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We knew today was going to be cloudier and a little more damp. It is. As you take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan weve had decent showers pushing through reading, the legal getting that now. The farther north you go theres a little bit of blue and we have that concern up north of some possible freezing rain. Theres also another cluster of showers down south. In the middle in philadelphia nothing right now although were expecting more rain to move in and cover more of the region probable around midday. As we take a look the freezing rain advisory still up until 10 oclock, its mainly Northampton County and points north into the poconos. Just be careful up there if you do see rain in these areas, it might be freezing up on the roads in some spots. As we take a look wide there is additional rain out by pittsburgh. This is going to come in later in the morning between about 10 oclock and 1 oclock theres a pretty good chance of you see seeing rain. 43 degrees in philadelphia, cooler up north, 36 in allentown, 33 in the poconos. Again some pockets in here perhaps down to the freezing mark. Looks like 40s down over south jersey. Winds are life. Heres how its going to go today. 44 degrees by 7 oclock and then how about those temperatures . 54 degrees by noon. By 3 oclock 60 degrees with the rain starting to taper off in through here and by 5 oclock, 58 and Still Holding a similar number of 57 degrees by 7 oclock. We may be heading to a record high tomorrow. And then tomorrow night temperatures crash and we get some snow for thursday morning. All of thats coming up in your exclusive accuweather 7day. Karen. So funny the way its so mild and then were talking about some folks getting a bit of snow. Lets take a look right now with mass transit. Septas market frankford line we continue with a modified schedule in effect especially through the morning rush, speculate crowded cars and platforms. Supplemental shuttles likely through the morning hours. You may want to consider using the trolleys between West Philadelphia and if center city. Now, yesterday they had lighter volume and theyre expecting more people out there today so were just going have to see how this evolves and how it impacts your morning commute. Outside live on the vine street expressway approaching the schuylkill, were looking good, no overnight construction. Traffic moving fine. Westbound we had a disabled taxi but it has since cleared. A live look at 95 near the betsy ross bridge. No overnight construction it was scheduled but it didnt happen so all lanes opened at this point Pacific Northwest looking prettatthis point and ly good. Matt. The a twenty two alarm blaze in the Port Richmond section. Flames engulfed the row home on the 3500 block of jasper street. The fire broke out just past 1 00 a. M. Firefighters worked for about 35 minutes to get it under control. So far no reports of any injuries. Happening today a Court Hearing for a man charged with child rape in bucks county. Falls Township Police charged 58yearold William Thomas yesterday with sexual attacks on six children ranging in age from two to 10 over the last 40 years. Investigators say they discovered child pornography and little girls underwear in thomas mobile home. He lives at the Midway Village Mobile Home Park on bristol pike and worked there as a handyman. Authorities are asking any other potential victims to come forward as they show the variety as much pictures of the suspect over the years. As karen just told you the troubles on a major septa commuter line they go on this morning. The market frankford line is still operating with fewer rail cars as engineers investigate extensive cracks. Action News Reporter Annie Mccormick is live at the Frankford Transportation Center with more. Good morning, annie. Reporter good morning, tamala a they are expecting delays this morning. However, yesterday they were also expecting delays. Septa didnt have hard numbers for us but they did say they had fewer riders yesterday. They said they dont know if people were anticipating difficulties or if it was the day after super bowl a lot of people were already planning not to come into work that da day. Take a look at this video. Dozens of train cars out of service on the market frankford line. This 8inch crack is why. A Maintenance Worker found it over the weekend. The crack was found through a support beam called car body bolster. Maintenance crews bound to cars with bolster cracks, 58 more with cracks in anarch jointing vent. Today septa is down about 30 to 40 cars during their peak travel time this morning. The concern is the cracks begin in the vents and spread. Septa officials do not have a time line on how long those repairs will take. They dont know why its happening or how to fix it yet but they say that they are working on it and they stress that safety is their main concern. Ly. Oh, it is a. M. Complicateda a and its the highest stressed area of that beam so we want to move quickly but we dont want to rush and make a mistake that would create another problem. Reporter and septa was prepared yesterday for those delays. In fact, they had a number of shuttle buses, you heard karen talk about them, shell probably talk about them more this morning, but only a small portion of those shuttle buses were used. They are going have them on hand along with personnel that will be on the platforms. If it appears that the platforms are crowded or a train is too crowded then the septa personnel will direct you to the shuttles. That wait theyre hoping to keep everybody on time. Reporting live in frankford, Annie Mccormick channel6 action news. Back to you. Okay, thank you, annie. You can find more coverage of septa rail car concerns on 6abc. Com and ca and the 6abc ap. New on action news a Lehigh Valley woman received quite a scare when she discovered a man hiding in the back seat of her moving car. 22yearold Reagan Landis says she noticed a Police Officer walking near her home off east emmaus avenue in allentown a few weeks ago. She thought nothing of it and jumped into her car to go to work. Landis says a few miles into her drive a man started talking to her from the rear of the vehicle. He was just trying to like make everything okay by telling me a story about how, oh, i was chased by these thugs and high to hide here. Police say 43yearold allen ongere ran from officers during a traffic stop and then hid in landis car. Landis convinced him to let him drop him off at the Knight Knights inn in coopers burg. He was arrested and faces numerous charges. Yesterday Afternoon Police found man shot multiple times. No word on who carried out the shooting. Police have not released the victims condition. A final showdown in the u. S. Senate a vote is scheduled for noon for betsy devos President Trumps controversial nominee for education secretary. Right now as we take a look, we believe that is chris murphy a democratic senator from connecticut. Democrats are holding marathon in a show of opposition. They claim that devos would gut public education. It is their latest effort to derail her. They just need one more republican to come to their side to vote against devos but meantime battle over President Trumps immigration travel ban goes before a federal Appeals Court today. Abcs maggie rulli reports. Reporter President Trump reminding america about his big win as he gears up for a big day defending some of his first major decisions as president. The travel ban on refugees and citizens of seven muslim majority countries. We need strong programs so that people that love us and want to love our country and will end up loving our country are allowed in. Not people that want to destroy us and destroy our country. Reporter that will ban now put on temporary hold by a federal judge in that Washington State with attorneys generally from 15 other states and the district of columbia now joining in the opposition. But the Trump Administration has appealed the ruling to the ninth Circuit Court of appeals which will hear oral arguments today. With the ban in legal limbo travelers from those seven countries are now rushing to the u. S. Reuniting husbands and wives. Im overwhelmed. I cant even explain it. Reporter and entire families. I am so grateful to everyone that helped in this. Reporter as the administration waits for the court to decide the fate of the travel ban, theyre also waiting on the senate to confirm their pick for secretary of education, betsy devos. Overnight democrats staging a talkathon against the republican mega donor and school activist from michigan. At least two republicans have that pledged to jump party lines and vote against devos. Democrats are now trying to convince one more. If that vote in the senate goes as predicted it will be a dead heat at 5050 and Vice President mike pence will be the tie vote assuring her confirmation. In washington, maggie rulli channel6 action news. Thieves broke into Lower Merion High School and made off with its kobe bryant memorabilia. It happened sometime over the weekend. Investigators say the thieves swiped memorabilia from bryants career at the Main Line School from a showcase. It included lower merions 1996 state championship trophy and a signed replica jersey. Bryant is a 1996 graduate of the school. Theyre material items but for us theyre important. They remind us of a really exciting and special time for the school community. Now, of course, the items do have value but the Authorities Say they are not substantial in value. High School Officials and police are reviewing Surveillance Video from cameras inside and outside lower merion high. It really is mamba out when they get the stuff back. Surveillance video captures a day care worker breastfeeding an infantastic that is noinfant thatis not her. A man asks a pastor about his religious beliefs at a new jersey bus stop and then went on the attack. David. Well, its mild on the bus stop this morning with temperatures in the low to mid 40s between 6 oclock and 8 oclock. Some spotty showers to the north and south right now philadelphia for now is dry. If you are dressing the kids, some of are you going to want rain gear depending on where you are. Well show you radar in a couple of seconds and well have to talk about that snow coming in on thursday morning. Its all ahead in the accuweather 7day. Where things come from . How they get here . What theyre packed in . Its a lot of stuff. And these things add up. Thats why we recycle. [vo ]its nice to know that raymour and flanigan is proud to be a leading recycler 17 Million Pounds of recyclable materials every year. Turned from trash into treasure. So in the future, we will all have a more beautiful world. New on action news a connecticut man risks his life to save a a boy who fell through the ice into frigid ward. John odonnell was walking his dog when he saw the 10yearold boy fall into the pond. The little boy, he was fighting. He was screaming im going to die, im going die and i saw his eyes tear. Or rourke was able to get the boy above the ice but orourke himself fell in during the res county. Police body cam video shows the officers pulling him then to shore. First responders say the situation could have been a lot worse if orourke had not taken the chance on saving that boy. Not a problem around here, though, with ice. No. Its going to be really nice today. Really mild up close to a record high today and the we may tie the record tomorrow. Unfortunately we have some rain in parts of the region. Storm tracker6 live double scan shows you that the i95 corridor for now is dry but as we head up north you can see that allentown is getting quite a bit of rain right now. Some of it steady. So, you do that want to slow it down up there when you get into that steadier stuff and notice how the farther north you go towards the poconos we have some blue. There is the chance of some of freezing rain and as temperatures drop over the next couple hours even in areas around easton and northern Northampton County you might see some of that issue. If i go out wider and then we zoom down to the south, it looks like any rain left over in cape may Pacific Northwest Atlantic City is pretty quickly going to be off the coast. As we take a look outside we have cloudy skies of course in philadelphia. And the city will also be on the lookout for the arrival of some rain. A little bit later on this morning. 43 degrees right now, though, in the city. Its very mild out there. Winds are currently calm and were not expecting real strong winds through the morning hours. As we take a look at future tracker, theres that rain to the south and to the north that we just showed you. It does look like after about 9 oclock we have the chance of some steadier rain to begin moving in. And through about the 9 oclock to 11 oclock to maybe midday period theres going an off and on pattern of more significant rain that should affect most areas and make most roads wet. Then as we get later into the afternoon a little after lunchtime and the rest of the way its just mild and somewhat cloudy out there but the showers really starting to diminish. Heres how temperatures are going to go today. 44 degrees by 8 oclock. 49 by 10 oclock. Then we zoom to 54 by noon and in the afternoon it probably stays fairly cloudy and maybe a touch damp but we are looking at a high today of 60 degrees. So, not a bad day in the afternoon after that main body of rain gets through to get outside and enjoy yourself a little bit. By 6 oclock, 58 degrees. High temperatures across the region all looking pretty mild. 60 in lancaster. Just 50 in allentown. A lot of 60s in the i95 corridor and then down to the mid50s in cape may. As we take a look at tomorrow, how about a record tying high of 63 degrees . Thats the way it looks right now as a front comes through well get breaks of sunshine, temperatures start to drop later in the afternoon and evening and then on wednesday night it looks like it gets cold enough to support the arrival of some snow. And by thursday morning, at 4 30 in the morning, we will be looking at snow likely all the way down to the shore. It will start out as rain down the shore but change over and looks like it finally gets off the coast by about lunchtime or early afternoon. And the early look on the models has a big variation on how much snow were going to get in philadelphia. One model as much as 5inches, one as little as one. Right now were going to go with a one to 3inch idea and these models will probably start coalescing around that figure as we get closer. Cloudy with rain at times today, a high of 60. Tomorrow 63, some sun, very mild, a spotty shower and then at night we start to see that snow moving in. Morning snow on thursday with afternoon drying, a cold high of just 35 degrees. And then friday 49, back up to 52 on saturday with maybe a little rain in the morning. 48 sunday and mostly cloudy and damp on monday. Remember, when were not here on the air you can always get the latest Weather Information by going to 6abc. Com weather. So, keep your eyes on some rain today, maybe a little freezing rain way up north this morning. Will do. Thank you david. New on action news here, a man went on a craze or into a craze at a north jersey bus stop attacking a passenger seemingly without reason. It happened near broad and court streets in newark on saturday night. Pastor ludlum says 32yearold Michael Healey walked up to him asked him about his religious beliefs then hit him. Are you muslim or are you a priest . Right there he started punching me. The 63yearold pastor says others nearby helped him get away and also followed healey until police arrived. The pastor was treated at a hospital for minor injuries. Healey is charged with simple assault and is undergoing a psychological evaluation. This story is new this morning. A North Carolina mother says a day care worker crossed the line breastfeeding the womans child without her permission. Prek teacher kay see oxendine and the the woman washed together in carrboro. Oxendine who says the woman has a two month old in the same class as her baby offered tom breastfeed her son as a remedy for constipation. Oxendine declined but security cameras caught her breastfeeding her son. Hes lactose intolerant and therefore ended up in the hospital. My only, you know. Not only did you put your breast on my son you also made my son sick i would hate for any parent any family to have to go through what me and my family have had to go through. The day care worker here was fired. Police are investigating the incident as a misdemeanor child abuse but so far know charges have been filedly. At times, the path to recovery from a mental and Substance Use disorder may be unclear but laying a Strong Foundation with the support of others. Makes all the difference. For information on mental and Substance Use disorders. Including prevention and treatment referral, call 1800662help. Brought to you by the u. S. Department of health human services. Welcome back. We continue to talk about the market frankford line and the modified schedule in effect. They also have shuttle buses that will be on stands by to help you through the morning commute. Expecting more people, more crowds than we saw yesterday with lighter volume after the super bowl but still watching for that now that we know the cars are short and well continue to see what happens with the morning rush at this point. May want to take the trolleys between West Philadelphia and center city. Meanwhile were looking outside live at 422. This is under route 23, the overnight construction is clear. All lanes opened. Looking pretty good right there. In upper gwynedd we have a problem happening on welsh road at sandys lane here and then watching for water thats coming up from the ground causing some flooding. Water crews on the way to investigate that situation, matt. Thank you, karen. Time for your first look at business. Vizio will pay over claims it has been spying on its customers. It sold information on what people were watching on television to marketing companies. The money will be divided between the federal trade comings the state of new jersey. Billionaire casino owner carl icahn now plans to sell the trump taj mahal. This comes after the new Jersey Legislature passed a bill that would have punished icahn for closing the casino. Governor christie, though, vetoed that bill yesterday. However, icahn says hes done with this. He responded by saying he is no longer interested in investing 100 million in needed renovations at the trump taj mahal. Major stock indices all down but just slightly. The dow down 19. This morning futures point to a mixed open orange lawmakers say the measure is that aimed at broadening the lotterys customers base. Courier services would have to register with the state before delivering the tickets. 4 54. Witnesses are grateful that this situation didnt end in a worse way. Video shows a stolen taxi screeching into rittenhouse square. 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Thats a 13 percent jump over last year. The top vacations for families respect road trips and visits to National Parks and theme parks my boys are starting to say the words disneyland and disney world. Well, you get a discount because we are owned by disney so thats a fine choice. That is a good choice. Meet a new Jersey Middle School student Getting National tin tension and inspiring others were it his voice. Penn state suspends a fraternity as Police Investigate a students death. Authorities arrested man in bucks county for disturbing crimes against Young Children and there could be more victims according to police. My daughter wants to stay organic. My husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. My whole family wants to stay free from artificial preservatives. And my debit card wants to stay on a diet. Fill your cart with giants natures promise brand. Great prices on over 800 organic and freefrom items. Eat well for less. My giant. With matt odonnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. Good morning. Its 5 00 a. M. On this tuesday february 7th. Heres whats happening. A man accused of several child rapes is in a bucks county jail and police fear there are more victims. People went running for their lives when man stole a

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