could hold off for 3 hours because everybody would be in work and school. but the moisture moves in just in time for the morning commute and lasting throughout the late morning hours. in the meantime, there's atlantic city. it's cold out there. hammonton, new jersey, western atlantic county, 4 degrees millville, 5. 9 in pottstown and 9 in doylestown and 11 in wilmington. these numbers are well below the average for this time of the year. quakertown 14, pottstown 16. coatsville 16 degrees. saint davids 15. hammonton you're up to 10. buena 18 smyrna 23. satellite and radar, high thin clouds are moving in west to east across the area. that will be the flavor of the day. increasing clouds, not as cold that's the call from accuweather. not as harsh. there be somewhat of a breet --

breeze but not as windy as yesterday. 11:00 a.m. 28. 1:00 p.m. we are above freezing not bad right? 35. 4:00 p.m., 38 degrees, when i come back in at the minutes we'll talk about this, a winter weather add vitaminsry in effect for all the areas shaded in the lavender color. snow to the north and sleet and freezing rain to the south. a gruesome crime scene three people killed execution style inside a home in mayfair. the girlfriend of one of the victims made the discovery after 11:00 p.m. inside the home on vista 12r50e9. street. one victim was found laying face down in the kitchen. the other two were shot on the couch. we'll have a live report at 10:00 a.m. gunfire broke out at a

birthday in the nicetown section. 3 people were shot outside a bar at north wingahocken street. two men and woman were hit the woman is in critical condition. the two men are in stable condition. we are following breaking news for you this hour, aial is just getting -- a rally is just getting away in paris france. >> the unity rally is being held for a unity against extremism is the rallying cry for the crowd that gathered for the event. in honor of the 17 victims of the three-day bloodshed in paris that left france on edge. an unparalleled amount of security is in place for the

rally. a host of dignitaries are attending the rally. this is a picture of them. eric holder is representing the u.s. israeli and palestinian leaders are in attendance. people all over the world are showing support for the victims of the terrorist attacks. this candle light vigil was held outside of the home of the honorary counsel of france in pittsburgh. >> pittsburgh and paris together for freedom and democracy. whether you're french or american or wherever you are from, you feel the horror, but also the solidarity with everybody in paris. >> i am not muslim, but i have many friends who are who wholeheartedly oppose violence. >> pittsburgh mayor told the gathering he was proud to live

in a city where people can demonstrate in palace. in syracuse, new york, dozens of journalists gathered in support of those at the charlie hebdo newspaper who were killed in the attack. the newspaper poked fun at extremists by publishing satirical cartoons and report. some do not agree with the cartoons but defend freedom of speech. the search continues for a delaware mother after her two children were found safe in indiana. the children were reported missing along with their mother kiesha hamilton. they thought they were with the father and immanent danger. police spotted the man's suv in jasper. inside were the children. their mother was not in the vehicle. police questioned hamilton senior overnight. the search continues for an

award winning teacher who has been missing since tuesday. his wife told "action news" he was driving his parents car when he got out city avenue meets lincoln drive be he hadn't been seen since. family members are concerned for his well-being. >> it's hard when you have three young kids and they don't know where their father is and all they want is for their dad to come home. >> now tully has been an accomplished teacher at the middle bucks institute of technology in warwick since 2002. he was named teacher of the year last year. anyone with information is asked to call police. four children were removed from a northeast philadelphia home after police found them living in what they called deplorable conditions. the family lived on the 1200 block of greevey street. police say they received a complaint about noise when they went into the home, they found the children locked in a

bedroom. the children were removed from the home and taken to saint christopher appear's hospital to be checked out. neighbors say they never saw anything out of the ordinary. >> i support the family, i see a good human very nice, i did not see nothing. >> the special victims unit and department of human services are investigating so far no one has been arrested and no charges filed. the mother of a south jersey boy struck and killed by a police officer issued an angry response after learning no charges will be filed in the case. officer was one of three officers traveling to a nonmecialgcy -- non-emergency call when he hit matthew mccloskey. the crash was an accident. statement

was released this weekend. authorities say they will study whether response procedures should change in the wake of this tragedy. happening today, you can check out the new justice center. local officials cut the ribbon on the 185 million-dollar complex. it's a sprawling 285,000 square feet. the new courthouse was needed because of growth in bucks county. the judges will move into the center in a week. the open house is from noon to 3:00 p.m. at the 100 block of main street. free parking is available. pennsylvania governor tom corbett opens the 99th pennsylvania farm show in harrisburg pennsylvania. governor corbett said the show was important for those in

agricutlure which is the largest business in pennsylvania. the farm show features events from rodeos to pie contests and 6,000 animals. it's a very popular event. the week long event runs through saturday. very fun. >> more to come on sunday morning edition. a highly contagious bacteria infection is making a return. the efforts of a nonprofit organization to help protect check from the whopping cough. they are digging out in upstate new york clearing out a foot of the snow as they await more snowfall this week. live look at philadelphia international airport there. it's bright and sunny but a cold one. meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast including a look at tomorrow morning's wintry mix when we come right back

we know we're dealing with cold temperatures, but it could be worse, take a look at the conditions in buffalo, new york, 7 1/2 inches fell friday and more snow is expected tomorrow. the lake-effect snow came with wind gusts of more than 40 miles per hour trapping many people in whiteout conditions and not the first storm of the season in buffalo. it's all about the snow. >> reporter: believe it or not you're looking at the images, they caught a break, they were

supposed to get 2 or 3 feet and on saw one foot. we're 589 spring mountain the skiers are out and about, we had the skiers there a few minutes ago, although the slopes look quiet right now. the temperature have cooperated. it's cold and bluster and that's weather will continue today, 22 degrees that's the present temperature reading in philadelphia. dewpoint 10, winds out of the south at 7 miles per hour. that's a good sign that means the mild air will move in at least aloft it will work its way down to the surface. 22 in philadelphia. 18 in milville. 18 in the poconos and trenton. we're not seeing much of a wind. the windchills are close to what the air temperatures are. not as harsh as yesterday. satellite and radar we'll start out with sunshine this morning and then these high, thin clouds will make their way in from southwest to northeast in advance of another system that's developing east of texas this

morning that will pull northeastward into the mid atlantic and the northeast. it will provide us with a sloppy mess everybody climbs above freezing during the morning hours, as the precipitation begins the air will be below 32 degrees. that means sleet and freezing rain and period of snow in the poconos. the national weather service has issued an winter weather advisory for everybody not including the jersey shore and places like cumberland county in south jersey and cape may and atlantic counties in south jersey just about everybody else is in that advisory. increasing clouds later today a nice quiet finish to the weekend. a few clouds that's about it. we get into monday morning, i think you'll see more in the way of moisture out there probably icing north and west snow in the lehigh valley and cold rain across south jersey. as we advance this through time,

9 although, icing across the northwestern suburbs snowing north and west in the lehigh valley and the poconos rain across south jersey. as we run this through everybody goes over to all rain as the milder air works into the area. this is pretty much what you will see not so much what you saw on the modeling. ice to rain in the shade of blue it covers everyone north and west of the delaware river and western portioning of -- portion also -- portions of salem gloucester and camden county. you can see an inch of snow in the lehigh valley before it changes over to eyes and then you'll get a tenth of an inch on top of the snow. it's going to be slick in the poconos. for philadelphia, north and west freezing rain with a quick changeover to rain.

there could be slick spots out there, especially on untreated surfaces sidewalks back roads parking lots. be careful tomorrow morning. partly sunny today not as cold not as harsh. 38 degrees is the high. cloudy overnight with the wintry mix developing after midnight. 26 degrees for the suburbs, 30 for center city. this is a late high that will come late in the day. whatever icing you see in the morning will melt. we go over to rain in the afternoon. sunny and breezy tuesday 33 degrees. wednesday, mostly cloudy, 34. thursday we're w567ing a coastal -- we're watching a coastal storm but the models are taking it out to sea and friday, 38 degrees saturday, 42 and whopping 50 degrees for sunday. don't forget you can take

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>> welcome back, sky6 live hd taking a live look over old city 27 degrees outside, 9:18 right now. "healthcheck" this morning whopping cough is running at its highest rate since the 19 50s the march of dimes is fighting

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>> reporter: welcome back everyone, 9:23 sunday morning temperatures are bitterly cold across the country. but they are better numbers than yesterday at this time. new orleans you were close to the freezing mark, now you're at

50. memphis in the 20s and now the mid 30s. it's getting better. the problem is this cold air is retreating and this moisture is moving quickly into the area. it will overtake it and pull north into the mid atlantic and the 23450e69 that means as -- that means as the moisture arrives, it will be a wintery precipitation. everything will go over to plain rain but it will take a while. about four five hours late morning everything goes over to a cold rain. patchy ice out there. main roads will be wet because they will be treated. anything untreated watch out and take your time. >> thank you. well, the frigid temperatures are making many of us crank up the heat. depending on what you use to heat your home you could be

paying more or less than last year. john rawlins explains. >> reporter: in the philadelphia county area there's many gas customers. peco has inched up. it is estimated it will cost the average household $4 a month. pgw customers have seen a small drop. the big change fuel oil with crude prices down, fuel oil has followed. this is a graph of the wholesale price of heating oil it peaked in late june to above 3 dorms. it is below 1.75. retail prices are higher, but dropped significantly. >> homeowners are saving approximately 1.20 a gallon. >> reporter: at oil patch fuel phones were ringing off the hook. a dollar less a gallon than last

year. ed duffy's firm started by his grandfather a century ago. the drop in prices is good for consumers and the economy. >> it will drive the economy. >> reporter: consumer danielle carson bought a tankful today. >> i have a little one so it goes into savings for him for college. >> reporter: mark has been in this business since 1994. he did not see the price drop coming. >> i thought 20 to 30 cents but not a dollar. >> it keeps sliding. >> william shatner is about to embark on a mission worthy of "star trek." else taking to the road on a custom built motorcycle. he will ride it from chicago to los angeles. he posted a link on his facebook

page saying he is excited about his new partnership to form rivet motors. he calls it the cycle of the future. this may come as no surprise the mpa the agencies that issues the ratings to music, has given the film 50 shades of gray, an r rating. it is fame owlings foraysy sexual situations and scenarios. the screen writer said she was aiming for an nc17. 50 shades of gray opens in theaters in february. just in time for valentine's day. a woman made an unusual sign to get vice president joe biden's attention during a recent trip to tennessee. >> we have word on who responded to an unusual request.

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of help after an alleged drunk driver ruined the building. sunshine gives way to winter weather what you need to know before you head back to work and school. >> meteorologist chris sowers is outside on the deck. it's cold out in. >> reporter: it's cold, but yesterday was so bitter cold, when you step outside right now the wind eased up it feels pretty good. yesterday morning, poconos 17 degrees below. lancaster, 7 below, west chester, minus 6. atlantic city, 3 degrees. we're improving slowly, but at least we're heading in the right direction. philadelphia feels like 25. 17 in reading and 17 above in the poconos. 18 in trenton. we're improving but we have a

language away to go. here's the water vapor image i like to use this, you're able to see things better on this, than on the satellite. if you look at the bottom of the screen toward dallas that's the counter clockwise swirl that's monday's storm that will come out of the gulf and swing into the mid atlantic tomorrow morning. the problem is temperatures are below freezing, the moisture moves in and cold air is in place that means we'll see a combination of sleet and freezing rain and snow in the lehigh valley just in time for the morning commute before going over to rain by afternoon. for today partly sunny not as cold or harsh 38 degrees is the forecasted high. i think you'll like this. wintery mix for monday, obviously you're not going to like that. once we get past that the arctic air wree -- retreats and possible 50s by next sunday. that's part of a pattern change

that could last four or five days starting next sunday where we're in the upper 40s and low 50s, things are starting to improve. we have a little ways to go, but we're starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. >> we continue to follow breaking news out of paris a parisian square is packed in in the unity against extremism rally. world leaders are arm in arm standing in support of everyone there for freedom. leaders from around the world eric holder, netanyahu mahmoud

abbas. meanwhile, we're learning more about new video showing the gunman who seized hostages in a kosher grocery store in paris pledging aallegiance islamic state group. the man is right there, with a gun giving speeches in front of an islamic state emblem. he defends the attack carried out on the satirical newspaper charlie hebdo. the attacks on police and the attacks on the jewish store. >> searchers are hearing signals that could pings from the black boxes of airasia 8501. that's caused them to intensify the search the day after the tail was fished out of the sea. all people aboard were killed in the crash. the slow-moving search has been hampered by rain and shopping seas and blinding silt from

river run off. here's more information about the delaware county firehouse that was badly damaged by a hit-and-run crash over the weekend. we told you about the crash 9 chester township fire company yesterday morning. the crash caused tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage to the building. take a look at that. 22-year-old reese wilson was driving an suv he borrowed from a friend when he crashed into the firehouse. he has been arrested an charged with dui leaving the sunshine of an accident and driving without a license. fire company which is entirely volunteer relies heavily on donations it is out of service. in delaware, a restaurant was destroyed when a fire tore through a strip mall this weekend. it happened yesterday on the 2700 block of capitol trail in newark. several other businesses have smoke damage. nobody was hurt.

the fire marshal said it began in a faulty kerosene heater that brurls into flames as it was taken outside. a child was hurt after falling off a ski lift in montgomery county. the five-year-old fell from 0 feet. he was flown to children's hospital. the owner said the accident happened on the beginners chairlift the boy was alone in the seat. the restraint bar was up and the lift did not malfunction. there's no word on the child's condition. a family of five, plus an unborn child were killed in a horrific crash in maryland this weekend. the family from virginia was traveling on route 50 in maryland when their car collided with a tractor-trailer. the force of that collision caused the truck to roll over and land on top of the car. three adults and two children and unborn child were killed. the driver of the truck who was from wilmington delaware,

suffered minor injuries. the cause of the crash is under investigation. a group of 4th graders in new york are accused of plotting to hurt their teacher. the girls from the buffalo area were angry at a teacher who yelled at them. they knew she was highly allergic to hand is an advertiser. one of the mother also called the school to tell them about the attack. a lawyer for attorney general kathleen kane said she is being railroaded by republican men with political grudges. len e -- lenny davis addressed a report that kathleen kane should be charged with purjury. the claim the first term democrat leaked secret information to from the grand

jury to a newspaper. >> she is innocent of illegal leaks, she was truthful at all timing -- at all times when she testified before the grand jury. >> he add that she never knowing disclosed any secret grand jury testimony and will not step down. chris christie will be in green bay to cheer on the cowboys. he came under fire when cowboy owner jerry jones paid for the tickets. contract was awarded to jerry jones a lot of people following this story and that sweater he's

been wearing and continue to wear it, he says it's good luck. >> there's much more to come on sunday morning edition of "action news." showing her appreciation in an odd way. this woman is reaching out to vice president joe biden with an unusual sign. hundreds of runners take part in a 5k despite the frigid temperatures in the winds city. cape may, new jersey, you can see the surf turning up a bit. not a day you want to be on the beach. it's a cold one and about to get worse overnight. chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast and all the details for monday morning when we come right back

>> the frigid temperatures are perfect for a run right. hundreds of runners hit the pavement in chicago in freezing temperatures for the polar dash. everyone was covered from head

to toe. the runners insist once they got running it wasn't that bad. but knowing that it it was colder there than it was here, i can't imagine that is true. >> we had someone on twitter telling us this morning they just popped in from a run. >> reporter: you can ask cecily, she loves running in the cold, it's easier handle. your body warms up when you're running she likes that. and some of runners out there when i lived in chicago they don't mind the cold. me on the on the other hand can't run in 50 degrees. we had temperatures that dropped as low as single digits. they had temperatures in the teens and below zero. it is much worse there than here. but everybody will start to improve over the next couple of days. there's the view in atlantic city. sun is glistening down. we'll see the cold temperatures

continue over the next several hours. storm tracker 6 live double scan crystal clear no issues, other than the cold. le 22 degrees, dewpoint 10, winds south at 7. allentown, 19. millville, 18. trenton, 18 and the poconos sitting at 18 degrees which is 15 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. philadelphia about 6 degrees better. lancaster, 6 degrees better and reading approximately 5 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. so again we're target -- starting to see improvements here the pattern is starting to breakdown. the question is how long the cold air lasts. that will determine how much of an icing event we see tomorrow. the latest information has the cold weather sticking in here until 8:00 a.m. winter weather advisory for

tomorrow morning snow sleet freezing rain. the snow will be in the lehigh valley and the poconos which will go over to sleet. everybody else starts out as sleet and going over to freezing rain and all rain in the late morning hours and into the afternoon. increasing clouds today cloudy skies overnight tonight. here's the moisture breaking out. 7:00 all this will be filled in. it will be filled in with the blue color here. we'll see a lot of freezing rain and sleet throughout the area here and probably light snow for the lehigh valley and the poconos. as we continue to advance it won't be until 10:00 11:00 when temperatures climb above the freezing mark and by 11:00 this is all just a cold rain falling across the lehigh valley and delaware valley. it will come to an end around 3:00, 4 and work out to sea. in the lehigh valley you'll start out as snow and sleet.

before turning 0 over to freezing rain. you'll get icing on top of the snow. philadelphia and the immediate surrounding suburbs freezing rain to start and quick changeover to rain by 10:00. south juniors, in particular the jersey shore central and southern delaware this is probably just a rain event for you guys down there. future tracker 6 the magic number is right there. once we go above 32, it's above freezing. all these numbers are below freezing by 7:00. by 9:00 we're close to the freezing mark and midday we're climbing above freezing. hopefully that will be the trend and melt that ice. 38 degrees partly sunny not as cold millville 39. dover, 40 and cape may showing 40. overnight tonight cloudy skies wintery mix developing after midnight. 24 degrees outlying suburbs, 30 for center city. the exclusive accuweather

seven-day forecast, 38 today, 39 tomorrow these are the warmest temperatures we've seen in nearly a week. last monday we're up to 50, from that point we're stuck in the deep freeze. tuesday, wednesday thursday, friday temperatures improve each and everyday it's quiet out there combination of sun and clouds, closing in on 40 degrees and if not better than that on saturday. it could be tricky tomorrow morning, but most of next week looks quiet. >> we'll take it. don't forget you can take 6abc.com with you. the new smart design fits any device you have, whether it's your tablet or smart phone, no matter how large or small that screen. check it out by visiting 6abc.com anytime anywhere. >> well, a cat in south jersey likely used up all of its nine lives after findings itself in a fix. "action news" viewer sent us this video after he rescued a feline. a jug filled with ice stuck on the cat's held. he spotted the cat on the road,

he picked up the feline, rushed it to animal hospital in haddon township as you can see there they were able to get the jug off the kitty's head and said to be doing much better it can breathe. we'll be right back.

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republic leek. >> vice president and delaware's first son joe biden got an unusual when he president obama and his wife jill biden

visited tennessee on friday because this woman was standing on the side of the road holding the sign as the presidential motorcade drove by. it read joe biden is my spirit animal. pictures of christina mcclain has gone viral. >> the reaction to it has been fun. joe biden saw my sign and he waved and pointed at me and i squealed and was utley excited. >> mcclain and her son was mentioned in a would you also news release. she also a breast cancer survivor, she said she appreciates the work on getting obama care passed. the next time in town she hopes to meet him and have a beer. what's a spirit animal? >> it's like a harry port thing. >> we're at the "action news"

big board there's a controversies over a viral video some call a step by step way to get by a police check. i remain silent, no search, i want my lawyer, it contains his drivers license and registration. he said the key is to keep the window up. >> the second you open your window, they can say they smell alcohol or drugs emitted from the vehicle and the moment that you speak a word, they can claim that your speech is slurred. >> well, the officers looked at the bag and let the man drive off. no questions asked. a new york lawyer wrote the guidelines. he said the goal is to protect constitutional rights and

prevent innocent people from wrongly being accused of dui. monks are known for being peaceful. parentally they have their limits. brother noah said he lost his cool during a recent call to customer service with united airlines. he was trying to help a fellow monk who was visiting his sick mother in africa. united said the flight was frawnt lent even though 89 first half of the ticket was used. he said they were less than helpful and pray for them and hung up. the monastery posted it on the website and got the attention of united and led to appear return flight and apology and 350-dollar credit toward future travel. we'll be right back.

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turning to sports, two teams are moving forward in the nfl playoffs. the seattle sea hawks showed why they are super bowl champs with the carolina pan they they look this interception touchdown that sealed the deal. move on to play the in them fc title. the patriots in the hunts for the super bowl. tom brady and his team rallied from two, 14 point deficits to beat the ravens. they are in the afc title game for the 4th straight year, here's jeff skeverski with all your sunday morning sports. >> reporter: how about the

sixers they are showing signs of life. they won only 7 games but all have come in the last five weeks. keep in mind they had zero wins in the first five weeks of the season. they are looking sharp. tony roten, they are going nuts. check this out roten again this time off the back board. sixers up 7. they lose the lead, 17 seconds to go, david west makes the shot. sixers down one. it comes down to one final shot. down one 9 seconds michael carter williams gets the roll. sixers are on a roll. they have won two in a row. they are dancing because it's their best stretch of the season. >> feels great, you know in the beginning of the season we had 50 at home and we gave it away.

to be at home and have a crowd like that and be able to come home with it. >> jake borachek is going to his first all stars game. he'll be joined by claude giroux. they will not be going to the playoffs if they don't get going here. the flyers and the bruins a team they are chasing. mason went down with a knee injury. ray emory comes in. third period off the turnover, allows two goals in the third minutes later chris kelly here it is, short handled. flyers lost 3-1. 11 points out of the playoff spot. now there's a concern he may have lost mason too. >> else in pain, obviously we want him to get better, like i said he is a big part of the team but statement we have to keep playing. >> reporter: remember the flyers

fan who rejected the sydney cosby jersey back on christmas the flyers were so happy with that they invited him to the game to hang out with the team. there's claude giroux who doesn't like cosby or the penguins either. national championship game tomorrow oregon against ohio state. the ducks say eagles coach chip kelly they believe he is the reason the school is a win away from the first title. >> a lot of these guys are here because of coach kelly. he provided us an opportunity to play divisional football. his imprint is still around the program. >> reporter: the national championship game tomorrow night on espn at 8:30, oregon against ohio state and eagles coach chip kelly is expected to be on hand rooting for, of course, the

ducks. that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski. have a good day. >> speaking of sports, this is a cute story an oklahoma city 6th grader reached out to each and every team in the nfl and he only heard back from one. he wrote handwritten letters and asked each one why he should choose them as the team he should root for. he received a package from the owner of the carolina panthers. he sent a helmet and handwritten note saying he would be honored if he chose them and make them prowled. all presigned the helmet. that's a great story. >> i am sure the kid is happy to have the helmet. >> that's a great story. closing in on their goal, two climbers inch closer to the

peak at yosemite national park. snow ingenuity brothers create this masterpiece with mounds and mounds of snow. those stories and more, plus, chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast at when action continues.

>> it's 10:00 a.m., sunday, january 11. nydia is off, alicia vitarelli joins us. in the news, three people are shot and killed execution style now philadelphia police are on the search for a gunman. we'll have a live report. paris is filled with people united against the terror attack that gripped parisians. a lot of time sunshine not as cold as yesterday but we're tracking a wintry mix all in time for your monday morning commute. >> reporter: temperatures wise it's cold, it's blustery out there, if there's one form of precipitation you never want to see during the winter months it's freezing rain. unfortunately looks like we have to deal with that first thing tomorrow morning. temperatures wiles we jumped --

temperature-wise we jumped 5 degrees, wilmington, 25. dover, 31. trenton, 24. forecast for today partly sunny, not as cold, not as harsh. 38 degrees 6 degrees above freezing. winds out of the south southwest at 5 to 10. 1:00 p.m., 31 degrees, 4:00 p.m., 38. here's future tracker 6 the problem is this, the cold air is in the process of retreating back up into canada where it belongs. it will take sometime doing so. by the time we get into the morning the cold air will look like this. it will be forced into the valley. because cold air is heavy it will sit onlt ground. it will -- on the ground. it will get trapped in the valley here. 9 rain will fall in the form of

rain and freeze on the ground. here's what to expect, snow to ice to rain in the lehigh valley. for the philadelphia area, northwestern suburbs and western portions of gloucester, salem, camden and burlington counties you'll start out as freezing rain and plain rain. for the jersey shore, this is a rain event. delaware beaches included in that, as well. when i come back we'll talk about how much of an icing event you'll see around here, how much to expect and when it pulls out coming up guys. >> you can join the "action news" morning team beginning at 4:30 for the latest from accuweather and up-to-date conditions on the roads. >> the big story on "action news" is the search for systems after three people were found shot and killed execution style. this gruesome discovery was made by the girl friend of one of the victims. nora muchanic is live in the

mayfair section with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: alicia, police are working hard to solve the gruesome triple murder. calling whoever as is responsible for this, armed and danger owlings. dangerous. the girlfriend of one of the victims called police screaming after she made the grisly discovery inside the home. >> upon arrival they were met by a female who stated inside the property there were three males shot. police went inside found three males, two in the living room area with head shots and a male laying on the kitchen also shot in the head. >> reporter: now, medics were called to the two story home on vista street in mayfair but police say the three were pronounced dead at the scene. 9 boyfriend called her at

5:00 saturday to come over. she left and came back with no luck again, when she returned a third time around 11:30 she went to the back door which was oamed oamed -- opened, and discovered the three men shot in the head execution style. one shell casing was found inside. police are questioning the girlfriend and the upstairs neighbor who herd noises from the apartment but police say that's not unusual. now they are checking surveillance cameras in the area to see if they can give them any kind of a lead here. they don't know if they are dealing with one shooter or more but they are asking anyone with information about this triple homicide to please call them. live in the mayfair section nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> there was more violence in the city overnight. this time gunfire broke out during a birthday in the nicetown section. three people were shot outside the reflection bar at north

17th around 1:30. police say an argument started on the sidewalk and a person grabbed a gun and opened fire. two men and woman were struck. the woman shot in the mouth. she is in critical condition. the two men are in stable condition. happening right now a heart broken fans is rufus nighting in grief -- a heart broken france is uniting. the march stepped off an hour ago, leaders and dignitaries from all over the world including u.s. attorney general eric holder are taking part in this events. more than two thousand police officers are on hand at the rally to help provide protection. the gunman who killed a french police woman and four hostages at a kosher grocery apparently is a man on video pledging

allegiance to isis. >> people across globe are holding vigils to show support to the victims and freedom of the press. >> the sign says pittsburgh and paris together for freedoms and democracy, whether you're french or american wherever you're from you feel the horror and the solidarity for the people in paris. >> i am not muslim, but i have many friends who are who wholeheartedly oppose the violence. >> the pittsburgh mayor said he was proud to live in a city where people demonstrate in palace. in new york dozens of journalists gathered in support of the journalists at the charlie hebdo it poked fun at

extremist by publishing satirical cartoons. some in new york say they may not agree with the cartoons, but defend the free speech. a father taken into custody last night have canceled the amber alert. indiana police found the two children near jasper. the two children are safe, but the mother is still missing. she was not in the vehicle. police questioned hamilton senior overnight and charged him with endangering the welfare of a child and assault. he has not been charged in connection with the missing mother. the search continues for an award-winning teacher missing since tuesday. 40-year-old christopher tully is the father of three. his wife tells "action news" he was driving his parents car when he got out.

he has not been seen since. he is bipolar. he was on medication, family members are concerned for his well-being. >> it's hard when you have three young kids and they don't know where their father is and all they want is for their dad to come home. >> tully has been an accomplished teacher at the middle bucks institute of technology in 2002. he was named the teacher of the year last year. anyone with information is asked to call police. >> four children were removed from a northeast philadelphia home after police found them living in what they called deplorable conditions. the family lived on the 1200 block of greevey street. they received a complaint about noise yesterday morning. when they went into the home they found the children locked in a bedroom. the children were removed from the home and taken to saint christopher's hospital to be checked out. neighbors say they never saw anything out of the ordinary.

>> i support the family, i see, good, you know, very nice, i did not see nothing. >> the special victims unit and department of human services are both investigating. so far no one has been arrested and no charges filed. the mother of a south jersey boy struck and killed by a police officer has issued an angry sponges after learning -- response after learning no charges will be charged in the case. the officer was traveling to a non-emergency call when he hit 10-year-old matthew thk -- mccloskey. the prosecutor's office concluded it was not an accident. the mother released a statement through her attorney. it reads in part -- authorities say they will study whether response procedures

should change in the wake of this tragedy. >> happening today check out the new justice center in bucks county. local officials cut the ribbon on the 85 million-dollar complex in doylestown yesterday. it is sprawling 285,000 square feet. the larger courthouse was needed because of growth in bucks county. judges move into the center in a week. the open house is from noon to 3:00 p.m. at 100 block of main street. there's free parking available. governor tom corbett opensment 99th annual farm show in harrisburg. he emphasized that the show is important for those in agricutlure which is the largest business in pennsylvania. the farm show features rodeos and pie contests and 6,000 animals are on display. the week-long event runs through saturday. >> there's a combined $422 million in lottery wings up for grabs and the powerball and

mega millions drawing. there were no winners in the drawing that means the jackpot jumps to $176. the winning numbers 2 9 19, 28 29, the powerball, 19 and the power play 5. the next powerball drawing is wednesday night during "action news" at 11:00. you can see the mega millions drawing worth 246 million on tuesday night on "action news" at 11:00. of. >> who says the holiday spirit is just for christmas. we'll tell you why that trucker is keeping his truck decorated with thousands of lights. two climbers clear a major hurdles at the top of a peak at yosemite national park. looking live through sky6 hd at the platt bridge.

meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast exit may involved your monday morning commute when we come back.

>> let's get a check of the weather, it's cold outside and doesn't look like it will get better. >> reporter: it is, it will get better we're warmer than we were all day yesterday. >> he is an optimist. >> reporter: let's go live on sky 6. i know a lot of you are fed up

with the cold. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we climb into 40 ins by next weekend and then in the in the 50s. penns landing, you can see chunks of ice in the delaware river. we have ice skaters on the river rink it doesn't open until 11:00. it's bluster and cold, 27 degrees in philadelphia it's warmer than yesterday's high of 25. dewpoint, 11 winds out of the south at 7 miles per hour. 22 in allentown. reading at 20. wilmington 25. lancaster, 21. 31 in dover. clouds in the process of moving in, this will be the trend throughout the afternoon. the high thin clouds, first the sun will shine through them, but then right here, this will start overspreading the area 4r5eu9 in the day and the -- late in the day and the clouds lower and thicken. this will mess is moving across the upper mississippi river

valley. you can see blue showing up here northern arkansas southern missouri. the cold air is in the deep south. it's 43 degrees in new orleans. it's that unusual to get that kind of cold shot that far south. the cold air is retreating, but this moisture ahead of that curly cue area of low pressure right there is racing quirker toward the area as the -- quicker toward the air where the cold air is moving away. 7:00. cold air is stuck in the valleys north and west of the city. we'll seal the freezing rain, sleet/snow mixture all this will be filled in. the model is having a hard time. more sleet and freezing rain across the i-95 corridor. south jersey it's raining. up in through here, lehigh valley icing.

this will change over to rain by 10:30. even the lehigh valley will go over to rain eventually as the milder air win the battle and pushes into up state new york. in the evening we could have patchy drizzle and the heaviest rain by far will be out of here by then. what to expect, snow to size for the lehigh valley. a quick inch of snow and coating of ice. this will where we'll see the trouble spot for the ice. probably about a tenth of an inch of ice and over to rain and mainly rain across south jersey. lehigh valley snow and scheet to to -- sleet to start maybe an inch of the white stuff and tenth of an inch of ice on top of the snow. there will be headaches in the lehigh valley and the poconos. philadelphia the immediate surrounding suburbs, north and west of the city, you'll start out as freezing rain and sleet pellets mixed in there it should go over to a cold rain by

9:00, 9:30 or so. for south jersey, it's a rain event. icing on future tracker shows we could see anywhere from a tenth to a little bit more. so anything untreated you'll have a lot of slick spots out there. 38 degrees that's the forecast offed high today partly sunny not as cold, not as harsh. winds out of the south southwest 5 to 10. overnights tonight 4 degrees outlying suburbs. 30 center city. 38 degrees today, 39 tomorrow, any icing you do see it will melt rammedly -- rapidly as the numbers jump into the 30s. we'll get milder sun and clouds on friday, 38, saturday, 42. the trouble spot will be monday morning allow yourself extra time and take it slow, it will look like it's raining but the rain will freeze. >> fountain forget you can take

6abc.com with you. the new smart design fits any device you have, whether it's your tablet or smart phone, no matter how large or small that screen. check it out by visiting 6abc.com anytime anywhere. well, if you're afraid of heights take a look at this, these two men are attempting a grueling climb up a peak in the california yosemite knacker park. they are -- national park they are nearing the end of their journey. they shouted out to cheering crowds on the ground. they are two weeks into what is being billed as the first free climb of the virtuical wall to -- vertical wall to reach the summit. that's indiana credible, we'll

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trawb >> here at the "action news" big board we have our odd anticipate unusual pictures of week. they include a sea creature made of wintry stuff and people going to frozen screams to get a dinner. the holiday season might be over but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the view of the season. he and his peter built is will it up with 16,000 christmas lights. some of truckers who have seen

it say it reminds them of home. nurses who have seen him on their commute brightens their ride to work. to thank him they've bringing him continues of cookies and candies. check this out a trio of brothers created a snowy masterpiece using a mound of snow in new brighten, minnesota. they created a 12-foot tall sea turtle. they used notice from their neighbor's yard. that's a good way to clear the snow, they want to a nearby park to get enough snow to make this sculpture. it took a combined 300 hours to finish it. theythey say they do it for fun because they like seeing people going by smiling at their work. they are very talented. last winter they made a snow shark sculp -- sculpture. what would you do for free food? how about eating it outside in single digit temperatures.

that's what diners did in springfield massachusetts. it's called the polar vortex challenge. a restaurant offered hot food for anybody brave enough to eat it in the deep freeze. the temperature 5 degrees. that's a look at the oddities and the odd pictures of the week. you know, eva, i don't know if i would sit outside for the free food. maybe. >> you have to put your hands around it to stay warm. meteorologist chris sowers has a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in just a moment. we'll be right back.

>> inside story is coming up at 11:30, here's monica malpass with a preview. >> reporter: hi, guys, coming up

on inside story pennsylvania attorney general is in the cross hairs after a grand jury recommends criminal charges against her. antiterrorism forces have a challenge, homegrown terrorists struck in paris. harder to contain the elements among your own population. that's coming up later on inside story, i hope to see you then. >> one more check of our the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: it could get dicey tomorrow morning. 38 degrees today not as cold. tomorrow a mixture of sleet and freezing rain in time for the morning commute. lehigh valley it will start as snow before going over to ice and over to rain. 39 degrees monday afternoon. here's what to expect during the morning commute. lehigh valley, snow to ice to rain. philadelphia the immediate surrounding suburbs ice to rain. the ners shore most -- jersey shore, most of the south jersey, mainly a rain event. the changeover will be in the late morning hours 9:30 and

11:00 a.m. that's when we'll see the transition. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast most of the temperatures are above freezing for a change. by saturday it's a quiet week, by saturday we're back in the 40s. that will feel good. >> yes it will. this week with george stephanopoulos is next. >> george talked to attorney general eric holder from paris about the recent terror attacks. here's george with a preview. >> reporter: good morning evening have a and alicia. we'll have more on the terror attack. what is the threat here at home. we'll put all the confess to eric -- questions to eric holder and politics, mitt romeny may take on jeb bush for a third try at the white house. it's all coming up on this week, eva and alicia back to you. >> "action news" continues at noon. here's a story we're working on for you the latest on the search for those behind the

execution style murder of three men. that's coming up in a live report. a local author has her tips to keep all the new year's resolutions. now for chris sowers, nydia han, alicia vitarelli and the entire "action news" team, i'm eva pilgrim. have a good afternoon!

>> announcer: starting right now, a special edition of abc's "this week," terror in paris. a country on edge after a week of terror. security in major cities around the world stepped up. the u.s. on alert. one of the highest threat levels since 9/11. are other sleeper cells waiting to strike? how did terrorists with ties to al qaeda slip through the cracks? this morning, breaking details inside an analysis from our team around the world. plus, attorney general eric holder and the senate intel committee chair are here as hundreds of thousands gather this morning in paris, refusing to be afraid. from the global resources of abc news, a special edition of "this week: "terror in paris." here now, chief anchor, george stephanopoulos.