remains in the hospital. and why the collision occurred remains the big question. yesterday the septa gm off safety says they are equipped with an atc system automatic train control and that is suppose to make safe train. >> the signal system keeps the train separated. >> and it can also be monitored by septa's command center, they asked to talk to someone about the capability of the system installed in 2003 and that question was turned down and that it would be a central part of the crash investigation. >> now, we should emphasize that nothing is off the table as far as we know. the ntsb is saying nothing about the investigation as far as it goes and from the past the feds can be thorough and methodical. they look at everything human performance factors and mechanical issues and safety systems. it could take months to do some investigation and tests and it could take as much as a year for a final determination, live in upper darby, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. police in new jersey are trying to track down an abduction suspect who targeted a woman in camden county. it happened at 9:00 p.m. and a woman was smoking a cigarette in sicklerville when a man tried to pull her into his car. she was able to get away. police say that the suspect is in his 20s with patchy facial hair last seen wearing a dark gray hooded sweatshirt and dark pants and is driving a newer model suv. police want you to take a close look at this video. two suspects that allegedly tied up a man and left him in his juniata park home. the victim was left there for to days before his family tried to track him down and found him. he was bound and gagged with electrical tape and plastic ties. anybody with information is asked to call philadelphia police. a south philadelphia grocery store is sued by the federal government for selling improperly labeled chicken. the j and b market stored the raw chicken in unsanitary conditions and in one case they left the chicken sitting in the back of a pickup truck and another case they allowed it to sit unrefrigerated in an 80 degree room and then mislabelled as safe. all right we are heading for another run at record temperatures tomorrow and the warm and sounds nice for february it's not that good for farmers in new jersey. the action cam was at the terhune orchards. they say the early bloom leaves the trees vulnerable if another frost comes our way. lets look live at the center city skyline, the calendar may read february but feels like spring and maybe summer before the end of the week and only warmer as the week goes on meteorologist, cecily tynan, live outside with the forecast. >> hi rick, today is kind of a transition day and we started the day with clouds and showers with a warm front moving through. the warm front is starting to lift to the north and what this will do is unleash the warm air to the south and west to move in for the next three days. philadelphia currently 57 degrees, down from the high of 58 degrees, put that in perspective. the normal high for this time of year the long-term average is 46 degrees and 58 degrees and tomorrow we bump it up another 12 degrees and friday another 17 degrees and saturday we'll also be unseasonably warm. tonight with a lot of clouds, partly cloudy skies and with winds out of the southwest temperatures are slow to drop-off. 7:00, 54 degrees and 9:00, 52 and our low the overnight low, 48 degrees, that is degrees higher than the normal high for this time of year. this unusual warmth and what is ahead. we have near record highs on the way and a line of rain and thunderstorms over the weekend that will cause temperatures to crash nearly 30 degrees, i'll talk about the big change on the way in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily. turning to politics tonight. republican lawmakers are facing turmoil. large angry crowds have showed up around the country upset about president trump's priorities and the issues like the future of the epa and affordable care act and acknowledge they are upset with trump's agenda and that professional protesters are creating this rowdy meetings. and mayor jim kenney joined other leaders today as part of the national conference of mayors day of action and stress that repealing the legislation could have a negative impact on thousands of philadelphians. >> we are suppose to take care of each other and i know that is not in vogue today and not in vogue people running around the red hats, but we have taken care of each other in many ways over the years and we have to continue to do so. officials estimate one in six people does get health insurance through the afford abcare act. a bucks county town won a half million dollars prize to support local businesses. part of an exciting end to a nationwide contest. sara bloomquist is live in bristol where the big announcement was made just hour hours ago. >> hi rick and monica, the people of bristol borough are simply elated. they are among the five finalists in this nationwide contest and this afternoon they found out they won. >> it was a packed house at the bristol riverside theater as community members waited to find out if bristol borrow won the revolution. after a video presentation this happened. >> the small business winner is -- [ applause ] >> the room erupts with cheers and hugs as a spokesperson appeared on stage to announce that bristol will win $500,000 to help the small business community and be on a serieses that will appear online. >> they are fantastic. >> bristol was among five small town finalists across the country. and the bucks county community came together in libraries he where to cast thousands of votes online on the borough's behalf. >> i thought we would be the winner we had an overwhelming response. >> and they tried to get advice and be part of the show, amanda brinkman is a cohost. >> and he is the comost of the show with me and i help with the marketing advice along with my team at delux. >> we put streetlights in and pave the streets but we can't give them the individual business help. it will be so helpful to them. >> it will do great things for the town, the way the people in bristol are more united than ever. >> bristol borough is already on the way up. they are redeveloping the wharf and new construction and 16 new stores opened in the just the last year. they hope that all of this grant money and attention they are now getting is the boost they need to be even better. live in bristol borough, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> way to go. thank you. time for a check of the "action news" traffic report midweek. lets take it live to matt pellman. >> hey guys i don't know that we are winning but we are getting back to business as normal. in the westbound lanes by oaks egypt road and the crash up ahead at 29 in phoenixville and collegeville is cleared out and normal delays on the westbound side of 422, staying in the b b burbs a crash and fire and police are out there directing traffic and stay on 611 as an alternate and to the south in plumstead township a crash near doylestown at lexington drive at stump road, a crash by st. charles seminary at city avenue at lancaster avenue, and an accident at penn's landing as cleared and all the normal delays as well. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> see you then thanks matt. more ahead on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. new white house memos outlining the president's immigration plan, coming up the new rules from the trump administration that has immigrants worried about their lives here in the u.s. >> first health check, the exercise a new study shows could help asthmatic children exercise safely and strengthen their lungs. if youin a palace of ice,winter there's only one place to go. and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. ♪ you can find it all, only in new york. new york. it's all here. it's only here. plan your winter getaway at iloveny.com health check tonight a common injury among adult athletes is more an issue for school athletes as well. ali gorman has the latest from the big board. >> doctors and coaches have noticed it themselves, more knee injuries, tears of the acl the tear of the ligament and it's happening at a concerning rate and according to the report of the journal of pediatrics, the number of acl tears in kidded went up more than 2% each year for the last 20 years and girls have a higher rate. the doctors writing the report believe that it's due to factors like girls playing more sports and playing with more intensity than they were 20 years ago and specializing in one sport at an earlier age that means doing the same thing over and over year round and putting extra stress on some joints. and speaking of sports it's not always easy for kids with asthma to exercise safely. there is one exercise that could keep them fit. and exercising in indoor pools could risk -- asthma attack, the humid air helps to keep their airways open. >> you get them in the warm pool and warm air, and teach them breathing they can do more with million activity than otherwise. >> as the kids lungs get stronger they lose the fear of asthma and get more confident. students that swim have fewer emergency room visits and fewer hospital stays. they should start slowly as long as their medical provider says it's okay and have their inhaler on hand. back over to you. >> thank you. hollywood's biggest night of corjust four days way and the man behind the music is preparing for his biggest performance of the year and harold wheeler will head up the orchestra. he hand picked the musicians that will play. sunday of course "action news" will be on one hour earlier at 5:00 and then oscar coverage starts at 6:00 including the live preview show from the red carpet. it begins at sunday at 8:30 itself and back with "action news" right after the oscars. bao bao the panda is now at her new home in china tonight. the 3 1/2 year giant panda arrived by plane and was born at the zoo in 2013, the pandaed must leave for china when they turn 4 years old. in austria, the owner of one cafe there has a new item on the menu, power. the shop inside is now breaking the mold and charging customers one euro to plug in their devices, a quick 15 minute charge is still free but the store offers wifi accesses with purchased as well. tonight at 11:00 the presidential election and the new white house administration still has everyone talking and not all the conversations are going well. people on both sides of the aisle have strong opinions under the strong direction for president trump and strong opinions on the president himself. and some are literally destroying relationships. >> i unfriended everyone on facebook that was pro hillary. for the simple reason that those people couldn't possibly share my core values. >> my brother disowned me and myself and my wife and forbid us to come to his son's homecoming dinner. >> and tonight we talk to experts to take a political time-out, if you will. and why it could help your marriage and friendships and sanity. >> and that is on "action news" at 11:00. philadelphia military academy j.r.otc students demonstrated a platoon drill and it was at the macy's department store in center city. part of the school district's celebration of career and technical education month. leaders. the jrtoc program say they are learning leadership skills they can use for the receipt of their lives. tech giant apple is planning to open its $5 billion spaceship campus this spring. that is right. this is what the 175 acre campus in cupertino, california, will look like. a 200,000 square foot main building and apple store and a fitness center. wawa workers continue to mentor students in the local big brothers, big sisters program. pat meehan was at the wawa today to talk about the program beyond school walls, they are friday highland park elementary and will spend time to learn problem solving skills. the members of the army national guard in woodbury got a special lunch. chickie and petes crab fry express dropped off lunch. all proceeds were donated to the travis manon foundation. still to come on "action news" at 5:00, a check of the wonderful forecast for you. sky 6 hd showing you cape may live in new jersey, some folks are out there enjoying it with their dog takes a walk. cecily tynan with the exclusive accuweather forecast when we come right back on "action news." time now for accuweather at the "action news" big board. over to check out what cecily has in store for us. it looks like a beautiful sunshine. >> sunshine after clouds and spotty showers to start the day. sky 6 hd is live taking a look at the sun and through the high, thin clouds over center city. the sun is officially setting at 5:45 and in our little corner of the universe an univer universe a lot more crowded than we first thought. i don't know if you heard the nasanounce many. they discovered a brand new solar system. not brand new but one we did not know about before. with four planets, three of what is known as the habitable zone with enough water and life and the right temperatures that those planets could support life, chances of going there soon is slim. it's 40 light years away and that is 239 trillion miles but an amazing milestone. 58 in philadelphia our high, current temperature 57 and 12 degrees above formal. trenton 57 and cape may with the wind off the water quite a bit cooler 48 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the clouds are beginning to thin out. and we see partly cloudy skies tonight and there is enough low level moisture we could have fog developing, tomorrow morning fog could be a problem for the morning commute and look at the temperatures, 48 in philadelphia and weather than our normal high for this time of year. allentown 41 and wilmington 46 and cape may 45 degrees, future tracker 6 showing tomorrow morning 7:30 lots of clouds and fog as well. by the afternoon breaks of sunshine and temperatures should manage to make it up to around 70 degrees, i don't think it's near the record high in philadelphia, the record high is 75 and wilmington has the best shot of getting close to the record and 1 degree shy of that 72 set back in 1985. that means we could all set record highs on friday. the five-day at 5:00, early clouds and fog warmer in the afternoon and high near 70, and friday the record warmth, 75 degrees, saturday almost as warm, 74 degrees and then a cold front brings us a round of rain and thunderstorms and best chance from 3:00 in the afternoon, 9:00 in the evening, behind that reality check, 46 degrees on sunday and it warms back up to 52 degrees and that warm-up continues into the beginning of march and adam will have details on that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> thank you cecily. there is more ahead in our next half hour of "action news" at 5:30. two people are stopped in the tracks inside of their philadelphia home by two men allegedly armed with guns, what police says happened next. >> and police want them off the streets before they strike gechbl for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with speeds of 150 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than fios. we do business where you do business. ♪ ♪ . "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. president trump talked the federal budget and what he wants to see accomplishes during his first year in office but can america afford it. and a raging house fire is caught on video by a viewer and what happened in the home that saved the owner's life. and a thief is going to new lengths even if it means going on to the roof of businesses he is targeting. now the details, the latest memos outline a sweeping plan to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, but the white house insist that mass deportation is not the goal, meanwhile secretary of state rex tillerson could face tense meetings in mexico over the border wall. >> reporter: rick, the one time we saw president trump today at the white house, he didn't say anything about his new immigration guidelines, instead he stuck with the budget. >> today at the white house president trump talking money at his federal budget meeting. >> want the american people to know that the budget will reflect their priorities. >> no word on how they will pay for items on the agenda including the border wall and increase in border agents. but he called the currents budget a mess. >> we'll clean them up. >> and met with rex tillerson who heads to mexico to sit down with the president. the administration insists that that meeting is not a cleanup job after the president canceled his meeting at the white house last month. >> the relationship with mexico is phenomenal right now. >> the crack down has some immigrants petrified from being split up from their families. they put the 11 million undocumented immigrants at risk of deportation. ordered to deport anyone convicted of any criminal offense but they do not affect dreamers, those brought to the u.s. illegally as children. >> now the focus is on keeping the country safe -- >> trump is also expected to reverse president obama's directive regarding schools, in the past trump has indicated support for caitlyn jenner but the decision to allow transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice is up to individual states. >> stephanie thank you. meanwhile, vice president, mike pence visited a st. louis jewish cemetery where more than 150 head stones were damaged earlier in the week and said there is no place in america for hatred or acts of prejudice or anti-semitism. they are helping to restore the cemetery showing the love and care that americans need to see right now. and they hope that new auto can help track down the person that killed two teenagers. >> police believe that voice saying down the hill belongs to the man seen in this photo, investigators are calling him the main suspect in the murders of abby williams and libby german. it was from libby's cell phone. after they were dropped off for an afternoon hike and their bodies were found a day later. david muir will have much more on the killing of these teenagers and president trump's immigration overhaul. you can follow that after "action news" at 6:00. two people were attacked by thieves in their home in the east oak section of philadelphia. chopper 6 hd was over scene of walnut park drive. they forced their way in the home and tied up the two reads, they stole $200 and stroll a cell phone and left. from our new jersey newsroom. fire engulfd this home in middle township overnight and one of the homeowners four dogs started barking and the fire started and woke everyone up. the house here along the reed beach road, the cause of the fire is under investigation. a burglar is not taking the easy route when going after his next score and police say he is going to new heights by breaking in through the rooftop. vernon odom is live outside of montgomery county police. with video you will only see here on "action news." >> reporter: good evening monica, this serial burglar is on a role this month. a bit of a daredevil and accura bat as well. and goes in through rooftops and exits through side doors. >> this is a burglary monfebruary 13th in montgomery township. the agile bandit removed a vent on the rooftop and rifled three cash registers and got $300 in cash. he moved a heavy air conditioning unit and then worked from the duck work down into the floor of the building. probably went down like 15 feet. some 24 hours later the same man police believe wearing a similar bandana wrap went through the air vent roof at this deli and made off with an undisclosed amount of crash. a wiry black male possibly with a professional climbing background. >> the only thing that was exposed was his eye. they cannot link the burglar to the rooftop entrance into the massive costco store in king of prussia on february 6th, the only picture is the thief scampering across the parking lot, and he made off with thousands of dollars worth of high end jewelry. >> it takes guts to go through a building like that. we are aware that other departments have similar type burglaries. >> reporter: monica, the other police departments here including here in montgomery like him for a burglary in february 6th, a break-in at a flower shop. except this time he came in through the basement door. live from montgomery township, i'm vernon odom. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. two thieves robbed two men within minutes of each other on valentine's day, and we have new video of those suspects, this is the second holdup at c and loudoun streets, two men are armed with guns chasing the victim into the alley and they took 135 dollars and hit him in the head with a gun and stole cash from another man blocks away. and if you recognize the gunmen please contact east detectives. crews will be repairing the 300 block of the road between pine and spruce streets, it was head set to close an our ago and reopen at noon on friday. use 18th or 22nd streets. time to get a look at the traffic story out there. matt pellman is back in the traffic center with an update on the situation tonight. >> does that mean we won't be able to bounce along 20th street? yes indeed. 20th street is shut down through friday afternoon. it's a northbound street. we lost our crash and vehicle fire along city avenue at lancaster avenue, that is good news but still quite congested in overbrook like many afternoons and a delay on the northbound boulevard headed towards broad street just 17 miles per hour and the vine street expressway jam packed in both directions like it is most afternoons here at the schuylkill and the vine closes at 11:00 for overnight construction, this is route 1 the not so super highway in neshaminy, busy traffic as people avoid the pennsylvania turnpike and the connecter bridge and a construction warning along route 1 tonight at oxford valley road. they are shutting down the lanes at 9:00. bucks curb a crash at 412 and use 611 instead. in montgomery township a crash atwell, road at north wales road. >> thank you matt. the science books may just be adding a new chapter in the years to come after what nasa scientists announce today. what the team of international astronomers that has everyone talking. >> and an important figure in the history of our nation. why they were giving lots of cheers for george washington. >> people are cheering because of all of this warmth coming up the eastern seaboard. 60s and 70s and even 80s in texas. we'll talk about the records and the reality check in the accuweather forecast. and jaime apody has sixers, flyers and villanova and temple news in sports. nasa has made a major exciting discovery nearly 40 light years away. it was made by a team of international aft ron per mers and could be one step closer to finding another earth. >> and his team have used our spitzer space telescope to determine there are seven earth size planets orbiting the trapis one store about 40 life years away. >> the seven planets are called exo planets outside of our solar system and they could have oceans on their surface and one of them could even support life as we know it. how about that? >> jaime apody is here and everybody is talking about the sixers and jahlil okafor tonight. >> will he be on the team tomorrow? i don't know. the trade deadline is looming by 3:00 p.m. tomorrow we could have an entirely different sixers team or not. jahlil let it creep into his head tonight that it could be his last practice with the sixers, he can't wait for tomorrow afternoon to come to get on with his career. okafor has been thrown out in trade rumors for weeks. >> i am waiting to see what happens and keeping my phone on, obviously everybody knows the deadline is coming up tomorrow and i am one of the guys ta could potentially be traded. waiting to see where i end up or end up here. >> and he says if it were up to him he would be playing but doctors have yet to clear him and listed doubtful for friday and saturday. and they will re-evaluate tomorrow. >> i want to play but those guys know what they are doing. >> he doesn't take that type of news well at all. and we should all hear with sort of an element of well that is good. that is how he is wired. he is highly competitive. >> as it this guy, brett brown says that ben simmons wants to play this season and we'll have a follow-up scan on his foot at which time a plan should be in place. and the time is now for the flyers and what better way to put their foot on the gas with the playoff push than the team that knocked them out last year, washington with the most points in all of hockey, they began today with employee points out and mr. play all but three of their final games with teams in their conference. >> we enjoy playing washington, it's all a heated game and big physical game. they are always a great team and bring the best out of us. >> it's the revenge game. second ranked villanova that knocked them out of the number one spot, butler. it was back on january 4th, when they were upset by butler. and now 26-2 they will not overlook them now. >> they are tough and physical and out toughed us this game and this is a greatest of our mental toughness and use this game to learn and more forward. >> nova not the only ranked team in to you and the ranked temple women face the undefeated top ranked uconn that one 108 straight games. >> you uconn is a great team and we could compete them and be on the same floor with them and it should be a really good game. >> that streak ends tonight. >> how about that. >> you calling it? rick said it first. >> am i being recorded. 38 senior centers in our region will receive grants of $2 million, mayor kenney announced the winners of the grants today in center city. to attract a new generation of senior citizens, they are from the pennsylvania lottery. police in abington, say they have disposed of 185 guns collected over the past 20 years, the guns were surrendered to police or unable to be returned to the proper owners, authorities incinerated the weapons back in january. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 150 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 40 songs, and jan can upload 180 photos. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics. get 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for just $79.99 per month for the first year. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. only fios can. z1we5z zi0z y1we5y yi0y in northern california massive flooding prompted evacuations in the middle of the night. they ordered 14,000 people to leave their homes when the firefighters knocked on their doors, the highway patrol closed part of highway 101 this morning and the flooding is said to be the worst in 100 years. my goodness. adam joseph is here to talk about the warm weather. 79 is the record. >> the warmest it has gotten in philadelphia in the month of february in 1930. we won't get there. but dancing close. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan that sun broke through this afternoon, maybe you took a stroll at your favorite park and the action cam was out with nature here and it was ta time of year we got a little warmth and the grown is brown and signs of winter, despite that is the case, i took this picture in my yard today. i try to plant something in the yard that will bloom at some point throughout the year. witch hazels bloom in the month of february no matter the weather and it brings color to the landscape and then it will fade and other things start to bloom. a little bit of color with the witch hazel now in full bloom. check it out. take a look at temperatures, 61 in allentown and 61 in reading and 64 in wilmington and 67 in millville. with the wind off the water a bit cooler in cape may, the direction from the southwest kicks over the bay and other areas along the shore, 50s and 60s because you are not getting the wind directly from the southeast. low pressure is down over florida and that remains there, it's quiet across the country and the warmth is spreading from chicago to omaha and wichita. and many folks east of the rockies seeing 60s and 70s today and that continues into thursday and friday. back at home very unseasonably warm and patchy fog developing late and 41 in the suburbs and 48 in center city as we look at the numbers tomorrow, a little bit of fog and clouds in the morning and brighter afternoon much like today. 68 and warmer in allentown and 69 in trenton and 70 in millville and 71 in wilmington and 72 in dover, it sounds warm but we will again come shy of the records for tomorrow. tomorrow's record was set in 1874 close to when records started in philadelphia. it was 75 degrees tomorrow and won't reach that. wilmington has a good shot of it. around 72 maybe trying to tie back in 1985 and trenton the old record in 1874 of 74 degrees. 20 to 30 degrees above average on friday as a warm front lifts to the north and all of this heat so to speak, still building in the tennessee and ohio valley, we should break that by a degree and another warm day on saturday, awaiting a cold front. 74 degrees and between 3:00 and 9:00 we see rain and thunderstorms as this cold front bring a chilly change for the second half of the weekend. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast warmer afternoon and 70 degrees and mid-70s on friday, and we stay equally warm on saturday and most of the day is dry and late in the day watch the storms from the west and that will whip up the winds here on sunday and the sunshine returns and a high of 46, but that normal feeling is only going to last a day. and back to the 50s monday and tuesday and periods of rain at times and march mildness, not mad ness, as we begin the new month on wednesday. back up to 65 degrees. this continues on. >> thank you. sounds nice. there is a big celebration of the museum of the revolution today. ♪ happy birthday to you >> they wished george washington a happy 285th birthday, a revolutionary themed cake. and of course cupcakes for those in attendance to enjoy. tickets when on sale today. >> no, no, no. no pressure. >> announcer: the dress hunt is on with stacy london. next rachael! ♪ how pretty is this? they put together flour arrangements at willow grove. they gave them tips and tricks to make their arrangements stand out. they will judge the arrangemented and have them put on display at the philadelphia flower show. >> they all look nice. right now jim gardner is standing by with these stories next at 6:00. septa's damaged train cars are off the tracks and headed for inspection. and police investigate the attempted abduction of a woman standing outside of her own home. >> lots of folks are enjoying the warm weather but it could cause problems for farmers. i'll explain why coming up. those stories and more coming up next. and for cecily tynan and jaime apody i'm monica malpass is a good night. "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, cecily tynan and jim gardner. wednesday night and a delaware state senator proposes increased pay for prison guards. but the big story on "action news" tonight is success towing that damaged train off the tracks. this is the way it looked this morning at at turn around look at the transportation center. armed with special equipment they finally removed all the damaged cars from yesterday's collision from the derailment from the frankford l. one is hospitalized in critical condition and john rawlins live from the scene tonight. john what is the latest from train service and on the investigation? >> well, as far as the investigation is concerned jim. it is at an early stage. the ntsb is on the ground and we saw twoeinspectors here at the site. it took heavy equipment and dozens of specialized workers and saws and cutting torches to finally cutaway the damaged rail cars and clear the tracks, removed to a nearby maintenance shop. where they will be investigated by the national transportation safety board. the collision occurs tuesday