d out how the contents of medicine cabinet can affect your sex life next. ♪♪ "action news." delaware valley ease leading news program with jim gardner. this is live double scan radar showing the pop-up snow squalls showing up in part of the tri-state area. however it is not the snow but the coming of extreme cold that will get most people's attention.

wednesday night, the big story on "action news" tonight is it late word from accuweather. we have seen squalls and flurries but the bigger story is the plunging wind chills for the morning once again falling below zero. double scan radar and adam joseph. >> the squalls through western parts of philadelphia near lancaster and reading, they had a lot of energy with them. now they have really fallen apart as they push into southern new jersey losing steam and moisture. and seeing light gray on double scan live radar, along the garden state parkway. a few flurries at the point. passing through parts of berks county, this video sent in by mark. you see a great example of what a snow squall is.

it is a blinding real fast-moving wall of white. a whiteout. with heavy snow strong winds, you really can't see a few feet in front of you. quick accumulation of 1-2 inches of snow in 15 to 20 minutes and then it moves on. again lots of steam in southern new jersey. but now the wind crank up overnight and the temperatures plummet. in fact by tomorrow morning, wind speeds 34 in lancaster, 20 in wilmington 30 at the shore and 31 in millville. with the wind and dropping temperatures, when you walk out the door tomorrow morning it will feel between 6 and 9 degrees below zero in the northwestern suburbs, and 5 below in philadelphia and to the south 2 and 4 degrees below zero. the numbers fall further on friday to record levels and we talk about that in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you adam. and live to market street in center city philadelphia. "action news" reporter kenneth moton, we are going back into

the very deep freeze. >> people are preparing for what is coming this way. people we spoke with say they are trying to heed weather-related warnings like this one on market street as we deal with cold conditions. cold, ice, snow. words that have dominated this less-than-warm week. even with the threat of impending flakes, it seemed not that bad compared to the record lows happening the next two mornings. >> i walk to class about six blocks. >> what are the walks like? what is it going to be like thursday and friday morning? >> probably slippery and cold. >> on broad street and other part of center city there were signs warning people to watch out for falling ice from tall buildings. >> i grew up in florida, the only thing we worry about falling on our head is bird poop and coconuts. and falling ice, i will watch out for that. >> and that is a concern along

with staying warm in the cold weather. home depot says if you are looking for a space heater the stores in the region have been sold out for weeks. >> i believe it. it is ridiculous outside. >> and with west philadelphia this attracts cap use space heaters. the building in ice after attacking a fire has been deemed i am eminently dangerous. and they set up a zone before the crew tears it down. >> it is not a good thing like that. >> and the sunlight did not do much to thaw it. and the low temperatures don't help. >> it is a hazard. because of the weight of the ice the building needs to know that's all. >> the owner of theable has not release add timeline when the demolition work begins. the brutally cold conditions for the end of the week people say they are just trying to get through it jim.

reporting live in center city kenneth moton channel news." >> thank you. the cold temperatures created a logjam on the delaware river and the coast guard is being deployed to unclog things. two icebreakers have been on the river every day breaking up ice between trenton and cape may, 140 miles. the coast guard is making sure that commercial vessels can get up and down the river. but a passable river is also a matter of security. we want to remind you about our free 6abc stormtracker app, a great resource in this brutal cold spell. giving you the current temperature plus the forecast for the coming hours and next seven days. and on this chilly night it was a different kind of hot cocoa in glasgow, delaware. 70 fires battled a blaze at a chocolate factory. the i go fighted cocoa processing facility is so

massive, those on one side did not realize it is on fire. fortunately no one hurt. and shutting down the boulevard southbound to investigate a woman struck by a car. it happened just before 7:00. the pedestrian was rushed to the hospital with traumatic injuries. the s.u.v.'s driver has not been charged. the search goes on by the philadelphia police trying to track down the individual who stabbed two members of nicki minaj's road crew killing one of them. at closing time at the che bar and grill where sharrie williams is live. what is the update here? >> jim, nicki minaj and rihanna are among those in the music world remembering de'von pickett killed here along the street after leaving the bar. the family speaking out saying he was only trying to help and he was killed. known for her upbeat lier beatbeat

beatbeat lyrics sad after two of her crew were stabbed in the east mount airy. 29 year old de'von pickett and 27-year-old eric parker went inside of the che bar and grill on stenton avenue with three other friends. when it closed around 2:30 a.m. the men got into a fight on the sidewalk just down the street from the bar. >> they got into some type of verbal altercation with several other males, which quickly escalated into a physical confrontation. one. males pulled out a knife and stabbed both of them multiple times. >> someone drove the men to the hospital. de'von pickett, also known as "day day" did not make it. parker is in critical condition, fighting for his life. on social media, nicki minaj sent her condolences saying "another senseless act of violence that took the life of a great guy. so sad." . pickett grew up in brooklyn new

york. his family there devastating tonight. >> we don't know where to begin. but what we do want everyone to know is that he was a god-fearing man. >> they say pickett who was killed was actually trying to break up the fight. >> murdered being a good samaritan. >> in a post the rap superstar says the two were in town working. saying they through in for tour rehearsals days ago and both stabbed last night. police on the hunt for the man who pulled the knife, but they need the public's help. >> we know there were people there that know who they are, and we need them to contact the homicide unit and give us the name. >> detectives say the man questioned fled in a gray buick lesabre. and they tell us that surveillance cameras are in the area and they are reviewing these for clues and evidence. live in mount airy channel 6 "action news." a 25-year-old man stabbed to death in the parking lot of his

workplace in montgomery county at 8:00 at the jbs-mopac rendering facility. the suspect is a co-worker who also had been stabbed, but investigators think that the wound why self-inflicted. co-workers say the victim danny vazquez, and the suspect have a long-running argument. [chanting] >> in philadelphia it has been appear sometimes raucous night at the school reform commission. they are deciding whether to approve the applications for new charter schools. live at school district headquarters is kay -- dann cuellar. applicants, parent, and police part of the scene tonight. >> pretty crazy, jim. a contentious meeting, as they so often are, resulting in four protesters being arrested. >> shame on you! >> the protests forced them the

police to he is court some of them out. and the state law lakers pushing for 15 to 27 more charter schools to be approved. and the city council can sit argued that the district led poverty with the contracts and collective bargaining. >> for the districts to consider the charters is not only against a light against the backdrop of massive school close yourself against shuttered libraries, eliminated enrichment programs after-school programs the loss of thousands of teachers staff members, support staff, is not only morally repugnant, it is insane. >> only five charter applications were approved with conditions. >> the overall goal is 100% quality schools and dr. hite has a plan for that involving district schools, it involves charter schools, and, you know, this is part of implements ultimately what dr. hite's plan is for the district.

>> within the last hour we received statements from both governor tom wolf and teacher union president. and they say they can ill afford anymore charter schools. dann cuellar for channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a montgomery county cub scout pack received a needed donation. receiving a check for $2558. arresting bellford last month from stealing from the group and a girl scout troup. and jason on the left is the owner of monster tree service and an eagle scout. and he heard about the theft and wanted to replace the stolen money. still word of the water main work causing road closures there. >> and a father judge and villanova graduate tapped to head the secret service. if you want to think spring. jeff skversky reporting on the

pitchers and catchers finally on the field in clearwater. and misery loves company, especially when you talk about the cold right now. this is futuretracker wind chills for tomorrow morning in the eastern half of the country. getting worse by friday. we have the tumbling temperatures in accuweather. and health reporter ali gorman, millions of americans take at least one medication. it may improve their health but also could be sabotaging your sex life. what pills can affect you in the bedroom and what you can do to fix it. video of a meteor that nasa saw streaking across the sky when "action news" continues.

during this period of very cold temperatures we have seen him scenes like this one tonight in bucks county. crews are working to bring a water main break under control in bristol township at the corner of central and penn valley avenues. police closed some streets in the area as they evaluate how extensive the break is. so far, there is no indication that the area has lost water service. this is the story about a local boy making good. joseph has been selected by president obama to head the secret service. and a graduate of villanova and was interim head after breaches forced out the secret service director. and vanilla ice cool his heels in police custody accused of breaking into a home in florida and stealing property. the 47 year old whose real name

is robert van winkle has been host be a home improvement show on cable television. the authorized say he was renovating a home next to the foreclosed property when the alleged burglary took place. on tonight's "healthcheck" at 11:00 a special report. more than 70% of americans take at least up with prescription drug. it may be treating your illness but can also impact your life in the bedroom of the side effects that have become the focus of a new book written by local experts. and health reporter and registered ali gorman with the details. >> there are hundreds of medications that help in numerous ways such as to lower your blood pressure or cholesterol, boost your mood relieve allergy symptoms or pain, calm nerves prevent pregnancy and even help you sleep. many know some of the side effects the two pharmacy professors say many men and women don't realize how many of

the pills can sabotage your sex life. >> who would think that your drug which is help for for your other condition, might be adversely affecting your sexual performance. it is sue easy to blame that on age or any other factor. >> robert and albert along with another expert decided to set the record straight in a first-of first-of-it's kind book on how they can affect your sex life. >> all of our friends chuckle and say gee, that's a darn good idea. >> covering more than 400 drugs. prescription, over-the-counter and even a bit about supplements. all backed by science but written for the every day person. >>you find your drug and it gives the page number and you go there and it tells what you the drug causes or don't cause. >> if you take two drugs both

known to cause problems you can have double the negative effect. the professors are not suggesting that anyone may go off the medication but there may be alternatives. some cholesterol-lowering medications can cause sexual disfunction in some people others may not. many antidepressants lower libido, but not all. there are choices. with some high blood pressure medications -- >> the older drugs produce a greater effect on sexual performance that the newer ones. ment newer ones not so much. >> if you regular nice the problem ask your doctor or pharmacist for an alternative. this area of medicine is still understudied, especially in women. professor give people access to what we know so far, and a simple switch in drugs can re-ignite your sex life. nasa captured video of the

meteor streaking across the sky in pennsylvania. they say the 500-pound rock moving at 45,000 miles per hour. the cameras detected the media above beaver falls in western pennsylvania at 4:57 a.m. yesterday. flaring brighter than a full moon as it broke into fragments that can be scattered in the suburbs of pitt. -- pittsburgh. >> and they are a meteoroid, and then it is a meteor, and as it crashes to the ground it is a meteorite. >> i appreciate that. >> i had to throw in my geeky knowledge. and now just talking dropping temperatures making it easy around here. and some of the snow showers that passed through that were robust in the western suburbs of philadelphia, now moving off the coast of atlantic city.

we are done with the snow showers and now the wind are picking up. 22 miles per hour in reading, 24 in philadelphia. 28 in wilmington. 30 miles per hour in lancaster and the poconos 33 miles per hour. and the numbers continue to climb overnight tonight and throughout the day tomorrow. the wind chills are dropping. lancaster 1 below zero. that's how it feels when you step out. 9 in allentown. 11 in the strip along i-95. still only 20 degrees in beach haven. and the arctic boundary as it passes through. the clear air coming in behind it. the rest of the night is quiet with respect to the winds that will rattle your windows at times. as you step out tomorrow morning to the bus stop it is windy, bitter cold. make sure you wrap the kids up and try not to have any extremity exposed if they have to wait outdoors for an extended period of time. even though in the teens, feeling between 0 and 10 below with the wind. the low cranks up east of boston

tomorrow afternoon at 2:00. a large dome of arctic high pressure in the midwest. the two are offensive forces and they siphon out of the north bringing down the record-breaking cold for the end of the week. winds near 35 and air temperatures 20-30 degrees below average. by friday morning when we wake up, these are the records that will be either tying or breaking on friday morning. philadelphia's one back in 1979. allentown 2 below, at least tying that. trenton 6. and atlantic city 0 in 1966. in fact friday morning's wind chill, allentown, reading, northern montgomery chester, buck county. 20-25 below friday morning. the greater part of the delaware valley and southern parts of new jersey 15-20 below. and way to the south, still 10-15 below. that is dangerous levels for friday morning. the exclusive accuweather

seven-day forecast if feels like zero tomorrow even in the afternoon with a high of 19. the 21-year chill to start on friday morning, 18 for the high in the afternoon. most of saturday is dry, but as warmer air comes in saturday night it flips it to rain for almost everybody. and mild and on-and-off rain sunday near 50. and monday 34 and only 20s on tuesday. and maybe some snow showers thursday at 34. and it is tough but not ending soon. >> have to find our mittens. and a pop-up problemingject getting anything but a chilly perception. and they decided to make ice into art. and the underpass at martin

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>> interesting atmosphere that's the way it is going to be in spring training this year. >> the team not expected to do all that well this year. baseball underway in clearwater. pitchers and catchers reported today, but it is one pitcher who is making some headlines for the phillies. and jeff skversky with the details from florida. >> the phillies arrived in spring training in complete rebuild mode. everyone is for sale even cole hamels. even hamels admitting he wants out. telling "u.s.a. today" i just want to win and i know it's not going to happen here and i want to go to a place where i can win again. and cole hamels and company arrived at phillies spring training preparing for a season that could be over before it even starts. even with hamels and cliff lee

at the top of the rotation the phills are projected to be among the worst teams in all of baseball. >> i don't look at rebuild i look at well it is transition it is where we're at. i'm he can sightet -- i am excited to see young players. >> they speck the other veterans to step up. and he didn't think they had a good clubhouse last year and wants it to change. the manager plans to address the issue of the 89-loss season last year in clearwater. >> the team coming together and gelling as a group i think we came up short. >> and he is expecting them to help the young players and be the ace every five days. jeff skversky for channel 6 akdz. >> thank you, jeff. still to come drexel and la salle in action tonight.

and hear what the sixers ersers goals are receipt -- remainder of this season.

with the all-star break in the rearview mirror the sixers return to practice but one noticeable absence. mcw still plagued by a strained toe. only about a third of the season left and coach brown asked what would he like to see from his young team down the stretch. >> i want them to be greedy. we want more we want more of the same. and it's just, you know i think we gained a level of respect in the league and from our opponents that they know we play our hearts out. the flyers have given defenseman nick schultz a two-year contract extension.

and they host buffalo tomorrow night. and drexel loses to james madison madison. and la salle hosting duquesne. and appear assist off the back board. and price 19 and la salle wins 87-72. >> thank you. jimmy kimmel live next. "action news" continues at 4:30 with pamela edwards, matt o'donnell and for the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. ♪♪

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