center city complicating traffic and still no word from the hotel about why this major hazard took place. the ice started raining down on 12th and market from the top of the lowes hotel building around 2:00 this afternoon. and has continued to come down intermittently ever since. police blocked off the street between 12th and 13th. despite that, the wind blows smaller pieces of ice beyond the police lines. this tourist for a wedding got hit. >> i just got bonked in the head. with the ice. >> with the highs. it's fallen off the top. >> it's fallen off the top. >> reporter: are you hurt. >> i'm not but it was a small piece. >> reporter: philadelphians who walk this way every day and every night going home were quick to take note of the potential danger that existed. >> i walk past here every day and didn't never think that would happen until it actually happens. >> surprised to see the ice falling from the building. >> reporter: stunning. >> yeah, a little bit, a little bit, you know.

glad no one was hurt. >> reporter: no one was injured, that's good fortune. the street between market street between 12th and 13th remains closed at this hour to vehicle and pedestrian traffic and no word from the hotel as to what they plan to do about this major potential hazard. live in center city, i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news." >> all right, vernon, thank you. now to the surprise announcement from philadelphia d.a. seth williams. the city's top attorney says he will not seek reelection for a third term. >> i've made the very difficult decision not to seek reelection to a third term as the district attorney of the city of philadelphia. this is a decision i'm making i believe in the best interests of this office and in the best interests of my family. >> this comes in the middle of an fbi investigation into williams and just weeks after the democrat was slapped with app record setting fine. "action news" reporter john rawlins was at today's announcement and he'll have

much more from seth williams coming up tonight on "action news" at 6:00. a somber day for family friends and colleagues of lieutenant steven floyd. >> floyd was killed last week after inmates took over a building at a state prison. today some of those closest to floyd honored his life and legacy. "action news" reporter bob brooks live in dover for us where a viewing is under way tonight. bob. >> reporter: rick and monica, a somber day indeed. the viewing just started at 5 o'clock. it's happening behind us here at the delaware state university. you can see crews are out working to start directing traffic for this. it is located inside the memorial hall gymnasium and it is opened to the public

>> [inaudible] >> we'll get bob's report for you in just a moment. we had some technical difficulties. police in south jersey got closer to solving a murder mystery. a man is under arrest accused of killing a lumberton woman in her own home last year. "action news" reporter gray hall near the scene of that crime in burlington county with details for us. gray, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you monica. we can tell you that folks in this community say they have been waiting for quite some time to hear the news that an arrest was made in this case. the suspect has been charged with first degree murder also stalking and now many are asking why did this happen. >> a lot of relief. a lot of relief around here that this was solved. >> reporter: tom long says families in his lumberton new jersey community can rest a bit easier knowing that this man, 53-year-old william gennett is that behind bars. it took over half a year but police eventually arrested gennett wednesday for the july 5th 2016 murder of

45-year-old jena warrick. the two were dating and described him as a friendly person. they're stunned. >> we were hoping it was not him. we really were hoping it was not him but, yes, it will provide some closure. >> reporter: a motive is still being investigated but police say they discovered gennett was using a cell phone app that allowed him to track o'rourke without her knowledge. >> it was very shocking of course. it always is this sort of thing and you don't want it to happen anywhere but in your own neighborhood it's tougher to take. >> when i found out, i was in tears. she was such a sweet woman and i can look from my door into her living room and i could do that the day they found her. >> reporter: gennett is accused of strangling o'rourke with his bear hands. police say the crime happened inside of her home located on nassau road. neighbors say the news of o'rourke's death was terrifying heartbreaking and difficult to deal with. many are hoping that the arrest of gennett will provide

some closure for her family and reveal some answers as to why she was murdered. >> it was really hard for me and my kids and my husband to sit and think this is right across the street and you never know. it could be anybody. >> reporter: and back out live tonight still not clear what led police to this suspect. the arrest affidavit has been sealed by the court. we can tell you he did not live in this neighborhood. he lived about 10 miles away in that tabernacle where he was arrested. live in lumberton, new jersey, gray hall, channel6 "action news." rick. >> all right, gray, thank you. secretary of education betsy devos was met with protesters outside of her very first official school visit today. >> shame, shame, shame, shame. >> reporter:. >> several dozen demonstrators gathered outside of the jefferson middle school a.m. predominantly african-american middle school in washington. at one point they blocked devos from getting into the individual. the education secretary made

it inside and praised the school for its innovative approaches top teaching. secretary devos had harsh words for the protesters outside. in a statement she said this. i respect peaceful protests and i will not be deterred in executing the vital mission of the department of education. no school door in america will be blocked from those seeking to help our nation's school children. >> ♪ today president donald trump hosted japanese prime minister shinzo abe to reaffirm ties between the u.s. and japan but it wasn't that meeting that grabbed the headlines today. instead, it was trump's look ahead to a new national security plan. and we'll have much more on that story coming up at 5:30. >> a new jersey judge will rule next week whether there's probable cause to proceed with a criminal case against republican governor chris christie over bridgegate. the judge will annoyance many nouns his decision next thursday. in october judge ruled there was probable cause for the case to proceed but a higher court judge disagreed and sent

it back to mcgeedy for consideration. christie is accused of failing to stop subordinates from purposely creating traffic jams on the george washington glitch 2013 as a way top punish a democratic mayor who did not endorse him. >> one philadelphia police graphics artist who normally uses his talents to help catch criminals is that now helping give some families closure. johnny castro does portraits of officers killed in the line of duty. those portraits are donated to the family or colleagues. we have the story tonight. >> you got it. my name is johnny castro and i'm a philadelphia police graphics artist. these are just some of the composites i've done. the same process, the forensic aspect we do the drawing of the suspects.

they'll have a victim or a witness that has seen a suspect, they'll bring them down here and then i have a method that i'll go over with them where they pick out facial features with the way the eyes looked the nose looked shape of the head much it's kind of like a speed drawing almost. i always start with the eyes. i think it's the easiest they knothingto do. kind of came natural to me. i've always been drawing portraits. >> what else do you do. >> i do portraits of officers that are killed in the line of duty. i have them all signed in a portfolio altogether. this year i'm trying to do every single officer which is kind of tough i mean as i'm doing one, you hear the news that another one passed away. i always start head first and kind of add the uniform. you can make it look like a pencil, a paintbrush. this is a portrait of a sheriff's deputy from north dakota. he was shot and killed by a

suspect after a vehicle pursuit. there's thousands of cops out there right now just, you know, sitting in their cars, not knowing what's going to happen next. it'i just want to make sure that my finished portrait of them is the way that they remember them. >> ♪ i can't speak for everybody but i think being a police officer is the best job in the world. >> ♪ >> very sweet. >> our "action news" photojournalist, great job. >> time for a check of our "action news" traffic report friday night. >> matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. how we looking matt. >> pretty typical friday night along 95, rick and monica. northbound lanes backing up from penn's landing through the work zone here at girard avenue. also pretty normal on the schuylkill, normal being speeds in the teens and 20's at the moment but we still have that falling ice that vern told us about in center city so market street is blocked off between 12th and 13th there by the lowes and the hard rock cafe. again, stay down on chestnut

ball nut spruce pine but expect them to be congested with people detouring around that closure in center city. the truck that flipped over last night in warrington still giving us a closure of the northbound side of 611 probably for about another hour we're thinking. limekiln pike valley road york road are some alternates. in burlington county there's a crash along 295 northbound near florence. left lane blocked there with speeds in the 20's. and we have app regional rail train on the fox chase line canceled because of a crew shortage. detours on several septa buses because of that falling ice in center city. we'll check it again, rick and monica, in the next half hour. >> all right, thank you, matt. much more still ahead on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. in health check what officials say may be behind a spike in flu cases at the university of delaware. >> the bidens go to hollywood. the high profile help that the couple has hired to get their public policy efforts heard. cecily. we'll have much more "action news" when we come right back. stay with us. >> ♪ (man vo) it was may, when dad forgot

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climbed eight and change. >> health check tonight. the university of delaware reporting a spike in the number of flu cases this past week nationwide the virus continues to spread as well. >> health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman is at the big board to break down the numbers. >> hi guys. there are 26 confirmed cases at the university of delaware just this week. and students had just come back from their winter break. a statewide officials in delaware are seeing more flu activity in the college age group as well as kids ages five and up. the direct of students health services at the university says they typically see a spike in viruses when everyone comes back together and in this case it is the flu. >> actually there is an increase in flu at this time of year. the students just came back. some of our students do come from states that are seeing high activity of flu such as new york, new jersey and pennsylvania. and i think that's contributing a lot to why we're seeing a spike in flu right now. >> now the flu typically comes on suddenly with al fever,

body aches, a dry cough and chills. and as the doctor mentions nationwide we're still in the midst of a flu epidemic. across the state of delaware the new activity is actually lower but the cdc as he mentioned is that reporting high flu activity for both new jersey and for pennsylvania. now, if you haven't gotten a flu shot you still can and it could help protect you. the vaccine includes the predominant strain going around. the shot takes about two weeks to take full effect. also, make sure you're wash your hands frequently and stay weigh from others who are sick. if you're high risk for complications and you come down with symptoms you should call your healthcare provider. today in other news doctors are concerned false positives with mammograms may lead to women skipping their yearly screening. about 10 percent of mammograms wrongly defect cancer when it's not there. it leads to worry and more invasive testing. the new study shows when this happens women are less likely to return for a screening than

if they get cancer it's likely caught at a later stage when it's more difficult to treat. now, all women should talk to their healthcare providers about what their risks are, when they need to start screening and how often they should be getting a mammogram. rick and monica, back over to you. >> all right. >> good advice. thank you. >> thanks ali. coming up tonight on 6abc it's been nearly 10 years since the death of model and actress anna nicole smith. >> tonight the father of smith's daughter dan flee lynn is giving 20/20 new insight into her life which was cut short by an accidental drug overdose. >> that larger than life personality wasn't exactly who you saw behind the scenes. >> not really because she told me once she said lynn, i gave myself to hollywood when i said i wanted to do this so i have tons of fans i want to give them, you know, what they want. >> abc's debra roberts sits down with danny burkehead and dannie lynn tonight at 10:00 on 6abc. >> at 11:00 an "action news" special investigation. >> that investigation found a

convicted felon has been working at a main line car dealership with access to customers' private financial information. wendy saltzman has a preview of tonight's special report. >> reporter: the feds say he bilked senior citizens out of millions of dollars in an international telemarketing scheme. >> tactics were truly egregious. this was just lying and stealing. >> reporter: so why is he working at a local car dealership after he was convicted in the scam? >> when i seen that going on, i didn't want to be a part of it. >> reporter: we tracked down the man who is facing a sentence up to 70 years behind bars. >> can you tell us what happened to the millions that you stole from these people? >> reporter: how he stole the money and could more people be at risk again? we'll have those answers as part of our exclusive "action news" investigation tonight at 11:00.

>> a boxing legend from philadelphia was laid to rest today. loved ones of george james gathered in flourtown for his funeral. james began as a amateur boxer at the navy yard in south philadelphia. he went on to be a manager and trainer and was inducted into pennsylvania boxing hall of fame. george james was 79 years old.

it has been one year since a senior housing communities opened in philadelphia and that is reason to celebrate. they had lunch and cake at the nativity bbm place in port richmond today. the first anniversary event was hosted by the catholic healthcare services of the archdiocese of philadelphia. the former parish school was transformed into 63 one bedroom apartments for low income people aged 62 and up. >> big news for prince fans tonight. most of the icon's music will hit streaming services this weekend. that includes most of the music prince recorded before 1995 including the albums purple rain and dirty mind. his music will be available ob spotify apple music and others. prince was protective of his music pulling it from youtube and declining requests from streaming services. jill biden and his wife have turning to hollywood for

post white house help. the couple did not specify what projects caa would work on simply saying the agency would help them amplify their public policy plans. caa also represents celebrities like brad pitt, will smith, jennifer lawrence and monica malpass. >> no, no, no, but many others. a long list. rick. still to come on "action news" at 5:00 a check of. of your forecast. >> looking live philadelphia international airport. meteorologist cecily tynan has your exclusive five day forecast which may include some rain when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪ where things come from?

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>> time for accuweather at the "action news" big board tonight. >> meteorologist cecily tynan with a forecast for the weekend and beyond and what's up. >> finally it's friday. the weekend is upon us. it's looking like saturday will definitely be the better of the two days this weekend. now, double scan showing some radar echoes of snow out to the west. there's a warm front moving through so it could squeeze out a flurry or two, maybe a snow shower to the north but what this will really do is bring us much warmer air tomorrow and i think most people will be happy about it. right now the wind chill makes it feel like 24 in philadelphia, 16 in allentown, 20's in reading. atlantic city feels like 24 and trenton it feels like 20 degrees. so, satellite6 and action radar showing that warm front as it pushes in mainly a lot of cloud cover. again, a little bit of snow

shower activity but the fact that the air is so dry at the surface most of this is verga its not reaching the ground. problem though with the timing of the cloud cover. a lot is going on under in our skies tonight. we have a full snow moon. in addition to that we have a penumbral lunar eclipse at 7:44. the moon passes through the outer of the earths shad do. the top third of the moon is a little bit darker. unfortunately can't see sit because of the cloud cover and also because we have a comet at 10:30 tonight that you probably won't see as well thanks to the clouds. we'll have to wait a little bit later for that. so, tonight clouds with a flurry, a snow shower possible north. overnight low not that harsh with the clouds and the winds shifting out of the south temperatures not dropping much. 23 in allentown, 28ly in philadelphia, cape may 30 degrees and future tracker showing the best chance again of some of these snow showers actually hitting the ground would be across the lehigh valley and the poconos.

as we head into tomorrow o-more clouds than sunshine, but temperatures much warmer than today t a lot of melting going on tomorrow. at 7 o'clock, 35. by 1 o'clock, 48. temperatures sho should reach te low 50's by 4 o'clock and then 47 degrees at 7 o'clock. if you're heading to the poconos, 9 inches of snow yesterday, tomorrow pretty nice, mostly cloudy, 40 degrees. unfortunately sunday a mix, perhaps some freezing rain, changing to rain with a high of 38. so o-the five day at 5:00 showing 52 degrees, sunday periods of rain fog north of philadelphia with that dear snow pack. that system becomes a pretty big storm for new england. could have wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour. heartwarming for tuesday valentine's day from time to time increasing clouds on wednesday 45. could have rain or snow on thursday. adam will talk about that in the seven-day forecast. all in all not a bad weekend saturday better than sunday. >> okay. >> thank you cecily.

more "action news" on the way. we'll be right back after this. >> ♪

>> here's what's happening on "action news" tonight. president trump promises new action in there interests of the safety of the country. this as his education secretary is temporarily blocked from entering a school by protesters. one wrong move sends a car straight into a chinese food restaurant in south jersey and a simple mistake made by a local bank may have put hundreds of customers' personal information at risk. >> ♪ >> and now to president trump's 100 days in office following yesterday's ninth circuit court ruling on his temporary immigration ban, the commander in chief hinted today at his next plans to keep the country safe. today he welcomed the prime minister of japan to the white house. this as his new secretary of education betsy devos was initially forced away by protesters from visiting a public school in the nation's capitol. abc's janai norman is live with the latest. >> reporter: rick, president trump and prime minister

shinzo abe lashed in florida a little bit ago for their stay at the president's mar-a-lago resort. a joint news conference in washington that the president foreshadowed his next step top protect americans much the president made clear he is taking the case over his ban on travel from seven predominantly muslim countries to the supreme court. and now dropping hints about his next move for national security in the meantime. >> we'll be doing something very rapidly having to do with additional security for our country. you'll be seeing that sometime next week. >> reporter: the unanimous appeals court ruling against the president's executive order cited the government has pointed to no evidence supporting the ban and today president trump not offering anything more than his word. >> i've learned tremendous things that you could only learn frankly if you were in a certain position namely president. and there are tremendous threats to our country. we will not allow that to happen. >> reporter: just a few miles away protesters not allowing betsy devos to

enter a washington, d.c. middle school. >> so proud of yourself. >> reporter: the secretary of education who was narrowly confirmed in the senate appearing shaken as security led her away while protesters yelled shame. >> shame, shame, shame. >> reporter: arne duncan responded tweeting agree or disagree on any issue but let's all agree she really needs to be in public schools. please let her in. and devos responded in a statement saying she respects peaceful protests and will not be deterred adding no school door in america will be blocked from those seeking to help our nation's school children. live from that washington, janai norman channel6 "action news." monica, back to you. >> thanthank you. french anti-terrorism forces arrested four people today including a 16-year-old girl. they discovered a makeshift laboratory and base

ingredients for fabricating a bomb. a police official says one of the suspects was believed to be planning a suicide attack but the investigation had not yet uncovered a specific target. and world news tonight with david muir will have much more on the terror arrests in france as well as president trump's next move now that his temporary immigration a ban has hit another road block. you can watch all of that following "action news" at 6:00. >> back here neighbors in south philadelphia say they heard screams overnight and called 911. and that saved the lives of two women. police say the victims were attacked in a violent home invasion. three men broke into the home just before 2:00 a.m. this morning here on the 2100 block of south 66th street. the suspects demanded money and tied up the women with speaker wire. when officers arrived, they saw at least one man with a.m. mask through a win -- a mask

through a window. >> the officers did an excellent job getting into the house making sure these women were unharmed and taking the individuals in custody. >> police say they found jewelry and cash in the pockets of the suspects. >> a driver lost control and slammed flight a chinese restaurant in south jersey this afternoon. chopper6 over the scene here in the 300 block of mullica hill road in glassboro. authorities say the driver went right in the front of hunan wok chinese restaurant. the impact shattered the windows and the car had to be pulled out of the restaurant with a tow truck. amazingly the driver and no one inside the restaurant were hurt. the family of man who drowned in north wildwood is asking a judge top close a portion of that beach. today lawyers argued that a part of her ford inlet beach should be permanently closed to the public. it was there in 2012 that brad smith was swept in the water when the sand gave way while he was walking on the beach. there were two similar deaths

in 2009. engineers confirm the shore line was unstable and could collapse at any time. the city of north wildwood is asking the motion be dismissed. a judge did not make the decision yet today. >> a suspected child predator is off the streets of south jersey tonight. he is 25-year-old tristan coddle of pemberton township. he stored and shared images of child pornography from his home and from a cell phone. the investigation began at the beginning of this year. cottle was taken into custody on wednesday. he's currently being held at burlington county jail. part of a heavily traveled bucks county road is still shut down 20 hours after a crash. easton road heading north is closed at oxford drive while crews clean up 4,000 gallons of spilled gas. it came from a fuel tanker that collided with a pickup truck in warrington last night. dozens of people were moved to an emergency shelter after their homes were evacuated. they were not allowed to return home until 3 a.m. a printing mistake may

have put bank customers' personal information into the wrong hands. sturdy savings bank which has several locations in cape may county says they are working to notify affected customers. hundreds of people may be getting someone else's bank statements in the mail a the bank's ceo ensured everyone's money is safe. >> philadelphia police department is reportedly drafting its first ever tattoo policy. that after an officer was photographed in september with tattoos that some said resembled nazi symbols. that officer was cleared of any wrongdoing but the department will not discuss what the new policy will prohibit or what officers with tattoos will have to do in the future until the policy is implemented. from our delaware news room the wilmington police department has 18 new officers. today graduates of the 97th wilmington police academy took the oath of office. proud family members and friends were there for the ceremony. the new officers begin their assignments next monday. >> good luck to them. time now for another update on the highways and byways on a friday night. >> over to matt pelman in the

"action news" traffic center with the latest. hey, matt. >> we're not thinking monday yet. we're thinking all about friday and about the weekend which is pretty much upon us now rick and monica, but first we have to get home and getting home on the schuylkill is always a slow go on a friday night. you can steep from this shot here at the conshohocken curve. eastbound especially heavy. it's a stop and go ride eastbound from 202 from this point into gladwyne. as you guys just mentioned they're still cleaning up in warrington from that big overturned tanker last night so yes northbound lanes of 611 still blocked off at valley square boulevard by the home deep poem again, 309 limekiln pike, york road 263 would all be some possible alternates. but better news in center city. they've reopened market street to vehicle traffic. pedestrian traffic still can't walk by the lowes hotel because of the falling ice. have a crash in northern liberties at front and girard and a broken down truck partially blocking the ramp from 676 southbound to the walt there in camden. elsewhere in south jersey, there's a vehicle fire on the new jersey turnpike southbound approaching exit seven but

it's off to the side much much bigger delays are on the northbound side of 295 in burlington county because of that accident near florence in the left lane. and in bridgeton cumberland county police activity because of a shooting. avoid south avenue and, use southeast avenue instead. have a good weekend rick and monica. >> the same to you. much more still ahead on "action news" friday night. heart stopping moments captured on board by a school bus surveillance camera when another car slammed right into the side of it while children were on board. >> plus, matt damon is talking about george clooney broke the news that he and his wife amal are expecting twins. what major faux pas did clooney make. adam has the scoop. >> notice the warmth to the south it is going to kick the cold air out for the weekend but comes with a tiny price. we'll talk about it in that seven-day forecast. >> plus jaime apody with sports including flyers sixers and phillies when "action news" comes right back. >> ♪ ♪

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last night they scored only once in that span and only have 13 goals over the past 10 games. >> it's really frustrating. you know, we battling hard. we try different stuff to find scoring chances and -- but at the end of the day it's x's and o's and we can blame it on anything but excuses can go on for so many you need to pair dowbeardown find a way and justt to be better. >> flyers did get some much needed perspective and a pick me up for a few and special guests at practice today including one injured playing the game they love. i'll have that story coming up at 6:00. and he's still not going placement sixers announced joel embiid will sit out tomorrow's game against miami. for those keeping track embiid will have missed his ninth straight game. the team says they're just being overly cautious. last night they actually didn't miss him. sixers down one to the magic when tj mcconnell took the

game into his own hands with six seconds left to play. with that the sixers snapped their five game losing streak after orlando could not convert on the other end. 112-111 the final and mark mmccornell's second game winner of the year. phillies pitchers and catchers report to spring training in just three days and today the equipment truck arrived. completing the two day journeyman spanning over 1,000 milejourneyspanning over . >> as soon as this team -- as soon as the young core of this team is ready to take that next step or shows that they are taking the next step, we are going to -- i have no doubt whatsoever they that we will make the invests to add to that core and take whatever next steps we need to take. we just need to be prudent. >> speaking of investments, do you look ahead to next year

and realize you guys don't have any money committed to anybody. it's going to be like a open book, right. >> yeah. >> got to excite you. >> that's by design. that's part of the idea, right. we develop young players when they start to come into their home we have the financial flexibility to add onto the team where we need it and we don't know. it could be at a certain position, it could be on the mound, it could be wherever but we want to make sure we have the flexibility to add to the team where we need to add. >> ducis rodgers is packing his suitcase. i hear he doesn't travel lightly. got a lot of polo shirts to bring. >> the kids. >> he's not bringing the kids. live report from clearwater begins on monday. tiger woods pulled out of his next two events with ongoing back issues. after his doctors advised him not to play tiger has had back surgeries three of those recently that have kept him out of golf for 15 months so no more tiger for at least the next two tournaments. >> tough break for him.

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>> freezing here but folks in australia have the opposite problem, extreme home. it is summer down under and large parks in new south wales gripped by a heat wave. the state's fire chief is warning of severe fire danger and power blackout from demand. zoo animals have to eat frozen treats to keep them cool. >> and then there's the weather here. >> that was really cruel to show people on the beach. little chilly today. we'll heat it up this weekend. >> good. >> not to that degree. >> chilly sounds good for dinner. >> actually i'm having that for dinner tonight. >> yummy. >> it's in the fridge by the way. >> how did i know. >> please don't steal my dinner. as we take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan, we do have some light snow showers flurries that are trying to reach the ground but when we're taking a look at the reports from lancaster,

harrisburg, near pottsville, no reports of any snow showers with this. a lot of this is what we call verga, it is up in the atmosphere in the clouds evaporating for hitting this very dry atmosphere. so, could you see a flurry? maybe. but the bark a little worse than the bite when you take a look at this front coming through and that is the initial shot of some warmer air for the weekend. 33 right now in wilmington, 34 in dover, 32 in millville. upper 20's reading allentown trenton and 22 in the poconos at the present time. satellite and radar, it is app warm front that is passing by. any best shot or in an area that could see flurries or snow showers would be lehigh valley and especially up into the poconos but not looking at any accumulation with this so a lot of clouds with it tonight. again, could be a stray flurry or that snow shower in far northern areas, 23 in the suburbs, 28 degrees for center city and that wind coming more out of the south and eventually southwesterly direction as we go into

saturday, so we'll have limited sun but it's 9 degrees above average, again 52 degrees, so it's going to feel extremely warm compared to the single digit wind chills we had this morning as that low pressure goes off to the north, cold front sinks through, another area of low pressure develops along this boundary for sunday. so, sunday it's 46 degrees. we drop 6 degrees from saturday and kind of that raw feeling with a lot of light rain around, areas of fog as the low passes by and it could begin as a little bit of mixed precipitation. if you're heading up to the poconos after all the snow they saw just a couple of days ago, there will be a little mix there in the morning, 10:00 a.m., then it changes over to rain, more than likely lehigh valley on the brink of the poconos while the rest of us see that many light rain passing through especially late morning into the afternoon on sunday we're looking at about a quarter of an inch, not a lot of rain but just enough to make it a bit on the dreary side. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast limited sun

tomorrow but warmer at 52. again, kind of that raw rainy foggy kind of day on sunday of 46. and then that low deepens and new england is going to get walked again owhacked again on . on monday we get the effects of that storm in the form of wind. wind gusts on monday afternoon will top off 50 miles an hour across the area. some areas could even touch 60 miles an hour on monday and then it calms down here for valentine's dale, partlvalentiny 48. wednesday splashes of sun 45. we'll watch the coast for another pretty sizable storm to develop, maybe somewhere in the midatlantic or northeast, a lot of time to watch that and then friday sun and clouds, 42 so enjoy the warmer weather tomorrow and then it's kind of an indoor day on sunday. >> okay. >> thank you sir. >> and we invite you to stay with 6abc.com/weather throughout the weekend. in addition to storm tracker6 live radar you'll find updated

hourly forecasts and facebook and twitter great ways to follow and connect with each of our meteorologists. >> it's not a secret any that george clooney and his wife amal are expecting twins this summer but one of the a-list actor's best friends is sharing how he found out the news and how long he had to keep it under wraps much matt damon told interviewers clooney confided in him last fall. clooney mad made a major faux p. >> i'm like are you out of your mind? don't tell anybody else. like don't you know the 12 week rule. and like of course he doesn't right i'm like just shut up man and then every, you know, four weeks later i'm like we're good, right, we're good. >> the bourn identity. damon said he thinks george and amal are growing t are goine awesome parents.

ing. >> going to be a colorful weekend. the tattoo show kicked off this afternoon. you can get new ink and meet some of your favorite tattoo artists. there are daily tattoo contests rick. tickets are $22 at the door and $40 for the weekend. >> can i get a mom right there. >> right now jim gardner and the "action news" team are standing by with these stories. a political stunner. seth williams makes a surprise announcement about his future in the office. >> a gloucester county grandmother delivers her own grandson in a car. i'm nora muchanic in deptford. i'll have that crazy story coming up next. >> have those stories and more coming your way next at 6:00 for adam joseph, cecily tynan rick williams the entire "action news" team, i'm monica malpass. have a great weekend. >> good night.

>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> friday night. a judge sides with the parents sued by their daughter for college tuition and falling ice closes market street in center city philadelphia. but the big story on "action news" tonight is a political bombshell from the philadelphia d.a. seth williams has taken himself out of the race for another term. he made the announcement this morning. he said he won't run for a third term amid the fbi probe into his failure to report $160,000 in gifts. "action news" reporter john rawlins is live at city hall tonight. john, williams legal political

and personal issues have been building for sometime. >> that's right. various problems, various embarrassing problems have been dogging mr. williams for some months now. last month a $62,000 fine brought some of his problems into that sharp focus. the issues behind that fine led to today's announcement. >> good morning everyone. >> reporter: that sigh seemed to say a the l seth williams announcing he would not run for reelection for a job he wants. >> so my decision to accept gifts and fail to report them brought much embarrass. shame and adverse publicity to me and unfortunately to the office for which i love. >> reporter: last month williams was given a record ethics board fine after he amended paperwork evidence he failed to report $160,000 worth of gifts in cash he took as d.a. $45,000 for roof repairs, new windows and other work to his home in overbrook. more than $11,000 for various trips from key west to san