west-east direction here is stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see light snow showers along the 95 corridor and a little activity left over down around south jersey and we go tighter on stormtracker 6 live double scan street level it's pressing towards chads worth and oceanville. as far as snowfall we were in the target area of 1 to 2 inches of snow knotting hill 1.8 wilmington 1.4 and philadelphia at the airport coming in with an inch of snowfall. future tracker 6 showing you a few flakes will be left over at 8:00 tonight but the bulk of that precipitation with the fast moving clipper system will be offshore. the steady snow continues to move from a west east direction and a few flakes for the evening commute, the big concern for the

overnight and evening hour is that temperatures stay freezing and look for icing and slick spots. it could get colder with an arctic attack on the way. cecily tynan has more on that. >> now that the steady snow is moving out our focus is on the plunging temperatures. philadelphia 23 and millville 34 and sea isle city 26 and allentown 20 and reading 21 and the poconos 14 degrees, we are talking about the temperatures so low that this snow would stick immediately however it's cold here but it's colder to our north and west, buffalo 16 and pittsburgh 18 degrees, international falls it's 0. so this arctic air is moving our way and that means that the windchills are really going to get brutal as we head to the

middle of the week, future tracker 6 showing windchills to the teens and single digits bundle up and allow extra time on the roads look at what happens wednesday night windchill dropping down to single digits 5 degrees in philadelphia and feels like 4 below in allentown and 18 degrees below in the poconos, and thursday morning is when temperatures bottom out below 0, as low as 20 degrees below zero in the poconos, the coldest air mass sin last year. wednesday night the low is 6 degrees in areas like allentown and 12 degrees at the shore. windchills below freezing and the good news is temperatures spike above freezing on friday but don't get used to it we'll talk about a cold blast on saturday in the accuweather forecast. also some snow squalls on the way tomorrow. >> thank you. even though the snow totals are not that high today we have seen some problems across the region and part of that is

because the snow hit right in the middle of the morning commute sidewalks and side streets were also slick at times today and david henry continues our team coverage live in center city with a look at the conditions today. hey david. >> reporter: hi alicia the streets and sidewalks here in center city are mostly clear of the snow and ice and there will plenty of slick spots to watch out for and it's still a big improvement over this morning's rush hour. the transportation department had salt trucks on the routes but this was south broad street at 9:30, one of the busiest routes was covered in snow and ice and another major artery spring garden street was in the same shape the city says its trucks were delayed by rush hour traffic and most streets will be

treatmented now but the side streets will not see salt at all. even though people managed to get around without much trouble at all. >> i came from the manayunk area and it was slippery but here is not bad. >> walking was dicey and sidewalks in the city were treacherous until property owners began salting, not much shoveling required with this snowfall. greg jones drove a greyhound bus many passengers giving up their cars for the day. >> that is the smart ones, you see all the accidents on 95 and everywhere it's just crazy and just a little bit of snow, it makes it worse. >> the bus was safer but who would ride a bicycle, that would by heather blakesly. >> i probably should not have rode my bike to work but i wear

a helmet so it's okay. >> lets hope it doesn't get close to the pavement. there are still plenty of booby traps out here like the pile of slush out there take it easy and be careful where you step in center city, david henry channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we saw accidents all over the region this morning while the snow was at its heaviest that includes a crash that kill aid driver in south jersey the action cam was on haddonfield berlin road in cherry hill. police have not told us the name of the driver involved and the was closed for hours while the police investigated. mobile 6 is live along ridge avenue in roxborough, as can you see the roads there are still a little bit slick but clear out there right now. as we mentioned a moment ago we saw accidents pretty

much everywhere because of the slick conditions, lets bring in matt pellman for a look at the roads, hey matt. >> it's been a tricky one for sure brian and shirleen we are seeing a couple of situations this afternoon most of the highways, like this one 422 they will wet, penndot, del/dot, did a good job of treating the roads, we are watching a disabled vehicle on the westbound side of 422 and generally heavy conditions from 202 past the oaks interchange and a crash where the eastbound side vehicle ran off the roadway there. there are slick patches and once you get on the secondary roads side streets were very, very slippery. i had to allow extra time and space in which to make the stop before a stop sign or intersection. we are watching a crash at royersford at main street and

one in west bradford along poor house road, not so bad but not as bad as this morning. this is the scene in center city vine street wet and congested by the schuylkill expressway coming off the walt whitman bridge, slow because of an earlier disabled vehicle on 295 once get beyond that are you okay to 55 a crash on 55 southbound in gloucester county approaching 533 but that is out of the way but speed are less than normal. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this snowy tuesday afternoon. our friends with the waze app are reporting slow speeds around the region. we'll check it again brian coming up in the next half hour. >> all right matt see you shortly. the snow did more than leave a mess on the roads it caused delays at philadelphia international airport, sky 6 hd caught this video of trains

moving across the runway and the airport was at a ground stop but that has since been lifted but delays are still sticking around. departured are running 60 to 90 minutes behind. we have more ahead throughout the evening here on "action news." the weather was responsible for a crash that sent a vehicle into a delaware home and john rawlins checking out the snowy conditions in chester county. and we want to you check out the new features to our 6 abc storm tracker app can you report your weather tap the icons and share your own photo or send a digital postcard, choose your favorite weather shot and share it with your friends and family and of course us. and as all the app is free to download. developing news now from philadelphia international airport, where passengers on a

flight from nashville are shaken up after their plane hit strong turbulence, the pilot did call for emergency crews to meet the plane when it got on the ground walter perez is at the airport and we'll have a live report on "action news" at 5:00. brand new at 4:00 a local woman is not running for re-election, details on her decision. and two more new york city police officers are shot in the line of duty. new details in the manhunt.

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condition this comes two weeks after two officers were ambushed and killed in their patrol car in brooklyn. and "action news" has learned that lisa veteri fuhrman will not run for re-election she was the first female d.a. and has served two terms and will not seek a third and will run for county judge instead. sara bloomquist will have a full report tonight at 6:00. for the first time in eight years, republicans have assumed power in the house and the senate. in the senate mitch mcconnell assumed his new title as majority leader today. over in the house john boehner was reelected this afternoon as speaker of the house but 25 of the most conservative members of congress voted again him that signals difficulties for him moving ahead. and back here the

pennsylvania general assembly worked new members, republican harry lewis will serve portions of chester and james santorea district, and thomas quigley will serve in montgomery county. he was selected after a three year absence and also taking her oath today and making history is newly elected democrat leslie acosta the first latino to be elected to the assembly. to business now, it was a tough day on wall street the dow lost 130 points and the nasdaq was down almost 60 and the s&p lost about 18 investors were worried after the price of oil bottomed out and traded below $28 a barrel today. the national consumer

electronics show kicked off in las vegas and sony took center stage. the ceo spoke publically since the crippling hack attack on his company, he thanked his employees and their partners and introduced a series of new gadgets and even brought back an old classic, sony is releasing a new walkman, it has 30 gigabytes of storage and costs a whopping $1100. and now the recall involving 13,000 2015 lincoln mkc, they say they can push the ignition button by accident when the car is driving and that button is next to the radio and one said to the regulators that someone accidentally turned off the car when trying to turn on the

radio. we are now just about one week into the new year and this is a time where it gets tricky to stick to all the brand new resolutions, monica malpass is live now in the newsroom with some much needed advice. >> that is right brian if you made some new years resolutions you are not alone the tricky part you may have started with the wrong plan on day one here is advice whether you want to lose weight or eat healthier, there is a common mistake that makes your gols more difficult. we'll tell you what it is and how to stay on track all year long. it's not too late, listen upcoming up in a little bit. >> thank you. that is a good thing. up next melissa is back with north look at the snowy chilly accuweather forecast. >> plus, just because the holidays are over, doesn't mean the sales have gone away what products you may find deals on in the month of january.

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and the action cam is out as the first flakes began falling this morning, this is the scene in ardmore before the sun was up, crews were salting the sidewalks and drivers were moving slowly along lancaster avenue temperatures were hovering in the teens but as we saw earlier the roads were better. >> we have more snow in the forecast and on that note we should get a check of the accuweather forecast. lets go to meteorologist, melissa magee. >> we have snow showers starting to taper off in the west-east direction as we get into wednesday afternoon a big snow

squall can move in quickly, lets go outside for a live shot at center city, there are flakes flying around and snow covered building tops as well. we are watching the snow from a west-east direction here is what is going on at stormtracker 6 live double scan hd some light snow showers and west of lehigh county and same for green lake and fredericks and macungie as well. we are tracking these snow showers moving out and the cold will fall in its wake as early as tomorrow. kennett square 1 had the 1 had the so far an inch of snowfall in the region. outside the snow begins to move off to a west-east direction 23

in philadelphia and 20 in only town and 26 in sea isle city and 20 in trenton and teens in the poconos with a current temperature of 14. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the clipper system moving through from a west-east direction and it's pushing offshore, we'll be a partly cloudy skies for the rest of the tonight. future tracker 6 showing you as you get into the tail end of the evening commute tonight a few flakes are flying around but some is clearing out. we are tracking a front that moves on through, once it moves on through it will supply us with arctic air sometimes these fronts push through and you can fine a quick burst of snow showers and a squall that can move on through. midweek and windy and colder and winds gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour and windchills for most of the day ranging from 5 degrees from the single digits to the

teens, once the front moves on through it will provide us with brief bursts and arrive between 4:00 and 6:00 tomorrow. tonight cold and cloudy and dropping down to 20 in the city and 17 in millville and 20 is the overnight low in dover here is your four day at 4:00 windy and a high of 26 degrees, you might want to dress for windchills for single dingities in the morning and thursday a bitter blast of arctic air with a high of 22 friday it's breezy and temperatures rebound above freezing but not for long, saturday it's brisk with a high temperature of 28 degrees, we are stuck with this arctic blast overhead and reenforces the cold air for midweek everybody. turn on the heater. there was a big donation

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we are back with a live look at philadelphia international airport, the clouds are still hovering out there and there is no snow and the ground stop was lifted a half hour ago at phl, but be prepared to wait. we are told by the airport they

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"action news" continues with adam joseph alicia vitarelli shirleen allicot and brian taff. >> hello again 4:30 and "action news" continues with a maddening misprint, why local lottery officials tell a mexico retiree that his ticket was worthless. and first responders show up to help people in delaware but end up almost wiping them out when their truck takes off on its own. what is greater tasting than a dollar pizza a dollar pizza that helps the homeless. >> but we begin with what is left of our first snowfall of the year, 1 to 2 inches fell across the tri-state area, enough to shovel but not enough to keep people inside. and now we have a new concern, the bitter cold. here is the

system moving out and the freeze moving in. >> the temperatures have been below the freezing mark and get used to the temperatures below 32 degrees with the winter blast on the way. the snow showers are starting to push on out from a west-east direction and light activity from areas in south jersey but for the most part this moisture will taper for the rest of the evening hours there wasn't a lot of snowfall an inch to two inches of snow, but enough to cause slow-downs and snow delays. philadelphia international airport reporting 164 minute delays same at boston logan and the same in newark new jersey with 60 minute delays. 7:00 the temperature 23 degrees, it's partly cloudy skies at 8:00 as well and in the 20s tonight with a few left over flakes around. and this cold is definitely

sticking around the windchill advisory is for carbon and monroe counties in the poconos, windchills could be from 15 to 20 below zero. so as we talk about what to expect that cold air is settling in across the region and the snow moves out and the cold moves in and then the blast moves in wednesday night. lots to talk about and we'll fine tune it with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> thank you. the action cam was in king of prussia where neighbors were brushing the first flakes from their cars or shoveling it from their sidewalks. there were slippery spots than was cause for concern for james be webb who drives for a living. >> i'm a tractor trailer driver and people don't know how to drive in the snow and they tap the brakes and the cars go stay

off the brakes and snow is slow. >> good advice this guy left his lights on all night and needed a battery jump this morning. here are photos being shared on instagram and twitter you can add the #~ 6 abc snow, and see these pictures by going to 6abc.com/weather. even first responders were no match for the icy conditions in delaware thank is the wilmington fire crews and they parked their truck to help those involved in a nine car accident and this is where it ended up and that truck slipped and slid down oak street sending the same people they were assisting for their lives. chad pradelli is live in delaware with the dramatic details on this one. >> reporter: hey how are you doing, this happened at 9:00 this morning, that is the home where the fire truck slammed into the front door and you can

see the front entry way propped up by 2 by 4's and the fire truck was parked 30 feet up the road in the roadway and then it began to slide. the fire truck slid into the green car and slammed into the front door, several people involved in an earlier accident had to run on foot to avoid the massive piece of metal to avoid it. >> we had to run we just moved a couple of cars out of way, we seen it coming. >> there was a total of seven cars involved and then the fire truck came down the hill. >> the fire department said the truck just slid down the top of the hill and oak street is one steep road, fire commissioner anthony wood did not make anyone available on camera he says though were fortunate nobody was

hurt. sonia lives in the now damaged first floor apartment she wasn't home, but a man that lives upstairs was. >> i don't know what to do. i said oh, my god. >> see everything coming and boom. >> police say the initial accident involved nine cars and it was quite a pileup and many people are questioning why oak street wane treated prior to the accident. >> this is a bad street for bad weather like this, the salt needs to be put down prior to stuff like this. >> the snow and ice, i'm surprised the city was not out here earlier to get the ice up this is ridiculous. >> a spokesperson for the city of wilmington says a number of roads were treated but they focus on the major thorough ways and roadways i asked about the steepness of this hill and the fact that there is an elementary

school right there and i wanted to know why it was treated and so far no answer. >> what a mess out there. thank you chad. lets check out the roads now you are looking live at north philadelphia this is ridge avenue mobile 6 is on the move on we are taking a look at these roads not too bad traffic is moving and it's slick out there a big improvement from earlier today. matt pellman has more on the conditions of the roadways and rails coming up in the traffic report. a former delaware county commissioner admitted to assaulting several students paul hokesboro plead guilty to sexual assault, six girl as accused him of groping them in a classroom last spring two other victims in their teens made similar claims years ago and now

he is behind bars awaiting sentencing in april. this is reginald harding a dad expecting criminal charges, for cutting off a man's hair for disrespecting his daughter. hardy says he saw the 19-year-old sneaking around his apartment with his 17-year-old daughter, he punched him in the face and threatened to shoot him and then cut his dread locks hardy is apologizing and is due in court. a brick township police officer is credited with saving a life. james jamesal ben ease raced to his cruiser and notified dispatch before he plunged into the river with his life jacket. >> going into the water i didn't

think twice the adrenalin was flowing and i didn't even feel the cold. >> the officer was able to pull the girl to shore and first responders brought her to the hospital and she is expected to survive. you can hear more coming up tonight at 5:30. here at the big board now, there is something delicious happening in center city. at rose's fresh pizza a slice is always a dollar great deal right? here is another great deal, you can buy a slice or two for someone else in need, the concept is so popular that you can pay it forward and feed the city's needy. >> if i can help a person in need with just a slice of pizza. >> that is how it works at rose's fresh pizza at chestnut he moved back home to open the pizzeria he named in honor of

his mother. one day a customer asked if he could buy a slice for someone in need. >> i wrote a post-it and put it back there. >> mine months and 8,000 slices later now wharton keeps track on the register generous people leave notes and to grace the walls with kind statements, like you are beautiful and you can do it. other notes signified the gratitude this guy says god bless you i ate off this plate and it's the only thing i ate today. >> i have something in my belly. and wharton treats every pizza patron the same way, they deserve to eat it in the store and listen to the music like any

customer. >> people come in and they are hungry and they allow me to sit down and eat. >> customers say it feels good to know exactly how they are helping. >> you give people something and you don't know what they will do with it. you come in and buy a slice and you know what they are doing. >> and the pizza is only a dollar. >> and it's really really good. >> mason also sells t-shirts and sweatshirts that also helps those in needs he put information on shelters and computer classes and it's right there right inside and he donates those to the homeless as well. people have written knowing they are helping someone else just for a dollar it's a beautiful thing. we need more guys like that one. >> it's really really good. >> really really really good.

>> still to come treadmills to tablets we show you what is on sale in february. >> and a mexico retiree thought he made it rich on a lottery ticket and he went to claim his prize they told him something different. >> and italian boys are given a cruel order slap the girl in front of you and you'll see what they did in the powerful social experiment coming up. and. monica malpass is back with the accuweather forecast.

a new mexico retiree thought he hit it big when he bought a scratch-off ticket. but that luck has ran out. when john ryans began scratching

off the ticket he had several winning numbers, his prize totalled more than $500,000 when he went to collect the money he was told his tickets were worthless the winning numbers were one and to but there was a faint marking next to the 1, they say it was a misprint. and he says he deserves the money, they offered rins $100 worth of free lottery tickets. a family of what was a group of forest creatures turned out to be a joke. this sparked a conspiracy theory debate when it was posted on facebook, thousands commented many thought it was a group of sas sasquachs.

they hoped it would make people laugh a little bit. here at the big board with the big talkers, this video out of italy is going viral it features these adorable boys and one pretty girl named martina. the boys were asked what they liked about her and asked to caress her gently and they do so, and then they are asked to slap her and they say no. >> finally, this young boy saying why won't he hit her? why? because i'm a man he says, that video is getting a lot of people talking today. winter arrives and for kids in some state it's on a slippery slope, more and more cities are banning sledding because it's

too dangerous and they are worried about lawsuits and liability. and dubuque, iowa, banned it in all but two spots. other cities its off limits for certain hills and signs are up saying sled at your own risk. but a new study shows that 20,000 kids are treated in emergency rooms for shredding injuries. and dads getting a beating on instagram. a new account, fashion dads with father on feet. to poke fun at their wardrobes like this guy ootd, outfit of the day gets comments like daisy dukes and outfits galore. this man's tropical vacation

attire gets mocked along with the white leather velcro sneakers with it's capps on the tongue they look great with my arizona relaxed fit jeans and this guy trying to play tennis and no love for him either. >> that was a bad choice. red shirt red shorts on that. >> thank you. lets get another check of the roads right now. >> matt pellman is in the traffic center. >> yes the roadways are covered in slush and snow and most of the highways are just wet as we look live at port richmond you can see slush on the roadway and what doesn't dry out this evening will be frozen solid for the morning commute so problems in the city on the city streets remain. we are watching a number of accidents one in whitpain by

the sieman's building a broken down vehicle. and there is a crash to avoid in skippack by the gary davis produce stand at miller lane. and camera time on the schuylkill expressway mostly just with the here in king of prussia but heavy traffic from the blue route to 202 and london grove we are watching a crash at clay creek road and a downed pole from an earlier crash in camden county along williamstown road, they may be blocking a lane there until tomorrow morning. and franklin township another crash on 95 southbound, taking out a lane you could see slowing through that neck of the woods as well. plenty of snowing and crashes. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour. >> meteorologist, melissa magee is also busy and she is working on the details of exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.

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all right melissa we are done with the snow but not the cold temperatures. >> the arctic blast comes in and the core of it wednesday night. extra layers are needed. and snow covered sidewalks outside and around philadelphia the action cam was outside earlier this afternoon and the snow was still falling and the snow showers were on the grassy surfaces and the untreated roads and they should be fine and the clipper system is moving on out from a west to east direction. on stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see the improvement here moving on off a few more flakes in lancaster and chester county and berks county to the south of reading.

conditions are starting to improve across much of the delaware and lehigh valley snowfall totals wilmington 1.6 inches and 1 ptd 5 in new london and same thing in hockessin and 1.1 inches of snowfall. the temperatures are quite cold, the average is 40 and we are well below that, and the high in philadelphia coming in at 24 degrees and not much of a rebound after that. 30 in philadelphia and teens in trenton and teens north and west of town, for allentown and the lehigh valley and reading at 19 and the poconos 13 degrees and the windchill there's are in the single digits and upper 20s in dover. here is satellite 6 along with action radar clouds giving way to partly cloudy skies and here is the setup for us throughout the day on wednesday and beyond we are tracking the

arctic front that will move on through on wednesday and in the wake of that we have winds from the northwest the arctic chill is sticking around and future tracker 6 is showing you as you wake up tomorrow morning, it will reenforce the cold air along the i-95 corridor you wake up in the teens and not much recovery by the afternoon they continue to dip as the core of the cold air moves in wednesday evening and wednesday night, temperatures in the single digits below zero north and west of town wednesday night, the call from accuweather, a few flurries around partly cloudy and cold and 20 in the city and 15 in the suburbs here is the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, on wednesday it's windy and cold and high temperature of 26 degrees dress for windchills in the single digits and the teens a bitter blast of arctic air and 22 degrees, friday not as harsh a recovery by then and sunshine

and high of 34 and then back down in the freezer on saturday with a high of 28 and temperatures back up into the upper 30s as we get into sunday with a chance of a rain or snow shower around get ready for the arctic chill it is sticking around for sometime and grab the blankets and scarves and extra layers. >> thank you melissa. >> we have been keeping you up to speed using the facebook page all day today among our more popular offers is accuweather in 15 seconds made especially for lousy weather days like today. simply like facebook.com/6 abc "action news." the snow angels with your little angels. that's why puffs is soft. puffs plus lotion is gentle on sensitive skin. they help soothe irritation by locking in moisture better. so you can always

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. the first snowfall of 2015 is officially in the record books, mother nature was generally kind and areas saw a light accumulation of snow just as accuweather predicted and tonight the storm clouds are pulling out and there is concern of the snow icing up and creating slick conditions on the roads. tuesday night and the big story is the snowfall that started off our day and it's clearing out now as we speak. our focus goes to the freezing conditions sticking around for

the next couple of days and the temperatures could make area roads stretchrous to say the least. this is mobile 6, showing the traffic conditions not very bad as the commute seems to be pretty good, but you want to be careful of slick spots mobile 6 is moving along well and we'll continue to check the status throughout the evening. "action news" is live with team coverage of the snow and john rawlins tracking conditions in delaware county and meteorologist cecily tynan and monica malpass is monitoring conditions now. lets begin with cecily with the latest from stormtracker 6 live double scan. >> it's big story is the refreeze, because stormtracker 6 live double scan showing there really isn't anything falling from the sky right on schedule this storm system moved out and now as far as snowfall totals we called for 1 to 2 inches