watch goes into effect. this has been posted for chester, montgomery, bucks, mercer county and all areas north and west. these are the areas with the potential for the heaviest accumulating snow on thursday mornings. now if you look at this on double scan live radar the main piece of energy that develops the storm is beginning to move into the pacific northwest. it doesn't look like much but there is another piece of energy driving down from canada and the two of them join forces over the tennessee valley and transfer the energy to a coastal storm and that is what likely will bring us some potentially heavy accumulating snow by thursday morning. so the timeline shows this is really an early morning event. the precipitation will begin after midnight tomorrow night, and wrapping up around noon on thursday. the heaviest will be right in time for the morning commute on thursday. and it likely will begin as rain

areas south and east of philadelphia, maybe even philadelphia and a gradual change over to snow as we head into thursday morning. and this has the biggest impact on the accumulation, i'll give the impact as far as the snow map how much to expect where you live coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> and where you work cecily. >> thank you. >> as always you can keep an eye on the snow heading our way around the clock at 6abc.com/weather you can fine the later from stormtracker 6 live double scan and interactive radar. new at 5:00 police in burlington county are on the hunt for three armed robbers in search of cash. twice they were successful and a third time a clerk was able to keep them from getting any money. nora muchanic is live at one of the gas stations with more on the folks that police want to track down tonight. >> hi there monica, all three stations hit are along a mile

and a half stretch of route 1, police are actively investigating the robberies, one is caught on camera, the thieves armed and dangerous as someone from this station found out when he tried to resist. jared sing was on duty just after 11:00 when three hooded suspects, two males a female burst into motioning they had a gun and demanding cash. >> they said they had a gun and they pushed me down. >> they picked up a tape dispenser and threw it at the robber and they threw it back. the gulf station down the road was hit and believed that two of the same s&ps robbed the station holding a gun to the chest of the attendant. >> the fact that you brandished

a weapon that leads me to believe you are capable of doing anything. >> the trail when cold. while police were investigating the holdup at the valero they learned about an attempted robbery at the bp nearby. the attendant says when you saw three people approaching the station in masks he locked himself in the booth. a man banged repeatedly to open up but he refused and they left. >> investigators are asking if anything recognizes the three people pictures here to contact west hamilton police. >> my biggest concern is that nobody gets hurt. the longer they are on the street they may get frightened or concerned or afraid, and that will he hurt someone. >> and they say give up the

money it's not worth the risk. >> if you have information or can identify the suspects give the police a call. nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. philadelphia police want your help tonight finding this man an accused purse snatcher allegedly attacking women in broad daylight. witnesses say he struck four times german town east oak lane, west oak lane and mt. airy. the suspect drives this beat up maroon buick that should be easy to spot. anyone with information is asked to call philadelphia police. it's only. betsy devos will be sworn in as the next top education official. after a historic vote in the senate. >> the senate equally divided. the vice president votes in the affirmative and the nomination is confirmed. >> earlier today the senate tied 50/50 and vice president mike pence broke the tie in her favor

the first time a vice president had to break the tying vote for a nominee. they say this is a sign of progress but democrats say this nomination is a set back for the country. >> today the senate voted to confirm one the most unqualified, unprepared nominees for secretary of education since the cabinet level department was created. >> we waiting to see picks in the coming weeks despite the childish tactics of the democrats in the senate. >> and donald trump spent his time on his executive order on immigration. he discussed his travel ban and many were avid trump supporters carolyn welch. >> i'm proud to say i'm from pennsylvania, proud to send you over the top.

we don't stop bragging about that. >> but trump's executive order is on hold as it works its way through the court system and more on the legal battle from the the travel ban at 5:30. governor tom wolf asked lawmakers to fill a projected $3 billion budget deficit and laid out the plan in hair burg this morning and john rawlin hases the details from the state capital. >> reporter: much of governor wolf's proposed budget folk yous on streamlining government. >> it is the largest cuts and consolidations of government r bureaucracy in our history. sharing human resources and information technology. >> four existing health agencies would consolidate under the umbrella and the came it could extend services to thousands more clients but safe $100

million. they want municipalities that don't have local police and rely on state police to pay up. and cut $30 million a year earmarked to the university of pennsylvania vet school and cut red tape but hike the minimum wage to $12 an hour. >> this closes loopholes that helps big companies avoid paying their fair share. >> unlike past years wolf is not asking for hikes in either income or sales tax although he still wants a tax on shale tax production and the gop production for the minimum wage hike could kill entry level jobs, we are very heartened by the fact he took the time to put together $2 billion worth of cost efficiencies and mergers. >> the tone of the governor and

broad based strokes he put out there. >> in the past republicans at this stage dismiss him as a tax and spend democrat. this time though a more conciliatory tone from both c p camps suggesting there is common ground at this stage. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> delaware is boasting about welcoming news, record breaking tourism numbers, they soared a billion dollars since 2008. during the news conk today in, beaches and dining and shopping are fueling that growth. the increase tourism is pumping in thousands of new jobs terrific. time now for a check of the "action news" traffic report tonight. >> lets go over to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> it's tricky.

good afternoon, we are taking a tour of the traffic cameras and not liking the sights we are seeing, 422 at oaks and this is the on ramp and a fender bender here off to the side attracting attention. 422 westbound is extra heavy from king of prussia and this point at oaks, extra heavy from this point on the schuylkill montgomery to the south, the disabled vehicle on the shoulder burlington bristol bridge going up for another ship an open in the next 10 or 15 minutes. up to route 1 at the trenton bridge instead. mercer county westbound side of 195, a crash gone now but sluggish in both direction there's and and magnolia county, a wreck at warwick road close to the wawa. use atlantic as an alternate

around that. more ahead on "action news" at 5:00, a frigid celebration in boston for the new england patriots for the history making super bowl win. coming up if sports, what mvp tom brady had to say because of the team's victory lap. and an alert about genetic testing. what you need to know before you take a look into the dna. when "action news" returns tonight.

about 10,000 homes in east new orleans are in the dark tonight after strong storms ripped through louisiana. at least four tornadoes were reported. right now crews are going house to house to make sure nobody was trapped by falling debris. so far no reports of serious injuries, the national weather service will survey the damage later today or tomorrow. >> turning to health check hundreds of prescription generic tests were available to check from breast cancer to alzheimer's disease. they say they are not for everybody. ali gorman explains. >> reporter: after fran heller developed a breast tumor genetic tests showed an inherited

predisposition to cancer and other people in our family had the mutation. >> my sister made the decision right away to have a mastectomy and to have her ovaries removed. dr. david sears says that if one or more close family members has a disease with a genetic link tests for the gene may make sense. >> in some cases it gives us the ability to detect the illness. >> and with breast or colon cancer or some types of heart disease, there are good strategies for early detection and preventive measures, like diet. but the same is not true for alzheimer's d.c. >> we don't recommend that people get testing for alzheimer's disease there is no

way to proven it just because you have the gene and not everyone that has the gene will develop the disease, so you may cause yourself unnecessary worry or cost. >> it's good to consult with your doctor. and in some cases it may be covered by insurance. >> and most experts agree that any genetic tests done for medical reasons even ones markets to consumers be done way doctor's supervision. >> all right this. >> miss america savvy shield stepped not kitchen in gala way, knowledge, she stopped by the high school to show off healthy eating choices, shield's platform is eat better live better. word smith squared off in center city. the african-american museum hosted a scrabble challenge.

they competed with a chance to represent the city in the national scraping championship in boston in april. two rare early 19th century notebooks have been found and returned. written as an adviser to girard college, and they date back to 1809 and 1811. they were stolen and then resurfaced last summer after a rare book dealer purchased them in a private sale. with help from the fbi the notebooks have since been rereturned. well, a die man may be one of of the biggest purchases you make out side of your house or car tonight we have a troubleshooters investigation that is a money saving must see. here is nydia han. >> we could save you thousands of dollars tonight. the "action news" troubleshooters when undercover to shop for diamonds and i think

the results will surprise. >> you we found that some stores are selling them $6,000 less than their nearby competitors for essentially the same stone. >> for eessentially the same diamond with similar cut, clarity and color. and how to arm yourself before buying tonight on "action news" at 11:00.

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twitter is increasing its fight against hate speech and abuse. the social media giant says it has begun identified people guilty of abusive behavior and creating a safe search feature removing tweets with content and blocked or muted accounts in searches. and days after lady gaga took her super bowl performance to new heights, her music sales are soaring they are up 960% on super bowl sunday, her album sales spiked 2,000% and the latest single million reasons hit the best sales weekend ever.

and a tour with a stop here if philadelphia in september, tickets go on sale on monday. >> lady gaga is not the only artist with a stop in philadelphia. tom petty and the heart breakers added a second show. they will return to philadelphia saturday july 29th for an encore performance. tickets for that show go on sale next monday at noon. singer madonna was granted permission to adopt two more children from malawi. she was given the green light today and siblings maybe twins. she has denied rumors she is adopting more children and is the mother of two children from malawi, in addition to her daughter lordes and son rocco.

and heavy clouds up above. and cecily tynan has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back.

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is creating problems, north of philadelphia we have warm air moving in but it moves in from the top of the atmosphere to the surface. as it moves of the colder air at the surface it created condensation in the form of low clouds and fog and we have low visibilities, philadelphia is not a problem, nine miles and trenton 1.3 and reading visibility 1.5 miles and that has yet to reach the surface, allentown 38 degrees and trenton and reading in the 40s, philadelphia though is south of that warm front with winds generally moving out of the south and 51 degrees and dover is the warm spot, 64 degrees and temperatures are climbing as we head through the overnight hours. this is because we are in the warm sector of the storm. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the low pressure and warm front moving through and there is the cold front moving through tomorrow and between the two we get the wind from the south and temperatures are

climbing into the 60s overnight, and tomorrow future tracker 6 showing lunch time tomorrow feels like spring and 61 degrees, and look at what happens thursday morning. and the cold air is moving in and that is one ingredient for a snow storm and the moisture will move in as well. future tracker 6 showing at 2:00 in the morning and west of philadelphia, bad timing for the morning commute on thursday or good timing if you want a snow day from school. and we would have hey snow across most of our viewing area and pulls out by thursday afternoon that is when the winds pick up. this is the graphic everyone wants to see. how much snow expected thursday morning trk looks like most of you viewing area from willing to lakehurst north and west 4 to 8 inches of snow, areas north and west of philadelphia this could be the biggest snow storm after the season and poconos things

line up ride and higher elevations could get a foot of snow and south sharp cut off. 2 to 4 dover to atlantic city and a good chunk of a rain event south of that. the five-day at 5:00 showing record warmth 63 degrees, and morning snow and high wins and 65 degrees and friday is cold no melting going on on friday. and 32 degrees and the melting occurs of the weekend and sunday a chance of rain with a high of 50, how about next week we'll talk about that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast a lot going on over the next few days. >> that is for sure. thank you. a quick correction before we go to break. asgamy high school is where miss america visited today. we have more in our next half hour. starbucks weighing in on donald trump's executive order banning

travel for certain immigrants what he told employees today. and former president obama enjoying life after the white house. we'll show you with those story and more.

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" for you tonight. the accuse the predator accused of inflicting decades of abuse on children appeared in court today. and a basketball game turned a violent turn when a player walks off the court and punches another player sitting on the sidelines. and the fight over trump's travel ban is in court. and what the commander and chief predicts will happen. a serial rapist in montgomery people call a real life boogieman appeared in court. thomas is accused of raping children and keeping tokens of his conquests. >> inside of this courthouse this morning in falls

50-year-old toxas was arraigned. arrested late last week on pornography charges including five counts of child rape was filed. i am scared to death that he never inflicted pain on a child nor would he want to. so far he does not have an opportunity and he advised him to can't the public attorney who has an office at the priss good and he said nobody will help me here. he went on to tell the judge that they have not let me sleep in days, weeks or whatever. thomas was a haney man at midway village where he live in the mobile home. they believe he was molesting children for ages 2 to 10 for the last 40 years.

he kept notes on what he did to them. and had more than 1,000 pairs of girls underwear. >> they believe there are victimed out there and asked them to come forward and thomas reached out to the public dividers office regarding his safety. katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." a philadelphia man wanted in connection with a murder in kensington was captured in virginia. police say that howard shot and killed a 45-year-old man after an argument on kensington avenue. it's unclear what started the argument and howard is charged with murder and other offenses. a woman's body was found under a sleeping bag and officers found the victim in the area of kensington avenue, the woman is believed to be between 30 and 40 years old and

investigators are not saying how she died but they are treating her death as suspicious. they are taking a male suspect into custody. there is an all out search for a missing teenager in seasonal, he goes to chestnut middle school and 5'4" and weighs 100 pounds with black hair and black eyes. was last seen wearing a black hoody and sweat pans and adidas sneakers. if you know where he is call gloucester county community. and the january 28th attack at the international christian high school on crescentville was captured on the school surveillance system and the 25-year-old victim was sitting on the bench when a player walked up to him and punched him and the victim walk add way and

was hit by a second person and was knocked out. the victim was taken for treatment for cut to the face. a tractor trailer crash blocked the exit ramp for nearly 3 hours today. chopper 6 hd was over the scene and blocked traffic from 4020 on to i-95 in tinicum. we are told that the driver was not seriously injured . animal control officers found a raccoon that tested positive for rabies. it's not clear if the animal came in contact with other animals or people. give up or be killed that is the police warning tonight for a man and his partner charged in a killing spree.

william boyett and mary rice are on the run. they are linked to three murders. and shooting and critically injuring a mother and law enforcement is bringing in more marshals and are not afraid to kill these two suspects and had a message for residents. >> if you go outside travel in pairs, if you take a walk keep your doors and windows locked and you'll be fine. >> police believe that boyett may have shaved his head and goatee and rice likely died her hair orange. and is known to use the synthetic drug, spice and believe they may be hiding in the woods. right fow to the latest on president trump's 100 days in office. the court after peels on the president's travel ban is set to begin 30 minutes from now and the department of homeland security defended the ban on

capitol hill. and we are live in los angeles with the latest. >> reporter: good evening rick, the arguments are expected to begin in 30 minutes and they could cover a range of issues from whether the states have standing to sue or if the temporary restraining order is subject to repeal and president trump saying he is ready for the legal battle. the president saying his travel ban is necessary. >> it's common sense and some things are law, and this is common sense. acknowledging it could go to the supreme court and his controversial immigration crack down will play out in the nine and circuit court of appeals. >> limiting travel for seven majority muslim countries. and they say they should have

delayed the rollout. and defended the ban saying that someone harming the u.s. could come in while the order is halted. >> but you don't have any proof at this point. >> not until the boom. >> what? >> not until they go into a mall and blow something up or kill people? >> up to 100 tech companies and states and district of columbia and another controversy brewing a tweet by president trump now distancing himself from russia despite defending president, vermont this weekend. i don't know putin but obama can make a deal with iran number one in terror no problem. >> and the judges are expected to make a ruling sometime this week. a ruling on the ninth circuits website. >> thank you for that report. starbucks is helping the employees navigate issues, that

may arise from the immigration travel ban. and the immigration geyser program, employees and their families that may have questions about the executive order or travel restrictions or how it impacts them to get free legal advise. they said in an email to employees we are put our partners first and leading with humanity. >> we'll have more on the ban and continuing confirmation hearings on capitol hill. following "action news" at 6:00. the impending winter weather is prompting american airlines to prepare for delays and cancellations in the area. >> you are looking at sky 6 hd from philadelphia international airport the passengers flying out of philadelphia can rebook their plane without being charged a fee, if you don't want to fly and risk getting canceled

you can rebook. >> and now a look at the highways with matt pellman in the traffic center. >> and drivers are not flying in spots. this is 95 southbound exactly the same time as yesterday a vehicle broke down in the southbound lanes approaching allegheny avenue then have it pushed out of the way quickly but heavy southbound from the betsy ross bridge. and a couple of complications on the schuylkill eastbound this afternoon a broken down minivan by south street and the backlog at montgomery drive, a fender bender out there on the shoulders extra heavy through the schuylkill and a broken down bus in camden and 676 and that is cleared out of the way. and westbound at oaks a crash on the shoulder it's extra heavy coming out of king of prussia to this point at oaks. and meanwhile we are wrapping up an opening at the burlington bristol bridge. it's still jam there had and

can't use the turnpike connecter head to route 1 or 95 as alternates and by coffee run condos look for a crash at lancaster pike at loveville road. back over to you. >> thank you. still to come on "action news" a special visit in south jersey for a mom and her newborn baby. why the pair travelled to port norris for a much needed reunion. >> and people wondered what has president obama been up to a video of the former commander and chief having the time of his life. we'll show some of it to you. >> and wet snow and winter storm watches in the northwestern suburbs. thursday morning we'll let you know what this means for the entire area. >> jaime apody has sixers news tonight including possible trade talks. that and much more when "action news" continues.

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jahlil okafor impressed last night in the loss. for the sixers big man the holdup appeared to be the protection of the -- that the sixers are asking for. managers had to be happy he put on a show for the pelicans. and his coach brett brown impressed with how well the kid played under the circumstances. >> he is a wonderful person and for him to come out and jump in and show his skill. that he has at a young age. i'm product of him. >> yesterday this the flyers were shut out for the second straight game and lost their exciting rookie. travis will be out four to six weeks after the nasty collision with the boards. after a loss to the blues. he did a number on his shoulder. the 19-year-old has seven goals. and big night in the big five. st. joes hosts dayton and they

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you can get away with short-sleeves tomorrow. wild and whack we weather on the way with wednesday into thursday, quite a turn around happening in the next several hours. >> it's february. i guess. >> take a look not tomorrow as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we have showers earlier in the day as the warm front pushed through and dried out this afternoon and lots of clouds and the variationation of temperature significant from the north to the south. 30s in the lehigh valley and 50s in philadelphia and same for millville and wilmington and you

hit dover at 64 degrees and the southerly winds will continue to move in overnight turning southwesterly so the numbers will continue to climb especially in the northern areas out of the 30s into the 40s and 50s as we get into your wednesday morning. as we look at visibilities in the area especially to the north very low here between zero dense fog in the poconos to near a mile in northern parts of bucks coins and traveling in the northern areas we don't have much win right now as the front continues to lift to the north and we do have low lying cloud cover stuck at this point. all the precipitation now in new england, a mixture of snow sleet and freezing rain and it could pass through the overnight hours tonight and overall we are kind of done with the rain and precipitation until late wednesday night and thursday morning. here it is savor this take it in get outdoors if you can.

near record warmth with breaks of sun 63 in philadelphia, and 65 in millville and 60 in dover and up toward 60 in the lehigh valley. we'll be within a degree or two of many records but right now allentown and philadelphia being the closest to tying or breaking the records tomorrow and then the cold air comes in as a low develops down to the south 4:00 a.m. thursday morning and the snow breaking out in the northwestern suburbs, you see how blue this becomes with the rush and that is when he see the most intense snow bands setting up and the snow line collapsing to the south as the cold air pur punk tours in behind the snow. and then it breaks apart and fall as part into thursday afternoon as the snow starts to unwind. what to expect snowfall calmlation wise with the first call here wilmington to glaze

bro and all points north and west 4 to 8 inches, the 4 inch line is closer to wilmington and farther to the north and west. 2 to 4 central southern new jersey and millville and new york city a coating to 2 inches. take that with a grain of salt that map will fluctuate through the day tomorrow. and what to expect thursday morn thagt ing at that point. snow rates of an inch or so per hour despite how warm it will be tomorrow and it will be tonight. roads can quickly get covered you have the snow coming down so fast. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 63 tomorrow with the record warmth, morning snow thursday and windy in the afternoon and 35. and cold friday sun to clouds and turning milder over the weekend but a cloudy weekend way chance of rain both late saturday and sunday and maybe

some peeks of sun on monday and 52 and partly cloudy on tuesday 44 degree, that is our first call at this point. we'll have another update tonight at 10:00 on phl 17 and again at 11:00 here on channel 6. where things come from?

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arecord warmth and then measurable snow for much of the tri-state area. it has been a gray day punctuated by early rain and come tomorrow nighy' we see the beginning of a substantial winter storm in most portions of the delaware valley. and lets get to meteorologist, cecily tynan, at the big board. >> we have a public ated setup, double scan live radar showing storm number one is up to the north and west and this is pulling in the warm air and severe weather across the deep south, and tornadoes in new orleans and that is ahead of a cold front and that moves through during the day tomorrow, that will usher in the colder air and then there is another storm system moving into the pacifiolonorthwest and that hitches a ride on the stalled cold front and that creates the storm. now temperature-wise. tomorrow we'll feel like spring and then we have the winter storm.