who had to make a quickest stape from these flames earlier this morning, lets take a listen. >> it went up in smoke in seconds. i may daughter, two and a half years old we run out. >> they did a good job keeping everybody calm. he had a calm suiting voice. nobody really panicked. >> reporter: another live look here, they have been busy, since the start of this thing and the work, continues. when we first got here the flames were from the bottom to the top, shooting out of the roof, you saw that in that video there. again just an unfortunate event for so many people, they lost their homes here, guys, but good news despite the immensity of the fire there are in reports of any injuries and for that so many people are thankful for. reporting live from olde city, bob brooks, channel six, "action news". >> bob, intense fire, so glad no one was hurt. thanks very much. and we will turn now to the tragedy in florida, a community is now grieving

after 17 people were shot and killed, high school on valentines day. this weekend we're actually learning about a hero student who turned himself into a human shield, shaving his classmates. abc's victor is in parkland florida right now with that teenager's story. >> he just called me and said doc... unaudible. >> it is a phone call no parent expects to receive, rodgers borges son anthony telling him owe has been shot multiple times at school. >> he was shot four times. >> four times. one here, one here. and another one, one here and another one here and two here. >> reporter: but the 15 year-old wasn't going down without a fight. his father tells us anthony saw gunman coming shot at classroom door, pressing his body weight against it while being shot protecting the 20 other students inside the classroom all of them, making it out alive. >> he is my hero.

>> reporter: his close friend beaming with pride as well. >> in of us knew what to do so he took the initiative to just safe his other classmates. >> reporter: freshman has been in the hospital since wednesday now in stable condition but with his heroing story of survival comes 17 others with heart breaking endings. >> ♪ >> reporter: that song and these black armed band in honor of this soccer team's fallen played alyssa. >> we just to have think about all of the great things she did and gave to all of us and car that i in our daily life. >> reporter: and these or rang ribbons in memory of jamie gut tenberg. >> she was a member, we who a member and it is just unreal. >> reporter: stoneman douglas principal sharing this message of healing. >> eagles, i promise you, i will hug each and everyone of you, as many times as you need and we will get through this together. >> that was victor okendo

reporting. 12:35. back home a woman was killed and two fire fighters injured during a fire in philadelphia 's fox chase section. blaze broke out around 6:30 last night at a home on the 7600 block of verree road near fauns. investigators say a woman believed to in her 70's was found dead on the second floor of the house. the 46 year-old fire fighter was taken to jefferson torresdale hospital after falling through the floor of the house. that fire fighters and another was hospitalized are both in stable condition. snow caused dangerous driving in walking conditions in bucks county overnight. snow began falling around 5:00 d conditions and visibility quickly went downhill. several accidents were reported, penndot warning that even though the snow has stopped and roads out there may still be a bit icy. snow also causing issues from the parkway to center city to southwest philadelphia , penndot preparing for the snow/rain mix earlier were 400 trucks out there on the roads and while that snow mostly turn to

slush on the ground some people did not mind and went and outside to enjoy snowfall. you can keep track of our quickly changing weather conditions by visiting six abc app, where you will find the radar and updated forecast, down load six abc app on any mobile device. it has been two weeks since eagles won the super bowl, and team's success has had an enormous emotional impact on the region. it has had a huge impact economically. vernon odom explains. >> reporter: eagles historic march to super bowl salvation, paid off in the only in spirit and pride, but millions of dollars of revenue for tourism and hospitality industry. these are the latest numbers. >> the two playoff weekends as well as the super bowl weekend equate todd a 15 percent increase in hotel occupancy over the same period last year and on that sunday alone for the super bowl, occupancy this

year has been about 61 percent verse 34 percent last year. >> reporter: business like the philly team stores had to to reorder as much eagles gear as they could get to keep pace with demand which they say is three times over normal levels this fan just keeps coming back for more. >> still engaging in the celebration. >> reporter: have you bought anything last week or week before. >> yes. >> reporter: how much. >> twenty. >> i need to get something that says super bowl champions on it, something that as we all know we don't get that often. >> reporter: you have to update your wardrobe. >> yes, this is from the 60's. >> reporter: for street investigators like nassar, it is now time to run clearance sales but eagles great run has been great for him. >> business has been very good business has been very good. the combination has been, excellent. excellent. but right now we are where we are. >> eagles winning the super bowl really gives businesses, as well as other attractions

the opportunity to write a new narrative. >> reporter: so this time it is still basking in the glow of super super bowl victory. the fans and merchants praying that eagles can become perennial contenders if not the champs. i'm vernon odom for channel six "action news" in center city. >> everyone still bleeding green. >> looking forward to next year though. >> you got to. still much more to come on "action news", a classic come to life at the contacted my of music. ahead a lot at action packed version of the swann lake. bargain hunters beware a nearly year long under cover investigation found too often, sale prices are in the special savings at all, we will explain. lets go live outside to sky 6hd to city hall camera, meteorologist, chris sowers has the accu weather forecast when "action news" continues, you'll love it.

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weekend in wilmington, delaware. greenburg's great train and toy show features hundreds of, tables, trains, accessories for sale, huge operating exhibits, activities for little kid, and, then a lot more. it is still time to check it out at chase center on the river front and that show will continue until 4:00 this afternoon, chew, chew. >> chew, chew. >> time for accu weather and we are chugging along the forecast. >> we certainly are. temperatures are fairly mild right now considering we pick up that snow and wait until you see what happens later this week here. we have two chances, reaching 70 degrees, if not warmer and when we cool it down we are talking with temperatures 14 or 15 degrees above seasonal averages. beautiful shot here live on sky six, sun glistening down, you can see in this picture the snow has melted. i believe that is chester. that is what you will see in a lot of neighborhood south and east of philadelphia this afternoon. 48 degrees is today's forecast high, normal is 44. we are above average today.

started out at 34. low temperature normally should be around 28 degrees. look at this with the snow that fell, the flowers coming through here in cinnaminson, new jersey. wait until you see flowers that start sprouting in the latter portions of this week with temperatures in the 70's, daffodils will start sprouting , more crock uses, it will be really nice out there and then cold will drive back in ahead of march. aim not sure about that but that is usually what happens when we get warm weather early in the season like this final snow fall totals. philadelphia 1.2 inches. your seasonal total is up to 14.6. sewell, 1.4. they are up to a 15.4 for the season. chadds ford picked tup and a half. pottstown 5.2. allentown 8.3 inches of snow last night but for the season you are hovering just above 27 . officially 27.1 inches there in the lehigh valley. reason why we have a snow, we have had this cool pocket of air and just cold enough, not too terribly cold yesterday we managed a high of 42.

but just cold enough to produce that snow and now this is about to lift all the way backup into canada here comes southerly winds, cold air drives this way, warm air comes up from the gulf. this is your path earn this week. it will feel like may out there tuesday, wednesday with high temperatures in the 70's. we're already in the 40's, lots of melting going on 42 for philadelphia, millville, dover, 43, and cape may, 46, delightful to the northwest and snow covered, out there and we have 40 for lancaster, reading and allentown and then satellite and radar showing cloud cover out there to the west as well. sunny skies across the coastal plains should be a delightful day. future tracker six, 47, 48, give or take somewhere in that ballpark later this afternoon. mostly sunny skies, partly cloudy, and, overnight tonight , and, tomorrow morning , we will start off with sunshine but it looks, nice, and in advance of the, approaching warm front, lifting us in the zero seven's mid week. couple showers possible, and, steady period of light rain in the afternoon, and, look at

the numbers here, 49 wilmington. fifty-one in millville. fifty in philadelphia then warm front pushes through and then numbers are not dropping, they are climbing, by 10:00 o'clock, we are up to 50 degreel continue to drop, and as we head into tuesday and wednesday. mostly sunny, mild today. 48 degrees is the forecast ted high and overnight tonight, partly cloudy and cold, 29 degrees in the outlining suburbs. thirty-four for center city. watch out for refreeze, north and west, still some snow on the ground especially in the lehigh valley and far western counties, and as we see a snow pack right now. exclusive accu weather seven day forecast mostly sunny, mild, 48 degrees today, for tomorrow, some clouds, and rain, drizzle by afternoon, 50 d high, and 70 for tuesday, and it turns muggy, yes, muggies are back, wednesday partly sun which a shower, we're up to 73 both of those days could be new record highs, thursday is cooler with some rain, 58, friday 50, saturday 59. not one cold day, in that seven day forecast.

>> who is complaining. >> i'm not complaining. >> all right, thanks. thanks, chris. the pennsylvania ballet is kicking off its spring season with a fan favorite, and karen rodgers has more in this weeks six abc loves the arts. >> reporter: swann lake is world renowned for iconic score, core grave and the pennsylvania ballet is debuting a new action packed version of the dance. >> i don't think there is anyone in the world that does not know about the swann lake. >> if you have seen the company perform it before, you have not seen it like this. >> it is more energetic, lot more dancing, a lot more tech nikkei difficulty but it is very exciting and fresh. >> reporter: story remains the same, prince sigfried falls in love with the queen of swann who is cursed by a evil sourc errer. >> during the day normal swann but in the evening she turns back into a woman. >> spell can be only broken by true love and the show follows their journey of romance,

adventure and betrayal. >> it is great for the whole family. >> artistic director angel car errer promises a theater performance. >> there is a lot of action and there is a little explosion where black swann traced it. >> and, with the iconic, score >> such beautiful strong music and, here and music. >> it came directly from korea 's former studio in spain and will be a feast for the highs. >> very much so. and a lot of colors, with a total of six different casts you will never see the same show twice. very beautiful to the eyes, and very beautiful to the sole >> it is performed swann lake, march 18th 18th at academy of music. for tickets and show times visit arts in philly.org. for six abc love the arts i'm karen rodgers. mcdonald's is taking the

cheese burger out of the happy meal in an attempt to make healthier options for all of those children. mcdonald's says it will quote offer more balanced meals, simplify ingredients and continue to be transparent with happy meals, nutrition information. cheese burgers in the happy meal will still be available but you have to request it and small size frenchfries will be replaced with kid sized fries in the six piece chicken mc nugget meals. if you fly delta airlines you may notice change in the new, in the next few months, company debuting some new uniforms that will happen in may. fashion designer jack behind the new look, he spent three years designing the pieces of clothing, performing all of the airlines jobs to make sure that the uniforms were functional. they use spandex, and added pockets, large enough to hold passports. keep in mind iconic red and blue to make a purple accent color, this is delta's first uniform reslam in 10 years.

>> looks good. now to an under cover investigation that may change the way you shop, especially when it comes to buying things on sale. and nearly year long, test has found disturbing pricing policies and american a dozen national retailers. checkbook magazine found too often, sale prices are not special savings at all. instead they are creating a bogus sense of urge urgency for you to buy. sales signs and stickers, leave stephanie paterson skeptical, after her saga with these earrings that had a yellow clearance tag for $128. >> and i said, geez, i wonder how much these were originally i peeled the sticker back and low and behold they were priced at $98. >> yes, advertised clearance price, is $30 more than the original price. >> i feel it is deceiving. >> reporter: this is just one kind of bogus bargain. over the course of 10 months checkbook magazine's under

cover shoppers, track prices of select items available for at lee five weeks at 19 major retailers, and found in most cases the advertised sale price was actually the routine price. the one that the store charges more than half of the time. >> buy one get one half off that makes me want to buy it right now. >> right now, because you are worried might come back next week price would be higher. it could be general lower price next week. >> reporter: new parents are looking save money so if this is on sale they are probably buying it. >> would you like to think you are saving money but problem is they have never charged the regular price for it. >> that is nice, often on sale >> tractor for 44 is on sale week. >> reporter: according to checkbook magazine war offenders are jc penny, k-mart , kohl's, macy's, neiman marcus and sears. followed by the banana republic, best buy, blooming dale's, gap, home depot, lowes , northstrom, office

depot, office max and wal-mart >> it is for sure misleading. they are manipulating new to buying their buy now, feeling good about your purchase to make a bun seven of purchases there. >> reporter: presidents kay sales are coming up, so will the sales be better. >> that is the thing, even the black friday sales, to be looked at, the offers weren't any better than any other week >> reporter: checkbook magazine says consumers need to be smart shoppers. >> don't be induced to buy that item just because it is on sale, buy what you need when you need it, and don't be in a rush. >> reporter: also shop around and ask for a price match, checkbook magazine says testers found so-called sale item were being sold for less, elsewhere. and, so at which store did they find sale prices do offer special savings, bed, bath and beyond and costco. >> now the retailers tell us that they stand by their sale policies and many telling us their sales, comply with the applicable pricing and advertising laws, and they believe that it failed to

consider things like every day low pricing, price match guaranties and member pricing. full results of checkbook magazine's test and full savings from retailers on six abc.com. >> wow, really good information and something to think about shopping. >> it was surprising. >> when "action news" continues an update on our top stories. >> we will look at your forecast in just a moment.

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threatened the cities museum of the american revolution. amazingly though there were no injuries, investigators are searching for the cause. and the dancing will stop at penn statet, three hours, and then thon 2018, will announce how much money it raise todd fight pediatric cancer. since it started annual student charitable effort has raised 146 million-dollar. wow. >> all right. >> final check of the forecast , chris. >> baseball weather, yes, we have a couple days in the 70's , exclusive seven day forecast lots of melt to go day sunny skies, a few clouds, 48, tomorrow is gray, glummy with afternoon rain or drizzle 60 degrees but that is warm front pulling through and result is tuesday and wednesday in the zero seven's. seventy and 73. both days, could set new record highs, thursday cooler but we are still a good 14 degrees above average, 58, friday, 50 and then saturday maybe some more rain and 59. >> loving those temperatures. >> that is right. ac c basketball is next on channel six.

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