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 truman to a

full-term. we have a team standing by to cover all the first day angles of this story. john is live at city hall, john we thought the announcement would come this week and for the city it was the right announcement. >> smiles all around in city hall today jim. think about it for a minute there are millions and millions of dollars raised and spent, and it could have happened in brooklyn or columbus with you it's happening here. folks were almost giddy as word spread through city hall that philadelphia beat out brooklyn and columbus. >> they came and showed me their phone councilman did you know about this? oh good stuff! >> they quietly lobbied their national brothers they said they had the right mix of city amenities. >> we put our heart and soul into this. the dnc liked what it saw and

the philadelphia effort dubbed phl-dnc 2016, under the direction of this man -- >> when you think about a process like this convention, it's a major event the super bowl and the national convenience. >> the last time the democrats had a convention in philadelphia it was the truman area, since then they are a more elaborate event. they need to raise $80 million in private money. >> those issues have gone away, we will not have any problems raising money for this convention people are excited andousand aftic and sided . they are putting together security and hotels and things

like that. they have bob brady and ed rendell and his former chief of staff, a comcast executive, he has signed on as a senior adviser. >> thank you john, in a statement released today pennsylvania governor tom wolf, says quote we look forward to working with local leaders to assure that philadelphia will shine in the national spotlight and the announcement is tremendous news for the commonwealth. debbie wasserman shultz is the chair woman and i asked her why they chose philadelphia. >> the most important criteria was lonlistics and security and resources, and because our primary goal was to make sure that our delegates a really wonderful experience so they are motivated and excited to go out

after the convention and work for our party's nominee, and in philadelphia the host committee did a fantastic job. >> i would not be presumptuous to make any predictions about the nominee but was there any conversation between the party and hillary clinton where she wanted to see the convention. >> there was no conversation with anyone other than our technical group. >> i saw a vine on your twitter timeline this morning of you taking a cheesesteak out of fridge to celebrate your decision. just to be clear cheesesteaks taste better when they are fresh and piping hot. >> i have had many a cheesesteak and i make sure every time i have a cheesesteak i have been to many different places and look forward to going to many more. and continuing the ongoing debate on which is the best

cheesesteak in philly and i will participate in that debate over the next few years. >> live on south broad street tonight, "action news" reporter chad pradelli. >> reporter: jim security and the dnc is more than just the wells fargo center and you have transportation like on the broad street below me but the city is ready for the week's events, the history of holding and securing big events helped philadelphia garner the dnc in 2016 and the big of the test of all is this fall when the pope arrives. >> over the past seven years we have a tried and tested model for how we provide special events. >> i served this chief in washington for nine years and i'm used to it and i understand the logistical challenges of that and i can pass some of that

along. >> they say that the wells fargo center is perfect venue and has natural boarders like broad street and protesters are expected to be minimal. >> now we have to sit down and do some planning. >> crowd control for the pope will be focus transportation will be key for the dnc the president and vice president and other political heavy weights will be on hand and there will be events throughout the city and the short distance between center city and the wells fargo center will help police in securing the week long events, all of this means manpower and money. mayor michael nutter expected a federal grant for most if not all the cost for security. >> charlotte in 2012 received a $50 million grant. >> it pays for security and some of what they know to be the cost of police overtime and cleanup

services and equipment. >> reporter: and deputy mayor gillson would not give me an estimated figure on the security costs but would no more in the coming months. >> thank you chad. positive media coverage for philadelphia has already begun and thousands of stories like this one is one of the big benefits of hosting a political convention bloomberg.com posted this within hours of the decision. >> and admit it philadelphians will feel pride here because they beat out new york. but "the new york times" calling it a rare win. please. david ry is live on the steps of the art museum. the fact is it brings pride to the city of philadelphia. >> reporter: isn't that the newspaper that named

philadelphia number two in the 50 cities worldwide that are must visits. go figure. we are already looking forward to the pope, celebrating mass right here on the parkway in september and now the democrat national convention, nine months later. >> awesome. it's about time. i'm really glad they are coming here. >> residents of city and suburbs are looking forward to the twin benefits of money and publicity. >> fill up hotel rooms and provide income and money for the city and national exposure. and people don't know how great this city is. >> i'm interested for philadelphia to be recognized as a major city and politicians that want to come up and spend time here i encourage that. >> and spend money too? >> yes. >> and people remember when the republicans were here in 2000 and andrew was on the streets protesting. >> you planning to protest the

democrats. >> probably not. >> those days are gone. >> yes, a baby now. >> they are seeking the same amenities that -- and it's no secret to long-term residents and nobody was more excited than beverly. >> congratulations that is the best thing i have heard today. this is absolutely wonderful, we have a marvous, marvelous city, all the cultural things and fantastic restaurants, very, very nice people i live over there. and we are very very -- i'm just delighted. >> everyone seems to be delighted. the dnc letters on the side of the sears center here in center city and everybody is looking forward to the republicans painting the town red in this old blue town. >> david of course the dnc comes on the heels of papal

visit pope francis will come to philadelphia this except for the world meeting of families his visit is expected to draw more than 2 million people to the city. 6abc.com has continuing coverage of the 2016 democratic convention and you can watch the entire facebook announcement video from the democratic party and see photos from past political conventions held in philadelphia. coming up on "action news" tonight, a new law in philadelphia makes the decision to take a sick day easier for thousands of workers. and the sons of former flyers favorites battle for the -- in south jersey. that story is coming up. we are tracking windchill advisories for the far southwestern suburbs, 10 to 15 degrees below zero, we'll let you know when it warms up and snow to talk about in the accuweather forecast. >> those stories and much more when "action news" continues.

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>> the corner of 56th and lancaster, the child slipped out of his mother's grip and ran into the street. >> there was nothing the trolley could do. >> emergency personnel tried to lift the trolley to free the boy. >> he was blowing his horn and just dragged the child up a half a block. >> it was a horrible situation which is currently under investigation and we'll find out exactly what happened. until then there is not much to say other than our condolences to the family. >> since the trolley is on a track there is no way to swerve to avoid an accident the only thing the trolley can do is hit the brakes and that makes stopping in an instant impossible.

>> they are continuing their investigation and brought in the philadelphia police department accident investigation team to make sure there was no problems with the operation of the trolley or the driver and to make sure there was just a very very unfortunate accident. i'm wendy saltzman channel 6 "action news." this afternoon mayor nutter signed legislation that makes sick pay mandatory for city workers it provides companies with ten or more employees to offer five paid sick days per year.

less than a week away from pitchers and catchers from clearwater. >> less than six day, it's almost here but things are unsettled with the phillies roster, ryan howard is still here despite ruben amaro's

intention to move him. >> they have no interest they don't want to release him they don't want to embarrass him so he'll go to spring training and jeff they are praying that he comes into spring training in great shape and great frame of mind and i don't know how realistic that is and that he hits. >> michael carter williams is putting caution ahead of fun and the sixers appreciate that, he is pulling out of nba all-star weekend, he has a strained big toe and robert covington will replace him. there was a big high school high school game in pennsauken, new jersey between two of the states best and it featured the off spring of big named former flyers. >> danny briere and keith primo

each spent six seasons starring for the flyers and now their sons are rising stars while primo's son played -- and. >> we try to make names for ourselves and not be keith primo's son but be who we are. >> you get used to it and it doesn't boernl us anymore. >> the only pressure is the pressure they put on themselves, but it's pressure to live up to a family name. >> keith primo is a big imposing captain like dad and kay den is one of the best goalies in the country and carson is a smaller finesse player, like his dad and even uses danny's signature goal celebration. >> have been doing that since i was young like my dad growing up. >> while danny briere doesn't

get to see his kids play too much, keith primo does not miss his kids in a second. he is an assistant coach. >> you get to see them on the ice, and you don't know how long that will last, and it's fun year. >> the kids are friends but yesterday they were rivals and one day all four of them dream of celebrating together in the nhl like pops. jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> good blood lines. >> coming up adam joseph with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment.

we are approaching a difficult weather situation it's dangerously cold. it starts tonight, sunday night in monday morning historic cold pushes in in time for the holidays, we saw a couple of rain and snow showers at times today as one boundary passed through and we are awaiting the arctic front that slammed through here this evening to pick up the winds and really drop the windchills. so we have to be prepared for this upcoming weekend for the dangerous windchills and some valentine's day snow as well. in fact, here is the time periods where it's crucial if you are outdoors for any extended period of time. on friday morning, windchills across the area 5 to 15 degrees below zero, and sunday morning throughout sunday afternoon windchills remain between 0 and 15 below and then monday morning

across the area 15 to 25 degrees below 0 with very strong winds and on valentine's day we are not looking at a lot of snow in the afternoon and early evening hours 1 to 3 inches in general as squalls pass through and that is the secondary arctic front that means business to again bring the very harsh windchills sunday into monday 32 in trenton and 31 in allentown and upper 20s for reading and lancaster and the winds are picking up the windchills are dropping. 15 degrees in lancaster and 24 in dover and right now wildwood we'll call it a balmy 28 compared to a few hours from now. satellite and radar the energy with prp to precipitation is off the coast that is when the winds pick up tonight. speeds of over 40 miles per hour across much of the area, and the

winds remain gusty and high pressure to the south and west and that 23 will be deceiving and it will feel like 10 at the peak of the day in the afternoon and then this really intense cold pocket of arctic air with this arctic front pushes through and crashes temperatures with a high of 36 and blinding snow squalls to come through, the timing is 3:00 in the far northwestern suburbs the snow squalls don't last long and it reduced visible for a brief period of time and an hour or two later it's off the coast and as they push through and the temperatures drop as you travel out for dates on valentine's day evening, take it slow it's very slippery. clear and bitter the harsh windchills set in 5 to 12 degrees, the exclusive accuweather forecast, 23 tomorrow and feeling like 10, the snow squalls will mean business at 36 degrees and then on sunday winds are gusting to

near 50 miles per hour, and those temperatures will drop to 2 degrees on sunday night early monday making it the coldest start to philadelphia in years and monday as brisk as brutal and sunshine and some evening snow and a mix of sleet coming in on tuesday, and tuesday night into wednesday, depending on location some could see snow and rain in the mix and it continues to be cold, strong winds on sunday and power out able ages and the cold could spell dangerous conditions for your home. >> this is something to take seriously. >> thank you adam. finally tonight there was a touch of style in city council chambers today. council members presented a resolution for fashion week. parker and scott started fashion week in 2006 to put a spotlight

on local designers and since then it's a nationally recognized success. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, shirleen allicot, and adam joseph and ducis rogers. and please join us at 11:00 on channel 6 for a special health check report on a unique way to learn about fertility options. >> reporter: i'm health reporter, ali gorman, this is not your average cocktail party these women are here to beat the biological clock with a backup plan. and for cecily tynan adam joseph and ducis rogers i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

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