rmtracker 6 live double scan shows the snow coming into the west but it's another storm brewing much further away that will bring more attention. lets get the latest from meteorologist cecily tynan, at the big board. >> the snow moving in tonight is a nuisance event stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the low pressure is near toronto moving to the east-northeast. we are getting the left overs from the system and it will not drop heavy snow but we are seeing a band of snow working into our region and that could leave a quick coating to an inch. if you look at double scan, oxford into coatesville we get the steadier snow. but this is it this is the band of snow that moves through. once this moves offshore it's gone. this is just a weak clipper between now and midnight that snow moving into the west and east the steadiest is from the

lehigh valley to the poconos and temperatures drop below freezing and the untreated surfaces get slick. the computer models, are a good consensus a coating to less than an inch. not a big storm. >> i'm tracking the potential for a more significant snow event sunday night through monday, i'll talk about that in the full accuweather forecast. >> all right cecily thank you. whenever wintry weather hits keep an eye on the storm tracker 6 radars at 6abc.com/weather, we have the hourly and seven-day forecasts along with the latest call from the team of meteorologists here at "action news." "action news" has learned that pennsylvania state treasurer rod mccord is the subject of an investigation, they are looking into alleged theft of campaign and other funds meantime he announced he was resigning affect february

12th despite there was two years left in his term. the democrat lost the gubernatorial primary to tom wolf and he will appoint a new treasurer to finish out the two years of his term. a doctor and his receptionist are accused of running a pill mill out of their offices in philadelphia and levittown, sara bloomquist has the details. >> reporter: that is right dr. william o'brien iii was arrested this morning and the fbi also picked up his receptionist. both appeared in federal court and they are accused of operating a pill mill, selling prescriptions of large quantities of highly addictive drugs. brian williams iii a doctor and his receptionist are accused of

selling prescriptions out of two medical offices, the first of 98 hundred block in northeast philadelphia the second on the unit block of rolling lane in levittown. according to the federal indictment on multiple occasions last year, dr. o'brien sold undercover fbi agents prescriptions for dangerous, addictive drugs $200 bought a prescription pour a large amount of oxycodone or xanex. >> we see physicians writing prescriptions for these dangerous and addicting drugs. they right them in exchange for cash. >> they allege that dr. o'brien falsified medical records to make it seem like they received examinations and medical treatment when in fact they did not. >> they screened customers and took what the pair referred to

as co-pays for the prescriptions. and dr. brian is accused of offering sexual favors tore prescriptions. and made the offer to a female fbi agent. >> she posed as a prescription drug seeker and o'brien told her he would give her an increased quantity of prescription if she would perform oral sex on him. >> the federal government estimates dr. o'brien took in close to $2 million in one year alone, operating this cash only operation and he told the judge today that he couldn't afford an attorney the judge had a hard time believing that and he has to get an attorney pending a hearing next week. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you sara. eric frein pleaded not guilty today appearing by video from the pike county jail, the accused cop killer was arraigned

by a judge in milford. frein is charged with first degree murder and terrorism and related charges for the ambush that killed corporal brian dixon outside of police barracks. prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. two people are dead after a fire swept through a south philadelphia home, view erer video shows the flames broke out they started on the first floor and spread to the second before the firefighters were able to get the fire under control. the victims were both in their 60s, one police officer that tried to rescue the couple suffered burns. president obama is the featured speaker at society hill. let go live to philadelphia international airport where air force one is expected to land any minute. obama is addressing democratic

members of house of representatives, attending a conference for important issues over the next two years. live now is david henry there is always more energy in the room when the president comes to speak. >> reporter: well he is the rock star among the democrats at this point any way. heavy activity outside of the hotel here, he will give the democrats a pep talk so to speak. this is about strategy for winning back congress in 2016, more about marketing than politics getting out a message that appeals to middle class. >> the house democrats are meeting behind closed doors at the hyatt and sheridan hotels trying to find a way to convince middle class vernon odomers that they have their backs. >> if are you rich the government will help you out but

if you are somewhere in between, they have no solutions for you. >> the democrats want to close tax loopholes for the rich and extend tax breaks for the middle class. he will give a peek at the budget proposal that will be revealed to the public on monday. he wants to end the sequester cuts. >> how can president obama say he is working to improve the quality of life, but at the same time taking more and more of american's american money he talks about the middle class but does he know what the middle class needs. >> the president and vice president's visit tomorrow puts philadelphia in the spotlight at a critical time. party chair toured the city yesterday as the party narrows in on a choice. >> we took her around and showed

her the venues and she was extremely impressed and i give her a hug every day i politic every single day thursday before we left, she came behind me and gave me a hug and said you missed me. >> a lot of love here in philadelphia, but columbus ohio, and brooklyn new york, are still in the running. lets go live to philadelphia international airport where air force one has just arrived and issy taxiing now. the president has a busy week, going to india and stopping in saudi arabia before coming back to the united states and tonight it's from washington to philadelphia, the president will be going back to the nation's capital tonight. philadelphia mayor michael nutter, spoke before the city's

business community today as the final time as mayor and rather than simply discussing his own accomplishments after seven years in office, he used the time to pay tribute to his predecessors and how far the city has come in the past 20 years, all of which would not be without the mayors that served before him. >> vigorous hospitality sector and mayor rendell, mayor street, and our decisions to build on their great work and in each case it was leadership seizing opportunity and transforming our great city. the mayor says that among the biggest challenges for philadelphia's next mayor will be funding education. coming up on "action news" win or lose, we'll see how the sixers players spend their down time after games and the theme for the 2015 flower show, they

unveiled it today. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing some light snow moving in tonight and i'm tracking a blast of arctic air to follow and the potential for more significant snow on sunday night. i'll have details in the accuweather forecast. >> those story and more when "action news" continues tonight.

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jim kenny resigned his post today and entered the race for mayor. kenny has served in council since 1992, he joins lynn

abraham and nelson diaz for the race for philadelphia mayor. valerie r. kush took the oath of office as the newest commissioner and she takes the seat vacated by leslie richards who took the job as governor tom wolf's transportation secretary. if you own and ride a bike in philadelphia we have information that could spare you financial hardship and aggravation, tonight at 11:00 reporter wendy saltzman will target the thieves and where they are snagging bikes in the city. wendy where are you. >> jim in 18 months 15 bikes are stolen here at the corner of julep and walnut.

it only takes seconds to commit this crime and the number of thefts keeps going up and up. >> stealing a bike could be as simple as picking up a sign and taking your ride in the matter of seconds. >> they pick up the sign throw the bike in the van and leave. >> like this hike at jfk, where criminals used a blow torch to break away the sign and took away two bikes. >> thieves so daring they stole this police bike in broad daylight, tonight we are identifying the hot spots for places you want to avoid. >> i would expect it would be safe there and that is not the case apparently. >> coming up tonight at 11:00 we'll show you the new and easy ways that criminals are targeting you and keep you from becoming a victim and the hot spots where you may want to avoid locking up your bike if

you don't want to lose it. that is coming up on "action news" at 11:00. >> thank you wendy. lower merion township has two new police officers tonight chbl the newest members were sworn in during a ceremony. the police department superintendant and other local officials were on hand to commend them for their new jobs and thank them for their public service.

they decided to stay inhouse for this one the player personnel was the assistant director of personnel, they will help chip kelly find the players he needs be he played for la salle and worked on nick saban's staff in alabama. he said he is very bright and his vision is in line with what we want to accomplish.

i spoke to a lot of people and in the end ed was the most impressive. new england continues to be a 1 point favorite. i like seattle outright and that advice is worth 25 cents. the flyers and winnipeg meet tonight and last time they got into a verbal confrontation and that capped a physical contest. >> it was a fun game i mean i don't know if they will fight tonight but i would like to see that. >> who would you take? >> i have to go with my coach i think. i think he is due for a good fight. ha, ha, ha. >> nothing is going to happen. no. just you know emotions get involved in the game and he plays a hard game. >> how hard do you work at your craft? are you willing to put in the

extra hours with the goal of getting better. as jeff skversky discovered last night some sixers are working overtime. >> would you think after a 20 point win their biggest of the season the sixers would be out celebrating not a shot. after last night's game, at 1030 at night some sixer walked back into the practice facility. in the gym without coaches, michael carter williams and jeremy williams went right back to work when most people are in bed. >> we walk in the door and they give us the weird looks like what are you doing here this late. >> most people are in bed sleeping at this hour? >> no doubt, but it's work ethic and the drive to get better. >> they are here sometimes until 1:00 in the morning, after home games at least a few times a week. >> it's the mind set you have to

have if you want to be one of the best, a great player. >> the playerses have a lot of work to do. >> when sixers coach brett brown was an assistant in san antonio, he would watch players come in and work at night and the result is four nba titles and the sixers hope this hard work pays off too. >> i feel like it could be the key to something. >> it help the me out a lot, these exercises helped me make one or two more in the game. >> after a late night of hitting extra shots the sixers hit the lights and call it anight. >> very often seen you here late at night. extra work. >> in conversation with you. lets go back to philadelphia international airport where

president barack obama has left air force one this was recorded a few moments ago and he is on his way to the society hill sheridan that caucus is going on for two days, it's a short visit, he goes back to washington tonight.

little bit of snow is moving into western portions of our area. >> the good news is it's moving in after the evening commute and this is not a big snow event stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's not snowing in philadelphia right now and most of the snow across south jersey

and delaware is virga evaporating before it reaches the ground and we have a band of snow reaching the ground in parts of lancaster and reading is reporting some light flurries and it's a little more intense near coatesville crossing route 10 and route 30 this is the only band moving through tonight, once it moves in it moves out quickly, it leaves some minor accumulations. the accuweather highlights shows you it's a nuisance snow, south jersey and central and southern delaware probably nothing at all. i-95 corridor a dusting and north of there 1 to 2 inches of snow. behind that tomorrow an arctic blast is arriving. woe reach our high 37 at noon and then temperatures plunging

by the evening, 8:00, 22 degrees and midnight 17 degrees, a 20 degree drop in the matter of 12 hours and the windchills are dropping down below zero. we have some cold air on the way right now philadelphia is 34 degrees and our high for the day 7 degrees below average and allentown 30 and millville 33 and trenton 31 and wilmington 33 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing the clouds roll in early and here is the band of snow moving through and it's out of here around midnight and tomorrow things get cold. at 8:00 things move into philadelphia and it evaporates pretty much and a lot of clouds and perhaps scattered snow showers in the northern suburbs, that is where the arctic front is and that drops the temperatures on friday and saturday. then we get to sunday and monday, here are the ingredients, the northern piece of energy and a southern piece, these will combine, but the big question is where does it head.

if the low pressure tracks close to us we look at the potential for a major storm with significant accumulation, however cold air is very dense and heavy and some of the models are trending the track farther to the south showing the cold air suppressing the storm and if that happens we'll just be brushed with light snow, i'll have an update on "action news" tonight at 11:00. tonight light snow and cloudy and cold, 26 to 32 and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, the high of 38 degrees we reach that around lunch time and the temperatures crash. and saturday 28 degrees is the high and windchills in the low teens and sunday the snow moves in between 5:00 and 7:00 in the evening and during the super bowl parties 33 degrees the high on sunday and the snow is wrapping up at lunch time on monday, 28 degrees, it gets cold on tuesday, 26 and temperatures stuck in the 30s on wednesday and thursday and i will have an

update on "action news" at 11:00. >> thank you. finally here is a great way to forget how cold it is outside the flower show is less than a month away. the flower show celebrates the movies, designers use disney and pixar films for their exhibits. our president and general manager bernie prazenica was on hand to kick off the events the flower show begins february 28th at the pennsylvania convention center. world news is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff shirleen allicot ducis rogers and adam joseph. for the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us at 11:00.

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