park for exercise. others opted to stop by an outdoor festival. and looks like the summer-like weather is here to stay for a few days sunday night, walter's off, and the unseasonably warm weather ahead. accuweather says the warmest temperatures in nearly six months on the way for the start of your workweek. meteorologist melissa mcgee live at the action news big board with the details. melissa. >> yeah, sarah, it's a forecast i think you're really going to like. the end of the weekend wasn't bad. sitting in the 50s along the 95 corridor. today in philadelphia, high of 69. right now, 52. 63 in pittsburgh, same in charleston, west virginia. and the 50s for roanoke and richmond. and quiet conditions. mostly clear sky across the region. high pressure that's anchored just offshore. so all of the unsettled weather you see moving across the northern great lakes stays well away from our region as we tap into that warm and mild southwesterly wind flow. throughout the day tomorrow, we have a taste of summer on the way. 8:00 in the morning, temperature, 53. upper 60s at 11 a.m. 78. 2 a.m. tomorrow afternoon. 79 at 5 p.m. and calling for a high temperature on our monday of 81 degrees. future tracker 6 showing you it's just the beginning. on monday, afternoon temperatures will be in the upper 70s, then the 80s. and then it gets even warmer as the week wears on. so summer warmth on the way early this week as we're going to take a stab at records and temperatures well above arch. details, sarahing with coming up with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> okay, melissa, thank you. follow this warmup with the 6abc app. the seven day forecast and storm tracker 6 radar a tap away. it's a free download for your mobile device. overseas now to egypt. terrorists targeted christians on this palm sunday. the start of holy week. suicide bombers attacked two churches killing at least 44 people. tonight, i.s.i.s. is claiming responsibility for both attacks. here's abc's alex marquardt. >> reporter: one of the holiest days of the year ending in tragedy. palm sunday services in egypt torn apart by explosions. dozens killed in two separate terror attacks, both targeting the coptic christian community. started at st. george's church just north of cairo. this photo taken just minutes before the first blast. showing a full congregation inside. the explosion right in the middle of the packed pews. cameras focused on the choir capturing the moment of detonation. much of the aftermath so graphic it can't be shown. but the damage clear around the alter, littered with debris. walls pitted and blackened by the blast. this man says people were waiting inside the church when everything went black. he passed out, then awoke and saw several bodies. as survivors tried to rescue the dead and wounded, a second blast at a coptic church in alexandria, captured on surveillance cameras. officials say the bomber tried to get through the entrance, police turning him away. he then blows himself up in front of a metal detector. surviving worshipers holding palm leaves stained with blood. leaders around the world condemning the attack. including pope francis asking the world to pray, president trump on twitter, and senate minority leader charles schumer. >> and to blow up christian churches on palm sunday in egypt is despicable. we have to redouble our efforts. >> reporter: a show of solidarity on a day full of sorrow. president dump's national security adviser is leaving the door open on more u.s. military action against syria. but in his first interview, the general suggests that the u.s. would not act alone to oust assad. political solutions will not work without regime change. >> we're saying other countries have to ask hard questions. russia should ask themselves, what are we doing here? why are we supporting supportins murderous regime mass murdering its own population? >> critics say the attack was not effective enough. none of the u.s. missiles targeted the runway, and the airfield is back up and running. the and rebel-held area targeted in last week's chemical attack is under fire again. the u.s. is pressuring north korea to stop its nuclear threats. u.s. defense officials say an american carrier strike group is headed toward the korean peninsula. the uss karl vincent was rerouted last night. action news learned that a former south jersey resident was one of two victims killed at a shooting in a gym in florida. a former gym employee gunned down coworkers after being fired yesterday morning. the gunman killed two and injured one before killing himself. action news reporter annie mccormack is live in monroeville with more details. annie. >> reporter: and sara, jeanine ackerman grew up here. her family is here and a big part of the community. owning several businesses, including holly acres that i'm in front of right now. members of the community learned that she was killed during work place violence in florida. saturday in this this upscale florida shopping center miami dade police believe equinox managers 39-year-old jeanine ackerman and a 42-year-old became the targets of the recently fired employee who shot and killed them. wilson then turned the gun on himself. the story made national news. and here in monroeville in new jersey, those who knew south jersey native, jeanine ackerman, were shocked. >> i had to double check at the picture. she definitely looked the same. >> reporter: ackerman, a 2000 graduate of woodstown high school was a star field hockey player and played for michigan state. she later got her masters at florida international university in hospitality. and worked at top hotels in miami, eventual taking a job as general manager at equinox. the ackerman family is well known in the rural community. owning several businesses including the columbus flea market and berlin farmers market. those who knew ackerman said she was a hard worker, beautiful, kind. >> nice girl, friendly girl. always nice to everybody. beautiful smile. >> reporter: and equinox gym releasing a statement about ackerman. she was a kind and caring soul. we will deeply miss her. her memory will not be forgotten. as of yet, no funeral arrangements. reporting in new jersey, annie mccormack. back you >> thank you. philadelphia police are investigating a homicide in the city's strawberry mansion section. investigators say two people were shot along the 2500 block much north marsten street just before 10:00. one of the victims has just died. no word on the condition of the second victim, no arrests have been made. police in cumberland county investigating a drive by shooting this afternoon that left a man dead. called to the lot near chestnut and myrtle. that's where they found a man who had been shot multiple times. no arrests have been made. smoke could be see over mantioc's this afternoon. fire fighters called to a vacant building near main street around 3:30. the fire did have quite ban impact on traffic as fire fighters worked to extinguish the flames. main street was closed for a food festival, and fire fighters had to close several more streets because of that fire. 16 people have been displaced following a two-alarm apartment fire this morning in upper darby. the action cam was on the scene around 11:30 on the 2000 block of garrett road. police got to the scene first and ran in to start rescuing people. one officer was treated for smoke inhalation. no one else was hurt. a woman is in serious condition tonight following this crash in new castle county. police say the driver lost control of her car at namemans road near the brandywine town center. she was trapped inside. it took rescue crews about 30 minutes to pull her from the wreckage. parking restrictions and road closures are going into effect in less than an hour along the ben franklin parkway all in preparation for the nfl draft happening in just about three weeks now. action news reporter john rollins live near the philadelphia museum of art with the details. >> reporter: hi, sarah. well, the draft is weeks away, but the road closures are beginning tonight. or the lane closures, we should say. beginning tonight. driving much of it is a large building -- temporary building -- being built by the nfl. a building that's had impact on the folks looking for a certain set of stairs to run up. >> we had the music to rocky. we want to run up the stairs. >> reporter: that wasn't going to happen today. >> no. >> we were going to try to sneak in, but i didn't to want go to jail. >> reporter: from this group of volleyball players from virginia to this lady from louisiana with her french bulldog. >> we're bummed. >> reporter: folks bummed because they could not run up the art museum steps. instead the steps almost buried inside this growing temporary structure that will house nfl draft festivities the 27th to the 29th of the month. expected to impact traffic for those who use the roads in around the oval. tonight, phase one, crews putting out barriers to shut down lanes to give construction crews more room to work. tonight, travel lanes being blocked on the east side of the oval and along the curb closest to the art museum. but monday morning, a stretch of spring garden, westbound, at pennsylvania avenue, will also be shut to traffic. phase two will close the center lanes of the parkway on april 19th. phase three, the shutdown of the remainder of the parkway, the oval, and several adjacent streets to the west comes april 24th. cyclist monica murphy reacted to the news. >> it just gets in my way. now i have to find a new way home. >> reporter: those who live nearby and commuters will have to adapt. some say that the widely-viewed nationally-televised draft will be good for the city's image. >> in the short-term, a hassle with the congestion. but long-term, good for the city. >> reporter: you think it's a plus. >> yeah, definitely. >> reporter: so phase one of the traffic closures going into effect overnight. as for the impact of those closures on traffic, we have to wait until rush hour. live at the art museum, john rawlins. >> okay, john. thank you. don't forget to wake up with the action news team tomorrow morning. the latest or not closures and how they are impacting the morning commute at 4:30 a.m. much more to come on action news tonight. fbi expanding the search for the man police are calling armed and dangerous. last seen in wisconsin. we're following the latest. plus a man jumps into an icy pond to rescue his dog. more of this heroic rescue. and sarah, a mostly clear tonight overhead tonight. and temperatures get even warmer for the start of our workweek as we make a run at records in the 80s. making a comeback. details coming up. plus jeff skversky has highlights from the phillys game in sports. all good for the fighting phils right now when action news continues. i no longer live with the uncertainties of hep c. wondering, what if? i let go of all those feelings. 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for a man who play be plotting a violent attack. 32-year-old joseph jakubowski expressed antireligious views vn a manifesto sent to the white house. police say there's no specific threat. palm sunday services went on as scheduled in wisconsin. >> when the terrorists stop us, they win. and we're just going to go on and live our lives as god would direct us. >> investigators have followed up on 300 tips, but still center vv no solid leads on the man who stole firearms from a gun store. fast-moving brush fires across florida. officials say lightning is believed to have caused at least one blaze that's burned nearly 700 acres. today helicopters were dumping water on the fire which is only 25% contained. another brush fire since wednesday consumerred more than 7,000 acres. a lack of rainfall is making the situation worse. a canadian man is caught on camera jumping into this frozen pond to rescue his dog after it fell throughout ice. as soon as the dog fell in, the man quickly swam to save cosmo who was struggling to keep his head above the freezing water. eventual the two managed to reach the shore and climb out of the icy pond to safety. still to come tonight on the action news, a national retailer says it is closing all of its doors. plus christians across the delaware valley celebrated palm sunday. and the beginning of holy week. we'll show you some of those local services. and meteorologist melissa mcgee with your exclusive accuweather seven day forecast. a big warmup on the way when action news comes right back. with a two-year agreement. it's the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. plus get hbo for a year and free multi-room dvr service for two years. and verizon wireless customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, data-free. get the best. go to getfios.com it's now open in the poconos! america's largest indoor waterpark. kalahari resorts & conventions book your 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celebrated by pope francis in st. peter's square. the pontiff and clergy members carried palm branches in the procession. back here, christians celebrated palm sunday from the beginning of holy week. ♪ the african episcopal church, st. thomas in overbrook held palm sunday services outdoors. worshipers gathered palms and carried them through the neighborhood. palm sunday celebrates the triumphant entry of jesus christ into jerusalem one week before his death and resurrection. some church leaders urge the faithful to heal the country's deep division. celebrating palm sunday mass at the cathedral basilica of st. peter and paul. the archbishop blessed the palms given to worshipers. holy weekends on easter sunday, the most important holiday. making sure 600 needy jewish families in philadelphia have food for tomorrow night's passover satyr. they packed up bags with everything they need. the eight-day holiday commemorates the emancipation of the jewish people from egyptian bondage, and the satyr is the meal which ushers in the holiday. melissa with another check of your accuweather forecast. we are warming up. >> yes, you're going to like the forecast. break out the shorts and the shirts for work. maybe do some work outside tomorrow. a good looking day. see what's going on outside. storm tracker 6 live double scan radar. dry. no issues with precipitation. all about this dominating ridge of high pressure. we'll show you the picture outside. sky 6 live in hd from our temple university camera. nice shot of city hall. a mostly clear sky and really calm and quiet conditions. in philadelphia right now, coming in at 52. the dew point in at 33. winds out of the south/southeast at 3 miles per hour. the southwesterly wind is going to be key tomorrow. the southerly impact with our wind is also key because that's going to usher in the warmer air. the pressure, 30.19. on the rise. the ocean temperature in at 49. 58 in reading, same for lancaster. the poconos, 53. coast in cape may, 60, same up for atlantic city in beach haven. and action radar, you can see we have dry conditions with the mostly clear sky across the region. ridge of high pressure situated just offshore. all of the unsettled weather up and over the periphery of this ridge of high pressure. so the showers and storms you see across the northern great lakes stay well away from our region for the rest of tonight. over the next 12 hours it is clear, it is quiet. it's not as chilly. drop down to 44 in the suburbs and 49 degrees in philadelphia for the overnight low. we have a taste of summer on the way early this week. there's this ridge of high pressure. kind of acting like a bermuda high, one we would typically see in the summer season. winds around that are clockwise. southwesterly wind flow. temperatures 15 to 20 degrees above average early this week. take you through the numbers. future tracker 6, 6:00 in the morning tomorrow. 54 in philadelphia. auto50 up president poconos. 48 in wildwood. afternoon numbers easily into the middle up ander 70s. and even warmer along the i-95 corridor and inland locations. we'll take you right through tuesday as well. and by tuesday afternoon, inching closer to 80. we'll max out in the lower 80s by day's end on tuesday. back at home tomorrow, the phills are at home in a new series against the mets at citizens bank park. temperature in at 76. once into the ninth inning, a good night for baseball with a mostly clear sky and temperature of 73. here's the exclusive accuweather seven day forecast. summer arrives early tomorrow. a high temperature up to 81 with passover beginning at sundown. record-tying warmth on tuesday. high of 84. if we hit that, we would tie the record of 84 set back in 1887. a front moves through tuesday with a morning shower. not as warm, still nice by then. a high temperature of 72 on wednesday. thursday, mostly sunny, in at 67. nice for good friday. a high temperature of 68. saturday, partly sunny and mild. 68. easter sunday, sarah, high temperature of 71. good-looking week with temperatures well above average. >> looks good to me. thanks. h.h. greg is ending its 62-year run. the retail chain says it's going out of business and shutting all of its 220 stores. the company filed for bankruptcy last month and talked to dozens of buyers. the ceo said they could not close the deal within the timeline set by creditors. the going out of business sales are already under way. delta airlines still trying to get back to normal after thunderstorms prompted the airline to cancel more than 130 flights today. delta grounded more than 3,000 flights after powerful storms battered the hub in atlanta, georgia. the airline has apologized for the cancellation. filling your gas tank is likely to cost more. oil industry analysts say regular grade rose 9 cents over the past two weeks to $2.43. lundberg says higher crude oil and industry jitters over the u.s. missile strike in syria are to blame. it is 33 cents higher than 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