will show we have energy to the west in the ohio valley and that is some of the light snow pushing to the east and that energy transferred to a new low at the carolinas and heading out to sea and that is why we only get scraped by the precipitation in the next few hours. winter weather advisories begin at 8:00 and last until 6:00 in the morning for all the counties in purple. north of the pennsylvania turnpike there is no winter weather advisories, but this is where we see the bulk of snow this evening in the overhours. 34 degrees in philadelphia and 21 in pittsburgh, it's plenty cold. and windchill of 26 and 13 in pittsburgh and the snow comes with brutal cold for the up comes weekend as well. we are not looking at a lot of snow with this but still every flake will stick given how cold

it has been the last 24 hours, i'll bring in cecily tynan with the timeline we sped up and ends early as well. >> the system is it speeding up and the snow is breaking out from the west to the east from 6:00 tonight and 8:00 in the evening. it begins at light snow showers. the steadiest snow late tonight into the wee hours of the morning tomorrow. from 10:00 until 2:00 in the morning, the good news is. since it is moving in faster it will be moving out faster that snow is ending from the west to the east before day break before 6:00 and 8:00 in the morning and that gives road crews more time to clear the roads. as far as how much snow, this is not a major winter storm more of a nuisance event. look at the computer models, the highest is the new hampshire 12 inches and the lowest the euro .7 inches and could get

close to 3 inches for the coast. there could be a few slick spots watch "action news" beginning at 4:00 in the morning starting early at 6:00, 27 and 8:0029, it will be cold in the morning and stays cold and gets colder into the weekend, as far as the morning commute, the road impacted expect them minor for the main roads but moderate road impacted overpasses and driveways and sidewalks, could be icy and snow covered we'll talk about the possibility of snow for part of our region over the weekend coming up. the parks and streets department loaded up their salt trucks. crews describe this storm as a more of a nuisance situation, expect to have primary secondary roads cleared but want to caution drivers. >> we want motorists to take

their time and if they see the salt trucks give themselves plenty of distance. >> penndot is getting a head start on things as well. we caught trucks brining on i-ought in wood haven, they have 180 crews in the area. delaware will likely see the first flakes tonight and gray hall continues our coverage along 95 in newport. >> reporter: hi sharrie, winter is here as you know, that meaned the snow is soon to follow. and del/dot crews are prepared for old man winter and have the capacity to store 45,000 tons of salt and as many as 500 workers ready to handle snow operations. it is a sure sign of winter, crews loading up trucks with salt treated roads ahead of the snow. workers are busy pretreating

roads and preparing the equipment and keeping an eye on the forecast. del/dot is prepared and so were most of the people we talked to about the season's first possible snow event. >> that is my husband's job my husband is the keeper of all things salt and snow and shovel related. he prepares like a mad man he is on it. >> what do you do to prepare? >> cry. if it's a lot of snow. at 71 years of age you don't want to bend over too much but i'm ready. >> at fairfax hardware it's business. >> i want it to come, i want to make sure i get here safe. >> workers have all the supplies necessary to deal with winter weather and shovel salt and a whole lot more. business was not booming when we showed up and that will change around 5:00 p.m. when people get off work. >> get it now while we have it

so you are not riding around looking for it. the snowfall is expected to begin tonight and most are preparing and some are not concerned. >> are you prepared for the snow tonight. not at all. >> why not? >> because i'm off any way. i don't have to go anywhere. >> back out live lucky for the individuals that don't have to deal with the winter weather throughout the night crews continue to treat the roads and monitor weather conditions and statewide i am told they have 450 vehicles ready to handle snow operations. we are live in newport delaware, gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> she had to rub in the day off. >> and stick with 6abc.com/weather for the latest on the snow's arrival with constantly updated weather maps and exclusive eye in the sky, stormtracker 6 live double scan radar. and as cecily mentioned you'll want to wake up with "action news" early tomorrow morning, we are tracking the snowfall for

the morning commute. join matt, tam david and karen they start at 4:00 a.m. we are following breaking news out of northeast philadelphia and it is a wet and messy situation. a water main broke and that sent water rushing into the streets and into the yards of nearby residents, chopper 6 hd was over the scene along the 1100 block of mill brook road. this started at 2:00 this afternoon. there are reports of water in the basements of several homes there. philadelphia firefighters are on the scene, and the philadelphia water department says that it has turned the water off in that area as they look to repair that 16 inch water main and also figure out why it broke. >> now, to an "action news" exclusive. only our cameras were in delaware county as they looked for a missing woman. they went over the portion of the backyard with ground penetrating radar, heavy

equipment was called in to help with digging but the search came up empty handed. searchers are looking into the disappearance of melissa rodriguez, the mother of two young girls reported missing by her estranged husband in 2013. john rawlins has more coming up at 5:00 tonight. scammers posing at utility workers are on the run after forcing their way into a home in port richmond, they blindsided and robbed an elderly man who thought there was a gas leak if the area. vernon odom is live now with the details on this. >> reporter: good evening sharrie, they ruthlessly prey on the poor and elderly, an age old game and police know it well, crooks have passed it down through many generations. >> this is the victim of the home invasion, 87-year-old richard a former teacher at

frankford high school. he told detectives at med day at least four men in their 20s somewhering hoodies knocked on his door on emerald street his nephew picks up the story. >> they showed a badge and my uncle said i will call to verify and they pushed in the door. >> they said if he didn't give him money they would beat him up. >> they made out with more than $1,000 and his cell phone and left on foot and remain at large at this hour. his relatives told the feeble seen job citizen not to keep cash around and hope to move him out of his home of 40 years sometime tonight. >> the victim tried to phone the pgw and gas works and overpowered and not in time. the victim is comfortabled by

relatives this hour and is physically okay. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. camden county officials say they are still investigating the sudden death of an 8-year-old girl. officialed say that a sibling called 911 to report that sailor rider's mother found her unresponsive and not breathing in their stratford home. sailor was rushed to kennedy hospital on new years eve where she was pronounced dead. prosecutors declined to release rider's cause of death. she was the daughter of a stratford police officer. and smoke was pouring out of an apartment complex this morning. the fire started in a unit on the fourth floor of the building and everyone was safely evacuated and no injuries in the course of this ordeal. >> up next on "action news" today charges are filed in a

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and president-elect donald trump will get his briefing tomorrow in new york city. today there was questions about whether or not it will include information about russian president vladimir putin's potential role in the attacks. >> do you think in the report next weeks that you all will ascribe a motivation to putin for the election attempt? >> yes, we will ascribe a motivation, i would rather not preemthe report. >> which again will be made public next week. and an issue of the embrace of wikileaks julian assange. donald trump tweeted that the media lies i am a big fan of tell jen. all of this as the hearings go

down on capitol hill today. >> a lot to digest and a lot to come on that. four people are now facing charges for a disturbing hate crime in chicago and we want to warn you the imaged you are about to see are difficult to watch. the four suspects that are black beat up a young white man and broadcast the beating live on facebook. the 19-year-old with mental challenges was held captive and tortured for two days, beaten and bound and cut with a night and the suspects two men and two women are charged with felony crimes including aggravated kidnapping and battery. the parent company of sears and kmart are shutting down 650 stores nationwide. the day after macy's said they are closing locations across the country. three kmarts are the only local stores being impacted. the company lists the locations

in flemming ton and rio grande. and here is a look at today's stocks of course in the u.s. the dow today closing down more than 42 points and the nasdaq up more than 10 points on the day and the s&p closing marginally down 2 points. philadelphia's african-american museum is planning a special tribute to martin luther king. the museum was given $25,000 for the celebration including four days of fun events. it end ways scavenger hunt insized the museum. and some tickets will be given to community groups and others will be given a discount. the piano man is coming back to the stage in philadelphia. billy joel will put on a show saturday september 9th. this is the fourth year in a row that joel has performed at the ballpark.

today the philadelphia phillies raised a banner as a tribute to his many soldout concerts. >> love that guy. the reason i took piano lessons as a kid. still no good though. adam joseph is standing by with the accuweather forecast. we are talking snow in the new year here. >> in the next few hours we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan a little bit of gray on the radar, either side of wilmington here, this is what we call virga, precipitation that evaporates before it hits the ground, the air is cold and dry and the snowflakes evaporate as they moisten the lower atmosphere and we'll see the flangs falling in the next few hours. live on sky 6 hd in wilmington delaware, you see kind of shake to the camera here with some of those colder winds and the clouds are in play and 95 looking good and overall no flakes falling at the present

time. windchills though they are down there in the 20s across the board. 22 allentown and 27 in dove and below freezing in millville sitting at 30 degrees and lancaster, 22 all the surfaces are plenty cold and once the snow falls it's not going to melt and sticking on untreated surfaces to the west and the snow is breaking out and wait until you get the brighter white colors, what will happen is we see it filling in working to the southwest and north and east. energy passes through our region and transfers it to a new low off the coast. at 11:00 tonight, that is when steadier snow falls from trenton, philadelphia and wilmington and back to reading and lancaster. southern areas you may wait longner that area, and lehigh valley to the poconos kind of on the brisk of not much happening you'll get some snow showers out of this. but by 2:00 in the morning when most of us are asleep. that is when the steadiest round of snow is passing through and

then by 6:00 in the morning, at this point because the timing has changed a little bit. it's a good thing because when the morning rush starts the snow will have stopped falling for an hour or two off the coast and even breaks of sun to the north and west however the a slow process to clear the sidewalks and side streets but by 9:00 we are blasted by sunshine around here midmorning on friday. so expected snow during the overnight hours, a general 1 to 3 inches for the heart of the delaware valley, wilmington and trenton and reading and lancaster, allentown to the poconos a coating of inch there. kind of an i-95 special here with the 1 to 3 inches. temperatures tomorrow on friday with the sunshine coming back into play, biel get just above the freezing point but with the breeze temperatures only stay in the 20s. as we look at the four day at 4:00 forecast, partly sunny tomorrow and cold again and good timing to get the snow out of

here before the rush starts but again you'll want to allow extra time to clean up the car and sidewalks and driveways, and 35 tomorrow and we watch for the sec storm over the weekend that could bring a brush of snow for the coastal communities only cloudy inland and 29 and bitter sunday and not much change on monday with a high of 29 we are talking about a bigger warm-up going into the seven day to melt it all away in the next half hour. >> adam thank you. time now for the "action news" traffic report. gina is in for matt in the traffic center with a first check today. >> hello, if you are traveling out now lets look at the big picture not a lot of red but it's coming. this is 95, that is 39 miles per hour right around cotman avenue. not too bad. the vine street expressway holding off and delays not bad 8 miles per hour but a small delay on the schuylkill at city avenue. let take a live look outside at

the roosevelt boulevard if you travel up and over the twin bridges the northbound side is heavy and a slight delay southbound approaching 76 something to watch out for there for sure. in northeast philadelphia we have a water main break at deer pass lane and greenmont road. that could be a cause of concern with the low temperatures. and here is a shot of the vine street expressway, a tapping of the brakes there westbound not too bad and eastbound you are heavy the length. brian i'll send it back of. >> thank you. students in landed dale montgomery county are putting the finishing touches on their farm show entries. high schoolers perfected their projects, at arrangements and designs are delivered to the farm show in harrisburg tomorrow and that annual event kicked off one day earlier today with this, a buttery ohmage to pennsylvania's farmer heritage and they took the wrap off the butter sculpture and showing a

landscape of farms and hills giving way to forest colored peaks and a couple of conshohocken created this using a half ton of butter it's on display at the farm show through january 14th. >> now to scrap the warm business kits to go with it. next on "action news" it seems a well known local rec center is popular among local thieves and excessive thieves could be eating away at your retirement fund, what to watch out for in what's the deal. a wed that happened in the hospital's nicu that has people grabbing the tissues.

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the girls say he got out of a black jeep and ran toward them and they were able to make it home safely. are you asked to call police if you recognize this man, two similar cases were reported in medford township. from our delaware newsroom potential thieves seem to be targeting a popular sporting complex. multiple people reported their cars were broken into at the del castle rec center yesterday afternoon. nothing was taken but windows were damaged. police were looking to talk to whoever was inside of this chrysler 300 seen on surveillance video and officers want to remind people to lock their doors and take any valuables with them. if you are younging than 21 you will not be allowed to buy cigarettes in trenton if city council signs off on a new proposal there. council members are considering a measure to raise that to 21 and expected to give that a final vote at the meet that

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. "action news" continues with adam joseph, sharrie williams and brian taff. >> it is 4:30 and "action news" continues with a look at the theme that is coming our way this the snow in louisville kentucky as steady flakes fell this afternoon and in just a few hours the snow is hitting our region. yes, that system is in our future. we continue to track the snow as it gets closer. the timing of the storm is somewhat in our favor because the heaviest of the snow will hit when most people are asleep. lets head outside for a live look at sky 6 hd giving us the view of atlantic city. the shore is expected to get the most snow in our area, so if you are down there, of course, use extra caution. and another live look showing downtown wilmington no flakes just yet.

stormtracker 6 live double scan keeping an eye on effect for us and adam joseph has details at the acts big board. it's coming and there is no stopping it. the winter weather advisories are stretching from kentucky and tennessee and the ohio valley. and they head into parts of the mid-atlantic, only a fraction here under winter weather advisories and this is weak energy over the ohio valley with light snow that moves its energy to a low off the carolinas and not hugging the coast it only then would we see many and several inches of snow. it will head out to sea and kind of a brush as it passes by. but nonetheless things are deteriorating as we go through the late evening hours, the impact scale if you are traveling around and if you especially have the midnight shift, those folks are the ones that kind of have to venture out in that snowfall. 8:00 low on the scale despite

snow will start to break out between 11:00 and 2:00 a.m. that is when the heart. system passes through the heaviest snowfall and then by 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 in the morning the snow stops and the impact scale goes back to moderate and by 7:00 in the morning with the rush the snow will be long gone from falling and more of the cleaning up process by that time. behind the system a lot of cold air lurking, bismark 20 below and chicago 3 below we are talking about windchills pushing in with cold air on top of that fresh snowfall on the ground. so weekend temperatures and high temperatures only in the 20s, that is not including the windchill and another shot at snow for the upcoming weekend for some of our area and we'll talk about 50s, highs in the 50s just down the road. a lot to go over here in the full accuweather forecast in just a little bit. >> thank you. and the road crews across our region are getting ready for the snow here in newport, del/dot

was brining the highways with salt this afternoon and brine was put on the roads and bridges to keep them from getting slick and they also prepped secondary roads as well today. >> with the snow coming we invite you to show us what is happening in your area post your photos and videos on social media using #6abcaction we may use them on air. and "action news" is on early tomorrow morning to get you the latest on the storm. we'll be on the air at 4:00 a.m. to bring you the latest from accuweather. the road conditions and any school delays or closings if you are up be sure to tune in bright and early at 4:00 a.m. more on the developing story today in northeast philadelphia, emergency crews and utility workers are on the scene of the water main break that sent water

rushing into several houses that is where we find dann cuellar, what is the latest there? >> reporter: brian the water supply is shut off to the 16 inch water main that broke but there is stillwater flowing out of the pipe, apparently the water left in the pipe is making its way out here on to the street but not before the damage was done to six or seven properties, behind me there is mud and water that made its way into several homes and garage and doors several of these reads telling us there are several inches of water in their base manies. chopper 6 hd was over the scene shortly after this happened at 2:00 this afternoon and thousands of gallons of water that spewed out the street and the block of mill brook was under water and the water made its way into the basements and some of us saw it coming out the

back. some say as many as 6 inches of water in his base many damaging his heating and refrigerator and he had to turn his gas off to avoid other problems. >> about three foot of water in the basement, everything is floating and lucky she didn't have much down there except for washer and dryer. >> now, residents are telling us that since may a large steel plate you see there covering the area where the 6 inch main was broke was placed there by the philadelphia water department and put it there because there was some kind of leak and they were trying to figure it out. but now apparently not in time to avoid this catastrophe. that is what we have here in the 11,000 block of mill brook. six or seven property owners not happy now.

channel 6 "action news" back to you guys. >> quite the mess thank you. >> a woman convicted of killing her son who was 5 years old in new jersey in 1991 is sentenced to 30 years in prison. she is from middlesex county but was captured in florida, during her sentencing the judge told her she repeatedly lied about the disappearance and death about her son. she first said her son disappeared from a carnival in central new jersey and later claimed he was abducted and charged in 2014 after witnesses identified the blanket found near the boy's body nearly a year after his disappearance. a philadelphia business was ransacked by an intruder after closing for the day. this is video of the burglar that broke into the beauty salon on the 400 block of north fifth street in olney, they believe that the man pried of a side

door on december 27th, on top of the other damage they broke open a safe and got away with cash. if you know who this man is, give philadelphia police a call. >> a 23-year-old pennsylvania trooper, killed in the line of duty was laid to rest today. dozens of law enforcement officers lined up for trooper landon weaver's funeral at the convenience center. weaver was shot to death responding to a domestic call last week. police shot and killed the gunman during a standoff. he has spent more than three decades serving and working at the same university and today he was named its new leader. he is the new president of westchester university. the board of governors with the pennsylvania state system of higher education made the appointment today. fartino joined the staff back in 1983 and made his way up the ladder. he is the university 15th

president. there is new advice given to parents and kids about their peanut allergies. rick williams has more on this. >> this is for new parents a big change and difference for what foods parents can safely feed their infants, coming up tonight in health check, reporter ali gorman breaks down the new guidelines and the way you should introduce peanuts into a baby's diet. and the philadelphia police are putting a pop culture spin on their popular no safesies campaign, the new push for residents to shovel and share with the first snowfall of the season heading our way. some stories we are following for you later on "action news" at 5:00. we'll see you in just a bit. >> no savesies there rick on

your chair. and they all drove more than a million miles without getting into an accident. 20 southhampton letter carriers were recognized for reaching the milestone and postal employees nationwide have surpassed the million mile mark since 2005. still ahead on "action news" at 4:00. they want to share their special day with their newborn son, so they moved their wedding to the hospital's nicu. more from the touching moments next. >> the first of its kind and smart technology as well. more on the wearable breast pump that promises to change the way new moms live their daily lives. >> and adam joseph returns with the full forecast from accuweather. he has the outline of the the details. >> is she calling me a hack >> announcer: dental floss for your cake? sugar to clean up nail polish?

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a 67-year-old went off the bank and fell into the river. a man nearby saw the woman fall and called 911 and rescuers said the woman barely had her head above the water and firefighters used a ladder and basket to haul her to safety. the first freight train linking china and the united kingdom has begun its journey. holding containers including daily necessities bags and suitcases, the train will arrive in london after traveling through russian, poland and france after a 18 day journey. part of the china's president's vision. in health check at 4:00 many people have resolved to be more fit in 2017. but you can be fit in different

ways. but the fitness that does the most for your health is aerobic fitness it boosts weight loss and ramps up immune system to keep high blood pressure and diabetes at bay. so aim for those types of activity this year that helps to raise your heart rate and of course keep it up. the biggest waves of the consumer electronic show in las vegas. this is the first wearable smart breast pump and getting the attention of a lot of mommed out there. the company introduce the the willow think a discrete breast pump monitored by a smart phone app. it pumps quiet from a woman's bra and keeps time and monitors the ounces being collected but it's expensive it costs $430

when it goes on sale this spring. and you may now kiss the bride and the baby. it's the nicu wedding warming hearts all over the world. the parents of a premature baby got married at the chapel to honor their newborn son born at 24 weeks in okay. lucas was it pounds when he was born. instead of waiting to get married they decided to tie the knot in the hospital to involve lucas in the ceremony. now three months old lucas weighs 3.9 pounds and they have more good news to add to their family. there they are the three of them there and their little guy doing just great. and the kiss over the little

bassinet. >> thank you alicia. lets get a check of the roads right now. gina is standing by with the latest. >> hello right now we are not seeing delays that are too significant, lets take a look at the big picture. 52 miles per hour on 95 and 36 on the northbound side near allegheny, so things could be a whole lot worse. on the schuylkill expressway 12 miles per hour westbound approaching city avenue and 15 approaching montgomery drive. 76 right at montgomery drive we see a pretty solid eastbound delay although travel times not that bad. 23 minutes between the blue route and vine and just about 24 on the westbound side. in northeast philadelphia we have the water main break on mill brook road at greenmont road. the best bet around that is knights road and staying in northeast philadelphia a crash on devereux avenue at rising son

avenue. and a crash on 195 at warwick road that could be a set back for you. and a live look as well if you try to make your way into northeast philadelphia with the issue going on you could be stalled we have big delays on the roosevelt boulevard northbound from broad street. brian and sharrie back to you. >> thank you. up next another check of the forecast. and we'll step outside and sky 6 hd giving us a live look at thomas paine plaza outside of city hall. adam joseph has the latest on the snow coming our way and the seven-day forecast next.

all right it's time for the accuweather forecast. not talking about a huge amount of snow just enough to be a nuisance. >> a nuisance for many but some

are excited. the kids get out of school and do your homework tonight and when you get out of school tomorrow afternoon you can play in the snow. you get my hint. do your homework. as we take a look right now, double scan live radar we see some of that precipitation kind of blossom a little more just than a half hour ago. especially south and west of philadelphia. northern newcastle county and chester county and delaware county. could be a couple of flakes now falling here around chadds ford and salem on the brisk of middletown and all of this will continue to filter in and kind of fill in so to speak as it heads to the north on east and the steadiest of the snow is not expected until 9:00 to 11:00. temperature-wise right around freeing in wilmington and lancaster and reading and 34 for philadelphia and millville and the poconos your temperature just 22 degrees, it is a round of atmospheric energy passing

through tonight that enhancing the snowfall and again it is a general brush for most of the area and pretty on par from no matter where you live to how much snow we'll see, not really a lot of variation, future tracker 6 at 11:00 overspreading east of philadelphia far southern areas you may be waiting for the snow. and lehigh valley could be waiting at 11:00 and then it fills in here 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 in the morning when the heaviest snow passes through and 6:00 if the morning it's long gone and the cleaning up process will continue. twiddle. the sunshine is glaring off the fresh snow and sun glare on the ladder part of that morning rush hour. expected snow a good general 1

to 3 inches and most areas 1 to 2 and pockets of 3 around wilmington and chester and lehigh valley north south of millville and cape may county a coating to ink in those locations. setup here after that low departs here on your friday, partly sunny and stays cold and 35, windchills in the 20s tomorrow and a second system again we have been talking about this the last few days, that it be a possible brush for the coast. the latest models continue to brush the coast here. mostly cloudy skies for most of us 29 degrees and winter storm watches are now in effect, a watch meaning the po ten is there for the second round of snow and the national weather service issuing this cape may county and atlantic county and sussex they could see an additional 2 to 6 inches of snow here depending where it tracks,

but right now only a coastal concern. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow it's beautiful again bright sunshine returning at 35 degrees and that brush of snow at the coast inland cold no matter where you are 29. and we own stay in the 20s on sunday and monday with windchills in the teens and clouds back up with the warm front on tuesday of 38 and rain likely with temperatures back to the 50s here on wednesday. and then thursday sun and clouds and dry above normal of 46 degrees. so at least we get a little hit of snow for the kids for the weekend. >> thanks adam. what's the deal with your 401(k) coming up. ...tailored to you. wait it out. equipped with apple carplay compatibility. ♪ get this low mileage lease on this cadillac xt5

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about hidden fees, here is nydia han. 401(k) savings plans could cost you a lot of money, consumer reports reveals the fees that eat in your retirement and what you can do about it. >> courtney and her husband are putting money into 401(k)'s for 18 years and hope to retire by age 70. >> we have two kids and do save, we both work and save as much as we can. but we do worry that it won't be enough. >> saving enough money is not the only concern. fees can chip away at your retirement often costs tens of thousands of dollars. the typical two income couple will pay $150,000 in fees over the course of their lives. >> that is a lot of money coming out of your nest egg. >> consumer reports says look for plans offering lower fees, a good option target date funs that relocate over time. and we found fees as low as .08%

or 80 cents for every $1,000 invested and pays to start early. if you are making $55,000 at able 55 you should have saved $90,000. it may seem daunting but if you can up your contributions often along with your raises every year, it can really add up. >> at the very least save enough to take full advantage of your company's 401(k) match and many investors are not taking high fees lying down, the supreme court found in favor of 401(k) invests at one we looked at employees of edison international. you can find out more at 6abc.com i'd nydia han, channel 6 "action news." >> finally at 4:00 six hand written notes by britain's late princess diana when up for auction today they were sent to

buckingham palace and one described prince harry as constantly in trouble at boarding school and how affection nate prince william was to his baby brother and includes 40 royal memorabilia items. >> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00. i'm brian taff i hope you'll join me with sharrie and ducis rogers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. coming up on "action news" at 5:00, team coverage tracking the first snow of the year we are live with the preparations city residents are making before the snowfall moves in. >> also new details on the search for the remains of a mother at her home. >> and the popular toy once

banned that is now back on the market possibly posing a threat to your child's health.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass.

looking live at cape may, new jersey, our area is getting ready for the first snowfall of 2017. right now though crews in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware are preparing for this next round of wintry weather as the first sign of snow is just hours away now. thursday night and the big story on "action news" is the accuweather forecast. we have team coverage tonight tracking the snow heading our way and how people in our area are getting ready for it. lets start with cecily tynan watching the storm on double scan live radar. >> hi rick, to get ready you don't really have to stock up on eggs milk or bread this is a pretty weak disturbance moving in double scan live radar with energy in southern ohio that transfers into low pressure off the carolina coast, that is moving northeast out to sea and this brings us generally light

snow. zooming in on double scan live radar along i-95, it is picking up snow and a lot of this is virga, evaporating before it reaches the surface but an indication that our atmosphere is beginning to get saturated and only a couple of hours before the snow starts to arrive. so the winter weather advisory is posted from 8:00 tonight until 6:00 tomorrow morning essentially from the pennsylvania turnpike areas on south this is before we expect the steadiest snow to be moving in as we head through tonight and the early morning hours. temperatures show you that it's certainly cold enough for snow. 38 in philadelphia and temperatures drop rapidly as the snow moves in. everybody wants to know when the snow moves in. >> just a few of us in the midnight shift have to deal with the steadiest snow on the roadways, beginni