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bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon sara bloomquist is off and in the news a raging fire in north jersey leaves at least five people without a place to live and a store collect is shot several times during a robbery in front of a small child. but the big story this noon say tshl accident in new jersey that left three people dead, it happened at the walt whitman plaza in cherry hill. a jeep lost control and ran off the roadway. eva pilgram joins us with the very latest. >> another deadly morning on the interstate traffic is moving one again this noon, that is not the case this morning in some areas of south jersey the new jersey turnpike saw major delays after the accident blocked traffic. >> three people died on the new

jersey turnpike when a jeep cherokee lost control, it happened on the southbound side near route 70 in cherry hill, drivers say while the snow barely covered the ground in south jersey, it was enough to make the roads tricky this morning. >> a little snow and a little ice, close to home it was slippery and black ice and all of that stuff. you have to be careful with that black ice, on 295 southbound, two tractor trailers and a salt truck collided just before 5:00 this morning, one tractor trailer jackknifed and a salt truck ended up off the road and the driver was hurt, he was taken to cooper medical hospital and no word on his condition. >> i saw all the tractor trailers on the side of road with forklifts and stuff pulling out them.

just take your time. >> one lane of traffic was able to get by while they cleaned up the mess, now drivers are being extra careful on the roads. >> take your time on the roads no rush. >> some people don't slow down, they just keep rolling like it's regular. got to be careful all the time. >> reporter: now no word on the identities of the three people killed inside of that jeep this morning new jersey state police are still investigating, we are live here along the turnpike eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >> turning to the weather now and the snow we got yesterday cleared out pretty quickly but don't put your boots away just yet looking at sky 6 hd at the center city skyline, it's dry and on the chilly side. temperatures are above freezing and quiet out there for a little while until the next round of winter weather comes our way and

david murphy has the check of the "action news" forecast. >> accuweather is telling us one is in the rear view mere and one is on the way for saturday. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing us we are dry and one snow shower in reading pushing towards northern montgomery and chester county. temperatures are a bit above the freezing mark right now so if you see the snow fluttering down slow it down and the same thing with the accidents this morning, we don't know if that slick stuff was part of the problem there but always a good idea to slow it down and we were talking about icy patches on roads especially on the side roads and secondaries. there is a fair amount of cloud cover to the south and west of us, at the very least skies bright and in the afternoon and hopefully we break the clouds and get sunshine in at times.

snow totals from yesterday were not all that impressive from yesterday we have spots from huf church that got a half inch, and in philadelphia the official snowfall amount was a half inch of snow and wilmington up over an inch, but it was the band to the south we got 2.5 and 3 inches or more, bridgeton and smyrna, delaware. you might still see some problems on the secondary roads. we are up to 35 in philadelphia though, everywhere except for a couple of spots to the south and lancaster are officially over the freezing mark. if you get a little bit of a snow shower this afternoon even close to freezing slow it down, today's high is 42 degrees and 26 was the overnight low both numbers close to average, we are keeping our eyes on this system

out to the south and west, the area of low pressure takes its time to get here, we have mainly sunny skies and it cuts up the shore line like a nor'easter, it could be a wintry mix and i'll have more coming up in the seven day. >> thank you. you can keep track of the forecast any time by downloading our free 6 abc storm tracker app it gives you live radar and weather alerts posted for your area. all right, we have developing news this noon, that is impacting philadelphia public school, commonwealth court ruled that the school reform commission cannot cancel the teacher's union contract. back in october the src voided a part of the contract for employees to pay part of their health costs. they took it to court and they

see this as a major victory. the possible impact on the school district is coming up on "action news" and online at 6abc.com. a store clerk remains in critical condition this noon after a violent robbery, the robber shot the clerk several times in front of a small child. katherine scott has the story. >> this grocery store is new to this location but for years they were located here across the street and they were set to have their surveillance cameras installed today but before that could happen an armed robber came into the store and shot one of their employees. >> he has been with us for a realty long time, he is like family, now a 53-year-old husband and father is in the hospital in critical condition employees say he was shot eight times last night in german town. we spoke to an employee whose

grandmother owns the store she says that only her grandmother holder her granddaughter and a deli man was there last night when the suspect wearing a light colored hoody and a ski mask stormed in. >> he saw my grandmother had the little child with her and i guess he didn't want to do anything. >> her grandmother told her he went to the deli counter in the back of the store on the 1200 block in stafford and there was a struggle between the suspect and the victim and the robber opened fire and fled only with the victim's walt. >> we know a semi automatic weapon was used because we found shell casings in the store. >> i'm scared after this happened, i don't want my grandmother here anymore. >> the store recently moved locations this morning a security company arrived to install the new cameras, the

victim's wife lives with him in philadelphia and his children are in new york and mexico and employees say he couldn't talk overnight but was able to respond with a squeeze of his hand, the suspect was last seen running west on stafford if you have information call northwest detectives with tips. in north jersey a fire that could only be described as an inferno five people are without a place to live but only three people suffered minor injuries it started at a luxury apartment complex across from manhattan on the hudson river and grew to five alarms. >> it's light weight construction and it collapses quickly doesn't give firefighters much time to fight a fire in the building like this. >> witnesses saw blue flames

indicating that natural gas could have fueled the flames 500 people were displaced from other buildings as well. a fast moving blaze in gloucester county left to people injured. it broke out on addison street in clayton at 5:00 a.m. the two burn victims were rushed to the hospital for treatment and no word yet how this fire started. governor chris christie is stepping in to oversee atlantic city's operation the third summit meeting is continuing this afternoon and he announced the appointment of an emergency management team to get the struggling seaside gambling resort back on its feet. one is gary orr he helped before. still to come on "action news" at noon, patriots coach

bill belichick gets in front of the camera for the first time since the deflate-gate scandal broke, and more information on e-cigarettes, what researchers found inside. and david murphy is back with the full forecast when "action news" at noon continues. this is jim. a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke.

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gun fire erupted in st. louis missouri overnight. police say an officer shot and killed a suspect, the man was a passenger in the stolen car and they say he got out of the car with a gun and did not drop it ben he was told to. the driver is in custody and no officers were hurt and the shooting is now under investigation. the justice department will reportedly recommend no charges be filed against ferguson police officer, darren wilson many sources suggest that the fbi found no evidence to back up charges of civil rights violations against officer wilson. patriots coach bill

belichick investigating deflate-gate this morning. >> i was totally unaware of this the last couple of days, until monday morning. i had no explanation for what happened and that is what they are looking into. >> belichick says that in the future his team will inflate footballs to a safe level to allow them from going below the allowable pressure during games he forces his players to practice under bad ball conditions, tom brady is expected to speak sometime this afternoon. officials in newtown, connecticut, where adam lanza lived. he carried out the massacre at sandy hook elementary school. he killed his mother in the home and then killed 12 children and

teachers in the school. former tv host, jay leno, commented on the controversy about bill cosby he said, quote why is it so hard to believe women. and that the comedian would have been edited if he appeared on live tv cosby a philadelphia native is accused of sexual assault against over 15 women. soccer star hope solo is in trouble again this time it cost her a month on the field with the national team, this stems from an early morning incident she was a passenger in the car with her husband and he was charged with driving under the influence. earlier this month domestic violence charges were dropped against her with an altercation

with her half sister and her nephew. funny man will ferrell had a funny moment at a lakers game in los angeles, he was dragged out of the game by two burley security guards after he threw a basketball at a cheerleader's face, ferrell and mark wahlberg were filming scenes for a movie called "daddy's home".

business news this noon, microsoft has a vision of the future and involves a reality that is virtual. this is microsoft's hollow windows part of the new operating system that is due out this year, it uses a new reality style headset and users can manipulate it with their hands and eyes. there is no due date yet. just in time for valentine's day, oreo is introducing a new flavor, red velvet oreos go on sale on february 2nd. this is oreo's first new cookie color and flavor since the debut of the golden oreo, it will only be sold for six weeks or while supplies last. new research finds that more

formaldehyde in e-cigarettes than regular cigarettes long-term ecig users could be at long-term risk. and they say they won't smoke as often and as long as what researchers tested at. here is alicia vitarelli live in the newsroom with a preview of 4:00. >> hey rick, tom wolf and his administration is busy getting to work on the governor's first full day in office. coming up on "action news" at 4:00, we'll show you some members of his cabinet and one employee in particular is making history while the new physician general is making new ground we'll introduce you to her at 4:00 coming up in the buzz, an epic battle going head to head

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a fisherman made quite a catch off the coast of southwest australia, take a look at this, it's called a frilled shark six feet long with sharp teeth and a body like an he'll. the frilled shark is sometimes described as a fish fossil because it dates back 80 million

years they are rarely seen because their habitats are off limits for fishing. it doesn't look happy does it. >> all right. you never know. >> mainly dry and stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you that there is virtually dry conditions across the region i'll go in tight in the northern and western suburbs where there is snow activity west of pottstown and a little from reading none of this is likely to give you trouble, i want to show it to you and slow it down if you see this. temperatures are above freezing and as we take a look outside, spring mountain shows up on sky 6, nobody on the slopes yet and they open up and there will probably be a few people taking advantage and chilly enough for skiing and 35 in philadelphia your dew point at 30 and winds west at 6, not a strong wind profile this afternoon 34 in trenton and 34 in allentown un32

in wildwood new jersey and there could be icy patch there's left over from the snow. philadelphia shows you cloud cover overhead look at that break to the west of us i expect the skies to bright and a bit in the afternoon and we may spoke sunshine through, allentown clouds and be optimistic and say sun will mix in. chilly and not a lot of wind today, down the shore a high of 42, clouds with a mixture of sun and brightening of the clouds philadelphia 42 for a high, above average and clouds mixing with sunny breaks and chilly conditions and winds west at 14 and we dip down to 23 and it will be cold but the 23 is in the ballpark where you expect to be this time of year, tomorrow is dry but on saturday that is our next issue an area of low pressure that gets off the coast

and goes up the coast in typical nor'easter fashion. but this is not a typical nor'easter while it has a lot of moisture it doesn't have the cold air that these usually use to make for major snowfalls we are not expecting that out of this there is a case of how close to the coast it tracks closer means more precipitation and farther away means less. it's not a situation where we have a lot of cold air in place there is a good amount of mild air when you look at the models, the rpm wants all rain here, 1.9 inches sounds good out of the euro and 2.7 not out of the question what we are looking at is a fairly light snowfall total. we will use one particular run of a model i particularly like, at 12:30 on the morning on saturday, wee hours of the morning when you go to bed

you'll start to see snow pass through the region but by as early as 4:30 to about 7:00 there is warm air coming from the south and we change to rain early in the morning, a lot of things could change and we could have snow hanging on longer or a period of sleet mixing in but that is the way it looks right now and cecily and adam have a look at 4:00. 42 is the high and partly sunny and some clouds tomorrow. a rain and snow mix on saturday it's worth keeping your eye on and 39 and sunday 40 and sun and monday 34 and snow showers and flurries and perhaps an accumulation on monday. and it looks like we are mainly dry on tuesday. just cold tuesday and wednesday rick. >> don't put the snow boots away yet. david, thank you. there is much more ahead on "action news" at noon.

a former philadelphia police detective is facing charges after helping a suspect flee and that was his girlfriend allegedly. and the art of age how a local woman is creating works of beauty despite struggling with blindness.

"action news" at 12:30 continues. with rick williams sara bloomquist, and