and it's a good indication that temperatures are falling fast across the tri-state area, lets get the latest on the first wintry blast from cecily tynan and double scan radar. >> i know are you not happy about this jim, but stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that there is a cold front moving through and it's picking up moisture and not just showing green but the rain showers and the white, the snow showers right now and these are gradually working to the east and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the bulk of the snow generally along route 100 and areas to the west, coatesville and oxford and pottstown and lancaster, we have snow showers there for the past couple of hours and people are posting photos on my facebook page and a grassy coating in those areas, temperatures are falling quickly, wilmington 39 degrees and sleet reported in

wilmington and reading 34 and allentown 36 and philadelphia 41 degrees, our high only 47 degrees, a whopping 10 degrees below average and it's going to get even colder. rain and snow showers tonight that change over from rain to snow will be happening from the west to the east, mainly along the i-95 corridor, this is where i expect the possibility of the grassy coating to the west. i'll talk about the colder air to follow and track another storm system next week coming up in the full accuweather forecast. lets switch live to "action news" reporter annie mccormick on main street in morgan town. >> we are excited that the flakes finally arrived. people want to see the accumulation we are getting here, it's just a light coating they are getting in this area, but falling on the fall foliage is absolutely beautiful.

the pennsylvania turnpike is moving along fine and main street here in morgantown, i spoke with penndot districts five and six, they tell me that everybody, every employee is on stand by. so far they have the normal amount of trucks, they will be patrolling, we have seen a number of trucks, and they tell us they are laying down the salt if needs if the temperatures do drop because as the snow is falling, it's just turning to puddles on the roadways, i can tell you between 5:00 and 6:00, we did see some of those big flakes that remind us of winter but turning into a rain-sleet-snow type of moisture. that is what we are seeing right now off the pennsylvania turnpike in morgantown, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you annie. jackets and gloves and heavy

coats were popular among shoppers, some told us they were not prepared when they come to grips with winter like temperatures are settling in, cecily tynan is tracking the rain and potential snow on "action news" at 11:00 and yes cecily will also finally answer the question, will this winter be as bad as last winter or perish the thought even worse. look for the winter outlook tonight on "action news" at 11:00. other news, trenton police shot and killed a suspect there morning at 7:00, officers marlin parrot and alvin albanowski were fired upon before they got out of their vehicle, they returned fire and the suspect was take and to the hospital where he later died.

eric frein faces additional charges of terrorism, he says that shooting two state troopers was trying influence the policy of government. the letter taken from his computer addressed to his mom and dad saying that only a revolution could give us back the liberties we once had. police are trying to determine what the real story is behind the beating of a 62-year-old woman in west philadelphia. she was founds on 53rd street and market. chad what are police saying about this. >> police are focusing on the victim's roommate. the two were victims of the home invasion and police are not buying that story and they are now questioning her in homicide. >> sandra barley was found

severely beaten in a second story bedroom and they found a bat and extension cord nearby. >> we have a female now that we are questioning her in reference to her possible involvement. >> relatives say they were leery of the roommate for months, accusing her of abuse in the past but every time they pressed barley to go to the police she didn't press charges. >> i'm grieving and all over the place and i'm trying to get things set up for the funeral. >> i didn't like her she was a controlling type of person. >> investigators say the roommate called the police and said three men invade the home and beat them both and she woke up and found barley dead. >> there is a lot of violence between the two of them and the female we have upstairs was the

aggressor. >> sandra was a sweet lady sat on the porch and spoke to you, that this happened, she didn't deserve this. >> while that roommate is credited a person of interest we are withholding her name because she has not yet been charged. chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. newcastle county police made three arrest today in a vandalism spree and dozens of car windows were shot out in newark yesterday. 107 vehicles were damaged along with home windows. three have been charged with felony criminal mischief. >> the taj mahal will shut down

on december 12th if the union does not stop an appeal against a savings plan. the union is appealing a bankruptcy court orderer, that terminated its contract, its health insurance and pensions. if the appeal isn't dropped by the end of the month, the casino will close at the end of the month leaving 3,000 workers without a job. attorney general, kathleen kane will work from home a while longer, her doctor told her to stay home until november 24th she received injuries in a car accident last month. she was not wearing a seatbelt and hit the window. this was the scene october 26th as the philadelphia parking authority was busting uber x drivers in philadelphia's society hill. the app based ride sharing

company is still barred from philadelphia but they granted uber x for an experimental license for the city and some of the suburbs, it allows them to match up with private drivers using their own cars. the philadelphia police detectives that helped find carlesha freeland-gaither were honored at city hall. she was kidnapped from a german town street and was rescued three days later in maryland. her family appeared alongside the detectives today and credited the detectives with the persistence that helped save her. she is trying to readjust. >> she is doing well, still distraught but doing well. i want to thank everybody for what they did, the police department and the fbi and all the agencies. >> the alleged kidnapper, a career criminal, is still in

federal custody in philadelphia. coming up tonight, snow is in the air and lights are turned on in franklin square in philadelphia. we'll take you to the holiday festival event in philadelphia. and jeff skversky has the keys to victory for the birds in green bay. cecily. snow showers are moving through the region and we are tracking temperatures that make it feel like january. i have details on the chill and the snow showers in the accuweather forecast. those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. hey! it's mister monopoly.

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200 men and women were honored with helping people in the workforce, the annual investors breakfast for experience in the public and private sectors, nearly 3,000 young people landed jobs thanks to this program. >> we know the holiday season is gearing up because they are kicking up the franklin square holiday celebration, live at franklin square is reporter sara bloomquist. >> reporter: we are kicking off the holiday season at franklin square, a little drizzle is falling and not dampening any spirits. this is the spectacle, it is spectacular. it runs every half hour from 4:30 until 8:00, the light shows

runs from now until december 31st. and there is even more to do here than at franklin square. >> all the sights and sounds of the season seen and heard for the first time tonight, here at franklin scare at sixth. and the spectacle light show for the holidays. >> it's really cool. >> it's really beautiful. >> very bright and cheerful. >> a beautiful presentation, i love this time year. >> more than 100,000 lights accompany the philly pops. >> to have music and lights in everyone's lives at the holiday season is wonderful. a colorful kite flies above the fountain in tribute to ben franklin. >> people wanted to spend more

time in franklin square so we added attractions to allow them to spend more time. >> there is an outdoor beer garden with a fire pit. and 6 abc is proud to partner with historic philadelphia to bring you the holiday festival this year. general manager, bernie prazenica was here to help kick off the fun. >> i love the music, it goes well. really nice really nice. >> it is really nice as we look back live at all the pretty lights, thousands of them, there are foot trucks here on friday and santa on saturday and the sounds of the season, live music on sunday. the show runs from 4:30 until 8:00 every half hour from now until december 31st. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you.

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we are talking about colder temperatures here, nothing compared to green bay. don't worry about the weather, eagles at lambeau sunday, a horror house for visiting team. they have not lost there since last september. aaron has zero interceptions. zero over that span.

>> sanchez give its to sproles and it flies into the end zone. >> you can call that a statement game a chance to see if the eagles are for real. they run defeated their last three games at lambeau. >> we are going into a hostile environment, and some weather conditions and against arguably the best quarterback in the game right now. we have to understand that and go out and play our game. >> as big as it for a team, it's big for casy matthews, his brother clay is a pro bowl linebacker for the packers. >> i'm going against my brother it doesn't happen often and i'm looking forward to it. i can't treat this game bigger than it is. but he grew up in his big brother's shadow and for the first time he has an equally

important role. >> maybe the first time we both get significant amount of playing time. >> what is it like for your family? >> tough on them, they don't want to hurt anybody's feelings they wear mutual colors. i know my mom will root for me. >> jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." >> eagles fans, more on the huge game with the packers, more on eagles game day kick off at 11:30, we'll wrap it up sunday night after "action news" at 11:00. we have been waiting and waiting and waiting to see the future of the sixers and it's finally here at last. michael carter williams, the reigning rookie of the year will suit up with nerlin noel.

noel has missed the last two with an ankle injury, do we expect an impact immediately, coach brown says be patient. >> it will take a long time, this season is one that he needs to start feeling his feet and start understanding the league and michael has that year already under his belt, for nerlins it will take some time. they are inviting jeff francoeur to training camp. and millville new jersey native, mike trout wins the american league mvp tonight. the anaheim angel's super star led the league with 111 runs batted in, a three time all-star and rookie of the year and now mvp. before he was drafted a few

years ago we profiled him here on channel 6, never did you think he would turn out to be just this good. move coming up with the accuweather forecast.

this is entirely too early for all of us. >> two years ago we had snow on halloween so -- >> i don't remember. >> you wiped it out it was too painful of a memory. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's snowing in parts of

our area. coatesville and oxford and reading it's raining, allentown reporting rain at the top of the hour. reporting a changeover to allentown. and in the poconos a little bit of snow but a lot of cold air and some people are happy about the snow. mainly the youngsters, this is sent in by christie from olli, pennsylvania, this was taken from this afternoon, you can see the grassy snow on the trees. and kids do your homework you are going to school tomorrow. the accuweather highlights showing the first snowflakes of the season and tomorrow even the areas that don't see the snow it's going to feel like winter. this is the best area we'll see a chance of grassy accumulations, northern chester county and northern montgomery and buck county and all areas to the north and west. the ground is still warm, not

expecting accumulations on the roads, the windchills across the board at 7:30 in the morning in the 20s, you definitely want to bundle up tomorrow, it is going to feel like january. yesterday's high 70, today our high was 47 degrees 10 degrees below normal. but thanks to the fact that we had temperatures in the 70s the ground is still warm. allentown 34 and reading 34 and temperatures will drop below freezing in our north and west suburbs tonight. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the shrug of moisture all ahead of a cold front that is sweeping through in the overnight hours, and by about 11:00 future tracker showing we'll have snow showers approaching philadelphia, don't be surprised to see flakes falling and it will move through south jersey by 1:30, with

spotty snow well before day break, but it will be cold, the high tomorrow is even colder than today. and you factor in the winds from the north at 20 miles per hour. the windchills in the afternoon are stuck in the mid-30s. for tonight rain showers and it's cool and breezy and 35 degrees for center city and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, the sunshine is back tomorrow, that high of 44 will feel like 35 degrees and definitely bundle up, the weekend saturday it's dry and plenty of sunshine and cold 44 degrees, on sunday we cloud up 47 degrees and rain arriving on sunday night and monday the next storm system. rain not white but what this does is it opens the door for colder air next week. the high is 40 on tuesday and

wednesday more like january, 39 degrees and thursday not as chilly with a high of 43 degrees. i couldn't remember better timing for my winter weather outlook, we'll have details on how cold it will be and how much cold to expect the pattern is beginning to gel. it's an interesting winter on "action news" at 11:00. >> why don't you do it now? >> i'm still digesting new information. >> abc world news is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, shirleen allicot, adam joseph and ducis rogers. and then please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. >> for the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us at 11:00.

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welcome to "world news tonight." and breaking news. the scathing report just coming in. about the secret service, the white house intruder and what we never knew. the traffic nightmares across this country, backed up for miles. and the thunder snow. tonight, from the midwest to the south to the warnings in the east, too. is this system locked in? the air scare. the door that falls off the plane midair. the famous rock star inside. tonight, you'll hear his reaction. and a holiday alert tonight for millions of shoppers. a tiny chip in so many credit cards now. could someone simply bumping into you really be steaming all of your information?