Outnumber republicans in the state by some 800,000. He thinks at this point along with other experts who have looked at this that this is probably going to be a better map for democrats. Now, what will the republicans do . Well, that will be the next shoe to drop. The Republican Leadership says they plan to go federal court and they will challenge this map when it was and issued. They are going to try find a federal judge who will end join it and stop it at this point in time their argument being that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court does not have the authority to draw this kind of map so were only an hour into this. It is going to be a long hard fought political battle in the coming days, weeks and possibly months. We shall see. Live in king of prussia, john rawlins channel6 action news. A lot more voices surely to weigh in. John thank you. Salem county where the woods Town Ambulance Company is reeling from a fire. All ambulances are either damaged or destroyed. No one was injured. Bob brooks live for us at the scene. Bob you talked to some of the emts who were inside when the flames broke out. Reporter yeah, sharrie, i didnt the building if i were officials think it started on this end closest to me right now. All emts were on duty they were on the other side. Behind me here you can see just how bad this damage is, sharrie. Those are the two of the six ambulances that were here. You can see at this point there is nothing left of them. Thats just one ambulance. Sadly everyone at the Woodstown American Legion Ambulance Association was destroyed or badly damaged. Everything inside as well. As you can imagine, for place that 47 people earn a living from, what happened is tough to see. Its definitely hard. Ive been here for seven years, you know, three years since weve gotten paid. Its like home to me. Reporter thats lauren conrad. She and Rebecca Roberts were on duty when the fire broke out around 4 00 a. M. We were resting mine partner came in and everybodys got to get out of here. Were like why do we have to get out of here . We didnt know. We thought maybe there was a call or something and we ran out and there was smoke everywhere. Reporter theyre resilient. Weve rebuilt. We stick together and Work Together as a team i cell phone video shows how quickly the flames spread. Officials say inside there was plenty of fuel to burn that includes oxygen tanks exploding as the fire went through the building. Sounds like one of them going off was also caught on cell phone video. You can see by the show of people here today how much the Ambulance Company means to this community. The good news is all employees are going to keep working. Service is up and running thanks to several Companies Lending a helping hand. Weve had a couple ambulances from Gloucester County cover us during the incident. Our neighboring town over in elmer, theyve given us one of their ambulances to use though is the in service now for us. Reporter and we just watched as one of those ambulances that were lent here go out to a call in this area. Back out live the investigation continues. At this point no word of a cause just yet but the president of the Ambulance Association here thinks there could be upwards of 2 million worth of damage. For now reporting live in woodstown, bob brooks channel6 action news. Brian. Bob, thank you. Investigators now using arson dogs to comb through the scene of a four alarm fire in olde city. The flames broke out yesterday morning near third and chestnut. New video from chopper6 shows the damage to the apartments restaurant and the best western Independence Park hotel. Earlier today many of the evacuated hotel guests were still waiting to get back inside to get their belongings. We were in bed sleeping and the fire alarm in the room went off and i could immediately smell smoke so i felt like there was a problem. I grabbed my wedding rings and my purse. We pretty much put on the clothing we have on now. As crews from the a atf search for a cause officials are concerned that one of the buildings may collapse and is now slated for demolition. Action newss Sarah Bloomquist will have much more on this in a live report at 5 00 tonight. Time for a check of the accuweather. Theres rain moving through the area we get ready for a big warmup. Lets go to meteorologist adam joseph. Adam were in the middle of that weird stretch here. Yeah, little bit of showers especially north of the city, little damp feeling to the air especially in philadelphia to the north. You can see a lot of showers at this point not moving in from the west directly to the east but more moving from the southwest to the northeast here. Were just getting clipped by it in the northern zones and theyre very light showers with some damp roads especially the northeast extension, Lehigh Valley, but its drier all points down to the south. Thats where our warm front is draped and you can see at this point that cold air that continues to lock in just east of appalachian mountains. Its called cold air damning as it gets wedged in and it takes a little extra time to bring in the warmth thats behind this warm front. In fact we take a look at the numbers, 48 philadelphia, just 50 in richmond but you go to charleston West Virginia, 74 degrees. 75 in nashville. Records broken down into the deep south and all that warmth is heading our way. As we take a look at 4 oclock tomorrow afternoon 70 philadelphia, 72 in washington, near 80 in charleston West Virginia with all that cold air being pushed well to the north. So, as we get into the day tomorrow were looking at record tying highs of 70 degrees set back in 1339 and record breaking possibly on wednesday of 73 degrees and 1930 a little more sunshine tomorrow compared wednesday compared to tomorrow. Well chat about that and then a very unsettled pattern heading into the end of the week, brian, in that full accuweather forecast. All right, adam thank you. The accused gunman in the Florida School shooting made his first appearance in a courtroom today. Nikolas cruz did not speak at the procedural hearing nor did he make eye contact with the judge. This is the first time he has physically appeared in a courtroom. The last time was via video link. Cruz is that charged with killing 17 people at last weeks attacks at Marjory Stoneman douglas high school. Survivors have been leading the change to chinch gun laws. Theyre making their voices heard their presence felt in the wake of that massacre young people all across the country staging protests. Today in washington outside the white house 17 student members of teens for gun reform staged a lie in for three minutes. 17 to represent the number of People Killed in the attack, three minutes they say to signify how long it reportedly took the shooter to buy an ar15 rifle. Also in plantation, florida, today, students were protesting on the football field. Also calling for changes to gun laws and tomorrow about 100 students are heading to floridas capitol to take their message to state lawmakers. Then next month students are calling for nationwide walkouts and marches demanding an tend to gun violence. March 24th, in every single city we are going to be marching together as students begging for our lives. We feel neglected and at this point youre either with us or against us. And the students certainly making their voices heard banding together. A Florida State senator meanwhile says theyre preparing a sweeping package of Gun Legislation for that state which includes new age restrictions. Today the white house says President Trump is in favor of improving the background check system for gun sales. They also say bipartisan talks are under way to change gun sale regulations. President trump is also holding a listening session with High School Students and teachers later this week. He also plans to meet with state and local officials to discuss school safety. Sharrie. These teens not standing by quietly. All right, alicia. Back here closer to home its been 13 years since Danielle Imbo and Richard Petrone were last seen on south street and theres still no sign of the missing couple. The fbi Philadelphia Division is asking yet again for the publics help as they continue to investigate the disappearance that happened february 19th, 2005. Well, they left a bar on south street late that night and were heading towards petrones black 2001 dodge tack cota pickup truck. There is a 50,000 reward for information on the couples whereabouts. If it leads to an arrest. The number to call is 215546tips. Philadelphia police hope someone can identify this man who is wanted to are for assaulting a pregnant woman. Investigators say he kicked her in the stomach in an unprovoked attack outside of a Center City Dunkin donuts. This happened on saturday february 11th after he asked her for two dollars investigators day. The say. The victim was taken to the hospital. Time for a first check on the action news traffic report. Lets go live to matt pelman in the action News Traffic Center today. Hi, matt. Hi, guys. Its a monday afternoon president s day afternoon and on president s day each year we like to show a little extra love to the roosevelt boulevard extension. Roosevelt the name of two of our president s but the boulevard was named for theodore or Teddy Roosevelt or td roosevelt as his family called him. Northbound side of the roosevelt boulevard extension is backing up from just off the schuylkill up to broad street. That is just normal afternoon volume. On another chunk of route one, city avenue, right by us, by channel6, theres construction going on southbound side. One of the two lanes is closed at monument road so it is going to be slow as you come off the schuylkill expressway. And because of that huge fire in olde city yesterday, theres still restrictions in area along chestnut between second and third, those local streets blocked off in olde city. Weve had two accidents already this afternoon along 422 westbound. Right now were looking at route 23 right by 422 and it appears they may be clearing out one of those accidents as we watch. Bottom line is we can see from the travel time watch out for extra slowing on the westbound side of 422 coming out of king of prussia and plenty of slowing here. Time for the commuter report. Lets check the waze app because were looking at the same situation, a crash on 95 southbound as you head into maryland just away from the delaware state line near elkton, here and a lot of slow speeds, 3 miles per hour, 5 miles per hour. Pulaski highway, not 95 southbound coming out of the first state. Well check it again brian and sharrie in the next half hour. Thanks for that president s day info. Professor pelman. Eases known for he is known for proudly wearing a eagles green uniform. Anything that guy cant do. Cheers of joy for these newlyweds. Find out why the bride was late to her own reception coming up next. This winter in the state with more ski mountains than any other, family fun reaches a new peak. So whether youre a speed demon or more of a snow angel, your winter chariot awaits. Pick the best peak for your family getaway at iloveny. Com new york state. Its all here. Its only here. New tv, new speakers, netflix. This is going to be the place for binge watching, ladies. Is it, ladies . Dont get me wrong, you have killer tech mrs. D, but you still dont have fios. Ok . Fios is a 100 fiberoptic network, literally engineered for streaming. Good advice. Ive also got some ideas on a better cereal selection, which i will keep to myself. Experience netflix on the 100 fiberoptic network made for streaming switch to fios and get a year of netflix on us with a twoyear agreement. Today was the first full squad spring training workout for the phillies but its an eagles player grabbing the headlines. Certain super bowl star trying to impart his underdog winning ways on the fightan phils. Jeff skversky live in Clearwater Today with more on exactly what unfolded there. Hey, jeff. Reporter hey, guys. Phillies manager gabe kapler had all sorts of sports celebrities sending video messages so they could play at their team dinner last night from Justin Timberlake to subsequent to doug pederson. Today they get a surprise visitor, jason kelce, the Eagles Center who gave of course one of the greatest speeches of all time at the eagles super bowl parade. He gives the phillies a speech today. Everybodys on fire right now. I mean, the flyers, sixers are doing their thing, the phillies theres a lot of excitement around this ball club right here. Its just a great time to be involved in sports in philadelphia to say the least. Reporter you didnt want to wear your mummers outfit for them and get them fired up. I might be sweating a little bit too much if i had that out here. I thought the message was tremendous. He was very articulate in describing what went on for them over the last calendar year. It wasnt word for word everything that went down but some of the most important things he touched on is how the eagles saw themselves as underdogs and what a powerful inspirational position that is to be in. I thought he hammered that message home beautifully. Reporter kelce a big hit at phillies spring training. Lots of brotherly love between the fleas and eagles. Kapler wanted the center to speak so they could hit home that strong message. Like the eagles nobody is expecting much from the phillies. Both sixers and flyers 11 and one since the super bowl, why not the phils and phils left fielder rhys hoskins says he got chills talking to me about recalling kelces message and it fired him up for his first full squad workout here in clearwater. Maybe it will rub off. With the phillies in clearwater Jeff Skversky channel6 action news. Jeff, catch you later. Residents in West Philadelphia woke up to find their vehicles damaged by bullets. At least two parked cars were hit by gunfire overnight along the 5000 block of haverford avenue. A number of shell casings were visibly there on the ground. Police have been checking area hospitals to see if anyone was hurt or injured but they have not been able to locate any gunshot victims at this point. Armed robbers made off with 80,000 during a heist at a hotel in northeast philadelphia. Police say they took the money from a guests room last night at the Roosevelt Inn on roosevelt boulevard. Investigators were questioning four people in connection to the crime but they have not made any arrests. We are still working to find out why the robbery victim was carrying so much cash. Well, for rhode island couple their dream wedding went off without a hitch but the reception started with something they never could have imagined. One of her bridesmaids came up to me and whispered in my ear we have a situation thats going on. Bit of a situation. The bride and two wedding planners got stuck in the elevator. They were on their way up to the cocktail hour at the providence built more hotel. Firefighters arrived quickly but in the end it was an elevator technician that saved the day. 26 years ive never seen anything like this. Its unfortunate. Its a great memory. Going to be a great memory. [cheers and applause] great story right. In all melissa was stuck for 45 minutes and got out without ruining that awesome dress which she and her new husband were able to enjoy the rest of the party. You know what i love about that as soon as she came off the elevator there was champagne. Cant get to the bar quick enough. A bit of a dreary day today. Were going to kind of mix it out here, the clouds and showers as we get the next couple days and talk about records. Outdoor alert here for your tuesday and wednesday afternoon. Head to the weather sent we take a live look right now at the Philadelphia International airport where some showers just missed the airport. Went through center city but all things dry at this time. But again, were going to be talking about those temperatures moving on up here and also overnight tonight one alert that you want to be cautious of is fog. Fog will be developing overnight and it could be dense at times through tomorrow morning but after that fog burns off mid to late morning tomorrow near records for tuesday and especially here on wednesday and take advantage of it because clouds and showers really dreary end of the week heading into the upcoming following weekend. Right now 40 degrees, much cooler off to the north, allentown, reading, lancaster. 48 degrees philadelphia and then you bounce into the 50s for millville, dover and the Atlantic City airport right now coming in at 52 degrees. As we look at storm tracker6 live double scan, a few again showers passing through trenton, parts of burlington county. They quickly pass through northeast philadelphia. Northeast extension starts to turn wet just north of the lansdale exit heading towards quakertown Lehigh Valley, also berks county some damp roadways. No heavy rain but just some light showers passing by. As we take a look at snowfall totals for the season so far after this weekends snow, allentown picked up over a half a foot of snow over the weekend. So far theyre just over 2 feet of snow for the winter season. Just about an inch or so, inch and a half above normal. The departure in wilmington, philadelphia, down 2inches from normal but pretty close to it with just over a half a foot i mean just over a foot for the season so far and look at Atlantic City at the airport, near 2 feet of snow, 11inches above normal for the season down there with some coastal storms that really whacked them early in the season. Here comes the cold front. Watch for the fog late tonight. 47 dover, cape may at 45 degrees. Future tracker tomorrow morning you wake up in a fog, so to speak with temperatures in the 50s and its going the take some time to burn that fog off but once it does and some peeks of sun tomorrow afternoon temperatures getting to near 70 in philadelphia, which would be record tying from 1939. We should be shy by a degree or two elsewhere across the region but still very warm for this time of year. And in fact that four day at 4 00 forecast, 73 here. Record warmth on wednesday with a little more in the way of sunshine from start to finish compared to tomorrows morning fog. Then as we get into thursday and friday, the clouds come right back in, a very damp wind, highs only in the upper 40s with rain at times both thursday and friday and thats going to spill into the weekend also, sharrie. Well chat about that in the seven day in the next half hour. All right, see you then adam. Thanks. Yes. 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Well, construction is moving along nicely at a project that will help veterans in delaware. Governor john carney stopped by to tour the work being down at the fall center. It will be the home base for the nonprofit Delaware Center for homeless veterans. Crews are working to turn an old nursing home into 50 apartments for those who have served our country. Well, with today being president s day a Philadelphia Museum is looking back at the war timer are a of the time era. A newly discovered painting from the revolutionary war. The painting is 235 years old and offers a glimpse into that historic time which happened before the invention of photography. The exhibit is called among his troops, washingtons war tents and a newly discovered watercolor and today is the final day for this display. Well, playing basketball is of course very common for kids in philadelphia but tipping off at a basketball mecca, thats Something Special. More than 200 Police Athletic League Children lived that dream today at the palestra. Penn and pal partnered to give a safe place to play on this day off from school. Great place to play basketball. Theres so much more ahead in the next 30 minutes of action news at 4 00. Including the story of a Lehigh Valley city fighting a seemingly endless battle against vandals. Remember our special night . Abdominal pain. And diarrhea. But its my anniversary. Aw. Sorry. Weve got other plans. Your recurring, unpredictable abdominal pain and diarrhea. May be Irritable Bowel Syndrome with diarrhea, or ibsd. Youve tried overthecounter treatments and lifestyle changes, but ibsd can be really frustrating. Talk to your doctor about viberzi,. A different way to treat ibsd. Viberzi is a Prescription Medication you take every day that helps proactively manage. Both abdominal pain and diarrhea at the same time. So you stay ahead of your symptoms. Viberzi can cause new or worsening abdominal pain. Do not take viberzi if you have no gallbladder, have pancreas or severe liver problems, problems with alcohol abuse, longlasting or severe constipation, or a bowel or gallbladder blockage. Pancreatitis may occur and can lead to hospitalization and death. If you are taking viberzi,. You should not take medicines that cause constipation. The most common side effects of viberzi. Include constipation, nausea, and abdominal pain. Stay ahead of ibsd with viberzi. Action news continues with meteorologist adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, Sharrie Williams and brian taff. Its 4 30 and action news continues with a little known store policy that could save you big on your next grocery bill. Plus, cringe worthy crescendo. Well, if you wined you were not alone. Turns out theres a Science Behind whats called secondhand embarrassment. Lets hear what the singer is saying today. And Weight Watchers under fire for offering Free Memberships this summer. Well, the reason, theyre offering them to teens as young as 13. Why some experts say that is troubling. But were going to begin here at 4 30 way berks county city seemingly endless battle to keep their buildings and streets clean. The issue is not about sanitation its about consideration. Mainly a lack of it from the graffiti artists constantly vandalizing reading. Walter perez live there now with how the city is trying to combat this problem. Walter. Reporter brian, of course graffiti is a problem in many urban areas across the country and reading is no different. The plan is to clean things up as best as possible with a little help from the people of reading. City officials in reading have started a major cleanup effort it involves sprucing up public alleys. The graph feet in the city of reading and were working hard to curb that but its a difficult situation. Reporter reading public works director Ralph Johnson says its difficult because of the shear volume of graffiti across the city coupled with the difficulty of finding the people responsible. Maria owns a bakery on holy street. She showed us cell phone video of the last time she showed up only to find the entire outside wall covered with graffiti and she says it happens at least once every month. [speaking foreign language] reporter she says i cant have it. Im trying to run a business and i spend half my life painting and cleaning the outside. Its frustrating. The citys Cleanup Program include painting over graffiti or Power Washing but she does the work itself saying the city doesnt always use paint that matches the previous cover. We spoke with people who say any effort to clean things up is appreciated. It kind of detracts from the city. Makes the city a lot less professional looking. I dont think parents teach children to respect property or people anymore. Reporter city fishes say they do try to use paint that matches the previous colors on those walls but theyre saying its not as feasible as you might think. Also theyre asking residents to report any graffiti they find in their neighborhood through the official city app or by calling the Public Works Department to stay on top of it as best they can. Reporting live from reading was there perez channel6 action news. Philadelphia police asking for help tracking down two robbers. Surveillance video shows two masked men walking into the Little Caesars on the 3600 block of aramingo avenue just before 10 30 last thursday. Well, they immediately pointed a gun at the 22yearold workers head and forced him to open the register and then the safe. Fortunately the employee was not hurt. But if you have any information about this holdup, east detectives would like to hear from you. Also this. A gunman remains at large after a shooting in broad daylight in north philadelphia. A man in his 20s was shot multiple times in the legs at 11 30 this morning on the 1100 block of west silver street. Medics rushed him to Temple University hospital. Eats said to be in critical condition. Police are still working, though, to identify a possible suspect and to determine a possible motive. Police in Montgomery Township investigating a deadly accident at a busy intersection. Officials say a pedestrian was killed after being hit by a car just after 5 oclock this morning. It happened near horsham and north wales roads. Its unclear at this point if there will be any charges filed against the driver. Chopper6 was over the aftermath of a rollover crash in evesham township new jersey. Officials say a driver lost control causing the vehicle to overturn and hit a utility pole on route 73. The eagles super bowl victory parade was more than a week ago but Philadelphia Police are still pursuing anyone who might have vandalized the city during the celebrations. Investigators released these images today. They show a group who climbed on top of a septa bus stop shelter at 15th and j. F. K. In center city on february 8th. Now, as they were standing on the roof, investigators say part of it collapsed. If you can identify any of the people in this video, Philadelphia Police are asking that you give them a call. Okay. So, if youre keeping track at home, snow on saturday, sunshine yesterday, gloom today and what, i think a warmup coming. What could possibly be next . Lets find out. Meteorologist adam joseph with the ever changing forecast. Record highs the next two days. Doesnt look good the end of the week and the following weekend. Talking about temperatures moving on up as we get into our tuesday and wednesday. Right now still a chill in the air with some showers north of the city. Allentown 41 degrees right now, 48 philadelphia, trenton, 52 at the Atlantic City airport. So, with that cooler air north and west, were already seeing fog setting up there. You can take a look at the pagoda cam in reading there, visibility is starting to drop and that fog is going to spread over the entire region overnight tonight and this evening. In fact, its a mile and a half there in reading, less than that in lancaster, two and a half mile visibility allentown, but much better, 10mile visibility is actually perfect and its that way philadelphia millville down to wildwood. So please use caution here this evening and overnight tonight. Fog will be expanding. It will be locally dense and it is going to be an issue for tomorrow mornings rush hour and one thing about fog, which basically is a cloud at ground level its little water droplets when using your headlights, never use high beams. The more light you put out, the more light refracts back into your eyes. Low beams only. Well chat about the record guys coming up over the next two days in the full accuweather forecast. Sharrie. Adam thanks. The valley forge Visitors Center hosted a Birthday Party for our first commanderinchief. The action cam was invited to George Washingtons 286th bash today even though his actual birthday would have been thursday. To mark the occasion general washington and his wife marsha offered children a History Lesson and posed for the photos. Washington moved the Continental Army to their Winter Quarters at valley forge back in december of 1777. Okay, dog parents you need to listen to this next story. A dog food manufacturer is recalling four of its brands tonight because of a potentially dangerous element that was found. Action news anchor Monica Malpass live for us now in our news room with more on this warning. Hi, monica. Hi, sharrie thats right. A consumer alert for any one who owns a dog and feeds him wet food. Jm smucker says the recall impacts four of its brands and the drug in question is actually used in euthanizing animals. However, the company is telling customers not to panic and we will explain why. Plus, startling new details about the american diplomats who mysteriously became ill while visiting cuba what officials have now found and how local doctors are getting more. Those stories on more on action news at 5 00. Monica thank you. Action news was the news at Temple University today and it was a whole lot of fun. The students invited me to be a guest on tutvs weekly cable show temple people which meant rather than asking the questions on television i got answer some there today. Talented host and temple junior john dowdy interviewed and i was really honored to be there. Now, if these kids are any indication ill tell you the future of journalism is very bright. Good stuff. It was a lot of fun. Were you comfortable. Its weird to be answering the questions and not asking them. Right. But i could get used to. Im sure you could. A Free Membership to well, this here is unfortunately about the singer, of course who performed over the weekend. Fergie is responding to what happened while she sang the National Anthem and now theres a scientific explanation about possible secondhand embarrassment. Plus, if you would rather step on hot coals than step on a lego one hospital challenge is not for you. What they asked people to do for charity. Rumbling volcano erupted once again on sumatra island in indonesia. It has been spewing ash nearly 16,000 feet into the atmosphere and onto surrounding villages. Authorities have warned airlines about the dangers of flying near this area. 30,000 residents have been forced to leave their homes due to series of eruptions over the last several years. Police in milwaukee wisconsin investigating the theft of a rare print by pablo picasso. The owner says the thief could have walked in and stolen the piece while he was upstairs admitting the door was unlocked. He believes whoever took the print may have grabbed the first thing they saw without realizing what they actually had. Weve never had tags up, prices, not even identifying the artist so somebody maybe just got lucky. Well, the picasso print created more than 70 years ago is one of only 30 that were made. Its valued at 50,000. Health check at 4 oclock today and a new book is shedding light on what makes us feel so embarrassed about the embarrassing actions of others. Turns out the timing is pretty good here. Yes, grammy winning singer fergie criticized coast to coat for that sultry nightcluby rendition of the National Anthem. Players and vips hid smiles sometimes not so well and their cringing looks. The new book cringe worthy says two pain centers in our brains actually light up when others mess up suggesting we feel a kind of social pain we can imagine ourselves. Fergie released a statement saying she wanted to try Something Special for the nba. She says shes an artistic risk taker but clearly this rendition did not strike the intended tone. Fergie says she loves this country and honestly tried my best. Big talkers. In missouri some school kids selling raffle tickets to raise money for their baseball team. What makes this a big talker is the prize. This black rain gun right here and ar15 assault style rifle thats the same kind of weapon used in last weeks deadly Florida School shooting massacre. So, despite pushback and criticism, this raffle will go on. The coach of the team Levi Patterson says they started the fundraiser before last weeks School Shooting that left 17 people dead. He says hes now trying to turn this into a positive thing after getting the hate on Facebook Patterson writes our hearts break for those involved went do not take that lightly adding that gun raffles have been going on for years. To that end right now a congressional candidate in kansas named Tyler Tannahill is also hosting an ar15 give away. Many on social media are calling him tone deaf. Weight watchers offering Free Memberships to teens this summer. Its a decision sparking a big debate thats playing out on social media. Weight watchers says its Offering Free Services to 13 to 17yearolds to make wellness available at a critical life stage. But their announcement has sparked some outrage and eating Disorder Treatment centers started the viral wake up Weight Watchers, warning that restricted eating at a young age can be dangerous. The National Eating Disorder Association also weighed in on this saying they, too, are concerned about promoting dieting to teens. So, Weight Watchers is still running the deal tweeting this statement what we will be providing for teens is a program that guides Healthy Habits for life, not a diet. If youve ever stepped on a lego, you probably are reliving the pain right now of the horror the unexpected stabbing and slicing under your foot. See this right here, thats a pile of legos little teenie little ones because in england there was a lego walk for charity. Some on social media joking i would rather walk on fire or even hot coals. Nonetheless, here are some of the brave souls their bear soles making a trek across a pile of lego bricks. All ages, all walks of life willing to walk barefoot into the ring. Now, they did raise thousands of dollars for keech hospice care. Some parents joking on twitter that hot cole walking is actually easier than lego walking because we know what to expect whereas those lego moments really tend to strike us when least expected. Absolutely. Thats like my basement any way at any given moment. There we go, brians house, alicias house. Alicia thank youth. Time for another check on the roads. Matt pelman with the update. Weve had the Building Blocks here for a slow go on the westbound side of the schuylkill expressway. Its because of some Fire Department activity just up ahead just around the corner and theyre taking steps to clear it out but i dont think were going to be able to let go of this delay any time real soon so coming out of the city this afternoon, i would stick with the river drives, not the westbound schuylkill, even though volume is a little lighter than normal because of the holiday, it is a slow go coming out of town because of that Fire Department activity near montgomery drive. If youre getting offer the schuylkill onto off the schuylkill onto city avenue expect slowing southbound. In front of us, channel6, theres construction blocking one of the two southbound lanes and slowing us down. And because of that huge fire from over the weekend in olde city, Chestnut Street, second and third are all still closed so stay up on market. Use the numbered streets like fifth and sixth but expect some congestion there in olde city. In pottstown by the ice house have a bad crash this afternoon along king street at manatawny. A center lane blocked giving us really slow speeds coming out of new castle, just 15 miles per hour. You might want to think about going up to the Commodore Barry depending on where youre heading and using that to get into south jersey. If youre trying to get into maryland from delaware, better news on that side of the fence. The crash southbound on 95 Near Northeast as cleared. Still some residual slowing, though, coming out of newark. Well check it again, brian and sharrie, coming up in the 5 oclock hour. All right my friend. Thank you. Meteorologist adam Joseph Standing by with that exclusive accuweather 7day forecast. Wake up with the action news morning team. Join matt tam david and karen beginning tomorrow morning at 4 00 a. M. Meteorologist adam joseph back with the accuweather forecast. Foggy start tomorrow. It is for some of us wake up to fog every morn. Wait, what day is it . We all will tomorrow morning. Well burn it off in the afternoon. Earlier today a lot of clouds on this monday. Kind of a damp feeling out there but, again, were going to shake that cloud cover as well as those cool temperatures. As we take a look at Spring Mountain one place that does not want to hear about 70s, sunshine or rain for later this week is Spring Mountain. Live on sky6 with it being the holiday a lot of folks out there skiing and snowboarding but you can see the fog in the distance there setting in and i tell you, the ski resorts going to take a hit this week with warm temperatures day and night and rain on top of it. As we take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan, speaking of rain, very light showers well north of the city. Parts of northern Montgomery County bucks county Lehigh Valley but its about to exit and push to the north and east here so some damp roadways, even though the evening rush isnt all that heavy given, again, many of us have the day off today but well continue to say goodbye to these showers and hello to that warmth. Lets chat about it here. Temperatures still cool to the north and west, reading, allentown near 40 degrees. Jumping to 48 philadelphia and 50s down to the south so that warm air trying to push in from the south and the west. This warm front continues to drift through, again, missing most of this rain off to the north here so this wont be collapsing in overnight tonight. In fact, any of those early showers are gone. Areas of fog will expand from the west to the east. 38 in those northern suburbs early tonight, 45 degrees for center city with that southsouthwesterly wind 48 miles an hour. Its really a tale of two seasons here across the country. Whenever you look at the weather typically what happens on the west coast is opposite of the east coast. Its almost a seesaw effect. Jet stream carving through the center of the country dipping very cold weather for the rockies as well as the west, california there are freeze warnings, not good for the crops trying to grow there. But for us High Pressure really starting to pump up just off the east coast here sending that powerful southeasterly ridge and warm southwesterly winds our way moving that jet stream north of quebec. This typical pattern that we see in the summertime, if this was setting up in the summer with 25 degrees above normal temperatures for this week for us if it was in the summer we would be talking about 100 plus degrees. Thats how unusually warm that High Pressure is right now, so as we go into the day tomorrow, again, morning clouds and fog but it will break for some sun in the afternoon and thats whats going to move those temperatures upper 60s to near 70 for philadelphia, cooler at the shore, though, only 50s there and then were going to head well into the 70s on wednesday, 73 philadelphia, near 80 in washington and richmond. But here is the cold coming in and that arrives here on thursday. So, the exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, 70s for the next two days, a lot of fog tomorrow morning. Springlike, some sunshine in the afternoon and then sun and high clouds wednesday with that record warmth of 73. And then the pattern just looks, eh, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday thursday friday cool in the 40s with rain at times. Its warmer over the weekend in the 60s but a rain threat both saturday and on and off into sunday and still cloudy on monday, 56 degrees. So, take advantage of the 70s and the sun the next two days because the pattern is yech for the rest of the week. Thanks adam. [laughter] coming up, little known tricks to help you save money at the grocery store. Thats the topic in whats the deal. Re isnt, well, you know where im going with that. Dont do things by the book if the book cant keep up. Take your page from one that hasnt been written. We took two renowned universities, including a premiere medical school, and created a Single University that defies convention. At jefferson, were making modern look old and making old look new and making sure new is not enough. Were adding more weight to your degrees and more meaning to your careers, going where others wouldnt dare, making connections few think to make, and setting tomorrows standards by breaking todays, because we believe the lines that are drawn are meant to be crossed. Thats where the future is born. And once you realize youre not limited to whats possible, guess what . 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Coming up next on action news at 5 00 an entire Apartment Building goes up in flame in philadelphias olde city and now it threatens the safety of nearby structures. What officials are doing to prevent more damage on Chestnut Street while they search for a cause for this fire. That story and much more coming up next at 5 00. Hey, are you taking the tissue test . Yep, and my teeth are yellow. I mean i knew they werent perfect, but, ugh. Oh well, all hope is lost oh thanks clearly my whitening toothpaste is not cutting it. Time for whitestrips. Crest glamorous White Whitestrips are the only adaaccepted whitening strips proven to be safe and effective. They work below the enamel surface to whiten 25x better than a leading whitening toothpaste. Hey, nice smile thanks i crushed the tissue test yeah you did crest. Healthy, beautiful smiles for life. Action news, delaware valleys leading news program with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, Rick Williams and Monica Malpass. This is all thats left of 239 Chestnut Street in philadelphias olde city section. A business on the first floor, the apartments above it are all gone tonight. Officials are now tasked with finding how and why a fire did so much damage. Monday night, the big story on action news, authorities remain on the scene of yesterdays devastating fire in olde city that sent dozens of residents and hotel guests out into the streets. The cause of the fire is not the only concern tonight. The stability of the structures involved in the blaze is also worrying officials along with other businesses that surround that area. Chopper6 got a good look at what is left of the building and why officials are so concerned. The fire escape here is barely hanging on at the front. That is a serious hazard. And just one of many reasons why people are being kept away. Action News Reporter sara bloomquist is live at the scene tonight with the very latest. Sarah. Reporter rick and monica, the atf and other investigators have been here on the scene throughout the day as they work to figure out the cause of this massive fire. All day theres been concern that 239 where the fire is believed to have started might collapse. Some hotel guests and Restaurant Owners were allowed to go inside and gather belongings from adjacent buildings but for many residents, theres nothing to return to. This afternoon
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