Sharrie in full accuweather forecast. Well focus on friday first. All right, adam, thank you. Action News Reporter gray hall live now in Washington Square and gray, you caught up with a lot of people taking full advantage of the springlike day and the whats that you have draped on you . [laughter] reporter i did, sharrie. Many people super excited because they dont need the gloves, they dont need the coat and they certainly dont need a scarf. Spending as much time outside as we can today because who is not going to enjoy a 70degree day in the middle of february. Reporter the calendar says winter but outside temperatures are screaming spring and everyone is noticing including these Temple University students we caught blogging about the unusually warm weatherly. Are you confused. Its blowing my mind. Im actually about to go put some shorts on. Yes, humans are confused and appears flowers are, too. 70s in february, the spring lovers dream come true. No cold, to snow, just a whole lot of sunshine to soak in and yes even ice skating. It is still winter after all. And i mean this is Strange Weather for february but i love it. So, this is great. I mean, when can you ice skate in february in 70degree wetterich employed at rothman ice rink say the warmer weather doesnt really Impact Business and chilling machines under the rink keep it cold enough for skaters to still have that winter experience despite a touch of spring. I think it is the perfect day actually. Its nice to be able to skate without all those layers on. Reporter across the area you will find images that certainly are not what you expect in winter. Dining outside, football in the park, and your own Outdoor Office space. Now i kind of like how february is becoming its almost like the south has been creeping up. Pa is sort of getting that weather from florida. Reporter despite this love fest with springlike temperatures, winter lovers are Still Holding out hope. As nice as it is outside today, i actually plan on going skiing on sunday because the weather is supposed to drop to 42 degrees so i want to get in as much skiing as i can before were out of snow. Reporter all right. So, back out live winter lovers you still have some hope, theres still about 24 days left in the season. Live from that Washington Square, gray hall channel6 action news. Sharrie. Keep the winter gear packed away. Gray, well see you later. We invite you to stay with 6abc. Com weather through the weekend. Youll be able to see the approach of that expected rain and any changes by checking storm tracker6 live radar. And our team of meteorologists will work to keep you informed as well. Stay connected by following each of them on facebook and twitter. Other news this afternoon and we are now getting a better idea of exactly when President Trump plans to Start Building his proposed border wall. This afternoon the u. S. Customs and Border Protection announced its aiming to start awarding Construction Contracts by mid april. Now, the agencys web site is asking forbids in early march. Companies would have to submit design ideas and build proto types. President trump said today construction on that 2000mile wall will start very soon and his words is ahead of schedule. Meanwhile President Donald Trump is taking aim at what he calls excessive regulation. He was surrounded by Business Executives today as he signed a new executive order. It requires federal agencies to evaluate their rules and to get rid of the ones deemed unnecessary. Now during a speech to the conservative Political Action conference mr. Trump said regulation is killing jobs and driving companies out of the united states. We dont need 75 percent of the repetitive horrible regulations that hurt companies, hurt jobs, make us noncompetitive overseas with other now, during that same speech, the president repeated his criticism of the media and just two hours ago several news organizations including cnn and the New York Times were denied entry to an off camera News Conference at the white house but the white house is responding saying they were not denied entry but, rather, they were just not invited. Police in south jersey respect looking for man who has exposed himself to women more than half a dozen times. Evesham Police Released this sketch of the suspect. They say he was seen hiding in bushes while committing lewd acts. The most recent incident happened late yesterday afternoon near kings grant and week lakwood lake drive. Investigators believe the same man was involved in six other similar incidents in same area. A pivotal Ruling Issued today in connection to bill cosbys Sexual Assault case and it could be major blow to prosecutors. 12 of the 13 women the state had hoped to call as witnesses against cosby will not be allowed to testify. That ruling made today by Montgomery County judge. Well, this means only one other accuser will appear to bolster charges that the comedian is facing. Cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand a former temple employee back in 2004. The trial is scheduled to begin in june. This was the scene early this morning as flames shot out of a hotel in vineland cumberland county. Action News Reporter john rawlins talked to several people who ran to safety. He is live now outside that ramada on landis avenue. John. Reporter brian, its hard to believe they had a major fire here. It was contained to one section of the hotel and theres been significant cleanup but the hotel tthe rest of the hotel is up and operating in fact theyre going to have a big wedding here tomorrow. However, it was a big difference between now and about 12 and 14 hours ago. The Vineland Police get out the building so the first thing i do is just grab what i could grab, threw some clothes on and grabbed my bag and got out of there. Reporter the two alarm blaze lit up the sky. Flames raced along the back wing of the 102 ramada inn in that vineland. As firefighters arrived occupants closest to where the fire started struggled to get out. They were hanging out the window, throwing their belongings out the window. Initial arriving crews threw ground ladders to the second floor window and helped them over and down to the ground. Reporter others reported it was police and firefighters pounding on their doors that alerted them, not a fire alar alarm. Mr. In the dark get out, got the call, i didnt hear the fire alarm. That was the amazing thing. There was no fire alarm. Reporter the local alarm issue is part of an investigation. Early indications are that it did function at the site for at least seven to eight minutes. By that time First Responders were on scene. Two people were injured, one a Police Officer who alerted the occupants treated for smoke inhalation hes being held overnight. The other a female occupant of room 248 where it is believed the fire started. You had one occupant of the fire unit that self evacuated and reported to ems with smoke inhalation and burn injuries. Reporter well, room 248 was a smoking room. Its not clear if smoking played a role in this fire. Investigators say they want to speak to the occupant of the room first before they make a final determination and given her injuries and the extent of her injuries that could take days before theyll be able to talk with her. Live in vineland john rawlins channel6 action news. Time for a first check of the action news traffic report. Lets go matt pelman. Hi, matt. Hi, guys. How can you not be feeling great this afternoon . Its friday as well as such nice weather. I have a couple things that might get you down. Unfortunately a broken down vehicle along 295 southbound side right by route 30 the white horse pike. You can see the tow truck is on the scene now but the left lanleftlane is still out of commission. Early jam southbound 295 away from route 73. Theres also a broken down vehicle on the ramp from 73 northbound to go northbound on 295. And on the big picture, we had a broken down vehicle on 95 as well, northbound side near allegheny, thats now cleared out of the way. But still just 6 Miles Per Hour as you come northbound on 95 away from penns landing. Then farther north theres this, a broken down truck just north of cottman avenue. The good news with this one is its off to the side so the traffic zipping right along heading up toward academy and woodhaven on this friday afternoon. We havent been zipping. Weve been moving slowly on the blue route 476 southbound side from past the schuylkill through this points near villanova on down the Baltimore Pike and getting word of a crash on 422 westbound in the pottstown area but so far speeds dont look too bad. Lets grab the ipad do the commuter report on this friday afternoon. Watch out theres a crash, reports of this coming in and it is causing delays speeds in the 20s coming away fromly valley forge. Well check it again though brian and sharrie coming up in the next half hour. Okay, matt, thank you. Still ahead on action news, all hopes are dashed after plenty of speculation the sixers confirm one of their star players will not be on the court at all this season. Plus, the countsdown to oscars weekend. 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And for lunch, try our steakhouse burger, or any steakhouse lunch combo. You cant fake steak. The red carpet is down, the guilded golden statues have been buffed and shined up and the stars are arriving in tinsletown for hollywoods biggest night. Marci gonzalez is there as oscar preps are under way for the 89th annual Academy Awards and shes got a peak at what we can expect. Reporter the red carpet rolled out and ready for hollywoods biggest night. At the 89th annual Academy Awards in los angeles the movie that that pays tribute to this city. Reporter is the one to beat. Lala land tied with titanic for the all time record. What . Reporter 14 nominations including best picture. To be part of Something Like that. Reporter in the best actress category star emma stone faces off against some heavy hitters including Natalie Portman and meryl streep. Reporter and ryan gosling is up for best actor against stars including manchester by seas Casey Affleck who was seen as a favorite to win. Best actor seemed like it was a lock for Casey Affleck. Now maybe its more of Denzel Washingtons award. Reporter washington one of a record setting six black actors nominated this year part of the academys promised progress after there was know racial diversity in the acting categories the past two years. Prompting controversy and the oscars so white. We had an ababundance of films that that represented inclusion. Reporter and while the nominees work on their acceptance speeches,. James jimmy kimmel. Reporter Host Jimmy Kimmel is managing expectations. My pants could fall down. Any number of horrible things could happen and my parents would think it was the greatest performance theyve ever seen. Whatever people think i hope its the same as my mom. Reporter im sure his mom wont be alone in cheering him on. A lot of excitement about seeing jimmy host and a lot of excitement about all of the fashion well see right here but they have had to install this plastic roof over the red carpet to try to keep the stars warm and dry with sunday forecasted to be chilly and rainy. In hollywood, Marci Gonzalez channel6 action news. And you got to make sure the hair still looks good. Hey, you know what, Denzel Washington and emma stone, take some notes here. Philadelphias pint sized stars have this red carpet thing down pat. Check out the cuties at kiddie prep academy in west philadelphia. They got dolled up and strutted their toddler stuff this morning on the way in to school. Do you feel like a star . Yes. A princess. And there she goes from gorgeous gals in full regalia to, check him out, dapper dons with the poses ready to roll. The kids even received their golden trophies with awards like fantastic smile wonderful friend and spectacular speaker being bestowed upon the best and brightest. We decided to let the children know that theyre stars, that theyre special and we just want to celebrate them in a fun jazzy stylish way. And ill tell you they definitely got dressed up for preschool. Watch the oscars right here on 6abc. Action news will be on one hour earlier this sunday at 5 oclock, then a live preshow from the red carpet begins at 6 00 and the 89th annual Academy Awards start at 8 30. We have expanded oscars coverage right now on 6abc. Com. A a behind the scenes look at the big preparations for the big show and on oscar night live video from the red carpet plus the most talked about moments as they happen. Action news and 6abc. Com your home for that oscar are night coverage. Now, if only the stars could get down some of those possess those kids were rocking today theyll be all right. I know, that one little guy had the head and hand thing going on. Oh, yeah. Thank you alicia. 1 million in scholarships was up for grabs in bucks county today. The action cam was in warminster as 12 teams of High School Seniors from across the area put their automotive skills to the test. They competed in a time technician skills challenge at 10 different workstations. Now the winning pair from north Montco Technical Career Center took first place and will head to the National Competition in new york. A simple dna test might give you the tools to get in better shape. Heres Health Reporter and registered nurse ali gorman with a preview of her special report coming up tonight at 11 00. Scientists have a gene Testing Company say with just a bit of saliva in this test tube they can read your dna and determine the best diet and exercise plan for your body. Hard to broadcast how much rest, how much work out. A weekly basis they should follow. And how certain carbs and fats affect you. We have action news viewers try it. Please tell me that i can eat more carbs. Plus what skeptics have to say tonight on action news at 11 00. Pretty impressive. Yeah. Interesting. More sugar, more carbs. Time to talk about our wonderful forecast. My gosh, everybody smiling everywhere today. Meteorologist adam Joseph Standing by with word on what the weekend has in store adam. Yeah, you can burn off many of those calories today by going for a walk, a jog, a run, no matter where you are, this was the image when you looked out that beautiful blue sky. Some cumulus clouds at times. Again, you have to remind yourself it is february by just looking at the trees and the ground, everything is still brown. This sent into my Facebook Page from kim in palmyra new jersey right there along the delaware river. This weekend there are changes coming but it will stay warm for another 24 hours or so. 75 in allentown right now down from the all time record high of 77. 73 in reading. 66 wilmington and again right along the shore you know the drill, late winter into the spring, it is always so much colder down there with that wind off the water, temperatures only in the 50s. As we look at satellite and radar you can see some of those clouds to our north and west, a few clouds coming from the. But as we zoom out and we can see a definitive line between chicago, cincinnati there was a severe thunderstorm watch box now up. This is the line of storms that will pass through this time tomorrow from the west to the east and you can seem snow behind this system so there is a lot of cold air waiting in the wings. So for tonight 54 in allentown, 56 in reading, same for philadelphia, even 50s at the shore, so very mild with some of that patchy fog developing there are late. Associatioso heres that day pl. We start with a little fog. But a good amount of sunshine early morning. Afternoon is fine. Temperatures back into the mid 70s but its after that 3, 4 oclock hour well be tracking those storms. In fact, future tracker at 3 oclock there they are entering lancaster reading and allentown so its pretty late in the day. Then it approaches wilmington philadelphia trenton, southern areas by 5 oclock to 6 oclock in the evening and again some embedded thunderstorms with gusty winds and then theyre off the coast by saturday 8 30 well start the drying out process. That four day at 4 00 forecast will show 74 tomorrow and again the afternoon rain and gusty thunderstorms to bring in that change. So, if youre out and en