-- sharrie you has the latest. >> these are just some of the millions of copies that were actually put out today. we'll give those to you a little bit later. of course abc's marci gonzalez has been following this for us. she's in new york with more on those published magazines that were put out as well as another arrest in connection with the attacks. marcy. >> reporter: sharrie police say that arrest likely won't be the last. today investigators are busy trying to track down even more suspects. hunting for the rest of the terror cell responsible for last week's deadly attacks in france. [speaking foreign language] >> reporter: policization they think the accused terrorists who were killed had accomplices because of their extensive weaponry and logistics. investigators have tracked down this man arrested in bulgaria believed ton linked to the brother who carried out the massacre at a paris newspaper. police are still trying to find this woman the alleged girlfriend of the gunman who killed four people at a kosher

supermarket. investigators believe she and an accomplice are hiding in isis territory in syria. >> it's going to be difficult even to conduct surveillance of her activities while she's in syria. >> reporter: after those deadly attacks in france which al-qaeda and yemen claims it orchestrate add new threat aimed at u.s. airports. al-qaeda's magazine inspire publishing step by step instructions on making a new kind of bomb that would only be detector by full body scanner machines which many small airports don't have. >> this group aqap is absolutely determined to try to take out and attack on a u.s. bound airplane. >> reporter: meanwhile today as the french police officer shot to death in last week's attacks were honored and the four hostages killed at that supermarket were laid to rest employees at charlie hebdo newspaper refused to give in to fear defiantly releasing this week's issue distributing a record 3 million copies. and on the cover a cartoon of

the prophet mohammed holding a sign with those symbolic words je suis charlie and the high line reads all is for given. reporting live marci gonzalez channel6 "action news. >> thank you. those millions of copies put out today and there will be more on this story tonight with world news with david muir. of course more on the terror in france as well as more on how american airports are increasing security measures across the country in the wake of these dual terrorist attacks in paris. that of course, at 6:30. over to monica. >> thanks sharrie. philadelphia police are asking for your help finding a shooting suspect. surveillance cameras captured the suspect in a southwest philadelphia store on new year's day. now, the man in this video allegedly shot the victim in the face as he was leaving the store on dick's avenue. the victim survived the shooting. anyone with information about that suspect is asked to call the number on your screen 215-686-tips. >> we now know the name of the teenager killed in a crash in

bucks county. officials say 19-year-old quiana alvarango of quakertown was killed when the car she was riding in lost control and crashed. happened last night in the 1900 block of trumbauersville road in milford township. the 18-year-old driver was ejected from the car and taken to the hospital. no word yet on her condition or his condition but state police are looking into weather icy roads played a role in the accident. a new road way in bucks county will ease traffic congestion in bensalem township. they cut the ribbon on the new extension at the intersection of galloway road and route 513. also called hulmeville road. it will not only improve traffic along 513 but also give better access to several businesses and the pennsylvania turnpike. >> now that the winter chill has settled in it's prime time to head to the ski resorts. colder weather good business for them. "action news" reporter walter perez live at bear creek with details. hi walter. >> reporter: hey monica.

as we take a live look at conditions at bear creek people enjoying themselves. it's easy to forget this past december was pretty mild. as a result several ski resorts in pennsylvania only had about half of their trails opened by christmas when they would have hoped to have had at least 75 percent opened but the cold is back as you mentioned and hopes have been renewed to finish the ski and snowboard season in strong fashion. blue mountain was off to a great start opening its slopes a week before thanksgiving. it was the earliest opening day in blue mountain history. >> but then we had warm weather all the way through december and it's only been within the last two weeks where we've basically have been 100 percent opened by this weekend. >> reporter: it has been tougher to keep the slopes snow covered at bear creek mountain resort located in macungie lehigh county where it's usually just a few degrees warmer than the poconos. >> a lot of times unfortunately those two or 3 degrees, four or five whatever it may be makes a huge difference in the ability for us to make snow or not. >> reporter: but the

pennsylvania ski resorts have new hope in it seems old man winter made a new year's resolution to actually do his job. with recent temperatures dipping under the 20-degree mark conditions have been nearly ideal to turn on the snow guns. as a result, most regional resorts expect to have either all or nearly all of their trails opened by this weekend. and with the martin luther king and president's day holidays approaching, that is good news for the resorts and the skiers and snowboarders many of whom say this year is still better than last year deemed by many as too snowy and too cold. >> last year i got out whenever the roads weren't impossible. >> which was rarely last year. >> that it was that it was my friend. >> reporter: either way 72-year-old matt mcgran says a bad day skiing still beats a great day at work. >> i'm still a kid having a good time and learning to enjoy it more and the more you do it, the better you get the better you get the more fun you have at it. >>

all right. we have 24 to 36-inch bases here at bear creek and in blue mountain and as long as temperatures remain below freezing during the overnight hours in particular, they still expect to count this ski season as a success. reporting live from bear creek, walter perez channel6 "action news. >> thank you walter. time to get a check of our "action news" traffic report tuesday night. >> matt pelman standing by in the "action news" traffic center. it is a tuesday night and how is the traffic this evening matt? >> not sure i would be considering the evening commute a success so far. we have a few issues that we're watching out for rick and monica but this one no longer an issue. they fixed the traffic lights along south street at the schuylkill expressway. still, though, you're looking at plenty of eastbound traffic here coming away from the roosevelt boulevard through this point south. couple extra minutes on that eastbound travel time. bunch of issues in new jersey this afternoon in robbinsville a crash along 195 eastbound side right by the turnpike take out a lane. and they're still making repairs on that water main break in moorestown right by the friends school blocking off main street in the

process. stick with central avenue or 38 as alternates there. chestnut street also blocked as a result of the water main break. chester avenue gets you around that. watching a crash in runnemede camden county along holly avenue at clements bridge road also one in winslow township camden county along mays landing road at piney hollow road and in egg harbor township a vehicle flipped over along the garden state parkway southbound past pleasantville but everything is off to the side so you can get by. that update on those septa trolleys this evening. the route 10 shuttle busing between 48th and lancaster and the malvern route because of a water main break an crash has us shuttle busing on the 15 between 41st and 63rd. we'll check again rick and monica in the next half hour. >> okay, thank you matt. we have the very latest now on south jersey husband who is in court today and charged with the murder of his missing wife. >> that's right. and we have the latest from david henry live in mount holly on the missing erica crippen crosby, david. >> reporter: yeah, monica, erica crippen crosby's family came here looking for answers

but they did not learn much. during the first very brief court appearance by her husband, kyle crosby who is accused of killing her. >> are you going to apply for a public defender? >> no. >> are you going retain private counsel? >> yes. >> reporter: 28-year-old kyle crosby showed little emotion as the charges against him were laid outer in court for the first time. one counter of furthery murder and two counts of child endangerment. he's accused of killing erica and abandoning his daughter and stepdaughter. erica's relatives sobbed quietly in court never getting the answer to a burning question: where is erica? her body hasn't been ground. >> without erica we're still lost. you know, we're grateful that kyle is here and he has been caught but we're still missing erica. >> reporter: erica was last seen alive with kyle the night of december 30th at a restaurant in cherry hill. her family became concerned and asked the police to check on her on january 7th. they went to her house with the police and found erica's

pocketbook and coat and signs of a struggle. they asked police to open the trunk of her car but they say the police told them they couldn't do it without a search warrant. they questioned crosby but let him go. the next day both he and the car disappeared. >> it was erica's car. it wasn't kyle's. and the fact that they wouldn't check it, we would have had erica today and we would have had closure. the fact that they let him go to do this and i don't know where she is is will haunt us forever. >> reporter: crosby was arrested last night when police stopped him in erica's car in bellmawr. investigators say they found evidence in the trunk that they believe is connected to her disappearance. but they don't have her body. it could be anywhere between here and baltimore. >> he was gone for five days and we verified by various surveillance and other means that he was as far away as baltimore maryland and places in delaware.

>> reporter: erica's family says they're willing to forgive crosby. they just want him to let them know where the body is but law enforcement sources tell us he is not cooperating. crosby is now being held on $1.2 million bail. live in mount holly, david henry, channel6 "action news." >> all right, david thank you for that report. much more still to come on "action news" tonight. new details about the fight against the flu in pennsylvania. in the health check reporter and registered nurse ali gorman has good news about the number of cases in our area. sets glee i'm tracking another cold night but with diminishing winds and tomorrow a chance of snow showers in parts of our viewing area. i'll explain where in the accuweather forecast. >> plus, the children of the late dr. martin luther king are in a legal bat -- battle. we'll explain why next. >> those stories and much more when "action news" continues. >> ♪♪

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>> there's a hopeful sight tonight in this winter's flu outbreak. cases in pennsylvania may have peeked although there's still a lot of winter to go. >> absolutely. health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman at the big board with details. >> the latest update covering

cases reported to the state health department shows last week the number of cases actually went down from the week before. and it's a little bit below what was reported christmas week. but overall flu activity is still widespread in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. and the centers for disease control and prevention says hospitalizations and deaths from flu complications continue to rise in the elderly and the very young. children under five are one of groups with the greatest risk. >> young kids may not have seen certain strains of flu so the first time somebody is exposed to a specific strain it can be more severe. >> now, if you have not been vaccinated you should still get a flu shot. it may give you some protection against the flu strain going around and it can protect you if we get a repeat of what happened last year when a second strain made the rounds in march and april. and in other health news today, we have a live facebook

chat at our station called making it stick. we're talking about healthy new year's resolutions. we have nutrition expert juliet berk from unite fitness answering questions along with her we have jeff serelli who lost more than 200 pounds. he's sharing the secrets to his success and if your goal is to quit smoking, ryan kauffman with the health department is here to help. they'll be answering your questions in a live facebook chat until 5:30. to join us just go to the 6abc facebook page. rick and monica, back over to you. >> good idea. thanks ali. the children of dr. martin luther king jr. were in an atlanta courtroom today debating who owns some of the late leader's prized possessions. a judge is decide hook will take ownership of king's bible and the 1964 nobel peace prize. king's sons martin the third and dexter declined to say if they're going the sell the items. king's daughter berniece opposes any sale. both items are currently locked in a safety deposit

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>> ♪♪ >> gas prices continue to slide closer to two dollars a gallon throughout our area. in the philadelphia area, the average is now $2.42 which is down about two cents overnight n south jersey drivers are paying $2.06 a gallon after a two-cent drop there as well. and in delaware gas is now around $2.26. while the national average is close to $2.12. an internet startup hoping to make one hour grocery delivery a nationwide phenomenon. delivery service insta cart raised $220 million in funding. the company uses personal shoppers to pick up groceries at retailers like whole foods. funds will be used to improve the product and expand into new markets. amazon is teaming up with director woody allen for a new tv show. the annie hall oscar winner will write and direct his

first ever series for amazon prime's insta video service. the show doesn't have a name yet but it's set to debut sometime next year. >> atlantic city is takeing a new approach to attract sports and other big events to the shore town. miles an hour don guardian and officials an lownessd the new atlantic city sports commission this morning. they plan to target all kinds of sporting events including cheerleading competitions and more to give the city the economic boost it really leads. >> and i look forward as we move forward to bring great athletic competition back to atlantic city and and fill out hotel tell rooms restaurants and create the jobs we need and as we get a chance to show the world that we love you we need you to love us, too. >> the commission has set a goal to bring in events that will book 100,000 nights in atlantic city hotel rooms over the next five years. >> pennsylvania's outgoing lieutenant governor is taking a job leading our local united way. jim cawley will head the

organization's branch that covers greater philadelphia and southern new jersey. republicans call lee and governor tom corbett were defeated in the november election and they'll leave office next tuesday. the 35-year-old jim cawley is a former bucks county commissioner. >> much more still to come on "action news" at 5:00. looking live from sky 6 hd. that's a pretty evening as we look at penn's landing and plus i-95 there and the ben franklin bridge. meteorologist cecily tynan will tell us when we might see some warmer weather when we come right back. oh, she says june, okay. well, there you. >> oh not soon enough. >> we'll be right back.

>> time for accuweather. at the "action news" big board meteorologist cecily tynan here. cold sunshine but things are switching up a little bit tomorrow. >> could it be a carbon copy of today. >> little bit different tomorrow. more clouds, maybe some snow showers south of philadelphia but it won't be quite as cold but we are live on sky 6 taking a look at the skiers and the boarders at spring mountain ski resort. the good news for this cold weather is that the ski resorts can make a lot of snow and that's what they've been doing. temperatures right now generally in the 20's. 28 degrees for philadelphia. our high this afternoon 32 degrees. that's 8 degrees below the normal high for this time of year. allentown right now 23, wilmington 28, millville 29 and wildwood currently 30 degrees. the winds have died down but

still we have winds generally six to 15 miles per hour out of the north so when we have temperatures this low doesn't take much to create a wind chill. the wind chill makes it feel like 14 in allentown feels like 18 in trenton, 19 in millville and the wind chill in philadelphia currently 20 degrees. satellite6 along with action radar showing you see some of this moisture beginning to build off the southeast coast. that's low pressure. last week some of the computer models were indicating that this would really cane strength become a big nor'easter. that's not going to happen. this will remain weak, it will pull off the coast but it will be close enough that we'll get some clouds and parts of our region could see a brush of snow during the morning hours tomorrow. future tracker 6 showing 6 o'clock in the morning a lot of clouds and then some of that moisture again developing south of philadelphia. little bit of rain at the coast. it will be cold enough that most areas this will be snow showers. it moves off pretty quickly. we're left with the clouds

through the day tomorrow. the best chance of seeing a coating of snow really from surf city through millville smyrna delaware and all areas south again. this is not a direct hit by low pressure, it's just a brush and with the clouds tomorrow temperatures will not be quite as cool as today but still it will be on the chilly side. so tonight it will be cold, diminishing winds clouds will be rolling in the overnight hours, 20 degrees in philadelphia allentown 11, 18 in millville and 25 in cape may. tomorrow morning future tracker showing the wind chills again, you want to bundle up tomorrow, wind chills in the single digits in the northwest suburbs right around 10 the i-95 corridor and then not quite as brutal at the shore, wind chills in the 20's tomorrow morning. for the five day at 5:00 showing tomorrow lots of clouds. that brush of snow, south philadelphia, the high 34 degrees so a little bit warmer than today. thursday mixture of sun and clouds 37 degrees. on friday, looking really nice breezy with bright sunshine 40 degrees. saturday temperatures drop a little bit 38 degrees, lots

of sunshine. sunday it's a trade-off. lots of clouds but look at that our high close to 50 degrees. 49. will that continue into next week? meteorologist melissa magee will have that answer in the accuweather 7-day forecast: almost 50 degrees. >> we love that. >> i'm wearing shorts sunday. >> please don't. >> not necessary. >> wait a minute. much more to come in the next half hour of "action news" at 5:00. the man accused of killing his mental health caseworker inside of a delaware county wellness center has an outburst during a hearing today. we'll tell was he told the judge. >> facebook, we'll explain how the popular site is helping missing children come back home. >> alabama school is asking all of its students to bring canned goods for class but it's not for a food drive. we'll tell you why. >> those stories and more when "action news" comes right back. >> ♪♪

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cyber security. the search is on for a thief who did not hesitate to take what he wanted from an unsuspecting victim. it was caught on tape. plus former sportscaster turned criminal defendant don tollefson takes the stand again in his theft trial. >> now the details. today president obama proposed sweeping legislation to help improve cyber security. the bill's goal is to encourage the private sector to share information with the department of homeland security when it's been targeted by hackers. in return they would receive safeguards from the federal government. karen travers is live with more on today's announcement. karen. >> reporter: good evening, wreck. cyber security is certainly getting a lot of attention these days because of the sony hacking and yesterday's hit on u.s. central command. president obama said today he understands americans are concerned about their privacy but he wants to see greater cooperation between the government and private

companies. president obama says cyber hacking is a real threat that can have devastating consequences. >> protecting our digital infrastructure is a national security priority and a national economic priority. >> reporter: so today he urged congress to pass legislation that promotes better information sharing between private companies and the government. >> we've got to stay ahead of those who are trying to do us harm. >> reporter: earlier today president obama sat down with congressional leaders at the white house. he said that cyber security is one area where democrats and republicans can work together. >> with the sony attacks that took place with the twitter account that was hacked by islamist jihadist sympathizers yesterday it shows how much more work we need to do. >> reporter: the president was referring to yesterday's shocking cyber attack on the u.s. military. suppose isis followers managed to take over the twitter feed and youtube page of u.s. central command.

the hackers posted isis videos and this threat, american soldiers we are coming. watch your back. the military said no classified information was compromised in what it called cyber vandalism but the fbi is conducting a full investigation. >> we have to be clear that attacking someone's social media profile is really getting their user name and password in order to log into a third party service. it's not the same as attacking the network or intruding into the network. >> reporter: next month the white house will hold a summit on cyber security out of stanford university in california and their goal is to bring together key leaders in the government and the private sector. reporting live from washington karen travers channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> karen thank you. meantime president obama today also hosted a sit-down with house and senate leaders to talk about how they can work together moving forward. this is the first such meeting since republicans regained control of the house. house speaker boehner house democratic leader nancy pelosi

lows see and senate leader reply mitch mcconnell were among the attendees but notably absent from today's meeting senate minority leader harry reid still recovering from a serious fall at his nevada home last month. we now know the name of the woman who died when smoke filled a train on the d.c. metro system. she is 61-year-old virginia resident carol glover. officials say an electrical malfunction caused the smoke but investigators are still trying find out exactly what went wrong. this is cell phone video from the incident. and it is just one of a multitude of questions in the wake of the incident that center dozens to the hospital. d.c.'s mayor said today that firefighters responded with an an -- a customary time. the trapped passengers struggled to breathe as thick smoke filled the train. many described the fear and chaos as they waited for rescuers to arrive. >> no cell service. i was trying to call my

parents, friends of parents and then everybody starts coughing and then everybody's black stuff everywhere. >> reporter: d.c.'s mayor is newly elected. she says her administration is reviewing the fire department's response. the white house says there's no evidence of terrorism. an underground fire near no,'s penn station caused headaches for some travelers. the fire broke out just before 2:30 a.m. at a construction site that was two floors below ground its unclear how the fire started but it has been ruled accidental. it took crews nearly three hours to put it out. no one was injured but many trains were diverted from penn station for a bit of a time. world news tonight with david muir will have much more on the deadly incident inside the d.c. subway system last night including firsthand accounts from people who were rescued. you can watch that following "action news" at 6:00. >> former philadelphia sportscaster don tollefson was back on the stand today in his ongoing theft and fraud trial. he's representing himself against charges that he took

money but never delivered travel packages sold to benefit charity. "action news" reporter chad pradelli live outside the courthouse in doylestown with more on today's testimony. chad. >> reporter: monica, don tollefson spent much of the day calling character witnesses who testified about all of the charitable work don tollefson has done over the years but what they could not do is defend him on accusations he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from other people. don tollefson walked into court today and once inside took the stand in his own defense. his testimony was long winded and at times had at least one juror nearly nodding off. he testified for nearly an hour but a youth trip he organized in the 2012 summer olympics in london. in simple terms it was a lavish trip that cost roughly $75,000. >> you have a large picture of charitable work that i did for these children and that that comprised a lot of years and a

lot of money. >> reporter: tollefson says of 2012 he began to run out of money. he calls himself a bad businessman. but prosecutors say the roughly 200 victims were bilked out of $340,000 and bogus sports travel packages would call him a crook. >> it's a classic ponzi scheme. he's taking from the people that paid him already and booking trips for people that are trod go and things bound to collapse and that's exactly what happened. >> reporter: tollefson claims his money trouble began after losing radio and tv jobs including with the philadelphia eagles. those opportunities dried up many of his fundraising efforts. today the judge allowed subpoenaes for several high ranking eagles officials including executive vice president of football operations howie rows man who according to the court is vacationing in turks and caicos. >> to testify about what i did with the eagles, why i was fired by the eagles and what i had expected from the eagles if i had not been fired.

>> reporter: and the prosecutor tells me he expects testimony to wrap up early next week. then it will be in the jury's hands. i'm live in doylestown, chad pradelli, channel6 "action news." >> all right, thank you chad. richard plotts the man accused in a deadly shooting at mercy fitzgerald wellness center in darby told the judge today he wants to plead guilty now. the 49-year-old interrupted his public defender to make that declaration during his video hearing. plotts is charged with murder in the july killing of his caseworker theresa hunt. psychiatrists lee silverman was also wounded in that shooting. >> a long time delaware county high school football coach is heading to trial on charges he was involved in a hit and run while drunk. today a judge found there was enough evidence against haverford high school coach joseph gallagher to move forward. he's been at haverford for the past 23 years is accused of hitting a car in prospect park last november and then taking off. he was later arrested at his

home. in south philadelphia investigators are asking the pub particular to help identify two men who held up a cell phone store last tuesday. this is video inside the cellular express and prepares on the 1800 block of washington avenue. the suspects cleared out the register then forced a clerk to open a safe in the back. the gunmen got away with several iphones from a display case. >> philadelphia police are also looking for the man in this surveillance video from mayfair. they say he punched a man and stole his mac book laptop while in the 7-eleven in the 2900 block of cottman avenue christmas eve. now, detectives say the victim had put an ad for the laptop on craigslist and then had arranged to meet the buyer in that store. fortunately the victim was not seriously hurt. a chester county schoolteacher is favoring charges that she had sex with one of our students. she's 35 year old sara o'neill and teachers at the church farm school in exton. detectives say o'neill started the relationship with the student when he was 16 years old.

they believe there are at least four separate incidents involving o'neill and the student. crews were busy today fixing a massive water main break in the wynnefield section of philadelphia in the 20 inches main ruptured last night spewing water onto 57th street and wynnefield avenue. you can see here traffic some of it driving through the big mess and a piece of the road even came up. the area will be closed until further notice. >> all right. in the meantime let's check the commute home on a tuesday night. >> all right, see what's going up or down or sideways. hey, matt. >> yeah, that time of year when the pipes are cracking and the roads coming un, what a mess out there. we had that water main break by saint joe's rick and mon today, also one over in moorestown burlington county still giving us some road closures including a portion of main street 537 by the moorestown friends school. stick with central avenue or 38 instead and chestnut street is also blocked off chester avenue gets you around that one. meanwhile outside it's camera time along 95 here by girard avenue. some nice colors in the sky done night. also seeing the colors of the brake lights headed southbound

toward that sixers game. northbound the travel time even a little slower, 32 is more than double what it would be with no delay. in bucks county new britain township watching a crash along swamp road between curly hill road and ferry road. also one in lower oxford chester county by the susquehanna bank along route 10 limestone but our earlier issues on the septa trolleys have been resolved. everything is on time at this point. rick and monica back to you. >> matt thank you. much more to come on "action news" tonight. a school in alabama is asking all students to raid their cup boards for canned goods but it's not for a local food bank. we'll explain. >> facebook using its popularity to help find missing children. we'll tell you how. melissa is in for adam. >> temperatures along the 95 corridor in the lower teens and 20's. it stays cold. in fact we're tracking the threat of snow for some on wednesday. details coming up with the accuweather forecast. >> all right melissa. jeff skversky has the day in sports including a wrap of last night's college football

championship game. did you see it. >> nope. >> i won't tell hugh won. ohio state. when "action news comes right back. [laughter] >> ♪♪

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>> facebook has launched a new initiative to help locate and safe the lives of missing children. the social ned work site is joining forces with the national center for missing and exploited children. as soon as as amber alert is issued users who live nearby will see a post on their news feed. that post will include a picture explain where the child was last seen and what he or she was wearing. >> when people receive these alerts on their phones we want them to know that this is very rare and they're in a position to be able to help. >> more than 700 children have been found since amber alerts ban in 1996. >> eastern alabama school principal is asking students to bring canned food to school not for the hungry but to use as a weapon a way to fight off any possible school intruders. a letter went home explaining to parents the cans can be used to stun enoch out -- even knock out a intruder. the school superintendent reassured parents the cans will be a last resort and says they'll be stored in

classrooms and not carried around by the students. >> turning to sports it was a big flight for the ohio state buckeyes. the new college football national champs. >> jeff skversky live with more. >> college football's national championship game over. what's next for chip kelly's favorite college football quarterback, marcus mariota? he has until thursday to declare for the nfl draft. mariota said he would trade the heisman for a national championship instead. voorhees native eli apple and ohio state are going to disney world. ezekial elliott steals the show, four touchdowns, 246 yards rushing mariota's amazing year ends this way. apple the eastern high grad steals it and seals it. ohio state by 22. irving meyer is the only -- the second coach in college history to win national championships at two different schools. >> i love these guys and i made a comment out there that bill parcels and i'll never forget when he said that in

the video we made it's like a blood transfer. we're officially brothers for the rest of our lives because we're champions. >> well, we haven't been able to say this in a long, long time but the red hot sixers back in action tonight against atlanta. sixers trying to win for the fourth time in their last five game. as hot as the sixers are playing by their own standards the hawks are the hottest team in the nba. atlanta has won 22 of their last 24 led by former sixer kyle korver. if the sixers are going to take the next step they have to step up to this challenge and beat atl. >> although you're, you know, respectful of the difference in regards to records, you respect the challenge. now we're back in the eastern conference and we got the two best teams to date and it's a fantastic challenge. >> former sixers coach larry brown, there he is, back in town. the coach of southern methodist is getting his team ready to face temple tomorrow.

brown says owl's coach fran dunphy is one of the most underrated coaches he is perhaps because he can do all those push-ups. look at dunphy go. he's 66 years old. >> i appreciate the friendship that i have with him but i most importantly the respect of an opposing basketball coach like he is is pretty nice but once the ball goes up, we're not going to be doing too much hugging together. we're going to be trying to beat each other and as soon as the game is over we'll move on but he's a good man. >> i don't like to play friends. i don't enjoy that. you know, i didn't enjoy the two games we played against temple last year. >> dunphy is still going. 44 45, 46. wow. he's still going. how about fran dunphy. we'll have more by the way on brown's feelings towards the sixers coming up at 6:00. all right moving on, yet another injury to the flyers defense. first nick grossman went down, then goalie steve mason and now it is defenseman brayden

coburn who will miss four weeks after taking a puck off his left foot. hey, who needs defense when you can score like this. flyers scored seven times last night against tampa bay the best team in the conference. probably the most goals the flyers have had in a game this season. five of the goals come in the second period. yeah it felt like it was going on just this fast. and they're still scoring like larry brown is still watching fran dunphy do push-ups. back to back games for the orange and black starting tomorrow in washington. let's go back to you in the studio. >> all right thank you jeff. a former philly talked baseball today with seniors in delaware county. all-star second baseman nicky moran dino. money goes to the maris grove residence care fund helps support folks who have financial difficult teams he's currently the coach of the phillies aaa affiliate the lehigh valley iron pigs.

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>> meteorologist melissa magee here. snow tomorrow. when and where depends on rally estate really. >> yeah, that's right. mainly south across the city south jersey and delaware. couple flurries in the morning. storm tracker 6 live double scan radar showing you it is dry right now but some spots tomorrow morning might find a

few flurries. not a major concern. we'll show you the picture outside. action cam was outside earlier today. looking at ocean city. isn't that gunfire there in new jersey. the waves brushing up against the water and rocks there. conditions are pretty calm but it is chilly and you notice the clouds are starting to drift across the areas south of philadelphia and we'll talk about the reason why. but definitely chilly on our tuesday. the high temperature reached at midnight and at 38 degrees and these numbers were falling and coming back up a little bit. right now in philadelphia coming in at 28 degrees. so when you factor in the wind chill with those winds coming out of the northeast it feels like 14 in allentown feeling like 20 in philadelphia, 9 degrees the current wind chill in the poconos and it feels like 18 degrees in wildwood. here's satellite6 along with action radar. clouds drifting northward across the delaware and lehigh valleys. it's all thanks to this area of low pressure just off the coast of the carolinas so some light precipitation some light rainfall right now across that region. this area of low pressure is

going to move off to our north and east and also a it does so, it could throw back a little bit of precipitation down across areas in south jersey. future tracker 6 has you covered. 6 o'clock in the morning it's mostly cloudy and then some light flurries, some snow showers down across jersey, also into delaware. as we clear out in the afternoon you notice the clouds stick around but that moisture really high tails it to our north and east so looks like this is a minor event with some snow showers a possible coating in some locations. so, we're calling for that from surf city down to wildwood into millville smyrna and points to the south. and also a we get into the afternoon hours we do have improvement and clearing on the way. the chill, however is going to stick around. on thursday high clouds will be overhead, a high temperature in at 37 degrees so it will ease just a little bit but still chilly in the sense that we are below where we normally should be for this time of year. the call from accuweather for the rest of tonight cold less wind dropping town to 20 in philadelphia, 11 in the suburbs with that northeasterly wind at five to 10 miles per hour. the exclusive accuweather

7-day forecast showing a high temperature today up to 34 degrees. and on wednesday hit that number as well, a brush of snow mainly south. thursday sunshine and clouds, a high temperature in at 37. 40 on friday. it's bright and breezy, not a bad day. on saturday mostly sunny and at 38 degrees. we're looking good, it's mild on sunday. rather cloudy, though. high temperature up to 49 degrees. i think rick said he was going to break out the shorts by then. >> right. >> no. >> i don't know. monica is not for that. then it cools back down as we get into monday, brisk and colder for the mlk day of service high temperature of 39. clouds and sun on tuesday. we'll be chilly tomorrow and then a few flurries south of the city. >> okay. by the way monica doesn't have any say over what i wear on sunday. >> that's true. >> quick break. we'll be right back. stay with us. >> monday through saturday yes.

>> neshaminy high school students were thrown into the shark tank today. the school hosted a junior version of the hit abc show. students were asked to turn a

classroom lessons into a marketable product or brand. their proposals were judged by sharks from the entrepreneurship class. they even received feedback from two local business owners. >> that's pretty cool. bet they were nicer than the real sharks. >> that would be fun. >> jim gardner and the "action news" team standing by with these stories and more. a woman is executed while waiting at a bus stop in north philadelphia. the key question that remains for police is why. new jersey governor chris christie delivers his state of the state address. his message ahead. >> the widow of teddy pendergrass plans to honor his legacy five years after his death. lisa thomas-laury with that story. now for meteorologist adam joseph cecily tynan, monica malpass, its entire "action news" team, i'm rick williams. have a nice evening. good night. blank which gives him the energy he

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>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪♪ >> tuesday feds offered up millions of dollars to help laid off casino work werers find new jobs. authorities charge a south jersey man with the murder of his wife a woman who man been seen since december 30. the big story on "action news" tonight is the fatal shooting of a 56-year-old woman in philadelphia. it happened at 12th and jefferson in north philadelphia this morning. victim kim jones was waiting for a bus when a gunman walked up and shot her in the head. "action news" reporter vernon odom is live at the scene of the shooting tonight. vernon what have police been able to find out?

>> reporter: not a lot jim. they're probing very hard but they're concluding this was not a robbery not a random attack. they're all over this part of north philadelphia tonight looking for answers and asking for the public's help to find the killer who struck here at 12th and jefferson in broad daylight. this is murder victim kim jones of north philadelphia. the city's 14th homicide victim of the new year. jones a social worker was gunned down just after 9:00 this morning as she waited for the septa bus number 23 at 12th and jefferson to go to her program director job at a known profit center city agency working with troubled families. this was her daily routine. police say a gunman appeared out of nowhere and shot her once in the back of the head. >> someone knew her routine somebody knew that every morning she got on the bus at that time to go into work and ambushed her. >> reporter: jones was the mother of two adult children. she lived about a half block from this bus stop for most of her life. at her agency turning points