having someone with bassett has been invaluable. we could've never dreamed up this room without bassett. "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon if the news this noon. federal investigators are looking into the out able that

prevented local wireless customers from calling 911. and the jury selection is underway for the accused cop killer that led police on a massive manhunt. but the big story is the chase that left a police cruiser on top of the suspect's car. we know that police found heroin inside of that suv that raced away from an early morning traffic stop. annie mccormick is live with the details. >> reporter: sara there are two troopers in the cruiser involved in the crash and only one of the troopers in the cruiser went to the hospital. it was another trooper that arrived as backup who also had to go to the hospital and luckily they were treated and released. this pennsylvania state police cruiser ended up on top of this

ford explorer during a high speed chase that ended in chester. they initially stopped the suv because it was swerving. >> the driver put the car in drive and proceeded to put the car down 95 with speeds of excess of 90 miles per hour. >> the trooper behind the wheel tried to use a common maneuver to stop the fleeing vehicle. >> it ended up in a crash and the car flipped of as well as our troop car wound up on top of the vehicle but the troopers were able to take both people into custody. >> next to the custody's broken car window investigators found nearly 300 baggies of heroin and a gun with the serial number erased. >> someone going down the highway at 100 miles per hour.

there is a reason they are running from the police, they obviously had a gun and heroin. >> reporter: within the past hour the police identified the two suspects, the driver remains at crozier medical center identified as eric fiyet and brian schafer of maryland. they face drug and weapons charges. reporting live in winfield heights, channel 6 "action news." turning to accuweather and the drastic changes heading our way in the next 24 hours, get ready to go from sunny and mild and chill from possible snow. hard to believe looking outside now but a winter weather advisory is in effect overnight. david murphy is live now. a blast of reality. >> the crazy switches we

sometimes get in march. not a lot going on out there. locally it's beautiful but a cold front to the north and west pushing down into our direction during the day. rain and snow showers are developing along its face and past midnight we'll be on the lookout for the precipitation to wind up here. the national weather service posted a winter weather advisory that kicked in tonight until noon tomorrow. despite the fact that we expect snow to come down philadelphia and probably get down around millville before it stops. even at points close to the shore could see some wet snowflakes and temperatures in this non-winter advisory area are so above freezing we expect nothing but wet roads and northern montco and reading also remaining wet tomorrow. but the farther north you go through the purple area, the more careful you'll have to be in the morning on roads because of the possibility of a slick spot. by 12:30 in the morning we see the snow moving down, rain at

the outset, 9:30 it passed through philadelphia and beginning to break up and along the way a chance of accumulation especially on grassy surfaces. as we look at the potential amounts of snow, the models coming in and shifting a bit. i think the gsf is putting too much in philadelphia. maybe a coat to an inch. and the rpm high at 1.7. as you go farther north into the lehigh valley. more of a 1 to 3 inch range is more along what we expect. the 4. 9 on the gfs i think is running high. this is on grassy surfaces and the farther north tonight the more careful you'll have to be. cold weekend coming up i'll have that in the seven day. >> thank you. the "action news" morning team will keep you up to speed when the messy weather moves through,

tune in early at 4:00 a.m. for the updated forecast and the lightest traffic reports. as always rely on 6abc.com/weather you'll have access to the power of stormtracker 6 live double scan and the latest on the storm's timing. our team of meteorologists will be there to help you as well. follow each of they on facebook and twitter. >> right now attorneys are trying to choose the jury for the capital murder trial for accused cop killer, erick frein, killing trooper dickson in 2014. the man led the police on a manhunt in the poconos. both sides agreed to select jurors from chester county, about 150 miles away in pike county. around 1200 people are summoned to appear for jury selection and the first 100 were due at is the courthouse today. the philadelphia eagles made

roster moves this morning. they signed torrey smith, who was with the 49ers but released popular linebacker, connor barwin. eagles executive vice president howie roseman thanked barwin for his four seasons with the team and complimented for his class and integrity and his work in the community. but this gives eagles more flexibility to sign free agents like torrey smith. the federal communications system is trying to figure out why some at&t wireless customers were unable to call 911 last night. it was reported in bucks and chester and delaware county. and other states. the fcc says that every 911 call must go through and plan to investigate the the outage.

the new health care plan from republicans have cleared the first huddle. after nearly 18 hours of debate they approved their portion of the bill. janay norman is joining us live in washington with more. >> reporter: the push back against the bill comes not just from democrats but some republicans and some influential health care groups. president trump is in full negotiation mode as they debate that health care bill. an all-nighter on capitol hill as the battle over republican health care forges ahead. >> this is what you come up with? this is a bad joke. one committee going on until 4:00 a.m. another working until dawn and another one a full 24 hours. buckle in until we are done with the amendments. democrats pulling out all the stops doing effect to derail the

new gop bill. >> i guess if we have to stay all night we'll stay all night to offer my amendment, i don't think it's junk i think it's an important idea. >> to change the name of the bill to the republican pay more for less act. >> and groups including aarp are denouncing the plan say that up to 10 million americans could lose their health insurance despite the promise of insurance for everybody. >> he is in very much a sell mode. >> trump the businessman turned president is out to make a deal reaching out to critics that call it obama care 2.0. >> the bill now has serious problems but the president indicated that they are working to make it better. >> the american medical association wrote a letter to congress citing harm to

vulnerable patients but a group launched a half million tv ad to support the plan. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. president trump's new travel ban is facing its first legal challenge. the state of hawaii became the first to file a lawsuit. they believe that the ban will hurt the state's muslim population and tourism and foreign students. the court will hear the case on march 15th, one day before the ban is scheduled to take place. and coming up a 21 page dress code for a high school prom. the one guideline that has many students upset. >> and the philadelphia flower show opens this weekend, we'll talk to one company providing the tulips for the grand entrance.

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>> and a charter bus and train is prompting calls for safer railroad crossings and the mayor of biloxi is calling an investigation where four people were killed. 35 others were injured at the crossing on tuesday. and the ntsb is investigating the cause of the crash the fourth deadly crash at this crossing in biloxi, the bus was carrying tourists traveling to the gulf coast. and a fire scorched 21 square miles across four states and most of the burned land is in kansas where more than 1,000 square miles were consumed by the flames. and one burning by the board of of oklahoma is the largest in state's history. there are concerns it could reignite.

because is the ground is extremely dry. and moment when two firefighters were injured at a house fire in florida. they were bringing a hose to the front door and were blasted by a back draft if west palm beach. even though they were hurt they went back and finished the job afterwards. the people living in the home got out safely. a private school is drawing backlash for a detailed prom dress code that goes on for 21 pages think the book from boiling catholic high school comes with pictures of what is allowed and what is not. one guideline says that some girls may wear the same dress, but because of body types one may be acceptable and one may not. school administrators says the book is meant to help students not hurt them. radio shack filed for bankruptcy yet again. they filed their petition in bankruptcy court in delaware

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a new store in east mown airy. save a lot opened and lots of reads came out to shop store the first time. they are providing jobs and healthy food for the neighborhood. and the flower show opens this weekend for the theme of holland. >> and a husband and wife are forcing all the tulips for the show's entrance garden. >> reporter: walk inside of the chadds ford greenhouse and you'll likely be greeted by a few cats. >> it's oscar and zero. and there are five felines in all in a field of 30,000 tulips ready to burst in a brilliant rainbow of colors. john and ranee are the tulip tenders, using science and technology. >> to get them to a certain point and if they bloom too fast we move them to a cooler place.

>> and their roots run deep. >> my great great grandfather starts the business in holland in the 1800s. and he exhibited in the flower show in the 1920s and john joined them about 42 years ago. i was just 6 or 7 years old. >> it was a trip back to the netherlands where john met his wife. >> and the flowering paradise, the couple find joy in growing everything from easter bulbs to tropical cactus and fruit trees. >> a smile on someone's face and they purchase something and really like it. >> john is the chief grower of bulbs even though they is the one born in the netherlands bulb district. >> this is my favorite crop. >> she is on top of it.

>> tamala edwards, channel 6 "action news." >> tune in to 6 abc this saturday evening and see all the tile tulips in full bloom. an hour special hosted by our entire accuweather team. and are sponsored ads keeping you from checking out food and puppies on instagram. we'll tell you how to ban sponsored content forever. >> and linking 10 foods with links to heart disease and strokes and diabetes. what you may want to cut back on at 4:00. and david murphy has your seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back.

david is here now with a check of the accuweather

forecast. we areds like dramatic and drastic and wacky. >> crazy. >> it is nuts. it's beautiful out there now and stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you a lack of precipitation and as we look outside. we have plenty of sunshine on the action cam in pennsauken and along the river earlier this morning. the blue sky you see in this shot is pretty much what you got in the region. up to 64 degrees already and winds from the west at 21 and it is windy and you'll want a jacket despite the temperature. you can't argue with that number and 60 in allentown and well above average at this hour. 60 degrees in reading and 61 in wilmington and a lot of 65's in dover and millville. and 57 in cape may but that is not bad for this time of year and this time of day. satellite shows you the lack of cloud cover and some from the north and west may clip parts of our northern areas as we go later on into the day and

generally speaking it stays bright, lehigh valley forecast sunny and breezy and we go up to 61 degrees and keep in mind these warm temperatures as he show them to you across the area, they play into what will happen tonight and tomorrow. 58 is the high at the shore and mostly sunny and breezy as well. philadelphia 65 and already at 64 and could go to 66 or something like that. mostly sunny and breezy and winds west at 20 to 25 miles per hour. breezy and pleasant, a great afternoon to go out and get stuff done and overnight tonight the clouds thicken. and we get down to a low below freezing and snow arrives from the north and at midnight the winter weather kicks in in the northern suburbs and we see right after that, between midnight and 5:00 you see the snow built in on the northern areas, through the rush hour 8:00 a.m. the snow line passed

through philadelphia and getting through a good chunk of delaware and new jersey and in the afternoon spotty rain and snow showers. and later tomorrow night 10:00 perhaps it's all over. nothing on the ground but it's too warm at the coast to do anything. and really around philadelphia it looks like probably a coating to an inch and that is only on the grass, roads should stay wet. in the allentown area northern bucks and northern montgomery, and over towards berks, 1 to 3 inch accumulation is possible. and the farther you go in the pink zone the careful i would be for spots. and the poconos 3 inches or more. slippery road conditions there, what to expect wet snow mixing with rain east of philadelphia. and non-pavement accumulation is what we are looking for and the farther north we go the

slipperier it could be and a batch of snow could reduce your visibility. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 65 and mostly sunny and on the windy side and morning snow with rain in the south and 41 is the high and mainly wet roads and plan ahead and leave early and slow it down. and for the weekend looking at the brisk and cold change. 33 on saturday and 36 on sunday. cold for that union game at night and don't forget to move forward the clocks an hour when you go to bet saturday night. and the next issue could be monday night into tuesday and could be a coastal storm bringing us snow and one has us dry. keep tuesday in mind where in the morning especially we could have snow. >> thank you david. >> much more ahead in the next half hour of "action news" at noon, president trump is keeping a popular tradition going next month. we have the egg role details.

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sunglasses it feels like spring but get ready for a chilly change. and the man accused of shooting and killing a state trooper has begun with the process of picking a jury. we have the details. and a police chase that went on for miles and injured two state trooper. >> the details bright sun today and snow tomorrow. it feels like spring but when you wake up tomorrow the windchill is back in a big way. not everyone will see snow and some folks may get rain and everyone experiences a major change, as we look live from sky 6 hd looking live at the commodore barry bridge, accuweather is tracking snow for your friday. >> david murphy is at the big board with the details. i think whatever we do get tomorrow morning likely melts on most of our area roadways and none the else the front is off to the north and sliding if our direction, we have snow and rain