president-elect was front and center and he toasted his cabinet picks, including his pick for secretary of state, rex tillerson. >> he goes into a country and takes the oil and goes into another country -- not dealing with the politicians right -- he will be so incredible. >> more than 50 congressional democrats are planning to skip the inauguration and trump's senior adviser is calling on them to rethink their decision. she has seen trump's inaugural address that calls it a beautiful speech that makes good on the promises he made on election night. and stay with "action news" for continuing coverage of trump's inauguration on friday. brian taff and sharrie williams are reporting live from the nation's capital starting this afternoon at 4:00. and "action news" has up to the moment updates on social media too. we are at facebook.com/6abcactionnews on twitter. we are at 6 abc. and if you are in the d.c. area friday or saturday, share your experiences with us using #6abcaction or email us at jointheaction@6abc.com. while donald trump prepares to take the oval office. four cabinet picks are facing confirmation hearings today. lawmakers are grilling tom price. his pick for health and human services. answering questions about the affordable care act. whether he bought stocks in health firms and wilbur ross, the commerce secretary nominee is touting his experience as investor to help him in the post. and nikki haley for u.n. ambassador and oklahoma attorney generalal scott pruit for the epa. and former president, george h.w. bush was taken to the hospital for trouble breathing and doctors are pleased with the progress. bush the oldest living u.s. president was taken to the hospital on tuesday. he has a form of parkinson's and uses a wheelchair to get around. it's school of media and communications is getting a new name in honor of a broadcasting pioneer that has a special place into "action news" history. katherine scott has more on the announcement. >> through his teaching and philanthropy, over the years lou klein has helped countless temple students and they are renaming their school of media and communication to honor him. for decades lou klein made his mark on the broadcasting industry and they announce that their school of communication will take his name. it's fitting. >> no one deserves it more than lou klein, anyone that watched tv in the past 60 years were influenced by him. it not just honors klein's tv career but his commitment to the university. more than six decades of teaching at a historic multimillion-dollar gift from lou and janet klein. supported by the two additional seven digit gifts. he has been generous financially and given of his time. he has molded the lives of faculty and students and sent untold numbers of people into the television and media industry. >> it's a great experience. >> klein was one of channel 6's earliest employees and produced all kinds of shows including bandstand that went on to become american bandstand with dick clark. he also put carter on the air in captain noah and his magic arc. >> and bernie prazenica spoke of klein's work and the vast impact he has here and around the country and also on a personal level. >> i was a student of his back in temple if the late 70s and he was instrumental in helping me find my way in my career. and i have always looked towards him for advice. klein a penn graduate began teaching at temple in 1952 and program director on channel 6 when they launched their "action news" format in 1970, an executive and producer for phillies telecast and more. and supported temple through it all. >> today lou klein is in florida receiving a lifetime achievement award from the national association of national telephone association. which he founded. and a renaming of temple school will be in march. the delaware county family is out of a home and safe thanks to the use of their smoke detectors and the action cam was on the scene. firefighters were called out to report of the home burning after 7:30 this morning. >> on the final arrival the family was outside and their smoke detectors had gone off and they left their home. >> the fire marshall says when the firefighters arrived. the fire had consumed the second floor of the house and in the walls and roof. and several people are being helped by the red cross, it's cause of the fire is under investigation. turning to accuweather now, you may be asking yourself where is the sunshine? sky 6 hd taking a live look outdoors at the commodore barry bridge still cloudy and dreary out there but the rain has stopped. our temperatures are warm for this time of year but we want to see the sun again, karen rogers is in for david murphy. >> we have a rather dreary bat earn and then some sunshine and the rain moves through and that continues coming up too. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we are dry in philadelphia but we have a few showers down to the south, mayor a sprinkle near coatesville and wilmington but near smyrna and wilmington, delaware, are you getting wet as well as route 55 in the glassboro. feeling a little damp out there and showers and satellite with a wider look showing us that. we are filled in with the clouds and some showers, a short wave pulling through and we have seen some breaks in the clouds, right about here down to the south and the temperatures have really responded once you get the breaks and we will see that in philadelphia as well. with only a sliver of sunshine. 46 right now in philadelphia but you don't have to go far, in washington they are up to 59, that is a big difference not that far off. 56 in richmond and 57 in roanoke. where you have sunshine the numbers respond. 6 in philadelphia and 18 miles per hour in washington. we'll go over the forecast and tell you what to expect and lots of clouds stick with us and today's high is 50 and tomorrow we see the sun. >> that is good news. thank you. as milder weather moves in stay with 6abc.com/weather for updates and stormtracker 6 live double scan radar is your eye in the sky as changes occur and our meteorologists are always posting the latest information on facebook and twitter. in other news, a 27-year-old montgomery county woman is headed to trial accused of supplying heroin to an overdose victim. gw gw gwen -- is facing charges in the death. tests revealed she was actually selling fentanyl, a substance mosh stronger than here oh win. they want this case to send a message to other drug dealers. >> the heroin epidemic going on this is just another tool to try and use how serious we are and how we are going to, if you are going to sell in montgomery county and someone dies, we are going to come of ayou. >> she faces five years behind bars if convicted. she'll be back in court in may. philadelphia police are looking for a pair of thiefs that stole cell phones from a verizon store. this is the thieves in action on video. in the city's queen village section on january 3rd. the suspects removed cell phones from a display case and ran off. both suspects tripped on their way out of the store. from our delaware newsroom. the christina school district in wilmington has named a new school superintendant. he is richard greg. and serves in aston, delaware he holds a masters degree from wilmington university. greg is also extensive experience in the classroom and as a school principal. and independence national historical park had more visitors last year than nearly three decades. the national park service says that 5 million people went to the park to see the liberty bell and tour independence hall and liberty square. they attribute the increase to visitors in part to the democratic national convention. there is more ahead on "action news" at 12:30, heavy rains down south lead to flooding roads. and ahead a new push to vaccinate teens against hpv. details on why. floodwaters topped the wheel of a city bus in houston. dangerous rain dumped water in the area. and a man was waist deep walking through a street and one highway is shut down due to the rising water and that bus is not going anywhere. in georgia a sinkhole nearly swallowed a large water truck the ground opened up under the 50,000 pound vehicle with the driver still inside. the truck was carrying 60,000 gallons water was left dangling in the air. officials are not sure what caused the 25 foot hole to open up. now the latest on the teenager abducted at birth and raised by her kidnapper, the she is speaking out about her ordeal and the woman she calls mom appeared in court and a 30-year kidnapping mystery in texas is finally solved. >> reporter: good afternoon right now the 18-year-old says she is just taking one step at a time and above all she wants peace as for the woman that raised her she says she did a great job. despite being kidnapped as a newborn, alexis called woman that is accused of kidnapping her mom. >> she was a great mother, no hate towards her and i will always love her. gloria williams pretenned to be a nurse and stole her from a hospital just hours after she was born in jacksonville. >> i want my baby back. >> she was named camia by her parents became the subject of an international manhunt and earlier this month. dna testing revealed she was not williams' biological daughter, williams was arrested and charged and the judge offered no bail on the kidnapping charge. >> i understand what she did was wrong. i just don't lock her up and throw away the key. she loved me for 18 years. she cared for me for 18 queers. >> after years of hoping her biological parents met her for the first time last week. >> i always thought i would find her. >> finding out i have another family that is even more love. >> alexis says she doesn't know where when she will see williams again but hopes it's soon many she remains in jail and is due back in court in three days. channel 6 "action news." officials with the ringling brothers and barnum & bailey circus say that their final show is soldout. the performance will take place at the nassau veterans memorial coliseum in long island in may. last week the circus owners announced that the greatest show on earth is shutting down for fewering for nearly 140 years, it's making a stop in february here in philadelphia as part of the final tour. still ahead on "action news" at 12:30 another check of the forecast for you. checking out sky 6 hd meteorologist, karen rogers, has an update from accuweather. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we created internet that doesn't make you wait. introducing fios instant internet. it means you can download a video just like that. or upload your photos like this. or this. or that. it's the only 750 meg internet available to millions, with uploads as instant as downloads. we took internet speed and completely reinvented it, introducing fios instant internet. internet the way it should be. karen rogers is here now with a closer look at the accuweather forecast. changes both good and bad. >> gloomy today and brighter tomorrow. out with the bad and in with the good. lets take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan today is the bad by the way. you see showers down there. not terrible but kind of gloomy outside. with lots of clouds and feeling rather damp. let go in tighter with double scan and a few sprinkle and another shower towards wilmington and millville some showers dissipating near 322, this won't happen all afternoon just a short wave rolling through. lets go outside, we are getting cool shots and the action cam was out. penn's landing a neat shot and the ship in the foreground looking cool out there. lots of cloud cover. and tomorrow will be brighter for you. 38 in tannersville and 40 in quakertown and pottstown and 50 in coatesville and 43 in chester and 47 jumped up a couple of degrees in the last hour in center city. and the suburbs in new jersey, 41 degrees, temperatures have not gone far today. and 41 in browns mill and 44 in glassboro and 47 in dover, delaware anyone that gets a little bit of sunshine you'll see the numbers react to that. there will oh beth a sliver of sunshine mostly cloudy skies you see is here on satellite 6 along with action radar and showers cycling through and lots of cloud cover, holes in the clouds down to the south and a couple of peeks mixing with the clouds. by 2:0050 is your high and by 5:00, 49 and 8:00 p.m. 43. and at 10:00 dropping down to 40 degrees. lets look at the highs around the region, it depending on where you are. lehigh valley upper 40s and 50 in philadelphia and milder in dover and wilmington 53, and 52 degrees. and we saw how they will breaks of sun down south. 48 degrees in cape may and 51 for your high in millville. tomorrow a change for you. the low gets off the coast and high pressure right up above and we see a good amount of sunshine and you see high, thin clouds and cirrus clouds mixing in and a prettier day and temperatures respond 54 for your high. and then quickly after that, the area of low pressure moves in for friday and never a few sunny days in there, you'll see that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. gloomy day and lots of clouds and 50 for the high and doesn't feel great with the clouds and cool breeze in the northwest. tomorrow finally sunshine and partly sunny skies and 54, and doesn't last. friday we start off okay with clouds and sun and get another area of low pressure and friday afternoon and friday evening is wet, 49 for your high. and saturday turning milder check out this, 56 with sunshine and clouds and sunday wet again, mostly cloudy skies and looks like a few showers around and 50, and monday is rather rainy and windy at times. 52 degrees for your high. tuesday stuck in the clouds as well. mostly cloudy skies and a few showers and 55. a tradeoff we are getting milder temperatures through the entire seven day period, and gloomy most of the days. >> we'll take the milder temperatures. >> thank you karen. you can leave now. >> there is now a vaccine recommended for kids that can prevent cancer but the imagine or of american children are not getting it. anchor matt o'donnell looks at new calls to raise the rate. >> reporter: while mia and noah work hard as achieving their dreams their parents work on protecting their health making sure both children are vaccinated again hpv. >> it can cause different types of cancer, the a great prevention. you know to consider. >> the idea to prevent cancer with a vaccine is totally revolutionary. they say that hpv related cancers are on the rise but barely 40% of girls and fewer than 30% of boys received the two shot vaccination. last night the leading cancer centers made a joint call urging more parents to have their children vaccinated. it spreads through sexual contact a topic may shy away from with preteens. >> they say we don't need that right now. melissa and edward say they radsed their children with a strong exception of right and wrong. and a strong sense of waiting until they are married to have that type of relationship. >> there is no knowing who they will marry if they had a partner in the past. >> the vaccine is almost 100% effective before adolescence become sexually active. making it part of the vaccine schedule. >> as a nurse melissa cruz often sees people get bad information from the internet from the vaccine. they urge people to talk to a trusted source, their pediatrician. topping our people scene, a big honor for kelly ripa and soccer pro, carly lloyd, among the newest members of the new jersey hall-of-fame. rip ripa is a native of camden county. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. 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