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. so the winter storm watch is in

effect tomorrow night through thursday morning. and this is for our northwest suburbs. chester, montgomery, bucks and mercer county all areas north and west this is where the heavy snow will likely fall. it feels like spring tomorrow. low 60s at lunch time but look at what happens on thursday morning. cold air moves in, you need the moisture and that moves in after midnight on wednesday. so breaking it down region by regioger lehigh valley, the northwest suburbs it looks like this is your storm. all snow, the highest totals and along the i-95 metro area. philadelphia and trenton brilik rain and then snow and areas to the south, central delaware and southeast new jersey mostly rain ending with some snow. we'll let you know how much snow to expect where you live. >> you'll be able to deleep an e on the snow where you live at

6abc.com/weather storm tracker 6 and the hourly forecast and the radar all there to prepare you for the winter weather. and the senate aow.roved betsy devos by a historically slim margin, it ened with a 50/50 tie because the two republicans in alaska and maine voted again her. so the first time ever the vice president had to break a tie in a cap net nomination. >> on this vote the yeas are 50 and the nays are 50 the senate being equally divided. the vice president votes in the affirmative and the nomination is confirmed. >> walter perez is now -- where do we go -- here. walter pern the is live outaga the philadelphia school administration building. obviously the confirmation of

devos has positive and negative reaction. >> reporter: white house officials say that betsy devos's >> reporter: white house officials say that betsy devos's co confirmation will serve as a breath of fresh air. >> she will make sure eve noone has access to a good school. >> regarding pat toomey's vote in support of devos his oke ice reverend us to a statement where the senator wrote in part that devos spend twatee decades of hr re tife and millions of dollars ensuring that children trapped in failing schools have the same oow.ortunities that middle clas and wealthy kids have. >> a few picketers say that the scssibility of diverting schoo funds will serve to destroy the

system. >> i am with the catholic school it's great if you have a voucher for there but it shouldn't come from the pteolic school funds. >> and dr. miller says despite the decent between lawmakers and tereagaident truride he is not d surprised that only two gop senators voted again the nomination. in short he says that is sclitics. >> one thing with republicans and even moderates, we say privately wouth,ll take a lot o this stuff crazy as it is, and we'll give trump these things because we want tfuride ton mivs something and the economic package they want to put forward which is not whers. p's package. >> for those two republicans that voted against devos despite her pasagaion she is unon thali and with the laws designed to protect students. reporting live walter perez,

channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. world news tonight with daa scd muir has more on todahs development, from washington. next at 6:30 right after "action news." >> school oke icdo ls in camden are spreading the word. and they toured a neighborhood in north camden tgaiay to let families delnow that the enrollment application is now available. >> parents can aow.ly to up to eight district charter orrin sense schools with one aow.lication. they hwse that it helps the paints find the best school for their child. and students in west philadelphdo were busy today making protest signs, the signs are in sood scrt of classmatesd others who could be effected if president trump's immigration ban is restored. at 7:45 tomorrow morning with signs raised the students will lead a march outside of the ool and the rally will mark nationwide youth day of action.

pennsylvania governor, tom wolf, issues his third budget prwsosal in harrisburg, the $2.2 billion spending plan holds on taxes and speaks 1 billion in new spending and 1 billion in new taxes. >> this closes cor scrate lowsholesite that hllae helped companies avoid paying their share. >> and mers,ng four socdo l sesyice agencies into a new department of health and human services and includes a 2% ools.ces and includes a 2% you can read more about the spending plan or the details at 6abad mcom. how many times have you heard it said, don't leave your car with the engine fusiing? tehiladelphia police say not enough people are listening and more cars are b tgng stolen.

sara bloomquist is live now and it looks like too many motorists are making it easier for car o hieves. it easier for car >> particularly here in south philadelphia. dozens of cars were stolen oke the swhereet here in the month january. and in many cases the owners made it easy for the thieve no by re teaa scng the deleys in the n with the engine running, car thlikts and a crime of ws scrtunity and police say her in south philadelphia. car owners, are providing ws scrtunities for the thieves. and they are leaving keys in the car. they one in the cleaners or the store and then bgivk in the house. >> the 19-year-old girl stole an suv with a child inagaide and r into the south philadelphia laundry mat, a surveillance camera ciertured the suspect lellaing the child on a curb a few block as way and driving off again in the stolen vehicle, it only takes a minute and someone

jumps in there and took off and was lucky the person stoow.ed ad roow.ed the baby off. car sales soared in january which police find unusual with o he mild temperatures in this winter and no need to keep the car running. >> they are thign b tgng tier o feonvenienoid than alphthing el >> too much happening in the world and always rushing. >> we saw this pizza delivery driver running with keys in the ignition we asked. >> you wor no about somy mane taking the car? >> yes. >> you see them do it all the o ime? see them do it all the >> uni no they llikt it parked in the middle of the parking lot with the keys in the ignition. >> police say they are seeing this uptick across south philadelphia from south street to the s scrts coridelex. river to rivezy typically the cars are recovered

elsewhere and they hllae minor damage making this more of a headache and take the keys and lock the doors easily llaoidabl. i'm sara bloo pruist, chasiel 6 "action news." >> thank you. justice reform advocate no want an inds dendent federal investigation into the deadly prison uprising in smyrna, elaware. in newcastldelph the coalition prison reform and justice called on state lawmakers to call on wheraining and funding for the staff and prison overcrowding. lieutenant steven floyd was killed duin the e hostage standt the james t. vaughn correctional center. and later this afternoon the , a dge says he will order an independent review. and vice president joe biden has a new boss, penn president, amy gutman announced he is named the ben franklin profinssor at pesi and will leave the center

for global engagement focused mainly on foreign policy and national selisrity. o he center is located in washington. >> at the same time bideid s ala mater the university of delaware says the former vice president will be the founding chair of the biden institute f1 busing o economic reform to environmental sustainability to civil rights and more. coming ood on "action news tonight. philadelphia police are searching for a purse snatching suspect that has targeting four women. and sixers trade talk, ducis rogers is sorting out the rs. os about jahlil okafor. >> get ready for a weather whinciash. ecord teoperatures on the way tomorrow. followed by accumulating snow by o n ersday mog sing.ting snow by wmull hllae all the detai of h what to expected in exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. that and more when "action news" continues tonight. eath

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tonight philadelphia police are trying to track down a purse snatcher that struck in german town and mt. airy and east and west oak lane. bob brooks has that story? >> reporter: women walking down the street are knocked to the ground and beaten and purses stolen that according to the philadelphia police and it's this man seen here doing it. those we spoke with today say they pray he is caught soon. >> i pray to god they find him. i pray that they find him and take him off the street, because he is a dangerous animal. >> detectives say that the attacks happen in german town and west and east oak lane.

>> 9:30 in the morning and 1:00 and 2:00 in the afternoon. >> these streets have low foot traffic and ones that are wide open, he can use his car to get in and out quickly. >> it has the missing rear centerpiece, and it's easy to identify. it's a maroon buick and you see the missing center of the hub cab and he used the car every time in the attack and a woman who was walk ago loan does not plan to stop her routine. >> i woke up this morning and read 27, that says fret not because of evil dors, i cannot live my life in fear. >> whoever you are. go get a job. >> east oak lane the scene of one attack and we hope that the man is stopped soon. >> his car is recognizable that old buick, the color is maroon. reporting in east oak lane, bob

brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> homemade pasta was in the menu at chester brook academy in westbrook today. they got a hands on lesson on how to make pasta from theest pers. curtly of maria the owner of lemon cello restaurants, the chefs in training were thrilled to learn how to pound and knead pasta to make delicious gnocchi. ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies

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all kinds of buzz about jahlil okafor and a possible trade. >> they are hoping to get.best deal they can. and reports show that they are in deep talks to trade jahlil okafor to new orleans, if they get the first round draft pick back they covet. >> he has been a star. my level of respect for jahlil

okafor how he managed and handled the situation and remain a wonderful teammate and retain a competitive edge -- >> okafor looked good last night on the offensive end of the floor, the sixers host the spurs tomorrow night. a double whammy for the flyers and they lost to the blues, second straight game they are shut out and lost a promising young player. that travis will miss four to six weeks with a lower body injury. he crashed into the boards and he is believed to have a sprained knee and flyers host the islanders on thursday. and pen hosts princeton and they are celebrating the anniversary. and a student ticket costs 50 cents. the same in 1927. and they face georgetown at the pavilion and even though the cats have not faced them this

season they have nothing but respect. >> they are a great team and well coached and on a great role now, this is the big east, if we don't play 40 minutes of villanova basketball, we can lose to anyone. >> the georgetown bus got into an accident, this is the team helping victims in the other vehicle, a 49-year-old woman and her son was were taken to the hospital. >> baseball bye bye espn and hel hello broadcast booth, john ruck is looking forward to it. >> what is it like to be back? >> you know you never leave really. because you are talking and communicating with people here. spring training i go down for a couple of days and play golf way lot of the guys. and it's -- you can't leave here. >> your appeal to fans is that you are you. the realness which sometimes

getses you in trouble? >> yes, but i rather get in trouble being me than get in trouble being someone else. i'm 55 now i can't be someone. >> you won't hold back? >> no. honesty. the phillies fans the most knowledgeable fans in sports, knts talk to them like they are dummies. it took no time for them to plan the victory parade and the patriots are still celebrating, fans braved poor weather to honor their champs and it ends with a rally and there was a lot of yelling. >> that game was real hard but you know what, we'll remember this one for the rest of our lives. >> and we know you guys will too. so this for your support we got your back. we know that you got our back. and that is number five! >> yes indeed. that is sports.

>> those atlantic fans are deflated that is for sure. cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. if youin a palace of ice,winter there's only one place to go. and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. ♪

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cecily tynan has such power you give your february forecast last night saying there would be more snow and today there is more snow. >> it hasn't happened yet but there is a chance for a substantial snow storm wasn't fight in into thursday. we don't have snow out there this evening, it's quiet and we do have a lot of fog north of philadelphia and tomorrow this

warm front that is struggling to get through right now will be north of our region. that means a taste of spring, philadelphia 63 and allentown 59 and tying the record highs, wilmington 63 and dover 64 degrees, but then big changes by thursday morning. thursday the cold air moves in along with the developing store system and this means expect snow the timeline showing this is not good news for the thursday morning commute and the heaviest snow is falling at 4:00 in the morning and 10:00 in the morning and during this time could have snow rates of more than an inch an hour. that means it will really be able to overwhelm the warm ground and a lot of that snow falls before the sunrises and could cause a lot of problems. as far as tonight though, kind of the calm before the storm, philadelphia 48 degrees we are struggling with the warm front trying to make it through and dover 63 and allentown the war t

front is not there yet and we are dealing with fog 2 miles in allentown and half mile in quakertown and third mile in the poconos. and as this warm front pushes to the north the fog begins to dissipate. the storm that ushers in the cold air is a cold front, that is the same store responsible for the severe weather across the deep south and as it moves through tomorrow morning it could have a few showers, the cold air lags behind this storm system arriving thursday morning and at the same time a piece of energy moving into the pacific northwest that is the storm front bringing our area significant snow. 4:00 in the morning that snow is moving in west of philadelphia and pretty intense by 7:00 it's snowing scope except for the

coast where it is still raining and winds down in the middle of the afternoon. how much snow? from wilmington to lakehurst around 4 inches and farther north 8 inches through the northwest suburbs and the poconos. down to the south a big cutoff. 2 to 4 from millville and atlantic city to dover a coating to 2 inches of south of that the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast record warmth tomorrow 63 degrees and afternoon winds 35 degrees and everything freezes solid by friday morning, the high on friday only 32 and then for the weekend a lot of melting going on saturday 47 and sun 50 with a chance of rain and monday up to 52 and tuesday a high of 44 and new information before the 11:00 i'll have an update on "action news" at 11:00. world news is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff,

sharrie williams, and ducis rogers and join us for a special report here on channel 6. "action news" troubleshooter nydia han has an eye opening undercover shopping experience that could save you a bundle. >> watching our report tonight could save you thousands of dollars you could be paying double for the same diamond, what our undercover shopping trip reveals and where to get the best trip on diamonds and how to arm yourself before buying. >> for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

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tonight, breaking news. the legal showdown at this hour. the arguments to restore president trump's immigration ban now under way. the president's high-stakes battle to reinstate his executive order. after taking aim at the judge, saying if anything happens blame him and the courts. the showdown on capitol hill tonight. the historic tie-breaker that played out today. the vice president steps in to save education nominee betsy devos. the state of emergency. several tornadoes. multiple injuries. the pictures coming in from the scene. and now the major snow storm moving into the east. the urgent manhunt at this hour, and new developments as we come on. are authorities zeroing in on the suspects? wanted after three murders across two states. and the