storm moving away with a mix of rain in atlantic city and surf city. as you head to the north there was a quick burst of snow on the backside of the storm heading from wrightstown and browns mills about a half hour ago. quickly now moving off to the east but near lakehurst seaside heights up to belmar a quick inch of snow has fallen as it's transitioned back over but pretty soon that will be off the coast and generally we are drying out to the west. because of the excess moisture, most of the highways and major roads have dried out. it's really the sidewalks it's the parking lots, it's your driveways and your walkways that there could be a flash freeze this evening and more than likely will and that's why the national weather service has issued a winter weather advisory through midnight because of the quick dropping temperatures and a lot of slush around. that is going to turn rock hard very quickly here this evening. in fact right now we've jumped up to 41 degrees in philadelphia, 40 wilmington and millville. we're down 28 in allentown, 15 in the poconos and as that

cold air floods in watch what happens just two and a half hours from now. we're down to 15 in allentown 19 in lancaster, 24 in philadelphia, seven in the poconos, so as we go through this evening we're looking at a 10-degree drop in temperature in a matter of two hours. so, if there's any untreated surfaces they will freeze back over and especially again your driveways and sidewalks if you have slush, get it off if you can in the next hour or two and if it does look wet it probably more than likely is icy if you haven't salted it. when i come back we'll talk about another chance of some snow squalls coming in before the end of the week in that full accuweather forecast. brian, it is not over just yet. >> not yet adam. thanks very much. the dropping temperatures and slick conditions have crews on the move treating the roads today. we're especially keeping an eye on some of the areas that saw the heaviest snow totals overnight into this morning, that includes allentown and that is where walter perez continues our live team coverage today.

hey walter. >> reporter: hey brian. we'll give you a live look right now at conditions right away. this is north 15th street in allentown. this road surface was completely clear 15 minutes ago and then i we got a quick blast of sleet, still sleeting lightly at this point and it's been like that all day raw wet and nasty. there was plenty of slush in the lehigh valley during the morning rush. >> not like it, it's cold, it's wet it's just yucky. i don't like it. >> reporter: snow turned to rain the temperature went above freezing and most of that slush has gone away. now, though, more precip is on the way coupled with a deep freeze tonight. penndot spokesperson ron young says that always poses a challenge for road crews. >> we'll do our best to keep things wet and keep things from freezing up but when you get extreme cold temperatures like that, even salt isn't very effective and we splay to shift to putting down antiskid material which is a gravel and sand mix that provides traction in cases of extreme cold temperatures.

>> reporter: for now though, the roads are in good condition for the evening commute. certainly a far cry from the brutal conditions we were contending with this time last year. a situation so bad some people apparently blotted it from their memory. >> i think it's not -- i think it's colder last year. i don't know. i think it was just as much snow reporter: no, last year was 10 times as much snow. >> i don't live around here so, you know, i get it a little deeper where i'm at. >> reporter: most others say they remember last winter quite well. >> last year just steady miserable days and cold and cold and snow. not too bad this year. no reason we'll to complain. >> reporter: all right, back out live on the scene here, in the peace i said the roads in good condition. let me downgrade that slight to fair condition depending on where you are and be mindful of just how cold it's going to get tonight if you're out and about whether you're walking or driving, just please be

careful. reporting live from allentown t-walter perez, channel6 "action news." >> all right, walter with a much needed reality check. thank you. as temperatures drop be sure to stick with 6abc.com/weather. there we have the hourly and seven-day forecasts so you can be prepared no matter how cold it might get. >> it was a stunning murder that happened in that broad daylight in the middle of the street. a woman was gunned down while she waited for the bus to take her to work. today police say they've caught the man who did it and they say they finally know why. vernon odom is live at police headquarters with more on this investigation. vern. >> reporter: good evening. the suspect remains in a jail. he's been hit with first degree murder charges. police say he confessed to the crime that shocked the city and baffled the police at least for awhile. >> just stunned just stunned. >> reporter: this is randolph sanders talking exclusively to "action news" the day after the murder of his coworker kim jones who was shot and killed on

january 13th near her north philadelphia home as she waited for a bus to go to work. weeks later the 36-year-old sanders is charged with her murder. >> mr. sanders was brought into the homicide unit on saturday for questioning and gave a full confession on committing this premeditated and senseless murder. >> reporter: police say sanders killed jones because she was going to expose his alleged theft of some $40 from the social services agency where she was his supervisor. police say it was sanders seen here sneaking up on jones at the 12th and jefferson bus stop. the ski masked man killed her with a single shot to the head. the killer was seen making his get away near temple university onto the broad street subway. his identity still shielded. detectives went through 100 hours of video before they saw the suspect get into a suv and drive away. police eventually realized sanders drove that same type of vehicle. >> on the morning of her murder she was going to report him to dhs which actually

funds this nonprofit organization so he waited for her to come out the house laid in wait and then he ambushed her. >> reporter: a brief statement from the turning point ceo where some coworkers eventually told police they did notice tension between jones and sanders. >> we were both shocked and saddened by this news. right now our primary concern is the well being of the entire turning points for children staff. >> reporter: investigation into that allegedly stolen money has been turned over to the philadelphia district attorney's office but randolph sanders is facing charges of murder in the first degree. at police headquarters in center city, vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> all right, thank you vernon. a camden county man accused of killing his roommate over the weekend was formally arraigned on murder charges today. 50-year-old william clark the third is accused of shooting 51-year-old steven johnson on s. it happened inside the apartment along the 400 block

of south white horse pike in audubon. authorities have not released information on the motive for the shooting. clark is being held on a half million dollars bail. new jersey governor chris christie raised some eyebrows on his trip to the united kingdom today. he says parents should have some choice on whether to vaccinate their children. now christie made the comments after touring a biomedical research center in england that actually makes vaccines. he said he and his wife vaccinated their own children but he also said that parents should have a choice as well. >> but i also understand that parents need to have some measure of choice in things as well so that's the balance that the government has to decide but i can just tell people from our perspective mary pat and i have had our children vaccinated. >> reporter: christie says not all vaccines are created equal and the decision on vaccination can differ by disease. after those comments his team sent out a statement clarifying his position. it says christie believes quote vaccines are an important public health protection and in the case of measles there is no question

kids should be vaccinated. new jersey is one of 20 states that let's parents opt their children out of mandatory vaccinations before enrolling in schools. now, some people do worry that vaccines can cause developmental problems in children despite scientific evidence that shows no link. brian and shirleen. >> all right, alicia thank you. still ahead here at 4 o'clock today, we are thrilled to tell you about the newest member of the "action news" family. we've got brand new baby pictures coming up. >> so cute. plus a snow emergency for parts of new england many people already buried by several feet of snow are taking a direct hit from another storm. >> ♪♪

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>> ♪♪ >> another winter storm is slamming new england today and it's hitting the same people still digging out from the snow that fell this time last week. part of massachusetts and connecticut are getting hammered again and could see as much as a foot of snow. they got more than 2 feet in some places last week. boston's mayor has declared a

snow emergency in the city. >> so, we are out there with plows today. we're asking people if you can to stay off the roads, try and take public transportation as best you can and allow us the opportunity to clean the streets. >> meanwhile the midwest is also dealing with heavy snow and gusty winds. tens of thousands of people have no power. the weather has also caused dozens of accidents and it's causing problems at airports with more than 2300 flights already canceled. >> president obama is talking about his $4 trillion budget proposal today and drawing a clear line in the sand. the president discussed the details of the spending plan in a visit to the homeland security department but in message aimed squarely at republicans he said he would not accept a budget that boosts national security at the expense of domestic programs for the middle class. republicans are already blasting the plan which increases taxes on wealthier americans and corporations. >> to business now and stocks got a jump start to the week. the dow was up 196 points. the nasdaq rose 41 and a half.

the s & gained 26 points on the day. more than 4,000 people have filed claims against general motors over faulty ignition switches. saturday was the last day for anyone to file a claim against gm over this issue. the person evaluating the claims says 125 of them have already been ruled eligible for compensation. another 400 were turned down. gm recalled 2.6 million vehicles over the problem. >> as we mentioned temperatures are dropping. that's going to make for a rough evening commute tonight so let's get a check of the "action news" traffic report. >> very slippery out there. let's go live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. >> we definitely expect that as the evening progresses. for now it could be worse. volume is lighter than normal and we'll take it as we look at the speeds on 95. northbound side, slowing by the betsy ross bridge, 23 miles per hour but normally at this point we would be in the single digits there. we did have a crash on the westbound side of the vine approaching the schuylkill expressway. they got it pushed off to the

side here on the ramp from the westbound vine to the westbound schuylkill but you can see police remain on the scene and a lot of people funneling into that left lane like they would have to do anyway with the merge there but trying to stay away from that accident. on the schuylkill itself travel times almost right on time. also on the schuylkill volume is not terrible this afternoon. had a crash in limerick that just cleared along mine run road there are a collection of them in burlington county this afternoon. one here by the red line circle at 206 and 70 involves a vehicle into a pole. also one in woodland township in the woods along 72 between chatsworth road and glass works road and in bass river township watch out for a wreck along route nine and maple avenue by allen's clam bar. let's grab the ipad do the commuter report on this monday afternoon. hope you had a good weekend. down in bear delaware one of oh so many potholes along the region along bear corbett road. we'll check it again and watch those temperatures of course brian and shirleen in the next half hour. >> matt thanks so much.

as you no doubt heard by now philadelphia is gearing up for a visit from pope francis later this year the rhyme more mill is already churning. where will he eat pray and sleep. tonight at 11:00 we can answer a few important questions. "action news" was given access inside one of the most iconic places in our region well known from the outside but rarely seen inside. saint charles borromeo seminary is widely thought to be the most likely host for the pope when he comes in september and so as they get ready, the archdiocese invited us to take a look behind closed doors. >> it's not a museum, seminary is not a museum. it is an active community a community of discernment. >> tonight at 11:00 i'll show you parts of this most historic place that have never been filmed before and take you deep into our archives for the last time a pope came here one magical night in 1979. don't millions my special report tonight only on "action news" at 11:00. >> looking forward to seeing

that. february is american heart month and if you want to improve your heart health, you could start with your diet. "action news" anchor rick williams is live now in the news room to explain this one. hi rick. >> hi, shirleen. so many diets out there. adults are known to try out so many other diet that is will help you lose weight, make your heart stronger but one apparently has proven to be the best, it is the mediterranean diet and has the most evidence that it's not only good for your heart but also good for your waistline because it's low fat. coming up tonight at 5:00 ali gorman tells us what's in the mediterranean diet that makes it so good for you. also the philadelphia school district is looking to hire new teachers for the next school year and now there's a new and easier way to apply for a position. we'll explain. those stories and much more when we see you in just a little bit on "action news" at 5:00. until then back to the studio. see you it. >> rick thank you. lots of celebration here today and we'll show you why. next at 4:00 the "action news" family growing once again. we've got the first pictures

of katherine scott and her brand new baby. >> plus we were just talking about diets. week pizza cravings can derail your diet but with so many options for crusts and toppings there are ways to keep yourself from overdoing it. we'll tell you the best options to keep from you making a diet detour. >> and we want to remind you to go to our facebook page and like the 6abc "action news" page. that will give you access to all the top stories we're following throughout the day weather updates breaking news and of course the best and most current viral videos. you can also communicate there with members of the "action news" team. >> ♪♪

>> ♪♪ >> the "action news" family continues to grow. reporter katherine scott her husband andy and their daughter annie welcomed little abigail into the world on saturday. abigail weighed in at 8 pounds, 6 ounces. katherine's oldest daughter annie is already embracing being a big sister. look at that face.

mom, dad and baby are all doing great and you can see more pictures of katherine scott's new baby on our web site 6abc.com. so yummy. >> katherine's got the biggest smile in the building and no doubt beaming inside the hospital with this picture. just such a sweet family. great lady and of course a wonderful husband. so congrats to all of you guys. can't wait to meet the new one. time for a check of the accuweather forecast. >> let's go over to meteorologist adam joseph. >> those pictures warm your heart. we need all the warmth right now. temperatures are plummeting this evening. our storm continues to pummel boston and southern new england. boston in the last six days near 3 feet of snow and it is still snowing there. in the snow zone and for philadelphia we have been robbed every storm this winter season. just not in the right spot. as we take a look closer to home we have a couple light snow showers that are passing through parts of chester county, lancaster county, berks county, even along the northeast extension around quakertown, points south to

lansdale. they're very light but as they're falling they can just sugar coat the ground and that's just fluff to create -- enough to create slick travel. honeybrook, you can see a good amount of blacktop, maybe a little bit of slush on there. so, if you have any surface that has slush on it, if you can't get it off in the next hour or so, that slush is going to be rock hard in the next couple of hours and it's going to be hard to remove the next few days. in fact, those winds are starting to funnel in out of the northwest, 31 miles an hour in wilmington. 26 in reading and allentown 18 in philadelphia. and mount pocono right now the wind at 22 and those winds will continue to increase this evening. in fact a wind advisory will be in effect until midnight with winds gusting to near 45 miles an hour from philadelphia all points in southern new jersey and delaware and even the western suburbs of lancaster and chester in delaware counties. as we look at the wind chills we're already down to 11 in allentown, 17 philadelphia. still in the 30's to the south

but mount pocono that wind chill just 6 degrees in the last hour. most of the moisture is pushing away. that's the good news. and the winds will help dry the ground some, but anything that is wet and not treated will turn icy as those temperatures drop as that fresh arctic high comes in from the west and the north this evening and overnight and that will drop wind chill factors by tomorrow morning zero in allentown, seven in wilmington, seven in philadelphia, one in lancaster and 13 degrees below zero in the poconos where they picked up close to a foot of snow overnight and future tracker 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon not much better. the winds will ease some, it will stay breezy and it will feel like the 20's generally across the area. as we look at your four day at 4:00 it's brisk cold but it's sunny tomorrow with a high temperature of 28 and then a nice recovery trying to approach the upper 40's here on wednesday ahead of the next arctic boundary and with that arctic front early on thursday a chance of some snow.

not a lot as it's looking right now but it could be bad timing for the morning rush on thursday with maybe a 1 to 2-inch band of snow passing through and that will drop temperatures again for the end of the week. friday sunny and cold with a high of just 26 degrees. so, we're getting these kind of bouts of arctic air but they don't last long. they last about one day and then they move on since we've been in such a progressive pattern so that's one good thing. >> a nuisance pattern. >> all right. >> thanks. they broke out ponytail holders and scissors for an event in montgomery county. an excited bunch packed the pine school gymnasium for the locks of love event. participants are donating at least 10-inches of hair, even a teacher got in on the fun. the hair will go toward custom wigs and hairpieces for disadvantaged children who have hair loss as a result of a medical condition. it's great. >> little girls are so attached to their hair so to

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. >> ♪♪ >> time now for the buzz and it was an epic superbowl bet between two super heroes. chris evans who plays captain america is a patriots plan and chris plait was rooting for seattle. so, here's a shot of them together at last night's game courtesy of pratt's wife anna ferris right there. the losing superhero would have to visit a children's hospital in the winning city and so pratt losing this one tweeting congrats to the world champions the patriots. i will be visiting chris haven, that's the center for the children that they're going to visit as star-lord but guess what? chris evans saying he is going to be there with him as well and they'll

also be going the seattle children's hospital. so it all ended in a beautiful way with both super heroes making some sick children very happy. star wars fans getting a special behind the scenes look at the costumes from the first six blockbuster films, 60 costumes are on display right now in seattle. the smithsonian cure rated the power of costume from darth vader's black mask to the guilded suit of c3po. they will travel on a 12 city tour. no word yet on which other 11 cities they're taking these costumes to but we hope philadelphia is a stop on. finally tonight on 6abc it is an all new bachelor, the women vying for the heart of chris will be at it again tonight and they head to santa fe new mexico an all new castle tonight on 6abc at 10 o'clock followed by "action news" at 11:00. so you have three hours of

some very dramatic television watching from the women vying for the hearts of the bachelor to castle which is always action packed. >> that's right. >> all right. >> thank you alicia. >> thanks alicia. still ahead, if you love pizza but not all the calories stick around. i'll run down the best and worst options for dieters. >> he might look like a photoshop creation but this pitbullhund mix. >> i'm nora muchanic. police are looking for the driver of a hit and run vehicle that left a local man injured. i'll have that story coming up. ss. it's verizon's 100% fiber-optic network that gives you 100% of the internet. switch now to get fios internet and phone for your small business for just $99.99 a month

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>> a florida mom is facing felony charges for following through with that threat so many of us heard i'll stop this car right now if you don't behave. >> plus, pretty ugly. the runner up in a brazilian beauty pagent says she snatched the crown from the winner's head. >> and later from the classroom to the shooting range, the pakistani government is not only allowing teach stories carry guns in school, they're training them to fight. what's behind the unprecedented move. >> we begin with a search for a driver who nearly killed a stranger in mercer county last night spray paint on asphalt is the only indication that something terrible happened on

this hamilton township road. those white circles mark the spot where this car struck a 63-year-old man then kept going. leaving him bleed and battered in the street. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic talks to people who tried to help the victim. she's live at the scene with more. nora. >> reporter: shirleen, it happened just moments before the start of the super bowl last night right here in the street behind me and now police are looking for the driver of a small sedan they say hit the man and they are asking for the public's help. >> i was in getting preparing for the super bowl and you hear this big thump and then i'm like wait a minute, that doesn't sound right so i come outside and he's laying out in the street. >> reporter: she's one of several neighbors who called 911 sunday evening after a hit and run accident near victor nav front of gregory liquors. police say 63-year-old donald

brosak was crossing the street when he was hit by this light colored sedan seen at the bottom of your screen. the entire thing was caught on tape by surveillance cameras. >> he's struck on the passenger side. he goes airborne, you know, strikes the windshield and then looks like he got -- he rolls off the car. >> reporter: police say immediately after the impact the driver of the car drove up 50 to 75 feet beyond the scene and parked for second, didn't get out of the vehicle and then took off. >> i know my daughters they had to stop traffic because people wouldn't have seen this guy laying in the street. >> reporter: brosak suffered a compound leg fracture a broken arm and facial injuries. he remains hospitalized in stable condition. >> if someone notices the damage to the vehicle. >> reporter: as they examined surveillance tapes police are asking car repair shops and everyone else to be on the lookout for this vehicle with possible passenger side hood and windshield damage. people here say they are disgusted by someone who would leave an injured man in the middle of the road.

>> people hitting and not taking their responsibility and they leaving the scene. >> reporter: back live on east state street where the hit and run took place the victim's family declined to comment today but again police are asking anyone with information about this hit and run to contact themed pool. live in hamilton township, i'm nora muchanic channel6 "action news." >> nora thank you. a puerto rican teenager could spend up to 80 years behind bars for trying to rape and murder a lehigh university student. 17-year-old brian sanches osorio pleaded guilty to several charges including attempted murder today. the teen tried to sexually assault the young woman then choked her until she turned blue. he had been hospitalized in puerto rico for aggressive behavioral he'll be sentenced in march pending a psychological evaluation.

19-year-old timothy brooks was sentenced up to 23 months in state prison for his role in a main line drug ring. authorities say brooks was the second in command in the main line takeover project which sold marijuana to students at universities and prep schools. brooks pleaded guilty back in october. he'll also serve five years probation. >> philadelphia police are asking for your help finding a very impatient robbery suspect. this is surveillance video from the red sun food mart on the 2200 block of 12th street back on january 17th. you see the suspect pretend to buy something then slip behind the counter. when the clerk takes too long to open the register, the man pushes her away and grabs the whole thing. once outside the suspect is seen smashing the machine opened. if you recognize him call philadelphia police. >> as we have been telling you, a mix of snow, rain and sleet made for a messy morning on the roadways particularly in the lehigh valley. check out the scene in upper milford township after a tractor-trailer jackknifed on the snowy pennsylvania

turnpike. ly it happened along the northeast extension between the quakertown and lehigh valley interchanges just after 3:30. the crash closed 12 miles of the turnpike for hours today. fortunately the driver walked owe walked -- walked away from this unharmed. >> meteorologist adam joseph is tracking this messy day. >> it's been a nuisance storm. we've had a lot of slush less than an inch of snow in philadelphia. only 2-inches of snow in allentown. it's not been a lot but enough that it's creating tricky travel at times. as we take a look at temperatures, that's the big deal this evening. we're warm right now in philadelphia, it's 41 degrees but look to the north boston 10 burlington two below zero. you factor in the wind that is wrapping around that deepening storm near boston, boston near whiteout conditions with a seven below wind chill factor, 20 below in burlington, down freezing in philadelphia and syracuse 17 degrees below zero so we're watching nor flash freeze here this evening.

we're expecting a 10-degree drop in two hours so any untreated surfaces that are either slushy or wet that aren't treated when freeze over especially the driveways and sidewalks if you weren't able to clear them today if it looks wet just expect that more than likely it is icy so be cautious traveling around this evening and we'll talk about another shot of some snow coming in before the end of week in that seven day. >> all right, thank you adam. >> yes. >> as always before you head out be sure to check in with the 6abc storm tracker app. lynx to both the hourly and seven-day forecast are right there for you to help you get ready for falling temperatures. >> and turning now to health check, special report involving one of the most popular ways to indulge pizza. >> might have had some this weekend. >> yeah most of us try not to think about the calories when reaching for slice of that comfort food but that could be dangerous for your diet. health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman live at the big board with healthier options. hi alily. >> pizza isn't necessarily bad for you. in many cases it can be a

healthy meal. but it all comes down to how much you eat and what you order. >> ♪♪ >> pizza doesn't have to be an unhealthy food at all. >> but registered dietitian emma folks says pizza lovers should watch out because some slices can turn that healthy meal into a down right diet trap. >> it all depends on what you're putting on top of the pizza the crust in the pizza and how much cheese you eat. >> emma says the multi-meat combos, slices with add ons can be waistline busters and gee what was cheese may taste good but -- >> any extra cheese can add a hundred calories, 200 calories. >> for our first matchup we ordered two popular pies from pizza hut. the meat lovers stuffed crust and a supreme thin and crispy. although both pies are topped with meat, it's the crust that steers you off course. >> we're talking about

430 calories a slice and 24 grams of fat. >> making the meat lovers stuffed crust our first diet detour. she give the supreme thin and crispy with only 300 cam reese per slice our first green light. >> now we're looking at papa johns. >> that's where we order john's favorite smothered with six cheeses pepperoni and sausage an plane cheese pizza. emma says this is a case when the calories all come down to that loaded cheese. >> how much damage are we doing with john's favorite? >> we're looking at about 400 calories over here. >> emma says the john's favorite pie is not favorable for your diet. it packs 21 grams of fat per slice making it our next diet detour. emma says stick to a cheese slice which has half the fat making it the healthier choice. next up we place an order at dominos where they're serving up pan pizzas. we order one with pepperoni. >> pan pizza has a lot more calories than obviously a lot

more fat. the reason being is that there's actually fat brushed on the crust. >> but emma says pepperoni lovers can still have their pie and eat it, too. just skip the deep dish crust which gets emma's last diet detour. >> the best option hands down is your thin crust pizza and lots and lots of veggies. >> so you want to load up on those veggies. emma also points out that a lot of pizza shops like dominos let you customize your own pie. you can even add lean meats such as chicken. she says opt for low fat cheeses such as goat cheese or ricotta. they are both good choices. shirleen back over to you. >> wish i made some good choices yesterday. >> me, too. >> i certainly did not. thank you ali. it is never too early to start caring about your heart and that was today's lesson for kids in wilmington from baby yoga to arts and crafts, nemours cardiac center created an entire day of fun activities for children all

with a heart health team. the fun day inspired them to stay active and also taught them the right foods to eat. february, by the way is american heart month. still ahead february may be the shortest month of the year but it's certainly not lacking in savings. we'll break down the best and worst things to buy this month. >> plus, call her miss sore loser 2015. the runner up at a brazilian beauty pagent explains why she yanked the tiara right off the winner's head. >> later, what do you get when you cross a pitbull with a dachshund. a new internet puppy is capturing the hearts and imagination of millions. >> meteorologist adam joseph back with the full accuweather forecast when "action news" at 4:00 continues on this monday afternoon.

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life tonight. she remains hospitalized after being found face down in a filled bathtub. her father singer bobby brown plead for privacy yesterday as efforts continue to do keep his daughter alive. there are reports now that she is showing some minimal response but remains on a ventilator. the husband of the 21-year-old tried to revive her after she was found in a bathtub at their atlanta area home on saturday. her mom, whitney houston accidentally drowned inside of a bathtub following a drug overdose nearly three years ago. in pakistan government officials are now arming teachers with guns. that in the wake of a december terror attack that claimed the lives of 150 children and teachers. the teachers are being taught how to assemble and fire their weapons. pakistan's higher education minister says with police forces stretched so thin armed teachers could potentially hold off gunmen and buy time for police to arrive. >> a beauty pagent in brazil turned ugly when the runner up

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died from an accident. >> that ad went viral on twitter moments after it aired last night nationwide says it's glad that the goal was to start a fierce conversation about safety and prevention. it sure did. you surely heard a parent make this threat to a misbehaving child. do not make me stop this car. well, one florida mom made good on that promise and did stop hitting the brakes to scold her kids sitting in the back seat. well the problem is when she d-her daughter sitting in the front seat hit the windshield and cracked it with her head and now mom is facing felony charges. lorena sullivan simpson says she was only going about 10 miles an hour but didn't know the 12-year-old wasn't wearing a seat belt. the mother of six says she would never intentionally harm her daughter. >> if she ever once complained to me and said hey mom i think i got a headache or -- she didn't. i'm heartbroken. my kids are gone. >> right now the kids are in kentucky with their father. in the meantime police say she

faces child abuse charges. finally doc bull, pit weenie. yeah i said weenie. whatever you call him rammy is not the product of photoshop. he's a real life dachshund and pitbull mix and why it's hard to imagine how it's not hard to see why he's taking the internet by storm. he's currently up for adoption and the humane society in georgia says it has been flooded with phone calls and inquiries about the strange cross beamed he has the head of a male pitbull the body of a dachshund. his personality is also kind of a mix. his post reads i'm full of energy, i don't week walk organize and a leash i'm a sweety pie though. he lovers to run but also adds i don't listen very well so you'll need to take some time to train me but i'm sure all i need is a little loving. his viral post has close to 3 million hits and they expect that he will be adopted next week. but i'll tell you this picture everyone is taking a look and everyone giving him a shot because he's one of a kind. >> it looks like photoshop.

incredible. >> old, too, spot on. >> yeah. >> thank you. alicia. take a live look outside right now. mobile6 is on the move right now along city avenue just about at monument headed toward 76. going to hop in the westbound lanes there. giving i was live look right now. it's just wet. the problem is as adam has been telling us throughout this broadcast, wherever you see snow on the ground that was not melted it's likely to turn to ice later tonight and so conditions are going to deteriorate on area roadways throughout the evening. >> if you decided to stay off the roads it's probably a good idea. matt pelman would probably say the same thing. he's in the "action news" traffic centerly. >> absolutely. you know, never have we wanted the winds to whip so badly. we really want the winds to kind of kick up and dry things out as the evening progresses brian and shirleen because as those temperatures drop, roads like this one, the 202 parkway that are still wet are going to be very slippery. at this point we're still above freezing here in chalfont bucks county but the roadway is definitely wet as you can see.

intersection sheer with bristol road and the traffic is moving fine that at this point. on our interstates things are drying out at this point. volume is not a major problem this afternoon on the schuylkill and neiffer. had that crash on the westbound vine approaching the schuylkill that cleared out and now just a little break tapping as you can see, a little bit of stacking up as you travel westbound approaching 76. speed restrictions still in place on the new jersey turnpike between the pennsylvania turnpike connector, the whole way on up to the george washington bridge. speed restrictions of 35 miles per hour. looks like a lot of people are not really adhering to those speed restrictions but just be advised you could be stopped if you're going 59 or 63 miles per hour. still have emergency construction left over from this morning in mount laurel blocking church street. stick with union mill road for the next couple hours instead. but our crash by the old red line circle at 206 and 70 is clear: we'll check it again brian and shirleen in the 5 o'clock hour. >> all right, see you then matt. thank you. meteorologist adam joseph back with that exclusive

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>> meteorologist adam joseph we woke up to a mess this morning, some snow, some rain sleet and it's going to be a messy evening. >> pretty much everything. we have a couple snow showers passing through the region but the dropping temperatures that we're really tracking are going to plummet pretty quickly. as we look at double scan live radar we have a couple of snow showers through parts of chester county, lancaster county, reading but there is a batch just to the south and east of trenton over into new jersey now passing just to the south of florence and bristol. you see some purple starting to pop up here near 206 moving over columbus along 206 approaching mount holly and as you can see it's bumping into warmer air turning into sleet

than snow. as it passes through it could quickly sugar coat the ground and that will add more moisture for those temperatures to really start to freeze things over here this evening. in fact, we're already down to 25 degrees in allentown it's 41 in philadelphia, below freezing in reading, 12 in the poconos. and still sitting at officer just above 40 for millville down to dover and just shy of 40 degrees along the shore communities. the winds starting to drive out of the west-northwest. 32 is the wind chill right now in philadelphia. it's dropped to eight in allentown, feeling like two below in mount pocono, 33 in dover and 17 in lancaster. now, most of the major highways and major roads sad chances to somewhat dry out because they were heavily salted and they're so heavily traveled that those aren't the roads we're really worried about tonight, it's the secondary roads and the sidewalks, the driveways the walkways that still have that slush on them. those are the ones that are a little more let's just say

susceptible to seeing that freeze-up. high pressure coming in from the west and that's pushing the system out. we'll clear the skies overnighter tonight and that high tomorrow will be right to our south so we'll have a breeze coming in out of the west-southwest. it's going to be very sunny tomorrow. wind chills near 20 all day so it's a cold day with a high of 28 and as we approach the next arctic boundary on wednesday ahead of it we jump those temperatures up to 46 degrees so this arctic air that's pushing in won't last long but then there's a secondary arctic outbreak for the end of the week that cold front. tonight we'll watch for that flash freeze. again, it's any standing water or slush that is still out there. wind chills dropping five below to five above with air temperatures eight to 16 degrees. and on the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, it's dry but cold tomorrow at 28. it's dry on wednesday a nice recovery of 46 so that's when you can loosen up some of what will be rock solid slush here on wednesday afternoon and then thursday a chance for snow and the best opportunity

will be with the arctic front in the morning. this is 9 o'clock so the morning rush on thursday could be in jeopardy of seeing some accumulating, at least light snow as that front passes through, 36 for a high and then it's cold behind that again on friday of 26 but again, it doesn't last long. we jump back up into the upper 30's on saturday before another arctic boundary comes in on sunday with a chance of some rain and snow for the second half of the weekend. so we're kind of going up and down doing a dance here for a day after day -- snow, rick don't dance . >> [laughter] >> what was that move. >> very scary. >> you don't want to see it. >> go to break. it will be safer

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what to buy, what not to buy in february. now get shopping you guys. >> all good stuff. thanks alicia that. will do it for "action news" at four. for the entire "action news" team i'm brian taft. shirleen and i and ducis rodgers back tonight the. we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> "action news at 5:00 is coming up next

>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody dee meteorologist cecily tynan rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪♪ >> the rain and slush covered roads and sidewalks could refreeze tonight as strong winds are blowing in some bitterly cold temperatures and the conditions could get dangerous. monday night the big story on "action news" is the concern for frozen roads as we move through the evening hours. >> and let's look live now from sky 6 hd philadelphia international airport several flights were delayed and canceled today because of the storm. it delivered mostly rain here but was a massive snowstorm in the midwest and up north. that caused problems for us here as well locally. >> and we have team coverage for you on the possible flash freeze tonight. "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist live with penndot's plan of attack on the icy roads but let's start with

meteorologist cecily tynan at the "action news" big board. >> hi, monica and rick. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing that the storm system has moved out. we still have some lingering snow showers especially across burlington county right now but the problem isn't what's falling if the sky. the problem is the falling temperatures. all brought in by these very strong wind gusts. wind gusts in philadelphia currently 41 miles per hour. winds are whipping 41 in reading, 39 miles an hour wind gusts in allentown, 39 in wilmington and with the winds out of the northwest this will be pulling down some very cold air. so the national weather service has posted a winter weather advisory until midnight for the potential for flash freeze. what this means is that any roads that are wet untreated or that aren't blown dry the slush will be freezing very quickly as temperatures really nose dive. right now philadelphia 36 degrees, we're above freezing. wilmington dropped down to 33 but you'll notice allentown red andying and