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, beginning 6:00 to 8:00

the snow falls west to east. between 10:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. the steadiest snow is falling and the crews can get a handle on the roadways with the majority of the cars off the roads and in between 4:00 and 6:00 the snow is ending from the west to the east. and again just cleanup during the morning rush hour for the side roads as well as the sidewalks and of course your car and driveways. overnight snowfall for philadelphia you see all the four different models, the projection is 1 to 2 inches for philadelphia and that is the case for most of the area picking up 1 to 2 inches with pockets of 3, in and around the heart of the delaware valley. morning rush breaks of sun, if it breaks out there will be intense sun glare refracturing off the fresh snow and look for residual slick spots. 29 at 8:00 in the morning and with the road impans minor on

the major roadways, not a lot of snow and stopping fairly early but the jove passes, the secondary roads and sidewalks impact tomorrow morning before we get a good handle before we melt it away with the rock salt and getting more traction on the surfaces, when we come back meteorologist, cecily tynan, chatting about the accuweather forecast another storm brushing parts of the area guys. >> thank you adam. meanwhile, delaware could see more than a dusting of snow from this snowfall and crews are ready. del/dot is pretreating roads across the state all day long, the agency has shifted crews around to make sure they are fully staffed for tomorrow morning's commute. and looking live the streets around city hall the busy evening rush and the city is expected to get less snow making it challenging tonight and tomorrow morning. and sara bloomquist spoke to

residents live at city hall tonight. >> reporter: hi rick and monica, we have not seen snow in a little bit of time now, city crews will have the roads ready and the hardware stores are stocked and not a major event and the sight of a little snow is welcome. >> the rothman rink at city hall makes the experience on the ice better. many of these young people are on winter break from school and they don't mine the pending arrival of snow. >> i am off from school and don't have anywhere to be. >> at this city salt yard at park side, road crews are preparing for the arrival of a little winter weather. they consider this a so-called nuisance event. they will send the trucks out for the first flake and purely a salting operation. >> we hope to have the roadways treated in the overnight hours and the primaries and

secondaries, should be fine. we still want motorists to take their time if they see the salt trucks out there give themselves plenty of distance and just take their time and be careful driving. >> this afternoon roads were clear with a grint of fine from time to time. tomorrow morning there could be icy patches, here at rittenhouse hardware they expect to get busy, selling salt and ice melt and all the rest. >> normally the closer it gets to the storm, the more popular we get. >> you may want to check on the location of the ice scraper and perhaps the salt on the sidewalk. tomorrow is likely to be the first in a little while. sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the action news morning team is up early to help you through trouble spots during the commute.

join the team with constant weather and traffic updates starting early at 4:00 a.m. now to an "action news" exclusion he. only chopper 6 hd was overhead as crews continued their search forever a missing mother. police dug up spots at the former home in collingdale but still have not found any signs of her remains. john rawlins is live now with new details on the effort to find her. >> reporter: rick, this is a continuation what we reported on last week. it was shortly after christmas when police were finally able to gain access to the property again, last week they brought in cadaver dogs. today's search began with what looks like a push mower, the device a grown pen tating radar detecting items from utility

lines to human remains, in this case authorities looking for melissa rodriguez who lived at this house and when missing in 2013. >> they did the side -- >> this gravel area adjacent to the southeast side of the house there was once a shed. last week the cadaver dogs reacted positively in the basement and some thought there could be remains nearby and when the radar signals something underground they were hopeful. >> we all thought there was something there. the none my was 6 foot by 3 foot at a 5 foot mark deep. >> it was her estranged husband, jose, who reported her missing, investigators dug up portions of the yard before today as they watched and waited they were again disappointed.

they found -- >> nothing. >> apparently the nominally was part of a heavy mass of clay something that may have been there underground for decades. >> well, the chief clearly upset about the outcome here disappointed by the outcome and frustrated and says that law enforcement will never give up trying to solve this crime. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. philadelphia police are looking for at least four men that posed as utility workers and robbed an elderly man it happened in the poverty richmond section, the men knocked on an 87-year-old victim's door saying they were investigating a gas leak, they then forced their way in stealing cash and "cell phone, fortunately the victim was not hurt. this is a new sketch of the man that exposed himself while chasing two girls last friday. the man got out of a black jeep

and ran towards them near fox chase road and they were able to run away. if you recognize him you are asked to call police, two similar cases were reported in medford township. thursday night lets get a check of the "action news" traffic report. gina is in for matt. >> hello rick and monica we are starting off on the big picture pretty nice, for the most part travel times not too significant and look at 95 could be 55 miles per hour around cotman avenue and 35 northbound around allegheny not bad. the vine street expressway jammed as well as the schuylkill expressway and the roosevelt boulevard if you are traveling to get into the northeast up and over the twin bridges the northbound side the a slow go from 76 to broad street and the southbound side was not bad. here is an another look at the vine street expressway, the eastbound side is heavy between 76 out through 95 and westbound side is heavy as well. just approaching 76.

and plymouth township a crash at jolly road and don't forget about your water main break in northeast philadelphia at mill brook road at greenmont road. the best bet around that is knights road. >> thank you gina. more ahead on "action news" tonight. new details on russia's election cyber attack again the united states. how far top officials say russia went in the hack attack and how president-elect donald trump is responding. and the change to peanuts in infanted diets and why you should introduce the foods at a younger age. oh, that's lovely...

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four people are facing felony charges after a vicious attack on a mentally challenged teenager that was streamed on facebook live. police in chicago say the white victim was bound, beaten and verbally abused and the tackers were black. they are calling it a hate crime and denouncing it to the fullest extent. >> the actions in that video are reprehensible. that along with racism have

absolutely no place in the city of chicago or anywhere else for' t food with peanuts. health reporter ali gorman at the big board with the new plan.

>> the advice has now formerly changed. research shows early exposure to peanuts lowers the chance for an allergy. the old advice was to wait to give peanuts until age 3 but it's based on the child' risk of developing an allergy. babies with severe eczema on their skin or egg allergy or both are at the highest risk and own get peanuts at a doctor's office at 3 months and the small taste at 6 months old at home and those with no eczema or food allergies can get peanut along with other solid food at six months. any infant getting their first taste should be watched for ten minutes to see if there is a reaction. and don't use a whole peanut broken up so it's not a choking hazard. experts hope this new approach will save lives.

also, today we have a safety alert for young children, a federal appeals court overturned the government's ban on super strong magnet sets, they are back on the market. consumer reports says that there is a dangerous swallowing hazard especially around young children. >> magnets are so strong if they are swallowed they can pull together with enough force to punch holed along different sections of the digestive system. >> they say they are perfectly safe when properly used how consumer reports urges families with children not to have them at home. >> before the ban thousands of people ended up in emergency rooms with injuries after the ban doctors say it dropped to only a few. so good for something for parents to know for small children. >> thanks ali. it was originally called the trial of the century. 20 years ago, eric and lyle

menendez are behind bars and lyle menendez is speaking out about his life in jail. >> i'm the kid that didn't kill his parents. no amount of regret will change that. >> abc news turns back the clock on the trial that vated the country. and hidden clues are revealed between the turmoil of the menendez family behind their picture perfect facade. >> knew lyle menendez during the time of the trial he would call me from the l.a. county jail and found him to be a cold, somewhat sinister cunning person. he is different. you can hear it and you'll hear him from prison, a person that

owns what he did. >> the abc news documentary truth and lies, american sons, american murderers airs at 9:00 on 6 abc and "action news" at 11:00 will follow.

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big day for the nasdaq as the index posted another record high but new uncertainty of a trump presidency lost. and the s&p lost 2 points. sears is shutting down 150 more stores, the retail giant made the announcement today. more than 100 will be kmarts that are owned by the sears brand. another 41 stores will be under the sears name and this comes on the same day that sears announced they will sell their tool brand craftsman to stanley black and decker and one day after macy's announced the closure of 68 locations. ford is teaming up with amazon to bring the digital assistant into cars, siri with sync 3 can use the alexa service

to check devices while on the road and they will begin with ford's sync vehicles this coming summer. the farm show in harrisburg kick ofzs off this weekend and they unveiled the butter sculpture. it pays tribute to the state's farmer and crafted from more than 1,000 pounds of butter, you can't eat any of this but will be convirted into enagain. get a big piece of toast and go at it. still to come we'll check the forecast. >> as we look live outside. sky 6 hd showing you cape may tonight. a pretty picture there. meteorologist, cecily tynan has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. and a little bit of snow on the way when "action news" comes right back.

time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. meteorologist, cecily tynan, has the latest on the forecast and a little bit of changes as we go to sleep tonight. >> a little bit of snow is beginning to break out. double scan live radar picking up echos of snow and the ground is very dry and a lot of this

not yet reaching the grown and where you see the brighter whites near millville and middletown could have a few snowflakes breaking out and wilmington snowing and not yet reaching the ground and sky 6 hd taking a look at the riff front in wilmington it's cloudy and cold and the snow showers will begin to break out shortly. temperatures and the wind it feels like it's cold enough for snow. philadelphia 24 and allentown 22 and 28 at the atlantic city airport and windchills of the weekend will be stuck in the teens. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we are dealing with now a little renegade batch of moisture and the main area is still across the ohio valley and transferring energy off the carolina coast moving to the north and east. what this means is that the steadiest snow is falling when most of us are sleeping, future tracker 6 showing at 11:00 snow is expanding areas to the west

of philadelphia. and wee hours of the morning at 2:00 we see the steadiest snow and moving in quickly and so it's moving out quickly it will be done by 6:00, by 9:00 some sunshine breaking out so it's a quick hit of snow and more of a nuisance event. as far as the amount not the blizzard of 96, 21 years ago about a coating to an inch, the bulk of our viewing area, parts of cumberland and kent countying a coating to ink of snow and cold enough so the snow is not melting on in the windy overtight tonight and the snow will be sticking to untreated surfaces and we'll see sunshine mid-day and temperatures are slightly above freezing and there will be melting going on tomorrow afternoon. the five-day at 5:00 showing tomorrow after the early morning snow, partly sunny and cold day, 35 degrees and temperatures

really crash over the weekend the high on saturday, 29 degrees and it looks like the coastal storm will be brushing the coast and could be a bigger snow event along the coast on saturday than tonight's event and sunday the windchills in the teens, 28 and monday 29 degrees and tuesday temperatures finally climbing above freezing and 38 degrees and increase clouds ahead of our next storm system and we'll talk about that and the coastal storm on saturday coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> i remember that blizzard 21 years ago. i was in grade school at the time, get me home from class. >> much more "action news" we'll be right back.

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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again here is what is happening on "action news" thursday night. it's not a big storm but a few inches of snow will blanket our area and we have the latest coming up. and how far did russia go to influence the presidential election through cyber attacks

and president obama's review is released and the hot topic on capitol hill. the first snowfall of 2017 is knocking on our doorstep as we speak and you are taking double live looks at atlantic city new jersey and wilmington, delaware, dark now but the sky 6 hd cameras are showing the snow in a few hours as it begins to fall, it's first snowfall of 2017 will only be a nuisance just a few inches falling across the area, when the snow will begin and make the friday morning commute slick. adam joseph is at the big board with an update from stormtracker 6 live double scan. >> the timing is good with this storm a nuisance storm and the steadiest snow will fall while many of us are sleeping. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan winter weather advisories from the ohio and tennessee valley pushing into parts of the atlantic over our region and this is a storm from the west, not a coastal storm

coming up the eastern seaboard. there is limited moisture with it. as you look at the radar here, there is that energy, snow in pittsburgh at state college is trying to break out a couple of pl flurries north and west and it develops an ocean storm too far to really impact our area as that heads out to sea. as you take a look at the impacts here as you travel around, low impacts through the 8:00 hour up to 8:00 for the majority of us, it's between 11:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. that is when we'll see the steadiest snow falling and then it tapers off so by the time the morning commute comes around and the snow is not falling anymore just trying to clean up the sidewalks and side roads and then beyond the storm temperatures are only in the 20s over the weekend as another shot at snow comes from the coastal communities on saturday. and then on that seven day,

temperatures jump into the 50s just down the road. we'll talk about how much to expect across the board for tonight, the saturday system and the seven day coming up in just a little bit guys. >> philadelphia along with many communities across the region are under a code blue, if you see a homeless person outside call the hot line. to get them some help. we have posted code blue information on our website at 6abc.com. philadelphia's code blue will remain in effect until furnish notice. from our new jersey newsroom tonight, here in seaside park sandbags remain in place to hold back the barnegat bay at the interests section of 8th street and bay view avenue. this area typically floods through extreme high tides and rain events but where the bulk heads stop there is nothing to keep it from sending it into the

streets. >> and constantly expanding weather maps and stormtracker 6 live double scan radar. and lets get northern update on the commute home tonight. gina is in for matt pellman. >> hello rick and monica, we are seeing really big delays out there and really great travel times. here is a live look at the big picture. 52 at 95 right around cotman, the issue is on the northbound side between the vine and allegheny. and delays on the vine street expressway and the schuylkill and the blue route. lets go outside to the schuylkill expressway eastbound at gladwyne, look at this delay it's growing now so between the blue route to the vine it will take you 34 minutes to travel out. 22 minutes if you travel westbound but at this point at gladwyne, the westbound side is not a problem just before the point at city avenue. the vine street expressway lit up here and we see a lot of brake lights, traveling westbound approaching 76 you are

delayed from 24th to the schuylkill, all the way to 95, lets look at the neighborhoods, here in plymouth township at jolly road we have fire and police directing traffic around that, and a slow spot there. in the northeast we have the water main break at mill brook road at deer pass lane that is out there i'll send it back of. >> thank you. in other news a philadelphia police department is once again using a catchy message to remind folks that you can't save public parking spots, this one tweeted today it tips its hat to game of thrones and john snow, two inches is nothing to get excited about don't start the game of cones early. there is a long way to go, hashtag no savesies. the action team will be up early to help you get through trouble

spots. join matt, tam and david starting early at 4:00 a.m. today intelligence owners presented president obama with the russian interference through cyber attacks. tomorrow president-elect donald trump will be rebriefed on the review ordered by president obama this while expressing skepticism in the elections. >> reporter: good evening. this set up an interesting dynamic on this side you have republican and republican lawmakers in agreement with the white house on the cyber attack and donald trump continuing to question it as an out lier, today the national intelligence said there is a difference between healthy -- what it did

and how. >> the president directed the intelligen intelligence community to make as much of the report public because it's important for people to know it's the democracy that is interfered with. >> the conclusion that russia was behind the cyber attack and putting lawmakers at odds with president-elect donald trump. >> and donald trump found julian assange's claim that russia did not give him the hacked emails. >> and he was not in agreement with assange and called himself a big fan of the intelligence community. that embrace of the fugitive hacker over the intelligence community. >> it makes me mad that the president-elect would embrace anything that julian assange came. >> do you think there is any creditability we should attach

to this individual given his record of -- >> my view -- >> senator tim kaine, hillary clinton's running mate brought up normal aspect. >> i had a little role in this election i was along for the ride for 105 days and was the subject of a couple of fake news stories. >> the director of national intelligence james clapper says the hacking was just one part of russia's campaign including propaganda and miss information, donald trump will get his own briefing on this report on friday. reporting live karen travers, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. world news tonight with david muir has more on the russia hacking report and today's testimony on capitol hill. you can watch that tonight at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00. a man was shot and killed in philadelphia's strawberry man's section and police are trying to track down the people responsible this is the scene at

north 29th street and oakdale. they found the victim on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head and saw two men jump in a car and drive away after the shooting. folks living in the 70s hundred block of dung enroad, it knocked out electricity for more than 1,000 people. authorities say that a pickup driver lost control and hit a utility pole. the cause is under investigation. philadelphia firefighters had their hands full with a blaze on the top floor of an apartment building in the tioga-nicetown section today. crew as rived to find heavy fire and smoke on the fourth floor of the four story building and all residents were evacuated and nobody was injured it's unclear what sparked the fire. police are asking the public's help to identify the man in this video tonight. he is accused of indecent assault at david's restaurant in

chinatown on december 11 and. the victim told police she was standing inside when the suspect made his move on when she confronted him he ran away. if you recognize him authorities would like to hear from you. westchester university has a new president. he will take the reins after serving as interim president since april. he joined the university in 1983 he becomes the 15th president of westchester university. and now four days of special events to commemorate the life of doctor martin luther king. and the events kick off friday january 13th and include free or discounted emission and made possible thanks to a 25,000 there's contribution by citizens bank and the events start friday with workshops and performances, they will wrap up on monday martin luther king day. and still to come on "action news" tonight. personal writings of the late princess diana are up for

auction in the uk what she said about prince william and prince harry. temperatures are right around the freezing point right now, plenty cold for all of that snow to stick and we are talking about brutal windchilledss as w go through the weekend.

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more controversy tonight for israeli prime minister netanyahu, that he improperly accepted gifts from wealthy business people. investigators arrived at his official residence and on monday he was questioned for three hours. and giving favors to people abroad and denied wrongdoing and called the accusations against him a witch hunt. and six hand written notes when up for auction today in

britain. one talked about a young prince harry and described him as being quote, constantly in trouble in boarding school. and another writ and years before that, diana described how affectionate william was to his baby brother. and now governor jon corzine led the firm when it was charged with using a million dollars of the company's fees to keep it solvent and now a federal court in new york ordered him to pay up personally. corzine was also banned from trading stocks or managing a trading firm every again. and now jaime apody is here with sixers news and a key player is under the weather. >> to say the sixers need joel embiid is an understatement. the stomach bug is going around and your kids may have it.

he is questionable for tomorrow night's game in boston. named the rookie of the month for the second time this year season campaigning hard to make the all-star team. he is front amongst frontcourt players, he doesn't want to just play on the team and hopes to land a date with his crush super star rihanna. >> if it does it's another reason for me to help promote him. i had a different agenda but if that is a side benefit for joel. he can see that he has good taste. >> he wants a girlfriend or something like that. i heard -- maybe i'm just hearing stuff. i don't know. i heard maybe rihanna. i'm not going to say anything. i don't know. >> are you not like his campaign manager or anything like that. >> am i the campaign manager?

but i'm all for it. i'll hashtag nba vote joel embiid. if it helps him get a date with rihanna i hope he will do that for me. >> that is a true teammate there. the eagles reportedly denied the jet's permission to interview deflip oh for the coordinators job and was instrumental for the growth of carson wentz he was not even suppose to play this weekend. ron jaworsky says if the eagles want to continue developing the quarterback they have work to do to build around him. >> the quarterback position is a dependant position, you depend on other people to help you do your job. if you don't have those people with you, that can help you,

offensive line and running back and wide receiver, it's incumbent upon this offseason, the coaching staff and scouting department sound him with the right people. top ranked villanova lost their first game. falling to butler. curious to see how fall they fall in the rankings and the flyers drop their fifth straight game. steve mason came away a winner in my book. he presented his game used stick to 6-year-old mason thomas from florida. he travels to childrens hospital. and he developed a friendship with the boy and mason and mason that makes you smile there. >> that is a nice story. meantime, local leaders are encouraging philadelphians to make shir voices heard leading up the inauguration of donald trump. vincent hughs announced plans for the march on washington,

representatives from the philadelphia chapter of the naacp and the national action network and other civil rights organizations are busing people to the nation's capital for demonstrations. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 different versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... ...while his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder, get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79.99 per month online for the first year. hurry offer ends january 21st. only from fios.

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rush hour and another system we are tracking and lots to go over. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan the first few flakes are falling south of philadelphia and again it's a flake or two here or there. nothing too steady or heavy at this point. thankfully getting through the evening rush without any major problems or even minor problems, here you see down to the south the radar is filling in and a lot of it is up in the clouds and a flake or two here or there. starting to hit the ground in delaware and southern new jersey and it will take another hour or two or three after you fill the radar in. temperatures plenty cold. so again it's all snow and every flake that falls will stick if the surface is not treated. millville and below it in wilmington the number comes down a bit because of the precipitation trying to fall and it dropped the number called evaporational cooling and 31 in allentown and cape may 36

degrees, we look to the west energy is rolling through the atmosphere and as it passes by tonight for several hours we get steady snow as quickly as it comes in it exits well before the morning rush tomorrow. as we look at future tracker 6 at 11:00 still broken in nature so the south and far to the northern but the steadier snow in western and southeastern parts of pennsylvania near the purpose took itself. but really midnight, at 1:00, 2:00 a.m. we see the bulk of the moderate snowfall moving through but again just after 3:00, 4:00 in the morning it's heading out to sea here and to the north and west you are starting to break the clouds apart before the sunsets and for the lehigh valley and burkes county and lancaster county and by 8:00, 9:00 we could be dealing with more of sun glare glistening off the fresh snow rather than dealing with heavy amounts of snow on the ground and what to

expect overnight tonight? a general 1 to 2 inches in pink here the majority of us. the 1 or 2 inch mark and fluffy snow. and if you have one of those blowers, leaf blowers, that is great to use it's kind of easy to move around and coating to inch in the lehigh valley to the north and southern areas, and a broom on your sidewalk. and for friday itself. is stays cold and 35 degrees and we refire a storm to the south this taking a similar track to the south of the coast. and to the south of the virginias and carolinas and snow could likely brush the coast here on saturday and temperatures only in the upper 20s so the national weather service issued winter storm watching in effect here for the day on saturday. for atlantic county and cape may

county and sussex county and the potential is there for accumulating snow and most models for saturday saying 2 inches and maybe an out lier or two that brings it as high as 6 inches for the coast but we'll watch that for the remainor of the area on saturday just cold and cloudy. partly sunny and 35 for your friday and the brush of snow at the coast otherwise a lot of clouds inland and more sun the farther west you are from philadelphia and highs don't get out of the 20s or saturday and sunday and we bump up the temperatures with rain on wednesday 50s and then back to 56 on thursday. and updates online facebook and twitter and "action news" tonight at 10:00 and 11:00. >> and they can call you directly too? >> if they want to. >> thanks adam. we have great news from the philadelphia zoo, the gorilla

named kira is a mom to be. due in the early summer, this is her first pregnancy but the third for the baby's father. zookeepers say that kira loves babies and showed a lot of interest in the gorilla born at the zoo in august. and it was confirmed by an over the counter pregnancy test by the way. the same used by humans and (sfx: rain and thunder) says it won't let up for a while. the cadillac xt5... what should we do? ...tailored to you. wait it out. equipped with apple carplay compatibility. ♪

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. right now jim gardner and the "action news" team standing by with these stories next at 6:00. hundreds of police officers pause today to remember a pennsylvania state trooper killed in the line of duty. and we continue to track the snowfall, find out how crews in

pennsylvania, delaware and new jersey spent the day getting ready. now for the entire "action news" team, i'm monica malpass have a good night. "action news" at 6:00 is next.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with cecily tynan and jim gardner. thursday night and home invaders posing as utility workers target an elderly philadelphia man and a broken water main sends water rushing into several northeast philadelphia homes. but the big sorry tonight on "action news" is the approach of our first widespread measurable

snow of the season and penndot is getting ready brining i-95 in northeast philadelphia and the schuylkill expressway in center city. in new jersey they were loading the salt trucks at the department of public works facility in lyndonwald and this was the scene today on 95 in newport delaware as big trucks were putting down brine solution there. we have all the bases covered tonight. "action news" reporter sara bloomquist and gray hall are covering the philadelphia area and northern delaware but first lets get the ratest from meteorologist, cecily tynan and adam joseph. >> this is the first time this season that our entire viewing area sees some snow. not a major snow storm though, double scan live radar showing the elongated piece of energy moving out of the ohio valley transferring low pressure off the carolina coast and moving northeast out to sea. this means we'll see snow