>> good afternoon, in the news this noon, the city of philadelphia and the fire department remember the first

female firefighters to die in the line of duty in the city's history. >> key discovery in the search for what happened airasia the flight that disappeared. both black boxes has been found one recovered. >> but the big story on "action news" this noon is the icy commute. for many people across the delaware and lehigh valleys. sky6 live hd is looking live at the center city skyline it's tough to make it out there but it's there beyond the clouds. it's a dreary monday and the chance of any sunshine is very limited as is visibility. let's look at the philadelphia international airport same story here, the good news the temperatures are improving this means the roads are not as dicey for commuters. earlier it was a much different scene. "action news" was along the 400 block of gay street where you could see the sidewalks icing over. penndot officials were spread across the region salting roads

to keep the icing at a minimum. we have live team coverage of the morning commute. >> we begin the team coverage with david murphy looking at accuweather at the big board. >> reporter: anyone watching the morning newscast knows we had a plethora of accidents across the region especially to the west. we're transitioning to all rain close to philadelphia and points south. there's a little blue in allentown and chester bucks and montgomery county. things are improving as warm air continues to push in from the south and we push into that wintry mix farther to the north. this came in in the oafnt -- overnight hours i'm starting with you with the frez frozen view when most of you were asleep. the temperatures at the surface were cold enough to get the freezing rain the rain hits the

freezing surfaces and turns to ice. the latest view those there's very little blue left, in fact as we look at the winter weather advisories we'll show you that in a moment, they are improving. ice totals. exton we had. .10. and chadds ford. lehigh valley just will a trace philadelphia just a trails of sleet. martins creek in north hampton county is another spot that totaled .10 inches of ice. it's only about an hour you have to worry about this until we see improvement. the winter weather advisory was taken down in chester bucks and montgomery counties. the areas of concern are lancaster, berks and lehigh

county when you have the additional chance of sleet and rain. when i come back i'll tell you a tale of temperatureses, that's coming up in the seven day. >> a lot of teasing. the icy conditions made getting around tricky as people left for school and work. you had to watch your step walking to the bus stop. "action news" reporter, katherine scott checked out the morning commute across the area and filed this report. >> reporter: it's a mixed bad conditions depend on where you are. in roxborough the roads look okay but the ice is out there like this patch on the sidewalks. it can sneak up on you. there were slips and slides, like this icy watch in roxborough. sure footing it was not easy. on valley, avenue and ridge rain was falling and umbrellas

were out hoods were up, the ground was cold enough for freezing and freezing it did. even getting out to the car could be a tricky traffic. >> walking on the sidewalk. it's slippery. i got in the car and holding him and trying to balance it's slippery. >> going down the stairs, be very, very, very cautious. it's icy there's ice in roxborough it's hilly and dangerous. >> reporter: a messy commute in chester county, as well, and not just for drivers. the camera light picked up the shiny coating of ice that covered the bricks on gay street in west chester. in bensalem, bucks county, street road was salted, but many drivers were slowing down on their way to work just in case. >> the ice you can't tell when it's dark with the glare from the road whether it is slick or not. you have to slow down and take your time and be prepared. you should be fine.

>> reporter: you can see signs of the roads being treated across the area and the road conditions are expected to improve as the day goes on. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> and this reminder you can find the latest information from accuweather including a live look at storm tracker 6 live, the forecast for the day and the week ahead all at 6abc.com/weather. students at ben franklin high school in philadelphia spring garden section arrived at school this morning and turned around and went home that's because there's no power at the school here. that means no lights and no heat. so administrators dismissed the students after 8:30 so crews could repair the problems. >> in delaware police are investigating a deadly crash involving a pedestrian it happened at naamans road in claymont. the man was struck by an oncoming vehicle before 6:30. a water main break flooded

a south philadelphia intersection overnight it happened at midnight at oregon and front street. "action news" was there as the water department crew shut off the 12-inch main. traffic was able to get by but there was icing concerns as temperatures dropped overnight. there are new terror concerns following the paris attack. isis terrorists are renewing the attack to call on attacks on westerns. meanwhile the united states is suffering backlash for missing the massive march in paris. karen traverses has more. >> reporter: u.s. officials say there's no immanent threats and today many across europe are asking key questions, why was there no high-profile american

at the biggest rally. more than a million people taking to the streets of paris on sunday, three million across france in a powerful display of unity. more than 40 world leaders marching arm in arm. missing is high ranking american officials. the white house is facing major backlash. john kerry noted there was a u.s. presence at the rally and u.s. officials has been working closely with france. across france ten thousand additional soldiers employed for enhanced security an unprecedented show of force. this video posted online from the gunman who killed the police officer and later four people at a kosher supermarket. a black jihad i i also -- jihad flag behind swairls allegiance'

swears allegiance to isis. >> a small number of people without a huge amount of planning and resources inreflecting skier damage. >> reporter: isis posted this video a remix from a threat from last september, there are no specifics, but in new york city police have been warned to stay vigilant. >> the target is go out and kill law enforcement and other officials. >> reporter: secretary of state says he'll stop in paris on his way back to washington on thursday to quote make crystal clear about how the u.s. feels about last week's attacks. >> the city of philadelphia is honoring the life of fallen firefighter joyce craig. it marks the he end of a 30 day mourning period. she was killed helping to fight a fire in a west oak lane home.

coming up at 12:30, "action news" will have more on the service. jury selection is underway in the sex assault trial vomple a football coach. lion watson is accused of sexually assaulting five of his players including a mentally disabled adult. don tollefson will return to a courtroom in doylestown. he is on trial for scamming sports fans who bought packages when they thought they were represent be charities. he will defend himself in the case. chris christie's orange swelter luck must have run out. christie has been cheering on the cowboys most visibly two weeks ago since the lions.

he faces ethical questions since it was said that jerry jones was paying for the box seats. the governor took a jab at eagles fans, christie said on his way to lambeau field the people here are great this isn't like going to philly, that's a different story. oregon and ohio state will battle tonight for college football first-ever national championship decided by the new system. you can watch the game on espn starting at 8:30. there's much more to come on "action news," a home is flattened when a gas leak leads to an explosion in indiana. frightening moments for a family in india an elephant flattens the car. and scary moments for a police officer dragged by a car.

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heat. the cause is under investigation. divers restreerved -- retrieved one black box from the airasia plane. they brought it to the surface today. the cockpit voice recorder was discovered several hours later crews will bring it to the surface when current are safe for divers to go in the water. 162 people were on board when the plane crashed into the java sea. the 10-month-old search for an missing malaysia airline jet is getting help from specialized underwater so sonar equipment. the ship is heading to a search area in the remote part of the indian ocean. there has not been a trace of the flight since it vanish the

last march en route to beijing. frightening moments for a family in indian when an elephant walked over the hood of the car. the family was sitting inside at the time. you can only imagine they were quite frightened as the elephant crushed the hood. he is believed to have crushed three other cars in the past ten days. maybe he didn't like the model.

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ice was a concern in parts of the south caked traffic lights and road signs and mail boxings near the ozarks. there were accidents but no serious injuries. a driver got into trouble in raleigh north carolina. there were accidents from the stormy weather that moved throughout the triangle area. rain fell across the region today. >> people will be glad to see the ice move out. >> reporter: we had a far above average number of accidents out there this morning.

chester county had the worst. storm tracker 6 live is showing green. we have a winter weather advisory in effect for the lehigh valley, berks county, both lehigh and north hampton counties. you can see blue dancing around up there. but with warmer up from the south that shouldn't last all that much longer. down south it's all rain. got fairly steady cells highlighted in yellow pushing through the center of the region right now. as we look outside, we have sky6 live hd up in montgomery at the spring mountain ski area and nobody on there right now because they don't open until 3:30 i'm told by a friend of mine today and tomorrow. friend of mine on the set. approximate 35 degrees, the dewpoint is 33. that means the air is saturated with the rain falling. winds out of the west at 7 miles per hour. here's the temperatures, how

about that 43 in wildwood. milled to upper 30s -- mid to upper 30s across south jersey that's why it's raining there. 34 in trenton not too bad. we have gotten above freezing in allentown and reading the winter weather advisory set to expire about 1:00 p.m. in the northern suburbs. for the rest of the way we're in and out of rain. every now and then it could be steadier. this is the 4:00 p.m. view where the only snow is up by the poconos. and then we get into the this evening,, generally speaking after 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. we'll see the rain slide toward 89 ocean and we should by 10:00 10:30 we should be done. in allentown cloudy skies and mixed changing to rain high of 39 degrees. down the shore 42. periods of rain into the evening hours. in philadelphia, cloudy and cool rainy winds southwest at

18. it's a little bitting on the breezy side. the rain continuing into the evening. it will get cold 28 degrees and the windy out of the dry northwest at 10 to 20 miles per hour. we have the evening commute to talk about. that will be cloudy and rainy in spots. 37 degrees by 4:00. 36 by 5:30 in philadelphia. by 7:00, a cold 35, rain falling and norm frozen stuff. tomorrow dry air sweeps in from the northwest. it's cold up in the northwest. that means tomorrow it will be colder. here's the proof in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. today, 39 rain dieing down later this evening. tomorrow colder, 32. 34 organ wednesday he there's a model that suggests we have drizzle around with increasing cloud cover.

it could be freezing drizzle with the temperatures close to the freezing mark. of not all the models have it, wednesday a day to keep your mind on. thursday 37. friday 40. milled 40s for the weekend. it will feel good, too. >> pope francis september an annual tradition this weekend and baptized a dozen infants at the sistine chapel. he poured water from a golden she will-shaped cup to welcome into the faith. the baptisms were held the first sunday after the epiphany. the more time you spend with your smart phone the better chance you have to get sick we'll explain coming up. there were surprises at the annual golden globe awards, find out the big winners next.

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>> we begin with the forecast a messy monday, ice this morning to all rain to snow it's been a slippery ride. the sidewalks on gay street were covered in ice. many people took it easy when they ventured out and about. let's look live at sky6 live hd philadelphia international airport. there's a ground delay in place check with your airline if you're heading to the airport this afternoon. meteorologist david murphy is outside with all the details odds rainy day from accuweather. >> reporter: a moment ago i showed you radar we talked about heavier cells highlighted in yellow coming through the center portion of the region. one is over me right now. take a look at satellite and radar, there you see the rain sweeping through, some of it coming down steady, the best news is that the blue is fading off the map and over the next 25 minutes or so, we expect the last of the winter weather