"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon sara

bloomquist is off and in the news a multivehicle crash causes a nightmare on i-95 during the morning rush. and another winning power baltic set sold in your area and we'll tell you where. but the big story is day two of a bitter blast outside, highs in the 20s once again today and we could see snow later this week. lets take a live look from sky 6 hd in center city. lots of sun out there and it's hardly warming things up as we deal with another day of windchills in the single digits. because of the bitter cold some schools are releasing students early, and we'll have more coming up with annie mccormick later, but first we'll check in with david murphy at the big board with the cold and possible snow later in the week. >> it looks like a storm is barrelling toward us and we'll talk about that in a minute, but you have sun out there and

bitter cold. some clouds could push in later on but the big story is the temperature, we are at 25 in philadelphia currently and allentown 23 and same in reading and trenton and 24 in wilmington and millville, but factor in the strong wind from the west, you have windchills that are really raw. below zero in the western suburbs, the only number i have below zero is in the poconos. single digits in wilmington trenton and 10 in millville and 8 in wildwood. this gives you the idea to bundle up with the extra gear this afternoon and this evening if the winds are a factor. high of only 27 degrees, tomorrow we'll see things improve a little bit but in the meantime, another bitter day today. probably not a bad side yeah to

talk about symptoms of frostbite if you are out and about today, numbing and tingling in your hands and toes for that matter, that is a sign you were out too long and need to get inside. if you start to develop blisters or pain and swelling, you definitely want to get inside and warm water is better for your hands and feet than hot water, that can actually hurt the skin. you want to be careful about that if you are out and about. the one thing i'll point out is the actual storm and energy that will transfer into our east coast storm at the end of the week is off the coast of california, this is starting to push the precipitation in here, it's a long trek it has to make before a weaker low and then a strengthening low off our coast, it's this portion of the travel frit ni into saturday, where we have the biggest concern.

we could get snow out of this on the long range models, but there say long way to go and things could change, i'll have the latest coming up rick when we check the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> thank you david. lets check in now with "action news" reporter, annie mccormick live at lock elementary school in west philadelphia where students were just sent home due to a lack of heat. >> students got an automated call earlier this morning saying the heater here was broken at lock elementary school, a spokesperson says this is an isolated incident to three schools in the district but because of these dangerously cold temperatures, they thought it was best to send the children home. students at lock elementary school were sent home after a heating issue caused dangerous cold temperatures for students.

>> it's really cold, and the lady in the office said she could feel the difference. >> we went inside and the teachers said if you want to call your mom to go back home call her because it's cold. >> in the delaware valley, it's another day for dangerously cold temperatures. >> i'm not happy about it. can't feel my ears or knuckles and my toes are going. we'll see. this lone jogger on the normally busy track is training for a big race and said he had no choice. in media, delaware county, you can see the wind whips flags in the area and in chester county, even stepping out to pump gas could be torture. but some are happy to feel winter. >> it doesn't phase me. >> you don't mind it?

>> i like the change of season when spring and summer comes and then i like it to be cold again. >> it was kind of warm in december and i was ready for it to be cold. >> reporter: and again back here live in west philadelphia, students say they were dismissed at noon today that is when the final dismissal is here at lock elementary school, some schools have insufficient heat, they are both located in the 2100 block of north 7th street. annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. and with the possibility of snow on friday, 6abc.com/weather is your resource for comprehensive updates, and real time conditions from stormtracker 6 live double scan radar. one person is dead and another person is in custody after an apparent domestic

dispute, police responded to lower oxford for reports of a stabbing and they are not releasing details at this point but we know one person died and another person was taken into custody. they call it a homicide and are not looking for any other suspects. >> chopper 6 hd was over a multivehicle accident in tacony, near the cotman avenue exit of i-95, numerous cars rear ended each other, there were three different accidents on i-95 overnight and no reports of injuries but traffic was backed up for a while, police were investigating the exact cause of the collisions. now to the eagles. where the doug peterson era is about to begin, the eagles officially named peterson their new head coach yesterday and today the team will introduce him. jaime apody is live at the nova care complex in south philadelphia with a preview. >> reporter: hey there rick,

this is where it's all going to happen at 2:00 p.m. today, a new era of philadelphia football once again, doug peterson will be introduced as the new coach by owner, jeffrey lurie. after all the speculation he finally landed in philadelphia and spent the day inside of the facility signing the contract and formalizing his staff before leaving with his wife to have dinner at jeffrey lurie's house at 7:15. peterson will use this press conference to tame the skeptical and there will be many. and whether or not he expects to keep sam bradford and tough questions for lurie as well. and if they settled for peterson and he will assert they wanted him as their guy all along.

we'll be with you all day as it breaks, and as it happens on "action news." doug peterson the new coach of the philadelphia eagles, live in south philadelphia, jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. when coach peterson is introduced we'll bring it to you live. look for coverage of the coach's news conference starting at 2:00 this afternoon. we'll stream it at 6abc.com, and on the 6 abc news app. someone in buck county is a whole lot richer today, a winning power ticket worth a million dollars from saturday's power ball was sold at the home town delhi in newtown. the store receives a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. still to come on "action news" at noon, a brazen attack on a postal worker in tennessee, police say she was delivering

mail when someone through acid on her. and ahead this cnn contractor is still missing in iraq and they are pointing fingers at the iraqi government.

a navy sal able ship is helping to find missing marines including one from this area. they found life rafts from the choppers and some were inflated. but there was no indication that anyone was on them. one the missing marines captain brian kennedy is from philadelphia. there are new developments from the drinking water emergency in flint, michigan, the governor is expected to discuss the water crisis in his state of the state address tonight. the water supply was switched by state appointmented officials but residents were not notified for five months, class action

lawsuits will be filed today against the city and state and they say if they could have gotten a federal disaster instead of emergency. the u.s. government is making a pledge to the family of robert levinson, the american who vanished in iran in 2007, he was working as a cia contractor. levinson's family is not sure about it. kerry will not rest until levinson is found. >> we do not have evidence at this point as to where he is. we have been clear about that, we are tracing every lead -- >> any kind of comments about locating him in cooperation is nonsense to us, the u.s. government believes and we believe that the iranian government knows exactly where he is. >> meantime four americans released as part of a prison swap may come home in several

days, a fifth american released chose to stay in iran. federal authorities are searching for a man that attacked a postal worker with acid. she was delivering mail when the man ran up and threw the acid on her, authorities are offering a $25,000 reward for any information. a police officer in st. paul, minnesota, is put on leave amid allegations he urged people to run over protesters, they allege he put on facebook how to run over someone and not be charged with a crime during the martin luther king rally. st. paul's mayor issued a statement saying he was outraged and disgusted. a homeless man in fresno california is cited for aggressive panhandling for than 70 times in the past year and

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the preview. >> reporter: hey rick, it's a big day in sports here we are eaglely awaiting the press conference with the new eagles coach doug peterson, we'll be glued to it and have all the details at 4:00. either things we are working on, we are all about the cold but also keeping an eye on a possible storm moving in this weekend. at 4:00 we'll talk about road crews who may finally be called into action. and it's a terrifying robbery inside a local wawa police want your help to track down a man full of people with a tremendous knife. take us with you on the go if you have not downloaded the 6 abc news app. you can watch us live on your smart phone or tablet. and we'll talk about the oscar

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meteorologist, david murphy, is here now and you are probably getting tired of people asking you what do you think of this weekend? >> everybody is asking. >> well what do you think of this weekend? >> we'll talk about that in a moment. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you we have dry conditions this afternoon and from the action cam earlier, looking at the horses, you can see how they all have their blankets on, the professional horse keepers know how to treat their animals, this have to go out and eat the grass but it's cold in fairmount park. winds from the west now at 23 miles per hour and gusting as high as 30 to 35. that is giving you a current windchill of 10, and windchills

in the mid to single digits in our northern suburbs. 23 in allentown and reading and 25 in philadelphia and 4's and 23's down to the south. everybody with the windchills down to 10 degrees. satellite and radar shows you how we have a lack of significant cloud cover in the immediate region, it looks like some stuff from the north will go over the mountains and thinning out a bit and it's possible to see a sun and clouds mix later in the day, we'll call it mostly sunny in the afternoon and lehigh valley, a bitter wind and high of 27 degrees, the wind is making it feel colder than that, single digit windchills at the lehigh valley, lots of sun and windy and cold and windchills getting up too the low to mid teens at times at the shore, and philadelphia mostly sunny and windy and bitter and high of 27 degrees, the winds

gust as high as 35 miles per hour and the windchills staying in the low double digits as we go through the afternoon and climbing up into the teens as the winds drop off a bit around dinner time tonight, evening commute, 26 by 4:00 and 25 by 5:00, staying 25 by 6:00 as well and sinking to 26 degrees by 7:00 and we'll be on the windy and breezy side, the winds are not quite as strong, noticeable at 10 to 20 miles per hour. and check out the brisk and cold lows, 15 in the suburbs and windchills in the single digits, all eyes turn to the end of the week it's not over the map yet, a bit of instability, that will change fer its energy to the low. we expect it to deepen through the southern states and then all eyes are on what happens with this cold air in place, it's not a deep seeded cold air mass in

place and doesn't stay in place, if it does, we'll get snow but if we can interact enough with the warm ocean water, it's possible we'll be able to change over part of the precipitation we get from snow to rain for a portion of this event. either way a lot of distance this low has to cover but friday late in the day and night into saturday will be the period we'll see snow, windy and cold today, 27 degrees is the forecast high and flurries around late in the day tomorrow and 38 on thursday, friday and saturday of course, the target time period with highs of 34 both days and snow likely at this point on friday night and the question is, does it change over to rain and rob us of some potential accumulation, but it looks like we need to get the shovels ready just in case rick and the weather team will keep on top of that. >> today is only tuesday a lot

could happen. >> yes. next on "action news" at noon, a man accused of killing a homeless shelter worker turns himself into police, more on the arrest coming up. and they are considering an overall of president obama's immigration rules, we'll explain what that means. stay with us.

"action news" at 12:30 continues. >> hello again, sara is off, here are the stories we are following for you now on "action news" at 12:30. getting to work or school has been brutal today, the brutal temperatures are really hard to take, meteorologist, david murphy, tells us when the harsh conditions will improve. and a massachusetts teenager is accused of encouraging her boyfriend to commit suicide and now that he is gone they want to charge her in connection with his death. and some big name actors say they are boycotting the oscars. >> and the bitter cold is even worse today outside and the bitterly freezing temperatures prompted the camden county officials to issue a code blue emergency and in philadelphia two schools closed early today because of problems with their heaters. lets go outside and look at sky 6 hd