you may have heard it overnight. heavy rain moving through the area and there is more to come. this is new video of the steady soaking in ardmor. >> after a large bus depot fire cancels some classes a district plans to reopen. >> president trump clarifies his position on who should be responsible for arming teachers. first your wl sky 6hd taking a look right now at this shot from

philadelphia international airport. it is wet, gray we are sick of it but it is changing. right chris? >> i wish we could kick it out of here and get some sunshine later this afternoon. more rain is on the way. gray skies out there and patchy fog this morning. and steadier rains you can see here mainly north of the pennsylvania torch and north and east of the atlantic city expressway. let's make a quick zoom to interior sections of south jersey. this is all pulling out into western portions of gloucester and camden counties here. you are seeing some heavier downpours catching a break just to the west not really reporting much of anything at this point, just cloudy skies with a little patchy drizzle but more rain is heading this way. this is actually associated with the cold front. that will sweep through during the late morning hours. note behind it there's nothing going on. high pressure will build in for monday, tuesday and wednesday. we clear the skies out,

temperatures moderate and it should be pretty nice. at least to start the new workweek. numbers wise, this is the warm front here, you can see where all the lines are starting to come together. that's the warm front. south of that front it is extremely mild, temperatures are in the 50s and 60s across the delmarva. that front will be lifting to the north. we don't think it will get as far as philadelphia it will probably stop in its tracks. still kind of chilly to the south extremely mild. and it's along that front where we're seeing the fog develop. most of the delaware bay region, all reporting about one and a half miles and a little bit better to the northwest. forecast for today, another lousy afternoon. cloudy skies, rain during the morning hours. some clearing possible by afternoon. the skies might attempt to brighten up late in the day but i think for the most part it's a cloudy afternoon but mild.

temperatures in the 50s. gray? >> thank you so much for the update. it is now 7:02. there's some breaking news to tell you about from the oxford circle section of philadelphia. the action cam was at the scene of a home invasion at about 4:30 this morning police got a call from a man who had escaped from a home to a nearby wawa. when police got to the home they say they found another man inside tied up in a second floor bedroom. he had been hit over the head with a gun. he is at the hospital this morning. there is no word about his condition and so far police have not indicated how many sus peths they're looking for and whether the criminals made off with anything. there is some new information to tell but this morning. medics rushed a man to the hospital after he was shot in the neck. right now philadelphia police are looking for the shooter. the gunfire shattered the window of a car in southwest

philadelphia. we're working to learn if this man survived and if he was sitting in that car when he was shot in the neck. police are also trying to figure out a motive. there's an update right now to a story that we have been following for you. classes will resume tomorrow in a lehigh valley school district after a big bus depot fire. 25 buses were damaged or destroyed early friday morning. the district says it has enough buses left to cover transportations to the classes. the fire is reportedly not believed to be suspicious. >> in the wake of the florida school shooting tragedy, president donald trump appears to be clarifying his call to arm teachers with weapons. in a tweet the president said such a plan should be left up to states. that's a change from his initial comment last week which indicated federal legislation would pay for firearms training for teachers. president trump believes teachers with military or special training experience only the best should be given guns.

most teachers and law enforcement organizations oppose the idea of arming teachers with weapons. the nra is responding to corporate back lash it's feeling following the school shoot tionz. some companies are pulling out of deals they have with the nra. delta and united being the latest just yesterday. the nra called these actions a shameful display of political and civic cowardice and added that more patriotic companies will replace them. marjory stoneman douglas high school are calling for improved gun control. marjory stoneman douglas holds an orientation today. >> the democrats are having their say in the russian election hacking investigation. they released a memo countering republican claims that top fbi

justice apartment officials abused their powers. elizabeth herr has more on both sides. >> reporter: a twitter war erupting over a contentious memo. democrats finally releasing a redacted version of their point-by-point rebuttal to the so-called republican nunez memo from two weeks ago. subject line: correcting the record, the russia investigation. the nunez memo raised questions. the democrats insist the fbi and doj officials did not abuse the process to spy on the trump campaign but much of the evidence they cite in their rebuttal is blacked out. president trump tweeting saturday evening the democrat memo response on government surveillance abuses is a total political and legal bust. the democratic twitter response from congressman adam schiff,

wrong again mr. president. it confirms the fbi acted appropriately and that russian agents approached two of your advisors and informed your campaign that russia was prepared to help you by disseminating stolen clinton emails. it comes as white house chief of staff general kelly is clamping down on white house security clearances after it was revealed that porter who was fired over a domestic abuse scandal never received a permanent security clearance. some of the president's closest advice sors including his son-in-law jared kushner are working with a temporary clearances. >> general kelly will make that call. >> reporter: until now kushner has had access to some of the most classified documents. elizabeth herr, abc news new york. >> 7:07 now. this just in from the closing

ceremonies of the olympics in south korea. a north korean delegate said they're willing to hold nuclear talks with the u.s. on friday the white house imposed its largest package of sanctions on north korea. the move is meant to pressure north korea to give up its nuclear and missile programs. the president's daughter is in south korea calling for maximum pressure on north korea. >> this morning at least two people are dead following strong storms down south. this is the damage right here that was caused by a possible tornado that hit the kentucky-tennessee border. an elderly woman is among the dead. she was actually crushed by a wall that came right down on top of her. strong winds also destroyed the home of some newlyweds. a motel in arkansas was caught in the path of another tornado. no serious injuries reported there. guests say there was little warning of what was coming their way. the saturated ground is setting off alerts that trees could topple suddenly.

missouri is under a state of emergency due to some flooding there. the rain has been pelting towns all weekend long. the bulk of the flooding is soaking the southern part of missouri. >> back here, demolition will begin this week on an old city building that was destroyed by a massive fire last sunday. the 200 block of chestnut street remains closed this morning. the city plans to demolish what remains of 327 chestnut. no one was hurt. before demolition begins a wrought iron facade will be salvaged. new this morning, a teenager is in the hospital after a rollover accident on roosevelt boulevard. it happened in the southbound lanes just before midnight. that driver is listed in stable

condition. >> your time now 7:09. still to come on action news a mother seeks out babysitters this morning her baby is now dead. the baby sitters are charged in this child's death. >> and neighbors react to getting their cars smashed by a pickup truck in south philadelphia. >> more heavy rain approaching from the west. we've got one more miserable day to go and things improve dramatically in that forecast next week. details coming up.

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so glad you stayed with us. it is now 7:12. hundreds of people dancing the night away at a center city landmark for a very good cause. the action cam right there at the franklin institute last night for the party in purple. participants gathered to raise money for the alzheimer's foundation. money will support the program.

>> time now for accuweather. i mean really? what is going on? >> what was that movie, groundhog day. it's like seattle out there. let's go over to the weather center, looking at the philadelphia international airport and more rain is developing on the radar this morning here. you can see the runways behind me. everything is wet we've had some heavier downpours push through over the last couple of hours as we take a look at storm tracker, there is more rain. we're zoomed into western portions of camden and gloucester counties. we've had a couple of heavy downpours push through. lots of ponding reported you need to slow it down, let this next batch of downpours pull through you can see across philadelphia county and the immediate western suburbs things quiet down just a little bit and yet another round is waiting in the wings. we go a little farther to the

north, up into the lehigh valley, more steady to occasional rain falling, as we go a little bit wider out you can see the cold front is still off to the west. that front has to pull through before we finally clear everything out of here. so you can see that line of rain stretching from southern new england all the way down across the appalachian states. you can see this little squall line here. that's the actual cold front that will be pushing through. we call it a cold front but temperatures behind this front really aren't all that cold. it's a pacific air mass so the numbers are still in the 40s and 50s which means as we get into monday and tuesday and wednesday, we're still talking about unusually mild weather for this time of the year with highs easily in the upper 50s. some locations could touch 60 especially tuesday and wednesday. right now we're showing 43, dew point 42. that's why we're seeing pochy fog. once the dew point reaches the temperature the air becomes

saturated. we do have a little bit of a wind chill this morning. right now it's 38 degrees in philadelphia. some locations a little bit cooler. there's your warm front right there. that will be lifting to the north throughout the day. south jersey and delaware more than likely you're in the 60s. lehigh valley and the poconos mid 40s depending on your location and how far is this front actually wants to lift. but you can see the mild temperatures out to the south and west. it's 60 degrees out in charleston and pittsburgh. and again that front will be lifting to the north during the course of the day. let's go hour by hour for you. steadier rains continue through about 10:00 or 11:00 a.m., that will push through by lunchtime, 1:00, things will start to quiet down. it's still cloudy and damp, maybe a little bit of drizzle or mist going on. by 1:00 we're in the 60s in places like dover and wildwood probably close to 60.

atlantic city same thing. by 6:00 this evening the front probably gets to the position just to the south of philadelphia. if it gets farther to the north, philadelphia is probably in the 60s later on as well. we think the front will stay just south of the city. for today morning rain, some of it will be heavy at times. expect lots of ponding on the roadways. all of this moisture should shut off between 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and skies might attempt to brighten up later in the day. i don't think we'll see much in the way of sun. for today rain and showers ending around midday, very mild, 55 in 238d, low 60s across south jersey and overnight tonight it's a mild night 43 in philadelphia, dover 44, cape may 45. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast we start the workweek and the sun returns. more rain for thursday and

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around the delaware and lehigh valleys. february rainfall atlantic city over 6 inches of rain. philadelphia 5.5, trenton a little bit more than 5 and allentown closing in on 5 inches. and in case you were wondering how much snow that would be if temperatures were colder, you move the decimal point over. it would be 62 inches of snow in atlantic city, 55 inches in philadelphia. i've been saying this all weekend long. if there's a silver lining to all this mess it's that. temperatures have been mild. we've seen rain and not snow. and speaking of rain, more rain is out there. you can see it right now showing up on the radar north of the

atlantic city expressway and areas just west of philadelphia. this is a steady shield of rain right now light to moderate rain for the lehigh valley. all of this will come to an end by lunchtime. jersey shore today 62. philadelphia 55. gray? >> all right chris, thank you so much. it would be so much better if this was snow. not really. sports now knock on wood. the home teams just keep on winning. that's good news. two memorable streaks live on. here's jeff skversky. >> it's magical. there is something in the air in philadelphia. since the eagles won the super bowl, the sixers and flyers have not lost in regulation. sixers have won a season high seven straight. carson wentz in the house. last night he brings down the house ringing the bell huge ovation for the eagles quarterback. but jo jo steals the show against orlando.

joel embiid says the game starting to become easy for him. it looks it. the end of the third, drops it. seconds later it's on point too. sixers win 116-105. they've won ten street at home. the longest streak in years. >> the sixers take on the wizards later today. the flyers are on fire too. flyers are in last place in the beginning of december. now nearly three months later they're only one point out of first. flyers flat out hot in ottawa yesterday what a start, 28 seconds into the game. ottawa, brutal turnover.

everything going their way, even this. unbelievable goal. later in the third, manning wraps it around, dumping it in. flyers win 5-3. they've won 9 of 10. phillies have a moment of silence in honor of roy halladay yesterday. the grand slam phillies go on to win 9-6. nova up

cats go ice cold in their 7 to last 9 shots. nova loses 89-83. they drop to 25 and 4 and that could hurt their shot big time at a number one seed in the ncaa tournament. that is sports. i'm jeff skversky, have a good day. >> 7:30 on this sunday morning.

take a look at this live picture of the ben franklin bridge. the heaviest of today's rain is pushing through the area this morning. if you are headed out now, get those rain jackets now or be sure to take your umbrella. >> let's get you over to meteorologist chris sowers. the good news is i know it's been raining a lot but it's not snow. and the sun is coming soon. >> the sun will come out tomorrow of course.

actually monday and tuesday and wednesday all look pretty nice at this point especially for february standards. let's talk about the rain right now in philadelphia this was as of 5:00 this morning. we've already added to this now. we were at 5.54 inches. this was the seventh wettest february on record records date back to 1874. storm tracker showing plenty more rain out there. you can see heavier bands to the north out here across ocean and burlington counties and then it's a light to moderate steady rain. let's zoom into ocean county look at the heavy downpours. there's a lot of open land we're not seeing any flooding, no advisories that have been issued by the national weather service or anything like that. this not an action news alert

day or anything like that. we're seeing downpours pushing through and ponding on the roadways take it easy out there. especially when you get into the open areas. lehigh valley, fleetwood, this whole area seeing a steady light to moderate rain and that will continue over the next couple of hours. that's the front. when this sweeps through a lot of this moisture will shut off. so for today rain and showers ending right around midday around then it's mainly just cloudy and damp. highs around 55. nydia? >> thank you, chris. a reminder you can get the forecast an hour earlier tonight. walter perez, are on at 5:00 p.m. >> new information to tell us about this morning.

medics having have rush through people to the hospital on i-95. the crash happened just before 4:00 this morning. one of the vehicles flipped over. there's no word on the conditions of the injured. police are trying to determine if rain played a role in this accident. this morning a 15-month-old child is dead and the family is just devastated. police say that baby was killed by the people who the mother left to care for this child. action news reporter annie mccormick has reaction from a stunned wilmington neighborhood. >> reporter: family members of 15-month-old chosen are grieving. >> they get what they deserve because he's a baby. >> he didn't deserve it. >> he didn't. he was so handsome. >> >> reporter: they remember just seeing him days ago. >> i seen him like two days before i was looking in his eyes because he remind me of my son.

he was just smiling and to find out two days later he ain't here, it's just crazy. >> reporter: according to police the baby's mother left him. someone from the couple's apartment took the child to the hospital last saturday where he later died. wilmington police began an investigation working with the attorney general's office and child services. the medical examiner deemed this a homicide after discovering chosen died of blunt force trauma. a go fund me page to raise money for the funeral shows a smiling face with a brief message saying on 2/17 our life was forever changed. >> both adults are charged with murder by abuse or neglect. they remain in jail. annie mccormick, channel 6 action news. >> 7:34 on this sunday morning.

president trump has blasted pennsylvania's revised congressional district map. in a tweet he said the new redrawn map is unfair to republicans and to the country as a whole and he said it must be appealed to the u.s. supreme covert asap. the state gop appealed the case on wednesday. last month the state supreme court threw out the old map. later this morning inside story digs deeper into the issu. you can see that discussion right here on 6abc at 11:00. this morning we are hearing from people in south philadelphia who have had their cars damaged by an out of control pickup. action news bob brooks has more. >> reporter: it was a pretty scary couple of minutes. it's hard to see, but you can clearly hear what's happening. police say a man in a pickup

truck smashed into 16 cars. finally neighbors would put a stop to the chaos and yank him out of his truck. >> i was able to open the door up. he was fighting back. >> reporter: his quick thinking likely prevented further damage. >> we had to stop him because we didn't know whether he's going to go down the block. >> reporter: one of the suvs damaged belonged to zach. he says he and his girlfriend were inside watching a movie then this truck came crashing. >> the next thing you know the banging come to the door and you see a truck next to your car. >> it may be pretty close to totalled. my car got hit four times. >> reporter: neighbors say he did not hit any of the cars on the right side of the road but he continuously rammed cars going down the left side and he hit some of them so hard they launched on to the sidewalk. >> that vehicle ended up on the curb and at that point i pushed her back in the house. >> reporter: police identified

the driver. he's been arrested for dui. he put up quite the struggle before police arrived. >> he was saying i'm from the neighborhood i said i don't care. reporting in south philadelphia, bob brooks, channel 6 action news. >> happening today septa riders can expect some changes. new city and suburban transit schedules well take effect. beginning mid march route 96 buses will operate with new routing at lance dale station. the super bowl champion eagles are taking on a new fight this one centering on the philly special. >> the famous pass, nick foels is part of a trademark dispute. our alicia vitarelli sorts it out. >> reporter: the philly special, the eagles owned the trick play

and now they want the rights to exclusively own the phrase too. you know the epic play. now according to espn the team filed to trademark the phrase the philly special mostly for use on apparel. but the eagles aren't the first in line, they're actually eighth. ahead of them people in pennsylvania, new jersey and even maryland and florida. local brewing company yuenling also filed for rights to own the trade. the eagles will have to wait about four months for the trademark office to sort out the filings and another eight months for an answer. apparently the big question here is whether the play's name belongs to the eagles or on deserves to be in the public domain.

either way, the eagles say they've already used it on merchandise that came out right after their super bowl win. this shirt was available the very next day. so they've already owned it without really owning it. they've also filed to trademark fly eagles fly. we'll keep you posted on all. alicia vitarelli, channel 6 action news.

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>> action news went in search of some of the best work perks being offered right here in the tri-state area and what we found will probably blow your mind. it might make you want to switch employers. >> reporter: 26-year-old enjoys a corporate culture most people can't imagine. >> when i first started working here i remember telling my parents and they were in

disbelief. >> reporter: software company agi providers a very real work-life balance. >> we try to do whatever we can. >> reporter: on site haircuts, massages and free personal trainers. plus ping-pong, popcorn and free gourmet meals three times a day. >> i will bring my laundry here so i won't have to worry about it when i go home. i utilize the gym and i do yoga. >> reporter: the barista makes free gourmet coffee. staff also enjoy an open bar on friday. employees can bring their dogs and take breaks. >> we have an incredible cafe with three chefs that really service home made lunches every day that are organic and locally grown. >> reporter: software company has a nap room and a video game room and subsidizes public transit and child care costs. plus 20% of company profits are

returned to employees. and at public relations firm all health care premiums are paid for. >> it's amazing. it's huge. nobody believes it when we tell people that it's a hundred percent covered. >> we have complementary hair services and make up services and wellness and fitness classes. >> reporter: free financial planners and lifestyle coaches and most importantly a path forward. >> we have all professional development plans that outline what's next for us how are we going to continue to grow and develop. >> 90% of professionals say that skills are more important than job titles. >> some of the classes are hands on. some of them are product knowledge. >> reporter: flexibility is also key. letting employees work when they want, where they want. >> one in three professionals in philadelphia would actually take a 10% pay cut to have more flexibility in their workplace.

>> at their 10-year anniversary they get four weeks of a paid sa bat kal leave. >> it definitely leads to more productive and happier employees. we have retained and attracted a whole other level of employee than we had ten years ago. >> it's a win-win for everybody. please share your work perks on my facebook page. >> that was a great story. open bar on friday. >> let's get you outside and show you what's going on here. we're tracking more wet weather this morning. more rain falling across the delaware and lehigh valleys. the good news is in terms of visibility, it isn't quite as low as what we were dealing with yesterday at this time. right now generally 3-5 miles in

that range whereas yesterday we were. storm tracker showing another round of light to moderate rain quickly approaching the viewing area here. this has to push through and it extends all the way back to johnstown and alttona, pennsylvania. south jersey and delaware right now catching a break. downpours in monmouth county into northern ocean county very popular shore vacation destination here, belmar, manasquan, point pleasant, here's route 9 and just off to the south is toms river. we're not seeing flooding but we are seeing reports of ponding on the roadways so you'll need to take it lots of open land out here no flooding being reported but a lot of ponding on the roads,

heavy drenching downpours here getting into the 295 area up in mercer county and a little bit farther out to the far western suburbs of the lehigh valley, this is just a shoeld of rain. light to moderate rain and again this stretches all the way back through harrisburg, altoona and johnstown. by the way the steel city this is the wettest february ever for those folks out there. they've picked up well over 7 inches of rain. just like philadelphia they continue to see storm after storm just barrel through this part of the country. there's the front right there. that has to come through. temperatures and humidity levels will drop off a little bit but that won't happen until late this afternoon through the evening hours. all-time wettest februarys. atlantic city this is now the second wettest february ever. allentown fifth wettest and

philadelphia this is the seventh wettest february we go back 143 years. the normal is 46. started out at 44 and everybody is pretty mild out there this morning. the warm front is just off to the south. that will be pushing to the north and all those temperatures will at least climb into the 50s today. in some cases south jersey and delaware in the mid 60s. it's actually coming off the pacific. the lone star state and stretching northward into themy atlantic states. by 10:00 a.m. we see this one last round of steady to moderate rain pushing through the suburbs and the i-95 corridor and by lunchtime everything begins to shut off from west to east. the steady rains are gone. 6:00 this evening just cloudy and damp out there, but very mild with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. rain and showers ending right around lunchtime today. 55 degrees is the forecasted

high. the idea is right after lunch that's when all of this shuts off and it's mainly cloudy. 2:00, 54. by 4:00, 55 and mild overnight tonight 36 degrees outlying suburbs about 43 for center city. sunshine returns monday, tuesday and wednesday. 56, 58 and 58. stay with us.

>> so glad you're waking up with us. it is 7:51.

february is fast coming to a close but there are still black history month celebrations going on throughout the city. >> karen rogers has a round-up of special events. >> reporter: the national first celebrated black history month in 1976 whether president gerald ford urged all americans to honor the accomplishingments of black americans. black hope at the african-american museum features printed works of art that spanned more than a century and aimed to shatter stereotypes about the black experience. >> anyone who's interested in african-american art history and culture has a destination here at the african-american museum. >> reporter: in september city hall became home to a memorial for octavius catto. >> he was an educator, he was an activist. >> reporter: the contribute

highlights his fight for equality before being gunned down in 1871 about while trying to exercise his local right to vote. >> what he was able to accomplish at only 32 years of age is amazing. >> reporter: and choreographer is staging a world premiere with ballet x. >> it was a surreal that y am i in the room with beyonce right now. >> growing up all you heard was -- i wanted to create a piece that was a collage. >> r details on all of these special events on cabc.com/lovesthearts. for 6abc loves the arts, i'm

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the rain later today. >> we've got one more miserable day to go. rain this morning, some of it is going to be heavy at times. it will linger through about 11:00 a.m. or so. lots of ponding expected but right now we're not expecting flooding and the skies might actually try to brighten up later in the day. right before sunset some of you may see a few peeks of sun. tuesday and wednesday look good and thursday and friday another system approaches from the south and it kind of stalls and that means more clouds, more drizzle and more rain. >> do something about it. >> i'll make it snow if you

want. >> never mind. all right, chris. thank you. 7:56 is your time. good morning america weekend coming up next. action news continues a bit later this morning. >> here are some of the stories we're working on you for 9:00. >> a man is tied up and pistol whipped inside his home. another man escapes and is able to call police. >> plus plan to go buy a new car soon, we have an alternative to buying or leasing. plus another check for the accuweather forecast. now for gray hall, chris sowers and the entire action news team, i'm nydia han, we'll see you right back here at 9:00 a.m.

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