philadelphia area today. >> and today's observations come at a high profile back and forth between an icon of the civil rights movement and the man who will be president just four days from now. georgia congressman john lewis has questioned the legitimacy of donald trump's election and will not attend his inauguration. in response the president-elect fired off a series of tweets this holiday weekend denigrating the congressman as a failed public leader and "all talk, no action" at an eve 70 miami today lewis said this to the crowd. >> never give up. never give in. stand up. speak up when you see something that is not right and not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something to say something and not be quiet. >> back in new york, mr. trump did meet privately with martin luther king the third today. king said the two had a very "constructive conversation." that controversy has given

new intensity to an already strained relationship between the incoming president and the african-american community. "action news" reporter vern node attended several day of service events dan talked to participants and leaders about this controversy. vernon. >> reporter: good afternoon brian. the truth is with donald trump's inauguration just days away now and the mlk celebration the annual one in high gear a lot of friction was bound to be generated already. then enter trump versus john lewis. at this midday anti-trump rally a mix of union and other acts 50's railed against the president-elect. the issues healthcare, criminal justice and the whole assortment of areas where the progressive movement is angry and promising to fight back against the president-elect's stated goals. many tell me they are relatively new to this level of activism. >> in areas of healthcare and protect women's rights and a lot of areas where that people could die because of bad

decisions. >> i have a child who is in the military and just quite frankly i worry for his safety. >> reporter: much of the heat. john lewis says trump is not a legitimate president because of the russian hacking. lewis says he'll not attend the inauguration. donald trump fired back on twitter saying lewis is all talk nonaction and should be focused on inner city crime problems sparking outrage from those celebrating mlk day. >> i think it was outrageous what donald trump tweeted about john lewis. to call him a hero is an understatement. he literally bled for the country. he should show more respect and he should show what most presidents do even when they're criticized they try to reach out and build a coalition of common ground. >> reporter: from the trump camp this week the stand that donald trump has a right to defend himself and they fired back at congressman lewis. >> for someone to use his stature to use terms like this is not a legitimate president,

it's just -- it's just deeply disappointing to me. >> i think it's incredibly disappointing and i think it's irresponsible for people like himself to question the legitimacy of the next united states president. >> reporter: i'll be back at 6 o'clock with more reaction to the trump-lewis dustup and the response of donald trump's team. it's all still very heated. live in spring garden, i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news." >> all right, vernon thank you. we look forward to that update. in wilmington delaware officials are rolling out a new plan to respond to a rash of gun related violence. since the start of the new year, there have been at least four homicides in wilmington. today the city's newly elected mayor mike president president e chief announce add new strategy. we caught up with the mayor at a dr. martin luther king jr.

event at the mount carmel church in wilmington. the mayor says a plan to deploy more police officers to hot spots is what they are focused on today, those hot spots designated by police. they will also be loosening restrictions on overtime for members of the police department who will work those hot spots on foot patrol. >> it's not only a human cost but it's an economic developments cost for our city. we can't cripple the city's economy because of the reputation for violence and so we just to spend what it takes to get people out there to keep these numbers down to keep the statistical violence down. >> and mayor purzycki noting one of the more recent incidents on january 8th a wilmington store owner was shot and killed, 22-year-old devante dorsett an teen boy respect behind bars charged with first degree murder and other offenses in that case. again one of many in wilmington just since the beginning of the new year and just this afternoon wilmington police are investigating

reports of yet another gun shot victim. the city's new antiviolence plan is being rolled out today. sharrie. >> all right, alicia. a 14-year-old murder victim is being remembered in montgomery county. a public memorial honored grace packer at the new life church in glenside. police say grace was raped and dismembered after she was reported missing from abington township in july. her adopted mother sarah and is a havher boyfriend are facing charges. chad pradelli will have a live report at 5:00. >> violent and seemingly random attack outside of a south philadelphia parking garage has neighbors taking extra precautions. they say they have been vocal about security concerns but nothing has been done. bob brooks live outside the marine club on south broad at washington avenue. bob you've got the details here. >> reporter: brian, good evening, this is terrifying. a 24-year-old victim, she was followed right into her building to her parking spot

by this suspect. there was nothing to stop him and speaking with residents today they said this is all part of a larger picture of a giant lack of security here. overnight just before 3 a.m. a 24-year-old female resident was pulling into the parking garage. the detectives say at the entrance a suspect wearing ski mask armed way rifle tapped the driver's side win don't yelled to give him her stuff. she was followed into the building. she said the suspect smashed out her car window with a gun. police say he hit the woman with the gun and yanked her out of the today. the victim reports the suspect in a second female suspect took her phone and drove away in a red getaway car. >> obviously that sounds terrible. they need to invest in security here. >> reporter: as you can hear residents here feel terrible for the victim but they also say they knew this was coming. >> i think this weekend with the issues with garage doors so i don't think it was fully functional so i could see how someone could come in.

>> reporter: many residents say there's a huge lack of security at the marine club and we discovered it was quite easy to find a way in. you can see at the side door that sign reads a marine club key fob must be used i clearly don't have one. see what happens. get right in. >> i do it all the time. >> reporter: we went inside on two separate occasions. we did meet with a security guard working the garage. he says they always have someone here but residents tell us that's definitely not the case. is that guy always here? >> that's completely new to me. >> i've never seen a security guard there. >> reporter: okay, back out live here this is that side door that we tested out around noon. you can see it still opens right up. i can do it again just to prove it is shut i'm not using a key fob and it opens right up again. this is the marine club 1100 south broad street.

reporting live in south philadelphia, bob brooks channel6 "action news." brian. >> all right, bob, thank you. a contractor doing work in brookhaven delaware county hit a pipe and caused a gas leak. chopper6 was overhead while peco crews turned off the gas. the line was hit on dutton mills road. first responders evacuated nearby homes as a precaution but no one was hurt here. >> all right, it is time now for a check of the accuweather forecast as we start a new work week. >> meteorologist adam joseph standing by at the "action news" big board with the first check and a pretty nice day out there adam. >> not too bad out there today though temperatures right about average for this time of year, a little bit of sunshine early this morning, clouds increasing this afternoon with a warm front to the south temperatures right now 41 in philadelphia, but you can see the warmth lurking just to the south. charleston west virginia 58 degrees. there's a warm front that's going to be pushing through overnight tonight with a little bit of precipitation and you can see there's a little stripe here to the north and west developing with a couple of sprinkles and showers. that will continue its journey

to the north. the wider picture shows the actual low pressure center right now in the nation's heartland near kansas city. this goes to our north and that will bring a couple rounds of precipitation in from the south late tonight early tomorrow morning and the problem is especially for those northwestern suburbs there will be cold air situated as some of these showers pass through so there is a freezing rain advisory from 1:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for berks county lehigh county northampton county into the poconos for the possibility of some icy spots especially during that morning rush tomorrow so for the lehigh valley and the poconos late tonight early on tuesday with temperatures near freezing, there's not a lot of precipitation but you get a few spotty light rain showers. we could see some slick spots on untreated surfaces especially bridges and overpasses first thing tuesday morning. then sharrie it's kind of a dreary tuesday. we'll talk about a warming accuweather forecast and a lack of sunshine this week coming up in just a little bit. >> wow.

we can't get these two together. >> well, it's january, so kind of goes every year like this. >> all right adam. employees from the children's hospital of philadelphia spent their day giving back in a number of ways. the action cam caught up with the group spruce up south philadelphia high school armed with paintbrushes and buckets. they gave the hallways and gymnasium quite the nice face-lift. >> and from our new jersey news room people also spent their day off working to clean up the streets in trenton. a group of volunteers from the bethany house of hospitality made their way down hamilton avenue picked up trash and you see raked some of the leaves out there this afternoon. >> a lot of service happening today. >> yeah. >> time for the "action news" traffic report. >> all right, matt pelman standing by in the "action news" traffic center. should be lighter though that picture doesn't agree with me. theoretically should be. we've had complications not the least of which is an overturned vehicle crash on 95 northbound side in the old

worked at cottman avenue. the good news is the vehicle is upright, everything is off to the side society lanes are opened but you're still getting an 11 minute delay on that northbound travel time with some speeds in the 20's and then 40's as you come northbound from center city because of that earlier accident around cottman avenue. also slow zones on the vine and the schuylkill and the boulevard, nothing too out of the ordinary. volume a little bit lighter than normal on most of the major highways. except here, pennsylvania turnpike in chester county the crawl is on on the eastbound side just 15 miles per hour. it's because of a crash approaching downingtown taking out one of the two lanes. i would really consider using 322 or the 30 bypass instead of the eastbound turnpike. in lower providence watch out for a crash along park avenue close to eagleville road and for the next 15 minutes or so a blockage in woodbury cooper at evergreen construction today. it will close close again tomorrow starting at 7:00 a.m. we'll check it again brian and sharrie, in the next half hour. >> all right, matt, thank you. see you then. still ahead here on a

monday afternoon the wife of the man who carried out the terror attack at that pulse nightclub in orlando is under arrest. developing details and charges against her next. >> plus, get ready to buy six packs at pennsylvania beer distributors and that's not the only ancient rule that's changing. we take a look at what else is in the new law coming up. >> ♪

>> the wife of the man who opened fire inside the pulse nightclub in orlando is now facing charges. the fbi arreste arrest noor sal. she was taken into custody after she moved after her outbound omar mateen was killed in a shootout with police. mateen killed 49 people inside that flight knight club on june 12th. we're expected to learn more

about there allegations during a court hearing set tomorrow. >> they've been in business for nearly 150 years but it's now an end to an era but what's been known as the greatest show on earth. the world famous circus is closing down. ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus is calling it quits. the three ring circus has been entertaining spectators since the 1800s. it has tried to stay relevant but nonstop battles with animal rights groups led to the show removing its star elephants and eventually retiring them in 2016. the company says declining attendance and high operating costs are among the reasons for closing its doors for good. >> of course we're sad and it was a very difficult decision to make. >> a number of long time circus goers say they are disappointed. there are 30 more performances to go. the final show is set for may 21st in long island new york.

>> pennsylvania's liquor laws officially change tomorrow. you'll start seeing six packs and growlers at beer and distributors and that's not all. bars can start selling alcohol at 9 o'clock sunday mornings without the requirement that they also serve food to do so. and beer of the month clubs can now ship directly to homes in pennsylvania and sporting venues will be allowed to sell mixed drinks. governor wolf behind that bill back in november. >> big changes from the past. time for another check of the accuweather forecast. >> meteorologist adam joseph standing by with what we can have for the rest of the week with some folks enjoying the day off. >> holiday, kids not in school today at least most of them. as you can see at spring mountain sky6 they're taking advantage of the near normal temperatures. lack of rain out there right now heading down the slope there with their skis or their snow boards and a few folks maybe grabbing a bite to eat with the food truck there and right in front of the food truck that you can't see there's a nice little fire pit there that you can kind of get toasty if you get a little on

the chilly side. 39 wilmington upper 30's to the north and west, 41 philadelphia, 40 millville, 40 degrees in dover with a very light wind coming in out of the southerly direction. a wide look here satellite and radar will show there is a warm front. you can see this little stripe of on and off broken showers here working into western and central parts of pennsylvania. the actual low is winding up north of wichita right now. that heads over the great lakes and that's going to pull in a lot of warmth our way for the rest of the week but before we completely flood in the warm air later on tonight with some of those spotty showers north and west areas like berks county lehigh valley, it's going to flirt with near freezing through much of the overnight so there could be some patchy freezing rain in those counties but the rest of us with temperatures above the freezing point we are not looking at any slippery or icy conditions although there will be some ponding on the roadways with some of the showers. so, at 3:30 a.m. that's when we start see a little more in the way of the rain coming in from the south.

where you see the blue that would be some of that patchy freezing rain. that continues north of the pennsylvania turnpike 7:30 tomorrow morning where it's just plain old rain lancaster to philadelphia trenton wilmington, all points to the south. by around lunchtime you can see it flips to rain even for the majority up into the poconos as that warmer air comes in from the south. it's not a rain -- washout tomorrow but we'll have rounds of showers and rain 5 o'clock in the afternoon during the evening rush hour, still dealing with some pockets of light to moderate rainfall up in the lehigh valley at that point again. it is just plain old rain. so, it's kind of a dreary tuesday on tap from start to finish here with some on and off rain and temperatures above average but still going to feel very damp and raw with highs only in the mid 40's. but as we look at that four day at 4:00 forecast we move those temperatures up here the rest of the week. some early drizzle on wednesday. clouds really hang tough at 52 degrees with maybe a peak of sun. the best window of

opportunities for a little more in the way of sunshine would be thursday, mild at 54 before more clouds come in on friday and then a round of heavy rain possibly or moderate rain coming in in the afternoon and the evening with a system to the south at 51 degrees and we'll take a look at that weekend outlook in the seven day to see if we can kind of get rid of that rain for saturday sunday. >> we hope so. >> yeah. >> adam thank you. >> okay. >> something pretty cool here. we have a new way to get the latest headlines from "action news" 24 hours a day. it's amazon's alexa. just ask her for your news flash and this is what she'll say. >> here's your flash briefing from 6abc "action news" philadelphia. >> how cool is that? now obviously you need alexa by getting amazon's echo tap or dot and when you download the alexa app you'll need to set up 6abc as you news source flurry skill list. once you do that "action news" will be just a voice command away. cool stuff. >> yeah, i have a have alexa and i will be trying this out. >> i can't wait to hear it.

>> okay, we'll see how it goes. >> i hard you alicia. she said use our voice. we'll see. see how local students pitched in that to help out. >> vandals strike again at a jewish religious building in philadelphia. "action news" is live as leaders search for those responsible. >> and later in what's the deal, easy ways to make money from home. we'll tell you about it. >> ♪

>> today is all about people helping people. in the spirit of dr. martin luther king jr. this is a day of action and students all across our area were in the service spirit. at upper darby high school students had the day off but they still showed up to show their school some love. they cleaned everything from the tables and the chairs and even polished up their trophy case. hundreds of radnor township school district students parents and staff members gathered for the district's first ever martin luther king

jr. dave service. here they are seen loading up a truck full of items they collected for cradles to crayons which helps kids in dire situations. in medford new jersey it was all about making sure the hungry have a good meal at saint mary of the lakes catholic church and school volunteers all ages packed the auditorium to pack up lunches. they prepared and delivered more than 2500 sandwiches and snack bags that will be delivered to several local agencies and organizations that feed the homeless and hungry. >> y'all are going to package over 10,000 meals, hm. [cheers and applause] >> 10,000 meals and saint andrew catholic school in newtown bucks county hundreds participated in a stop hunger now event. they packed up as you heard more than 10,000 meals for people in the poorest areas of the world. all of the food they're preparing there will be sent

straight to the needest students in schools all across the globe. really impressive efforts and very inspiring all across our area sharrie. >> great ideas there and how about this alicia, the phillies also taking part in this king day of service by helping out aspiring baseball players the students sharpened their skills at a clinic led by outfielder roman quinn at the newly opened ryan howard training center. quinn also had some advice for the children off the field. >> just to have a dream and to follow it and do whatever you can to make it happen whether they want to be a doctor, lawyer whatever they want to do, just have something to work towards. >> during today's events local chevy materials announced a $25,000 college scholarship for some of the urban youth academy players. volunteers of all ages spent hands on doing community service. they made birthday cards and care packages for veterans and seniors today at saint luke's evangelical lutheran church.

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>> 4:30 and "action news" continues with volunteers all across our region honoring the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. >> plus it's a simple idea that's helped more people than one little boy ever expected. now the donations for his so-called blessing box are pouring in. >> and one highway patrolman got the scare of his life when a tractor-trailer came flying at him on the icy road way. >> but first here at 4:30 vandals have struck again at a philadelphia sanctuary the building is owned by a nearby synagogue. it's been under construction for more than a year and in the past few months there's been several acts of vandalism at that location. "action news" reporter john rawlins live once again renard street and john you have the details. >> reporter: that's right. behind me is the construction site yoconstructionsite. it looks like someone went at it with a can of spray paint.

>> i don't think it was random only because this was the only building that was chosen in the entire shopping center. >> reporter: rabbi solomon isaacson talking about the defacing of the stone front of this construction project that belongs to congregation beth sullivan located just a few blocks weigh. >> the stone that is on here is that special jerusalem stone that we imported because of the sanctity of the place. >> reporter: called mikvah it will contain special pools of water used in jewish purification rights. they say it's not the first problem. they say bee bees have been fired and an entire light post in the parking lot was pulled down. surveillance video shows individuals have collected here late into the night. last month a masked person temporarily blinded cameras with a paintball the next night someone climbed the roof and cut the camera feeds. last summer someone stole a menorah from the congregation's main building.

the menorah was found a few days later after this video was leased. the painter markings from the weekend are unreadable. there have been no written threats directed at the congregation no swastikas painted but the rabbi believes there is a message in the actions. >> obviously this was done call it a hate crime, call it a -- antisemitism but obviously this building was picked on purpose. >> reporter: the graffiti occurred sometime saturday morning. the builder exploring what to do to remove it. they do not want to today. soft stone beneath it at this point in time so the thinking is they're going the reach out tomorrow to the city's anti graffiti network for some expert information. live in somerton john rawlins channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> john, thank you. a man was killed when his vehicle went off interstate 295 in florence township and then crashed. this happened in the northbound lanes around 9:00 a.m. police say the driver was in a

mercury sedan. the investigation continues to determine why the man lost control in the first place. worker was killed today on the job in bucks county. chopper6 hd was over the scene at samuel grossi and sons along state road in bensalem. officials say a steel beam fell on a worker at the steel plant. the 57-year-old man was pronounced dead there at the scene. his name has not been release released. osha is investigating the cause of this accident. >> no one was hurt when fire broke out in an apartment building in southwest philadelphia. this was the scene after 3 a.m. this morning on the 8500 block of lindbergh boulevard. when firefighters arrived they saw flames coming out of the first floor unit. the entire building was evacuated. crews got that fire under control in just about 10 minutes. police are still looking for the person who killed a father of two in philadelphia's tacony neighborhood. 28-year-old cain fruster was

killed as he got into a colleague's vehicle on friday night. his 48-year-old coworker was also shot and remains in critical condition. >> a few states in the midwest are again on alert for icy conditions this after a weekend storm caused major damage and power outages in parts of oklahoma and kansas. branches covered with heavy thick ice were seen falling all across dodge city, kansas. there was up to an inch of ice on the trees and the roadways there. at least four people were killed and inn weather related road crashes in that part of the country. also icy conditions in kansas caused a tractor-trailer to lose control just missing a highway patrol car. trooper todd hauptmann posted the video on the close call that happened right before his eyes yesterday morning. he said the truck driver was going too fast in the storm, lost control and then crossed into oncoming traffic. amazing in awful this, all of

this no one was hurt. >> actually a nice start to the work week. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> there was a lot of sun early. today was beautiful at the beginning. clouds have pushed in since then. rain will be arriving maybe some patchy ice in the northern suburbs as we get into early tomorrow morning but for right now we take a look at sky6 live and i always think as we go into the afternoon when i come into work it's cloudy when i came in. center city right now still the same, 41 degrees the temperature. dewpoint at 22 southwest wind at 7 miles an hour. the wind chill right now at 36 degrees. up in easton and northampton county one area we'll have to watch for some patchy black ice late tonight or some freezing rain. 39 the temperature there. winds out of the southwest at 8 miles an hour. there's a few breaks there in the cloud cover but the clouds quickly coming in there as well and here's where to expect the possibility of some patchy freezing rain with some icy spots between 1:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning in reading berks

county, lehigh county northampton county up into the poconos before it changes to all rain. not looking at a lot of resume indication but there could be slick spots develop wind gust temperatures flirting near freezing with rain coming in a little later tonight and early tomorrow morning and again i would say that those advisories they don't have borders even though there are borders so if you live kind of near those areas, definitely watch early tomorrow morning and we'll talk about the dramatic warmup with that seven day. >> all right. >> with that that possibility of rain on the way rely on 6abc.com/weather for and constant updates and realtime double scan radar views from storm tracker6 live and of course follow our team of expert meteorologists on facebook and twitter for the very latest information. an investigation under with tonight. a woman says she was nearly abducted. "action news" anchor monica malpass live now in the news room with more on this terrifying ordeal. monica. >> that's right, brian. police released new details about the attempted abduction.

in fact tonight at 5:00 how these men tried to convince the woman that they were actually police. also, samsung has revealed what caused all those smartphone fires. what they are blaming their galaxy note7 problems on. and a very inspirational story tonight in health check. a woman lost more than 100 pounds. we sit down with her and find out her secret to success and she's kept it off a couple of years now. we'll have those stories and more coming your way on "action news" at 5:00. sharrie see you guys then. >> see you in a bit monica. thank you. americans around the country are giving back today to honor dr. martin luther king, jr. and in philadelphia's frankford section more than 1,000 volunteers gathered to serve the community. the volunteers from city year philadelphia painted dozens of colorful murals at harding middle school. this king dave service event will also make a difference in the students' learning environment. dr. king's former advisory and speech writer spoke today at the chase center in

wilmington. dr. clarence b. jones addressed the delaware state bar association's day of service breakfast. after this morning's event the association hosted community service projects across delaware today. >> and lots of volunteers in burlington county also turned this mlk day into a day on and not a day off. the action cam was at the burlington county library in westampton for the 11th annual martin luther king day challenge. residents of all ages were encouraged to turn out and they did to take part in a number of activities from collecting food and animal supplies to making crafts to share a few smiles. >> still ahead on "action news" at 4:00, a dog made it across an icy lake but couldn't make it back. see how firefighters and an ice rescue team got one man's four legged friend back to safety. >> plus, this little boy created what he calls a blessing box to help people in need and once word spread about this, well, the donations came pouring in. >> and meteorologist adam joseph is coming back with a

full forecast from accuweather when "action news" at 4:00 continues next. >> ♪

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>> ♪ >> this is pretty wild. giant sinkhole opened up in one california town and now it's grown to 40 feet across and 15 feet deep. take a look at this. this is in pacifica in a parking lot between a fire station and a church. a misaligned underground drainage pipe is to be blamed for this hole and recent rains have caused more of the ground cave in. crews say it will be at least six weeks to get this fixed. dog's love of chasing geese got him stuck in need of rescue. theo the beagle got trapped on a small island after scurrying across a frozen lake. the ice rescue team was called to cross there ice to bring theo to safety. firefighters reunited three yo''s relieved owner with his very cold pup. >> good thing he's all right. it was a day of volunteering for a local nonprofit that works with

children. cradles to crayons hosted its giving back series today in west conshohocken. corporate and community members gathered to collect sort and create specialized kid packs. now the packs have a week's supply of clothing for children ranging in age from newborn to 12 years old who are living in homeless or low income situations. it's cradles to crayons largest volunteer day of the year and it's all part of dr. king's day of service. in new jersey they gathered in trenton's reflect on dr. king's legacy. lieutenant governor kim guadagno gave special remarks at the trenton war memorial. she shared the history of how this day to honor the civil rights giant came to be a federal holiday. today's events also included a forum on breaking racial barriers and talking about race relations in today's society. >> ♪ >> to big talkers now. on this dr. martin luther king jr. day we're seeing many inspiring examples of people helping people a mom and her

son embrace this spirit every single day through a single box in their front yard that offers blessings to strangers in need. they sim me call it the -- ass t the blessing box. take a blessing when you need one leave a blessing when you can. mom maggie and six-year-old son paxon were inspired by a similar message they saw on social media. they include tooth brushes toothpaste hygiene products. people have been coming from all over to fill it and even leave money inside. they've also seen hundreds take what they need including a hungry family on christmas eve. isn't that a beautiful idea. now to a very special story from our neighbors up in the north in canada. a dad taking his three-year-old daughter on a date once a month to show her at this very early age how she

deserves to be treated. noah's wife caitlin posted their tradition on facebook and it's going wildly viral. she says the dad helps little arianna pick out a dress, get a little purse ready and then he holds open the door for her and makes her feel like a princess on their little dates. mom told abc news she will always know how she deserves to be treated because her dad sets such a high example. dad says you know what they love spending time together especially the part where they get to split that yummy desert and have a nice little conversation. so sweet. finally did you see this one on social media today? it looks like something out of jurassic park. hello. this video of a giant alligator meandering around a nature reserve in florida has everyone's attention on social media. a woman named kim joyner captured the dinosaur sized creature on her cell phone.

people on social media will one big question. is this thing real? yup, she says, estimating that it was about 12 feet long and when asked about the beast's potential weight, all joyner did say was huge. she called the video nature at its best or shall we say beast >> [laughter] >> see these people standing here just taking pictures. that's the part that got me. >> that's what i was struck by. she's like 15 feet away taking that picture. >> so i told you where lakeland in case you do or don't want to visit having seen this video. >> he must be older. he's moving moving kind of slow. >> for now. >> alicia, thanks very much. let's get another check on the roads right now. >> matt standing by now with the update for us. hey, matt. >> good thing he's not moving very fast and you, too, haven't been moving really fast which is not a good thing brian and sharrie on the pennsylvania turnpike in chester county this afternoon but the good news is we're starting to move a little bit faster.

now 42 miles an hour where last half hour speeds were in the teens headed eastbound on the turnpike toward downingtown. the increase is because the crash eastbound approaching the downingtown interchange has cleared out. so we're starting to pick up the pace. at this point stick with the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound is getting better. some people have been using 422 to get around a crash in berks county. 724 is closed because of that accident between 176 and gibraltar road by the turkey hill. 422 is an option. you could use business 422 but 724 is closed this afternoon. still have a wreck in lower providence to avoid along park avenue close to eagleville road. stick with sunny side avenue or egypt road to get around that. there's a wreck in plymouth meeting along germantown pike at chemical road. on the big picture just a few red zones on the holiday monday afternoon like on the schuylkill westbound by city avenue, 14 miles per hour. had a crash on 95 northbound by cottman. that's cleared out of the way and our delay is gone, too.

this is the scene by girard. not even a normal afternoon northbound delay. just a couple people tapping their brakes on the northbound side. because of the holiday today, regional rail trains o are on a normal schedule but septa city buses and trolleys running on a modified weekday schedule. that's the same schedule they ran on during the week between christmas and new year's. we'll check it again brian and sharrie in the 5 o'clock hour. >> matt thank you. up next we'll check the forecast for the rest of your work week. >> let's look outside. sky6 giving a look at spring mountain in montgomery county. meteorologist adam joseph standing by with the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast next. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> powder mountain into utah continues to live up to its name today. quinn starr found all these vehicles buried under fresh

snow at that ski resort. the mown stain near salt lake city. the remnants of the snow on one truck looks like a ski jump attached to the back that of thing. >> my goodness. >> my goodness is right. that's a lot of snow. >> some resorts it's been too much of the good stuff because it's so high that some of the actual ski lifts are buried. >> whoa. >> they can't move around. >> isn't that crazy. >> that's a lot of snow. >> walloped in the west with mountain snows and the valley rains in california. for us here it's been kind of an easy glinted winter. >> i know. >> knocking on wood. watch out february. as we take a look -- not saying that's the case, i'm just saying now that i said that: as we look at the action cam around fairmount park here of a gazebo again we had sunshine in the first part of the dave service with the holiday then clouds increased this afternoon but it was a dry day from start to finish for now as we look at storm tracker6

live double scan we have a couple of sprinkles trying to develop on the radar. berks county offer to the off t. clouds moved in and some light rain showers will be developing during the overnight hours. upper 30's for reading allentown lancaster. same for wilmington. 41 philadelphia, 39 millville. again when we have the sun it felt pretty good but once those clouds pushed in it did feel a little on the chilly side this afternoon. there you can see the edge of the clouds working their way to the north and east. there's those spinning showers to the north and west and again we're not going to see a wall of heavy rain pushing in overnight. it will be kind of on and off in nature. the center of low pressure that's attached to this warm front that will be drifting through is way out in the nation's heartland where again we had some major icing events going on here with up to three-quarters of an inch of ice in some locations in parts of kansas as well as oklahoma. this all heading to the north and east even missouri getting in on that ice action this weekend but as that warm front pulls through our morning rush

tomorrow could be a little icy in spots around the lehigh valley. light rain for others. so, we're not looking at a major problem for that morning or evening rush tomorrow but use caution whether you're near the lehigh valley where there could be some icing on the bridges and overpasses or if you're around the rest of the area there will be ponding on the roads, both again slowing down that rush hour for the morning and then in the evening the steadiest rain will be passing through so there will be many puddles on the roads so you definitely want to kind of kick it back and allow a little extra time for both rushes tomorrow. 7:30 in the morning there you can see the green, the rain north of that pennsylvania turnpike the blue, some of that freezing rain in spots early on. then warm air floods in. we could catch a little bit of a break with just some drizzle around lunchtime with the initial band to the north and then a second round of some steadier rain could come in during that evening rush hour tomorrow and some lingering showers still early on wednesday morning. then for the rest of the week the jet stream lifts way to the north, floods in warm air.

we're looking five to 10 degrees above average along the east coast but up in the central and eastern canada 15 to 25 degrees above average. a big january thaw the eastern half of the country and even in canada. as we look at the exclusive accuweather 7-day foecast 48 with occasional rain tomorrow. early drizzle wednesday lingering clouds 52. best day will be thursday, partly sunny, very warm at 54. another round of rain coming in friday afternoon, 51. some breaks of sun saturday. still mild 51 and we stay above normal sunday into monday. a few breaks of sun on sunday before more rain coming in heavy at times on monday so you get a little wet, some sun on thursday and maybe late saturday and sunday. it's warm the whole time. >> you got it. thanks adam. >> okay. >> how to make money from home is coming up in what's the deal. >> ♪

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out 51. sometimes you can earn 30 percent by up loading them to all three web sites. if you're clearing the clutter the penny hoarder says you can get cash for old books using the web site book scouter.com. if you have old movies or cd's sell them using decluttr. they take video games cell phones tablets game consoles and ipods. you take a lot of pictures on your cell phone there's a app called foap where there are people in a marketplace who will pay you for them. all different ways to make money, you guys. >> we like the ideas alicia, thanks. finally the rutgers university community joined forces to clean up a playground near their camden campus. students staff and alumni picked up trash at the park there near the south waterfront neighborhood. they also did some landscaping work. this was one of several rutgers events honoring dr. martin luther king jr. today. >> good stuff.

love to see all the volunteers out there today. that will do it for "action news at 4:00 for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. hope you'll join me along with sharrie adam ducis ton to and night and every night on phl17. >> now here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look at what's ahead at 5:00. >> coming up next, a community comes together to remember the 14-year-old girl murdered in montgomery county see how they honored her memory today. >> a truck was destroyed when a train crashed into it in berks county. details about what led to that crash. >> also changes are coming to pennsylvania wine and spirit stores. see the big difference customers noticed today. those stories and much more on "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. >> ♪ >> a community gathers to remember a 14-year-old girl who authorities say was brutalized and murdered by her adoptive mother and the mother it's boyfriend. >> monday night. the big story on "action news" is the heart felt goodbye for

grace packer. her birth mother was even at today's memorial service. >> "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live from glenside in montgomery county with mor more. chad. >> reporter: yeah, rick, many people failed grace packer in life but today many strangers came together to help her in death and put on a memorial service. they came to say goodbye to a 14-year-old who suffered a life of pain and abuse. most had never met grace packer but her horrific murder has galvanized this community. >> it's a community issue and it's just devastating for the whole community and for the young lady. >> she matters to us. she matters to the community and it's right to give her a dignified honorable send off. >> reporter: authorities say grace was killed by her adoptive mother sara packer and boyfriend jacob sullivan. she was allegedly beaten and raped by sullivan as e