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slippery roads for your morning commute? it very well could. hopefully, for the last time this winter. it the is thursday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is the distinct possibility of slick roads in the morning. this is a live picture of the penndot yard or the area around the corner from the penndot yard, this is swanson street near front and oregon in south philadelphia where they are getting ready to salt the roads overnight. they say that they've got several hundred trucks at the ready for this task. the meteorologist cecily tynan is live at the big board with the latest information from accu weather and storm tracker six live double scan. >> jim, this likely will be winter's last hooray and it is going out with a wimper, live double scan storm tracker showing you really big picture with the storm and storm system in the center is way down to the south over south carolina that is where impressive moisture is with it. is there a upper low swinging

through yes valley. these two will join forces in the coastal storm and deepen but by the time that happens the storm system ties far east to bring us any substantial snow. so there is some snow, falling from the sky, the big question is how much will it stick? i don't think it will be much. double scan live really zoomed in showing we have light snow here in the south of philadelphia. this band will move just a little bit further north but not much. a lot of dry air is in place. winter weather advisory is in effect for areas south of the pennsylvania turnpike, for the philadelphia region, this isn't until 9:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. for right along the coast, that is until, 1:00 o'clock tomorrow morning, and we're looking at, really a a minor, nuisance. for the morning rush hour, it is just use caution. road should be passable. the light snow. most of it will be melting on the roads but there could be a few slick spots, main roads will be wet, and then after this system we have got another weak system on the way on the weekend and next week, temperatures sky rocket. we will talk about that in the

full accu weather seven day forecast, jim. >> thanks, cecily. "action news" morning team will get an early start tomorrow to help you navigate the snowy commute, slick roads in the area. join us a half an hour earlier then normal starting at 4:00 a.m. for latest accu weather forecast and traffic conditions. we have breaking news from south philadelphia a tonight, this is lee's cafe at fifth and washington, where police and homicide detective are there because a woman's body was found a short time ago in the basement. her throat had been slashed. now lets take a live look at the scene, police are telling "action news" that the victim was 54 years old and a employee of the restaurant, her name is being withheld until relatives can be told what happened. philadelphia homicide detective are also on the hunt for a killer, who gunned down a 39 year-old man tonight in west oak lane. the victim was shot once in the head on the 7500 block of mainland road at 8:45, we have

no word just yet on a motive. imagine getting lost in the pine barons of new jersey in the dark. that happened tonight, to a pair of hunters. spotlights and search and rescue helicopters scanned woods of the buena vista township near main avenue and they were finally found the hunters were at 7:30. one suffered a leg injury but otherwise, they're okay. the deadly reckon route 222 that killed five people, that killed five people is a tragedy for a lehigh valley company. all of the victims were co work hours were car pooling home. authorities declined to identify the company that they worked for, but the coroner says that the victim, two women and three men, were between the ages of 19 and 59. police say that for a still unknown reason their subaru crossed the median and then hit a tractor trailer head on. this is was upper macungie

township. the truck driver is okay. philadelphia's mayor jim kenney told city council to day that he wants to levee a soda tax so the city can raise another 400 million-dollar. kenney said today that monday would i go to a number of initiatives including universal prek. the soda tax will charge distributors 3 cents per ounce which would presumably be passed down to consumers. kenney budget totals $4,170,000,000 which is a hundred million-dollar more than last year. a key part of the kenney budget includes $600 million to repair city rec centers, parks, library, that is a key to ridding neighborhood of crime, and getting people jobs, says kenney. >> study after study shows we can improve public safety of our neighborhood, expand educational opportunities for our children and create jobs all by invest particular in our existing parks, libraries and rec centers. >> kenney attended a a

discussion with prek providers tonight to get input on a plan to expand quality prek for three and four years old who currently do not have access. but the controversial center piece of the kenney spending plan is that proposed soda tax and "action news" reporter christie ileto spent this night getting reaction to that from philadelphians, christie what did you hear? >> reporter: well, supporters say that the the dollars on much needed programs across the city but businesses and their customers say that it will hurt their wallet and in time their bottom line. soda's may cause this now, but mayor jim kenney's proposed soda tax on sugary beverages could hit small businesses and residents in their wallet. >> 40 cents for this soda. so this is 12-ounces, he wants, 3 cents per ounce, so this can of sewed, will be an extra 36 cents. that is 76 cents for this can of sewed a i just don't agree

with that. >> it will be like two doll are a. >> these neighborhood they get 3 cents. >> reporter: do you think it will be bad for business here. >> of course. >> reporter: store owners worry the proposal drives customers away. >> they will go elsewhere. they will go to cherry hill, they will go to the suburbs, they will not go spent $2 extra for a 2-liter soda or $4 for a 12 pack of soda. >> reporter: others. >> i guess it can't be a bad thing from a public health standpoint. >> reporter: taxis said to generate 400 million-dollar mainly funding prek education. >> any money going to schools is great. >> fifteen million-dollar went toward the love statue. we didn't vote on that. ridiculous. take from it that money, not from this. >> reporter: while city council squash the matter before. >> it is back on the table and hopefully mayor kenney will listen to our concerns and small businessman, and take it from there and drop it as well. >> reporter: now, berkley, callus the only city recently

to implement a tax like this reporting live from logan square, christie ileto for channel six "action news". >> jim? >> thanks, christie. new jersey transit and its union that are threatening to strike, will meet for mediation talks tomorrow in washington. new jersey transportation officials say today painted a dire picture for commuters, as far as rail workers walk off the job at midnight next saturday. announcing contingency plans for trains to stop running, new jersey transit says it will expand services on 30 bus routes and bring in help from private bus carriers. it was a scare for some students on their way to school this morning in northeast philadelphia. when two of the wheels on their bus, fell off. the bus was driving along its way to maritime academy charter school when this happened. the bus run by a company called philly trans was filled with children. mercifully nobody was hurt. the district officials are now trying to find out exactly what happened and why.

a manmade a gruesome discovery while cleaning out a vacant home in the park side section of philadelphia this afternoon. police say that he found a severely decomposed body in the entrance of a property at 53rd and jefferson. officials say remains were there for several weeks if not longer. investigators are still trying to determine the person's age, gender, and as well as how they died. we have told you about the drug narcan before and anecdote to heroin overdose. no where is it being used with more effectiveness then by police in delaware county. the case in point, two recent incidents in netter providence township. "action news" reporter dan cuellar, explains. >> reporter: for office's cross the delaware valley, it is becoming an increasingly all too familiar call. >> we found a 23 year-old female unconscious laying on the floor, and she was very gray in color. >> reporter: not breathing and with a faint pulse it was believed to be a heroin overdose. netter providence officer william wean i rushed to get a

narcan kit, now car mid all patrol cars. they administered first one and then a second dose of the drug into her nose. >> within a couple minutes the female started to breathe, and we got a pretty strong pulse. >> reporter: it was the second life saved in as many days by netter providence officer using a drug, a tool they did not have until just recently. >> we have been doing this for 23 years and i have seen a lot of tragedies. we never had this tool as something that we can administer on the scene. >> two days, these gentlemen have saved two lives, real proud of them and, you know, credit to their profession. >> reporter: life saving effort is part of the county wide program created by d.a. jack whalen. since the program began 15 months ago, 195 lives have been saved, across delaware county. >> we're going to do whatever we can to prevent the loss of a life, but it is a very difficult task, because of this severe epidemic that we are facing with this heroin. >> reporter: whalen says delaware county has led the

commonwealth in saving lives, and they cannot save everyone but for these officers it is deeply satisfying to safe a life. >> we are not to bring this job home we're told but this is very important to us, you know, we can go home knowing we saved a life. >> reporter: in netter providence i'm dan cuellar for channel six "action news". tensions were even higher then usual, and insults were flowing freely tonight, at the republican presidential debate in detroit. abc news correspondent megan hughes has the story. >> reporter: fresh from his commanding seven victories on super tuesday donald trump got no respect. >> trump's rivals now teaming autopsy begins him. >> he doesn't have answers. >> make him the president of the united states. >> ted cruz in second place is trying hard to make it a two man race. >> donald trump has written checks to hillary clinton not once, twice, not three times, ten times. >> reporter: marco rubio again a sailed trump's character.

>> he has spent a career. >> reporter: all of the taunting got a rise out of trump. >> this little guy has lied so much about my record. he has lied. >> he referred to my hand, something else must be small. i guarantee you there is no problem, i guarantee you billion air mogul fighting back. >> donald trump is a phony, fraud. >> reporter: begins a attack from the 2012 g.o.p. standard bearer mitt romney. >> he was a failed candidate. he should have beaten president obama very easy. he failed miserablely. >> reporter: this debate was a rematch between donald trump and his nemesis "fox news" anchor megan kelly. >> hi. >> how are you doing. >> nice to be with you megan. >> you are looking well. >> as are you. >> this weekend the republican slate faces voters in four states and puerto rico. >> with the detroit debate over michigan is still a political hot spot. democrats debate in flint, on sunday, on tuesday, the state

host an important primary, for both parties. megan hughes, abc news, washington. and here is the latest in the hillary clinton e-mail server probe. the fbi has granted immunity to the clinton staff shore set up her private e-mail server so he can cooperate with investigators. brian pagleon had one time pleaded fifth as to not incriminate himself. spokesperson for clinton campaign said they are glad that he is cooperating. bernie sanders held a rally today at the 4h fair ground in lawrence, kansas. he covered a range of issues including idea of free public colleges and fighting institutional racism. this is the way it looked as the democratic presidential contender got a haircut, at a local barber shop. it cost sanders seven bucks. still to come on "action news" tonight, the lawsuit, over the fatal shooting of a

man in a wheelchair by police but officers say it was justified. plus, we will tell you about the star soccer player whose donation will help research, concussions in sports. that is all coming up next. a drug in your medicine cabinet right now could be the next cancer fighter, cecily. light snow started falling, we will have new information on how much snow to expect when you wake up tomorrow morning and track a major temperature turnaround next week in the accu weather seven day forecast. we will hear from sam bradford on his new two year deal, we will hear from ducis rodgers on that story plus a hole in one that you must sees. "action news" continues in just a moment. ♪

today at dunkin', save when you sip. come in for a freshly brewed medium iced coffee or iced tea for 99 cents. america runs on dunkin'. by wilmington police is suing tonight insisting that the shooting was not justified. so cell phone video captured the scene in september as officers, trained their guns on 28 year-old jeremy mcdole in a wheelchair. authorities say mcdole had a 38 caliber gun, his family claims, he was unarmed.

lawsuit alleged that the officers were poorly trained and could have uses less than deadly force. the results of an official investigation had in the been released. in montgomery, alabama birthplace of the modern civil rights movement a white police officer is now charged with murder after gunning down an unarmed black man. the shooting happened last week. twenty-three year-old aaron smith stopped 58 year-old gray gun, walking home, a struggle ensued, smith opened fire, killing gunn. the there was an all out man hut hunt tonight to find thieves who used a chain saw and a pickup truck to smash into a houston gun shop. the crew made off with more than 50 firearms, three of already been captured, but there are several other suspects still on the loose, and the number of guns now on the street as officials war that i had more crimes, are still to come. health check at 11:00 tonight new use for one of the oldest drugs on the market. aspirin is best known as a

pain reliever and its widely used to ward off heart attack and strokes. now a stud friday massachusetts general hospital in boston finds regular use could cut risk of colon cancer by 19 percent. of course, taking aspirin on a regular basis not without risk including bleeding. so it the is something to be discussed with your doctors. brandy chastane will donate her brain to science upon her death. the 47 year-old is one of america's best known female soccer stars. she scored winning goal in the 1999 women's world cup, and research on chronic traumatic even self patty or cte has focused overwhelmingly on men, particularly, national football league players. but yet the a recent study found that among high school athletes girls soccer players suffered second most concussions after football. chastane hopes that her donation will help unravel how gender plays a role in ct

thee. lets get that accu weather forecast, it is snowing in parts of the delaware valley. >> light snow is falling and it could complicate the morning commute a little bit but this is not a major event. storm tracker six live double scan showing that the snow pretty much ride right on schedule where you see bright white that is the the more mod raid snow, the gray, are just snow flurries. you can see right now steady snow is generally south and east of the new jersey turnpike and we will see some snow showers as we head through the overnight hours. we're live on sky six ape we will take a lot a the commodore barry bridge. you can see it has reduced visibility, varieties built in philadelphia at about a mile. due to the falling snow. visibility is more of an issue then road conditions. temperatures are marginal to support snow. all this is really melting on the road. 32 degrees in philadelphia the trenton and allentown 33. wildwood 31. wilmington 31 degrees. certainly not in the deep

freeze by any stretch of the imagination. satellite six with action radar showing that the mainly that will eventually form a coastal storm and move out to sea is way down to the south over south carolina we are getting clipped with a northern fringe of this snow. future tracker showing around 1:00 o'clock, temperatures around 30 degrees with snow showers around heading in the morning commute. not a will solid band of snow just some snow showers around at 7:00 o'clock. by 10:00 o'clock most of it has moved off the coast mixing in with a lit built on have rain. by 1:30 sunshine is back as temperatures in the 40's. so anything that does stick will be melting very quickly. so expected snowfall amount it was low at 6:00. i brought it down even lower. north of the pennsylvania turnpike, we're looking at a grassy coating, south a coating to perhaps a slushy inch, again on the non-paved surfaces. all this should be melting on the road. it is not a huge event but we will have moderate impacts throughout the overnight hours until with 8:00 o'clock.

low impact by 11:00 o'clock and sunshine is back by 2:00. just a nuisance event. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, light the snow in the morning. sunshine returns by the afternoon, little bit on the chilly side 42 degrees, normal high is 48, on saturday, cloud, thicken up ahead of the next clipper, 45 degrees this system could bring a few snow or rain showers sunday morning, again not looking to the big deal, sunshine is back by the afternoon 48 degrees and that system opens up the door for high pressure to move off the ease eastern seaboard and bring us wind out of the southwest. classic heat pump. 60 degrees on monday, tuesday, first day of 70 degrees, this year. beautiful. warming it up more on wednesday, 72 degrees. on thursday ahead of the cold front we will see increasing included with a possibility of some showers if the rain holds off late enough we will hit 07 . we will have three days of temperatures in the 07's. of course, david murphy will

be track ago this light snow beginning at 4:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. thanks, cecily. thats way night of high fashion in the pal center in philadelphia young ladies throughout the city spent the evening searching for a prom dress, among these rows and rows of gently used outfit. once they picked out the perfect dress they could also choose a pair of shoes and accessories all for free of charge. more than 20 residents of the radnor township were about to get a close-up view of how their police department works this was the first night of the citizens police academy. the academy runs for nine weeks, during which time residents will learn about things like use of force, hostage negotiate, and traffic stops.

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we hear from the new quarterback today who is the old quarterback. >> he is coming back for at least two more years. we will see. sam bradford is confident he can lead eagles back to the playoffs mind you a place he has never been. bradford met with the media today to discuss his new two year contract he is okay with the fact that the bird went with the shorter deal. he has also no interest in testing that free agent market. >> this is where i wanted to be. i wanted to be back here. i knew that. so, to finally get it done and to know i will be back here and that i don't to have worry about anything else, you know, it was a huge relief to get that phone call this week. >> best days are a ahead of him. what he did toward end of the season last year, building on that, he mention continuity with the players. he knows the team.

he knows the players. the it might be a different set of plays that we're installing but he knows the guys. so, you know, that right there, you know, leads me to believe we can have success. >> time to work. to the ice home cooking is supposed to be a plus tonight in another oh so critical game it does little will for flyers. flyers hosting edmonton, dave hakstol's team enters three points out of the playoff spot. second period is a disaster n a span of two minutes oilers scored twice, first shane gostisbehere turned it off, hart scores, and then moments later shot on goal, patrick maroon beats michael neuvirth the on the rebound. a chance to get on the board in the third period. flyers on a four minute power play. but oilers scored shorthanded, lowery, with the score. flyers fall four to nothing. penguins win. flyers are now five points back. >> i think it is important, you know, you realize how you play and you have to do better

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to the fourth, miguel franco goes deep. that is a solo home run. phillies bang out 15 hits in the 13-four victory. college basketball temple is closing in the top seed in the next week conference tournament facing memphis tonight. second half, obi, turns around jumper ten points off the fence. owls by nine. second half, senior devon coleman. on senior night, at liacouras center. owls win 71-63, they clinch that top seed in the conference tournament. finally tonight tiger wood has gotten in the course design business and this 11 year-old is in the course come nation business. on the first hole of the first tiger designed course in america, taylor crozer does not need a putter. a hole in one for the 11 year-old. even tiger is like, yo, dude can you give me some pointers. maybe help me out with that, my back problems. >> that is sports. finally the smell of

freshly, baked bread was in the the air in berlin, new jersey tonight. hundreds of women brought their best recipes to the tables of lucy's manor to whip up delicious loaves from scratch. this is second annual south jersey mega hallow bake. women of all generations shared their family recipes from this time honor tradition. jimmy kimmel live next followed by night line. jimmy's guest jason baitman, niomi king and music from c-low green who only using c-low. >> yes. >> i didn't know that. >> yes. >> "action news" continues at 4:00 a.m. with tamala edward, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for cecily tynan, ducis and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, good night.

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