a and rick. the withy big problem with this system is not the amount of snow. accumulations will be light. it's the fact that the bulk of that will be occurring during the morning commute. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing us this is what's known as an alberta clipper it's a fast moving low pressure, doesn't have a lot of moisture with it and this will be diving to the south. now parts of the midwest will get 3 to 6 inches from this system but the mountains will tend to really weaken so we're looking at light accumulations but any accumulation when temperatures are dropping quickly can cause some problems. the national weather service has issued winter weather advisories for light snow along the i-95 corridor and all areas to the south and east from 5 o'clock tomorrow morning until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. and this is is coming with some very cold air. right now philadelphia is 32 degrees. millville 33. allentown 27. wilmington 31. a big change from yesterday when some areas made it into the 60's. future tracker showing 7 o'clock tomorrow morning across-the-board temperatures

will be in the 20's and even into the afternoon we will be below freezing. so, when you get temperatures this cold, with the snow, snow will be sticking immediately to untreated surfaces. so the key points with tomorrow's system is a fluffy light snow that will coat surfaces very quickly and moves in between 6 o'clock and 8 o'clock in the morning right in time for the morning commute. it will gradually diminish in the afternoon it will be all out of here between 2 o'clock and 4 o'clock in the afternoon and again, we're not talking about a lot of snow, generally 1 to 2 inches of snow but for philadelphia this will be the biggest snow of the season so far. i'll talk about really the bigger issue the blustery cold conditions that follow coming up in the full accuweather forecast. rick. >> all right cecily we'll check back in later. thank you. don't forget the "action news" morning team will have the latest forecast and traffic conditions so tune in starting at 4:30 tomorrow morning as they help you get out the door. >> there has been a break in the weekend murder of a philadelphia limo driver. less than 48 hours after the shooting, police say they have

now caught one of the suspects. sarah bloomquist live with that story for us. >> reporter: 20 year old alonzo dell guard -- dilligard. police are questioning a second suspect and out right now looking for a third then do know who they're looking for. this was a brutal crime this young father trying to support his family killed for just the $30 he had in his pocket. police say 20-year-old alonzo dilligard of yeadon is the gunman who pulled the trigger shooting 26-year-old mijael rodriguez in the back of the head killing him. saturday evening around 7 o'clock police responded to 54th and dell lanes in west philadelphia. on a report of a shooting. they found rodriguez dead behind the wheel of the chrysler 300 he drove for a living. his fiancé had been riding at

his side and witnessed the murder. today police say rodriguez had been dispatched to pick up three men. they told him first to drive to a home in yeadon then redirector him to 54th and delancey. that's when police say dilligard drought weapon. >> he told the male if you don't give me everything you have i'm going to kill her. with that he instantly started going through this pockets. he pulled out everything he had, $30. he said i have nothing else. please don't hurt her i have nothing else. >> reporter: as the three men exited the car police say dilligard fired the fatal shot and they fled. last night family members told us rodriguez had only recently taken the job with the law for america car company to support his fiancé the couple's five month old baby girl. >> he was such a kind person. he didn't have any problems with nobody. >> reporter: now police say it didn't take them long to solve this crime because somebody who knew the the

three young men saw them getting into the limo in north philadelphia and there was surveillance video to back up that williams' account. live in police headquarters, i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news." >> thank you sarah. new castle county police hope you recognize the thief who stole a woman's bank card. this is the suspect. take a good look. investigators spotted him using that debit card on surveillance video in multiple locations. the victim first reported the fraudulent activity last month. police wander to get this man off the streets. if you recognize him, call please new castle county police. >> the flu virus continues to spread across our area and many local hospitals and urgent care centers were filled over the weekends with patients miserable with flu-like symptoms. >> tough tim. registered nurse ali gorman at the big board with more on that and how to protect yourself. >> reporter: we've seen a spike in activity across the nation. this latest map from the ckc shows 29 states have high flu

activity up from 22 states last week. and it includes new jersey, pennsylvania and delaware. but even without this map just talking to people, it is clear the flu is going around. urgent care centers across the delaware valley saw a record number of patients over the weekend. doctors say the top diagnoses are viral bronchitis and the flu. unlike the common cold, flu symptoms come on quickly. >> whereas an influenza you'll be feeling well in the morning and you'll feel terrible at the end of the day. those abrupt symptoms include fever, body aches sore throats and cough. tamiflu can lessen the severity of symptoms if it's given in the first 48 hours. dr. graham johnson of the springfield care center recommends this especially for people at high risk for complications, such as the very young very old

president-elect women and anyone with a compromised immune system. a bad flu season is expected because the predominant strain h3n2 is known to cause severe illness and because so far the vaccine only offers 31 percent protection against this strain. but experts say the vaccine is still recommended. >> reno it isn't a good match for h3n2 getting vaccinated can give you cross protection. it can be the difference between getting sick and just being mildly sick, the difference between being hospitalized or not. >> reporter: practice good hygiene. >> wash your hands don't touch memorial grains of the eyes nose, mouth. another tip of course is to stay away from others who are sick and disinfect all those common surfaces. now, as for the vac teens i heard a lot of people who got the shot this year say it was a waste. and that's not the case. it is true that it's not a good match for the main strain going around but we are seeing

two other strains going around including h1n1 and the vaccine does protect against those strains. sharrie more at 6 o'clock. >> okay ali thanks. we'll see you then. new questions about the future of what was once the revel casino in atlantic city. today a federal judge approved the sale of the casino to a runner up bidder in last year's bankruptcy court auction. the approved auction price was $95 million. but the buyer florida developer len straub now says he doesn't want the casino at that price. the judge said straub's bid is legally binding and that is the price he'll have to pay. straub's attorney plans to seek a court order to block the sale. good news on the business front for the city of philadelphia. ford is making the city its permanent home of its annual under 30 summit. last year's summit featured the first ever public of monica lewinsky.

prices at the pump continue to fall in the new year. the average price per gallon fell seven cents just last week in philadelphia down to $2.53 today. in delaware, that same gallon cost about $2.37. south jersey is the lowest with the average at $2.20. that also happens to be the national average at this point but good news for those of us who drive a car. we all like to hear prices are down. >> every little bit helps. >> every little bet. >> whether you have a full tank or an empty tank,. >> let's see where the trouble spots are out there. matt pelman is in the "action news" traffic center. >> rick and month today, happy new year to you. not so happy here on 42. northbound side a parking lot. lower landing through this point up to 22 newark still that emergency construction to fix the collapse sewer great blocking the three left lanes. do you not want to get stuck

in this mess. stick with the pikes black horse and white horse pike instead. ramps 295 northbound to 42 is blocked because of the work. construction on the new jersey turnpike southbound by exit two cleared. crash in bucks county route 1. in new castle watch out for a wreck blocking the southbound side of 13 approaching bear road. stick with 40 and head towards highway 1 instead. we're still not running on septa's lansdale doylestown rail line. it's buses between the link veil station and joyce down because of app downed industry from this morning and the whole line experiencing delays of 45 minutes. 15 minute delays on njt's river line because of switching problems near bordentown. we'll check the massive delays rick and monica in the next half hour. >> okay. >> thanks. >> thanks matt. much more to come on "action news" monday night. the boston marathon bombing suspect heads to court. coming up in a live report details of the -- picking the

jury for his trial. >> talking legal action itself. >> we'll check back in with meteorologist cecily tynan for an update on the snowy accuweather forecast when "action news" at 5:00 comes right back. >> it's january

>> the u.s. navy has two ships on duty in the java sea now searching for wreckage from airasia flight 8501. bad weather as you know has prevented divers from getting close to the five large sections of wreckage. the jet itself disappeared more than a week ago with 162 people on board. 37 bodies have been recovered. >> only surviving suspect accused of that deadly attack on the boston marathon was in a massachusetts courtroom today. >> that's right, dzhokhar tsarnaev came face to face with some of the men and women who could end up on the jury that decides his fate. >> abc's marsha gonzalez is in boston tonight with more on day one of the jury selection process. marcy. >> reporter: on this first day of jury selection tsarnaev sat silently in court. he barely looked up at the people who could be chosen to decide if he's guilty of the worst terror attack in the u.s. since 9/11.

under tight security today the first of 1200 potential jurors came face to face with accused boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. among the questions each have to answer could they be impartial and would they be willing to impoles the death penalty if tsarnaev is convicted. >> i want to seat death penalty. >> reporter: he's pleaded not guilty. he faces 30 charges in connection with the bombings in april of 2013 near the finish line of the boston marathon. his lawyers are expected to argue that the defendant who was 19 years old at the time acted under pressure from us older brother tam merlin. the defense's attempt to have the trial moved out of the boston failed. is it possible in here in boston for dzhokhar to get a fair trial. a judge contend despite the

emotional connection the attorneys will find 12 jurors and six alternates to fairly decide tsarnaev's fate. >> everything will boil down to the death penalty phase. that's the number one objective to the defense to spare tsarnaev's life. >> reporter: and the judge says the jury should be seater by the end of january. the trial is expected to take three to four months. live in boston, marci gonzalez channel6 "action news. >> marcy thank you. meantime a member of the grand jury that that declined to charge police officer darren wilson in the shooting death of michael brown is legal seeking help to speak out. the aclu says the jury is suing the saint louis prosecutor to be allowed to talk about the case. the juror wants to speak out as part of a public dialogue on race relations. the jury is barred by missouri law from talking about the case. florida held its first legal same-sex marriages today. miami dade county got a jump start and allowed same-sex couples to start to tie the

knot one day ahead of the ban being officially lifted by a circuit court judge. this was the very first ceremony to take place today. the couple said they didn't expect to make history. they just headed to the courthouse as soon as they could. >> thank you sharrie. health check tonight delaware senator chris coons says the ebola epidemic in liberia has turned the corner. coons who was in the hot zone last month says sending in 101st airborne made the big difference. he said their ability to get into remote areas and establish labs and treatment centers brought the epidemic from 100 cases a day in september down to 10 new cases a week. >> our decisive intervention has changed the trajectory of the epidemic in liberia and saved tens of thousands of lives. >> coons warns the disease is still raging in sierra leone and guinea and the u.s. needs to make sure it stays under control in liberia. he's asked the president to help liberians take control of the infrastructure that the

u.s. troops helped build there. >> still to come on "action news" tonight we're learning more about the young girl who was the only survivor of a plane crash with her familiar. her amazing story of survival coming up. >> ♪♪

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>> ♪♪ >> it is the first full week of the new year and u.s. automakers are celebrating a successful end to 2014. both gm and fiat chrysler saw double digit sales increases last month while ford saw a slight increase. experts say lower gas prices a stronger economy and easier access to car loans are bringing people back to show rooms. analysts predict at auto sales should continues to grow in 2015. >> from our delaware news room tonight the first state has a brand new image. this morning officials unveiled the state's new motto, delaware and its discoveries. they rolled out a new commercial that highlights delaware's beaches. delaware's first true tourism brand and officials hope it sends a message to travelers near and far that delaware makes a great vacation destination. >> four lottery tickets worth $1 million a piece are somewhere in pennsylvania tonight. one of those tickets was sold right here at the wawa on bristol pike in bristol bucks

county. the other tickets were sold in allegheny, columbia and york counties. the tickets are all from saturday's millionaire raffle drawing.

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>> time now for accuweather and the "action news" big board. meteorologist cecily tynan has been talking about those free

falling temperatures. >> our weather is like a tom petty song. >> sing it. >> keep falling. >> matt said he would give me 20 bucks if i stopped singing. at midnight it was 50 degrees, 6 o'clock 42, noon 39 degrees and now temperatures free falling to 32 degrees and allentown it's even colder, 27 degrees. wilmington 31. millville 33. trenton 30 and sea isle city currenting 35 degrees. this is an amazing graphic. look at the temperature change since 24 hours ago. 22 degrees colder in philadelphia right now it's 29 degrees colder in dover and then it feels even colder when you factor in the winds. the wind chill makes it feel like 19 degrees if philadelphia, feels like 14 in allentown. 16 in reading. and the current wind chill in the poconos 8 degrees. so, this sets the stage for a clipper that will bring us some light accumulations of

snow tomorrow. satellite6 along with action radar showing we have pretty much clear skies here. that low pressure is moving out of the plains states. it's a fast moving system. they typically don't contain a lot of moisture and this will roll down to the south during the day tomorrow and this will bring on light accumulating snow. the problem will be the timing. most of the snow will be occurring in the new york in time for the morning commute. future tracker showing 7:30 tomorrow morning light snow pushing in across the northwest suburbs it overspreads the region by about 9 o'clock in the morning and then as we head into the afternoon it will gradually taper off by 4 o'clock it will be completely out of here and this will set the stage for the coldest air mass of the season. association this is what to expect. again, that start time between 6 o'clock and 8 o'clock tomorrow morning generally we're looking at light accumulations, about one to 2-inches but that would be the biggest snowfall so far this season for philadelphia. the problem with the cold conditions the roads untreated, the accumulations will start immediately so you

do want to slow it down for your morning commute. allow plenty of extra time and definitely watch dave murphy beginning at 4:30 tomorrow morning and then prepare for a blustery cold day tomorrow. the call from accuweather for tonight t-it will be very cold increasing clouds, 21 degrees in philadelphia, millville 16, allentown 17, reading 18 and trenton 19 and the five day at 5:00 showing tomorrow that light snow, the high only 29 degrees, so we won't even make it to the freezing mark. on wednesday windy and cold, the high 28 degrees. i want to point out this number though. that is the low on thursday morning, 8 degrees for philadelphia. the record low for that date is two so not a record breaking but certainly unusually cold. thursday the high only 22 degrees. then on friday, some sunshine, breezy 33 degrees, another clipper could bring us a round of some flurries. saturday it stays cold with a high of 30 degrees. the temperatures will be moderating as we head through the weekend. melissa will talk about that in the accuweather 7-day

forecast. in the meantime please follow me on twitter if you have any questions about the snow that's moving in i can answer them for you. >> no more singing. >> yeah, i know. >> i got some requests. [laughter] >> much more to come in our next half hour of "action news" at 5:00. it is the race against time for rescuers digging through tons of rubble and steel to find survivors of a building collapse in kenya. >> plus, a suspected thief from delaware takes to facebook to apologize to his victim and you won't believe who it is. >> also, kooky lovers rejoice. girl scouts have just unveiled three new cookie flavors that may be coming your way these season. we have details. >> those stories and much more when "action news" after 5:00 comes right back

>> ♪♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jamie apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪♪ >> hello again. here's what's happening on "action news" tonight. local tv sportscaster turned criminal defendant don tollefson appears in a bucks county courtroom today ahead of his theft trial. we're live. search on for two men responsible for a brutal beating along a popular center city street captured on surveillance cam ranch plus an incredible story of survival. a little girl walks away from the small plane crash that killed her family but that's not all the story. we'll explain. >> but first we are continuing to track some of the coldest

air of the season so far. it will not only bring us below freezing temperatures but also a fresh coating of snow. >> here we go. the timing of the storm will make that morning commute tomorrow pretty tricky. let's get the latest meteorologist melissa magee live at the big board with more from double scan raid today. hi melissa. >> hi, mon today hi rick. we're tracking that moisture on the move. it's a weak clipper system at that. it's starting to develop on storm tracker 6 live double scan 3-d the snow showers and the clipper system we're tracking still off to the west, northern plains diving south and eastward across the upper midwest. this will continue to work its way eastward overnight tonight and for the start of our day on tuesday with that we are tracking that light snowfall across the delaware and lehigh valleys so in anticipation of the moisture on the way national weather service has issued a winter weather advisory for the immediate suburbs north and west of town for southern chester montgomery and bucks as we are calling for light snow down into philadelphia, south jersey and delaware. so, the start time of this advisory going into effect will be 5:00 a.m. tomorrow

morning lasting right through 4 o'clock in the afternoon. the other part of the story is that the temperatures are quite chilly. we're at the freezing mark in philadelphia 32. 27 in allentown and 35 degrees in sea isle city and as you wake up tomorrow morning temperatures will easily be below the freezing mark so we are calling for that period of light snowfall. we'll take a closer look at future tracker 6 coupling up with our exclusive accuweather forecast monica. >> thank you melissa. our morning team will have the latest information on the approaching snowfall tomorrow morning. join matt tam david and karen for updated conditions on the roads and the track of the storm. it all starts tomorrow morning at 4:30 a.m. >> in other news tonight jury selection is now under way in the criminal trial against former philadelphia sportscaster don tollefson. tollefson is accused of scamming sports fans who bought travel packages under the assumption it was for charity. well today tollefson turned down a last minute plea deal that would have kept the case out of court. "action news" reporter walter perez is live outside of the

courthouse in doylestown with more on today's hearing. walter. >> reporter: well, rick, it was an unusual day in court for sure. tollefson faces a prospect of some very serious prison time if he's convicted. under the dealing he would have gotten roughly seven months in prison, seven months in a rehab hospital and seven no's a halfway house. instead, this case is going to trial. former sportscaster don tollefson insists that his only crime is falling short of his goal of helping local charities especially those that support disadvantaged kids. >> as i look back at my life working with those children, i loved them, it's a passion of mine and i will be able to describe at trial what happened. >> reporter: but prosecutors say tollefson's intentions were not so pure. they say he stole more than $300,000 by selling bogus sports themed trips. the proceeds of which were supposed to go to any number of charitable organizations but never did and the victims

say they never got their tickets. still, tollefson's court appointed attorney robert gold plan who serving only as an advisor says it's all a misunderstanding. >> there's no bad guys in this case. the facts are the facts. what this really is is a story of how you reach for the stars and -- and fell to the earth. >> reporter: now initially tollefson pleaded guilty but he withdrew that plea a few weeks ago and today serving as his own attorney he rejected a plea deal that would have amounted to less than two years of prison time. if convicted tollefson could be sentenced to as much as 20 years behind bars. the forecaster says he's confident. >> just look forward to the opportunity as mr. goldman said to tell my side of the story. >> reporter: 12 jurors have been selected, alternates are being chosen right now. this trial is expected to begin tomorrow morning. reporting live from doylestown, walter perez channel6 "action news." >> all right walter, thank you. philadelphia police are

looking for two men who were involved in a brutal beating on a center city street late last month. surveillance video was from 12th street near chestnut back on december 27. authorities say the two suspects were walk wind gust a group when they exchanged words with another group of people. after both sides walked away the two suspects allegedly went back and start add fight. one of the victims was beaten so badly he suffered bleeding to his brain. if you recognize either suspect you're asked to contact philadelphia police. >> federal corruption trial involving ironworkers local 41 union boss joseph dougherty is under way. jury listened to opening statements today. dougherty is accused of creating so-called goon squads to use strong arm tactics to force contractors to hire union workers. authorities say some of the tactics included setting fire to equipment damaging construction sites and more. 11 other members of local 401 have already pleaded guilty. jury selections under way in the murder trial of maple shade new jersey residents pedro hernandez.

hernandez is accused of kidnapping then killing six year old etan patz in 1979. the child's disappearances sparked a national campaign to feature missing children on milk cartons. hernandez confessed to the crime on videotape and his lawyers contends it was because of his mental illness. and from our delaware news room now this is a 24-year-old mark partly cloudy. detectives say he stole his grandmother's debit card to go on a shopping spree. parker is also accused of taking several of her checks forging her signature then cashing them. authorities say parker did feel badly afterwards about the crime. enough to apologize to his grandmother on facebook. he's now charged with forgery theft and conspiracy. >> well, nine people including several children are out of their homes tonight because of a fast moving fire. this burned out shell right here is all that's left here on the 3000 block of north leads street in feltonville. authorities say fire tour through the first and second floors.

it took firefighters about 15 minutes to get things under control but that's all it took to destroy the inside. fortunately no one was hurt. the cause under investigation tonight. police in cherry hill, new jersey, are investigating two separate incidents where explosive devices were found inside a mailboxes. the incidents happened over the weekend with one of the devices actually going off in front of a home here on the 1200 block of sequoia drive. no one was hurt in either incident. so far police have not released information about possible suspects. philadelphia mayor michael nutter looked ahead to the new year by reflecting what was learned in 2014. the mayor hosted a rear end public safety wrapup at city hall. nutter talked about the need for better communication and mutual respect between police and residents to ease tensions and improve neighborhoods. ly. >> citizens need the police. the police need the citizens and so how we enhance police and community community and

police relationships i think is really key. >> nutter did note that 247 homicides were committed in philadelphia in 2014 and that's down 36 percent from the year before and the lowest number since 1967. violent crimes and overall shootings were also down. >> time to get a check of the traffic situation monday night. >> all right, for that we go to matt pelman looking at rush hour a lot of folks heading back to work today after a time off. >> absolutely and i bet they're wishing they were still off as they try to get home. my goodness, new year, new week, fresh start you might say rick and monica. we want to restart this evening commute. it has been a mess. latest big pob blem on 95, northbound side at cottman in the work zone there was a crash, now gone but check out the travel times, 55 minutes to get out of town this afternoon. you start to park right around penn's landing through this point at allegheny the whole way up to cottman it is a long slow crawl. another crash on the northeast extension northbound at the lehigh valley taking out one

of the two lanes causing delays. one in southampton burlington county along 70 at purgatory road. head for the black horse pike or white horse pike seven. 13 blocked approaching bear road. stick with 47. also issues on the regional rails. find out about those rick and monica at 6abc.com. >> thank you so much. >> okay. >> still to come on "action news" tonight a sad day on the slopes for the u.s. ski team. two of their promising stars were killed on the slopes and we'll explain what happened. >> also jimmy rollins may be leaving for los angeles but a big part of why philadelphia lovers him is sticking around. we've got details. melissa is in for add adam tonight. >> hi, rick. temps a good 24 degrees colder than where they were the same time yesterday and off to the west we're tracking a clipper system bringing a period of light snow as early as tomorrow morning. details coming up with the accuweather forecast.

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>> in nairobi kenya search crews continues digging pouring survivors following the collapse of an eight story residential building last night. at least two people were killed and 38 were injured when the walls and floors gave way. authorities say the building's upper floors were built quickly putting extra pressure on the lower floors. residents made it out told police they saw cracks in the walls before the collapse happened. now to an incredible survival story. a young girl who miraculously walked away from a small plane crash that killed her family. seven-year-old sailor gutzler is the sole survivor of a downed twin engine plane that crashed in kentucky. from the rubble and with a broken wrist she crawled to get help for her parents marty and ken her nine year old sister piper and 14-year-old cousin sierra in 38-degree weather and pitch darkness, the second grader made her way through the woods to a nearby

home. larry wilkins answered the knock at his door. >> in the dark without any light whatsoever. brave little girl. >> brave indeed. the plane took off from key west florida friday night. marty gutzler an experienced pilot flying his back home from vacation. before 6:00 p.m. he reported engine problems. investigators hope seven-year-old sailor can help provide information as to what went wrong. hundreds of mourners waited outside today to pay their respects to former three term new york governor mario cuomo. family members were seen arriving and couldn't so long each other as they entered the new york funeral home. 82-year-old cuomo died at his manhattan home thursday evening hours after his son andrew was inaugurated for a second term. mr. cuomo's funeral is scheduled tomorrow and will be opened to family and friends. word news tonight with david

muir will have more on the wake honoring the former new york governor as well as the little girl who survived that deadly plane crash. you can watch that following "action news" at 6:00. it was a tragic day on the slopes. in austria two u.s. olympic hopefuls were killed in an avalanche. it happened near the u.s. ski team european training base in the alps. officials say a group of six skiers was descending from the top of the mountain when they left the slope and touched off the slide. 20-year-old ronnie berlack of new hampshire and 19-year-old bryce astle of utah were killed. four others escaped unharmed. >> turning to sports now the phillies added to their pitching roster today. >> all right. live in the ax news sports center with more on that. hi jamie. >> hi guys. we think the phillies need a lot of help especially when it comes to pitching. this isn't the magic bullet but it's a start. we'll start with. that erin harang a one year deal worth $5 million. veteran right hander will begin his 14th season he'll

fill a void at the back end. last year he made 33 starts for the braves going 12 and 12 with a 3-pointer 57 era. flyers back off of a road trip that was pretty much a disaster. they dropped five straight and are now 10 points out of a playoff spot yikes. not to mention they may not have captain claude giroux when they begin a four game home stand against ottawa tomorrow night. giroux did not take to the ice today following that horrific cut to his ankle. he's having trouble with his skate rubbing against his stitches. he's listed as day to day. >> probably a mental thing. >> it's unbelievable. it was scary what happened to him. he's day to day. without him being out like four months like an achilles tear or something like that, we're thankful for that. whether he plays or not we got to be prepared. >> flyers need all the help they can get these days. how about some young talent

and i mean really young that's jake voracek's six-year-old nephew vis sitting from the czech republic. his team is in 25th place right now not good at all. >> it's seasonal. i don't know how many games at home got left but got -- it's getting tighter and advertisement last year we were one of the 22 teams in the second half. the core is the same here so i don't see the reason why we shouldn't do it this year. >> another team lost five straight sixers back home tonight hosting the cavs. lebron james and kyrie irving both out of the lineup. tony wroten said enough about this. talk about tanking. >> i'm trying to go out and win. just because of our record don't mean we're rolling over. we trying to win every game. >> ain't no tanking.

ain't no, you know -- ain't no just -- just always looking ahead. we trying to win every game. >> eagles fans, couple it the cowboys fans are still playing but not without some controversy. did you see this late in the graham lions driving, officals reverse the pass interference call that gave the cowboys one final chance to come back and win it. the nfl head of officials said today they were wrong for announcing a penalty against picking up the flag. that of course says nothing to make downtrodden detroit feel better. >> i thought it was a total joke but somebody's decision to make. >> it's a big play in the game no question about it. you get those yards score a touchdown who knows. >> i didn't expect it. this is just what it comes out to. >> rick, they never said there's no crying in football, right? >> well, it is the playoffs and anything can happen,

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>> time to check that snow. melissa magee here to tell us when and how soon. >> yeah. >> do i have time to get home tonight? >> you have time to get home, sleep. tomorrow morning we're tracking that light snowfall. the first snow of the reese son. minor event but the problem is going to be the timing. it's dry right now. the moisture moving through the upper midwest quickly diving southward. it will work its way eastward overnight. as you wake up tomorrow snow showers will be breaking out from a west-east west direction. we have been free falling. the high temperature in philadelphia a little deferringly we reached a high

of 50 at midnight and for most of the day these temperatures have been falling so currently in philadelphia we're coming in in the lower 30's. well below average and just at the freezing mark. as we look at the current wind speeds that's the other part of the story winds sustained out of the west-northwest sustained 9 miles an hour in trenton philadelphia miles an -- 15 miles an hour in philadelphia. blustery winds having to deal with the wind chill as well. current air temperatures in the 30's and 20's across the region but when you factor in the wind chill feels like the teens in philadelphia. otherwise 19 with winds out of the northwest. feels like the single digits up in the poconos and a current wind chill in lancaster coming in at 14 pt here's satellite6 along with action radar. we've got a mostly clear sky but clouds will continue to roll on in and thicken as we go throughout the rest of tonight and into the overnight hours in anticipation of the clipper system that we're tracking so that moisture is still moving across areas in the northern plains pressing into areas south of minneapolis and it will work

its way eastward as we get into the overnight hoursly we time out the precipitation on future tracker 6 showing you as you wake up toll tomorrow morning moisture will be approaching near today. as you get close to 8 o'clock in the morning we have snow showers breaking out for the poconos down to lancaster even from philadelphia and areas south jersey and delaware which is why we exact exactly why we have that winter weather advisory. noontime leftover snow showers. we'll calling for a little bit of snow shower activity at 4 o'clock in the afternoon but by that time a lot of this precipitation should start to wind on down. the key take away point with this clipper system we're track on tuesday we're dealing with fluffy light snow. this is the snow you can easily brush off cars and windows early tomorrow morning. the start time between 6 o'clock and 8 o'clock in the morning ending roughly between 2 o'clock and 4 o'clock in the afternoon from a west-east west direction and overall we're calling for a general 1 to 2 inches of snowfall. minor problem will be the timing as it's coming in time

for that morning commute. increasing clouds, that's the call from accuweather for the rest of tonight less winds dropping down to 21 in the city, 16 in the suburbs. the extensive seven-day forecast showing periods of light snow, temperature up to 29. wednesday night the core that of cold air arrives. overnight low dropping down to the single digits and wind chills in the single digits in the teens on thursday even though the air temperature says 22. on friday not as harsh and breezy a high of 33 and that still sticks around even as we get into next weekend with temperatures then only in the 30's. we're tracking the snow. tweet me and hit me on facebook and i'll i wasn't questions on this storm. >> all right. >> okay. >> thank you. >> thank you melissa. >> tonight is a perfect night to stay in from the cold and get acquainted with the new bachelor. soles was turned down by bachelorette amy dorfman. hopefully he has better luck

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new delaware county school is set to open its doors to students tomorrow. the big story on "action news" tonight is the latest accuweather information on the approach of white winter weather. deldot trucks have been brining i-95 in wilmington preparing for the arrival of a touch of snow in the morning. a winter weather advisory will go into effect after 5:00 a.m. let's go meteorologist cecily tynan and double scan radar. cecily, what will drivers have to contend with in the morning. >> journalist could be he would and it will snowy. i really think the ma main problem with the storm is not the amount of snow, it's the timing, the fact that it's arriving during the morning commute. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing what i'm tracking is what's known as a clipper system its a fast moving low pressure center and this will be diving down to the south, now, the folks in the midwest could get 3 to 6 inches from the storm system but these storms typically really weaken as they head over the mountains but it will bring some light snow. the national weather service has i