>> good morning, everyone, it is 4:00 a.m., on this thursday, january 32. "action news" is coming on early for an early look at what's in store for the drive to work and school. >> mobile 6 is out there going own the ben franklin bridge, there are slick spots out there for you. >> there's a stronger storm coming for the weekend. >> a clerk is fighting for his life after shot during a robbery. >> let's look at weather and traffic. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan on the big

board shows you a series of small snow showers pushing through, we have a little concern we could get an additional coating out of the this especially areas south and eastern parts of pennsylvania. it could change over to rain and freezing drizzle. we have a winter weather advisory until 8:00 a.m. after that we expect the situation to improve but freezing drizzle up until 8 in through here, not everybody sees it. snow totals we're not that much in the northern and western areas. a couple of folks got an inch. we kind of underperformed so you don't have much snow to deal with in areas of western pennsylvania. bridgeton, estelle manner, sea fill and cumberland county in through here you did get two to three inches. there is more snow on the side

streets and secondary streets. # 1 degrees in -- 31 in philadelphia. 30 in wilmington, 30 in wildwood. everybody below freezing anything that didn't get cleared out last night is there this morning. 8 at 29. 3:00 p.m. 43 that's the high before we dip back down to the mid 30s by 6:00 p.m. karen rogers roads might be diazy here other there. but the main roads are in good shape. >> reporter: because of the timing of the storm, the little snow we had had a tough time sticking to the roads. we're looking at i-95 near 420 this is delaware county. yes we see a little snow off to the sides is not seeing a trace of it organ the highway itself. i would watch for a slick spot here or there with the temperatures below freezing, we're not seeing any big

problems. we're looking at the blue route you need to especially careful on the ramps and overpasses. we do see the snow mostly over here off to the side of the road. on the blue route looking good, speeds in the 50s as you head out. god shall road we have an accident in souderton. it's the only accident on the roads. we have a handful of schools across the tri-state area opening on delay at 6abc.com. eva pilgrim is live in pennsauken, camden county, good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, matt, the major inter states and roads look good on our way to pennsauken. some of the secondary neighborhood roads where you may see some issues though, we have enough snow here along route 70 to cover the grass in

pennsauken. crews were out there the night to make sure the major roads were clear for the this morning and we spotted a little slush on the roads but this morning all the major roads are looking good. >> in some spots it's icing up. other than that it's good with clearing the roads. some of the back roads are not that well, but usually they take care of it in about 24 hours. >> reporter: now places that we have seen some issues this morning, as we said on the neighborhood roads keep an eye on the driveways and parking lots that you have to walk through, we did encounter ice in this parking lot here. just be careful take your time and use your head when you wake up until the sun comes out and melts away the ice and slipperiness, eva pilgrim channel 6 "action news." >> the snow made for tricky

travel in parts of delaware, the action cam was in claymont, new castle county we found smooth sailing on the highways, but back roads were covered in snow. deldot was out salting and plowing. drivers out there did take it nice and snow. download our free storm tracker 6 live storm tracker 6 live app. it will feel give you hourly reports area. a clerk is fighting for his life after being shot in the face and leg during a robbery on east stafford street in philadelphia's germantown section. >> reporter: good morning, tam the victim is a 53-year-old employee he is in critical condition after being shot in a robbery in germantown. it happened around 8:30, police were called out to the grocery on the 1200 block of east

stafford street in germantown. prils say a man came in wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, he had a ski mask covering his face and he took cash and opened fire. there were several other people inside the store including the other than who was behind the counter holding a 2-year-old boy at the time the shots were fired. the employee was shot once in the face and twice in his three. police rushed him to the hospital in critical condition. police say it is for fortunate nobody was hit. >> it's a small store and tight contained area in addition to the shooting victim who were in the store there were five other people in the store including customers, the owner and 2-year-old boy who was behind the counter. >> the suspect was last seen running west on stafford with a silver semi automatic gun.

if you have any tips, northwest detectives wants to hear from you. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thank you for that. we're following new developments this morning out of edgewater new jersey after a massive fire. a state of emergency scene of the accident because of the fire. local schools will be closed. the blaze broke out around 4:30 at the avalon. this is across the hudson river from new york city. hundreds of people lost their homes, unfortunately everybody made it out of there safely, look at those flames. witnesses reporting seeing blue flames that indicated that gas may may have been burning. >> fire force add family of -- forced a family of 8 from their home last night in atco. crews knocked down the flames. red cross is assisting five adults and three children. no word on what sparked the

fire. >> time to turn to accuweather and david murphy and what to expect today and snow this weekend? >> reporter: there's another round coming. snow and rain. heads up to our director, i didn't get the second computer up we'll have to go the old fashioned way. we'll look at one more problem this morning before we turn our attention to what else coming later on. >> okay. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan showing a little bit of precipitation trying to make its way through these are light snow showers through wilmington and lancaster. as this stuff filters through especially areas across the southern half of the region. there's the possibility we get a coating or rain or freezing drizzle. that's a minor concern up until 8:00 a.m., something we're watching. as we look at temperatures we're

31 degrees, that means we're below the freezing mark. winds are light this morning. let's get you outside we've sky 6 we're looking at center city. you can see the main roads look like they have been nice and treated overnight. everything looking good main road wise. in southeastern pennsylvania we got an inch. south jersey is an area that got more snow. cloud cover, you can see we'll be dealing with a lot of the that some sunny breaks, as you hit the roads the morning commute, we want you to watch for areas of black ice. if you see any rain drops on your windshield down south slow it down because that could be freezing drizzle. temperatures today, 29 by #. 34 by 11:00.

41 degrees, high of 42 around 3:00 p.m. 38 degrees is the 5:00 p.m. temperatures we start to dip down and get colder again. we'll be watching an area of low pressure coming up from the south it will take the form of a nor'easter. i would call it a nor'easter, it doesn't have a whole lot of cold air in place. there are some uncertainty with the storm whether it's snow or rain or something in between it's hard to call at this point. future tracker 6 shows you in the wee hours of saturday morning from 1:00 a.m. to # there's a chance of snow this could pile up maybe one two three inches. the problem is that warm air will be coming in behind that. looks like it will change over to rain as we go up to 8:00. the rest of the precipitation through the day appears to be rain. this is one model run, if the

storm draws in cold air it could produce snow. just to give you an idea what the models are looking at. nam says 2.7. the others, nothing at all. saturday morning, into the early afternoon, a possible wintry mix. 42 degrees clouds and sun partly sunny friday, 38. no problem days ahead. rain and snow or maybe vials verse is -- vice versa snow first and then rain. sunday, sun returns and monday we have a shot of snow showers monday night in through tuesday that doesn't look real big but it's a long way off and we'll keep our eyes on it. >> 4:11, a burlington county community gathers to remember a

newborn who police say was set on fire by her mother. a wrongful death lawsuit on the new jersey turnpike injurying tracy modern began and killing -- morgan and killing his comedian friend. >>

>> welcome back you're taking a live look at mobile 6 makes its way through philadelphia heading toward temple. you can take a look and see snow on the sidewalks the sides of the roads. the roads themselves looking pretty good, but with the temperatures if anything froze

it could black ice so take it slow. >> my main complaint is the rock salt is still there and flying all over the place. but it's dry on the main highways. >> reporter: i was surprised in my neighborhoods they came through the side streets even in the developments and took care of the roads. it's good to be cautious especially after sunday's storm right. looking live, you can see how nice and clear it is on the schuylkill expressway, people moving just fine at this point not detecting any snow on the roadway, but you know after any kind of storm a even such a minor one we have to watch for a slick spot here or there. this is route 100 in chester county. you can see a shine on the roads, you have to watch it's a tad slippery. be careful as you head out.

not to say we don't have accidents. we have one in collegeville louis road, stick to spring mill lane to give you an example of some of the problems out there. in noon we got more snow, but the main highways, 43 no problems. the waze app the potholes are the issues not so much the snow. conshohocken state road, member of our 6abc team put that in there, pothole on conshohocken state road. watch for that one. let's take a look at storm tracker 6 live double scan, david has been talking about these very light snow showers that are still tout there. out there. we'll watch for that. i-95 moving toward wilmington and middletown, delaware. very light just something to use a little more caution. >> thanks, karen. a burlington county

community remembered a newborn girl who police say was killed at the handles of her own mother. the prayer vigil was held last night. hyphernkemberly dovilier gave birth to a baby girl on friday and then police say for the reasons unknown she set the baby on fire killing the newborn. hyphernkemberly dovilier is in jail facing a murder charge. >> it's a horrible thing, i am a grandmother. anybody would have took that baby she didn't have to throw it away like trash. >> family members of the accused mother were accused as well. they released a sky lantern and consoled each other. a delaware man is under arrest charged with a hate crime. daniel lawrence was arrested in townsend. he left a message for him.

police said was a hate crime. he is free on $5,000 bail. "action news" is coming right back. up next, a person is reeling from a shark attack, that's the video of the encounter and aftermath. >> reporter: hey guys, we have a graphic as we are rolling this morning. we're dressing them warmly because we have temperatures below the mark and we have icy patches on the sidewalks, system with. this afternoon we're easing up on the gear as we're eght -- getting up over 40. we'll have the day planner forecast that's coming up. # #

holy molly look on you big he is. >> holy molly is right a fisherman was 8 miles in the gulf of mexico when the great

white started biting the boat's motor and shaking it. he was able to grab the motor and take off. he had never seen anything like this in his 9 years of fishing. >> reporter: was he fishing for shark in. >> reporter: i was impressed he only said holy molly i'm just saying. [laughter]. looking at the ben franklin bridge traffic be very nicely, we have no issues on the area bridges not to say you can't look for a slick spot or two we're not seeing any problems on roads. we have a problem in bucks county middleton township, wood burn road butter road we have a disabled train blocking the railroad crossings, watch for that dave. >> reporter: karen a couple of snow showers coming through delaware and the eastern shore of maryland, mainly. some of these may clip parts of chester county, as well. an additional slight coating is

possible out of these or freezing drizzle is an issue up until # a.m. temperatures in the northern and western suburbs are looking at the 20s. it is below freezing everywhere, if you have something that fell yesterday and didn't get cleaned up it's still frozen on the roads out there. south jersey is where you have the snow accumulation, general 2 to # -- 3 inches. if you're catching the el or the bus, it will be improving as the day goes on. 42 is the high today and the wind light to moderate. we have information on the new jersey turnpike crash that seriously injured tracy morgan and killed one of his friends. the family of james mcnair settled the case with wal-mart. mcnair was killed, morgan

suffered a traumatic brain injury. the details of the settlement are confidential, but an attorney said his children are pleased. >> high-level talks go on between u.s. and cuba. a delegation arrived yesterday for two days of negotiations. today's talks could be tricky, they will center on what it takes to reestablish embassy in havana and washington. president obama announced moves to restore diplomatic ties with the communist country last month. coming up next, we'll head to the big board to check out the friendly skies. a new study composes dangers when it comes to ecigarettes we'll tell you about it when we come right back. #

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we have everything all cleared. we have school delays at the bottom of the screen. check that at 6abc.com. let's go out to the big board we'll check flights on this thursday morning. this is the surface summer it tells you if there could trouble where pilots are flying. there could issues here and out in the midwest and texas. later on this is what we're thinking. most of the nation is clear. we have 2,738 flights over the lower 48. boston could have delays because of the same system that effected us yesterday. we could see delays in dallas and houston and north texas and florida could see minor delays in miami related to the weather. up in seattle looking like we could see rain or a delay or

two. generally across the country looking at good flying and minor delays related to the weather. >> that's good to here. the new study highlighting the dangers of ecigarettes. more from causing cancer. users would never smoke as much or oafnt as researchers test -- sisters are expecting their baby girls were born five hours apart. the sisters expect their daughters to grow up and be best friends. >> bff.

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>> developing right now gunfire rings out in a store hitting a clerk just missing a

woman and toddler. >> parts of the area waking up to a small coating of snow, more could be coming for the weekend. >> mobile 6 is going nice and slow because this commute could be icy. watch out is you head out to work and school. >> let's head over to david and karen for weather and traffic. >> reporter: good morning, storm tracker 6 live double scan we have the light stuff popping through the eastern shore of maryland and delaware and crossing over the delaware bay and parts of cumberland county. these are snow showers that could put down an additional coating. this could change over to rain or light drizzle and freezing on surfaces. we have a winter weather advisory across the counties