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for a westchester university student that has been missing for nearly a week. and a former nfl star fights for his right to return to the grid iron. >> but the big story is a drastic change in our weather, we dropped 20 degrees in just 24 hours. old man winter decided to make a return to the delaware and lehigh valley. sky 6 hd looking at atlantic city where it's been raining most of the day. but now lets look at the camden skyline, can you see penn's landing in the foreground, it's just as dreary here in the city, some of us will see theintry weather. meteorologist, karen rogers is at the big board. >> we are looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan radar. and yes, we are seeing the white

stuff, it's light in parts of the region, in philadelphia and parts south and east we have light rain. we have temperatures yesterday of 70 degrees and now light rainfall. let me show you sky 6 hd, some areas are getting mixed precipitation near lancaster and sleeting in reading, light flurries as well as allentown, more west of allentown, that is where you have the best chance of it turning to sleet and icy situations. we had a little bit of sleet earlier in the city as well. lets look at the winter weather advisory for the area, berks and lehigh counties, until 10:00 tonight. for the snow and sleet that eventually turns to rain. in philadelphia for the most

part it is rain. in the north western suburbs, mixed precipitation, some changing over to rain and just melting on the surface, because it has been so mild the past couple of days, but continuing in allentown and areas north. we think we could see icing there and that could be slippery in spots. our viewers sent in pictures, this one from philabundance, it didn't dampen the spirits. here is the sleet that connected there on some of the outdoor furniture, even in that area, we see the precipitation that turns to sleet. what is in for for the rest of the day coming up in a few minutes. >> lets switch live now to walter perez in allentown, we see some flakes are flying. >> it's snowing here in allentown and we spoke with

penndot officials that this one is tricky and it doesn't seem like this weather event will produce anything plowable and they don't believe it makes sense to brine the roads in advance because if it rains more as expected the salt will wash away. so the tricky part is when to salt. as usual it comes down to where you live, with realistic concerns focusing on areas north and west of our region. >> the crews went on early shifts this morning and that means they will be ready to go when it ices out and we'll try to lay material and keep the roads from icing up and keep it as safe as possible on the roadways. once again the winter weather advisorys posted for berks and lehigh and western counties. reporting live from allentown, walter perez, channel 6 "action

news." >> thank you. >> stay on top of the changing weather situation with the new 6abc.com. visit 6abc.com/weather for storm tracker 6 radar and the hourly and seven-day forecast, and the latest video from our "action news" meteorologist and our collection of weather related photos and videos. >> now, from our new jersey newsroom, trenton firefighters battled the blaze that damaged several row homes this morning. the action cam is on the scene at 100 fulton street in trenton. can you see the smoke pouring from the windows and the roof of the row homes, in an effort to prevent it from spreading further. "action news" learned all three row homes were vacant and no word on what sparked the fire. >> at least one person was hurt in an early morning fire here in philadelphia. flames poured out of the home in the 2900 block of north 29th street as firefighters battled

the blaze at 1:15 this morning, the first and second floors of the home were engulfed when firefighters arrived. one person was taken to temple university hospital for treatment we are told and no word on what may have sparked this blaze as well. meantime the search continues for a driver that struck a man on a west philadelphia street and took off. the victim is hospitalized in critical condition with head and neck injuries, david murphy is joining us at the scene with details on the investigation. >> reporter: this is where it happened at the intersection of 59th and market, the car was coming south, when it did it ran down the man crossing the street and you can see one of his shoes lying in the street overthere. this was the scene shortly before 9:00, a volvo station wagon barrelled through the

intersection and hit a young man, he received head and neck injuries and remains in critical condition now. the car just kept ongoing, they don't know who the victim is and he had no i.d. on him and no one has come forward reporting a missing person. he appears to be in his mid-20s, they believe the volvo station wagon was silver but are not entirely sure of the color. the police were back looking for video surveillance cameras that may have captured an image of the car, they hope that the public can help identify the victim and locate the car, if you know someone with a volvo station wagon with unexplained damage this morning, police want you to call 911 right away. >> okay thank you. >> the search for 21-year-old shane montgomery continues this afternoon. there is still no sign of the

westchester university student. the fbi is broadcasting his picture on more than 30 digital billboards across the region, the reward for information leading to his whereabouts is $25,000. montgomery disappeared early wednesday morning. hundreds of volunteers are helping in the search for him. and now they think the possibility of a lehigh mother of three was sexually abused after her murder. her stepfather, 53-year-old gregory robert graf is charged with her murder. pageant was missing a week before her body was found. he is accused of hitting her in the back.

head and then hiding her car. >> when you learn of something as tragic as what's happened, you go from helping in one way to helping in another. >> police say that graf was an avid hunter, and used a rifle in the crime. governor chris christie is in camden today and is expected to make an announcement for school construction there. the details have not yet been released but the new jersey supreme court ruled a decade ago, that all school buildings in poor areas must be brought up to date. some leaders at temple university is welcoming bill cosby's decision to resign from the board of trustees, he

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story out of the seattle area and bring you new information as we get it. overseas, there has been a security shakeup in kenya followed by deadly attacks from islamic extremists from nearby somalia. and kenya's president has fired the interior minister and septembered the resignation of his police chief. officials in beirut says the lebanese army detained the wife and son of the extremist leader. his wife and son were arrested while crossing the border from syria, the wife was carrying a fake i.d. president obama has announced a new task force to

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meteorologist, karen rogers is here now with a closer look at this wintry weather. >> i prefer yesterday's weather. a big change today. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we have not only rain, south and east of philadelphia mostly but even a little bit of light snowfall. it's all very light, there is a lot of evaporating going on and nonetheless, there are flurries, you can see the areas of blue in lancaster now and mixed precipitation and sleet coming down, and it's melting on the roadways and it's been mild, you can see it heading through reading and sleeting in philadelphia and allentown

flurries, as walter perez has been talking about as well. lets go outside, lets see what it looks like now, sky 6 hd looking live at a wet runway at philadelphia international airport, we have not had much precipitation, 35 in philadelphia, but look at the dew point 29 degrees, the air is not nearly saturated. what we see on the radar is evaporating before it hits the ground. the wind 9 miles per hour and the pressure 30.55 inches. we are above freezing in philadelphia but we had the sleet colling down and 37 in wilmington and just barely above freezing in reading and sitting at the freezing mark in lancaster, meltding at the surface and you see the flakes coming down there. 28 degrees colder, 30 degrees coldner millville and dover, that is a huge change in dover,

that is one powerful cold front that swept through. satellite 6 along with action radar showing a couple of things, the precipitation is moving in and not coming down as heavy as you might think because of all the evaporating, but it's pretty light and intermittent. but it will last a while. future tracker 6 showing that 5:30 in the evening, people are getting ready to drive and some showers around and sleeting in spots especially far to the northwest. we advance this until 7:00, and we stay above freezing in the overnight hours, well above freezing, allentown at 7:00, just some light rain in the poconos, that is when you get the continued icing, at 9:00, the rain might pick up a little bit and still above freezing when it exits at 1:00 a.m. and one more batch of showers coming in early tomorrow morning at 7:30, the sleeting an area of

concern north of reading and allentown and easton. something to watch in the northwest suburbs, on and off showers and light for the most part, a mix we are seeing now switching to rain and minor issues in the northwest. and it's a little bit slippery, 49 for the overnight lows, and that is good news. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, a wintry mix in the northwest and 42 for your high and it's light and doesn't end until the overnight hours. tomorrow showers around and 55 for your high and thursday partly sunny and 46, and friday damp and dreary and 48 degrees and saturday periods of rain and 52, for sunday 52 degrees and a shower is around. monday more rain and drizzle. we are staying unsettled this seven day period but this is the only day we have concerns about

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"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. hello again, here are the stories we are following for you on "action news" at 12:30, penndot trucks are on stand by waiting for an icy road condition as we deal with a wintry mix. adrian peterson is in court to fight back after his season long suspense after his plea deal in a child abuse case and a scare for customers in one new jersey restaurant after workers test

positive for hepatitis a. >> and some parts of our region is seeing a wintry mix today and the temperatures dropped dramatically from yesterday. lets look at sky 6 hd from penn's landing, a gray, cold, dreary day out there. some drizzle falling as well and it's a cold drizzle today. lets check in with karen rogers at the "action news" big board. >> we have light precipitation, but the real dram is it was so mild yesterday. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it might be sprinkling in philadelphia and south jersey and delaware and it's light right now, and some light snowfall to the northwest, lets go to stormtracker 6 live double scan, here is the best way of showing you what is happening, this area of blue in lancaster, that is coming down as sleet. and a little drizzle at times and light rainfall in reading and allentown but mostly north

and west of allentown where you are getting the snowfall steadily out there. the national weather service has tractor trailer advisory posted for tonight, for lehigh, and northampton and berks. the temperatures will rise later on tonight and it will change to rain everywhere. this is what we are seeing here, mostly rain in philadelphia, and the area of blue, your immediate northwest suburbs, a mix changing over to rain, that is why we see the mix in lancaster and we saw sleet in philadelphia earlier. and areas north we have light snowfall and a mix we are concerned about, it's a more extended period in the northwest. i want to show you the pictures, we love when viewers send us pictures, this is linda in mullica hill, you see the sleet landing on the surface on the

dack, and this is in williamstown, a coating on the lawn furniture out there. here is what to expect. satellite 6 along with action radar showing a bit a break in action, before we get more precipitation coming our way, a lot going on with the weather, details in the seven-day forecast rick. >> a busy day that is for sure. >> lets switch live to lehigh valley correspondent walter perez, he is keeping an eye on road conditions at this hour. >> rick, as karen just mentioned, it's at the cross roads here between snow, sleet and rain, at this point there is a bit more snow going back and form and they pose a challenge for penndot crews, there is no indication that this system will produce anything plowable. the focus is to keep the roads from icing up and the problem is that it's not entirely clear if and when the roads ice up. it comes down to location, with

icy roads in regions north and west of the city, still penndot says that all commuters be on gourd until this system passes. >> just ask folks to realize what the conditions are on the roadways, we treat the roadways but not everything can be 100% safe. remember to slow down when you are out there, just because you don't see snow doesn't mean there isn't winter conditions out there. >> and so once again, the winter weather advisory is posted for lancaster, berks and northampton counties. stay with us for the very latest, walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> stay on ton of the changing weather situation at 6abc.com/weather, you'll find the storm tracker 6 radar and the hourly and seven-day forecast, can you watch the latest videos from our "action news" meteorologist, and view our collection of weather-related images.

police are searching for the driver of a volvo that struck a man in philadelphia. it happened at 59th and market streets, the volvo station wagon hit the man while he was crossing the street and the man was brought to the university of pennsylvania with head and other internal injuries, is he in critical condition. a man shot in the stomach is in critical condition today, it happened last night in philadelphia's strawberry mansion section. the victim was taken to philadelphia university hospital. new details this noon about the murder of a lehigh valley mother of three. the body of jessica padgett was found on the property owned by her mother and stepfather. graf confessed to shooting his

stepdaughter in the head and now they looking into the possibility that padgett was sexually abused after her death. well, another nfl star is trying to get back the right to play again. minnesota's running back adrian peterson was in court in new york city this morning, and abc news reporter, marcy gonzales has the full story. >> reporter: fighting to gets back on the field, vikings star running back, adrian peterson, taking on the nfl. the former mvp suspended indefinitely for hitting his son with a tree branch is trying to get the decision overturned. >> in court last month he agreed to a plea deal with no jail time and claims the case should no longer affect his career. this comes after baltimore raven's running back ray rice's suspension was thrown out.

he was suspended for attacking his wife in an elevator. and now he can sign with any nfl team. >> the nfl cannot be arbitrary, they cannot have abusive discretion. >> and "usa today" reports that he has a recording of an nfl executive, that peterson would not be punished after new policies on domestic abuse. >> this will be the topic of a senate committee hearing this afternoon. fire crews are still struggling to put out a two alarm gas fire and explosion in chicago. the home in the morgan park neighborhood was destroyed after the explosion at 8:30 this morning, there is no word of any injuries or if anyone was in the home when the explosion happened. officials evacuated nearby homes as a precaution. detectives in west virginia are trying to figure out why a

tow truck operator allegedly went on a killing spree before turning the gone on him. authorities say jodi lee hunt shot two separate people, and the female victim recently file aid domestic violence case against hunt last month. hunt shot and killed himself. leaders around the globe pledge to end slavery and human trafficking, they claim it as crimes against humanity. they hope this brings an end to both by the year 2020. back here an employee at a restaurant in mercer county new jersey, has tested positive for hepatitis a. anybody that ate at rose's

catering from september 10th until today. if they have not been vaccinated. symptoms include mild fever and loss of appetite and nausea among others. there is more ahead on "action news" at 12:30, vandals in berks county sure don't have the christmas spirit this year, what they continue to steal from the holiday display. and meteorologist, karen rogers returns with the somewhat soupy forecast out there. with the "action news" at noon comes right back.

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top of the hour. in washington, police in suburban seattle where police have surrounded a sporting goods store. someone smashed a vehicle into the security gates to get inside and that suspect we are told is still inside of that store in buron, washington, outside of seattle. tactical units responded with an armored vehicle and a robot is going through the building looking for the suspect. the store sells guns and ammunition and police are taking no chances. we'll follow the story and we'll bring you new information as we get it. a delaware man has been cited for an inattentive driving for an accident that damaged townhomes, they say that he

slammed his lexus into gas lines because he thought the car was in reverse but was actually in drive. it left four families homeless and one person was taken to the hospital with smoke inhalation. scrooge like vandals are repeatedly damaging a holiday display in buck county. they are cutting wired almost daily on the christmas display. it began in october. the group spent hundreds of dollars replacing the broken items, it operates solely on donations and ones until new years eve. the ugly christmas tree in reading, that some people say is not so ugly, they are planning a charlie brown festival to celebrate and try to spruce up

the scrawny 50 foot norwegian pine. they tried to replace it when residents complained it was unfit for the city and then they ran into logistical problems and decided to keep it. some people call it the new food craze, broth, or soup without the stuff in it. alicia vitarelli joins us with the new super food, that can make you look good and feel better and maybe it can give you some brotherly love. >> a cup of hot, steamy, delicious broth, a healthier alternative people say to replace the afternoon cup of coffee. it's bone broth, yes, your standard chicken or beef broth, the kind that mom makes when she has time to brew up soup. touted by actor turned guru,

gwyneth paltrow, it's being sold in new york's east village out of this tiny window called bro, italian for broth. >> it will be ready tomorrow in like 18 hours, what is the benefits of simmering down to the bones. >> you get the minerals, magnesium and calcium are big and all the proteins and amino acids. >> he says his is good for joint health and inflammation. >> it's high in nutrition but low on calories. i think that broth needs to be considered a super food. >> and unlike the juicing craze, broth is high in protein and low in sugar. >> does it held any nutritional value, probably not.

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opened in philadelphia, it lets anybody who cares about small business donate money to their favorite entrepreneur. mayor michael nutter and several local business owners were on hand for today's announcement. still ahead on "action news" at 12:30, the place chosen for the late joan river's fashion show. >> and a convertible that will only be enjoyed by a very, very few. that and much more straight ahead.

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in u.s. history. early numbers on cyber monday sales say they are over 8% from last year. retailers saw gains in the number of transactions and people were buying more items on average with each order. this according to data from ibm digital and analystics. it was a concept car but no that bentley received positive customer feedback, the luxury auto maker says they will put their grand convertible in production. most think it can go for a half million or more. >> think they are good in the snow? >> i think you should order one and see. let us know. >> i'll be in debt for a very long time. >> not a lot of snow out there but we are seeing flurries, it's funny after a day like yesterday

with temperatures in the mid-60s, but we warned you. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan we have light showers and it looks heavier than it is. but light showers in south jersey and delaware now, that indicates a mixed precipitation and snow. lets go in closer, sleet in lancaster, it's melting at the surface because we have been so mild. near reading a few flurries and sleet pellets mixing in and now a drizzle drop or two out there. allentown flurries and especially north and west of allentown. that is where we see the light snowfall. chopper 6 was doing a flyin and doesn't that look miserable. lots of clouds and it's damp and we have worse looking out over the delaware, 36 degrees, temperatures well above freezing, the dew point has climbed a little bit and the problem all morning is that it looked like it was raining on

the radar but it was evaporating and now we moisten up the atmosphere and rain is falling more in spots. winds out of the east at 13 miles per hour. today it's the chilly air and the pressure 30.55 inches, temperatures around the region and upper 30s along the coastline and 36 in the city and 31 in lancaster, and you are hovering around the freezing mark in the northwest, are you getting sleet there right now, compare this to yesterday, it's nearly 30 degrees colder now than it was at this point yesterday. 32 degrees colder, at the coastline, what a huge change, the cold front moves through and the cold air here and you know what happens when the precipitation moves in, satellite 6 along with action radar and some of the precipitation is mixing through the area especially in the northwest, and then breaks, with some spotty showers and sleet pellets, before later on tonight and another round coming. this is future tracker 6, this

is 6:00, some people are driving and it's not too bad, it's up north of allentown when you get the mixed precipitation and temperatures are rising not dropping late tonight. at 7:30 be see clouds and heavier rain from the west, it looks like that comes in later tonight and wraps up in the overnight hour and one more shower comes sneaking in early tomorrow morning temperatures staying in the 40s. the only area we see the snow and sleet that is a concern is north of reading and allentown and that area is up north and you can get a coating with that ice, we see the light showers on and off and a mix in the northwest and changing to rain and minor issues in the northwest and importantly staying mild overnight. here is your accuweather forecast, rain and a wintry mix in the northwest and milder tomorrow and 55 with showers, thursday is dry, and partly sunny and 46, friday it's damp and dreary once again and 48

degrees, we look at saturday and we see showers around on saturday. periods of rain and 52, and sunday mostly cloudy for the eagles and 52 with a shower and monday rain and drizzle once again. really wet this seven day period. >> thank you. on the people's scene u-2 is without its front man but that did not stop the band from performing on world aids day. ♪ ♪ still recovering from surgery after a biking accident in new york, his band hit the stage with friends, cold play chris martin stepped into the irish crooners spot as did bruce springsteen. and carrie underwood and rapper, kanye west took the stage as well. kathy griffin took the place to host e's fashion police next year. she joins the crew and the new

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well, if you are looking for a distraction this afternoon, go to 6abc.com. one bank gave out $30,000 to customers with instructions to improve their communities and a prank where a mom asked her daughter to remove the stuffing from the turkey and the camera was rolling when the woman made an alarming discovery. and then a long soak in the tub and this pup loves bath time. those stories are there right now on 6abc.com/distraction. >> karen is here with a final check of the forecast. >> if you don't want to watch

the pug taking a bath you can watch the forecast, it's a wintry mix a bit of light snow and sleet changing to rain in the northwest, with highs in the upper 30s, we are hovering around the freezing mark in lancaster and allentown and temperatures overall won't be too bad. right along the i-95 corridor, late in the day some rain and also continued rain, we see a lot of it there along the coastline, that will continue, it's chilly, temperatures reaching 44 degrees, for the most part as highs along the coastlines, a mix of rains and sleet in philadelphia, some snow to the far northwest and the rain continues throughout the night. >> thank you karen. >> we'll take it. that is it for "action news" at noon, don't forget to join us tonight at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >> i'm sara bloomquist have a great afternoon. ♪this holiday season, my good friend gave to me♪

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