coverage we begin with john rawlins and why philadelphia was picked over columbus ohio, and new york. >> reporter: this was a well planned well executed multiyear approach that would put together a package and attract the dnc in terms of security and logistics like where the delegates will stay and how they get to the wells fargo center and how to fund it all. >> the formal word came today by phone from the dnc chairman. the dnc will host their democratic convention in the city of brotherly love, the wonderful city of philadelphia [ applause ] >> for three years local dems were lobbying the dnc the pitch philadelphia having hosted the gop in 2000 had the mix of big city amenities and the dnc liked what it saw.

registered democrats out number republicans about 7-1 here. it put smiles on faces. >> they have not been here since 1948. >> that is correct when harry truman was the nominee. >> the current effort dubbed phl-dnc 2016, will need to raise $70 million to $80 million in private money. >> but nobody seems worried. >> people are excited and enthusiastic and we will thought -- take their money. >> they told the dnc that current union problems at the convention center could offend delegates. >> will will not have that issue during the event it's going to go away. >> we heard that from several

people today that that issue between the convention center management and the carpenters and teamsters will not be a factor in 2016. so it's full speed ahead for july 2016. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the chair of the democratic national committee debbie wasserman shultz, released this video to share the announcement today. she walks through the lunch room and takes a cheesesteak out of refrigerator and then sticks a philadelphia magnet on the fridge. many people in philadelphia are excited to have such a big event coming to town in 2016, it's the birth place of democracy and the home town of rocky what more could you want. >> we have a marvelous, marvelous city, kults toural things and great restaurants and very nice people. >> it's nice to have philadelphia recognized as a

major city. >> i think it's terrific it will be great good for the city, and bring in money and give us some publicity. >> it will, the convention will bring tens of thousands of people to the city for a week along with high-profile guests including president obama, how do you keep the residents and visitsers safe while it's all happening. chad pradelli is live in center city with that part of the story. >> reporter: hey monica securing the dnc is more than just the wells fargo center, you have the broad street line and then a week long event with all the people coming into town you have the party and events at the convention center and the hotels and parties. city leaders and police say that the wells fargo center is an ideal location for the dnc, it's somewhat isolated and has natural boundaries like broad street and is easily accessible.

we had the rnc in 2000 and many that planned that are here now. >> the pope arrives next fall, and emergency responders have already did big events like made in america. >> over the last seven years we had a tried and tested model on how we provide special events. i look at it this way, we are used to whatever we need to do to getting it done. >> the president vice president and dignitaries and political heavy weights will be on hand, transportation security will be a focus from people of importance to our subways to our city sidewalks. >> all of this will be in a tiered effect and then we plan how to move people in and out of the areas in an efficient way. that means policeman power overtime and a lot of money and mayor michael nutter expects a federal grant and fundraising will cover the costs to pay for

security not just the federal side but also to cover some of what they know to be the costs of police overtime cleanup services, equipment -- >> and deputy mayor gillson would not give me and estimated cost of the security. charlotte hosted the 2012 dnc received a $50 million federal grant. chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> as chad said the democratic convention will come less than a year after philadelphia hosts the world meeting of families and pope francis more than a million people are expected to visit while the pope is here celebrating mass on the ben franklin parkway that is set for september 27th. our coverage of the 2016 democratic national convention continues on 6abc.com and you can watch the democratic party's

facebook announcement again and look at photos from past political conventions held in philadelphia. in other news, a 2-year-old was killd this afternoon when he was hit about a trolley in west philadelphia chopper 6 hd was over the scene of 51st and lancaster avenue witnesses tell us that the boy ran into the street in front of the trolley, according to the witnesses the driver honked his horn and tried to stop but it was too late and the boy was left pinned underneath. septa is investigating. now to the dangerous cold moving in arctic air is moving in and strong winds make it worse. adam joseph is here with more. >> yes, we had one front pass through and we had rain and snow showers with that, and now we await the true arctic front now near state college that will pass through in the next few hours and that drives the

windchills way low later on tonight. temperature now in philadelphia not too bad at 37 degrees in washington with respect to what is happening in the western part of the state. 16 in pittsburgh and buffalo 6 degrees and you factor in the wind it feels like 3 below in pittsburgh and 12 below in buffalo and binghamton, and 27 in philadelphia, you can see where you drop off below 0 to well above 0 and that line progresses to the south and east overnight tonight. in fact future tracker 6 windchills 9 below in philadelphia tomorrow and 7 below in binghamton and close to the 15 below in the far north western suburbs, what to expect over the next 12 hours temperatures drop 20 degrees and winds gusting to 40 miles per hour and morning windchills will range from 5 to 15 degrees below 0 and mainly north of the

pennsylvania turnpike downingtown and pottstown and the lehigh valley as well as lancaster and berks county windchill advisory goes into affect and last until noon tomorrow and that is where it will feel 10 to 15 degrees below 0. and then sharrie the windchills will drop even further the second half of the weekend and we'll talk snow as well in the full accuweather forecast. >> some big changes thank you. and as the temperatures drop be sure to stick with 6abc.com/weather there we have both the hourly and seven-day forecast, so you can be prepared no matter how cold it gets. at least three lucky people are millionaires tonight after last night power ball drawing, you saw it right here on 6 abc. 11, 13 25 39 54 and the power ball was 19. three tickets matched all six numbers, one in texas north carolina and puerto rico, if they all take the lump sum

option they split $381 million before taxes three tickets sold in pennsylvania and new jersey match all the five numbers, including one in glen mills. those are worth $1 million each. time for a check of the "action news" traffic report for you tonight. matt pellman is in the traffic center center, i assume you did not win? >> i did not win i'm kidding i'd be here either way of course. rick and monica good afternoon, a troubled situation here on the ramp from the blue route southbound to norristown, the ridge pike off ramp, a trailer overturned and that was carrying a pickup truck and landed on its side and this ramp is still partially blocked and at times they block all traffic on the southbound side of the blue route trying to get on ridge pike if are you coming away from the turnpike use the norristown interchange and take

that to chemical road to get to ridge pike and avoid the ramp off the blue route southbound, on the schuylkill normal afternoon delays and no problems on the lincoln drive on lincoln's birthday that is good news and watch out for potholes on the northbound side of 95 on the off ramp. in burlington county, downed wires at 130 near van skyver parkway. >> thank you matt. still to come on "action news" at 5:00, with the brutal cold heading back to our region ali gorman tells you what you with do to keep you safe outdoors including safe from frostbite. and a country music headliner will be coming for musikfest.

the white house is calling on all sides to follow through with a peace agreement with russia and the ukraine, they are calling on the two countries as well as france and germany, calling for heavy weapons to be pulled from the frontline and a cease fire to take affect on

sunday, in the deal, ukraine would grant more auto tony with its neighbors. eva pilgram has the story from langhorne. >> i lost my daughter to suicide. >> alice know what it's like to lose a child to suicide. today she stood with septa displaying a new hot line for them to call. >> there are lots of things to do to prevent suicide but this is an important one more than 20% of the deaths at septa are ruled a suicide. in september suicide prevention month septa began working with local municipalities to put up

the sign. >> we hope the sign will spark interest in this important issue. >> the installation of these signs at the langhorne station, the hot line number is posted at all septa locations. >> this is a topic people don't like to talk about but septa took it on and said we'll help. >> you the hot line is open seven day a week 1-800-273-talk is the number. >> at the last moment that is the last life line, can you talk to someone that could talk you down. everyone has cell phones today, it's simple make that one more call. eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." health check tonight, the word cold is going to take on an all new dimension tonight. ali gorman is at the big board with reminders on how to stay safe. >> hi guys i am not looking

forward to this, it's dangerously cold have you to take precautions for yourself or younger children or elderly. no one is immune from frostbite you lose most of your heat through your head and torso cover smaller areas such as your ears hands toes and nose. these areas typically suffer first and overall in extremely cold temperatures it doesn't take long for frostbite to set in. >> less than 5 minutes, if are you outside and you don't have the right gear on people suffer illness quickly. >> check in with elderly neighbors or anyone that is mentally ill make sure they are staying warm. >> coming up on "action news" at 11:00 beating the biological clock with the backup plan, a local fertility clinic hosts a

cocktail party for women egg freezing 101, some women are focused on their careers and others have not found the one, egg freezing is a way to buy more time. >> it's an insurance policy from making a bad or rush decision. >> i'll take you inside of the cocktail party and why doctors say that egg freezing has significantly improved over the years a special report tonight at 11:00. "action news" at 5:00 continues next.

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expedia.com plans to buy rival company orbit for $1.3 billion, the boards have approved the transaction and now it's up to regulators to approve the deal. some students from north wildwood new jersey are getting a head start paying tribute to those serving in our current's top office fifth graders dressed up as presidents from past to president and small

slips were given to the students for a quick lesson even current u.s. president barack obama made an appearance. >> we want them to know how they made our country the great country it is today. the atlantic county sheriff's office got a little bigger today. 11 officers graduated from the police academy in mays landing 10 of them have military backgrounds and awards were given to the entire graduating class as well as their instructors. today students spend the day jumping around for a good cause they took part in the heart association jump rope for heart event. they spent weeks practicing and it has been an event for the

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time now for accuweather at the "action news" big board we go to adam joseph to tell you how low we'll go tomorrow night. >> lower windchills and it could get to dangerous levels where far to the west windchill advisories go into affect

tonight and into noon tomorrow that includes lancaster where temperatures are at or below freezing and philadelphia we went into the low 40s, speeds of 32 in lancaster and 30 in wilmington and even at the shore in atlantic city a gust of 23 in the last hour. we are beginning to see the signs here that the windchills are dropping 16 right now in lancaster 11 in the poconos and 22 in allentown and in the upper 20s at the shore but these 20s again will feel rather balmy compared to what we wake up to tomorrow morning. the windchills in mt. pocono 15 to 20 degrees below zero tomorrow morning and bucks county 10 to 15 below zero 5 to 10 degrees for our greater viewing area and far southern zones 0 to 5 below. a beautiful day from the inside

out tomorrow with the brilliant sunshine but windchills even in the afternoon tomorrow will peak at about 10 degrees and it will be colder than that in the north western suburbs where it stays near the single digits on saturday for valentine's day most of the day is dry with a mixture of sun and clouds and we'll watch the next arctic front arrive from the northern and west and this brings a rush of snow showers through and they are blinding and reduced visibility briefly between 3:00 and 6:00, by 8:00, 9:00, as the stars reappear and the winds kick up again. how much snow we are looking at with the band that comes through, you can see a good consensus anywhere from a half inch to 3 inches again it's not the amount and the timing as many of us head out for dinner dates for valentine's day there could be slick travel tonight clear and bitter, 9 trenton and

12 in dover your five-day at 5:00, tomorrow's high is 23 and feeling like 10 all afternoon the snow squalls were brief and 36 and dangerous cold and wind as arrive on saturday winds gusting over 50 miles per hour on sunday, and a high of 19 feeling like below 0 through much of the day on sunday and 23 with windchills of 0 again and evening snow and mix arrive with a system from the south and tuesday. at 34 degrees work are talking dold and snow and not the best of the next five days. >> lets talk spring. >> 36 days. >> something to look forward to. thank you so much. much more "action news" coming your way in the next half hour. >> the democratic national convention is heading to the city of brotherly love next year and it mean a big boost to businesses across the region. and dozens of people will weather this next stretch of

dangerously cold weather thanks to a local retailer. we'll have the stories and more.

"action news" continues with jaime apody and monica malpass. >> philadelphia will once again take the national spotlight. the national political spotlight as tens of thousands head to philadelphia for the national convention. >> and a teenager accused of running down a girl on her way to school appears in court and a persistent thief will not leave empty handed. we'll explain. independence hall the symbol of democracy and philadelphia the place for the democratic convention.

>> the announcement was made. this means big business for the area. they will decide who represents the democrats in the 2016 presidential election. the two other finalist cities were brooklyn new york and columbus, ohio, when it came down to it committee members decide that philadelphia had the complete package, plenty of hotel rooms and venues and plenty of public transportation. >> everything is downtown we have plenty of hotels downtown and all the hotels even in georgia or montgomery county maybe 15 or 20 minutes away. that may have helped. that may have helped because of our topography. >> the next step is to raise the funds to make it happen. the estimate is $80 million but

officials are confident they can make it happened. sara bloomquist is live now in rittenhouse square with more on the business boom. >> reporter: rick that is right the hotels will be packed and the restaurants filled to capacity. the democratic national convention could pump as much as $120 million into the local economy. >> they will shop here and dine here and sleep here -- >> they are excited because they will make a lot of money. >> at the hard rock cafe on market street the general manager was all smiles because they expect to be packed. with reservations in advance and he remembers what happened when the republicans came in 2000. >> it was tremendous for the city and hard rock, we can expose the business to a lot of people. >> it brought in an estimate of

170$170 million to the region and the dnc could bring $80 million more. >> the payoff the return on the investment is down the line, don't expect to book a hotel room today rooms will be controlled and parcelled out for big groups and delegations looking to book an entire block the type of event that gets hotel manages very excited. businesses and ownership, they hear the news, it gives a huge lift. >> bowers says from you looking for a single room you'll probably be staying in the suburbs, but to wait until the event approaches and wait to see if any rooms open up. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> as she said, the last time philadelphia was on the national

stage was back on 2000 with the republican party held their national convention here, it's where george w. bush won the nomination and when on to win the presidency. and the city dealt with protests during the event and philadelphia police officers were out keeping the peace and we'll have more on the security plan for this year's convention coming up on "action news" at 6:00. the city is proud that the city's public transportation system was one factor in nabbing the convention this is video of how they handled big events in the past. it's more than just a look at existing trains and trolleys and subway cars, they will modify the existing system to meet the needs of visiting delegates and visitors, and give them a personal service as well. >> we'll have septa volunteers on the street helping people getting to and fro where they need to go and directing them to

restaurants and i think that impressed them. >> what is next for the process of planning septa says first things first they need to plan for the pope's visit before anything else. and it broke on facebook this morning. make sure you get news that impacts you go to 6abc.com/"action news" and check the like button. >> a teenage driver accused of hitting and killing a student while she was just feet from her school bus faced a buck county judge today. michael shelly walked into a courtroom according to police he hit her in a crosswalk with the school bus lights flashing and the stop in arm out. >> he said he auto the lights and braked when he saw someone running by and he admitted his car defroster was not working

and had tunnel vision at the time. >> they released the tunnel viction at the time at the new grocery store in town. police say that the suspect walked in at noon yesterday and pulled a gun and demanded cash, when the clerk told the man the money was in the trunk of a car, the suspect grabbed the keys and stole the car. if you recognize this man call northeast detectives, we posted the video on our website at 6abc.com. >> just in time for the overnight arrival of dangerously cold air, there is an effort underway to make sure people stay warm. foreman mills gave out vouchers for winter coats they went to people in need that were preselected. they were for $25 and were distributed in the stores in philadelphia and northeast. code blue alerts are in effect in the region because of the approaching bitter cold, if you see the homeless person outside call the hot line on

your screen and also be sure to check on elderly neighbors and make sure they are warm as well. >> just because animals are covered in fur doesn't mean they are immune to this cold weather if you see an animal outside call the animal control center or contact animal control in your area. the pet's owner will be fined. time to get a check of the traffic scene for you on a thursday night. matt pellman is in the traffic center, a lot of headlights there. >> a sea of red into delaware county rick and monica southbound side of 95 is not where you want to be we are jam solid past philadelphia international airport down to this point approaching highland avenue the culprit a crash behind the sign and you can see the flashing lights taking out the right lane, speeds are 10 miles per hour or less in that long stretch between the airport

and this point in highland avenue not the kind of excitement we want on an exciting day for philadelphia we have undesirable excitement for center city now, a crash along vine street the eastbound side by broad street ambulance on the scene and police as well. traffic is barely squeezing by we don't normally say this but stay on the vine street expressway through the city instead. in plymouth meeting almost done cleaning up the crash but on the a.c. expressway watch out for a crash taking out two lanes. back over to you. >> all right matt thank you. still ahead on "action news," a delaware city is marking its resurgence by breaking ground on a new project. >> and folks in new jersey are hoping the second time is the charm to strike it with through the lottery. >> rick get ready temperatures are tumbling with big time windchills moving in from the

west. >> and tgit is in full effect tonight with new episodes and a new set of trouble for analise keating on "how to get away with murder" not to mention olivia pope on the auction block. i'll have a sneak peek.

leaders in wilmington celebrated a milestone for the economy today developers broke ground on wilmington's newest complex, they will convert three buildings into one community, officials say it's part of a city wide effort to make a key shopping district. some of you may be experiencing lottery let down. you monica? in new jersey today the state lottery turned losers into winner, the million dollar replay, people that lost to scratch offs, register their tickets and one lucky win won $1 million. the phillies are making

decisions on who is going to spring training next week. jaime apody is here with more. >> five days and 13 hours and change until pitchers and catchers report to clearwater once again we see the palm trees blowing in the sunshine and the phillies go to spring training and after all they said good-bye to long time leader jimmy rollins, but not good-bye to the big piece. even though ruben amaro said he would rather not have him on the roster. >> will it be an ugly clubhouse? >> awkward maybe i know rub ensaid it wouldn't be awkward. i know now how awkward it will be for cliff lee and cole hamels

to walk in the door, this team tried all winter to move them. they are not part of the future or the solution, they are just biding time and that is always an uncomfortable dynamic. >> so on the ryan howard situation he will tell us that at 6:00. anyone that stubbed their toes know that it's painful. michael carter williams's sprained toe will keep him out of the all-star festivities it kept him out of the last three games. college hoops first ranked villanova, la salle knocked off tcu. and it went down to the wire, six seconded to play against rhode island and chris wilson nailed the three to win it. his only basket of the half.

the flyers continue their four game road trip and he skated in voorhees the next step for him is to skate with the team on tuesday back at home. here are kids that might play for the flyers. that says briere and the sons of briere and primo went head to head on the ice. >> you come here and play against him and it's a different feeling, and you get to play against your friends, you can't really explain it it's just fun. >> a weird fielding but you want to beat your friends, and we are competitive. >> there are two briere sons and two primo sons on each team.

jeff will have more coming up on this at 6:00. and then a story on our facebook page, an important missing mascot. they were on the look for big g, the harlem globetrotters mascot he was stolen out of the luggage compartment on their bus, he was found after a police sting at a vancouver apartment. no word if the washington generals had anything to do with it. but big g. is safe and sound. >> i was up all night wondering about it. >> is he single? >> it's going to be cold tonight. what better way to get the blood flowing than to sit down for tgit. >> "grey's anatomy" and "scandal" all new and sharrie williams is here for the preview. there were emotional twists

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it's a little cold just you wait. harsh and dangerous and unbearable. >> if you want to go to alaska alaska is coming to us. as we look at double scan live radar, around the region, we have a few rain and snow showers earlier and near trenton there was a brief snow shower about a half hour ago all is pretty quiet now as we await the true arctic front that swings through here during the next hour or so. 30 in lancaster and 32 in mill

shrill and we peaked in the low 40s in much of the area, and it's picking up from the north and west. and 16 in lancaster and 27 in philadelphia and 27 in mill shrill ville, and take in these numbers because it's warm compared to how you feel tomorrow morning, the front is off the coast with precipitation and the secondary boundary is about to pass through and temperatures are dropping to temperatures below 0 in pittsburgh and in fact by 7:30 tomorrow morning, it will feel like 16 below in the lehigh valley and 10 below in philadelphia and 7 below in dover, dangerous windchills and advisories in the northwestern suburbs until noon tomorrow. but after that tomorrow will be a nice day a lot of sun but only 23 degrees and with the winds it will feel like 10 even at the peak of the heating in the afternoon. then another very powerful

potent arctic front comes saturday afternoon into saturday evening, it brings blinding snow squalls and crashing temperatures behind it the snow squalls will not last long but it could be bad if you are heading out for dinner plans late saturday afternoon and evening squalls in the western suburbs and push through philadelphia at around 6:00, they reduce visibility briefly dropping 1 to 3 inches, and by 8:00, 8:30 everything is off the coast and we are dry, but there could be slick roads behind the squalls saturday evening. clear and bitter and har. windchills and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, windchills near 10 tomorrow despite full sunshine and we'll watch for the quick round of snow squalls again and it only lasts an hour or so. dangerous cold and wind and gusting to 50 plus miles per hour and high of 19 and well

below 0 windchills through most of the sunday and we are forecasting a low of 2 in philadelphia for monday and that is the coldest temperature that philadelphia has seen in 10 years, the last time was 3 degrees it was back in 2005 and then for the holiday itself on monday it's brutal at 23 despite sunshine and windchills in single digits through much of the day and a system passes through tuesday night into wednesday morning could bring snow or sleet and temperatures around freezing and it stays cold behind that at 28 degrees, its a good thing february is a short month. >> absolutely. >> get to deal with this. >> thank you we have news about musikfest musikfest. stick around. the world is filled with air. but

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highlight the presidential ticket in philadelphia the dnc and philadelphia will host the convention. >> also, a child is struck by a septa trolley details on the deadly accident ahead at 6:00. those stories are coming up. for sharrie williams ableage, jaime apody have a great night.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. i'll thrilled to announce that the dnc will host their

2016 democratic convention, in the city of brotherly love the wonderful city of philadelphia. >> that was the way that philadelphia city officials got the news this morning from the chair of the democratic national committee, the democrats and the glare of the worldwide spotlight are coming to philadelphia. thursday night the big story on "action news" tonight is a huge win for philadelphia selected to host the democratic national convention over the cities of columbus, ohio, and new york. the convention will begin on july 25 and, 2016 at the wells fargo center it will be philadelphia's second political convention in 16 years the republicans nominated george bush in 2,000. the first democratic national convention since 1948. they nominated harry