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season really arrives today. this at a monster srm sweeping acrosshe country has left behind, a it is from the ep south to the canadian border and it business toake it through our arean the next few urs. monday night jim's off i'm monica malpass. the the b story on "action news" tonight is a winter weather advisory for several counties in our viewing area butverybody will be getting precipitation of some sort likely a soaking rain. "action news" reporter christie lleto is in the lehigh vl tonight where they are awaiting a first dose of that wintry weather. bufirst lets get to meteorologist adam jeph and storm tracker six li radar for latest on the timing of all this, a >> monday cars, we are dealing with the rain rht now on double scanive radar ro much ofhe area even in the lehigh valley, it is still in theorm of liquid. we will gop to the poconos toee a littleit of have eet and freezing rain. athe on set of the precipitation that has pushed in over ea ho to hour and a hf. as we look closer at double scan live radar you can e

that wall of green with e light ea rainfall, the blue area, got theo remind you because we have not had any ue on the radar is winter season. theh is that sleet and freezing rain. at is wl to theorth in the poconos and rth of the the hi nl. temperatures, still ave freezing in aentown at 34 degrees. thirty-six in reading. thirty-seven in nster. forty's to the south. thehe nbers wi drop a fewore degrees d tn they will rise, and the second a half of the overnight hours ashe southerly wind kicks in. winter weather advisory in effect until 7:00 o'clock in the morningor r county, lehigh county, rampton county, off in the poconos a brief area of se ice in the poconos, before a change to i and a cold front is approaching to the west that means a southerly sgehich will i in the warmth and eventually that heavy in in time unfortunately for th moing rush hr. so for the moing rush, red ght la kind of a rning. soaking rain no matter where you ar ev in e lehigh valley it is all rain by tomorrow morning. ponding on the aays.

wetoads not icy roads. monica in the lehigh valley they he cld see coupleours of sleet. we will ve much more cing up in that ll accu weather forecast. >> thanks very much, adam. lets switch live to cstie lleto at the northeast extension service plazan allentown christie, penndot has been getting ready ando are many of the folks you spoke with tonight. >> reporter: understandably so monica. we haveeen spotty showers on and off throughout the evening andi tse falling temperatures resident want to make rehey are prepared. >> i don't want to haveny ice fln front ofy u. so we're pting aarently a lot of i. >> reporter: sarah was looking for l residents braced for their first taef winter as tumbling temperatures and stty rn showers in a could sy turn toleet blanketed the hh valley. >> mostlyoing to be yg down material, salt on the roadways, trying to ke the road from icing up.

>> reporter: penndot crews stand at the ready. >> checking pressure. >> reporter: pep boys in a allentown is slammed with customers trying to winter ice their cars a lot of pple changing their fids and stuff. check to see if there is any leaks or anything that could caeheir car to break down. tteries. >> reporter: storm that already has sidents wishing imrtant last weekend's l weather. >> i liked the 70 degrees but that cannot last forever. >> reporter: penndot sa bigger that nht will be black e. they e asking anyone on the road tonight and ornight to take their time. reporting live from the lehigh valley christie lleto chnel six a "action news". theonday y. >> thanks, christie. "action news" morning team, of course will start 30 for with you eight delopments on the winter storm from re a e rest of the country. plus any aic concns from all of that rain during the morning s you can get upo t second

weather conditions ytimenur web se x abc.comnd through can view storm tracker six le just ke ad uses and get the seven day forecast right into the new year. severe weather did e across the u. killing 47 people in seven as, here in garlandexas sent are beginning to clean up v after deadly tornado ripped through that area over the ekend. atri of twisters ld through a 40-mile stion of texas some with wind to 180 miles an hour. the governor of new mico also declared a sta of emergency due to snow. and, here in the midwest historically hey downpours produced flash flooding, that killed least 15. back here, philadelphia police are hoping for a break after nine armed robberies at bus stops in the west oak lane section. investigators sayhe thief demand cell phones, at gunpoint. dann cuellar li at the septa bus op in cheltenham anue with the ve latest on that

dann. >> reporter: monica, this guy is showing no signs of stopping and brazen eugh strike twice inwo different lotions. in all tne lotion the e cms have all been women. >> oh, my god. reporter: bonnie has often turn down r daughter's offers torive heto the bus stop. not anymore. >> i'm not going to ignoreer no more. takme to the b st or i will not go until it gets light. reporter: latest robbery happened this morning at bus stop here in the 1200 bck of ston, the the ninth in the rash ofobberies that began earlier this mth. the vtims werell targeted by a suspect matching the same description, as different times of the the da >> cell phone seems to be what he is targeting. but again he armed with a handgun. so anytime again you have those ttionshere someone is arm it is ry dgerous situation. >> reporter: northwest detectives say there has been nine such nint bries since december 6th, twe at, philomena street and twice at cedar brooknd upso all but one were women. itos like he is targeting woman byhemselves at the the bustop early in the morning.

>> reporter: it is making people skiddish about standing arnd wting for a b. >> just pray for the bus to come ear because, i don't know, y are a femalend standing here in the dark. >> reporter: police are warning bus riders toe on the guard and be on the look out. >> if you see somebody hgg around go inside a gas station, ca 9. wee hoping that changes the the appointment we will get this g o of the street. >> reporter: victim told entical descriptions a young ackale in s d 20's, facial freckles, discoloration and probably a mole. he was st seen ang a dark hooded swe srt and dark pant we are li in st oak lane, dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >> thanks, dann. a 19 year-old man is being treated by dtors tight for a bullet wound to the chest. he was shot at 65:00 in southwest philadelphia in the 6600 block of rngton avenue. police say is sinth shooting in the iborhood since rtmas on friday. investigators do not y know whathe mote is hind this

one. also in uwest phadelphia, a water main break has foded the 7400 block of elmwood enue and cutff svices t50 customers. waterepartment oicials tell us an 8-inch main fractured at o 5:30 tonight. thetreet will be close to traffic while the rairs are made, sincehe the the wer main break started to compromise the the ro itself. the the tst toy of e holidays got a little bit too hot for a my at newersey shore. a christmas present nrly rned io a fiery nhtmare. youre looking at the chard remains of the smart balance wheel hoverboard, that crackled and then burst into flames in m whalen's laci township homeast night. that board was crging on the carpet. the battery compartment just blew up, sending octiles flying tough the shore burning theitchen floor and leavinghe livingoom veredn residue from the the fire extinguisher. young craig sd he was jt 2 feet ay. >> he was on top of. that ithe would have be a

land mine. >> i would say immediately do not let your kidside this thg. it is so dangerous. i never imagined anyoyould blow up like tt. >> amazon and other retailers have w ldeveral models, 16 fires haveeen ported nationwide. fire fials sgest charging your hoverboard outside, if possible. the consumer products safety commission isow looking in the whalen the's cent. we willecessity by tomorrow morning if pennsylvania governor tom wolf will sign a budget on his desk. he is huled a news nference to make that a anuncement and "action news" will behere republican lawmakers sent him a la ditch, $30.3 billion package that do ll r short of the mon that wf wantedor public schools and social services. wolf alsoas the optiono veto the bget in whole in rt or let it become law without his signature. so far s staff has not sa etherhis spending plan is a go. > philadelphia d.a.s asking for trd trial r a catholic cr official

imprisoned for his handling of theedophile priests. monsignor lam ly was convicted of sffling dangerous priests to to new parishes d tholic schools endangering new children. lynn was qck in 2012 but at was overturnedy an appeals court. now d a a seth williams is asking the entire superior court toe the the case. in wordf they will a r. holiday season is still in full swing at a church in wilmington. >> ♪♪ joy to the r ♪♪ >> small group gathered outside new le christian center to sing christmas carols. it took placen wh is considered to e of the toughest neighborhood in that city. in en did the congregation and they also handed out gifts to lol children. still to come on "action news" a victory inhe fight against isis eeas. it iseing cled a perfecttm of human r. we have aions after a grd jury decides not to

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jersey. augusthe grand ry there decided not to ing charges agnsthe officer. >> well, we want to let it be knownhat we are n going to be quiet about ts, you kw this thisas a tr, ts was a husband this was a n, this was a go cizen in the community. >> that night police say reid defied order to stay in the car after th found a handgun in the glove box. officers say they were ncerned that reid may have other apon. tonight, iraqi os are celebrating a victory in t fight against isis. they have retaken t ci of ramadi from theand of the islamic state. drone ctured the moment security rs hoisted the iraqi flag over th key governmental building. the the whe house says u.s. military coalition supported that operation th more an 630 a strikes training, and equipment. a 94 year-old bridge in pittsburgh vanish, in a matter of sonds. the righthere this morning. today's implosion took five

years of planning and three months of physical preparation. they are making way for new bridge that is scheduled to open in 2017. the heroic tions of fire chief in pennsylvania today were captured on this da cam video. take a look, chfate tracie of the yorkownshipi department was the first to a arrive at the scene of the burninga and the driver was knocked out inside dis life was in danger. the the chief charged in that fiery smokey car withoutvenime to tis fire fighter jket on. then you canee ambulance is arriving justs the ief pulled e victim out a alive and this is wh happened to the car it weren't for fire fighters daring, t ending could ha be mu worse. harlem globetrotter great george meadowlark lemon passed away over the weekend. argumentably the mo fo play for th team. he played 24 season dore than 16,000 games. he joined gbe trotters in 954 have aer serving two years in the army. he was n for a sinkg half

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at 80 o'clock thursday night. some rformances include carrynder wood, ke bryant, and one direction. it will be funeant to find out how weather will eat us inhe w ar. >> it been dry. that isood thing and warmer than average. go figure. that is good for folks inew york and here philadelphia, of course. but tonight not so pleasant outside. we are dealing th in across the e on doublecan le radar. even in the lehigh valley, it is still at this point mainly ghtainut temperatures ove freezing. u ha to head in t poconos where you see th blue on double scan live rar which indicates that sleet and icehats sting up but again very spotty, very light. you have to workest of lancaster nr york where it the istarting to intensify. once that ban phes in it should drive them in the lehigh valley to show a little bit of sleet before it anges to rain earlyomorrow morning. theight now it i34 in allentown. that numberhould in the drop

any further as the temperatures will begin to rise late tonight. thirty-six reading. thirty-seven lcaster. forty's philadelphia. all the way down to sea le city and shore withhe poconos, at 2degrees, dealing with that freezing rain. ase look at satellite and radar a massive storm pass o cross ccago bnging severe weather to e south snow off this is noh ape greatakes and th area of epitation with the cold front that ll push in he d intensify over next few hours. the nr weather vory continues t 7:00 in the morning for berks county, lehigh county, northampton county in the poconos. forur immediate viewing ea from ltown to reading sleet at times before it changes to ra. ice in the poconos before theret also changes rain and, in fact, we're still dealing with the very wa ground despite 34 in the lehigh vaey right now. la met was l freezing w seven ds ago on december 21st, sonything that falls in the form of e eet, in that advisory ea in the lehigh valley and berks county would only

briefly coat mof the grs surfaces, the not much of t roadways oridewalks. the as wlook at futurerack era midnight sleet to the north, rain across much of the area heavy rain philadelphia, wilmington and trenton at 4:00 in the morng as it starts to move in the lehigh valley. eorning ru at 7:30 it is rain as r north as ligh valleyven in the poconos starting to x with se rain. heavier at times philadelphia down to uern new jersey and lare. this is at : o'clock. still dealing with pding on the rdways a then it is outf here by lunchtime and in t afternoon and 2:00 maybe a few peaks of sunshine. it is hlthy amount of ra over half ih of rnn the lehigh valley. even in the poconos after ice over half inch of rain a near inch along i-95 and three-quarters of an inch at the shore a and southern delaware. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, 62 warmer degrees thomas wery out in the afternoon. still md b lot of cloud a few afternoon showers with a weak srbance and a few

peaks of sun last daof the year at 54 wa ges. breyooler for mummers on friday at5 and then sarday suay mday sun a fewloud and more seasonal with temperatures in the lower to m 40's. all rain by torrow morning's rush mter where you you are. >> all righthanks, sir. christmas has come and gone and you may ndering what to dwith your tree. ty of pladelphia is trying to ma th easier for you. ficials will launch e annual tree recycling program a weekrom today january 4th. tropical your tree off a one of the six sanitation convenient centers. they l23 designated tree drop locations. the ty officials a say recycling your tree helps the environment and cu do ownae co forhem d find a whole li of lotns on our w

ducis is here wh eles news and wt changes chip kelly might be thinking about. >> a lot of changes. he will to have ma more change these year but in the a wholeotf changes. chip lly wi save thorough evaluation foresees on e but does not feel this roster

ed a complete eaul. chip believes in his gs. id he and the cching staff need to do a better job. >> i don't think we're a bad football team not the any stretch. i can tk to you abt play we are not consistent. i don't think we have done enough job pting them in position toss make plays. i don't think we nd to revamp this entire group of guys because i i we have really go guys. >> eaglesave one game maining against the the giants on nd at e mdow land. for thoseoping they would lose to get a better draft pick that won't be the player's approach. >> we will go out tre d give itur a. it is a pride in we will not the lay wn for ybody. >> we will see wh gu are de of is week. we wi come in ape fh i necessity a lot of guys are. th will get out and show some heart in th me verse thgiants because i know they areifficulties a appointed but lasthing you nto in philadelphias gi u >> with the eles eliminated lets talk baseball. fifty-one days until phillies first

spring training work t. in the aime pete mann on will to have dlith the declining, ry howard. >> he has meant so cto the organization, he has been a super star in t past. he hasn't d those type of years in the last couple of years. there lot of thought about i through a process where i ll try to figure o the best way to hdle it. weilla a see inhe spring. the i don't want to jump the gun. i haven't on to a i will pbably speak toim early in the rg. >> still ahead villanova puts on a clin against penn tonight. plus sixers, might they do it again? another

the sixers are attempting to go where tm, nely 2015 sixers have gone, before and place ld back to back victories. sixers and jazzith theopes tonight, it ses like they are spinning their heels. first quarterashad holmes inside xs wn b14 after one. butast fward to t third quarter, saturday's hero ih smithloats 1n ge tied at 76. moments later smith again this timeish toes rlens el. eighteen for hi sixers up by tw fourth qrr no burton with the big three. right now the e sirs a up 91-89 with 38 seconds to go. jay wright and villanova hosting penn, and 33rd straight win at pavilion.

nova opened up on 36-sev run. donahue had has 18, but has 29 points. ownson leads all wi season h two two. nova wi and drexel losing tonight. penn state, has aid in jacksonville, florida. the nittany lis wi fa georgia surdayn the tack player bowl. coach franklin plans to give the players some eway to enjoycenery down the in florida but as e game gs closer sa rws will getighter. i'm in the sure wh trouble yu n can find inlorida but i'm's sure they can find some trble. >> thanks, ducis. concert goers enjoyed jazz in nr ci tonight. >> ♪♪ >> some mysterious tvelers two, great migrations concert series aimt showcasing local artists a and making fan friendly if you missedhow dough don't worry it ns through may. jim mm li is next. for all of us,

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