good morning, it is 5:30, saturday january 312, deep freeze the windchill makes it feel like it's below zero as we track another winter storm. nearly a dozen train cars jump the tracks in south philadelphia. battling the flames and the bitter cold. firefighters in philadelphia brave the elements as they douse a house fire overnight. first, though, let's check in

with meteorologist chris sowers. it's been cold, but it's not been cold like this. >> reporter: i was going to say skip the coffee and step outside, it will wake you up real quick. not only do we have the cold temperatures, but we have the blustery winds that puts the windchills in single digits in several locations. that's atlantic city. 15 in philadelphia. reading, 11 degrees, trenton 13. dover, 17 and wilmington, 15 degrees, this is what happens when you factor in the winds. feels like 2 below. same number for wilmington and trenton. allentown, 5 below. 6 below in the poconos. a windchill advisory remains in effect until 7:00 a.m. this morning. this is going to be a nice, quiet day around the delaware valley. area of high pressure zipping

along the mid atlantic states. that will provide sunshine from start to finish. we have snow moving in later in the day we'll talk about that in a moment. 26 degrees is the high. lots of sun but the numbers will struggle is to get into the 20s. winter storm watch goes into effect tomorrow evening into monday for the areas highlighted in blue. the far western suburbs and the poconos. this is where we have the best bet of seeing heavy accumulating snow. i'll talk about this and i'll have the timing and the amounts in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when i come eva. >> "action news" will be on early monday morning to bring you the latest, matt, tam david, karen at 4:00 a.m. to get updates on conditions, traffic and any school closings and delays. >> we begin with the developing story nearly a dozen rail cars

derailed in south philadelphia. the derailment happened on scout 11th street. philadelphia firefighters and haz/mat swarmed the area by lincoln field and navy yard, 11 cars went off the tracks. after they found no ruptured cars crews turned the derailment over to csx. no word on what caused the detailment. the action cam was on the scene after a fire broke out in germantown after midnight. fire crews were met with fire shooting from the upper floors of this vacant home in the upper block of see more street. high winds and cold temperatures caused problems for crews. firefighters had to spread salt to keep anyone from falling. nobody was hurt, but an adjoining home was damaged in the fire. no word on what sparked the

blaze. a police chase came to a violent end in wilmington, delaware. a mercedes suv crashed into a parked car while trying to run from police. it landed on its side on monroe street. the driver was trapped before being rushed to christiana hospital. rob mccord admitted to breaking the law while trying to raise campaign money for his gubernatorial campaign. this comes less than 24 hours after he was placed under investigation. dann cuellar has details. >> the mistake and fault her is mine and mine alone i owe an apology for the people of pennsylvania. >> reporter: it began to unravel for rob mccord when the feds got word of him making veiled threats for campaign donations.

he admitted that he crossed the line when he tried to strong arm two potential political contributors hoping to do business with the commonwealth by making a veiled threat. >> i said the potential contributor should not risk making an enemy of the state treasurer. clearly that was wrong. >> reporter: mccolder made an unsuccessful bid for democratic nomination for governor. his lawyers said during that failed campaign he overstepped the line of legitimate fundraising. >> i know my improper effort to raise campaign contributions will ever be a stain on my record. again, i deeply regret my actions and apologize for any harm or embarrassment i caused to anyone. >> reporter: mccord was going to resign on february 12 thinking it would be a while before the public learned about the investigation.

>> now i'm concerned that my staying in office even for a day, might interfere with the office of the treasury, i'm now resigning immediately. >> tom wolf responded to the admission and said this is a sad day for the commonwealth and rob mccord's family. this type of erosion leads to the public's trust and it is unacceptable. >> there will be no charges found against a man police arrested, police say the suspect tried to steal the car from a homeland security agent. that agent fired a single shot from his government issued gun. the suspect was arrested, but authorities say his action didn't warrant charges. immigration and custom

enforcement is handling the investigation into the actions. a 5 month long investigation ended with an arrest of a doctor and his receptionist in delaware county. 78-year-old margaret mcgowen and martin freedman are accused of writing prescriptions from their office. an under cover officer walked into the office without an appointment and asked for pain killers. >> there was no examination or confess or history taken of him they handed him a prescription because he showed up at the office and requested one. >> reporter: investigators say dr. freedman was rarely at the office and mcgowen wrote the prescriptions in his name and knew what she was doing was

illegal. after he returned for more pain killers. she told him you're offending a three day -- you're within a three day limit. >> don't take your prescription to a major chain. >> reporter: mcgowen had to be hospitalized. doctor friedman would leave prescriptions taped to the door. the two were not profiting from the alleged crimes, but fueling addictions. he seemed to be in denial of any wrong doing, i believe that the receptionist recognized the fact that she should not have been doing what she was doing. >> reporter: they face time behind bars, but given their age and lack of criminal history they will likely get a far lessor sentence. chad perdelli channel 6 "action

news." >> the touch taj mahal casino is heating up. the billionaire investor, carl icon spoke out about the benefit cuts. he said the cuts are an essential sack fights that must be made to keep the casino open. the comments comes after the national labor relations board sided with the casino workers union on healthcare and pension benefits. starting tomorrow you can get around the atlantic city boardwalk on a tram. the three trams will have a soft launch this weekend while they work out the low gist i i -- logistics for the operation. ride sharing lift picked up its first customers they

feature pink mustaches. it has been approved to operate in pennsylvania, but ppa considers lift an illegal taxi service. the parking service impounded one of the vehicles last night. 2015 auto show opens to the public. the action cam got a sneak peek at the p-a convention center this year. 700 vehicles are under one roof. the nine-day show kicks off last night with a black tie gala. we'll have a full preview of what you will see at this year's philadelphia auto show, tune in for our special tonight at 7:00 a.m. on 6abc. tell marketers phone calls are sometimes annoying, but see how one turned into a life-ing ring for one woman.

-- life-saving ring for one woman. >> reporter: gusts as high as 20 miles per hour in the poconos. we'll focus on the winter storm that's approaching sunday into monday, that's ahead on the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.

>> hi winds in henderson, north carolina sent two trees toppling

to the ground. a second tree came crashing down. both trees knocked down power lines and hit homes thankfully, no injuries were reported. i think i knew the girl that was in that shot. >> reporter: the wire whipping around. >> we've got strong wind around here, as well. it kept me up all night. >> i could hear the wind whistling. >> reporter: let's go live on sky 6. the shutters were flapping back and forth. it was a difficult night to sleep. it's a cold start in philadelphia. we have gusty conditions. dewpoint minus 3. windy stained out of the northwest at 18 miles per hour and gusting as high as 30. putting windchills below zero. 15 in philadelphia. 11 in allentown. 11 in reading. 16 in millville. 13 in trenton with a windchill minus 2.

philadelphia minus 2. minus 6 in the poconos and minus 5 in allentown. we have a windchill advisory in effect until 11:00 a.m. the poconos at times windchills could be as low as 20 degrees below zero. layers, that's the way to defeat the cold. it traps the body heat. satellite and radar clear conditions up and down the i-95 corridor from richmond to boston. clouds across buffalo and pittsburgh. the clouds increase as we get into sunday. as a matter of fact you might not see much in the way of sun at all for sunday, as this system gets organized and shifts east over the next 24 to 48 hours. there's a lot of cold air in place to the north an warm air to the south. there's a dividing line west to east. the system is creeping north on the modeling, which is bringing more and more mild air into it, there's a greater chance in

philadelphia than snow. i'll show you on future tracker today is a quiet day. today we start with a sunshine otherwise it's increegs clouds. he -- increasing clouds. look at the rain/snow line northwest of philadelphia. it's steady to moderate snow for the far western suburbs and the lehigh valley and the poconos. there's the rain/snow line, running parallel to the pennsylvania turnpike north of the atlantic city expressway. as you run that along the rain/snow line the latest trending continues to push it north in the far nerch suburbs and the -- northwestern suburbs and the lehigh valley. 8:00 a.m. sunday evening light snow-mix arriving. overnight heavy rain arrives heavy snow north and west, and rain south and east. most of of the models have less

than an inch in the city. look what happens in the lehigh valley. they are showing a significant event. nearly 5 inches for the gfs. 6 inches for the nam. and rpp # inches. the lehigh valley looks like 6 to 12. we continue to inch these numbers farther to the north. # to 6 far western suburbs the 3-inch line is north of the city. the gray shade looks like one to 3 includes western portions of south jersey. you get south of glassboro you might not see anything at all as far as snow is concerned. looks like a lot of rain down there. breezy and cold, 26 degrees, overnight tonight, partly cloudy very cold. 16 degrees outlying suburbs, 21 for center city. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 38 degrees for sunday, clouds, we'll say light snow developing light but it will quickly intensify as the

evening wears on. monday, rain in the city, snow north and west, 34 degrees, tuesday, high of 24. 42 wednesday 33 thursday. if you're not a snow lover we've got good news, if you're a snow lover you're not happy again. >> well, tell marketers calls come at the wrong time. one sales woman's call came right at the exactly right moment. >> the young lady on the other end never said hello. >> tina garcia sales rep heard nothing but screams when she called one customer, she realized that the woman on the other end was being attacked. the screams were a on for 15 minutes during she got her boss on the line and reached the local police 900 miles away. >> we were not going to hang up

this phone of the young lady as far as i was concerned and the people in that room we were the only lifeline. >> police arrived and arrested warren wapp who was holding the victim. she told them he had a gun and wanted to kill her, because of that call her life was spared.

>> in "healthcheck" this morning, the state of california is taking a hard stand against electronic cigarettes declaring them a health threat. even though they are not as harmful as regular cigarettes, they are not harmless. advocates are not backing town. they claim the toxic ingredients are not released at dangerous levels and claim they can help smokers quit. diabetes can average your mental health. one of the side effects can be

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>> good morning 6:00 a.m. january # 1 here's some of the storms we're tracking on "action news," chris sowers has the latest from accuweather and the potential for snow and rain. police in camden county are on a manhunt after a murder overnight. we have the kickoff of the philadelphia auto show. first, chris sowers gains us with a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. it's going to hit you in the face this morning. >> reporter: it most certainly will. let's get you outside and show you what's going on. eva is talking about the bluster windchills out there. we have temperatures in the single digits at this hour. windchills below zero. feels like chicago out there this morning as we look live