there are a few showers passing by and at times a few sleet pellets mixing in as well. doylestown new hope pennington jenkintown as well as parts of chester county there is enough cold air a few thousand feet up to help bring down a couple of those icy pellets but not going to amount to anything in this area. as we look at temperatures, it is well above freezing, 43 philadelphia, 40 in reading, 43 in millville, even the lehigh valley 39 degrees but the poconos going have some concerns overnight tonight, even with some freezing rain with temperatures there below that freezing point. as we look at double scan live radar, low pressure between chicago, saint louis, we've got the cold front with some very heavy rain. that arrives for the morning rush tomorrow. but we're dealing with a warm front that is presently pushing through, mixing some of that cold air with that warmer air that eventually is going to take over. so, winter weather advisory goes into effect 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. for berks county, lehigh county, northampton county to the poconos. again some sleet here. the poconos some ice but even in this area, it will be

changing to rain by tomorrow morning. in fact, we've got a very warm ground in allentown and the lehigh valley. the last time it was below freezing december 21st so any of the sleet that falls overnight tonight you could see a little coating on the cars or the grass but not looking at on the major roadways or the sidewalks. we'll talk about how much rain to expect here tomorrow morning and monica, we'll also look at that seven day to see if we can get any full days of sun coming up in accuweather. >> all right, thank you sir. of course a lack of freezing temperatures means a lack of snow at area ski resorts. obviously bad for their business. it's been a slow start as well for penndot crews who are still gearing up for whenever wintry weather hits. "action news" reporter chad pradelli live in south whitehall township with that part of the story. hi, chad. >> reporter: hey, monica. within the past couple of minutes it began to rain here in the allentown area. earlier tonight we saw the penndot trucks loading up with salt. they'll be out on the roadways applying that salt if it begins to sleet.

it's really been an easy winter for penndot with these record temperatures, but for the ski resorts, it's been a difficult one. the young family thought they would have a few days of skiing and winter sports when they booked their getaway to bear creek mountain. instead they got this park lifts, bear ground an quiet lobby he. >> it was warmer yesterdayly we said the heck with it and we had a great time no matter what. >> we he did ping-pong, we did the hot tub, we did the pool, so we had a great time. >> reporter: bear creek public relations director jeff calls this winter one of the worst for seeing in his 10 years with the company. mother nature hasn't cooperated with record temperatures. >> luckily for us we have diversified our business offerings over the years so we have a full service spa two restaurants a hotel so we have other things to offer here. >> reporter: this winter lab a reprieve for penndot. the salt supplies are high, the crews rested. they will be out tonight watching for any possible sleet here in the lehigh

valley while ski resorts breathe a sigh of relief and say keep it coming. >> hang in there. it will come eventually and, you know, our pledge to everybody is just that we're going to do everything we can to make as much snow as possible. >> reporter: and blue mountain is also shut down. an employee there tells me that they will try to get the snow guns up and running come this weekend. i'm live in south white hall, chad pradelli, channel6 "action news. monica. >> thank you chad. keep track of the changing weather with 6abc.com. there you can also see the seven-day forecast and view storm tracker6 live yourself. however boards topped the gift lists of many youn youngsts this year. it is fun but potentially dangerous. that is a lesson learned by a family in ocean county after one of them caught on fire inside their home. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic with that story from lacy township. >> reporter: it was like a bomb exploding. >> reporter: kim whelan was

sitting in the kitchen of her lacy township home last night when this however board she brought as a christmas present for her son craig made a crackling noise and burst into flames. >> we just heard a loud bang and pieces new like a bomb. it just -- then it just went up in flames. >> i was just like 2 feet away from it and all i see is it burst and then it was in flames. i got really scared. >> reporter: the battery on the hoverboard exploded sending projectiles flying through the house burning the can kitchen floor and the carpet where it was charging. the living room is covered in residue left from the fire extinguisher used to smother the flames. these pair of pants were insides this yellow he plastic bag next to where the hoverboard exploded. they are shredded. kim wonders what would have happened if craig had been on the board when it exploded. >> if law on top of. that it would have been like a land mine. >> i will say immediately do not let your kids ride this thing. it is so dangerous. i never imagined any toy could below up like that. >> reporter: she bought it

on amazon.com which has pulled several models because of faulty batteries and plugs. 16 fires have been reported nationwide. fire officials suggest charging hoverboards outside house if you can. >> obviously that's the only way they're going to work but certainly do not charge them inside the house until somebody knows what the problem is. >> reporter: shelley jones of manahawkin but a hoverboard for her teenaged daughter who's have mastered riding with friends and she still charges the battery inside her house but monitors it constantly. >> we keep it plugged in here on a tile surface. we've seen a lot of fires happening when they're charged on carpet. >> reporter: the consumer products safety commission is looking into the incident and while hoverboards are the hot new toy this christmas season for the whelan family it was a little too hot inform lacy township, i'm nora muchanic, channel6 "action news." >> two suspects in custody after police say they attacked a montgomery county man with a wrench and a brick. officials say about 11:20 sunday night 44-year-old

sergio he gullo and emi oka targeted a car in elkins park. the can car's owner confronted them. police say that's when the suspects beat the victim before fleeing. the victim was able to pull a cover off of the vehicle's registration plate and still identify it to police. those suspects were caught a short time later. a driver struck and killed a pedestrian on the roosevelt boulevard this morning. it happened about 5:30 near harbison avenue in northeast philadelphia. police say the driver had the green light and tried to swerve to avoid the pedestrian. williams say the driver is a local doctor and stopped immediately to help the victim. no charges are expected. police have not yet released the identity of that victim. trenton police say a fight over money led to the stabbing of four people. police arrested 31-year-old lashanda felton in connection with the incident. investigators responded at about 11:30 last night. felton faces three counts of aggravated assault and various

weapons charges. one victim refused treatment. police say three others were taken to the hospital where they were treated for lacerations and then released. now to the latest in the saga of the case against monsignor william lynn. today the philadelphia district attorney says he does want the court to rehear that case after lynn's conviction was overturned for a second time. "action news" reporter john rawlins live in center city tonight with the latest now. john. >> reporter: hi, monica. well, this latest retrial order came down from a superior court, three person superior court panel just before christmas. today the d.a. is vowing to fight back as for keeping monsignor lynn behind bars at this point in time he says his office will do all it can do. >> especially when an institution uses institutional power to shield pedophiles. >> reporter: and that is what the d.a. says monsignor william lynn did, protect a pedophile by covering up sexual abuse claims. in 2012, a philadelphia jury agreed. but last week, by a vote of

two to one a three member superior court panel overturned that conviction ordering a new trial for lynn. it decided lynn's trial judge allowed the jury to hear he too much evidence concerning prior bad acts or coverups from a time before lynn had any actual authority to assign priests in the 1990's. the appellate finding the sheer volume of those prior bad acts could have unfairly prejudiced jurors against lynn. seth williams today vowing to fight the move for a new trial. his plan to ask the full superior court to revisit and review the issue. williams saying the prior bad acts were brought in so jurors could understand the ongoing pattern of how the church traditionally dealt with some abusive priests. >> so, we had to show all these other acts, all of the things that showed monsignor lynn knew how dangerous it was to put a pedophile into a school with children. so we had to show all those other bad acts.

if not, the defendant, he has a great attorney, his defense attorney at trial would say well he wouldn't know what would happen. >> reporter: well, the superior court has 60 days to respond. if it declines, the d.a. said he would then move to the supreme court with this issue. in the meantime monsignor lynn remains in pries ton servin pria three he to six year sentence. his attorney asked that he be given bail as they await the possibility of a new trial. live in center city, john rawlins channel6 "action news. monica. >> pennsylvania governor tom wolf to expect to announce tomorrow what he plans to do with a budget bill that has been sitting on his desk since christmas eve. wolf must decide whether to sign the spending plans which falls hundreds of millions of dollars short of what he wanted but his signature would end a six month old stalemate. lawmakers could not agree on a bipartisan bill. instead they sent a package

just to get the money flowing to schools and social services. coming up on "action news" tonight jim kenney and darrell clarke have a history of working well together but will that dynamic change when kenny takes over as mayor next month? also chip kelly responds to questions about changes needed to the roster. ducis rodgers with that ahead in sports. adam. >> monica, more seasonable at 43 degrees but we'll get a surge of warmth on tuesday, back to the 60's, heavy rain. we'll also have the timing of that sleet in the lehigh valley coming up in accuweather. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues for you tonight. >> ♪

>> new at six, philadelphia city council president darrell clarke and jim kenney traditionally worked well together but will that paradigm shrift next month when kenney becomes mayor. vernon odom sat down with both leaders to find out. >> reporter: call them for now the harmony twins. the mayor elect and the now president jim kenney and darrell clarke promising the mayor and city council will work together and avoid the bitter disputes that flared up during the two terms of outgoing mayor michael nutter. >> the thing is that the team approach is the one that works. >> we have a good personal relationship. i think that the benefits associated with that will work out well for the citizens. it two seldom clashed over politics. both are darlings of organized labor some in the business community in fact look at kenney the son of a retired fireman with a jaundiced eye fearing he may lean heavily towards blue color workers and working class neighborhoods

and not value their concerns like high taxes. >> our attitude has not been a good one because first of all they're citizens of the city and they pay taxes. seconds of all they're people who make the city work. you try walking by the trash truck six days a week 12 months a year. >> personalities are clearly different between can kim jenny and michael nutter. i think the personality issue will not be a big one. i think it's clear we'll be able to work together. >> kenney says he's waging a national search for a fire commissioner citing too many divisions in the department. kenny knows the police black community tensions run high here and across the nation. >> god for bid something bad is going happen at some point in time we'll lose an officer, we'll lose a citizen. there will be things that happen that we can't control. how we approach that and how we respond is what matters. >> reporter: one week from today jim kenney will be sworn in as mayor. he'll be assuming the powers and burdens of the chief executive which are far

different from the role of lawmakers. at city hall, i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news." >> you still have time to sign up for a discount on your bridge commute if you would like. the delaware river port authority will give drivers enrolled in a new jersey e-z pass a credit of $18 if they make 18 trips a month on a bridge. the discount applies to the ben franklin, the betsy ross, commodore barry and walt whitman bridges. that could translate into a savings by the way of more than 200 bucks a year. you do have until midnight tonight to sign up. a special memorial service took place today for a fallen philadelphia firefighter who died more than two decades ag ago. >> ♪ steven yale was killed in the line duty with ladder 29 back in 1991. a small service was held in his honor today at the cathedral basilica saint peter's and paul in center city. his son steven has followed his dad's footsteps with the fire department and will soon be promoted to lieutenant.

>> ducis here with sports. chip kelly defending his birds despite the disappointing season. >> he does not think they're a bad football player. trending that's a trend dee word. let's use in it a sentence. eagles understand clip chip trending in the wrong direction. saturday's loss eliminated the birds from playoff contention. in year number one the eagles went 10 and sings made the players. last year 10 and six but no playoffs. so far this year a six and nine record and no post season. today chip said he does not see the need to make whole sale changes. >> it didn't go our way but i don't think we're a bad football team. not by any stretch. you know, and i think we need to be consistent. i don't think we've done good enough job as coaches to putting them in places where they could make plays. i don't think we need to revamp this entire group of guys because i think we got some really good guys. >> chip has been accused of

being a tad bit arrogant but he cannot possibly be tone deaf. fans are calling for his job. that will be up to owner jeffrey lurie at season's end. jeff skversky asked brandon graham about his coach's future. >> with chip kelly taking all this heat right now what do you say to eagles fans out there that maybe want clip gone. how do you feel about your head coach. >> i think you should let him finish what he started. it wasn't the type of off season you wanted for a lot of people you can't just cut him awesome you got to kind of like let him have another year or let him finish his deal so that you could see what he was trying to do. >> to baseball. ryan howard through his attorney has vehemently denied an al-jazeera network report he used hdh. as for howard's role we caught up with the manager to get

some clarity. >> he's been a superstar in the past and he hasn't had those type of years in the last couple years. and there's a lot of thought i'm going through a process to where i'm trying to figure out the best way to handle it and we'll wait and see in the spring. i don't want to jump the gun. i don't want to get ahead of it and i haven't spoken to ryan. i'll probably speak to him early in the spring. >> the sixers are in utah tonight to face the jazz. jahlil okafor out with a knee issue for the second straight game. speaking of second straight the sixers will be looking for their second straight victory. flyers three game west coast road trip got off to a rough start in anaheim. flyers only scored two goals. the ducks the lowest scoring team in the nhl scored four times 67 flyers lost four-two. they'll visit san jose on wednesday. finally tonight it's easy to acts tough. it's also easy to be exposed when you're not. rams fronter john hecker blind

sided cleveland avril yesterday. let's take a look at the video. when avril tried to retaliate hector kind of cowered a bit. later in the game hecker is punterring and a couple seahawks come his way, look, don't hit me and he here he just lays down. moral of the story, careful who you pick on 'cause they might try to hit you whatting. >> much more "action news" when we come back with adam joseph and accuweather. >> ♪

>> going to feel wintry and cold, wet. different things for different folks. >> some sleet out there overnight but rain for the majority and a soaking rain here for tomorrow morning's

rush hour. as we look at double scan live radar we're dealing with some light rain and a few sleet pellets at times. you could see it is very scattered at this point and most of this is now lifting to the north and east of philadelphia. this is just the very onset of the precipitation and there is enough cold air a few thousand feet up in the atmosphere to help pull down a couple of those ice pellets. i've been getting many folks saying in bucks county and parts of montgomery county yeah as this area of rain passed through there was some mixing of some sleet and that continues near new hope pennington and trenton. that will lift away and the warm air will start to win out overnight tonight. in fact it is still well above freezing no matter where you are. 39 in allentown, 40 in reading, 42 wilmington, 43 he in millville and the biggest concern will be north of the lehigh tunnel into the poconos. it's below freezing there and they could see some icing overnight tonight with freezing rain before it even changes to rain there. and most of the eastern half of the country dealing with some kind of wintry weather or

severe weather. we have low pressure that's coming up near chicago. that's going to send the warm air our way. we're still dealing with tornado watches in the panhandle of florida and ice and snow through much of the great lakes and eventually into the northeast. so, that winter weather advisory goes into effect about let's say 35 minutes from now for reading allentown northampton county into the poconos, sleet for most of our viewing area with ice up in the poconos before that change to rain. in fact by 7 o'clock when that expires, it's already 44 in reading, 41 in allentown, so he no icing issues for tomorrow morning's rush hour in this area of the lehigh valley it's the poconos that will still be below freezing and already in the 60's in southern parts of new jersey. 10 o'clock tonight, there's that sleet and ice to the north in the poconos, rain for most of us. it starts to fill in around midnight. still seeing that blue with there mixing in the lehigh valley. rain for the majority. and 4 o'clock in the morning, heavy rain developing.

even in allentown, starting to change over to rain there. and by 7:30, it is rain up into the poconos, heavy at times. there continues 10 o'clock tomorrow morning as a cold front starts to approach from the west and then westerly winds take over in the afternoon drying out some peeks of sun and temperatures really moving up. as we look at the rainfall totals between now and late tomorrow morning, around an inch 95 to the south and east. half anarch in the lehigh valley. ice that does accumulate in the poconos will eventually melt away to about a quarter to about a half inch of rain up there. day planner tomorrow, 48 at 7 o'clock in the morning with that rain. already near 60 by 10:00. into the 60's tomorrow afternoon with a few peeks of sun and still warm and dry by 4 o'clock in the afternoon so tomorrow evening's rush no problems. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, morning rain for all tomorrow drying in the afternoon and warm. still a lot of clouds on wednesday, some afternoon showers at 57. we round out the month and the

year warm at 54 with some peeks of sun. and then for the mummers parade breezy, brisk and cooler, 45 degrees with sun and clouds. and then more in the way of sun saturday, sunday, monday, near seasonable. temperatures 43 on saturday, and then mid 40's for sunday and monday and up in the lehigh valley where you see the sleet overnight very minor accumulation mainly on the grass, the cars and also the roofs. >> all right. thank you, sir. and abc's "world news tonight" with david muir is next here on channel six. channel6 "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff sharrie williams adam joseph and ducis rodgers and of course join us for "action news at 11:00 tonight here on channel six for jim gardner cecily tynan adam ducis the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass. have a great night. hope to see you right here at 11:00. >> ♪

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