"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy.

good afternoon we begin with breaking news at this hour. the democratic national convention is coming to philadelphia the city beat out brooklyn new york and columbus ohio, to host the event in 2016. here is how they made the announcement. a facebook video of debbie washerman shultz slapping a philadelphia magnet on the refrigeratorer. she is expected to have a meeting with governor tom wolf and ed rendell. lets go to john rawlins and reaction from city hall. >> reporter: hi sara, i'm standing outside of room 21 is that is where the conference call will happen in the last few minutes. the news came in and hit like a ton of bricks it was a pleasant

ton of bricks there was an announcement on facebook no dog and pony show there. this is going on for two years they courted the dnc and brought leaders into philadelphia as early as a few weeks ago, the mayor, governor rendell and congressman bob brady sold the idea of the historic elements of philadelphia and that appealed to the dnc so on july 25th 2016 the convention will open here as we say this is a democratic town and today here in city hall, many many pleased democrats. >> just kind of sitting there getting ready for the day and i got a call from chairwoman debbie wasserman shultz and she asked if we would be the host city forever the dnc convention and of course i screamed yes. >> i am sided i'm happy to have

the dnc in philadelphia. they have not been here since 1948 it's going to be a great victory for philadelphia. >> this is a big ticket event because that is why there were reservations early on one our willingness and our ability to get this done and we have made the commitments and we'll figure out a way to raise the money. >> room 21 has now closed the door so the conference call has started to begin but we'll have a huge party here in philadelphia in 2016, just like the republican part in the year 2000 they have to raise like $80 million to put on the democrats convention in 2016 in philadelphia. that is the situation so far and we'll get more facts as the day goes on and how this came to be.

john rawlins back to you all. >> philadelphia democratic party leader congressman bob brady says now is the time to roll up our sleeves and show the dnc and the nation what we have known all along that philadelphia is a great city that can fill memories to last a lifetime. and tom wolf says this is great news for the commonwealth will generate millions in activity in the state. and philadelphia will shine in the national spotlight. we continue now with "action news" reporter david henry, he is in rittenhouse square gathering reaction from none politicians this afternoon. >> reporter: yes the politicians are not the only ones celebrating out here this is a big source of pride for philadelphians they love the

city and love living in the city when they heard the news except for one person they were all ecstatic about it. >> i think it's terrific it will be great and good for the city. bring in money. and give us some publicity. >> i think it's high time philly gets more attention. when you look at the city it's looking old and we need a facelift this kind of event will help philadelphia come back to the limelight. >> philadelphia needs to be recognized as a major city, i would encourage politicians to come up. >> and spend their money too. >> i done like it. >> why not? >> i am a rush limbaugh fan and i don't deal with the politics or anything. >> awesome it's about time, i'm glad they are coming here. >> what will it do for the city? >> boost the economy some. maybe they'll even put some money towards the school

district god forbid. >> this being philadelphia there has to be a zinger they are looking forward to the blue party painting the town red. david henry channel 6 "action news." >> all right david thank you. lets go back live and take a live picture right now, mayor nutter having a phone confection with dnc chief debbie wasserman shultz who made the decision to bring the democratic convention to philadelphia. >> the dnc will host its 2016 democratic convention in the city of brotherly love, the wonderful city of philadelphia. and we have a convention that will be second to none. an opportunity to speak to the american people for our party's vision for the future and highlight our values and support our candidate who will become the 45th president of the united states of mesh. there is clearly no better city

to have this event than philadelphia the role of philadelphia in shaping our history is unmatched but what is also unmatched is the comprehensive proposal that the team in philadelphia put together, a top notch plan for logistics, finance and security. our first priority was to ensure that the city could transport and house attendees seamlessly and make sure our delegates have the best possible experience and execute a convention that was safe and secure and make sure that the city has the resources to put on a unique large scale event. our process was a year long effort to dive deeply into the logistics and capability of each city and putting on a convention that we know is complex and it's primarily a business decision for us. philadelphia had the strongest bid in each of those areas what is more philadelphia will put our party's values of inclusion

opportunity on display. >> by the way we are streaming this conference call online at 6abc.com. once again, plenty of celebrations here at city hall as mayor nutter receives the official word from debbie wasserman shultz, the democratic convention coming to the city of brother love next september. and pope francis arrives later this year, he will be in town three days in september and his visit is expected to attract 2 million people to the city. stay with "action news" as philadelphia prepares to host the democratic national convention we'll have more live reports coming up at 4:00 including security measure as well. now to accuweather and the brutal cold that will grip the region starting tonight. sky 6 hd taking a live look at penn's landing and the ben franklin bridge in the distance gray now and light snow showers

passing through today that will be followed through with plunging temperatures and windchills buy low 0, for the lake-effect latest on all of it lets go to david murphy at the big board. >> on stormtracker 6 live double scan you see a couple of snow showers that were morrow bust in the northern and western suburbs near lancaster eshlier this morning, they have fallen apart close toward philadelphia and trenton saw the last of that for now. here is a widespread pattern of precipitation down in central delaware and southern new jersey, it's mostly snow and a little bit of wet snow mixing in joernl wise, so far temperatures are so far above freezing this is just a nuisance would i slow it down if are you on the road and see a heavier batch of snow developing. cloud cover is aplenty, and out to the west you see additional snow showers, a concern about the additional snow showers that

come in later because unlike these temperatures across the region are well above freezing, we may get over 40 a tic or two in the late afternoon hours off to the north and west the winds are starting to come down from the northwest. in philadelphia it's from the west for now but one they pull the colder air from the northwest, temperatures drop this afternoon and any snow shower that develops could have a greater impact. 42 is the forecast high and temperatures will drop through the afternoon by the dinner hour we'll probably be around 30 degrees and then all the way to 12 in the overnight hours. aside from the possibility of snow showers, sara and rick we need to talk a little bit about the plunging temperatures and the winds picking up severe windchills not once or twice but thrice, and we'll have the details coming up. >> thank you david. stick with 6abc.com/weather we have the hourly and seven-day

forecasts so you can be prepared. we'll take a quick break and "action news" continues after this.

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the "action news" team is out working on news stories for tonight at 4:00. alicia vitarelli has a preview. >> coming up in big talkers, at 4:30 it's being called a fat find, we'll tell you which part of the world is considering finding parents if their children are ebose. and also ahead, she traded in her plus size pants without surgery or fad diets one mom lost 140 pounds with a little help from her friends. life is short and facebook is forever. why the social network is letting the users live on even after they pass. can you take us with you on the go, if you have not downloaded the free 6 abc news app watch it streaming live on your smart phone or tablet. back to you guys. >> rick the teenager. >> i like that it was funny. >> thank you alicia. i made her laugh. the accuweather forecast is coming up.

david is here with the accuweather forecast bracing for the bitter cold. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows a bit of precipitation around the region most of it moving through philadelphia and after briefly moving through the city including light snow showers, temperatures now are above freezing if are you in and around southern delaware a bit of a mix with snow and south jersey a couple of bands of light to moderate snow, be careful in case it makes roads wet or slick, it's a better chance of slippery roads late tonight when another round of these is possible. and temperatures are cooler when we look outside. cloud cover is across the

region we climb aboard chopper 6 hd and it's a hazy few on the water. philadelphia well above freezing, with 36 and winds turned out of the northwest a bit at 12 miles per hour. the speed is not so important but the direction is. we may still have enough push to get up to 40 or so for a high, pretty soon the northwest winds will pull in colder air. 36 inal ep town and 37 in redding and that is as high as you get here, maybe another degree or 2 and 36 in wildwood. we'll grow the temperatures at the shore before we turn things as well. satellite and radar here is the second batch of snow showers we don't look for more than a coating and not everybody sees them, they are scattered between 3:00 and 6:00, where they do hit

they may put a coating of snow on the roadways in areas where they get heavier enough than is reason enough to be careful because temperatures will fall. 73 is the high in allentown and late snow and shower by the time the late day showers come in and a late rain shower possible in atlantic city, 42 and not as much of a concern at the shore in philadelphia mostly cloudy skies and 42 is your brief high and then early this afternoon we'll see the plunge winds northwest at 35 miles per hour, and getting blustery and windy with the dropping temperatures and a snow shower that could produce a slick spot, overnight tonight we are down to 12 degrees and the winds grow very gusty with clearing skies, look for mainly cloudy skies and a snow or rain shower can't be ruled out and then look how we dip to the freezing mark as soon as 5:30, and the plunge in temperatures you'll really feel out there and the winds are raw

look out for a snow shower, and then it gets colder and colder you get the crush of cold air you feel coming into tonight. in place tomorrow with highs in the 20s and then as we get into sunday afternoon look at this big batch of cold air another spoke coming around polar vortex up to the north high pressure is there producing winds again and high temperatures 15 to 30 degrees below average a windchill danger tomorrow below 0 in the morning sunday we may not get above 0 for a windchill all day and monday morning 15 degrees below zero in the morning and worse in the suburbs, your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast shows temperatures dropping this afternoon and slow it down if you see a spotty shower or snow shower. and bitter and windy and 36 and snow squalls, fairly contained batches of snow but they have so much energy they can put down a

quick inch of snow, be careful of that saturday afternoon and evening, and extremely cold, and tuesday a wintry mix possible. a lot of stuff possible over the next couple of days.

i'm thrilled to announce that the dnc will host its 2016 democratic national convenience in the city of brotherly love, the wonderful city of

philadelphia. [ applause ] >> all right we heard that live a half hour ago as we followed breaking news here at 12:30 that was the chairperson of the democratic national committee debbie wasserman shultz announcing that philadelphia is the host of next year's dnc and "action news" was the only station to show it to you as it happened live at city hall. the democrats will choose their next candidate forever president at the wells fargo center in july of 2016. >> philadelphia beat out brooklyn new york. in the facebook posting, the chair of the dnc pulls a cheesesteak out of her refrigerator and puts a sticker on her