weather. sky 6 international airport clouds and fog. there is a lot of moisture in the air. no organized showers but visibility is low with moisture in the air, fog dropping visibility to 1.7-miles in philadelphia. areas to the north, only half mile visibility, and thisdamp dreary weather holds on through the weekend. a steady rain tomorrow night. if it seems like we had wet weekends in a row, this is the fifth straight weekend with rain or snow. this weekend half inch to an inch of rain. i have sun in the seven-day forecast. i'll let you know when coming

up. jim? >> we'll follow the wet patterns throughout the weekend. join us on "action news" an 6abc.com. >> we are beginning the first weekend since the four alarm inferno that destroyed the building on chestnut street and maged the building next door. the bhaiz seriously damaged the life of old city. jeff, this isn't fun for merchants or those that want to enjoy night life. the 200 block of chestnut street is shut down. there are concerns about the structural inte integrity of buildings on the block. it may be months until one popular restaurant reopens.

third and chestnut is considered a collapse zone, one nearby business had plenty of tables, one like the little lion restaurant are closed leaving dozens of employees out of work. five days later, reality starts to set in. we don't have information. owner chris young estimates the little lion won't reopen for months. the city plans to demolish what

we mains next week. it's one of the most intact blocks of fabric we have in the city. >> young is busy talking with insurance companies and planning a fundraiser for his out of work staff, grateful for a community that's rallied around them. >> not everyone has found a job yet but there should be enough offers to land everybody. it is expected to last a week. if you have plans to come down here be aware of potential road

closures. jeff chirico, channel6 "action news." >> firefighters extinguished a house fire on the 4300 block of led lo street in philadelphia in the last hour. one person was taken to hospital. investigators are looking for a cause. >> they are trying to figure out what caused flames in north whitehall township. the blaze erupted at 3:00 a.m. with fuel tanks bursting an bus wheels exploding off of their rims. >> one teenager turned himself in and police have arrest warrants for two additional students stemming from a brawl in delaware. the fight broke out as they were

playing at smyrna academy. two other suspects have yet to be public identified but they plan to surrender. >> there are new revelations tonight about calls made to law enforcement about the alleged florida high school shooter in the weeks and months before the massacre. a tip caller told an operator i know he's going to explode and she feared him getting into a school and shooting the place up. the fbi admits that information was never passed on to the miami field office and the fbi director grilled congress about the botched process. the broward county sheriff's office says they were called to his home 22 times.

meanwhile florida governor rick scott departed from the nra throwing his support behind measures including raising the age behind purchasing a gun from 18-21. he wants to put guards in school but trained officers not teachers.

>> much has been made of the fact that the armed officer stationed at stoneman douglas in parkland didn't enter the school to engage thee gunmans. the inaction of scott pederson sparked discussion in south jersey where they were handing out awards for value lor. john, what kind of things did you hear tonight? they explained in the past that a single officer may have been waiting for reinforcement but mass shootings can be over in a few minutes, so the thinking is

to move quickly and respond rapidly. the way we train, we are to neutralize the threat, neutralize the carnage. you are tasked with the job to save lives. the theory now is that if there is an armed officer he is to engage and not wait for back up, move fast and stop the gunman. >> if this was my agency, i would be ripping the guy. i would expect the person to do the right thing and go in. it could be their family member in that place. >> i can't imagine with anyone having the ability to save lives not doing so. that's the job is to save others. if you are not willing to do

that, i can't understand why you would be doing this job. >> that was the consistent message from all three chiefs. it would be dangerous for a single officer to engage against an unknown assailant, but it's the type of risk officers sign up for. >> thank you, john. still to come tonight, the security scare outside the white house as a woman rams the barricade. and amazon thefts. the company responds to the way they are delivered in the area. >> and eating well doesn't have to cost you too much green. consumer reports has ways to save on groceries and what's worth spending more for. >> temperatures are rising. our highs are 44-degrees. we talk about the rise in temperatures through the weekend

and timeout the heaviest rain in the seven-day forecast. >> jamie apody with the spring training opener and a concerns report about

rick gates pled guilty to conspiracy charges and will cooperate with the robert mueller investigation. manafort was charged with additional charges yesterday. mueller's strategy seems to put so much pressure on manafort that he gives up what he knows about donald trump and russians. >> secret service agents

arrested a woman they say drove into a security barrier at the white house. authorities say the driver is known to secret service and is believed to have mental health issues. >> ivanka trump arrived in south korea where she will represent the u.s. for the olympic closing ceremony. at the same time, the u.s. imposed sanctions on those accused of trading with north career ya. north korea. an impressionist masterpiece stolen in france has been found on a bus. police were doing random checks at a restaurant outside paris.

you can imagine their surprise when they opened the case and found a painting with the signature of degas, an original from 1877, called the chorus singer. no one on the bus would admit the luggage was theirs. amazon is responding to "action news" viewers catching delivery drivers acting badly. surveillance video of his package being tossed like a bean bag to the front door. nothing was damaged and amazon credited his account. in a statement to "action news," amazon said we have high standards and expect our packages to be handled with care. we'll work with the customer directly on the matter.

>> we know organic food can be more healthy for us and the planet, but it can be more expensive than convention allie produced food. you don't have to break the bank to eat well. for ten years, brianna has cooked exclusively with organic. >> chemicals was a concern of mine. i started buying organic. >> she's concerned about her two-year-old being exposed to synthetic pesticides. she clips coupons when possible. this organic applesauce from whole foods is half the price of this applesauce. two pounds of the organic hummus

at costco is a dollar less. >> if going completely organic is putting too big of a dent in your budget, some are comparable to organic. >>-of avocados have a low pestie risk. the same with u.s. broccoli. other produce like strawberries have a higher pesticide risk so buying the pricier organic ones are worth considering. organic peppers and green beans are also worth the money. compare them to fresh and you could be pleasantly surprised. can washing your produce help with pesticide risk? it can't get rid of all, but some.

some produce absorbs the pesticides and they can't be washed away. alicia vitarelli, "action news." >> if you buy through instagram you may be getting money. they collected a service fee even when customers waved it. the problem affected less than 1% of orders and they have taken steps to ensure it doesn't happen again. the philadelphia business community received a lot of support at the chinese fundraiser. mayor jim kenny was there and cllchristie ileto was among the guests tonight.

it eatit's discouraging. >> it's not a snowstorm. the skies may brighten. >> the action cam tonight, taking a look at philadelphia center city skyline on this damp, dreary friday night. sky 6, another advantage point. low clouds and fog. the top of the hour, 1.7. if you look at the atlantic city airport, trenton, allentown and the poa poconos, visibility dow. use low beams. the high beams make it harder to see. this is a tip you have to use

much of the weekend. temperaturtemperaturewise, we a. the high 43. now 44. the poconos, 43-degrees. cape may 42. wilmington, 44 with wind out of the southwest. it's not going to be a cold weekend. temperatures in the 50s, 60 sunday. it's damp for part of the weekend. satellite and radar showing a void over the ohio valley moving in overnight. another low pressure bringing heavy rain, steady rain saturday night into sunday morning. tomorrow morning at 9:00, lots of clouds and scattered showers. 3:00, the steadier rain moving in from the west. it's wet saturday night. sunday morning the heaviest rain moving in at 8:00. this line is sweeping through. it moves through quickly by

4:00, brightening in the skies. lehigh valley, poconos in the 40s. parts of south jersey and delaware could be up near 70-degrees. it's all about location. as far as rainfall, we are looking at a good soaking, half inch to inch of rain. the seven-day forecast, not a great weekend, 56 tomorrow. rain at times especially in the afternoon. sunday morning rain, afternoon drying, 60. monday, clouds and sunshine, 56. tuesday looking great. plenty of sunshine, 58, wednesday, sun and clouds and 60. as we start march, clouding up thursday, 54-degrees and friday, a chance of rain with a high of 45-degrees. at least you don't have to shovel rain. >> it would be our sixth rainy weekend in, in a row. >> next weekend will be.

if it rains next weekend. >> it might. students at archbishopwood high school in war minister danced eight straight hours for the school's fifth annual min mini, thon. the school hopes to raise $40,000 for the four diamond fund to fight childhood cancer. teenagers members of the archdiocese gathered to learn more through faith and fellowship. they came together at our lady of guadalupe church

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with strayer university's mba program today. the program for black history month included tributes to equal rights and african culture in the black community. >> yes. >> so we begin spring training today. >> let the games begin. to quote my late great friend gary, they are going to stop selling beer at the ballpark because they lost the opener. >> a home run off nick pivetta.

jays tagged him in the first. they lost the opener, 2-1. >> check out the hat the phillies wear, sd stands tr stoneman douglas, the high school in florida where 17 people were killed on valentine's day. afterwards, the players autographed them to be auctioned off to raise money for the victims. >> we feel for the families and the kids lost. this is something we can do, wear the hats today. >> we are thankful we can have our tiny small part and say our prayers are going to the people involved and wish there would be a change. >> it's called the ncaa worst nightmare, violations by 20 division one basketball programs with 258 players receiving

improper drafts. markelle fultz received $10,000 from asm sports december 2015 after signing with the huskies before attending the school. he left after one season with washington and never signed with the agency at all. quakers run away with this one. watch devin goodman with the reverse layup. it's their 20th of the year, first 20 won season.

>> the level of confidence and a certain level of calmness, under fire or things that are -- when things are going well, there is a certain level of focus that our leaders have carried.

>> and things are going well. >> he was on the hot seat earlier. >> not anymore. >> it's cooled off. >> finally tonight, mug gles got to experience the hog wart school for harry potter for a banquet kicking off the second half of the school year. head master adefense attorneye b le door of costume. >> "jimmy kimmel live" next. guests kyle chandler and music from joey dossic. musifor jaimed jamie apody and e "action news" team have a good night and a great week.

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