The love sculpture, everybody calls it a statue, but its a as sculpture. Nbc10s katy zachry is live at love park. Tell us more. Reporter yeah, tracy, its tough to go back and forth. But when the iconic love as sculpture makes its way through, the city wants to showcase other artwork throughout the see but when it finally rests here at love park it will sit atop this new stand or pet da stalpedesta. Is this different. The main difference is the coloring. The blue on the side the letters is now purple. Purple is actually the original color along with red and green. It just became blue over time with exposure and wear. Now, people tell me theyre anxious for its return saying it felt like the space was just not the same without it. Its perfect that they bring it in, especially, it puts a stamp on where it used to be. Even though its not the same, but having the letters back will make it what it used to be. Reporter and here where were standing, love park was also newly renovated. Im told by city leaders that the unveiling of love park, this space will not happen until the spring. They want to add a few more things. Stay tuned for that. Reporting live in center city, katy zachry, nbc10 news. And the love asculpture has become a prime location for a snapshot. You have taken a picture in front of the statue . Let us know, tweet us. Vai. To a story we brought you as breaking news. A man escaped a failed ransom attempt with this life but suffered burns to more than half his body when his captors set him on fire. Neighbors video shows the car on flames. Three gunmen carjacked the victim sunday night just after he finished work. The gunmen then used the victims cell phone to contact his family and they demanded 10,000. Police say the family didnt pay up. The abductors bound the victim in the car, doused him with gasoline and hit him on fire. Joey garcia in the pizza takeout. Came in with one of his clients to purchase food. Its sad for him that this happened. I can tell you it seemed very personal, all three were there with guns and fired a weapon. The abductors were last seen in a black audi with tinted windows. Happening today, family, friends and police will honor the memory of philadelphia officer john pulaski eight years after his death. The memorial is scheduled for 6 00 p. M. At broad and olney. Officer pulaski was shot in 2010 while responding to a fight between a cab driver and another man. The first medical marijuana against saer in southeastern pennsylvania will hold a Ribbon Cutting ceremony. The Holistic Center is in bucks county. A former advocate for medical marijuana will be there. The center will dispense its first on saturday. And york county native Summer Britcher has two more races to run on the luge track. After a rough first one yesterday, she pulled together for a second one. Shes now back in the running in ninth place. And check out gold in the snow at south korea. Chloe kim from southern california won the gold medal in the womens halfpipe final. She wowed the judges, gave her a nearly perfect score. Her parents were born in south korea. They say chloe is their american dream. And in south korea, fans arent just focused on the games theres another sort of unofficial sport thats happening there. Happens at all the olympics, pin trading. Nbc10 is your home for the winter olympics. Keith jones is there in south korea. Ten years ago, we cover the 1996 atlanta games and we first learned about pin trading there. This thing has grown into its own industry, right . Reporter oh, no question about it, vai, tracy, lets talk about these pins here. Ive got some from rio, salt lake, in fact, even one from atlanta. I guarantee if you take a look behind me at olympic park, all of these people you see, there is pin trading going on. Enough so, i decided it was time to investigate. Lake placid. Reporter at the olympics. London. Vancouver. Reporter pins are a type of currency. Its a subculture. Ill show you magic how we went from these here to this. And all day. Anyone want to trade for a pin . A nbc pin . No, okay. No one at the parade wanted my pin, so, i thought the next best thing. How many Olympic Games is have you been doto . This is my 14th gone. Reporter 14. And he collected hundreds of pins including some from london 1908. They are nbc news pins, would you be willing to trade . Theyre thought olympics. Reporter but were covering the olympics. Ah, ill trade for one. Reporter one down. See what else i can get. Thank you . Can vie this one . These are the ones i trade. They have been married 50 years. We did. Reporter nbc, would you be willing to trade . Oh, sure. Reporter thats when the parade came back. I got new pins now, guys i got new pins. Anybody want any pins . Ive got all of these pins. Something tells me they dont want to trade pins. Soohorang wasnt impressed. Want to trade . I dont know. All right. Back live right now, look at this. Ive got atlanta 1996 pin. Got plenty more, in fact, by the way, that last shot there was soohorang, the mascot. This is a true story. The police here in south korea were approaching us, i decided it was time to end that charade. I earned these pins, Great Stories and fans along the way. Thats what i learned its all about. Vai and tracy, back to you. Its an experience collecting the pins. Is there one that you have that is a musthave during the olympics, like the one we got, the nbc10 pin . No, yes . Reporter no question, vai. I got some in my hands right here. The one in particular i want to talk about is this one, soohorang, the official mascot of the winter games in south korea. This one is not mine. Its on loan from our producer jen who is standing off camera who is be looking at me for one that i dont show her on tv, and, two, that i dont drop this pin right here. She doesnt want me to steal it saying oh, ive got a hole in my pocket. She just have traded a couple pins to get that one. Definitely slide it in your glove and say i dont know what happened to it. Keith, good job, my friend. Reporter exactly. All right. We just showed you 17yearold chloe kim earning her first ever gold medal. Well, this morning she will share her olympic story with today show starting at 7 00 a. M. Only here on nbc10. Nbc10, of course, your home for winter games. You can track the winter games on the app. And learn all about its men and women of team usa. That pin goes mig, keith, be careful, the only thing youll need is a safety pin. Jen will be on a war path. Hey, this morning, it is cold. Not sochi cold, not pyeongchang cold, but cold enough that youll need to buckle up this morning. The winds are back and made the temperatures feel like the teens. Bright and sunny skies. Warming in the 40s. A typical february day. It went about as cold this evening, chilly yes, but temperatures above freezing. It feels like the teens for trenton, wilmington and dover and melrose. Look atel allentown, pottstown. And 10 00 this morning, bumping above freezing in philadelphia, 33 degrees. Were heading for the 40s this afternoon. The suburbs, plenty of shiunshi, too. By noon time, 35 degrees. It climbs to near 40s. Lehigh getting a cold start as well. 25 degrees, feels like in the teens up to 39 degrees at 2 00 and climbing and for new jersey, nothing but sunshine today. A cold start, yes. 20s this morning right now. 20s at 8 00. But by early afternoon, were pushing towards the 40 degree mark and it will be in the low 40s this afternoon. Less wind later today. With one exception, thats the jersey shore, with winds coming in off the ocean. Pretty good winds at 14, 15 miles an hour. Well see the temperatures peak in the upper 30s. That happens at lunchtime and stays that way for the afternoon. Delaware, cold, 28 degrees. With sunshine, a warmup in the upper 30s. Upper 30s to near 40s this afternoon. And there is warmer weather to come. Look at warmup. Tomorrow, valentines day. 54 degrees. 66 degrees on thursday. And still mild on friday. It gets colder this weekend, especially on saturday. We might see a few showers in the area. Get the weekend forecast and beyond with the tenday on ten when im back in a few minutes. All right, bill see you then, about 16 minutes before 6 00 a. M. On a tuesday. Jessica boyington has it cov covered. Yes, guys, watching the schuylkill thats cleared out of the way. Belmont avenue, both directions good. And the westbound side right there, usually we see more volume coming out of city line avenue and conshohocken area. All lanes open. Roads are dry, too. Watching the pa turnpike, drive time, 22 minutes both directions west and east to moving on to valley forge. Average speeds in the 60s. And freeway around route 41, no problems right now. Backup moving up towards philly where we typically see the delay but maybe not until another hour or so. Well check in with the cameras when i come back. Paying for peace. Parents are weighing in on say Philadelphia School proposal to give students cash for stage out of trouble. Seeing green this valentines day . Well, guess what, youre not alone. A creative valentine crafted by a young eagles fan hoping to spread the love. Reporter it is fat tuesday. And the new orleans tradition is making its way here to jersey. Take a look at these king cakes getting decorated right now. Well tell you the story behind how this bakery started making these, when we come back. Announcer nbc10 live from pyeongchang, sponsored locally by the pennsylvania lottery, benefitting older pennsylvanians every day. All right. Its that time. Mardi gras takes over the streets in new orleans for the past 150plus years. People from all over the world have flocked to the big easy to celebrate. In new jersey a gloucester bakery has a sweet mardi gras tradition of its season. Theyve started baking the cakes there. Nbc10 is live there. Pam, we hear it, is that the oven there going off . Reporter oh, yeah, a lot of stuff going on right now. Take a look, theyre decorating some of these cakes as we speak. Thats a sweet pastry that were looking at. Thats what a king cake is. Underneath the beautiful mardi gras colors, a sweet cinnamon swirl. And bakers have been getting the king cakes ready for fat tuesday. A lot of love goes into making these. You can only get them once a year. If you know anything about a king cake, you know its a new orleans tradition. How did the king cake end up here in jersey . My husband and i took over from his parents this business about three years ago. When they opened up back in the 80s, like 1800, numbers were popular, there was a bakery in new orleans running an ad for cakes one digit different than my parents bakery. We tracked down the restaurant in louisiana, got the recipe and weve been making them ever since. Reporter what a neat story. How nice of that bakery to share that recipe because of families all the way here on the east coast to make their fat tuesday a part of their tradition. They open at 6 00 on tuesday morning. Theres a tiny plastic baby somewhere on one of those cakes. Well tell you what it means if you find one coming up at 6 15, reporting live in woodbury, pamela osborne, nbc10 news. What youre lucky if you get that. Valentines day is tomorrow, of course, candy, cards and flowers, thats nice, but it also cant hurt to mix in eagles super bowl victory. Take a look at this tweet from don. He posted my 8yearold nephew made his own cards, theyre magnificent. Including tom brady sitting on his rear end with his rumble. And the headlines, dont worry, ill still be your valentine. Oh, my gosh, that is fantastic. Hallmark is on the phone. I think theyre going to use every holiday from the end of time. St. Patricks day, green. Fathers day. Every holiday. Yeah, fantastic. Hey, well, this morning, well, no heartwarming happening right now. No . Valentines day for sure. Weve got some warmer weather on the way for tomorrow. Today, you got to bundle up because of its back to february. Thats a cold view of boat house view. A view that will a lot of sunshine today. But right now, 20s is what it feels like. With the wind blowing feels colder. 27 degrees in south jersey. Nobody is warm this morning. Suburbs, still falling under clear skies. Westchester and 26 degrees in new hopewell, 26 degrees. Very cold start. With the wind blowing, it fields like in the teens but we will make some progress. Once the sun is up, a steady warmup, by 2 00, 40 degrees, well peak in the low 40s this afternoon. To see how the line between the temperatures and feels like temperatures narrows and a sign that a wind will be coming back today. The wind backs off, the temperatures will climb and well see nothing but sunshine today. No clouds around today. There are clouds and wet weather in our future. Look to the south, and you can see in houston, that wet weather, thats doing later in the week for us. But not today. Not for valentines day for tomorrow. 43 degrees this afternoon. 50 tomorrow, its after a morning low of 33 degrees, and even warmer on thursday. We should see showers in the morning and some breaks of sunshine. And then steady rain returning on friday. The temperatures will be in the 50s from the morning through the afternoon. A steady rain on friday. But its out of here for the weekend. Saturday, lots of sunshine. There will be clouds saturday night, maybe a brief shower then out of here on saturday. The rain returns on monday. Lingering clouds with a chance of showers tuesday and wednesday. But look at those temperatures. 64 degrees on tuesday. 60 on wednesday. Then with sunshine, it will be just a little cooler, next thursday, up to 53 degrees. It doesnt look very much like february. All right, thank you, bill. 10 minutes before 6 00 a. M. Lets get a look at 95 for your morning commute. Jessica boyington has first alert traffic. Jessica, what are you seeing . Yeah, guys, watching 95 right now, my camera is right around girard. So far, so good. And center city, you can see more heading in that direction. Thats pretty typical right now. We dont really see a delay until 6 30 or so. Maybe another half hour, woodhaven to the vine street expressway still about a 12or 13minute trip. Watching that emergency construction on cherry hill twp, route 70, im just checking my cameras, too, not seeing any delays because of that. 70 westbound, 295, right now it looks okay. Route 38, around nixon drive, both directions east and westbound dry. And not seeing a lot of volume there either, vai, back to you. Jessica, straight ahead, parents are reacting to a philly schools plan to shell out money to keep kids from fighting. And winning streak. The sixers success in the wake of the eagles super bowl win. Coming up at 6 00, hanging in the balance, a man paid to refill his septa key card, but on the next ride, the balance said it was at zero. Nbc10 responds gets on board. We buy any car dot com we buy any car dot com we buy any car dot com any any any any did you know trading in your car at a dealer could cost you money . A recent study found consumers who trade in their car pay an average of 990 dollars more. So dont trade in. Sell it. To we buy any car. Learn more and get your free online valuation now at we buy any car dot com find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com good morning, everyone, Jessica Boyington with you right now. Checking on the reds and watching northeast philly right now. Heres woodhaven road, am californ cameras around academy road. So far, so good. Ill check in with the latest and the cameras at 6 00 hour. This morning, were hearing a parents reaction to a principal using cold hard cash to stop violence between students. Eighth grade students at Mitchell Elementary dont get into any physical fights this year, theyll all get a hundred bucks. One mother told us she liked the incentive but she thinks parents should step up. Were going to take a stand and say, listen were not going to allow our kids do this. Were going to teach them to share and get along without any activity. Just like at home. The school said it backs positive reinforcement for good behavior. This. The first time the schools principal has thought out of the box to find solutions for the school. Back in 2015, they van the philadelphia marathon to raise money to make money for improvements. County by county a look at stories across our area. Bucks county, Authorities Say a plan to charge thousands of residents 25 to lead to state increases. Governor tom wolf put the plan in his budget for the second year in a row. Towns without a police force would have to pay the fee for state police coverage, thats the grace in bridgeton, milford and richland township. The key proposal never made it in the budget last year. In camden county, new Jersey Governor Phil Murphy will cohost a conversation on gun safety. Murphy and the state Assembly Majority leader, both democrats backed Gun Legislation that governor Chris Christie vetoed as governor. In shepards county, the shepard was knocked out of competition because of a swollen ear. He was widely considered the nations top shepard. And Atlantic City is hiring. The ocean resort casino is accepting applications for business analysts, Office Manager and restaurant chef. The retail hotel opens this summer. How about the sixers moving up the ladder of the playoff race after winning the fourth straight game. T. J. Mcconnell fed robert cuffington for a slam here. Mcconnell was hot off the bench sparking the 76ers to a 100 to 92 victory. Time to cool that guy off. An eagle gets loose in the delaware valley. Corey clement plans to sign autographs at the dicks sport goods store in wilmington. Youll get a wrist band to get in line. Theyre only handing out 350 of them. You can pick up a wristband at dicks starting at 9 00 a. M. Normally, when we talk about the birds were talking eagles but these little guys will be at the center of attention at Adventure Aquarium in camden. Theyre named nick and carson, after nick foles and carson wentz, of course. The pair make their debut to the public at 11 00 a. M. They look athletic, too. Now to more of the stories were following at 6 00 a. M. Sentencing a terrorist. Today, a judge will decide the future of a new jersey man accused of planting a string of bombs after his over father speaks out against him. And fighting the flu. The disease has taken a historic toll in people in our area as hospitals change the rules to protect patients. The future of foles. In his first interview since winning the super bowl, see what the quarterback talks about risks, family and whats next for his career. Announcer nbc10 news starts now. Set your dvr for that one. Good morning, is this nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. And im vai sikahema. I was watching the olympics yesterday. Boy, the wind causing havoc on some of those runs on snowboarding. Lets get to meteorologist bill henley. The most accurate forecast. Hey, bill. Hey, vai, its feeling like the teens back to 20s. 20s, philadelphia, suburbs, new jersey and lehigh valley. Get news, we will see a lot of sunshine. The sun will be up at 8 00, and the temperatures will come up. By 11 00, 35 degrees. For philadelphia, were starting in the 20s. Well wind up with less wind this afternoon and brilliant sunshine. Well warm into the low 40s for philadelphia and the suburbs. New jersey, 42 degrees. The extension will be the shore as the winds are going to shift around and come off the ocean that will keep the shore colder. Actually warmer in the lee lie valley and delaware this afternoon with mostly sunny skies. Ill break it down hour by hour and show you how quickly its going to warm up, plus a peek at the valentines day forecast back in ten minutes but first Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Thanks, bill, route 309, cameras around the p. A. Turnpike. We had an easy drive this morning at least, so far for the majority of the commute. Watching the blue route, too. The north and southbound drive times looking okay. Actually light. 14 minutes from the north. Southbound to 95o