i want to win and i know it will not happen here i want to go to a place where i win again. >> take it for what it is. i cannot be liked by everybody. that's not the goal. you will not be politically correct every time i say anything. i try to be honest with people in general. i don't que card you know i don't my que cards up here giving the straight laced answers. >> but phillies management is now holding up a sign that says rebuild. an approach 2008 world series mvp is not used to. lefty has four years left on the deal. >> it's tough to admit that there may have to be a direction change. but you you know being able to win in the city and see what it means not only to the fans but organization you see they want to have it come back very quickly. so you know, in the type of contract i have i know that i'll still be here. >> hamels says if an honor to pitch for city of philadelphia

and it remains to be seen how much longer he'll do so. with phillys in clearwater, jeff skversky "channel 6 action news." >> polo shirt sunshine, sixers welcome the old coach back to down. best way they know how. they win. "action news" returns america runs on dunkin'.

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to be back. partly because he left with a loss. tied it up in the third. in the shootout wayne simmonds continued clutch ways. flyers beat top neem hockey 3-2 to move within four point of boston for final playoff spot. jay wright testy today trust me he was testy he was, wildcats took ont. they're 25-2 have three game need big west four to play. we'll have more college hoops later. >> good stuff. >> two seed baby. >> "action news" at 11:30 continues next and we'll have the latest on messy mid winter

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at penn state tonight. thousands still hanging in there more than halfway through this 46-hour dance marathon. first it's about the weather tonight. messy mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain creating tough conditions out there. we continue team coverage of the storm. "action news" reporter kenneth moton is live in king of prussia. how commuters are coping. we begin with meteorologist melissa magee to find out what we can expect in the hours to come. >> we're seeing transition across the delaware and lehigh valley. trenton, philadelphia we have mixed precip. wilmington and across areas in vine land, atlantic city, cape may, we have a transition from snow that we had earlier over to rain we'll go in tighter on stromtracker street-level from trenton to philadelphia we have frozen precipitation. and ice. also a lot of icy conditions. wintry mix going on across route 7 0. medford lakes berlin, glassboro. and liquid precip moving into

areas in lakehurst, brownsmill khardz worth and speedwell. we'll talk about snowfall totals. >> pike creek and new castle county 6.4. 6" for cinnaminson. >> and it looks like we have conditions that will slowly improve as we go throughout rest of overnight hours. temperatures are increasing which means any frozen precipitation will change to rain as you wake up tomorrow. 25 allentown and 36 wildwood a long the coast that's where we are finding liquid precip. coming up we take a closer look at forecast and what you can expect second half of the weekend. milder temperatures on the way. we'll let you know how high with the accuweather forecast. >> sounds good. thank you, melissa let's move to kenneth moton live in king of prussia tonight, hi, kenneth. >> reporter: hi, walter. first snow now rain. we're in paradise out here. and we all know the conditions

of roads -- won't know conditions of roads until we wake up tomorrow morning. that switchover to rain happened two hours ago after a day of snow familiar. take a look. this was penndot at work with more than 400 trucks tackling five-county region. we had a lot of state roads in chester and montgomery county. we saw snow-covered highways we could not see planes. drivers dropped speed not only for safety but mandatory after speed restrictions were put in place earlier today. people reported long travel times what usually took 20 minutes took on hour. that bad news slip and slide crashes and good news there was not a huge or high volume of traffic on this saturday which kept traffic moving. roads slippery. take it slow. i'm open my way to jersey and going to caribbean tomorrow and i'm not going to let snow stop me.

>> snow on saturday your thoughts on that. >> it's all right. no work. i'm just happening out. it's good to relax. you don't have to deal with commute or anything. i'm out getting something to eat. >> reporter: this say live look at the conditions on route 202. we can actually see the road now. and right now, road crews will continue to work here and on sidewalks and parking lots. let's me walk you over to chilly parking lot where this business closed early because of the inclement weather and everything around this business is ice. i slipped and slide -- was sliding earlier today trying to use the restroom at chili's and you have to exercise extreme caution. for state crews it will be 12 to 15-hour shifts as they continue to try to prep the roads and treat them and after looking at them there's still a lot of work for them to do walter. reporting live in king of prussia. kenneth moton, "channel 6 action news." >> thank you kenneth. >> as kenneth mentioned in

philadelphia traffic on major highways remain slow tonight due to slick conditions and conditions. penndot tried to keep one 250 trucks on the streets. earlier today drivers were getting stuck in wynnefield heights. freezing temperatures this week made it difficult to prepare for the storm. >> we had plenty of residual salt there from last weekend's stormch the concern we had is if we would go and brine with temperatures of roadways and air temperature, will we cause a worst problem with the brine freezing to roadway. >> and some septa bus routes are us is spended or detoured tonight. >> and many people had a tough time driving through manayunk tonight as you imagine. a few volunteers gave the push it needed to get up manayunk avenue. somewhere stuck in the middle of the road. >> wheels were spinning all across delaware as well. some cars were stuck unable to get traction on slippery roads and it was not any better for

people who try to fly today. there were lots of weary travelers inside philadelphia international airport and they ran into major delays and cancellations all day long. and in fact, about 0% of flights in and out of airport were called off because of a snow and wintry condition. let's see what winter conditions where you are with the stromtracker app. report your weather feature to let us know what is happening in your hometown. you can submit a photo of any snow or ice you see. 6abc stromtracker app is free download for your mobile device. >> with thousands of people the cold and snowy night is that much more of a reason to dance the night away for a wonderful cause. taking a live look here at penn statethon 2015 and where dancers keep going no matter the hour or weather outside. "action news" reporter chad pradelli reports from happy valley. >> it's day two of thon. spirits are high in bryce jordan

center. we met this man girl from marlton, new jersey. >> i am overwhelmed by the excitement here. >> and the senior is dancing to raise money for pediatric cancer and also, for her father, robert, who died from kidney cancer last year. >> any time i feel like wow this is -- i have so much longer way to go, i think about it and it's not anything near what he went through. >> this family is attending firstthon as familiar limit 2-year-old daughter was diagnosed with cancer shortly after birth. four diamonds fund at penn state hershey stepped in to help with her care. >> i'm tired i don't know how they're doing it. we're having a great time dance ago around, hanging out with them. >> you can show me dance moves. >> yes. >> you can dance? >> oh, yes. >> wiggles?

>> oh, yeah you got moves. >> as the hours pass fatigue and cramping begin to set in at thon. people do what they can with stretching to stay loose. some play cards. you see this couple with their daughter here. these kids have to stay nourished. there's food stands to get food, drink and energy up as the hours continue totic. >> any idea how much time passed yet. >> no idea. >> i don't want to know, evenlyer. >> the 46-hour journey here continues for these students. for some families it will be much longer. but thon and penn state are doing what they can to help. >> we're happy to see them smiling and not have to worry about the battles they face every day on a normal basis. >> state college, chad pradelli, "channel 6 action news." >> all right. still to come on "action news" tonight we're continuing to keep an ion skies hoping for a better

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philadelphia. it's been a long day. areas north and west of poconos allentown, reading lancaster we have that snowfall. we have mixed precip from trenton, to philadelphia, along the 95 corridor moving to norristown malvern pottstown. on route 22 2 from allentown and south and west to reading we have a couple of pockets of moderate snowfall. so we have to watch for this activity as we go throughout the overnight hours. eventually once warmer air punches into the system milder air over spreads and we transition from snow to sleet over to rain. and temperatures outside it's 33234 in philadelphia. 33 millville. 36 in wildwood. and so we're starting to see transition. the problem, though, the ground is so cold it's been very cold with out -- arctic outbreak of air overhead. it takes time for temperatures to respond and get that warmer air moving into the system.

25 allentown. 22 poconos. 26 lancaster. here's satellite 6 and action radar. moisture over spreading the region and we continue to do so south teeingts northwest direction. future tracker 6 timing out for you. during the overnight hours you can see at that time rainfall in city and areas south and east. for poconos to allentown and even into reading we have that snowfall that will continue. 7:30 in the morning you can see we have rain for lakehurst, atlantic city, millville wildwood and dover and a lot of viewing area starting to clear on out. so light rain, drizzle early in the morning. it's damp start tomorrow. clouds will break for sunshine as we go throughout the day. 4:00 in the afternoon. few pockets of sun overhead and milder temperatures. milder air coming in which means by the afternoon temperatures climb in some spots to lower 40s. the call from accuweather tomorrow morning breaks of sun.

nice by the afternoon. 42 city. 44 cape may for high and 46 dover. to north and west in allentown temperature maxs out 30 and upper 30s as well in reading. here's the exclusive accuweather 7 someday forecast as we get into the afternoon surprised it's a milder day. high of 42. and arctic air moves in on monday and in at 23 degrees. overnight low on monday it's another chilly one. just 6 especially as you wake up on tuesday morning. it stays cold. especially by the afternoon. and in at 26. morning snow shower possible wednesday high of 39. reinforcing shot of cold air on thursday. high of 27. friday it's sunny and cold. coming in at 30. and possibly a wintry mix that we're tracking as we get into the start of next weekend with high temperature then of 34 degrees. milder tomorrow walter. we'll start to salvage second half of work weekend. >> sounds good to me. thank you, melissa. >> family in camden in mourning

comes to you in their search for jus tixts here's rick williams with tonight's crime fighter's report. ♪iping rid brown misses her brother every day. >> he was a loving brother and uncle and loved all his nieces and nephews. >> the overnight hours of tuesday april 82014 he was home with his fiancee brianna furgeson pregnant. she asked him to run to the store for her. >> i was 6 months pregnant and in pain i said somebody get me tylenol and juice that's it. >> the 33-year-old never returned. his body was found in driver's side seat of 2001 branch mercury. the car was parked in lots of all-american garden apartments 8 and jefferson in camden. >> at this point we have a good direction. we're looking for public to provide us more information to solve this case and get family closure. >> citizens crime commission is

offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to arrest and conviction of person responsible. all you need to do is call 215-546-tips. all calls will remain anonymous. >> i think he'll likely kill somebody else, your family, my family, we want to get the people off the streets. >> brianna feels it will be tough on her baby. >> it hurts. my son don't know his dad. >> for "crime fighters" i'm rick williams "channel 6 action news". >> it makes it all worth it. >> how about you? >> unlike anything i've been part of. i love the team and kids. they're incredible. it's great thing to be part of. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> back to you.

>> phillies pitchers and catchers continue to workout in sunny, clearwater, florida. chase utley figures heck with the snow i'll get here early. he was out taking grounders. all eyes were on cole hamels who

met with media since his first time of comment in "usa today". he side stepped questions about the quote and he said you cannot counts this team out. >> i have no control over you know a certain direction. and organization has a bigger picture they have to worry about i'm a one piece of the pewsle as long as i can do what they expect i'm fulfilling my end ever the bargain and what they predicted and if we're able to get enough of is to do that and get in that direction anything is possible. >> and chip kelly golden boy on full display at combine today. you can bet the eagles' coach was all eyes. nfl network cameras caught him watching coverage. that's you coach. he was about to run 40 yard dash. pip by occulars andal.

>> faster than ten ever wide receivers. the heisman trophy winner. >>. >> it was good to see him. i have not seen anymore a while. he was same old guy and cracking jokes and being whitey. for the most part i think through the entire process i can talk to him whenever i need but he's one of the guys can i look up to and be a mentor. >> did he say i'm coming to get you. >> he did not. >> fill martelli lost more in this one. two separate chances at a one and one in final ten seconds and miss front end both times. they were then out scored by ten in over time. yes, st. joe's lost to st. bone venture. hair raising finish. also drexel, northeastern, and yeah mohamad bah put back and

fouls all he has to do is make the free-throw and they win the game with less than a second to go and he misses it and then they miss the follow up. drexel northeastern, northeastern wins 83-73 over time and i would say those two schools need to work on free-throw this week. >> too much heartbreak for one night i have to tell you. thank you, jamie. "castle" is next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 6 with nydia han, eva pilgrim and chris sowers. for melissa magee, adam joseph jamie apody, jeff skversky and entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez, have a good fight

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