we didn't realize how difficult it was going to be to tie that space together. with an open floor plan, you need to separate it with furniture. it's perfect for our family. "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >> good afternoon sara is off and in the news two vehicles are involved in highway crashes, we

have the latest from the northeast extension. and a woman charged in the death of her adopted daughter pled not guilty in court. but the big story on "action news" at noon is the reminder that winter is not quite over yet. wet heavy snow is falling throughout the day so far and once it clears out the bitter cold is settling in. lets get the latest from double scan live radar and melissa magee. >> it's hard to believe we are tracking snow on march 10th but it's cold enough to produce the snow with enough moisture overhead. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan the snow is lightening up for the northwest suburbs but still coming down the i-95 corridor and interior sections of south jersey we go in tighter on street level with stormtracker 6 live double scan and still lavenders an indication of heavy bursts of snow. if you travel along route 72 close to surf city we are picking up the lavender a shade

of heavy snow. glassboro and hammonton and mays landing we are picking up heavier bursts of snow as the moisture departs from a northwest to southeast direction. in berks county huffs church picked up 5.2 inches of snow and south allentown 4.7, and forks township 4.2 and south hammonton an inch of snow. something to keep in mind the visibility is a factor. it's starting to let up a bit for our northwest suburbs, because the snow is racing off to the south and east. we are down to a half mile in the city down to 1.7 miles in toms river and a mile in lancaster. the winter weather advisory stays up until 2:00 in the afternoon for the purple shaded areas and slushy roads are a big concerned. we still have the snow overhead at 2:30 but starts to depart

into the afternoon hours at 3:00 and could be another burst of snow that moves in as we get into early this evening. what to expect on the i-95 corridor and the roads are just wet slushy roads north and west and the burst of snow before the cold settles if for the weekend. thank you melissa. as always count on 6abc.com/weather throughout the winter storm and beyond. you'll have access to the power of stormtracker 6 live double scan and the latest on whaf comes next and we invite to you connect with our team of meteorologists any time by following them on facebook and twitter. several vehicles crashed in the snowy conditions on the northeast extension this morning and part of the highway remains shut down in lehigh valley. janet reyes is live were more. >> reporter: crews had quite the cleanup ahead of them with this

accident involving seven cars and this is one of two crashes along the same stretch of highway. look at this video on the screen we were able to capture with a cell phone onscene. this is the northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike in eastern county. conditions on the roads were manageable and it got progressively worst especially as snow started to fall and that is when traffic came to an abrupt halt if you were caught up in the de is why. agerous domino affect on the highway involving several cars. most of them were banged up and authorities say that minor injuries were reported. we understand that there are still a couple of cars being taken away and residual delays because of this. as for the second accident, i mentioned we are told that two cars were involved in that one, no additional information on

that. and no confirmation yet. we are working on getting confirmation if the weather had anything to do with this. the roads are still wet, a word of caution be careful as you dr and this afternoon. reporting live channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. six people were hurt when a school bus collided with a dump truck in wilmington. the bus was driving to the delaware school for the deaf when is it crashed at d and south hill streets. two students and two people in the dump truck were taken to the hop. the bus driver and his aides with injured as well. chest ever county crews were on the scene of a deadly house fire in schuylkill township. and a viewer sent us video taken when he drove past the home. flames and thick black smoke were pouring out of a third story window. a bucks county woman who is

accused of the brutal death of her adopted teenage daughter entered a not guilty plea this morning. 42-year-old sara packer is charged with rape and kidnapping in the death of grace packer. grace's boyfriend jacob sullivan will be arraigned last month. they are accused of dismembering her in july. tens of thousands of drivers are once again able to use the bridge that connects the pennsylvania and new jersey turnpikes the i-1276 bridge reopened last late night after being closed since january. crews were able to fix a fractured support beam and reopen the bridge ahead of schedule. they made the call after they tested the bridge this week. and that section of interstate carries 42,000 vehicles a day. from the nation's capital. the fbi directo summoned to top lawmakers

on capitol hill concerning issues of national security. including russian and allegatresident obama ordered wiretaps. >> those wiretap claims by president trump are still unsubstantiated and they come as wikileaks releases thousands of documents revealing top cia secrets. >>ames comey called to capitol hill to m with congressional lead evers. the top secret briefings on national s on the list is russian's interference in the election. and the explosive alligation that president obama ordered a wiretap attower. >> comey asked the justice department to refute the claims and afterwards senator mark warner speaking up.

saying that he has seen no evidence of wiretapping. another issue with extraordinaryional security implications the massive breach of top cia secrets revealed by wikileaks, hundreds of documents the leakers say let the agency use art phones and tvs to spy on targets. >> this is a historic act of devastating incompetence. and meanwhile the war rages on over health care reform and the congressional budget office expected to release estimates of how many the bill will cost and republicans already saying that those estimates may not be right. >> we are not stopping here. this is just the beginning of our work. >> president trump tweeting about the new report that shows 235000 jobs added in his first month but dfc chair says trump

has as much to do with job growth as he does with the washington wizard's winning record. absolutely nothing. >> channel 6 "action news." >> back here the eagles are expected to introduce their new roster picks later this afternoon. the team has news conferences scheduled to introduce their new wide severs alshon jeffrey and torrey smith and chance warmack to make room for all the contracts the eagles cut connor barwyn after four seasons still to come on "action news" at noon, authorities are looking for 30 stolen guns and the thieves that took them from a gun store in maryland. and an 84-year-old pilot away after his small plane crashes and explodes into flames. looking live from sky 6 hd as the snow continues to fall. meteorologist, melissa magee, has your seven-day forecast from accuweather when "action news" continues in a moment.

a suspect is in custody after a terrifying attack in germany. a 36-year-old man began attacking people with an axe, and nine people were injured and the suspect tried to escape police by jumping over an overpass, he suffered injuries and is if a hospital.

countries in europe are in a heightened state of alert following a string of terror attacks over the last two years. and the search continues for the man that stole 32 guns. they broke into a store in rockville, maryland the security system sounded but that did not deter the men. they tossed 21 handguns into their bags. and another man grabbed guns off the wall. there say $10,000 reward offered in this case. a wild scene on the california highway as shots were fired during rush hour one victim was air-lifted to the hospital, and one was transported by ambulance and the man and woman were targeted according to police and 30 minutes later the police detained three suspects this is the fourth shooting on a bay area freeway in the last two weeks. >> a high speed pursuit through southern california came to a

dramatic end on the hollywood walk of fame. police chased the vehicle through the san fernando valley. police eventually boxed him and arrested him in front of a crowd of onlookers. an elderly pilot survived a crash that destroyed his small plane in henderson, north carolina, the 85-year-old pilot pushed the door open and walked to his house and refused treatment. witnesses say it's a miracle he survived. >> i heard them say he will never fly again, i don't know if that is shock, but i think it would be enough to stop me. >> once crews put out the fire only the metal framing was left. protesters were outside of the white house at this hour. rallying against the construction of the dakota access pipeline earlier this

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well it may be snowing outside today. but spring is blooming outside of the pennsylvania convention center more than 35,000 tulips are planted for the show that opens tomorrow for the public and this year's theme is holland flowering the world. and we'll take you behind the scenes for our annual flower show special. tune in for an hour long show hosted by the entire accuweather team. you are headed down there as we finish this newscast. >> heading from the snow to the flowers. >> could be a good weekend to go

to the flower show. >> cold and on the windy side a good weekend to be indoors, we'll look at the snow we are tracking, stormtracker 6 live double scan radar you see we have some snow in philadelphia. the road are mainly wet and the snow is lessening in intensity for the northwest suburbs and picking up in interior sections of south jersey we'll go in tighter on street level with stormtracker 6 live double scan and about an inch reports in am monton but if you travel along the garden state parkway from mays landing to see sea isle city we are tracking the snow. a change from mixed precipitation to snow. and fortescue mixed precipitation and down in dover, the lavenders you see on the screen is the heavier bursts of snow moving on through. if you are traveling on route 13 that is something to keep if mind. sky 6 hd looking at philadelphia international airport on this

snowy friday and this is probably a good friday afternoon to check ahead with your carrier for weather relates travel delays and the snow is coming on down and this is more than likely to cause delays and the snow so far across the region heighter accumulations are north and west of philadelphia. and west rock hill township. king of prussia 3.6 inches of snow and martins creek about 1.1 inches of snow. we have the cold air in place and it's 26 in philadelphia. 33 in reading and same in allentown and at the freezing mark in philadelphia and cape may 35 and in dover we are coxing in at 32 degrees, visibility however is a concern if you are out and about on the roads it's starting to come up for the northwest suburbs as the snow falls down for the city north and east. here is satellite 6 along with action radar you see the moisture starting to move out. winding down for the next hour

or two. if you look to the west we see snowfalls down wind of the lake i wouldn't be surprised if you got into that activity today. and the winter weather advisory expires at 2:00 today. and still residual moisture in the atmosphere. by 6:00 in the evening we are tracking snow showers and squalls that are moving on through. expect a heavier burst from reading and wilmington and atlantic city as we through the early evening hours, here is the setup for the rest of friday tracking the area of low pressure departing to the east and the high in philadelphia close to 40 degrees and temperatures are in the 30s and we have the the light snow in the mix early and 11 degrees be low where we should be this time of year. and the cold settles in for the weekend and the cold from canada is funningle south and eastward in our region into tonight and

the start of our weekend. here is the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we have periods of snow on the way for the rest of today, the advisory expiring at 12:00 and higher accumulations expected north and west of the i-95 corridor and high temperature close to 40 in philadelphia and overnight we drop down to 20 degrees and windchills numbers are close to zero into saturday. brisk and cold tomorrow high temperatures coming in at 33 degrees and reminder as we get into saturday night into sunday. we are springing forward as daylight saving time begins. on sunday sunny and cold and 36 degrees and monday sun to clouds and a high temperature coming in at 38 degrees and late monday night into tuesday, it's brisk and cold a high of 36 and a chance of more snow we are tracking with the possible nor'easter. and 39 on wednesday. the next big concern is tuesday

and the timing and track and intensity of the storm. >> thank you melissa. more ahead in our next half our of "action news" at 12:30 a large meat smoking machine was found that was stolen from a local barbecue restaurant. and the unusual shape of one of saturn's many moons. coming up next.

"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams and sara bloomquist and meteorologist. david murphy. hello again, sara bloomquist is off today. and here are the stories we are following for you now on "action news" at 12:30. a snow filled friday across our region and we have the latest on when the snow moves out. and local hospitals are back to work after a strike but they don't have a new contract and the historic reading terminal marquette has a lot to offer. we begin with the latest on the developing story out of lehigh county. the crash on the northeast extension continues to cause trouble for drivers in the northbound lanes. between the quakertown and

lehigh valley exits in lower township. it involves two separate accidents and one had seven vehicles involved at the time. no word when this will be cleared out. meantime the snow continues to fall at this hour. the good news is in most places it's not sticking to the roadways that was the case in delaware county this morning. the snow was falling steadily along south chester road in swarthmore and cars seems to be getting along just fine and this is tilton road in egg harbor township, now sky 6 hd showing you penn's landing and i-95 and traffic moving good at this hour. when the snow moves out the next thing we are dealing with is very cold temperatures for the entire