batch of precipitation that was really held in the clouds did not make it to the ground and lifting away and we catch a break and we have to wait for the moisture in western pennsylvania and ohio to move through here. so it's going to be several hours before we watch any precipitation fall. in fact, future tracker 6 shows that it's until the 9:00, 10:00, hour toward lehigh valley and berks county and lancaster county we see the light freezing drizzle pushing in. that is the concern of the pennsylvania turnpike to pottstown and quakertown. lancaster county and berks county be up into the lehigh valley before light freezing rain as it turns over to rain there. and temperatures warm overnight. what to expect north of the pennsylvania turnpike. freezing rain at 1:00 p.m. and changes to rain, but for the rest of us south of the turnpike it starts as rain and ends as rain with temperatures warming

to 40 degrees with a .25 inch of rain overnight. we'll talk about the balmy numbers for the middle of the week and a chance for snow as well in the seven day. we'll chat about it in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you adam. with icy conditions expected to the north and west. 6abc.com/weather has you covered. rely on stormtracker 6 live double scan radar to see which areas will be impacted next and keep updated by following each of our meteorologists on twitter and facebook. an investigation is underway into two violent robberies just minutes apart in the same philadelphia neighborhood. now police say that four suspects may be to blame for both crimes and one victim is telling a story to "action news." sara bloomquist is live this afternoon at northeast detectives. >> reporter: that is right. philadelphia police are investigating these two gun point robberies under the assumption that they were likely committed by the same

individuals both happened near the frankford transportation senders. they wore ski masks. we spoke with a victim. >> the victim did not want to appear on camera but told us about his ordeal on the 1500 block. it was 12:40 a.m. when the man noticed the impala pull up with four men inside. they had ski masks and dark clothes. >> they said give me everything you have. and hit me with a shotgun in the face, and throw me on the floor and when they were going to leave they shot me. >> the victim received a graze wound in the leg and went for treatment. he learned that a few minutes before an 18-year-old girl was attacked in virtually the same way by a group of masked men and was at the hospital being treated for a head wound.

she was grabbed from behind by a male and there were three other males and gave up her wallet and they continued to kick her and ask her where the money was. >> both happened close to the frank ford terminal and believe that the same men may be responsible. >> it make its possible they were related. neighbors were understandably concerned. >> what are we going to do when we sign them to the store. >> are we going to worry about them getting robbed or shot. >> the teenager got off the l and was walk down frankford avenue, when she was attacked. there are many surveillance cameras in the area and police hope that one may have captured the suspects or their vehicle. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a philadelphia school bus driver is facing charges for allegedly leaving a child on the bus so he could runner rands,

police say that 28-year-old jamal henry went grocery shopping in the middle of his route when a 7-year-old boy was still on board. a police officer noticed the bus running yesterday outside of a shop-rite in west philadelphia. henry is now accused of endangering a child and possessing marijuana. the student's mother talks to "action news" in a live report ahead at 4:30. philadelphia police are trying to figure out who shot and killed a man who intervened in a robbery. investigators were called to the 1500 block of girard avenue late last night. that 32-year-old barry jones was inside of an apartment with a friend who was trying to rob the woman and he ended up shooting him dead. call police if you know anything about this crime. new jersey state police are trying to piece together what caused a dumbbell to fly through

a windshield in cam don't county. they are urging anyone with information about the crash to come forward. >> 75-year-old jack decarlo of hamilton county, mercer township. remains in critical condition, after being hit in the head with a 50 pound dumbbell. it happened early monday morning and state police are not ruling out anything but focusing on the two most likely scenarios. >> someone could have thrown the weight from a location or dislodged from another vehicle in some type of way to make contact with the victim's vehicle. >> police are interviewing drivers nearby at the time. it happened at mile post 606. and the victim was air-lifted from the scene. they are reviewing cameras from the area. >> if anyone may have seen

anything or driving in the area, we are asking those people to call the new jersey state police. those are the people that help us put the puzzle together. >> and lois lives across the street from the retired prison guard and his wife. >> he is a fun guy, loves to play golf. >> the couple was on their way to myrtle beach, south carolina. >> they always go to myrtle beach, they like to have fun. >> if someone did this i would say do the right thing, turn yourself in we are going to find you one way or the other. what was a get away turned into a nightmare. anybody with information about the 50 pound dumbbell is asked to contact the police immediately. and hearings underway for confirmations and the first

hearing was one of the more controversial ones. protesters disrupted the hearing for jeff sessions, trump's choice for attorney general. sessions a senator from alabama was rejected for a federal ju e judgeship after allegations he made racial remarks. and he denied them and called them false. >> there was an organized effort to character me as something untrue and it was incredibly painful and i didn't know how to respond and i didn't respond well. i hope this shows you that it was not accurate and it wasn't accurate then and it's not accurate now. >> today sessions was grilled on everything from russian hacking to roe v. wade to immigration. tomorrow new jersey senator

corey booker will testify against sessions, the first time a senator has ever testified against a sitting colleagues selected for a cabinet post. booker says the deeply troubling views of this nominee is a call to conscious. and also happening right now, confirmation for john kelly to head up the department of homeland security. other nominees are scheduled for hearings throughout the week. >> thank you. president obama is saying a fond farewell to the american people tonight, live on television. obama will be in chicago where his political career started. he is expected to thank americans and urge them not to lose faith in their future. and that he'll warn his successor about undoing key legislation like the affordable care act. we'll stream it live at 6abc.com. a horse had to be rescued

from an icy delaware pond. as first responders worked to free the horse named ricky ricardo, from the pond in malvern. chopper 6 hd flew over the scene moments later. the frigid temperatures added urgency to what was a tense situation and the horse was in the water for about an hour. >> the eastland fire department came and helped us get him out. we are trying to warm him up fow. >> despite the ordeal, ricky seems to be okay. he was treated for a hot meal and warm blankets waiting for the veterinarian to check him out. time for the traffic report now. >> no ricky racing on the way home. watch the speeds there could be a couple of icy patches out there this afternoon brian and monica, no need to say nay to i-95, it's slow coming out of the city as it is most

afternoons heading to the work zone at girard avenue, overall not a terrible ride along 95. it's slow much of the afternoon along the roosevelt boulevard extension coming off the schuylkill to broad street. we had earlier construction and now just normal volume building in. and also one on the schuylkill westbound side near south street. just miles per hour. but for the most part just normal fare this hour as we look live. we told you about the new construction in abington township closing edge hill road through the fall. and now another chunk, susquehanna road and davisville road could be an alternate but edge hill is not the way to go. and upper merion watching a crash off 422 along first avenue close to gulf road. >> lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report. close to 30thstration a major

crash near schuylkill avenue at jfk boulevard. i would watch out for the emergency crews there. along jfk and toward university city. we'll check it again in the next hov hour. >> still to come on "action news" a new warning simpacting hundreds of families vaccinated by a family doctor. and we'll have details next. >> plus, transition to the atm, could soon be done without a bank card. and hear how wells far go could rely on the smart phone in the coming months.

the fate of dillon roof is now in the hands of the jury and started to deliberate the penalty face at 1:30 this afternoon.

they are deciding if they get the death penalty or life in prison for shooting nine parishioners in a charleston church. roof told jurors he was not sure what good it would do if he spared his life. and focused on the gruesome nature of that massacre. and being held gun point at a credit union and that s.w.a.t. officers entered the building prompting the suspects to free the group. police arrested the armed man, officers quickly responded to a robbery report and blocked all the doors, that they say is what may have angered the suspect leading to the decision to hold the workers hospital an. and an intense manhunt continues for a suspected cop killer also wanted for the

killing of his pregnant ex-girlfriend. two hours later a car crash killed an orange county sheriffs deputy rushing to join the manhunt. >> now to a health alert in our area, as many as 900 children in ocean county new jersey may need to be revaccinated for things like mumps measles and chicken pox and other illnesses because a local pediatrician improperly refrigerated the vaccine supply. it happened at michael bliman in ocean county. they were not refrigerated properly and they need to have them redone. the department file aid complaint against the doctor for misconduct. and the phone was off the hook for most of today. here is what you need to know,

this effects any child that received a vaccine at the office from july 2014 to july to 2016 including measles mumps rubela and polio and a whole through of other things. and they got them through the federally funded vaccine for children program that provides free or discounted vaccines for low income children, there is a hot line set up to help family that are in need of revaccination. wal-mart's new training facility graduated their first class of workers, complete with caps, gowns and streamers, the training center is located in the hatfield montgomery county super center. it has classes that help with leadership and sales skills as

well as preparing them for roles as supervisors, now a look at wall street. a mixed bag, the dow is down 30 and change. 30 points rather at 19.855, and up 20, also up. the wells far go says their software is called a game changer, they can remove their money without using a card instead log on to the wells fargo happen and get a special access code and then use the code to start a transition, wells fargo is the first to convert all of its 16,000 atm's to include the card option, you can still use your card but it's an alternative. >> may cut down on some fraud. lets head to adam joseph and see how the freezing rain debut is coming adam.

>> it's late this evening. 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 especially to the north and west of the pennsylvania turnpike if you are around philadelphia. no threat for freezing rain, sky 6 hd over the commodore barry bridge despite sunshine and clouds took over today, and temperatures thankfully finally warming back up, in fact, we are in the freezer for many hours, 114 hours where temperatures are below 30 degrees, at 6:00 p.m. last thursday through noon today in philadelphia. the first time we broke the 32 degree mark last week. we are moving in the temperatures upper 30s through millville and cape may. the atlantic city airport, 35 degrees, you'll notice to the north and west. we are flirting with freezing here and those are the zones we have to watch for a little bit of freezing rain and a couple of patchy icy spots late this

evening, before it changes to rain there. we are tracking a system and the precipitation you see locally just to the north is not reaching the ground and lifting away and we'll wait for the next batch east of cleveland and pushing east overnight. temperatures above freezing for the most part except the northwestern suburbs, but even at 9:00 it's fairly dry. if you get drizzle that could freeze on can't but 11:00 we start to see light, freezing rain for reading as well as the lehigh valley up into the poconos and then as it punctures through at midnight and thereafter at 2:00 a.m. temperatures jump into the 40s and no threat for ice, around a .25 inch through the area and by tomorrow morning, temperatures not too bad already above normal for this time of year to start at 6:00 a.m. and the rain will be gone. and the temperatures will get out of the 40s. we'll go into the lower 50s

possibly here tomorrow afternoon. right around the 1:00 hour and staying warm into the evening before another round of rain coming in tomorrow night. in fact, the four day at 4:00 forecast shows with the warmth tomorrow there is peeks of sun developing around but the clouds are still going to try to win out. and more rain coming in wednesday night and thursday dry and breezy and clouds and maybe a peek or two of sun, but 60s return and then returning colder with another front on friday, clouds and a shower at 49 and then a front will stall around saturday bringing in cold air back down to 35 degrees, we could see a period of light sfoe or wintry mix on saturday. not a big storm but a little snow to begin the weekend once again and then the temperatures jump again and we'll talk about it in the seven day. >> adam thank you. coming up in just about 10 minutes, "action news's" matt o'donnell hosts a conversation

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a man accused of murdering a woman by stabbing her more than 20 times was just in court. only "action news" was there as byron allen was taken to his preliminary hearing today. police say he killed natasha

gibson in a random attack in september. and charged in four slashings and sex assaults in the kensington section of philadelphia. there is a new reward up for grabs in connection with some vandalism at a local synagogue, someone shattered six pane's of glass. they are offering a reward for information in this case. upper darby police will have an extra line of defense in the line of duty. officers get new active shooter vests to be worn on top of their regular bulletproof vests, the extra layer can protect against rifle rounds, officers are not required to where them because they are heavy but ever upper darby officer has an option to put one on as they head to a

dangerous call. >> they are protective against ar 47's and ak 15's. >> upper darby bought 137 of these vests at a cost of $37,000. >> very good. still to come in the next-hour a child was allegedly left on this school bus when the driver went grocery shopping, we are are live with reaction from of the mother of the boy, she is outraged. and new jersey governor chris christie says will fight a growing drug problem in his state. up next.

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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. 4:30 now and "action news" continues and monica malpass joins us and sharrie is off today and we have change coming to monopoly and you can have a say in what that change is. >> and mess with mother nature this is what happens, what happened to a cool tourist destination now destroyed. >> but first here at 4:30, a philadelphia school bus driver is charged with putting a child in danger after allegedly leaving him on the bus to go shopping. a police officer saw what was going on outside of a grocery store and questioned the driver

and that led to his arrest. walter perez is live outside of the store where that happened. walter you spoke with the child's mom today? >> reporter: that is right and mom was pretty upset. at first driver said it was a bathroom emergency that forced him to make an unscheduled stop but the responding officer was quickly unable to prove that was not true. >> nicole scott says it was one of those circumstances that would throw any parent into a panic. >> they never told me where my son was, from 4:15 until 5:45, i didn't know where my child was. >> it turns out nicole's 7-year-old son was sitting alone on his school bus yesterday afternoon. a 19th district police officer happened to be patrolling and saw the youngster on the bus. >> and getting information from the juvenile inside of the bus,

a male exits from the store and runs in that direction. >> that man was the bus driver, 28-year-old jamal henry. henry was arevved after getting caught in a lie. >> originally he told the officer he had a bathroom money and the office conducted a little investigation looking at video surveillance and determined that was not the truth. >> complicated matters, henry was found in possession of a bag of marijuana, and arrested on charges including child endangerment and possession and other related offenses. the school district sent us a statement. say that student safety is a priority and quote, we immediately removed the drive forever work and we'll continue investigating the case and nicole scott says she is just happy that her son she calls little b is okay and he is never taking the bus again. >> little b is getting chauffeured now.

chauffeured and sheltered. >> that surveillance footage showed that scott was inside of the store making a western union transition and that little b was inside of that bus for at least 15 minutes before the officer found him. scott was released today on $7,000 bail. reporting live from west philadelphia, walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. everyone made it out safely from this home that caught fire in south jersey this morning. chopper 6 hd over the scene of the 100 block of west broad street in paulsboro at 10:00 a.m. a lot of smoke there and flames were seen coming from the roof and the damage from this home was extensive and firefighters are working to determine the cause. >> the work to fix that massive sinkhole in kensington will take days, the original hole was 30 feet wide and 10 feet deep caused by a water main break, it swallowed two cars and crew his to rip up the street to make the

repairs easier and made a bigger mess in the process. 20 homes remain bout water and six homes had their gas shut off as a precaution, and drivers used kelly drive and detours because of icy conditions, both lanes were closed from strawberry mansion bridge to the grand stands for sometime. the roads were back open after 8:00 this morning. time to get a check of the accuweather forecast. adam is here. we have freezing weather to talk about? >> especially north and west. freezing rain later this evening and then the heat is on so to speak for the next couple. days. look live at sky 6 hd over the center city skyline and temperatures finally above freezing, once again the last time was last thursday at 6:00 p.m. when we dropped below the freezing points and have not made it back above until this afternoon. southerly wind 7 miles per hour. winter weather advisories for the light freezing rain, you see

it takes over most of western central new york state and most of the state of pennsylvania and just grazing our northwestern suburbs, north of the pennsylvania tun pike. we are awaiting moisture from the west in the form of a front. that is passing through and the bulk of this is heading to the north and west and everybody gets wet overnight tonight and the temperatures at 37 in center city with a lot of clouds. we'll chat about the area of freezing rain and time it for you on future tracker and talk about the warm temperatures before another dip with some more snow possible in the seven-day forecast. >> all right adam thank you. a robber pulled a gun on a grocery store worker in the overback section of philadelphia. it happened at the 4900 block of thompson street. the robber pointed the gun at the clerk until he handed over cash, the man got away with $200. if you recognize the suspect you are urged to call police.

new jersey's drug epidemic was a cornerstone of governor christie's state of the state today. the crisis is more urgent to new jersey families than any other issue. they revealed a new help line. and also paused to hug state worker pam, whose 23-year-old son died of a heroin overdose just last month. >> this is the face of the epidemic of addiction that is ravaging our state and its people. our children are dying. every day. in numbers we can no longer afford to ignore. >> governor christie also ask everyone to say a prayer for new work pastor, joe carter that suffered a medical emergency and had to be removed from the chamber today. and a nice gesture to police is a violation of federal

policy. several new jersey towns are said to use blue paint down the middle of the road. they are meant to honor law enforcement. and they require it to be visionible in the space of the yellow lines and all towns were told to get rid of the blue paint. >> out west the ski resorts around lake tahoe could see up to 5 feet of snow and now concern about possible avalanches, this as northern california and nevada brace for more rain today. after being hit by a powerful storm that flooded roads and homes and vineyards. parts of northern california were soaked by a foot of rain over a 72 hour period. and hundreds of people were evacuated and many remain without power today. a giant sequoia tree in california famous for the drive through hole is no longer there. massive stormed out west hit a state park near yosemite causing

the tree to topple. the tunnel that made it famous and ultimately weakened it was carved in the 1880s allowing tourists to pass through. it was limited to pedestrians if the latest decades. wilmington police identified the business owner shot and killed in his own store yesterday. rick williams is live now in the newsroom with the details we learning about this one. >> it happened in the middle of the afternoon inside of the lancaster market and the person responsible is still on the run. reporter vernon odom spoke to regular customers and how people are remembering the victim colling up tonight at 5:00. also coming up tonight, the job one couple in utah posted an a d for online that got 19,000 responses, some call it an opportunity of a lifetime. those and much more when "action

news" continues. until then back to the studio. >> thank you rick. japan is getting ready to launch a small rocket as that country tries to promote their commercial space business. the company will carry a tiny satellite to take pictures of earth for the researchers at the university of tokyo and technology that is less expensive. and still to come here on a tuesday afternoon. sea lions that sparked controversy in one california town and many tourists that come through there. >> i thought it was a joke at first and then thrown back by it. i was surprised. >> it wasn't a joke, this michigan man got a ticket for letting his car run in the driveway to warm up. alicia vitarelli will explain in big talkers. and adam joseph back with the full accuweather forecast. when "action news" at 4:00 comes right back today.

the town council is debating what a crisis in the cove is where numerous visitors are threatened by the sea lions while they were taking selfies and they have created a smelly litter box but others say that people are the problem there and they should leave the sea lions alone. the debate continues. harriet tubman will be honored with a national park in her name. the secretary of the interior presided over a ceremony creating the harriet tubman park in new york. she was considered a conductor on the underground railroad was a slave herself in maryland before escaped to philadelphia in 1849. picture this, it's cold. we know what that feels like.

are you getting ready to leave for work and you go outside and warm it up in your own driveway. tons of people do it, but one guy in michigan got a ticket for it. and the car is not the only thing getting heated up. taylor's parking ticket from his own property has gone viral since he posted it on facebook. he is pretty mad. the ticket was for leaving the keys in the ignition with the motor running and nobody around. >> in and out probably 7 to 8 minutes, in that amount of time he ran up here and gave me the ticket and by the time i got out he was nowhere to be seen. >> we have 5 or 10 cars stolen this way every winter and it's dangerous. and it drives everyone's insurance rates up and our crime rate up. >> the ticket comes with a $128 fine, the facebook post of that ticket happening there in michigan is views tens of

thousands of times. monopoly, these are the play pieces of childhood for more than 80 years, the top hat, the iron, the thimble and scotty dog, none of those are safe as monopoly gives them a millennial update. a hashtag, a winking emoji and rubber duck and pair of bunny slippers, they are all contenders as hasbro gives fans a chance to choose the new token lineup and the originals are there still and still in contention and you can see the old ones in silver. the new ones are shown in gold all of them vying for a spot in the final eight. i went on and voted today. very interesting voting runs until january 31st. go to 6abc.com and we have the link on how you can cast your vote and while i found myself

marveling at some of them. a t-rex and old tv and new computer. it's really interesting, i kind of found myself liking the old one. >> vote for the tv. >> too personal to ask what you voted for? >> the thimble. always the thimble. this is america people cast your vote. >> alicia thank you. lets get a check of the roads now. matt pellman in the traffic center. what would be your vote? >> the hashtag is kind of interesting. i like it. good afternoon to you brian and monica, schuylkill expressway often has a monopoly on the slow speeds and this half noon past the roosevelt boulevard boulevard do not collect $1200 guy get a jam. coming off the eastbound side getting on the northbound side of the boulevard extension stacking up with normal afternoon volume. coming off the schuylkill on the

vine street expressway, eastbound is extra heavy because a crash near broad street. it wasn't there long and cleared out of the way now and eastbound is still park add crosstown and will likely remain that way for the rest of the afternoon rush, westbound is backing up approaching the schuylkill and the vine does close tonight and each night at 11:00 for overnight construction. on the big picture on 95, southbound slowing headed towards the work zone and fire department activity not far away from rittenhouse at rodman and 16th, a block north of south vote. and a crash newspaperer merion along madison ford road at 320. and upper moore land we have a crash along edge hill road in addition to the long-term construction that started yesterday at edge hill and abington township. the bottom line is susquehanna road would be a better bet. we'll check it again coming up in the 5:00 hour.

>> all right sounds good. up next at 4:00 the full forecast from adam. sky 6 hd giving a live look at the clear skies over the philadelphia international airport, adam joseph is standing by with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. next. by peggy lee playing ]

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one more punch of cold air. before we warm things up. we are going to thaw things out here for a few days and then back in the freezing with snow and then back up. there is a lot of up's and down's in the forecast. as we look at double scan live radar we are in the dry and a lot of clouds out there. we are tracking precipitation coming in later this evening, and overnight tonight, the majority will be rain but it's a small window of opportunity for some freezing drizzle and

freezing rain in the far northwestern suburbs. in fact you see numbers are above freezeing along the i-95 south and east. at freezing allentown and lancaster, notice the poconos, 19 degrees that is where the cold air is deep and a big issue to try to bring in the warmth to give them a switch over to rain. but again the far northwestern suburbs an hour or two before it changes to plain old rain. the temperatures dropover sunlight and southerly winds continue with a system to the north and west. it moves temperatures up overnight tonight. there is the batch of precipitation we are tracking now in eastern pennsylvania and ohio. that is sliding east between now and 9:00 it's dry out there. 10:00, 10:30 we start to see light freezing drizzle for northern parts of lancaster county and berks and lehigh

county. and the poconos. and wildwood to atlantic city, it goes up to above freezing, about a .25 inch of rain and after a little bit of patchy freezing rain to the northern and west. expect plain old rain for the early morning hours of wednesday but the morning rush the rain is all gone and temperatures are mild in the upper 30s to even upper 40s to the south. with some drier roadways. so watch for some slick spots here north of the pennsylvania turnpike. later on tonight. the ground will still be below 32 degrees and temperatures are gradually rising after midnight and no issues for the morning rush hour in the lehigh valley. and in fact tomorrow much milder we are looking at 50s returning across the board here. stopping at 49 allentown, upper 40s in lancaster and warmer than we have seen in the last five to six days.

some sun in the afternoon, a blow torch day thursday and southwesterly winds ahead of another cold front, 62. 22 degrees above normal. not a bright sunny day and a lot of clouds but at least you'll feel the warmth, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast peeks of sunshine tomorrow and 51 and a round of rain coming in tomorrow night, a lot of clouds breezy and 62 friday and turning colder with the front slamming through the region. 49 degrees. and it kind of stalls and a wave develops, and a form of precipitation in the form of light snow and wintry mix and a high of just 35. second half of the weekend, sun returning in the afternoon at 40 degrees. cloudy on monday for the holiday of 43 and back 10 degree as above normal on tuesday. with 50s returning but the only unnority nate thin here we see the warm days and colder days, not one day where the sunshine will be dominant or in control for the next seven days.

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we have got breaking news from charleston, south carolina. where the jury delivered the verdict in the fate of dillon roof. he will now die for the murder of nine people inside of a historically black charleston church. roof defended himself during the trial and did not present a defense as to whether his life should be spared. he was found guilty for this crime sometime ago and the jury had to answer the question death or life without parole. the decision came, dillon roof now sentenced to death. more throughout the evening here. >> all right brian, lets switch

gears and time for what's the deal. if your new years resolution includes hitting the gym. here is an important warning, gym clubs can be a nasty area for bacteria and fungus. >> you go to the gym to stay healthy which is ironic given how much a germ factory some gyms can be. >> i understand you can pick up a cold or flu at the gym but some of the most common things are pick up are skin infections, because germs can thrive on the sweat left on exercise equipment and towels as well as the warm, moist areas like pool decks. >> staph infections like mirs can be more scary. but common infections like planters warts and athletes foot and jock itch can typically be

prevented. >> strategies can be healthy working out. keep cuts covered. and spread a towel overweight machines and always wear flip-flops in wet areas, and bring your own exercise mat and disfect it regularly. chances are the ones at the gym are not regularly cleaned between classes. germs can live for days on the mats, like weight machines and locker room benches. >> wipe down equipment and wash your hands after a workout and showering after a swim. and do your laundry, washing your gear helps to prevent germ buildup after you bulk up. >> and take a good look around the gym before you join, look to see if the equipment is well maintained and the locker rooms are except stocked with liquid soap and alcohol based sanitizer can be an indication of how clean your health club is. >> thank you.

for monica malpass, alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. join me tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. "action news" at 5:00 coming up next.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. looking live outside the bitter cold, moving out of the delaware valley but not without another dose of winter weather. it's tuesday night and the big story on "action news" is the winter weather advisory that takes part in our area less than an hour from now. cecily tynan is live at the big board with more. >> reporter: temperatures will be rising overnight and the precipitation will be light, so this will not be a widespread freezing rain events. double scan live radar showing a few flakes moving through the viewing area earlier this afternoon and that is moving up to the norm and now we are tracking a little more precipitation out to the west. as it moves in, it will be clipping parts of our viewing area with a little bit of

freezing rain. future tracker 6 showing around 11:00 tonight, this is when we'll see the freezing rain breaking out in the far north and west counties and the lehigh valley and the poconos. notice the streamlines out of the south, that is the wind direction that shows the temperatures actually will be warming in the overnight hours. we have a winter weather advisory posted at 6:00, it's in the effect until 10:00 for upper montgomery county and bucks counties, and by then, temperatures at the surface is above freezing and areas up to the north, berks county and lehigh valley and the poconos, winter weather advisory for light freezing rain stays in effect until 2:00 in the morning. and everyone will be well above freezing by tomorrow morning. areas north of the pennsylvania turnpike this is where we have the brief freezing rain the key times between 9:00 and 1:00 in the morning and after that it changes all over to rain and the