y. >> it was a cold night and it was snowy in parts of south jersey and delaware it was limited to the extreme parts of south jersey and cape may a little more than a half inch of snow and atlantic city managing a half inch of snow and harrington delaware reporting a half inch of snow, satellite 6 along with action radar showing the bulk of the snow fell at 7:30 see the white in south jersey it moved out quickly, and we do still have a lot of clouds in the region thanks to the low pressure and we have a few scattered light showers in south jersey some rain mixing in with the sleet and sea isle city and fortescue this is the last of it. as we move through the overnight hours the clouds will gradually break and this allows temperatures to nose dive yet again, 32 in philadelphia our high for the date, allentown and reading 27 and wilmington 31 and millville 32 and trenton 31

degrees this is what is ahead. lets get ready for a frigid night, temperatures dropping down to the teens and 20s tonight you know the drill have you to bundle up and dress in layers the next two days, temperatures moderate up near 40 degrees that is seasonable. and on sunday i'm tracking a surge of mild air and along with that comes the threat of rain, i'll talk more about that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> all right thank you cecily. >> show us the conditions in your own neighborhood with the 6 abc storm tracker app, send a postcard of your weather sounderings. >> we have a developing story out of central pennsylvania a multi-alarm fire is moving through the northumberland prison it forces officials to

evacuate 200 inmates under heavy guard to a nearby church in sunbury 85 miles north of the state capital. the prison is 100 years old and a stone building the blaze is not yet under control and we'll continue to follow that story and bring you update as as soon as we get them. security is updated in new casting. officials raised the level after a response to an unusual number of cars coming to the main gate asking for directions, they say it's procedures to increase security measures in instances like this. a north philadelphia community is grieving the death of a beloved neighbor tonight, she was killed while waiting on the bus to go to work and the suspect and motive for this crime is still a mystery. vernon odom is live at police headquarters with more on the continuing investigation.

>> rick, police report little progress today in the kena jones investigation they were at her workplace today searching for includes. >> the assassination style murder of kim jones continues to baffle police as well as her devastated friends and associated at the social service agency where she was a long time project director. >> i'm just stunned. stunned. >> kim jones was shot once in the back of the head after 9:00 yesterday morning as she waited for the route 9 bus to take her to work in center city. police have ruled out robbery as a motive and says she was targeted. it left her coworkers stunned, she was a church going woman with no real enemies. >> it's devastating to us here, i don't have words it's

unbelievable i'm still trying to process this. >> she just got married, tuesday she celebrated 30 days of being married. i was fortunate enough to be invited to the wedding and this is just disturbing. >> surveillance video from around this neighborhood adjacent to temple university. has failed to yield anything useful. they are asking the public for help for anything they can provide. >> kim was a person that would do anything for a prn of need, she was a caring dedicated hard worker and very devoted to her family and to her church. >> that $20,000 in reward money is still out there for the person who leads police to the killer. the person who does the right thing. live at police headquarters vernon odom, channel 6 "action

news." former philadelphia traffic court judge michael lowry is off to prison he is sentenced to 20 months behind bars, is he convicted of lying to a grand jury investigating a ticket fixing scheme. it led to the closure of traffic court and the duties were transferred to municipal court. france has ofrderred prosecutors around the country to crack downtown hate speech and folks glorifying terrorism in the wake of the deadly attacks last week in paris. the president has announced he is sending an aircraft carrier to the middle east to help u.s. fighting militants. the satirical newspaper charlie hebdo, has released their first issue today.

we'll have more on that coming up. ali gorman is joining us now. >> we saw proofs in walter's report germs and illnesses can spread quickly at schools and one local university is urging students and staff to take precautions again the flu. as students head back to class at the university of the sciences, some are worrying about grades and others about germs, stacey gor sky says that viruses like the flu can spread quickly on campus this year for several reasons, the flu travels easy in cold temperature with low humidity. >> being in the masters program we are all together 24/7. >> the university encourages hand washing and hand sanitizer

and disinfected daily. >> they are working to keep surfaces clean especially surfaces that are high touch. >> and elevator buttons and doors, the university also offers the flu vaccine, grad student kristin dougan got hers. >> i like to be protected. >> the flu vaccine is not a perfect match for the strain going around but still helps to protect against other strains. >> because of the way that the vaccine works it could give you protection even against the strain that is mismatched. >> john is not concerned about catching the flu but he also got a flu shot and is taking other precautions. >> wash my hands all the time. all the time. >> and whether you are a student or not these prevention tips

are for everyone the flu vaccine is recommended for everyone older than 6 months old and take care of yourself eat healthy and exercise and try to get enough sleep. this will help your immune system stay strong. >> drivers in delaware can show the love of their pets, they unveiled the new animal license plate in stanford andy of wilmington had his design chosen for the plate it was given to him entitled paw draw. it provides free or low cost spay or neuter for pet openers and their care takers. now the traffic report mid week. hopefully not too bad on a wednesday night. >> you may want to pause before you head towards the blue route in delco things don't look

good it's a crash near route 3 by the upper darby exchange you ever looking at a stand still use 320 or 252 the speeds in that area are just 15 miles per hour. not far off in print field a wreck at west avenue near cambridge road. we had one in collegeville at park avenue but that just cleared and one still in quakertown at juniper street stay on broad street to get around that. and camera time on 95 and the disabled tractor trailer still not moving close to allegheny avenue has the left lane blocked and you can see the jam and the south side backing down. and a water main break at elm road. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> will do. more to come on "action news" wednesday night an ohio bar tenter is in custody accused of

making threats against one of the most powerful people in the country. >> and a popular chain has pulled an item from the money you we'll explain why coming up and we'll check in with cecily tynan, when "action news" at 5:00 continues.

ten people were killed in a bus crash carrying prisoners today. among the dead are eight inmates and two correctional officers it happened within the bus slid off a high wa in team, six others were taken to the hospital after it left the highway. no one on the train was hurt but the bus was in the process of transporting inmates in between prisons. another discovery in the search for asia flight 8501, the crews located the aircraft's fuselage, it showed the wreckage and lettering from the side of the plane and so far the remains from only 50 of the 162 people

on board have been located. crews will spend divers for signs of victims. house speaker, john boehner, was back at the capital one day after one man as plot to kill him. marcy gonzales is here with more on the plot. >> reporter: investigators say that the suspect appears to be mentally ill but the fbi believes he posed a serious threat. >> today house speaker, john boehner is on the house floor with no comment on the man who attempted to kill him. they say that michael hoyt suffers from mental ill and and worked at this country club for five years after he was let go from his job, police responded to his only after a 911 call and blame the boehner for his job loss and said the speaker was

the devil. he admitted he had a loaded assault rifle he would use to shoot the republican leader and he would consider poisoning him because boehner was mean to him at the country club. investigators say that hoyt admitted to sending an email total his wife. and he said he could have poisoned his wine many, many times. his spokes prn released the statement, speaker boehner is aware of the situation and thanks the fbi local authorities in ohio for their efforts. >> and hoyt is in custody undergoing psychiatric evaluations and is charged with trying to kill the speaker of the house and could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted. >> marcy thank you. hundreds of chipotle restaurants stopped selling pork at least for now.

dozens of locations are not longer selling carnitas for violating safety standards. they will only buy from suppliers that raise their pigs in humane conditions. no word on when pork will return to the affected stores. veterans are learning how to eat healthier at a clinic. veterans came to learn how to chow down on wellness from experts and from veg tearan diets and healthy habits in general. >> still to come on "action news" tonight, what if there was a social networking site for your office. facebook wants to make that a reality and we'll explain when "action news" at 5:00 comes right back.

u.s. retail sales had their largest decline in 11 months the commerce department says it's sales fell in december and fell 9%. that is the biggest decrease

since last january, economists were expecting a much smaller drop but now expect sales to bounce back in month. >> governor elect tom wolf made his choice to run the transportation department. leslie richards will serve as sent of the department of transportation and the current sent will become an adviser to the government. it could be easier to use facebook on the job but it has to do with work, the social network is offering a version for businesses big and small. here is what is looks like. this is the mobile facebook at work it's a mobile site separate from what you use to connect with friends and families, your employers have to launch this version in your office and the goal is to allow colleagues to link up instead of using email. also, today google wants to

make its translation app your congressman companion for international travels, it auto loz the use tore say a word for phrase into your phone and the app says it back to you in your desired language the app can use your camera phone to translate a sign. this is an example of how this works, you take your phone and use your camera and hold it up to a sign and it translate its back and works in english, german, italian, russian and spanish. google is looking to expand the options. >> i'll go to china now, i'm not afraid anymore i'll just take my phone. more to come on "action news" wednesday night. outside we go looking live from sky 6 hd and not a lot of folks skiing this evening but it's certainly cold enough and the conditions are ripe, we'll check those chilly temperatures with

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time for accuweather at the "action news" big board meteorologist, cecily tynan has a bit of good news, we are above freezing and we have sunshine. >> tomorrow is a winner compared

to today. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing most of the snow showers are out of south jersey and delaware, we still have a few sprinkles mixing in with a little bit of sleet and cape may and southern atlantic county. this was tweeted by heather of vineland, new jersey they got a coating of snow with the low pressure moving out to sea. the snowfall from philadelphia we didn't get new snow just a lot of clouds this winter a measly 1.6 inches average snowfall, this time 6.2, and last year the second snowiest winter on record by this time we had more than 20 inches of snow. but no snow on the way tonight. philadelphia 32 degrees, 8 degrees below average, allentown and reading 27 and millville 32 and trenton 31 and winds are not that strong generally 5 to 10

miles per hour. 8 miles per hour in philadelphia but still we have enough wind that the windchills are in the 20s right now it's another chilly night. satellite 6 along with action radar showing that low pressure continues to move out to sea, we have high pressure building in and what the high pressure will do is bring another frigid night with temperatures in the teens and 20s, and it brings us the return of sunshine future tracker shows us at 8:00 tomorrow morning, a few patchy clouds and the clouds clear out by the afternoon and the call from accuweather mostly cloudy and a cold night 24 degrees in philadelphia, and 22 in millville and 15 in allentown and 16 in reading, the five-day at 5:00, a mixture of clouds and sunshine and on friday we bump it up to 40 and it will feel colder and we have wind gusts of 30 miles per hour, behind the front on saturday it's sunny but the temperature drops back into the mid-30s sunday will be

milder some rain is developing and behind that system on monday for mlk it's windy and colder and 39 degrees, we'll talk about where to expect the heavy rain on sunday coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> a short cab ride yielded a tip and one cabby in philadelphia won't soon forget. freedom taxi driver picked up a passenger in old city for a quick ride on columbus boulevard the trip was less than a mile and the trip was $3.31, but it's what the mystery driver did next, the driver got a tip for $998.50 on a considered and the cabby thought it was a mistake and they waited 30 days to get is verified and it turned out it was legit.

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"action news" at 5:00 continues now with breaking news tonight. federal authorities have arrested an ohio man that planned to attack the u.s. capital with a pipe bomb and rifle.

authorities took christopher cornell into custody today. they said that cornell discussed his desire to attack on twitter and voiced his support for isis jihad, he purchased a rifle and 600 rounded of ammunition and that cornell considered members of congress to be his enemy and planned to shoot and kill employees at the u.s. capital by deadnating bombs as a diversion. news stands in france were rushing to get a copy ofarlie hebdo, but it was sold out. >> reporter: good evening, the

staff of charlie hebdo did not back down at all after the brutal attacks, the issue came out with a cartoon issue of the prophet muhammad tonight was flying off the shelves of the country of france and no surprise, some people were say that that cartoon image was way to provocative. >> a symbolic poignant day across france it's one week since two masked gunmen stormed the offices of charlie hebdo killing four staffers and two police officers and today they published their issue on time. people lined up to see the copy featuring a cartoon image of the prophet muhammad on the cover. >> as a citizen, i wants to buy the copy. >> they usually print 60000 copies of the issue and this copy 6 million.

they quickly sold out the issue. charlie hebdo's came the same day as an al qaeda affiliate in yemen claimed responsibility for the attack. he says the terror group chose the target in france laid the plan and financed the operation and appointed its leader. >> we believe this came from the media wing and the latest example of the calling card. >> the obama administration says that the al qaeda in yemen is the deadliest of the terror group and a constant threat. >> thank you karen. our coverage of the paris terror attacks continues online

for you at 6abc.com. we set up a slideshow of the various tributes to the victims and videos of the hostages running for freedom as well as updates on the investigation, it's all right there at 6abc.com. in berks county two sisters are recovering after being hit by a car while rushing to school in reading, this is the scene by the riverside elementary school in morning. the girls were late to school and took a public transit bus and not the regular school bus, both girls were hit trying to cross the street and they were treated at reading hospital for what they consider to be non-life-threatening injuries the driver will be cited for going over the 15 miles per hour speed limit. and a police chase ended in delaware county when a car

smashed into a home. this silver chevy suburban slammed into the home but not before hitting a parked car and a driver in the way. >> the officer was prompted to try to stop the individual. >> it started at 7:15 this morning officers followed the car in tinicum township to here where the driver crashes. >> the driver exited the vehicle and ran behind the houses officers pursued the subject. >> officers eventually arrested the man and found a gun tossed into the yard and no word if he tossed the gun the driver hit on chester pike had minor injuries, police were thankful nobody was seriously hurt. >> you do what you can to minimize hazards on the roadways, but at the same tie you don't know what this guy had

just done or what had happened. >> collingswood police are looking into this crash that is standard procedure. eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. philadelphia police are looking for a man that pulled off a lunch time robbery in center city philadelphia last friday. this is the dunkin' donuts on walnut street the suspect walks in carrying a black bag he ordered and then made another order, then put the barrel of the shotgun outside of the bag and the clerk complied and walked out with cash and his coffee order. police are looking for this man that robbed a convenience store in logan this happened at the mini mart on north 11th street. one man distracted the man at the deli counter and the man

took the money and ran. a newcastle county police officer is on the mend after he accidentally shot himself while on duty. it's a story our delaware newsroom is following all day long. it happened during a raid on a house in the unity block of freedom court just after 11:30 the officer was not seriously injured. we do know that several people were taken into custody and several children were removed from the home as well. delaware detectives arrested these women for allegedly soliciting sex acts while working for a wilmington massage parlor. >> during the session both ceuss offered a sex act. a school bus fire in toms

river new jersey. this is bus number 279 on fire on old freehold road and dougan lane the driver and the aide pulled over after they smelled something burning, they were the only ones on board and investigators are trying to figure out what sparked the blaze. a water main break caused icing on roads in montgomery county it happened on north limokiln pike in upper dublin. repair crews worked throughout the day to fix the break. time for an update on the highways midweek with matt pellman. >> you like a good old fashioned obstacle course. >> i like to watch monica not for me for sure. >> it's not so good 95 just north the girard a school bus looks to be minor in nature but it's taking out the right lane

and then farther north the broken down tractor trailer taking out the right lane and on 95 stacked solid to the truck on allegheny avenue and a house fire under control at bala cynwyd and a crash in pottstown at bailey street and the work zone continues on 422 westbound near arm and hammer with new signage and guide rail, and 476 a crash at the blue route broomall upper darby and a solid jam on the schuylkill on down. good luck getting home. >> a jam sandwich. now i'm hungry. >> still to come on "action news," a california man couldn't wait to get his car washed and it nearly killed several people if you are looking for hair raising fun six flags great adventure has a new ride. and cecily is in for adam.

>> our weather is not too thrilling with cloudy and cold at the shore. i am tracking milder weather on thursday and friday and sharrie? >> two friends are nearing the independent of a historic journey in california. i'll have more of the story on "action news."

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republican controls house voted today to overturn two elements of president obama's immigration pol says, they approved legislation that would eliminate new deportation protections and expose younger immigrants to expulsion it was matched to a $40 million spending bill for the homeland security department. and now two fearless climbers scale yosemite's enormous wall and they are closing in on history. this is an incredible feat and a story of friendship. they are on the verge of being in the record books to be the first to free climb elcaptain

using the rope ands their feet, and the crew is documenting their journey for two weeks on camera and online, sleeping on the cliff side in tens and dodging ice falling from above and down below the crowd is waiting and watching and among those cheering them on is caldwell's uncle. >> we watched him climb for so long and we know what he has gone through. >> the two have tried to conquer this rock for seven years and tonight that elusive dream would finally be within reach. and more bizarre testimony has emother-in-lawed from the delaware courtroom where kurt busch is battling his ex-girlfriend, he claim that patricia patricia patricia patricia driscol is a trained

assassin and returned home one wearing a blood soaked gown. she said he abused her at dover innational speedway she called his allegations ludicrous and likely took them from a fictional movie script she has been working on for years. we'll have more on these stories on world news with david muir following "action news" at 6:00. it seems like the flyers can't catch a break when it comes to being bit by the injury bug and the next is brayden coburg which is what is believed to be a broken foot, carlo comes

in for him and is pared up with luke schenn. >> i am not worried about it i am confident in myself. >> he has been around a long time and is a good veteran and kept a good attitude and this is probably a unique situation for him going through this, but give him all the credit in the world. >> baseball fans we are usually counting down the days to spring training, because of the dark cold winter maybe not so much this season for the phillies report to clearwater 1 month and four days from now. and the phillies clubhouse is seeing action ben lively they picked up when they traded marlin bird to the reds. >> you get traded for a major league talent, is there extra

pressure to live up to this, because if i don't i'll hear it for a long time. >> he was a big bat in the lineup for a long time and very to do my best. the basketball court a place where friends become foes, and tonight is a perfect example of that, where the buddy is on the opposing bench larry brown the former sixers coach is back in town and turned around the program at brown and you have to wonder he is comfortable financially and is 76 years old and why is he still doing this? because he loves it. >> i thought i would be a high school coach and teacher, but as long as i feel like i can contribute to the game, i want to keep doing it. >> his old buddy fran dunfy

used to hang around and more on this match-up at 6:00. and villanova hosts xavier tonight and they are without their biggest scorers, is he sidelined with a sprained knee, they lost groton and their winning streak. it's a game that showed the difference that is 30-8. chip kelly better start coming up with a plan to package draft picks because his marcus mariota announced he will make himself eligible for the nfl draft and they have fireded to bols as their head coach. he has been hot here after the fire of juan castillo remember

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meteorologist, cecily tynan is here now way closer look at the plummeting temperatures. boy oh boy it feels like january out here. >> it's cold out here, you would think it's winter or something. temperatures will moderate the next couple of days. upper 30s instead of low 30s. it will help, every little bit helps, stormtracker 6 live double scan show that we have dry conditions in philadelphia, the nearby suburbs, we have a few lingering showers near cape may atlantic county and they are starting to move offshore over the garden state parkway, some snow moving in and that is a system that brought snow to

delaware earlier today. temperatures are stuck in the 30s. today our afternoon high is 32 degree that is 8 degrees bye low normal. it is a cold night. philadelphia 32 and millville 32 and trenton 31 and allentown and reading 27 degrees and winds not that strong around 8 miles per hour but still it creates a windchill factor windchills generally in the mid-20s right now satellite 6 along with action radar showing this weak low that brought a half inch of snow to extreme southern new jersey this is moving out and we still have a lot of clouds left over and the clouds will be breaking tomorrow as high pressure builds in. tomorrow will feel a lot nicer than today. a mix of sun and clouds and not as cold as today. on friday ahead of a cold front we bump it up to 40 degrees, it's colder when you factor in the winds at 13 miles per hour.

the temperatures take a drop again with afternoon highs in the mid-30s, the call from accuweather mostly cloudy and another cold night 15 in the subbishes and 24 for center city and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast pretty nice day tomorrow a mixture of sun and clouds a few clouds in the morning and sun in the afternoon and high of 39 degrees, on friday a good amount of sunshine and 40 degrees but with the wind gusts, temperatures will be in the 20s. on saturday a cold day and 35 degrees and sunday is a tradeoff, a lot milder but it will be cloudy with some rain and a high of 46 degrees, and future tracker showing this is based on the european model showing that how much rain you get depends on your location along the shore we could get to an inch of rain and in philadelphia a half inch and the lehigh valley and the poconos

looks like you'll be missing on the bulk of the rain on sunday but a lot of clouds behind the system on monday we dry out for the mlk day of service and it's windy and chilly and 39 degrees and tuesday mostly sunny and 36 degrees andwance a clipper brings us clouds and a high of 37 degrees with the possibility of some snow showers. rick, i know you don't like the snow but some people like it. we have had 1.6 inches in philadelphia. >> that is fine. >> they didn't get enough last winter just saying. kind of balancing things out. next wednesday not a big snow storm. >> thank you. well hollywood's biggest night is just a month away and tomorrow we'll find out who stars are nominated for the oscar awards it will be announced here on 6 abc at 8:30

a.m. check it out. the awards are for best picture and best actor and actress. the betting game is already going on it airs on sunday february 22nd starting at 7:30 p.m.

visitors to six flags great adventure are in for a devilish good time. they have unveiled eldiablo the ride features seats that rock forward and backward it completes full revolutions seven stories in the air and stops with riders suspended upside down and they do it all over again backwards. >> the devil. of course they do. >> don't eat a lot of cotton candy. next at 6:00, the delaware national guard base raises the suspicious threat level after suspicious activity at its gate and a school forced to keep its

doors closed after dozens of students come down with winter illnesses. and the water department is busy after eight water main breaks over the past two days. now for meteorologist, adam joseph, cecily tynan sharrie williams and monica malpass and the entire "action news" team. i'm rick williams.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. wednesday night and the u.s. marshals arrest one of their most wanted from philadelphia and atlantic city casino

revenues take a big hit in 2014, but the big story on "action news" tonight is more security for the delaware air national guard, the decision has been made to beef up security at the national guard base in newcastle because guardsmen at the front gate noticed something unusual. chad pradelli is live at the base tonight. other than the climate of concern what is the issue here? >> reporter: several vehicles approached the gate here and some asked for directions and some turned around as they approached the security gate and that raised concerns and then raised the security level. >> dover national guardsmen patrolled the base with guns drawn this morning, it was just one of several new security measures implemented after the base raised its secure level to what is called threat