warmer weather, lets get the latest information from accuweather and meteorologist, cecily tynan. >> this morning is when the core of this arctic air was over us and we had gusty winds and the windchill dropped down to 4 degrees below zero in philadelphia and 5 below in trenton and 4 below in millville. and the windchill in the poconos 19 degrees below and the windchill advisory was posted and the windchill dropped down below 25 degrees below zero. the temperatures are still pretty cold and the windchill is 25 in philadelphia, everything is relative compared to this morning it's not that bad and what will happen overnight is the winds diminish, and that means another cold night that won't be as harsh as last night. it shows this arctic high pressure over western pennsylvania and what this will do is keep pushing to the east.

it's a return flow to the southwest and a cold start to the day, not windy though and as we head through the afternoon, temperatures will moderate, so the day planner shows you will have to bundle up in the morning, 7:00, 18, and 1:0037 and by 4:00, a seasonably cool high of 40 degrees, and then the warming trend continues through the weekend, it's another cold night with a calm wind and the warming trend brings moisture over the weekend and we'll talk more about that in the accuweather forecast. >> lets switch live to "action news" reporter, john rawlins outside of city hall, what kinds of problems did the cold weather cause today. >> well jim weather like this is great for winter sports not too bad if you have to walk a few blocks but if you walk outside there could be problems, beyond the obvious it's cold out and machinery can malfunction and

there is increased fatigue. >> the extreme cold is good for the ice skating at dillworth park. >> it's not too cold for me, i like to do this. >> a great day to do this. >> yes. >> working outside is another matter, window washers found windows icing up and the peco crew working to restore service is out in the elements no matter what mother nature delivers. >> 10 degrees it's cold. >> you layer up? >> definitely layer up and take breaks if you need to warm up a bit, everything does a rotation and we all look out for each other. >> if are you a bike courier, you need to wear as many layers as you can. >> some of the worst faced by firefighters, last night they battled a blaze at the clubhouse

at cobb's creek golf course, many of the water ran off and froze into sheets of ice and the big concerns were slipping and falling and frozen gear and fatigue. >> we have to keep the equipment moving and keeping people warm, and then we change out the troops and bring in fresh troops, the weather changes the way we operate. >> some of the problems you can fice while working outside in adverse conditions, the common thread is issues of fatigue and strategies in dealing with the cold weather. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. 6abc.com/weather is the place to be as winter temperatures settle in, you can rely on our constantly updated forecast from the latest from accuweather we'll keep you updated. >> the city of philadelphia officially has a new top cop tonight. >> i richard ross -- do solemnly

swear that i will support obey and defend the constitution of the united states -- >> richard ross took the only to become philadelphia's 30th police commissioner, he was sworn in at a ceremony at central high school his alma mater with seth williams and mayor jim kenney, the 26 year veteran says it's a challenge for law enforcement. >> despite the challenges, we need to have our departments and open up the dialog even with those we don't trust and don't want to connect with us, because we won't do it any other way and now we have reached a pinnacle where we have to sit down and talk. >> mayor kenney says he chose ross because ross instills a steady intelligent confidence and has the strength and dignity to run a police department in 2016.

and myron paterson was named as deputy of control operations. he will be sworn in tomorrow morning. a pedestrian is on route to an area hospital after being struck by a car in brookhaven, delaware county, it happened at 5:25 along the 3500 block of edgemont road, details are sketchy but the driver remained at the scene and the injuries sustained by the pedestrian are described as serious, a stretch of edgemont road is shut down to conduct their investigation, and now police are looking for a driver that hit a pedestrian in newark, it happened at 6:45 this morning on the northbound lanes on the ramp to i-95, police have not released information on the striking vehicle that drove off, the search is on for the individual that invade aid home

in the bridesburg section of philadelphia and sexually assaulted a woman inside. chad pradelli is inside of the special victims unit in huntsing park. chad what is the lightest here? >> reporter: really a troubling crime, philadelphia police say the home invasion sexual assault occurred at 10:00 last night in bridesburg and the suspect remains at large tonight. it was a simple knock on the door that turned to horror on granite, a suspect armed with a gun forced his way into the home, he directed three women and a 3-year-old boy into a room and ransacked the house stealing a tv, a couple of purses and electronic games and before leaving he took one woman to another part of the house and raped her. >> i was surprised and shocked. >> she didn't hear or see anything that could help investigators and the home

invasion sexual assault has rattled her sense of safety, it's like unthinkable. who would do such a horrible thing. you just want to be free to open up your door to whom ever, because that is who i am. >> other residents say year after year the crime only increases around here and the brutality of this crime has them thinking it could be time to move. >> i'm not really surprised but i am surprised. this is a bad neighborhood, it is. >> at last cheng police had no suspects. i'm live in hunting park, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you chad. pennsylvania lawmakers went back to work today for the first time since budget negotiations collapsed just before christmas. it was a regular session day for the senate and a none voting day for the house. leaders of both parties were expected to discuss the stalled state budget and last week

governor tom wolf vetoed much of a republican spending plan but did however release $23 billion in money funding for schools and social services. the employee new justices of the pennsylvania supreme court are being sworn in this week, kevin dougherty was the first sworn in today at the constitution center of philadelphia, justice elect christine donahue will take her oath later this week. coming up president barack obama sheds tears as he remembers sandy hook and executive agency to stop gun violence. and the eagles move forward with their search for a head coach. >> we only hit 32 degrees today but i'm tracking warmer air that will gradually move in over the next five days, but it will come at a price. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight.

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it's unusual to see a president of the united states cry but an emotional president obama unveiled his plan to cut violence today. obama's self admittedly modest plan includes licensing gun dealers, they hope it will expand the number of sales subject to background checks, obama says it's possible to uphold the second amendment while fighting gun violence. >> it's not a plot to take away

everyone's guns, you pass a background check you purchase a firearm. >> obama wiped away tears as he talked about the 20 first graders killed in 2012 at sandy hook elementary school. >> every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. >> obama is using his presidential powers because he says the frequency of mass shootings in the united states has become in his words, the new normal. obama freely acknowledges that he resorted to executive action because congress will not pass a bill to expand background checks of gun buyers and this sparked the predictable political battle. >> after the measures unveiled today by president obama is a measure that would clarify an existing law that requires anyone that sell a gun for a living to register as a firearms dealer and conduct background checks on all buyers.

>> some are operating on different rules, a convicted fillon can buy the same weapon on the internet with no background checks. >> he says it's within his authority to add these background checks. >> and same on congress for forcing the president to take the action. >> 93% of americans favor having background checks for all gun sales and congress has failed to act time after time. >> gun rights advocates do not see it that way, circumventing congress is nothing but an abuse of power, pistol power in bensalem, says that there are plenty of gun laws in place, that if enforced have the same effect, all the president today prompted more people in buying more guns. >> gun sales are up 150% to

200%. i am not happy to say that. people say i should be happy but i'm not happy. the fear is such they are scared to death. >> the president proposed funding for mental health research and hiring more atf agents and investigators. walter perez, channel 6 "action news." world news tonight with david muir has more on the president's plan next at 6:30 after "action news." and there is a new push to keep new jersey high schoolers in the state for college, today choose new jersey, announced the smart student initiative at the campbell soup headquarters, the highest academically ranked seniors at each camden high schools will receive a $2,000 scholarship and a paid internship for three summers, the students have to attend a college or university in the state of new jersey. drexel university in

philadelphia are trying to connect people living in west philadelphia with necessary social services, they unveiled the program you connect. members are trained to act as navigators, to help residents access social service agencies that assist with housing and employment and food assistance. the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3.500 hospitals. fewer than 6% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of

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we are trying to confirm reports think saying there are 43 people in philadelphia waiting to be interviewed for the head coaching position, zbl if you have ever touch aid football, even an nurf football you are added to the list. adam gais was interviewed here in town and only spent one season as the chicago bears offensive coordinator and he was the coordinator in denver.

the 37-year-old is reportedly drawing interest in the miami dolphins as well. >> sean mcdermott is another name to keep an eye on, mcdermott spent a decade with the eagles under andy reid and was on 97.5 this morning. and asked point blank about the eagles job. >> oh, yes, we love it here, living in carolina has been great being here five years, but yes we are always interested, i love the philadelphia area and quite honestly it's tough to watch the last several years having grown up in the area and worked there for 12 years, you know the fan base i know it's important to them, they are genuine and dedicated and they are real. >> it sounds like he just threw his name into the hat. >> and seth joiner still bleeds

eagle green and jaime apody spoke with him about the eagles future. >> playing for buddy ryan, a personality if there ever was one, what does this city need? >> it's a blue collar city in your face type of city, hard working and tough. give every ounce of energy that you have, pure hustle all the time. they need a coach that will instill that in their players, because that is what the city embodies, so if the city embodies it, we need a coach that embodies it, the coaches and players and teams will always mirror the image of the coach. we are not shakes and sleep monitors and sports science, that not what this is all about, this city is hard nose in your face, you know rumble and scrape

your knees and scrape your elbows and in your face, that is the kind of coach we need. >> he knows. the flyers have a tall order they host the canadiens, the team to beat. they are happy to be home, they went 0-3, the next three games are teams in their eastern conference, the time to make a move it now. >> getting back into the playoff picture and every win we can get is a point they won't get. it's a crucial part of the season for us. >> especially against our division, our eastern conference i think the points are important and not that the other points are not important but when you play in a race for the playoffs, it's those kinds of games you have to win. >> getting back to gais for the bears, manning calls him the smartest guy he knows.

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single digit windchills through much of the tri-state area. >> getting better the winds are diminishing and we are climb ougt of the deep freeze, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have dry conditions out there and the action cam is taking a look by the fairmont park water works, not a bright and sunny day but the sunshine did not help to warm things up at all. we are live at sky 6 hd looking at shawnee mountain where they are making tons of snow and they opened up today with seven trails, the ski resorts loving this cold weather and things begin to warm up as we head

toward the rest of the week. today it was cold but not record cold, just felt very harsh compared to last december, the morning low, 12 degrees, that is 14 degrees below normal, but actually 14 degrees above the record low of 2 degrees below zero set in the 1900s and trenton 9 and wildwood down to 12, but windchills below 0 this morning. if you are thinking with this cold weather do we have a chance of snow? in the next five days we have a dramatic warm-up and temperatures climbing up into the 50s, that could change later next week. the call from accuweather, 30 degrees the current philadelphia temperature, trenton 26 and allentown 29 and millville 19 and reading 28 degrees, fortunately the winds diminish, this time yesterday, the winds

sustained and gusting near 30, the wind speed many 5 miles per hour. we are not looking at a windchill factor tonight. stat satellite 6 along with action radar showing us this is the culprit that bought the cold weather from the northern and the winds are calm tonight and tomorrow they shift from the southwest and that brings us gradual warming and tonight is another cold night, without the winds not as brutal at last night, 14 in trenton and 7 in allentown and philadelphia 16 and wilmington 15 degrees. tomorrow with the high pressure shifting off the eastern seaboard, winds from the southwest it will get milder, a high of 40 degrees, loads of sunshine again, 40 is where we should be for this time of year, seasonably cool and then this high pressure pushes to the east even more by thursday and what this does is bring us in milder air, 44 degrees and the southern

jet stream begins to get active. this pressures the coastal low to move out to sea and we deal with a warm front moving in and increasing clouds and rain late friday night into saturday and light rain and low pressure tracks to the west on sunday and that brings us a soaking rain as long as it gets close enough, we are looking at rain not snow, a chilly morning, not as cold by the afternoon, wall-to-wall sunshine, don't forget the sunglasses, thursday it gets more mild, 44 degrees and mostly sunny skies and on friday, a day of transition and morning sun and the clouds roll in in the afternoon and late friday night we see some showers, saturdayy pleptsy of clouds and with periods of showers and drizzle not any heavy rain and 50 degrees, sunday the wetter of the two days, 55 degrees and if

the low pressure tracks close enough to us we'll get a soaking rain and that will unleash colder air by next week, monday 44 the high and tuesday the temperatures drop back below normal another shot of arctic air arriving next week. abc's world news is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17. for cecily tynan and ducis rogers, we hope you'll join us at 11:00.

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breaking news tonight. the showdown after the president breaks down. the president taking executive action on gun control, and begins to cry with victims families standing beside him. but tonight, the opposition, swift and sweeping. also breaking at this hour, the new plea from the fbi tonight. after the terror attack in california. they have just revealed an 18-minute mystery. they need your help now. the major storm. the passenger jet off the runway. the emergency evacuation and the bitter blast now gripping the country. armed and dangerous. the young woman, at least six stores now, barrelling in, leaving nearly nothing behind. the feds now releasing this surveillance. and the breaking headline at this hour involving bill cosby's wife. the new turn in the case.