now we from stormtracker 6 live double scan most of the activity is north of philadelphia and most of it is over trenton and i think that my computer is not rocking right now, anyhow i'll tell you what is going on, north of trenton and the new jersey turnpike we have a batch of snow showers and north of doylestown and pottstown 422, these are slowly drifting to the south and east and they will be diminishing as we head to the evening hours and tapering off to flurries. they have been accumulating though mainly on grassy surfaces, florence reporting .3 and print mount .5 and horsham an even 1 inch of snow. the problem with the snow today is that it made the roads wet and temperatures are dropping, we are at 32 in only town and reading and 32 in millville and trenton 34 and the boardwalk in atlantic city, also 34 degrees.

the winds are pretty brisk and they will dry off some of the roads however standing water could be problems, this is what to expect overnight, any snow showers tapering off to flurries and temperatures dropping down to below freezing and we have problems with black ice and that will be a problem especially with the bridges and overpasses, be careful around that, and i'll talk about the return of sunshine and gradually warming temperatures coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> check back in later cecily thank you. now lets switch to ardmore, annie mccormick is out talking to people today. >> keeping up with the annie theme, when i think of a day that is gray and lonely, and right now there is no precipitation, you still have the winds and it's making it cold out here. it's kind of crumb and nasty.

this week nor'easter continues to linger, holiday shoppers enjoyed a break by late afternoon but earlier in the day center city residents ventured out and commuters dodged the wet flurries that turned to snowflakes. its invigorating, i'm super excited. >> this is the first time you have ever seen snow. >> yes, i'm catching it with my tongue now. >> people were excited to see snow, especially those from australia. >> it's very nice, i enjoy the cold. >> mexico city -- >> it's been like ten years since i have seen snow so it's a treat. >> and columbia? >> never, never. we have no seasons there. so it's nice. it's amazing. you know exciting.

>> the philadelphia sites are worth taking in during the light snow, today drivers heeded caution on slick roadways and are bracing for what tonight's traffic might bring, and meanwhile the tourists that are impressed they may have a different opinion come february. >> i hear the snow gets very bad later on and uncomfortable when have you to deal with it in terms of the roads and whatever. i am looking forward to it maybe but not really though. >> maybe not really but shopping certains like suburban square are prepared for the weather. if are you head the out to do shopping, put on layers and gloves and something to cover your ears. reporting live annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. of course follow the wintry weather at 6abc.com/weather, we

are always updating the hourly and seven-day forecast, and storm tracker 6 radar shows you the path of any weather and we'll have the accuweather forecast find it all at 6abc.com/weather. the man accused of killing police officer moses walker jr. was found guilty this afternoon. the verdict was handed down to rafael jones, a second suspect, chancier mcfar land admitted his role and testified against jones. jones will be formerly punished in march. the attorney for rafael rab argued for a new trial or a reduction in the $25 million reward distance him. he is in prison for the beating death against his wife, ellen. his daughter was awarded that

money and her family contends that he has vast sums of money hidden away. the fire marshall is looking for the cause of a fire in kensington today. at the vacant home of east clear field street in kensington. it spread to vacant homes, fortunately no injuries were reported. at the "action news" big board, the protest against the death of eric garner, they are now international. this is the scene in london as police arrested 17 people that participated in a demonstration against garner's death. he died after a police officer placed him in what appears to be a prohibited chokehold maneuver. many want to require police officers to wear body cameras, "action news" reporter, sara bloomquist is following this story, she is live at the 22nd

precinct where officers are testing this technology. >> reporter: well, officers give them high marks and say so far the public has been receptive. this is an initiative in motion long before the controversial grand jury decisions and the protests that followed. 30 officers and one sergeant have volunteered to wear the cameras. the department put six models on displ display, these are the models that they started wearing in recent weeks part of a test program for the next six months. >> the bottom line is we are moving in this direction and this is the pilot but i have every intense of expanding this. >> the camera models range in price from $300 up to $1,000. they have varying features, they

record internally and the video gets archived after each shift. some models all you do is switch is down and switch is on and it's not, some you do more and some are bulky but they are pretty easy to use. >> this video is from evesham township, commissioner charles ramsey was named on president obama's task force on 20th century policing. the president proposed an investment of $70 million to help police departments purchase cameras like these. >> it shows trust and shows the public what we go through on a daily basis and the type of stress and violence we go into. you can see first hand what we do. >> it will protect them against

a frivolous lawsuit and an unnecessary complaint and also give the public a layer of protection also. >> the officers tell everyone they interact with they are recording and in some cases though turn off the cameras if asked. for example if they go into someone's private home and they ask to turn it off. live in philadelphia, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> okay sara thank you. in keeping with the president's initiative, the justice department is conducting a civil and criminal probe into the shooting death ofplyingal brown, eric holder will be in chicago tomorrow to discuss law enforcement issues as he continues a series of meetings around the nation. artist, james dupree can stay in his studio in the mantua section of philadelphia, the

city dropped their fight to evict him. they had condemned the building to make way for a parking lot and super market. today the authority said fighting the appeals would be too expensive. december marks the time of year that many forms spend a lot of money and the reports about our local economy shows it's a great time to do it. david henry is live with more on that. >> the numbers outed to indicate a stronger economy than people thought and of all places philadelphia is among the leaders of the pack. more people working and more people investing. >> it's for real and there is real opportunities to make it healthier. the city has seen a huge drop in the unemployment rate, down to 6.6%, and 3 points lower than a year ago, it's a healthy trend, the city's mayor for economic

development says it reflects significant job growth that out weighs people dropping out of the job market. >> that indicates there are more jobs in the city of philadelphia and more philadelphians working than there have been in ten years. >> greenberg says all sectors are investing in the city than ever before. construction projects that are completed or startd this year. people across the nation are opening their wallets more, consumer spending sup9% in november and spending up 5% over the past year. shoppers in center city today say they feel pretty confident. >> i still haven't went shopping yet, but i'm still spending more. >> the kids are having a good christmas? >> yes, yes they are. >> my employer was not able to give us raises for three years,

so this is really kind of the first year that i have had a little bit more money. >> consumers are benefiting from the lowest gas prices we have seen in years but not everybody is rushing out to spend it right away. it's there to spend in case i need it. it's nice to see the gas coming down. >> most people are feeling flushed this holiday season many are still reeling from the worst recession in history but at least things are looking much brighter than just a year ago. live in center city, david henry, channel 6 "action news.." >> all right david thank you. lets get a check of the traffic report now. matt pellman is in the traffic center. >> things don't look bright except for the flashing lights on the schuylkill. westbound side the travel time is four to five times what it should be. jammed from passyunk to this point under 30th street station,

an accident involving a couple of vehicles, that car is brave squeezing through but for the most part blocking off the lanes here on the schuylkill. big mess in university city. see that on the big picture and big delays from belmont on in, because of a broken down vehicle that is now gone. and also still investigating one in cheltenham township along washington lane and township line road. and stay clear of the blue route, 476, a crash past the route 1 media bypass, a stand still from villanova to media. a mess on the highways we'll check them again in the next half hour. still to come this evening, testing on a potential ebola vaccine has hit a road block, ali gorman will explain why. >> and students at st. joe's

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testing for a potential ebola vaccine has hit a road block, they stopped because of unexpected side effects. >> reporter: in geneva the testing has been suspended because of mild fevers but that is to be expected but some complained of join pain a couple of days later and that was unexpected. they want to make sure it goes away before it's tested again. researchers are trying to see if vaccines are safe and if they spark an immune response. we are a long way away from having an ebola vaccine. and for college students it's

finals week and it could be stressful. some students were treated to a fun study break. students at st. joseph's university are blowing off steam during finals week in a healthy and fun way with yardy sweats. it's a mobile dance and fitness company based on moves from the caribbean. from jamaica to trinidad and we take the street dances and merge them with fitness, stephanie and tiffany say the hour long class aims to be fun but also it's a great workout focusing on areas that women like to work. >> your core and leg muscles and your buttocks and just get in shape and do something different. >> i have a hard time. >> for these freshman friends it was the perfect study break.

same for area. >> it was a fun break. >> it's not just for students, yardy sweat offers classes for students in philadelphia and they will come to your workplace or party or church and bring the workout to you and your friends, we have information on 6abc.com. i can see you doing that rick. >> now i need a nap, thank a lot ali.

eastbound is reportedly rolling outlayoffs that will impact 10% of their employees, the auction site is considering eliminating up to 3,000 people according to the wall street journal. this after the company announced they were separating the company from the online service paypal. >> and now a brand new hiking trail along the schuylkill river that extends to montgomery county next fall. it's a ground breaking ceremony for the west trail, a panel way that starts in philadelphia and extended to conshohocken and upper merion township, when finished it's the perfect get

away for enthusiasts and nature lovers that live inside of the city. now it's sort of like a juggling act, sort of like the kid party they had in port richmond. and a juggler riding a unicycle was just one thing they had. the kids were treated to holiday gifts.

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now cecily tynan is here at the big board. snow is predicted? >> there are snow showers around and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing a few showers and they are beginning to diminish in reading and now it's tapering off to flurries across route 422 and another batch near coatesville and downingtown, all thanks to the gift that keeps on giving the nor'easter that is stuck in northern new england, and creating scenes like this, from townsend delaware, the snow is covering the grass and puts you in the holiday spirit. the snow is melting on most road surfaces and temperatures begin to drop now and this could cause icy patches. allentown and reading 32 and millville 32 and sea isle city

35 degrees. factor in the winds, the windchill make its feel like 25 in philadelphia and 24 in allentown and 22 in lancaster. all thanks to the low pressure, that continues to spin the moisture our way, we can see snow over buffalo too. it's really the origin of that the snow, it's beginning to lessen in intensity. the low pressure is not moving quickly. that means our atmosphere will gradually be drying out. patchy black ice around and below freezing and allentown 24, and reading 28 and cape may 33 degrees, the day planner showing

tomorrow it's brighter than today. a lot of clouds especially early in the day, at 7:00, 32 degrees and 1:00, 38 and peeks of sunshine so looking a little bid better. it's a gradual process. 45 tomorrow and breezy and still more clouds than sun and by the weekend partly sunny on saturday and 42 and sunday 46 degrees and dry with temperatures in the 30s for the cowboys eagles game at the linc. tuesday it clouds up for monica and 48 degrees, what happened behind the system i'll have in the full accuweather forecast. finally the low pressure is running out of steam. it took a while.

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and h monica malpass. >> hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. philadelphia lawmakers one again considering mandatory paid sick leave for employees, we'll have reaction from both sides of the argument. thief was not let anything

including a wall get in the way a kensington burglary and a frantic search for four boys comes to an dramatic end on a california highway. and now' revamped proposal for mandatory sick leave for employees. the specific requirements have changed but the feelings on the debate have not. vernon odom is live outside of city hall tonight, with more on the controversy. >> reporter: good evening rick, key city council members tell me tonight they do not anticipate another veto confrontation with mayor nutter, there is no done deal yet, powerful interests still oppose it. lauer is a food serving along the corridor and like 2,000 other philadelphia workers she doesn't get sick days and much

choose between her health and no pay and some employees may even lose their job. >> we work just as hard if not harder than a lot of people out there. and there was a couple of people i worked so many days in a row that i sprained one of my ankles, i still had to come to work because i conafford it. >> a new law to force employers to provide sick days to employees, the threshold number of employees at 10, up from 5 and 7 that the mayor vetoed. >> the smaller businesses are working every day just to get by and turn a profit, but employee people and keep people employed and grow the business, that is good for the economy. >> we are not hurting businesses, this law has not hurt businesses in other cities and we have no reason to believe

it will be any different in philadelphia. >> mayor nutter wants to sign the sick pay bill but now put the threshold at 15. to more debate is in the offing. >> more things put on the cost burden on top of the small business that they don't have to face in the suburbs. and the lower wage works need it the most. >> the city council will hold another round of hearings on the sick pay law, when they reconvene in january, they hope to have a new law in the books by sometime in mid-february. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> vernon thank you. >> slick roads likely led to this crash today. this is a stretch of 222, and a car carrier somehow ended on its side in the median, and it was trapped for an hour before

emergency crews could get to him. he was rushed to the hospital and police are not commenting on his condition, they left a pile of cars strewn in the median. the road was closed for hours for the clean up and vestdgation. philadelphia police are looking for a crook that targeting a deli, the woodlawn deli surveillance shows the crook knocked down a surveillance gate and then knocked down rows of merchandise and took $1200 in cash and a han gun. and in new jersey depford county police are looking for the pen that robbed a macy's employee, they are showing the picture of the white vehicle they believe the suspect was driving. they say he walked in and demanded cash from the register, he got away from $1100.

if you recognize the car police want to hear from you. >> the current cia chief made comments on the senate report blasting the cia's use of torture in post 9/11 detainees, that valuable intelligence came from investigations, brennan says the abuses occurred because they were unprepared for detentions and interrogations when they were thrust in terrorism after 9/11. >> the operational guidelines to governor the entire effort. in a limited number of cases agency officers used interrogation techniques that were not authorized and were abhorrent and should be repudiated by all. >> he defended his agents saying that the vast majority used ethical methods and there are

policies in place to prevent future abuses. the subject of an amber alert is over and the father is in custody, they loektsed the car driven by daniel perez, and after a chase they stopped him on an overpass in san diego. he got out of the car with two children and he pulled them closer and they swarmed him and took him into custody. scott ruden the producer has apologized for remarks he made in leaked emails. ruden called actress director, a quote, spoiled brat and made jokes about president obama's race and he says the emails were written in haste and not meant to be taken seriously. there is more on the sony

hacking scandal and the comments on the interrogation report. infants and toddlers will have better care because of a $5 million grant. jack markell made the announcement today at the lafiesta child care center in wilmington, it's one center that is using the money to better their services, to make sure low income families get quality care for their children. merry holidays are on the way for 250 families in the area, they picked up the gifts at the firehouse and will be distributed to seniors and sick children. the big effort is organized every year by the kelly ann dolan memorial fund. this holiday season we want to see how you have decked your halls, whether your house is lighting up the block or has a

more modest display, take a picture and send it to us. on twitter or vine using #~ 6 abc lights or post it to our facebook page. well, the sounds of the season came alive in philadelphia city hall today with a special concert by some of the area's favorite musicians -- ♪ the joy bells choir delighted the audience with holiday favorites, it's made up of adults with inelectric you'll challenges. beautiful. all right matt pellman has a forecast, a traffic forecast, not on the nice side but the busy side. >> there is not a lot of joy on the schuylkill expressway tonight rick and monica, stop and go from 202 in king of prussia to this point in bell mon, where there is a crash

taking out the left lane. that is the reason for the big delay. this is the west sides of 76, an accident under 30 and street station and the westbound lanes are parked from passyunk to this point and at the moment to traffic is getting by than is the case for a while now, stay on the local streets through center city this afternoon. this is the blue route southbound side jammed solid past the schuylkill to this point and the media bypass. there was a crash on 95 southbound near bridge street, that has cleared but extra heavy conditions coming down from academy. >> thank you matt. still to come on "action news" thursday nirt. a new jersey museum is making sure the storied past of trenton high school is not lost when the walls are knocked down we'll show you how. and she is one of the kings

of abc prime time, viola davis is celebrating another milestone tonight. >> i'm tracking warmer weather on the way and finally the return of sunshine and i'll have all the details in the accuweather forecast. >> jaime apody has the latest on the reported jimmy rollins trade in sports and eagles news when "action news" comes right back. first here is a holiday greeting from a local troop serving overseas. >> hello this is colonel mark, in turkey, i want to say happy holidays for our family in new jersey and all along the east coast. hey! it's mister monopoly.

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trenton high school has seen boater days but in the hay day it was furnished to the nine's and had the best technology. they are making sure the best parts are saved. >> at the museum in cat park they are preserving the best of trenton high school, it's now crumbling and set for demolition but when it opened it was the

model high school in the entire country. >> it was designed to look like a college campus and everything was top shelf, light fixtures made by lenox and porcelain fixtures. and things are preserved like the caged clock in the gym and chairs and desk complete with decades of carvings, i wonder what year mario graduated. >> because we are collectorses important to save history, we tear a building down and it gets trashed. >> this is about saving things that can't be replaced including the four mow -- and this

real human skeleton used to teach anatomy in 1942. if you would like it take a walk down memory lay the display will be there until march 1st. time to get the latest on the reported jimmy rollins trade to the dodgers, jaime apody is here with more. >> it was the ultimate reality check, after hearing the news that jimmy rollin was traded to the dodgers we had to take a step back and realize it's the beginning of the end. the first of the core group to go. they are trying to hammer out a process and that ends one of the great of the eras in phillies

history. the 36-year-old shortstop was here through three stadiums three managers and three general managers. and by the way the dodgers come on august 4th. and the eagles and the cowboys on sunday, two teams that don't like each other with the division on the line. chip kelly looking for something to give them the extra edge, today's trick a hot chocolate bar in the locker room and fm shady mccoy loaded up with marshmallows, he wanted more. and nothing would warm our hearts more than another win against the cowboys and enable them to play in the bitter cold until january. >> we have a team that could make a real push down the

stroech, that is where our focus is. we are excited, whoever wins this game will put themselves in a great situation. >> having to face your bitter rival twice in a three week span with everything on the line, it's hard to pull off the same result, but not so says espn analyst, ron jaworsky. >> reporter: oh the dynamic will be different, the thanksgiving day game is not the kind of game i'm expecting sunday night. the eagles dominated that game, they humiliated the dallas cowboys, beat them in their house on thanksgiving, they will come in sunday night focused and ready. all the things you talk about all week mean nothing once you kick the ball off. it comes down to players making

plays, who are the better players, i believe it's the eagles. >> jaws predicts the eagles to win by 3. and the flyers are back in the wells fargo center and they play host to new jersey tonight, the start of the a four game home stand against division apoen ans. they had a devil of a time winning own three times in 15 games. why more success at home? >> i don't know we are comfortable in this building, we know the bounces and what goes on, it's something you want to keep playing well at home but you want to play well on the road too. >> ray emery gets the start in net tonight. hollywood awards season officially kicked off this morning with the golden globe nominations, best and brightest performances on the small and big screen were recognized and a

member of the abc prime time is among the nominees, viola davis is nominated as lead actress for the philadelphia based "how to get away with murder," davis was nominated for an oscar for her role in the help. she tweeted thank you hollywood foreign press, i'm thrilled. she goes up against claire dans and robin wright. now to best television drama, downton abby, the affair, game of thrones and the good wife along with house of cards from netflix and a few surprise omissions in the best tv comedy category, including five time emmy winner, modern family, girls, jane the virgin and orange is the new black and silicon valley and trance parents. to see if your show is making the ligs and making the cut, go

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cecily tynan is here looking at better weather? >> it seems like we have in the seen the sun in weeks, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we do still have snow showers around most of the activity is north and west of philadelphia and honey brook right now, you can see snow showers heading towards downingtown and coatsville and potds town showers and norristown they are beginning to lessen in intensity and they are tapering off to some flurries as we head through the evening hours. they did add up, odessa, delaware 1.2 inches, malvern 1.3 inches of snow and all of these accumulations are on the grassy surfaces, most of the snow is melting on the roads, philadelphia 34 degrees and allentown and reading down to 32 and trenton 34 and wilmington

currently 34 degrees, satellite 6 along with "action news," showing this is centered over northern vermont, and we had some of the snow showers earlier and that low pressure is weakening however we fly across it's country, this is the big weather story, this comma shape is rolling into the pacific northwest and northern california, some areas could end up with 2 to 3 feet of snow and up to 5 to 10 inches of rain could cause a lot of mudslides and they have reported wind gusts of up to 105 miles per hour and this will cause problems out west. our low pressure is saying good-bye tomorrow and it's close enough to flow clouds our way and some breaks of sunshine and gusty with winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 miles per

hour. it will feel cooler with the windchills. on saturday high pressure begins to nudge in and this brings us a mixture of sun and clouds and still breezy but not quite as harsh and the winds diminish and temperatures continue to climb as we head through the weekend, the call from accuweather, snow showers tapering off to flurries and temperatures dropping below freezing and we are below freezing most of the day and patchy, black ice around, be careful driving tonight and tomorrow morning. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 40 degrees tomorrow and lots of clouds and sunshine and partly sunny on saturday and 42 and sunday seasonable, 46 degrees and dry weather for the eagles game, temperatures will be in the 30s for the game and mostly sunny on monday and 48 degrees, we cloud up on tuesday and could have a few showers as hanukkah arrives on tuesday night and behind the system it's breezy and cooler on

wednesday at 44 degrees and thursday a mixture of clouds and sun and a 42 degrees. not much sunshine tomorrow but more over the weekend. merry christmas. >> thanks a lot cecily.

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, cecily tynan and jim gardner. thursday night and jim is off and i'm monica malpass there is an improvement in the accuweather forecast after a number of snow showers. and robbers are ta attacking the suburbs. and more on the search for shane montgomery. police canvass along the schuylkill river today two weeks after he disappeared and after new surveillance video was found

but once again weather hampered efforts to find the 21-year-old college student. >> the search out here on the banks of schuylkill river was very brief, it only lasted an hour or two and was over by 10:00 a.m. mainly due to the weather but the search is expected to resume over the next couple of days, we'll keep searching until something turns up. it's day 13 and shane montgomery is still missing, captain james and his men are tracing his steps, he left the kildare pub and walked toward the schuylkill. >> he walked into this parking lot and he walked in the parking lot and that is all we have. >> but never returned? >> never returned. >> k-9 and officers searched the schuylkill banks but found