70s and we will get very close to record territory. The record for tomorrow 75 degrees. Friday more beatable the record 74 set back in 1985. Coming up well take look at all the numbers to beat across the Delaware Valley in your forecast. The next chance of rain and then guess what . A 30degree drop in temperature. Its going to be like a slap to the face, iain. Back to the cold realities of the season where we shall be for this time of year but well enjoy the heat while we have it. Absolutely. Hard to believe, kathy. Thanks. Yup. Developing right now in delaware, residents in New Castle County are on edge after police say the same man kidnapped and attacked two women. Right now police are continuing their search hoping to catch the guy before he hits again. Dave kinchen is live in north wilmington name dave, police are getting close to big clue . Reporter they really are. Were told theyre enhancing Surveillance Video that so far shows a terrified victim but theyre still trying to get a look at the suspect. Yesterday i came home and there was three giant clydesdale hanging out in the complex, and the police are monitoring all around the community. Reporter that thats at least some relief nor Natalie Nicholas who lives in the arundel apartments in New Castle County the same place where police say a woman was kidnapped and sexually assaulted one of two alleged incidents linked to the same suspect in recent days. You never think like that could have been me walking into my apartment in my building its all the way across the woods in the dark. So it was very like stomach turning. Its real a harming because this basically is a very nice area. Reporter New Castle County police say reports of suspicious people are getting higher priority after a man with a gun force add woman into her arundel apartment robbed her and sexually assaulted her this past sunday. We dont what happened people to hesitate to call. We want to you call. Were happy to come out. Reporter cops say the masked wearing man also drove the woman in her car to several banks like this pnc where he made her withdraw cash. Even like talking about it makes you very upset being a young female it can happen to anybody at any time even when you dont expect it. Reporter hes been linked to a similar case at the top of the Hill Apartments in wilmington on february 13th. Detectives enhancing Surveillance Video from this case after the victim was forced into a car then taken to a bank for money. She was punched and sexually assaulted too both victims reporting the suspect had a distinct accent. Unfortunately this time were unable to determine what type of accent it is, but both victims do note that the suspect has a distinct accent. Reporter police are continuing to look for tips. If you have any information, give New Castle County police a call. Iain . All right, dave, thanks. A bizarre story now out of delaware. State police say this guy hit and killed the man he was outlooking for while driving drunk. It is his sixth arrest for dui. Investigators say louis rivera was driving his truck in Sussex County last night trying to find a neighbor who intellectually disable. State police say rivera didnt see him walking on the side of the north old state road and hit him. The victim died at the hospital. In a the citys juniata park second the search is on for a man who stole quease to a lot row machine. Surveillance cameras caught the guy at wawa on east area row avenue among morning he buys lottery tickets and takes the keys left inside the lock. If he looks familiar to you, please give police a call. Smoking may soon be banned in one of Delaware County towns parks and other rec facilities. Our dawn timmeney is live in folsom at the ridley township Municipal Building where leaders are going to take up the proposal tonight. Dawn . Reporter theyre going to introduce it to night, iain although they wont vote on it until next month. I spoke with the president of the commissioners and he says a smoking ban just makes sense in this day and age. Want to hold my hand . Ready, set, go. Reporter kim bennett is out enjoying a day at the ridley township Municipal Park with her two sons and nephews. Its all about fun and fresh air. Thats why shes all for a proposed smoking ban at the pa park. I think its a great idea. I think, um, you know, it should be smoke free for the kids. Yeah i wouldnt want my children inhaling smoke so it is a concern. Reporter ridley township is considering banning smoking at all parks and recreational facilities. The commissioners are still working out the details of an ordinance but so far reaction is positive. I think its needed if youre going to have kids here. Um, cigarette butts little kids pick up everything, so i personally would go for it. Reporter even sarahs fiance Matthew Mcwilliams thinks its the right thing to do and hes smoker. Theyre already banning smoking in bars and Public Places any way. A park i think would, with more kids than there are restaurants and stuff would probably be better. Reporter john has lived adjacent to the park for more than 30 years. He often sees people lighting up and would support a ban. I think its a great idea. The only concern i have so many people actually use the park for all different recreational events, that it would be pretty difficult to enforce it. Reporter but not everyone is in favor of banning the butts. Matthew walter Social Security honing his frisbee skills at the park and says he thinks the idea goes overboard. I dont smoke personally but i have friends that do. And as long as they pick up their butts i dont mind if they smoke in the outdoors. Reporter now the township says it is still working out all the details and fines will be attached as for Enforcement Police will be the once to lay the down the law for those who do not abide by the smoking ban. Iain. Dawn, thanks. Scary moments foreman outside a pennsylvania mall. Police say his sweatshirt caught fire while he was smoking at the Palmer Park Mall near easton. Some people inside the mall noticed the emergency they ran outside, poured water on the guy. The man had severe burns on his hands, chest and head. Today philadelphia mayor jim kenney says repealing the Affordable Care act would hurt philadelphians. Todays announcement all part of national day action. The mayor was joined by Health Commissioner and other Health Care Professionals to stress the serious impact repeal would have on the city. They say thanks to obama care more than 200,000 philadelphians now have health coverage. This country can afford to be decent and compassionate to everyone. We have some of the best if not the best medical facilities in the world in philadelphia and philadelphia region. We should be able to take advantage of that care. And not bankrut them at the same time. President trump has said he would not repeal the Affordable Care act without replacing health care for the millions who use it. Saying just days ago he will submit a plan to replace obama care within the next few weeks. Residents in a small Bucks County Community have a lot to be excited about tonight. They just found out they are the winners of a nationwide contest aimed at revitalizing the Downtown Business. Fox 29s bruce gordon reports from bristol borough. Reporter locals packed bristols riverfront theater to hear that months of campaigning and more than a week of hyper voting had paid off. Bristol is the winner of the Small Business revolution. You did this. This is you. [ applause ] reporter this borough of fewer 10,000 people will receive half a Million Dollars in grants and marking help. Publicity, advice on signage and social media. All aimed at breathing new life into bristols Downtown Business district the heart which lies along mill street and radcliffe. At the color phanatic beauty is a salon the owner has been in business for seven years. She cant wait for some expert advice. Were fumbling through the social media and the advertisements and the billboards but they know algorism rippings. They will they know how to actually do the stuff correctly. Reporter bill led this contest evident for bristol and believes the borough won something important even before the prize money was announced. Been around for got times, the bad times and maybe now the good times again. This is the most exciting time in bristol in a long, long time. All the indicators are positive. Reporter clear rause town folk cheered and hugged each other and wept, the contest representative reminded them that beating the Big Box Stores and matching the malls wont be easy. You guys have been working hard to get to this point. Were about to really do the hard work. Reporter not a problem for a once proud manufacturing town that believes better days are on their way back. Bristol reporter contest organizers will be back here in bristol in just a couple of weeks scouting individual businesses to be featured in the videos theyll produce not every business will get grant money but the hope is that the success of some will improve the bottom line of all. In bristol borough, im Bruce Gordon Fox 29 news. Valentines day turns violent for one man. He was held up in the early evening. What the suspects told him to do after they stole his phone and his money. Meet lionness this dog has been spending a lot of time in a local library. No, he cant read but hes teach something kids to. 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Reporter if the free library of philadelphia. He doesnt bite. Reporter five year old lionness the dog is in for tre treat. Lionness is a therapy dog. Does anybody know what a therapy dog is . Reporter a few times a month lionness and his own are in christina hes a beagle. Reporter visit the chirp throughout the city. Sam i am. Reporter listen to them read. A therapy dog provides comfort and love and support and fun. Reporter this is all part of one book one philadelphian. The program that promotes literacy. You guys see a dog that looks like lionness in this group. Reporter the kids are nervous at first. But after a few words in do you know what else theyre for. Stars are for making wishes. Reporter nerves are gone and lioness settles in. I think what the dog does makes them feel calm and relax. Dee tracked them from the stress of reading especially in situation where a lot of kids around them. Reporter get thing the children to sit down for an hour to read may be difficult for adults but the task is no match for lionness. Lionness loves to hear stories. And lionness doesnt care if you have trouble with the words or if you read slow or if you read quiet. He doesnt care. Reporter just wants to hear a good story. Over the years watching kids and their reading skills improve is one of my proudest moments and i think ought it took was a dog. People always say thank you for doing this. Im like, me . Im not doing anything. Its the dog. Its just i feel so lucky. Reporter in philadelphia good job. Reporter bill rohrer. You guys that was awesome. Reporter fox 29 news. Back to fox 29 weather authority. Were gearing up for temperatures that will feel more like may than february. I say kathy lets bring it on. Bring it on. Dont hold back, right. Exactly wait until you see the calendar of february 17 days have been above normal so theres no doubt this will be a month for the record books. Right now of course the sun is set old city philadelphia pretty busy and why not . The winds are light, the temperatures are still in the 50s. This is still 10 degrees above normal at this late hour. The high today 58 degrees. Now, still 50s along the eastern seaboard but theres a lot of warm air out there. Look at the midwest chicago is at 67. Minneapolis 54. These numbers unheard of in the month of february. Its a big reality check to how warm it is. Kansas city 77. Dallas 83. But you see the cooler air in denver and rapid city. Some snow that way. To the west. And that cold air is going to be moving in for the second half the weekend but between now and then, we are in what we call the warm sector and we like it there. Yesterdays high 51. Today 58. Going into the 70s for thursday and friday consider that the average high this time of year is 46 the average low is in the 20s. So we are well above average between 20 and 30 degrees above normal. High pressure built off the coast you can see its going to be pretty stationary for the next 24 hours or so. We do have warmer air building in during the day tomorrow then a warm front lifts up friday. Temperatures well into the 70s. So we have a real nice first start to the weekend saturday though a front moves through and by sunday look at this. That blue contour means cold and you can see this wind flow out of the northwest. So it will be back to the cooler realities of the season with temperatures dropping some 30 degrees between saturday afternoon and sunday morning. When you look at the month as a whole, we have only five days below average. Today another day above normal. And it looks like temperatures will stay above normal right through the end of the month even though well have a cool down over the weekend. Pretty significant and memorable indeed. So during the overnight period look for some clouds and some areas of fog to develop the low temperature 48 degrees which is warmer than the high for this time of year. During the day tomorrow, going for the 70s between 70 and 72. Morning clouds and areas of fog then afternoon sunshine. It will be that southwesterly wind that will warm us up about five to 10 miles an hour. These are the numbers to beat tomorrow. Well come close in philadelph philadelphia. The record 75. Trenton 74. Wilmington, atlantic city, reading and allentown quite possible we could break these in the lower 70s. Well come very very close. It should be really lovely afternoon. On your seven day forecast from the weather authority, friday were going for a record breaker. The record 74. Well go for 75 perfect ten for friday. Saturday still warm, warm front moves through. Some afternoon storms with a cold front. Look at that. The high 73 saturday. The morning low 40 on sunday. The high only 48 and then monday 52. We end the month on tuesday 54. And then for your wednesday cloudy and a shower the temperature 60 for the first of march. Daylight saving time only couple weeks away. Were going if the right direction, iain. Yes, we are. Any time i know i get to that we spring forward the clocks go back i get another hour of daylight were moving forward. Umhmm. To spring. Thanks kathy. Unfortunately i dont know if the sixers are going in the right direction. Yeah. The whole lot going on right now. The process is looking good with joel and ben simmons are they going actually going to play. Not news we want to hear coming up plus Jahlil Okafor talk about with a possible trade and actually how he might feel if he had to stay here. Thats coming up next in sports. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 150 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20oz. 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Despite okafor has been respect throughout the whole process and wouldnt mind staying here. This is all i know as far as the nba goes. Ive gotten comfortable with the coaches and my teammates. If im here, ill be more than happy. Joel embiid had full participation ins practice with the team hell be doubtful for the two games this weekend. Ben simmons was on the court today he has ct scan scheduled for tomorrow. Still no timetable for his return. To nascar the daytona 500 coming up this weekend. The first race of the year for the drivers and probably the most important one. The one they all want earlier this week i sat down with martin truex, jr. A jersey native and second place finisher in last year close close race no matter how many times he does this hes still excited every time. Its like the first day of school every time you go back to the race track and you go to day tone nan youre like, all right, now the biggest race of the year, so its definitely kind of wild, um, the excitement level like i said is always high and always amend anded up as drivers to get season kick off. You never know what can happen there. I think because everybody is so jacked up and out there ready to race that you know people race hard and crazy things happen you just never know whats going to happen in that race. You straddle the fence with philly, sell tell me we want to hear, are there is there support for the sixers, the flyers, all the teams that are down here or are you going up the other way . I am still 100 fan of all philadelphia sports teams always will be. Yeah he knew he was talking to. Philadelphia right here. Of course, daytona 500 will be right here on fox 29 this sunday coverage for the super bowl of nascar will start at 1 00. The question, whats going on witness sixers . Will Jahlil Okafor be traded . Im starting to feel like im kind of leaning towards that way, too. Everything starting to fall apart. The pacers are now talking to the lakers apparently with magic and larry talking to each other. So its looking doubtful. Looks lick well have oak. Not terrible thing. Tonight at 10 00 hes a sharp 87yearold local man and now hes talking to all seniors citizens. Theyre caught up in the crisis of the prescription painkillers. Our joyce evans tells his story that will leave you speechless. That does it for us tonight at 6 00. See you back here at 10 00. Have a great night. Inside edition is up next. It isnt just about vision, its about care. Nobody cares for eyes more than pearle. The hiking teens murder investigation. Is this their killers voice . Down the hill. Down the hill. How brave liberty and abigale recorded the suspect just before they were slain. Then, Donald Trumps history of going against the oscars. 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