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bloomquist is off, and in the news the fbi is on the case as three muslim students were killed near a college campus and there are new calls for a hate crime investigation and a teenage mom and her newborn twins go missing. and the big story is dangerously cold weather that lingers through the weekend. people were braving the temperatures in their heaviest gear this morning in center city. temperatures were below 0 and there is no relief in the future. melissa magee in for david is at the "action news" big board. >> hi there rick, as you mentioned we have dangerously cold windchills to contend with and it's because of the blustery winds coming in from the northwest today. we drop down to 9 degrees below 0 and poconos 27 degrees below 0 and 15 degrees below in allentown and 10 degrees below

alongt coast in atlantic city. winds are constant out. northwest and gusts as high as 20 miles per hour in the poconos and gusts in atlantic city 30 miles per hour and a gust in millville of 24 miles per hour. when you factor that in you want to dress in extra layers. 1 degrees below zero in atlantic city and degrees below 0 in the poconos. and as we go through the afternoon hours not much of a recovery along the way, along the 95 corridor 2:00 this afternoon most spots feel like 10 degrees and still below 0 in the poconos as we get into 6:00 this evening, for your ride home, most spots feel like the single digits and teens once again. lets talk about what to expect as we press forward, we have deceiveing sunshine on the way but gusts of 30 miles per hour winds through the day and

historic cold as we close out the weekend and head into next week we'll talk about all of those details with the accuweather forecast. >> thank you melissa. lets switch live now to outside and reporter, david henry he is all bundled up in dillworth plaza in center city. >> reporter: ricky can attest it is windy and cold out here, we have our wind machine and it's blowing steady at 4 to 5 miles per hour but we had higher gusts than that that cuts right to the bone and everybody out here feels winter's bitter bite. >> aren't you cold? >> yes it's freezing. >> didn't your mom tell you to wear a hat? >> yes and gloves and a scarf. >> she was right. >> it's mandatory and a hot cup of coffee is not a substitute. >> is that cup of coffee enough to keep you warm?

>> no. >> how about a hat? >> i need to get one. >> didn't your mother tell you to wear a hat. >> yes she did. >> tracy bryant topped it off with a toasty fur coat. >> time to put it on? >> are you styling? >> not about styling but keeping war. all of my other coats are warm but this is different. >> i love this weather. it doesn't bother me as long as you layer yourself you are going to be all right. >> you seriously love this weather? >> don't you see me smiling. >> most couldn't wait to get indoors. >> how is this weather treating you? >> it's freezing i can't wait to get in the car and get my license back. >> it will be warm inside. >> i would be in city hall by now. >> you would like to go?

>> absolutely. >> not the kind of day for lingering conversations unless it's indoors over a hot cup of coffee. david henry channel 6 "action news." >> all right david thank you for that chilly report. be sure to stick with 6abc.com/weather we have both the hourly and seven-day forecast, so you can be prepared no matter how cold it gets. all right we are following developing news out of reading this noon, one man is dead after police try to serve two warrants on rare street authorities converged on a home at 4:00 a.m. here and the suspect tried to escape from an upstairs window the man identified as richard frank carlin was shot by a state trooper, he was wanted for a shooting on a warrant. and another woman was taken into custody for trafficking stoenl

property. and now police will investigate the deadly shooting. the death penalty is suspended in pennsylvania after the review of a moratorium. governor wolf says this needs to be renewed especially after six men on death row in pennsylvania were exonerated. it grants a reprieve for any inmates scheduled for execution in the keystone state. currently pennsylvania has 109 inmates in the state on death row. a fire destroys homes in avalon, it started at 11:00 and spread to neighboring homes on fifth avenue nobody was hurt but it took more than a dozen local fire companies to get this under control. they told us the cold weather and high winds made it very

difficult. >> two firefighters were treated for exposure to the bitter cold. they are now investigating the cause of this blaze. arson vestd dirts were called to a scene of a fire at an islamic center in houston, texas, the owners were planning to use it as a family center and a school. nobody was hurt but the building was destroyed. no word on what sparked the blaze. well, the fbi is now on the case of three muslim college students murdered near the university of north carolina. police say that the people were murdered because of a parking dispute but the fbi is investigating a hate crime situation. karen travers is live now with more. >> reporter: good afternoon law enforcement officials are trying to figure out the history between the shooter and his

three victims irk the father of the two murdered sisters say it was clearly a hate crime and they were all shot execution-style. >> the grieving family and friends of three muslim students murdered in north carolina are trying to make exception of this tragedy yesterday an immense outpouring of support with more than 5,000 people on hand the father demanding justice. >> this has hate crime written all over it. craig steven hicks an out spoken atheists killed a dental student his new wife and her sister inside of her chapel hill apartment. they were each shot in the head execution-style and that hicks harassed the three in the past about their islamic culture and the fbi has launched their own

investigation. >> we asked the federal government to intervene with this. >> and the chapel hill police says their initial investigation says this crime may have stemmed from an ongoing parking dispute at the apartment complex where they lived. hicks' wife said the same thing. >> feel like something just snapped. >> but hicks openly posted on facebook his response to what is happening in the middle east. able yix. >> he has not yet entered a plea and if convicted he could face the death penalty. karen thank you. back here it's a lucky thing nobody was hurt when a giant chunk of marble fell on to a sidewalk in center city last night. the slab came loose on chestnut

street last night and crashed into the awning of a handbag store and broke up on the pavement below and it remained blocked off for most of the night. there was a much needed sign of spring in south philadelphia the phillies packed up the clubhouse to head south for spring training dozens of employees loaded the equipment truck including 2400 baseballs and 600 pairs of pants. the 1,000 mile journey is set to take place on sunday. coming up 11 children go for a wild ride and why police say the driver lost control and why they finally stopped the run away school bus and a supreme court justice falls asleep during the state of the union address and ruth baiter ginsburg

gives her explanation and it's something about wine.

a school bus veered out of scroll where six kids on the bus when a bus driver suffered a medical condition behind the

wheel. an officer caught it on a dash-cam ra and the bus went into a ditch and almost tipped over eventually the trooper used stop sticks the kids were pretty shake and up and the 68-year-old bus driver was taken to the hospital and there are no details about his condition. the murder of an attorney is under investigation in the nation's capital, he was stabbed to death inside of a washington d.c. hotel and police released surveillance video of a person of interest pacing in the lobby and taking the stairs to the same floor where the attack happened. the victim texted his wife monday night that he would be home in an hour and when he didn't show she filed a missing persons report. and now three men that committed an armored car

robbery. one guard fired and scared the suspect away. they are still trying to identify the suspects. this was the scene in missouri after a woman accidentally left her car in gear it fell off a retaining wall while she was inside of it. she was inside with her children when it suddenly started to roll and then got them out and started the vehicle but it was too late and the car plunged 20 feet to the ground below she has a broken arm and various bruises but is expected to be okay. president obama is expected to headline a summit at stanford university on cyber security. the president is expected to sign an executive encouraging them to share information with each other as a first line of defense. they cited the recent hack of sony pictures as motivation to

set up the new agency. supreme court justice, ruth bader ginsburg talks about nodding off during the president's state of the union. she explained how wine played a part. >> the audience for the most part is awake because they are bobbing up and down all the time. and we sit there stone faced, sober judges but we are not at least i was not 100% sober because before we went to the state of the union, we had dinner together. >> ginsburg says she tried to stick to sparkling water but her delicious dinner needed to be accompanied by wine. still to come on "action news" at noon, a need for change for the members of costco plus a power ball winner comes forward and meet the young

mother who claims she has one of the jackpot tickets. "action news" will be right back.

well, there is a change in the works for the millions of people that shop at costco members were only allowed to pay with american express but they are ending that because the two sides cannot reach a deal.

and that could affect people whose memberships are tied to their amex cards. and now there are two days left to enroll in a health insurance plan under the affordable care act. the enrollment deadline for the 2015 season is this monday. well, some women are beating the biological clock with a backup plan last night on "action news" at 11:00 we show you the egg freezing party at a local bar, they answered fertility questions in a relax session. and we are hosting a live facebook chat today starting at 4:30, can you join by going to 6

abc "action news" facebook page. and now the news team is working on new story for tonight at 4:00. alicia vitarelli is here. >> happy freebie friday to you a valentines education for you at 4:00, from skin care to candy, it's a freebie friday are you sure to love. today we have a big talk thar is blowing up our facebook page, it's should valentine's day be banned in schools, some parents say the holiday has no place in the classroom. plus it's all fun and games until the police show up. now two eastern pennsylvania men are facing charges, you can take us with you on the go download the free 6 abc news app and you can watch us live on your smart phone or tablet. see you at 4:00. >> thank you alicia.

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melissa is back with a closer look at our polar plunge and there is a chance of snow tomorrow. >> and that snow will reenforce the cold weather on sunday and monday. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you that it's dry and quiet no issues with precipitation all of today. it's all about this bitter blast of arctic air thanks to the dominate ridge of high pressure in control and it stays dry and quiet for the rest of today but the frigid digits will be around. philadelphia 19 degrees, dew point at 10 degrees below 0. it's quite crisp and dry and winds out of the west at 22 dprgs and the pressure is 30.24 and on the rise, 19 now in

philadelphia and 13 in allentown and 19 in wildwood and most spots are in the teens as far as the air temperature is concerned. you will want to dress for windchills in the single digits, it feels like 2 degrees in philadelphia and current windchill north and west of town 2 degrees below zero in allentown and 2 degrees below in reading. high pressure is in control and it's partly cloudy and -- for the rest of today. here is the setup the high pressure stays in control and the high temperature in philadelphia maxing out at 23 degrees, deceiving sunshine however because you have the winds blustery from the northwest as high as 30 miles per hour and windchills are close to 10 degrees most of the day. as we go throughout the weekend, we are tracking the arctic front and blinding snow squalls on the way with a high temperature

tomorrow in philadelphia coming in at 36 degrees and crashing temperatures in the wake of this arctic boundary future tracker 6 showing you tomorrow morning cloudy spots and snow breaking out in the poconos in the afternoon hours that snow is diving south and eastward approaching its 95 corridor and 6:30 in the area the snow develops across the region and we could find anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of snowfall. this is what happens, late saturday night into sunday dangerous windchills to tell you about sunday morning, windchills from 15 degrees below 0 to 0 and monday morning probable historic cold on the way with windchills of 25 degrees below 0. here is the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, bitter cold and high of 23 and windchills in the teen most of the days, and saturday the snow

squalls develop by afternoon and evening hours and a high of 36 that reenforces the cold air and sunday a high temperature of 19 and the problem is winds are gusting as high as 50 miles per hour if not higher than that, so a possible concern with power outages and tree limbs being knocked down as well. monday it's cold and a high of 23, but what i did not show you is overnight into sunday, look at the overnight low 2 degrees rick that is when we can find find -- there is much more ahead in our next half our of "action news" at noon, more trouble for new jersey governor chris christie, new numbers he is contemplating as he thinks about a run for the white house. and why chocolate will cost you more this year. those store jazz and much more coming up on "action news" at 12:30.

some places where below 0 across the tri-state area s. melissa magee has your exclusive accuweather forecast coming up. plus exclusive news out of reading a fugitive was shot and

killed trying to escape. and a new jersey man is arrested after faking his own death. but first freezing temperatures that are gripping the tri-state area today. here is sky 6 hd looking at the philadelphia skyline, temperatures are in the single digits and teens if you think this is bad are you in for a nasty surprise come sun. new jersey correspondent talked to people braving the elements in new jersey but lets start with melissa magee outside. where is your hat melissa? >> i know, i left the building without my hat, and you want to cover your exposed skin, it hits your face as soon as with you walk outside. it's cold and why it's so cold, peak wind gusts 45 miles per hour in the poconos and philadel