chad perdelli is in happy valley we'll have more coming up next in in the next half-hour. dancing for a good cause. meteorologist chris sowers was over there dancing. >> reporter: remember the movie hitch, the dance scene that's what i try it. making the pizza. it's a great flick. looking live at penns landing, a nice quiet morning, a warm afternoon on tap for the delaware valley. last weekend we had windchills as low as 33 below in the poconos. this weekend the poconos will be in the 50s and philadelphia probably 64 or 65 today. so enjoy it. double scan live is clear, although colder changes will quickly re-emerge monday and tuesday. but even the cooler air that will make its way in here is not too terribly cold, especially when you look at the bigger picture. 46 degrees, dewpoint, 27. wind out of the southwest at 15 miles per hour. we have a windchill of 40. give it another couple hours temperatures will be in the 50s and 60s. big swings in the numbers this week. 33 degrees monday, light snow some areas picked up one to two inches. all of a sudden we shot up to 60 by tue

chad perdelli has more. >> reporter: the two insensitive acts were performed by two groups in the comic division. they were not the only incidents that marred this year's mummers parade a young man said he was attacked by mummers for being gay. the comic act was bruise jener turns -- bruce jener turns to kaitlin jener, a wheaties box next to a fruit loops box. >> i said this is not going to be good. we found that the fruit loops box was inappropriate. the president of the comics division tells "action news" there was no intent to harm or degrade anyone with the performances, this sort of satire has been around for 116 years. this video obtained by "action news" reveals a much uglier side of someone matching with the brigade. [ bleep ] john hots said he was walking his dog when two mummers were urinating in the alley began shouting homophobic slurs. >> i said cool your jets buddy. he jumps in and hits plea in --e in the face. >> reporter: fiesta to fiesta was performed with brown painted faces. >> we need to be more careful that people need to be could go in the event of what they are --

chad perdelli is in the middle of dancing. >> reporter: the tremendous will for these students is for families like tommy's who was diagnosed with stage three skin cancer when he was 9. the four diamonds fund and on tn made sure that they had didn't have to deal with the crippling debt that comes with carnals. >>> we knew we were -- that comes with cancer. >>> we knew we were going to be okay. >>> now i want to come to penn state and help others. >> reporter: the men and women have been on their feet for more than 30 hours. >>> the heels and muscles in the arch of your feet, and lower calves, and lower back and hamstrings. >>> i'm doing great, my feet hurt a little bit. >> reporter: the kids with cancer help them through their grueling journey, also like former penn state football player devon still who led the pep rally saturday night. his daughter leah just finished cancer treatment and is free of the disease. >>> you can't take everyday for granted, you have to cherish every moment. to watch what my daughter did and continue to be strong was amazing. >> reporter: around 4:00 we'll

chad perdelli spoke with firefighters who stress the importance of having an escape plan. >> reporter: philadelphia fire commissioner said chaos during a fire is why families need an escape plan and meeting point. the plan can be as simple as this one, two routes to escape, number one uses a door, the second a window. the meeting place is a tree. >>> it can be in the front of the house, or the rear of the house. >> reporter: the meeting point allows initial responders to know if someone is trapped. the key, families must practice the escape plan. >>> it's important because in the heat of the battle you talk about the chaos, if you have not practiced it you will not do what you planned to do. >> reporter: more than two dozen people were displaced by the fire. four for the long term, the red cross is helping out. chad perdelli channel 6 "action news." >>> our thoughts and prayers to the family. >>> prosecutors want the a appeals court to reverse its decision against three former penn state administrators. they will ask the super court to overturned the decision. a three judge panel thre

in bell forant, chad perdelli channel 6 "action news." >> 9:41. temple football play book is next on "action news" saturday at 9:00 a.m. chris sowers returns with another check of the exclusive accuwether seven-day forecast. he says nearly peck -- picture-perfect. we're back after this. when government bureaucrats refused to approve a cancer vaccine equally for both girls and boys, i stepped in to change that rule. when my own party held up recovery funds after sandy hit us, i took them on and won. and when veterans were forced to travel out of state for health care, i brought in new local clinics and expanded services. but there's much more to do. my mission is to protect south jersey's way of life. i'm frank lobiondo and i approve this message. i'm frank lobiondo welcome to temple football play book i'm jamie apody. another big win for the owls in connecticut. keeping themselves in the conference for the championship game, the owls facing 26th rank defense in the country, but yukon could not defend the pass. later in the quarter, not the same pl

chad perdelli has more. discussion continued inside the seas of greatness bible church the sadness over the beating of join join inside the howard high school of technology is raw. the 16-year-old died after getting into a fight in the bathroom last week. amy joyner-francis was stabbed with pencil in her and slammed into a sink. she lost consciousness paramedics tried to revive her and flown to a local hospital and died. three fell students have been suspended, but no charges. wilmington police chief bobby cummings had a press conference, but didn't take questions. >>> because there's a lot of work left to do by the detectives and the attorney general office, interns are reviewing evidence and relative facts we are not in a position at this time to file charges. >> reporter: he said tbleek during a town -- this week during a town hall meeting he intends to charge three girls. autopsy results have not been released. they are working around the clock with the full quup -- cooperation of the attorney general's

chad perdelli channel 6 "action news." >>> tune in tonight at 7:00 p.m. for the auto preview special, karen rogers, adam joseph, melissa magee, ducis rogers and alicia vitarelli give you an inside look from the convention center. we'll test drive the cool cars and trucks and show you the latest technology for the cool rides. joining us at 7:00 p.m. >>> you have to see this, look at this, a huge sinkhole swallows up part of a highway and forces stores to close. >>> a father an son get an autograph from nba stars stef curry in town to play the sixers. >> reporter: we have rain chances no snow, because temperatures will be too mild. by wednesday we could be in record territory. details coming up right after this. > police say two remaining violent fugitives who broke out of a california jail maybe in the san jose area about 340 miles from the jail they broke out. it is believed they are heading to fresno. the other fugitive turned himself in orange county. police believe they are in the van that they stole. >>> a massive sinkhole in southern oregon is gettin

chad perdelli channel 6 "action news." >>> i'm live on periscope because we're so excited about the graphic you're about to show us. >> reporter: because of the brutal cold that's heading this way monday and tuesday, weather service has not issued any advisory yet, so we put our creative minds together and this is the advisory we came up with, monday and tuesday, bone chilling, teeth chattering, puffy coat shivering boots with the fur alert. in other words you'll need everything you have in the closet for monday and tuesday. it's going to be cold out there, perhaps the coldest air mass of the season mores in. this time it will hit and hold. airports we get a -- a lot times we get a cold shot and it doesn't stick around here. double scan live, we had a little bit of cloud cover left over, but look at the blue now. skies are starting to clear, we'll see a combination of sun and clouds and mild temperatures again, really that facilities the theme of the week -- fits the theme of the week, we've been all over the place in the temperature department. monday, 35, tuesday, 46. wednesday, down to 3

in center city, chad perdelli channel 6 "action news." >>> your time, 9:05, police in berks county have released the sketch of a suspect who attacked a teenage girl along a popular trail. this is the man they are looking for. police say he targeted a 15-year-old girl along the trail monday morning. the victim told police the man came up from behind physically and sexually assaulted her. if you recognize the man call police immediately. >>> the polls are open in the palmetto state this morning, south carolina voters are casting their ballots in the state's democratic primary. hillary clinton is expected to win in south carolina in part because she has a broader appeal to black voters. a big percentage of those going to the polls today. bernie sanders has turned his concentration to winning super tuesday states. clinton has the edge in the polls down south. more than half the delegates up for grabs in the democratic race are up on the table in march. >>> super tuesday, the red on the map, ted cruz is trying to score texas, cruz, john kasich and ben carson is trying to stop donald trump's

chad perdelli out with reaction this morning that's a lot of money up for grabs, chad. i imagine if people didn't take chances on the lost few drawings, i think they will go for it on wednesday. >>> you better believe it alicia. this powerball jackpot is shattering records. last night's drawing was a record $8,950,000,000. now wednesday's drawing -- $950 million. we're at the sunoco in south philadelphia. we expect the pace to pick up as we get closer to wednesday's drawing. this began in november when the jackpot started at roughly $40 million. to give you an idea how quickly the jackpots can rise. yesterday alone 9,000-plus locations in pennsylvania, 17.3 million lottery tickets were sold. we've been talking to people about what they would do with their wings -- winnings and powerball in general are taking about all sorts of ways to spends the money. >>> i hope to god somebody wins that needs it. >>> it's a wonderful thing, if i hit it, everyone i know would have a part of it. if i could help them, i would do it. >> reporter: now, one person that did win the 1 million