coldest one yet. it is friday afternoon. i'm shirleen allicott. >> and i'm brian taff. the big story on "action news" today is the frigid forecast that's broken records across the region and now the new threat of snow this week. we are in pennsylvania, delaware and new jersey this afternoon to bring you the latest on this dangerous weather. but we begin as we have so often lately with adam joseph live at the big board. hey, adam. >> yeah, all week unfortunately it's been about the brutal cold. now it's talking about the snow sleet, freezing rain for the weekend and this morning in philadelphia it was almost a record. we missed the by 1 degree. we dropped to two. that record was one back in 1979 but even at 2 degrees this morning, it was the coldest temperature philadelphia has felt since 1994 so it's been two decades since we have been this cold. other numbers were shattered in trenton wilmington and dover, all new records there. between zero and 2 degrees. allentown we missed the record by 1 degree. it was one below zero this

morning in atlantic city airport coming in at 1 degree. if you were out early this morning you felt that sting on your face if you did not cover exposed skin. felt like 21 below in allentown, 22 below in reading, 20 below or so throughout the state of delaware 17 below in philadelphia and at the shore 19 below zero. wind chills have recovered but not all that much. we're still sitting near zero if not just a couple degrees above that but the winds will relax overnight tonight but we are expecting more record cold temperatures by tomorrow morning. we're also tracking this warm front to the south. , see precipitation breaking out. even atlanta expecting up to an inch of snow has this pushes to the north and east and in fact winter storm watches and advisories have been posted for our entire viewing area for the day on saturday as snow will break out first. then it changes to sleet freezing rain and ah eventually rain, so a big mess on our hands for saturday into sunday morning. brian, when i come back we'll

talk about the timing of when this pushes in and how much snow you're going to see. it could be the biggest snowfall many of us have seen so far this winter scenesy season. >> thanks very much. water can be a real problem when the thermometer gets this low and that's the case in one philadelphia neighborhood where the streets today looked more like an ice rink. david henry now live in overbrook park and david's got the latest from there. >> reporter: robert fletcher wasn't going anywhere as he tried to get to work this morning. his car was hopelessly stuck ice. >> this water been running for a few days man. so this is what happened. each day the ice get built up higher and higher. >> reporter: the ice is at least 6-inches thick and it may take until spring to melt it. it may also take that long for the rest of us to thaw out. people ventured outside today only if they had to. >> it's freezing out here.

>> reporter: you've got the hat, the hood, the heavy coat, layers. >> yeah. >> reporter: you should be fine, right. >> no, i need more than this i think. we need more sun. >> reporter: most couldn't get warm enough no matter how many layers. professionals who have to be out here have learned to adapt. this doesn't bother you. no i'm fine. i'm perfect. i'm dressed for it. >> reporter: you're out here all day. >> yes. >> reporter: how do you dress for it. >> just layers. >> reporter: one day you never mind wearing that bulletproof vest. >> never mind wearing it. >> reporter: everyone else wishes they were someplace else today, nice and warm. >> i'm pretty anxious. i was hoping to get to the beach this winter but i didn't get any trips this year. >> reporter: i hear cape may isn't very crowded this time of year. >> yeah, right. >> reporter: people have been looking out for each other in this dangerously cold weather. greg robinson is one of them. >> it's super cold out here, very cold out here. >> reporter: what are you

doing out here. >> i'mi'm going to see my grandmom see how she's doing. >> reporter: very important to check with elderly neighbors and relatives. this situation isn't going to be resolved any time soon it looks like. these cars on 76 street are frozen solid in the ice. we checked with the water department about that water flowing down the alley back here and they say that is the problem of the homeowner it's a private issue, the homeowner has to get that water fixed and they've got much bigger emergencies they're racing to over the city. live in overbrook park, david henry, channel6 "action news." brian. >> all right, david, thanks as always. from our delaware news room today amazing the heat is out again at a new castle county apartment flex and now management says it was no accident this time. we have been following the saga at the creeks at marshalton on nelson road. residents spent days without heat this week because of a burst pipe there. it was just restored yesterday but hours later someone stole copper pipes from that property and

that, of course, knocked out the boiler that heats three buildings leaving people in the frigid temperatures once again. the apartment manager thinks a former employee is sabotaging the complex. that claim is still under investigation right now but in the meantime, county officials have been stepping in. >> it doesn't sound to me like the management team is doing a very good job and that's unacceptable in our county in this day and age. >> everybody should have heat and a warm place and i'll take that responsibility. >> now officials say the heat should be back on by tonight but if that is not the case, residents do have a number to call to make arrangements for a different warm place to stay. >> from our new jersey news room, a local high school had to cancel classes after it lost heat. the action cam was at camden high school where students went home around 1 o'clock this afternoon. administrators are still trying to figure out if they'll have school on monday and that is just one of the cold related problems we've seen out there today. new jersey correspondent nora

muchanic continues our team coverage. she is live in trenton. >> reporter: nora. >> reporter: hi, shirleen. we set a record today in trenton but it's not the kind of record you really want. it is wicked out. take a look at the folks waiting for the river line down there. the combination of the wind on top of the bitter cold temperatures, it will stop you in your tracks but you don't really want to do that because if you stay in one spot too long, you'll freeze. >> just to come out its freezing. i mean, it's brutal. i ain't felt nothing like this in my life. >> reporter: that may be because today was a record breaker for the capitol city. 0 degrees and that's not even counting the wind chill. >> it's just blistering cold. i came down here from bellevue avenue and i was so happy when the bank opened up, it's just freezing out here. >> reporter: waiting for the bus on state street was no picnic. >> oh, i bundles up. i don't play. got on long john thermals, thermal socks, everything. >> reporter: and you still feel the cold. >> you still feel it. >> reporter: the subzero temperatures contributed to

water leak on south olden avenue in trenton that flooded the gutter and iced up the intersection at farragut avenue. >> it freezes up, caused a lot of problems. it leaks everywhere. >> reporter: and as you would expect working outside in these brutal temperatures for any length of time is difficult. >> but at nighttime is when it gets real bad. if you're working in the middle of the night that's when it's really bad out but just layers of clothing. >> it's tough nd the water is freezing right on contact. >> reporter: not a good day. >> no, you it is not a good day. >> reporter: same thing for mailman john gold teen who says he's glad to keep moving as he delivers his route. >> it's unbearable. i got on three pair of everything day. the only way you can stay outside is for any length of time is to have planned ahead and dressed in layers. are you warm enough in all your gear. >> oh, yes i've got two pairs of pants, three sweatshirts on, i'm ready for it. >> reporter: back live now you're looking at the platform

outside the river liang folks are lining up. it is warmer than it was this morning but it is still bitter cold out and they're dressed for it. with the rush hour approaching now people are going to be out catching trains and buses. it's a brutal night to be out waiting for that. the only weapon we found today is to layer up, lots of clothes layer after layer. live in trenton, nora muchanic channel6 "action news." shirleen. >> good advice. go inside and get warm. thank you. here's a live look in atlantic city where you can see ice on the beach. you heard adam mention there's snow on the way for this weekend. he'll be back in about 10 minutes to tell you when the snow will start and how much you can expect. in the meantime, share the wintry conditions in your area with the 6abc storm tracker app. use the report your weather feature to let us know what's happening in your hometown and you can also submit a photo of any snow and ice you see. the 6abc storm tracker app is a free download for your mobile device. >> ♪♪ >> developing right now, police have arrested a suspect

in the deadly stabbing involving members of rapper nicki minaj's touring team. they say they have one person in custody right now. they are still looking for two others. the stabbing happened in east mount airy early wednesday morning. "action news" reporter vernon odom will have more on the arrest and what police say led up to the killing in a live report coming up this afternoon at 4:30. atlantic county doctor is accused of abusing up to 40 patients during medical exams. dr. saad jaffrey was originally arrested on three counts of criminal contact if december. since then dozens of additional people have come forward telling police they, too, were victims at jaffrey's premiere neurology office in egg harbor township. he was arrested again yesterday on new charges. >> in just a few hours students at penn state university will start dancing and they won't stop for 46 hours. it is the annual thon to benefit children battling cancer. chad pradelli is live in state

college. chad, this is a remarkable event to just keeps on getting bigger and bigger. >> reporter: yes, it is, shirleen. in a little over an hour 700 dancers will walk in at the bryce jordan center and they will begin dancing and standing for 46 straight hours. behind me you see those kids right there. well, those are the captains. those are the ones that are going to be supporting those dancers but the real inspiration here is the kids. you often hear about ftk that's for the kids because the money raised here is for pediatric cancer and the four diamonds fund at penn state hershey hospital. this year's theme empower the dreamers. >> i never would have thought like leaving behind penn state this year thon would be the biggest part of my year but it is. >> the money thon raised directly impacts a hundred families starting a cancer journey and any given year about 500 that are continuing their journey. >> ♪♪ >> reporter: so, this will all begin at 6:00 p.m.

this entire stadium will be packed, this philanthropy began in 1977 and over $100 million has been raised. coming up at 6:00 we'll hear from some local dancers. live in state college, chad pradelli channel6 "action news." back to you guys. >> chad is there to document all the dancing. >> exciting. >> time for the "action news" traffic report. >> let's go live to matt pelman in the traffic center. >> hey, guys. the trip home takes some effort especially on a friday afternoon. this afternoon we've a bunch of accidents to complicate things even farther like one here on 95 northbound side in south philadelphia. little windy out there. cameras shaking a little bit but maybe you can see the penndot arrow board. the crash involving a vehicle into the median barrier is taking out the left lane and causing just a touch of slowing as you come north of the walt whitman bridge. not our only issue on 95. we had a broken down truck earlier southbound by girard.

speeds like 10 miles per hour as you come past the betsy ross bridge. a crash in kensington. a crash traveling a fire truck in upper dublin. stick with pine town road as an alternate around that. in lower salford by the exxon station watch for a wreck along main street. back outside camera time in chester county this is 202 southbound side near stetson school road and skiles boulevard. another crash traveling a truck taking out the right lane causing really low speeds as you come from west chester. let's grab the ipod do the commuter report on this friday afternoon. happy friday everybody. one of our friends using the waze app talking about a complete stand still aka friday afternoon volume northbound side through delco. using the waze app we can zoom in and see the alerts and some of the slow speeds sometimes. looks like southbound is busy in area as well. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour.

>> very good matt. thank you very much. we have some breaking news also impacting traffic right now. chopper 6 live over the scene of a bus accident -- actually two buses involved in this. looks like that septa bus right there and a school bus somehow collided here at 93rd in the 9300 block of state road again in the holmesburg section in northeast philadelphia. you can see one ambulance on scene but we have not been told of any injuries here and it looks to be a relatively minor accident but of course we're working to get every detail we can given the vehicles involved, the school bus and a septa bus in the 9300 block of state road in holmesburg this afternoon. >> it is almost oscar sunday and before hollywood's biggest stars can walk the red carpet, crews are going through their final few hours of setup and "action news is there for all of the action. alicia vitarelli is live in hollywood. alicia are you in a prime spot right now. >> reporter: oh, absolutely,

shirleen. this is the red carpet of all red carpets. if you look really closely you can see it under these protective layers of plastic right here. of course they have to keep it pristine for sunday when the biggest names in hollywood will walk down this red carpet and make their way into the dolby theater which is right behind me. of course, fans from all across the world will be in these prime seats here up in the bleachers cheering them on as they make their way down. of course we've got a really good seat for you as well and so do media outlets from across the world. you mentioned the crews that have been working really hard to set up this event. they have been busy all through the night setting up the red carpet and also putting out life sized oscar statues to adorn this entire area. it just looks gorgeous. speaking of the red carpet some fun facts. takes them two days to roll it out. there are 16,500 feet of red carpet. so i wondered when did the red carpet actually make its

debut. get this. it's the 87th academy awards coming up on sunday. the red carpet was first rolled out back in the 33rd annual academy awards, that was in 1961 but at that time it was black and white television so you didn't actually see the red carpet until 1966. just some fun facts for you coming up in just a few minutes. i'll show you how oscar himself is actually made. we're having a great time here in los angeles. we'll see you in a few shirleen. >> we can tell and some fun facts there. thank you alicia. stay with "action news" tonight and through the weekend as alicia continues her live reports from hollywood and of course you can see the oscars on sunday right here on 6abc. and get ready for oscars sunday with watch abc. download the watch abc app or go to watch abc.com to see behind the scenes video from on stage and backstage and if you have a verified tv provider you can even watch the oscars ceremony live. you can find more information about watch abc at 6abc.com.

>> a great story here. an 11-year-old boy dealt a hard hand in life was given a surprise today that will keep him smiling for some time to come. this is tony campise who has been battling a brain tumor since he was four years old. through make a wish, tony asked to attend a flyers game and sit in the box but when flyers jake voracek heard about tony he decided to make the experience even more memorable so today flyers gm ron hextall signed that young super fan to a weekend contract here at the skate zone in voorhees. then they surprised him with a locker in the team's dressing room and ice time with the team. >> i didn't even know i was going out to play with them. so, it was just -- wow. >> this is a once in a lifetime for anyone, so it was pretty awesome. pretty special. >> and good news here. it does not end there for this little man. tomorrow voracek will personally pick up tony and drive him to the game where he and his family will watch from

a suite and then hang out with the whole flyers gang. what a cool young kid and a bunch of great guys for giving him that experience. >> love that. as we told you earlier there is snow on the way for this weekend and as if this couldn't be any worse -- >> yeah, and not just a little bit of snow either. meteorologist adam joseph standing by with the latest call from accuweather adam. >> we'll get a few inchs in many locations. then we'll have a brief period of ice on top of the snow before it changes to rain. a mess this weekend. we're clear for now and tonight and first thing tomorrow morning but there you see the warm front and some of the moisture gathering down to the south and this will expand in real estate and grow as it heads to the north and east. temperature-wise still pretty brutal out there right now. 17 in philadelphia, 16 trenton, 14 reading and allentown, wildwood right now 16 degrees. but we still have a light breeze out there so it feels like zero in allentown reading as well as lancaster four philadelphia. one lonely degree down towards wildwood and cape may and

dover also just 1 degree. satellite and radar the one good thing about arctic air is it holds very little moisture, so you can see the void of cloud cover across our region, some is building in the western part of the ohio valley but that won't make it in time for tonight so it's another clear night with more records but less wind. we could drop to that record in trenton of three, two below in allentown, six in wilmington and a record of three in atlantic city. seven for philadelphia and reading expecting zero by tomorrow morning. future tracker will show that precipitation building. where you see the purple, that is the snow. the blue, that's the mix. the green is the rain. and notice again how it kind of grows here by 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in those western suburbs. that's when it starts to snow in pennsylvania, overspreads early afternoon into new jersey and delaware. we're starting to see that mix. by 6 o'clock tomorrow night to the south, heavy snow philadelphia to the north and then by midnight we'll see it flip to rain pretty much

everywhere with the exception of the lehigh valley where they will hold onto a little bit of sleet and freezing rain a little longer. so here's the time line. 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., that's when it begins as all snow no matter where you are. three phenomenon 3:00 a.m. into sunday morning that's the heaviest snow, ice and rain as it transitions and early on sunday morning 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. it ends as rain showers even up in the lehigh valley. so, in the far southern zones dover millville atlantic city one to 2-inches before that changeover. for the greater wilmington philadelphia, trenton location, even those northwestern suburbs of philadelphia, two to 4-inches to remind you philadelphia's biggest snow this season is 3-pointer 7-inches so we could come close if not break that and then far to the north and west, close to the lehigh valley northern bucks and montgomery county, four to 6-inches of that wet snow with a little bit of rain at the end. your four day at 4:00 that afternoon and evening snow breaking up, 33 degrees. a leftover morning rain shower

on sunday with late sun an mild day to help melt some of it at 46 but we head right back into the freezer here monday and tuesday, bitter cold, 20's for highs, single digits come tuesday morning for low temperatures. so, to get the arctic air out unfortunately the warm air always develops as kind of precipitation. so -- >> okay, all right. >> anything is better than this. thanks. >> somewhere else. >> a drexel universities student is taking his app to abc's shark tank tonight. 23-year-old christopher gray created scholly after months of researching scholarships on line the for himself. >> develops this al go rhythm and matches students with scholarships. >> greg was asking for $40,000 for a 15 percent stake. what started like any other shark encounter escalated later into a feeding frenzy and for the first time ever

three of the sharks walked offset so how did gray do in the shark tank? don't miss this explosive new episode tonight at 9:00 only on 6abc. >> well, the numbers are now in and the 6abc dunkin' donuts holiday food drive had its most successful year ever. 6abc president and general manager was there to present philadbundance with a $90,000 check in south philadelphia today. the effort to fight hunger generated more than 476,000 meals and get this, 400,000 pounds of food. that is the most in the campaign's 29 year history. it is possible through the generosity of our wonderful viewers, our partnership with duncan donors and support from acme markets and many other sponsors. what a great campaign. >> an important one that we do every year. >> yeah. >> good stuff. and still ahead, new jersey senators demand an investigation into something they say might have happened in the wake of hurricane

sandy. >> a limo driver gunned down on the job in philadelphia. police say this was no random act. why they think this was targeted hit. >> the search for a bank robber ends with an arrest right on the ben franklin parkway. details when "action news" continues. >> ♪♪

>> ♪♪ >> we are back with some breaking news right now out of west philadelphia. chopper 6 live over the 4900 block of chestnut street where crews are on the scene of a -- of what was reported to us as a fire in a two story structure. , see the ladder over the roof of that structure right now. from this vantage point it would appear that crews have a pretty good handle on this but we did get reports that one person was trapped on the second story of this home there and we've not gotten confirmation that were person was freed just yet. again, fire crews on the scene of what was a fire here in the 4900 block of chestnut street in west philadelphia. we'll keep you posted on the status of the person trapped inside that building.

>> new jersey u.s. senators asking for a crackdown on possible insurance fraud that followed hurricane sandy. bob menendez and cory booker asked the attorney general to look into the problem. they say insurers have tried to reduce flood damage payouts after sandy hit in october of 2012. in november, a judge in long island ordered insurers to produce information that could help reveal whether contractors edited damage reports. menendez and booker say the situation in new jersey is similar enough to warrant its own investigation. >> and still ahead on "action news" at 4:00 today just because he's not coaching doesn't mean he can't yell at people. why bobby knight flew off the handle at a temple game. >> ♪♪

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>> ♪♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph. alicia vitarelli shirleen allicott and brian taff. >> hello again. 4:30 and "action news" continues with a freebie friday that's all about celebrating all things freezing. >> might as well. plus she used to be thin and now. >> i'm fat and i don't mind saying i'm fat. i'm a plus sized woman and i'm happier. >> okay. and hear why a mother of five decided to tell the world she is better off heavy than she ever was slim. >> plus, we've got developing news in the murder of a member of nicki minaj's touring group. one person is in custody now and police are hunting down two more. a live report on that double stabing is straight ahead. >> but we begin with weather

records shattered in the tri-state area. >> yeah, trenton's 0-degree morning with a negative 20-degree wind chill and wilmington's 2-degree with a 21 wind chill both setting new lows. not to be outdone philadelphia and atlantic city get honorable mentions with their low temperatures today and by the way, they had wind chills between negative 17 and 19 and mother nature is going to keep piling it on with another round of snow this weekend. >> mercilessly. >> it has been a long week. we started monday with wind chills between 17 to 20 degrees below z if you take a look at the wind chill it has improved some this afternoon at 4 degrees but that's still mighty cold. four in cincinnati, feels like four below in chicago. jacksonville and atlanta feels like it is in the 30's with raleigh at 24 degrees. the problem with arctic air --

the good side of it you got bright sunshine. the bad side, when it moves out with a warm front all that warm air that will be trying to flood in overrides that existing arctic iran you start to ring out the moisture in the atmosphere with moisture and you can see it's breaking out nashville and atlanta where it will be snowing this evening. that far south. that will head to the north and east, collide with that arctic air so we have winter storm watches for philadelphia all the way up to the lehigh valley and the poconos where several inches of snow will fall before a mix and an advisory for southern new jersey and delaware, less snow will fall here. they'll get some but it will be a quicker transition to some of that that sleet freezing rain and eventually rain. for the i-95 metro area, wilmington philadelphia and trenton, all the forecast models pretty good agreement between about two and 4-inches, that is our forecast and if you take a look at the lehigh valley where the cold air is going to last longer, our forecast up north, four to 6-inches and you can see the models go anywhere from about

3-pointer four on the rpm as high as 7.4 on the nam so much more snow this go round to the north as opposed to the south like the last storm. shirleen when i come back i'll show that you expected snowfall map and talk about another blast of bitter air in that seven-day forecast beyond it. >> thank you adam. >> yeah. >> through the snow, ice and brutal cold this season be sure to stay on top it all with 6abc.com/weather. the hourly forecast and live storm tracker 6 radar will keep you prepared no matter what winter sends our way. >> turning now to new developments in the murder of a member of rapper nicki minaj's touring group. philadelphia police have made an arrest now just two days after two of her team members were stabbed. one of them fatally. "action news" reporter vernon odom live at police headquarters in center city with details on this. vernon, what can you tell us. >> reporter: one member that of group, one suspect is being held, two more are being sought. police say they have the names of all involved in this

murderous brawl that saw road text of the musical artist get attacked outside a stenton avenue bar and grille early wednesday morning. >> we've identified all participants on both sides and arrest is imminent on this murder. >> reporter: outside this east mount airy bar in the wee hours of wednesday morning the road manager of hip hop star nicki minaj was killed by a knife wielding adversary during a dispute that started a barmaid. 29-year-old devon picket from new york city was stabbed to death, his friend eric parker of philadelphia was critically injured in the attack. picket was in town for rehearsals for minaj's upcoming tore of europe. police have one person of interest in custody and are on the verge of busting to more. >> both of the parties both new a female that worked at the bar and the argument sended -- centered around her. >> reporter: eric parker remains in critical condition. all three targets of this investigation are from philadelphia reason known to police because of their past

brushes with the law. >> we have one of the individuals that we'll call a person of interest upstairs in the homicide unit now. two others we've identified and i'm hopeful we'll have a warrant for them very soon. >> reporter: police at this hour are in the process of getting those warrants. they're not releasing the names of any of the men they want, a the least so far. live at police headquarters in center city, vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> all right, vernon, thank you. there are also new developments today in the case of a limousine driver shot to death in olney last night. philadelphia police now tell "action news" the murder was not random and not prelate to do a robbery. they say the victim had some type of confrontation with two pedestrians near west tabor tabor road and north mascher street. police say the bullet severed a main artery. investigators are searching for video hoping to identify the gunmen. >> it didn't take long for police to arrest a suspected bank rob intercenter city

today. chopper 6 hd was over the ben franklin parkway as officers handcuffed a man accused of robbing the susquehanna bank near 18th and walnut. he only made eight few blocks before police caught up with him. officers were able to recover the cash. the suspect allegedly stole. officials have not yet released his name or information about any charges filed. a taxi driver was rescued from his tab this morning after a head-on collision with a suspected drunk driver in west philadelphia. police say an suv driver was under the influence when the vehicle crashed into the taxi on south 63rd street. the roof was torn from the top of the taxi and the cab driver was trapped. medics pulled him out of the wreckage and took him to the hospital where he is in critical condition. the suv driver is facing a number of charges including dui. >> officials in delaware county have a strong message today for local college students trying to get a fake i.d. and you'll have to answer to the police. "action news" anchor rick williams live now in the news

room with more on this story today. hi, rick. >> hi, brian, thank you that's right. radnor township police were involved in this most recent case which is connected to four local college students. now, according to authorities they say the dean at the college, which is not being named, interceptor a delivery of four fake i.d.'s and police say they were mailed here from china. well, coming up tonight at 5:00 find out if the students involved are being charged and why officials say this criminal activity may seem minimal but it is serious and can even be dangerous for students. also coming up at 5:00 tonight we'll continue our coverage of the brutal cold outside. our health check reporter ali gorman will tell how to check for frost bite and hypothermia. it's ahead at 5 o'clock. until then back to the studio and brian. see you. >> important advice at 5:00. rick thanks very much. bobby knight of course is legend among college basketball coaches with a temperas famous as his talent. that temper was on full display last night as the

former coach called the smu temple game live on espn. >> hey, sit down, boy. hey -- hey either take my seat and let me sit there or sit down. >> yeah, that was the coach turned commentator letting a spectator have it for blocking his view of the game. bobby knight joined espn as a college basketball analyst in 2008 after 45 years of coaching but we can at least say at least he didn't throw that chair. >> told him to sit down. >> that's right. >> let's get another check on the roads right now. >> matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center with another update for us. >> yes, and some sun glare inhibiting our view of a crash here alongy along the schuylkill expressway, brian and shirleen, but maybe you can make it out. one vehicle facing the wrong way here in the westbound lanes, the little honda facing eastbound, have a couple other vehicles involved off to the right shoulder. and as you can imagine, this is causing a huge delay. as you come westbound from south street through this point approaching the roosevelt boulevard, this is a

spot that would normally be congested on a friday afternoon so with this lane out of commission and with all the activity associated with the crash things are extra jammed up as you come out of the city. i think i would stick with the river drives, the mlk or kelly instead of the westbound schuylkill because we have another accident as well westbound near girard partially sticking out into the right lane. so a-pair of problems on 76. luckily our crash on 95 northbound approaching penn's landing has cleared out. so, that's some good news. but we still have that wreck in kensington involving the pedestrian along jean near tioga and the one in holmesburg involving the bus at state and rhawn. it's been an afternoon of a lost accidents, water main breaks disabled vehicles. here's a crash involving a fire truck in upper dublin along fort washington avenue. stick with pine town road. on 202 southbound south of west chester crash just cleared but you can see we're still jammed in this area. we'll check it again shirleen coming up in the 5 o'clock hour. >> sounds g thank you, matt. some of the greatest minds in the tri-state region are joining forces in center city philadelphia.

the 2015 delaware valley engineers week combines professionals in the field with the future generation. local college and high school students presented their original innovations. drexel university professor doctor was named delaware valley engineer of the year. elementary school students at saint philip and james school got a vivid history lesson today. volunteers from valley forge park stopped by to show the students what it was like to live during colonial times. they demonstrated early medical procedures, how home colors were done and the students got to participate in perhaps the coolest aspect of the visit getting to try on the clothing of the time period. >> hm. >> looking good. >> fancy hats. >> still ahead from free water ice to free hockey lessons, we are celebrating the deep freeze with freebies. >> and we'll introduce you to the mother of five who says she has a simple message for all those yo-yo dieters out there. she says i'm happier being fat than when i was thin. and alicia vitarelli live

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years. at her tiniest edelman was 123 pounds and felt confident in a bikini. the only problem edelman was miserable. she says she was tracking every bit of food she ate and running 40 miles a week hoping to keep her perfect figure for her husband. >> i just said to him i feel like this was false advertising. i feel like you married a thin woman and i can't be that thin and i'm sorry. >> but it turns out edelman's husband missed his happy wife and told her she was beautiful at any weight. edelman says that's all it took for her to start a new journey off the scale and into body acceptance. good husband right there. from body acceptance to bleaching acceptance, actress tandy newton seen here with her husband looking as gorgeous as ever is a darling of the internet today thanks to the photos she snapped from this one. awesome. shame let's picture titled

dealing with the cash she showed everyone her upper lip bleaching routine. newton says she hopes revealing her prered carpet beauty ritual will help break the taboo surrounding women and facial hair. apparently we still have a long way to go. speaking of getting ready and red carpet ready, that is, our own alicia vitarelli is live in hollywood ahead of sunday's oscars. i know alicia you miss us, it's 2 degrees here but you go ahead, you have fun on the red carpet. >> reporter: yeah, it's in the 60's here but we're not bragging about it and by the way i love her and i also live her truth. all right, so we're here on the red carpet and as you can see oscar has arrived. the big guy back there but when it comes out to the coveted statues on sunday i bet you didn't know that roughly 3,000 of them have been handed out since 1929 and for the past 30 years they've been handcrafted in chicago. it's a painstaking process

that begins with laid dells of molten metal going into oscar mold. after the buffing comes plating with layers of copper nicker silver and finally a heavy coating of 24 karat gold. there's also a unique serial number edged into each statue for security ton ensure down the road that the statues are the real deal. those numbers are the only differences from one oscar to the next. otherwise, each golden dye is identical. >> we take so much care to make sure that every oscar is exactly the same, weighs the same looks the same, has the same amount of gold on it, every year it's going to be consistent. >> reporter: and speaking of one of a kind coming up on "action news" at 5:00 we hear from oscar host neil patrick harris he's hollywood's triple threat. he loves hosting awards but it's the first time at the helm of hollywood's biggest

night and we'll find out how he's preparing when you see you guys in a little bit. for now live on the red carpet alicia vitarelli channel6 "action news." >> going to be a great weekend and you'll shine brightly on that carpet alicia i know that. thank you. alicia's reports continue from l.a. all weekend here on "action news." 6abc is your home for the oscars. just in time for the oscars we are excited to announce that direct tv is now an authorized provider for watch abc. customers can now see our abc shows live with that watch abc app or at watch abc.com and of course that means you can watch the oscars live on sunday night on your smartphone or smart device. for more information about watch abc just visit 6abc.com >> ♪♪

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adam joseph tracking the arrival of snow tomorrow and i believe he said we can expect several inches here. >> several inches before more arctic air by next week so -- i haven't said one good thing all week. >> you're working hard. >> he is working hard. >> yeah, another day tomorrow on tap. as we take a look right now double scan live radar around the region lots of sunshine with this arctic air. looks nice when you're looking inside out. the minute you step outside is when you get whacked by that cold air. the high today in philadelphia just 18 degrees. this is the third time this week high temperatures have only topped off into the teens. our normal high 45 degrees. that would feel almost summer-like at this point. the record 70 and that low of 2 degrees was 1 degree shy of the record set back in 1979. but even that two this morning, it's the first time in over two decades we have been that cold in philadelphia. five in trenton right now is your wind chill, zero for reading, allentown lancaster one in dover and atlantic city right now feels like

2 degrees. again, there's that arctic air with all of its sunshine but notice the clouds how they form right off the coastline. that's that cold air. when that bumps over the relatively warmer waters of the atlantic you condense the air and you get that cloud cover to form so they're called cold air cumulus that you're seeing over the open waters of the atlantic. but more records for tonight into tomorrow morning. philadelphia close to the record of six by tomorrow morning. allentown should break its record of zero. we're expecting two below a broken record by tomorrow morning in trenton of three the same for wilmington at six and atlantic city at the airport tying the old record of 3 degrees. moisture right now is breaking out over the tennessee valley. atlanta even some snow showers predicting about a coating to an inch of snow for atlanta this evening and overnight. that snow will start falling in the western edge of lancaster, reading and allentown around noontime tomorrow. then it pushes over that i-95 corridor. by about 1:00 to 3 o'clock in the afternoon turning steadier

and heavier in these dark blues here just south and west of wilmington. and as we get into the evening hours of 6:30, this is when the precipitation will be falling pretty heavily still snow wilmington to the north. there it is, mixing with sleet and freezing rain to the south and by 9:30, it starts to try to change to rain in philadelphia. still mixing to the north and west. it could be a period of some sleet and freezing rain there. and notice how the bay tries to capture some of that sleet longer. it's because the models thinking the bay is actually frozen so this colder air there but no matter what it is rain even on the brink of the lehigh valley by midnight tomorrow a-few rain showers sunday morning but the sun returns to salvage the second half of the weekend. down to the south millville atlantic city and dover 1 to 2 inches and this is going to be a very heavy wet snow, not that light fluffy snow. two to four for wilmington, philadelphia trenton, the heart of the delaware valley. and then bump north of the pennsylvania turnpike northern montgomery bucks county, lehigh valley, reading we're expecting four to 6-inches of

that wet snowfall. so afternoon and evening we're expecting a quick thumping so when the snow starts it will quickly turn heavy. roads will turn slick. there will be a period of icing on top of that before it changes and ends as some light rain late tomorrow night into sunday morning. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, 33 degrees tomorrow. up to 46 on sunday. sunday afternoon actually is going to be really nice given that the sun will be back and temperatures to normal. but then that bitter cold slams right back in monday and tuesday, highs into the 20's. maybe a flurry on wednesday of 38 degrees and then more colder air comes in thursday into friday as we almost get to the end of february by next weekend, guys. >> march can't get here fast enough. >> let's hope it's not a roaring lion. >> you're right about that. >> thank you adam. freebie friday is coming up next

>> ♪♪ >> all right, time now to save with 6abc on this freebie friday. we'll start with a deal for die hard fans of rita's water ice. believe it or not the rittenhouse square location giving away free frozen treats until nine ooh. :tonight. it's the earliest any rita's water ice has ever opened. head over to 15th and spruce and just think warm thoughts. now a freebie you'll want to mark on the calendar.

this tuesday krispy kreme will be offering a free glazed doughnut to the first 1,000 customers at each store. no purchase necessary. the chain is celebrating their 1,000th store opening in kansas. next up, a chance for kids ages four to nine to try a new sport. tomorrow is national try hockey for free day. four associations in our area are taking part and speaking of hockey, several stores in our region giving away a free pack of nhl upper deck hockey cards as part of national hockey card day. you can find a list of locations offering the popular cards, my nephew will want one as well as details on all of our freebies by going to 6abc.com. >> all right, get on it. get one. >> yeah. >> and that will do it for "action news" after 4:00 today. for shirleen allicott alicia vitarelli and adam joseph. i'm brian taff. shirleen and i along with ducis rodgers back at 10:00 on phl17.

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drive. >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody meteorologist cecily tynan rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪♪ >> live from sky 6 hd tonight atlantic city is feeling the freeze. you can see there's still snow on the beach and on rooftops from tuesday's storm and there's more on the way this weekend. >> earlier today in trenton this bus stop was full of shivering people. whether you're waiting for a ride or worse working outdoors it's just awful for everyone. >> it is freezing. my legs hurt, my hands hurt even though i have on gloves. it is so cold, it's unbearable. >> my toes are freezing. i mean i have to get in the truck every now and then to warm them up. >> it may be in the single digits but it did not stop

these dedicated people from their daily run and bike ride along kelly drive in philadelphia. >> and check this out it's so cold the battleship u.s.s. new jersey surrounded by ice. chopper 6hd flew over the delaware river today and found the frozen shot of the giant ship. friday night the big story on "action news" is the record cold temperatures and more snow coming tomorrow. >> we have team coverage tonight. let's begin with meteorologist melissa magee at the "action news" big board with the latest from accuweather. hey, melissa. >> hi, rick, monica. we definitely had a frigid start on our friday and almost a record here in philadelphia. the morning low temperature dropped down to 2 degrees. that's 1 degree shy of the record of one set back in 1979. so, we didn't make a record this morning but still very cold. the coldest morning we've seen since january 20th of 1994. we did however hit some records across the delaware and lehigh valleys. trenton your record morning temperature zero, two for both