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big question is the park land florida mass murder serving as a tipping point in the national controversy over gun reform poll suggests if the future of the country rests in the hands of young people it might be. but it's up to elected officials to enact the law. students who survived the shooting at marjorie stone and douglass high school boarded buses today for a six-hour drive to the state capitol of tallahassee. they had a message for state lawmakers. >> we are just done with all the blood shed. >> but for some of these students it was a shattering experience as they then watched the legislature vote overwhelmingly to defeat a bill to ban assault-style weapons like the ar-15 used to kill 17 people at their school a week ago tomorrow. at the white house today indications that president trump may be feeling some pressure to act, he instructed attorney general sessions to come up with

regulations that would ban the use of bump stocks that is the device used by the las vegas shooter to turn the legal weapon into a machine gun then tremendous tweeted this whether we are republican or democrat we must focus on strengthening background checks that welcome news to gun control advocates but not nearly enough for these young people in florida who want assault-style weapons ban, period. meanwhile action news reporter annie mccormick is live at city hall for the way the government controls guns, annie what happened there? >> reporter: and jim at this rally and vigil tonight that was organized by the philadelphia da office it's all part of the national debate on gun control and people attending this tonight say that they hope to see morallys and vigils like this across the country until changes are made. >> may we hold ourselves and our leaders accountable and may we

have the grace to demand the ban. >> reporter: a clear message outside city hall today during an antigun violence vigil in honor of the shooting victims in parkland florida. >> for way too long the nra has had too much influence over gun policy we got to vote some people out. >> reporter: with so many rallies in wake of mass shootings in our country do they have an impact? family members of victims say yes. and robbins and rose lynn lost family members to shootings in philadelphia. >> that is why i'm out here today so we can talk and shout and do whatever we have to do for florida and all the other cities. >> people understand the nra is powerful but moms and aunts and uncles are just as powerful and they get together. >> reporter: a long time gun violence activist lost her son charles after he was gunned down in a case of mistaken identity she now heads victim services for the da's office. >> we are able to better empower

victims to help them be a part of the solution. >> reporter: in the crowd tonight new faces, two high school students who happened to be walking by and felt compelled to join. >> i feel as though i need to do something to protect myself because quite frankly with the adults and higher authority figures are not doing enough. i want to be there, i want to learn and engage with my teachers and my peers and one person with a gun can take that all away. >> reporter: and jim more and more teenagers becoming part of this conversation the survivors of that school shooting in florida have organized the march for our lives which is being held march 24th in washington d.c. but they say for those people who can't make it to d.c. they can have a march in their own city that very same day. for now reporting live outside of city hall and knee mccormick channel six action news back to you. >> the university reports the highest level of support for gun control in its new poll out

today. americans now favor stricter gun laws by a 2-1 margin, 66-31%. support for gun control is up nearly 20% in two years. also near universal support for universal background checks with 97% in favor even 97% of gun owners agree. other measures poll two thirds of americans support a nationwide ban on the sale of assault-style weapons, two thirds also say it's too easy to buy a gun and 75% of people say congress needs to do more. opera winfrey is matching her friends george and wife clooney with a half million donation the demonstration that annie mccormick was just referring to organized by teenage survivors of the school shooting together in washington on march 24 and tonight hollywood moguls steven

spielburg and jeffrey catsonburg pledged a half million each as well. all right there is other news tonight temperatures stayed above 60 for much of the night tonight. prompting philadelphia to take to the streets in center city the warm sound of the solo saxaphone for strolling in t-shirt or a light jacket and dann cuellar is up but we will take to cecily first. >> felt like the end of may not february with several record highs wilmington and dover 75 degrees, records there, atlantic city airport 73, philadelphia 72, breaking the record high of 70 setback in 1939. trenton 71 and bad news for the ski resorts in the poconos a new record high of 66.

if you look across the eastern half of the country you can see there is more warmth on the way. cincinnati today 80 degrees. that warm air mass is moving our way but west of a cold front a big drop in temperatures, temperatures only in the teens and 20s and between those two air masses double scan live showing a conveyer belt of moisture with some flooding rain and also some significant icing with a cold front that cold front itself will be moving in here tomorrow night but ahead of it we have another day of warmth. foggy in the morning not quite as bad as yesterday or this morning i should say, more records tomorrow and then find the umbrella keep it close four straight days of rainy weather i'll talk about that in the accuweather seven-day forecast, jim. >> cecily thank you let's switch to rittenhouse and how are people taking advantage of this record-setting warm weather? >> up until about 15 minutes ago there were still people sitting

at the sidewalk cafe and who could blame them the month of february transformed into spring. the sidewalk cafes those that manage to make the sudden adjustment were jam packed tonight with people enjoying the amazing spring-like weather. >> i couldn't imagine it being february. it feels like it's like early fall or early spring, it feels so nice outside. >> it's beautiful. we are just so happy to be outside tonight and it's amazing we are having so much fun. >> reporter: park cafe making a booming business tonight. >> we had a challenging winter so to have this day and another one tomorrow is pretty spectacular. >> reporter: what have you been doing? >> drinking all night. my friend has a new job so we are celebrating that. >> reporter: congratulations. >> thank you. >> reporter: lindsey and her dog oliver could not get enough of this unseasonably warm and pleasant night. >> i actually walked to school and back three times today because the weather was nice and i thought it's a good day to get exercise in. >> reporter: at the art museum a lot of people were doing mini boot camps and running up and

down the steps. >> we have a gym membership but we have to come to the steps and workout it's a beautiful day. >> in the gym. >> don't want to be cooped up in a small area. >> on the boardwalk at nighttime the breeze and like it's just like humid and it's just lovely, i love the spring and for it to be winter it's amazing. >> guess what i have a surprise. >> what is the surprise. >> it's going to be even nicer tomorrow. >> i know it is. we have been talking about it all day trying to breakout the booty shorts, i'm trying. >> reporter: what an amazing february it has been and eagles with their incredible win and now we are ending the month with weather like the month of may we will take februarys like this any time live at rittenhouse square i'm dan cuellar action six and jim back to you. firefighters investigating the cause of a house fire in the strawberry mansion section of philadelphia tonight and broke out at 7:00 on the 1800 block of north 27, fortunately nobody was

hurt. and new at 11:00 tonight action news has obtained surveillance video of the pickup truck that drove into an auto zone last night and it shows how a customer was nearly run over. he enters the store, literally five seconds later the glass and steel frame entrance is blown apart by the impact. another angle shows an entire shelf of antifreeze and other car fluids collapsing as the pickup truck rams through the store the customer is buried underneath all of that, others come to his aid incredibly he is able to walk away under his own power. this all happened at 6:30 last night on the 5,000 block of weldington avenue and police are still investigating what caused the driver to accelerate in the store and if any criminal charges are warranted. tomorrow morning's commute on i-295 south in glouster and salem counties will be a lot less sticky than today crews spent the day scraping liquid asphalt that had hardened right

off the road after a truck lost its load over a stretch of 14 miles. at least 20 cars drove through the material early this morning and they had to be repaired. tri state transportation company owns the truck and says it will fix any vehicles that were damaged. the former head of neurology at drexel college of medicine charged with repeatedly raping a patient in new york city. he previously plead guilty of groping 7 women at a philadelphia clinic he was sentenced to two years probation. he was taken into custody by new york city police today on multiple felony counts. demolition work is now underway at the fire ravaged building in philadelphia in danger of collapse and spent the day dismangling the exterior fire escape putting stress on the facade and 239 chestnut street

is considered structurally unsafe and it gutted the five story building and damaged neighboring properties, federal agents are helping to investigate whether this fire was intentionally set or whether it was an accident. coming up, on action news tonight a guilty plea in the mueller probe plus the philadelphia teen kicked off the court for what she wore to her basketball game. it's opening up a debate over civil rights. and a toast to your health, a new study on living a long life and how alcohol and coffee come into play. cecily. >> last night we had dense fog advisories posted this time now disability not quite as bad but beginning to drop we will have some patchy fog tomorrow but the big story is the record warmth and pattern change and we will have it all in the accuweather seven-day forecast. black panther sets another record doing better at the box office than anyone expected plus

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special counsel robert mueller has charged this man with lying to the fbi dutch van der zwaan and plead guilty and made false statements about rick gates the

deputy of trump campaign chairman manafort and their role in manafort supporting ukrainian officials backed by russia this is the latest sign that mueller is putting more pressure on manafort in the russia probe. republican party officials plan to sue possibly as early as tomorrow to block the new congressional district map ordered by the pennsylvania supreme court. the justices ruled that the old districts were unfairly drawn in 2011 specifically to give republicans an advantage. the new map on the right shows the fixes to get rid of so called gerrymandering and they are arcing that legislatures and governors have the constitutional authority to draw maps and that the high court over stepped its bounds, it's an issue that may have to be decided by the u.s. supreme court. with may's pennsylvania primary fast approaching. a 16-year-old philadelphia girl was given a choice remove her religious garment or sit on the

bench during her varsity basketball game. and now comes the question is the rule fair? action news reporter christie ileto is life at the school administration in spring garden and christie what is the story here? >> reporter: well jim she and her coach say they had been warned days before the game by the ref she needed the required waiver and also admits she had been playing all season long with that head dress and no one said anything to her about it until now. that being said the school and school district are now taking action saying that these rules are unfair. >> i've been playing with my hij hijab. >> reporter: it wasn't until this weekend that she was benched for not taking off her religious head dress. >> he came over and told me i couldn't play because i didn't have the paper for me to wear my hijab. i was upset and embarrassed. >> reporter: anything worn on

the head for medical or religious purposes must be approved by the state's athletic association piaa and, in fact, her coach had been warned of the waiver two days before the game. >> the official appropriately enforced the rule, unfortunately it was just a break down in communication, the school nor administration may be at the school had missed requesting that authorization from this office. >> could the waiver have been filled out sure but is it an extra step our students of different faith have to do if they wear religious garments yes and i don't think it's fair. >> reporter: it does not alter the sport or provide a competitive advantage saying student athletes should be eligible to play and with a garment with the game uniform should never prevent them from participating in a game. >> i absolutely believe that rule needs to be abolished, not just for my daughter but for anybody who is choosing to honor their religion. i hope that piaa will come to

their senses and remove the waiver. it's unnecessary for us to have to sign a waiver to cover up that is a part of our religion. >> reporter: now she did get that waiver to play in tomorrow's game the piaa is standing firm to their rules and the school and school district are just hoping this spots light is a controversial issue at the end and christie ileto with action news and jim. >> thank you christie sad news coldilocks the beloved bear at the philadelphia zoo has died at 37 she was the oldest polar bear in the country zoo keepers say her health had been declining in recent weeks and they made the difficult decision to euthanize her. the zoo is making a contribution to polar bear into national and coldilocks honor and encouraging others to do the same. health check at 11 a new study says a key to a long life may be found at the bottom of a wine glass. researchers at the university of

california irvine have been tracking the habits of people who live into their 90s. and they found those who enjoyed two glasses of wine or beer a day were 18% less likely to die prematurely than those who abstained. the team also found people who drank two cups of coffee a day cut their odds of an early death by 11% so if you drink two glasses of wine and two cups of coffee. >> at the same time. >> you will live to 115 or something. >> doesn't taste that good though. >> not drink them at the same time. chocolate and doughnuts and french fries. >> chocolate glazed doughnuts. >> i have good news for people who like it warm, we have another day of record warmth on the way and live on sky six looking at the center city skyline which you can see much better than this time last night. we have just enough wind generally about 5-10 miles per hour keeping our skies relatively clear. we are live in sky six taking a

look at the ben franklin bridge but a little bit of fog dropping overnight not as widespread as last night and if you are dressing the kids for school tomorrow go in the closet don't touch the winter sweater short sleeves will be fine in the morning perhaps a wind breaker or sweatshirt and see a little on the damp side when they head out the door for the school bus and 60 and recess up to 69 degrees still a lot of lingering clouds off the school bus though the sunshine is back and temperatures rising up into the 70s, another day of record warmth. second day in a row even right now it's still 59 degrees in philadelphia, the normal high for this time of the year 45 atlantic city airport 60, trenton 61, reading 61, the cool spot in allentown a little bit of a valley there for cooling with a current temperature of 47. satellite and radar showing this is a weather changer and a cold front and causing kind of training of moisture over in the same area causing flooding also some icing across the western

boundary of it, that is what will slip in tomorrow night and usher in cooler air and also several days of rainy weather so the morning commute some areas of fog and low clouds and not as widespread and dense as this morning the suburbs 55, philadelphia 59 future tracker showing some lingering low clouds and philadelphia and areas to the east it burns off in the afternoon we are back in the 70s but that cold front starts to sneak in tomorrow night with a round of showers and it basically stalls over us. waves of low pressure develop along it and will bring us rainy weather thursday right flew the weekend so the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast if you like it warm you have it tomorrow morning fog afternoon sunshine 75 degrees the record high until tomorrow 72 and sit back in 1930. we will have another record breaker. thursday though reality check. 49 degrees and easterly wind rain at times another wave develops on friday 46 degrees

then that cold front advances as the warm front friday night and saturday morning that will bring us warmer air 59 degrees but more rain and sunday looking to be another wet day especially in the first half of the day 61 degrees then a cold front slips through and we dry things out sunshine returns on monday, 56 degrees and tuesday partly sunny a little bit more seasonable with a high of 52 for karen murphy and carriage rogers at 4:00 tracking the fog not as widespread as this morning. black panther tearing down movie records several days after its release and disney announced this afternoon the marvel film made more money than president's day 40.2 million that sets the all time biggest monday at the movies clawing past star wars the force awakens, the higher total also moves black panther ahead of the most recent star wars movie the last jedi to give

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and petr-mrazek acquired from detroit he does not start and the rookie for the first power play goal and tied at one and 2-1 canadians in the third and less than 90 to play and vorcheck saves the day and headed to over time. in ot he keeps it going how about this goal, here is a three point night this is the game winner the flyers take it 3-2. >> we stuck with it and i think we are a little bit tired but we got the win. >> reporter: the eagles have reportedly chosen mike groh to be their new offensive coordinator he is elevated from the receivers coach and also according to reports duce-staley in addition to running back coach and freddy gavis is gone and crawford was a september call up last season and immediately felt at home, he and a lot of his teammates came up

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villa nova is getting healthy to the end of the season and welcome news and booth is expected back in the line up tomorrow night when the cats host de-paul and missed the last few games because of a broken bone in his hand and has to get past the mental of the injury. >> i feel pretty confident about my hand and how it feels and i feel confident catching the ball and passing so i thinkly be fine. >> we will be careful with him tomorrow, we will see and i got to just i have to see how he looks out there but i couldn't have asked for anything better for not practicing for like five weeks and just coming in like that today looked pretty good. >> reporter: home to rhode island and riled up the doctor g end of the second half and it's down and he misses a free throw and was