with christie ileto. gray hall is off today. here's what we're following on "action news." a dangerous spot to be walking leads to a deadly encounter in delaware county. two key senators switch side when it comes to the republican tax bill pushing the gop a step closer to a legislative history. temple has fun in the snow before heading to sunny florida. we have cover annual of the owls football team. first we go outside to chris sowers digging out from the third snowfall of the season, right, chris? >> reporter: we are, we got two to three inches with last night's snow. most of the roads are clear, they are just wet. the crews did an amazing job of cleaning the roads. the secondary roads is a different story. i want to throw this out, the back roads heading into housing developments they are snow covered. we have icy patches and frozen

slush. take it easy, allow yourself extra time. look at the morning lows around the area. got down to 10 in millville. 10 in pottstown. allentown, 14 degrees for the morning low. wilmington, 18 degrees and philadelphia right here in the city, dropping all the way down to 21. factoring in the winds it still feels like the low to mid teens out here right now. 28 in philadelphia, 28 in allentown. 31 in millville. trenton, 25. only 20 degrees in the poconos. factoring in the winds feels like 9 in the mountains. if you're heading into the mountains to do skiing you need to bundle up in layers it's going to be cold up there this afternoon. feels like 17 in philadelphia. and 21 with the wind in wilmington. we have clouds and sun at times, i think it's main line cloudy throughout the first part of the day. you'll see more sun as the afternoon wears on. it will be breezy, high of 41.

with the wind it never feels close to 41 degrees. bundle up in layers if you're doing a last minute christmas shopping. don't forget the wind with the temperatures all day long stuck in the mid 30s. we'll focus on the warmer temperatures heading this way in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> pennsylvania state police are investigate a crash that killed a pedestrian in delaware county that happened on the ramp from southbound i-95 highland avenue in chester at 3:00 a.m. state police say the driver of the car that hit the victim did stop. so far no word on charges or why the victim was walk on the ramp. fire crews in montgomery county had to call for backup battling an early modern blaze. flames burned the home in upper providence township. everyone got out of the home safely. there's no word on what started the fire. a firefighter is recovering from minor injuries suffered at the scene of a different fire in montgomery county.

whochopper 6 hd was over the sce in bluebell. heavy smoke and flames broke out in the basement and spread. the cause is under investigation. from our delaware newsroom a state trooper was placed on administrative leave following a deadly shooting in wilmington. the state trooper conducted a traffic stop, the man drove off dragging the trooper with the vehicle, that's when the trooper opened fire killing the suspect. the trooper was treated for non-life threatening injuries. delaware state officials have agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a prison riot lawsuit. 7 plaintiffs including the family of officer steve floyd will share the money. officer floyd was killed during the riot at the maximum security

lockout. republicans appear to be on the cusp of passing a huge historic tax bill by the end of the year. dave wright has the details on the late night progress to get the measure passed. >> reporter: republican lawmakers believe they have the votes needed to pass the biggest tax overhaul in a generation, the house and senate compromise bill more than a thousand pages long. >> i know everyone's lives will be better off under tax reform. >> republicans can afford to lose two votes in the senate and still have the measure passed with vice president mike pence breaking the tie. bob corker was the only republican to vote no on the initial senate bill insisting he couldn't support anything that adds to the detective city. now he has -- deficit. now he has come around. so has marko rubio and maine's

susan collins. the final bill is expected to add 1.5 trillion to the deficit slashing the corporate tax rate in half and doubling the standard deduction for those who don't itemize. the caps on some of the deductions will be lower. the tax bill is one of two big items on the president's radar. next week his lawyers are expected to meet face-to-face with special counsel robert mueller and his team a rarity. they hope that the probe into russian meddling and possible collusion by the trump campaign is nearing an end, not clear that mueller will oblige. >> there is absolutely no collusion, i never even made a phone call to russia. everybody knows.

>> reporter: jonathan carl pressed the president on whether he would consider pardoning his national security advisor who lied to the fbi and cooperating with the special counsel. >> michael flynn, would you consider a pardon for michael flynn. >> i don't want to talk about pardon for michael flynn yet. we'll see what happens. >> appears roy moore is not giving up even after he lost the special election for alabama's next senator. moore told supporters in an e-mail the battle is not over and asked for donations that will go toward an election integrity fund. he refused to concede to democrat doug jones. the campaign wants to check voter fraud before he this certify the vote. hollywood executives have created a new commission to fight sexual harassment and

sexual misconduct. it will be chaired by anita hill who famously testified that she was harassed by aran ce thomas. gun safety pledge cards were handed out to children to make them aware of the dangers to firearms. there is much more to come on "action news" saturday morning. it's a close call for shoppers who witnessed a firebombing inside a grassry store. we'll look at the future of self driving cars. one company is predicting they won't just save you from the stress of the road, but save you money, too. >> reporter: christy if you're sick and of the cold whether the

and the snow there's a nice warmup coming in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. stay with us i'll have the details up next.

>> welcome back sky6 live hd taking a live look from our city hall camera, you can see folks enjoying the rothman ice rink at this saturday morning, cold today, beware of slushy, icy secondary roads, a nice warmup heading our way this week.

investigators in new york have released this surveillance video the moment a man threw two molotov cocktails into a store. the man runs out of the store and hospitals on the motorcycle -- hops on a motorcycle with the driver to wisk him away. they say this attack was targeted. we're getting a better look at the damage caused by a strong earthquake that hit indonesia late friday. two people were killed and seven others injured. a school was badly damaged in the 6.35 magnitude earthquake, part of the buildings walls fell. it was felt 190 miles away in the capitol of jakarta. the thomas fire near los angeles is out of control and

growing larger. it is the 4th largest in california history and scorched 340 square miles. it caused damage to homes and crops. four fires lost their entire orchards of avacado trees. they estimate 100 acres of farm loonld was damaged by -- land was damaged by the lilac fire. deputies have created a calendar featuring their k-9s, the money raised will be help pay for the k-9's protective gear. looks like little murphy. >> reporter: i need to get that. cape may beach picked up a couple of inches of most of south jersey received 3 to 2 1/2

inches of snow. north and west it was one to two. it wasn't a huge event, unfortunately, the timing was lousy came in time for the evening commute. we remember what happened yesterday with traffic. as we take a look temperatures here around the region, this is what we're looking at, we put the camera back on me, there we go, here's what we're looking at, temperature wise. 28 degrees in allentown. reading, 27 degrees. icy cold, north and west, philadelphia 28. millville, 31. cape may, 37 degrees. trenton, 25, and wilmington, 28 degrees. some locations got as cold as ten degrees this morning with the snow pack out there. high pressure starting to settle in from the northwest, windchill values this is what is going to hit you as you step out the door. feels like 9 in the poconos, 19 in reading. 17 in philadelphia. 25 in millville. 21 in wilmington. we'll be dealing with the icy-cold windchills all day long. now, we're not expecting any

weather like any falling precipitation or anything like that, but the winds will be cold. 27 is what it will feel like in philadelphia, 15 in the poconos, 25 in reading. later this afternoon we're looking at upper 20s to low 30s, with high temperatures topping out in the upper 30s across the area. we get into the first part of tomorrow morning. it's a little bit better but fairly chilly with low windchill values of 38 degrees. that's the big story over the next 24, 36 hours. as we look at the radar there's a small little system over the great lake states, the snow machines will turn on erie and on -- ontario, and houron and maybe the poconos pick up a snow shower this afternoon, that's about it. 11:00 a.m., we're looking at a

combination of sun and clouds or more clouds than sun. overnight tonight we'll go partly cloudy to clear across the area. as we get into sunday we'll start out with sunshine and increase the clouds as the days wears on. this is not a system we're watching, it's a warm front that will be punching through, once the front lifts through, temperatures off to the races with high in the upper 40s to the mid 50s. for this weekend we have the arctic highs attacking to the north, all that lifts to the north back up into canada. the wind shift out of the southwest we get the southern highs, almost like a bermuda high that warms everybody up from atlanta, department of -- o southern you'll. today, clouds and -- southern new england. overnight tonight, partly cloudy

skies. ten degrees this morning in millville. 27 tomorrow morning. that's a lot better there. allentown, 23. lancaster, 26. philadelphia bottoming out at 29. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, things will quiet down over the next few days, as well. it stays chilly this weekend, clouds and sun, 41. windchills in the low to mid 30s. increasing clouds tomorrow, 40. monday we start to warm up. 56 tuesday, wednesday, had a, thursday, 42. warmer friday, wet weather and 52 degrees. >> thank you chris. "action news" viewers are sending in pictures and videos of the recent snowfall. we want to see your photos share them on the "action news" facebook page use the #6abc action or e-mail us at join the action at 6abc.com. here's a look at what's happening in and around the area this weekend. join the animal rescue for the

very merry howell a day party is at the animal refuse -- rescue. tie up the running shoes in new jersey, the 5k run and one mile walk takes place tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. it's $30 per person, but $15 if you donate a toy. it's for the toy coat and food drive. theater company will host the princess concert that includes princesses from popular musicals and television shows, kids are encouraged to dress as their favorite princess or prince. tickets are $35 and it's starts

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in this morning's technically speaking uber and lyfte could be seeing competition from self driving cars. >> reporter: they have no logos or markings, but a lot of electronics. they spend time stopped between neatly araged cones they make a complete stop. mark is the former head of the national traffic safety administration and chief safety officer is at the start up called zooks. the awe autonomous -- autonomous vehicles need to know how to drive. it's called a black diamond. it's complicated to drive in san francisco. how many miles are enough? well that's an open-ended question, you see the cars can drive the same streets 1,000

times, but little things that are different each time are what matter. learning what cars bikes and trucks and people look like in all different kinds of light how they behave with a safety driver at the wheel for teachable motors. >> those are the extreme one off things that happen. >> reporter: they plan to build their own cars and offer them as a service or oosh -- uber. it will change society. >> reporter: the economic implications are huge. >> my father is a san francisco police officer who was killed in the line the duty when someone ran a red light. that could get us to zero lives loss on the roadways. >> the force is strong for star

wars, the last jedi made $45 million during thursday's early showing. those numbers are second to the last star wars movies, the force awakens made 67 million opening in 2015. hollywood analysts predict this 8th episode will blast its way to $200 million through the weekend. >> all right welcome back,

9:24 a.m., saturday morning, this is a live look from our sky6 live hd overlooking spring mountain in montgomery county. you can see skiers have already hit the slopes enjoying yesterday's snowfall. aation lawsuit was

filed by pete rose was dismissed. he claimed john dowd defamed him saying he raped crowning -- he raped a young team girl during training. sixers battle it out with the thunder during three overtime larcht. joel embiid, ignited a overtime, ben simmons forced overtime, but the sixers would fall 119 to 117 points. the eagles play the giants for right for the first round

bye. nick foles will show how he will lead the team in the absence of the carson wentz. doug peterson likes what he sees. >> the guys have responded well offenseively around nick. he is a veteran playing. he played with the guys a lot of guys on the team. >> i don't think the team is made of one person, this is a team, nick will step in and do a really good job, nobody want to see anybody in the league get hurt. to lose our quarterback, it's a lot. don't forget, nick is a really good player, too. >> don't forget, temple football playbook is coming up in the next half-hour. ducis rogers and temple head coach jeff collins did you -- ds all things owls. they face the florida panthers

on thursday. >> with snow on the ground there's no better time to get into the holiday spirit. melissa magee takes us to the most festive spots in the burbs. >> if you're a person who let's old parking tickets pile up, you'll be getting a free pass, almost free, we'll tell you about the proposal by city council. we'll have the the exclusive accuweather five-day forecast with meteorologist chris sowers when "action news" saturday at 9:00 a.m. continues.

>> happening now on "action news," saturday at 9:00 a.m., it's another cold morning. meaning the snow-covered side streets won't be melting just yet. we'll tell you when you can expect a thaw. a garbage collector was accused of taking out more than the trash. let's go outside to meteorologist chris sowers and the accuweather forecast, cold out there, chris. >> reporter: especially when the wind starts blowing. we have windchills in the teens and 20s and, of course, lots of snow on the ground, so we have slick spots you need to to take it easy this morning. going around the region, final snowfall totals from our third snow event in the last two weeks. good morning, everybody, everybody is happy out here this morning. levittown, 3.2. wynnewood, 2.6. philadelphia the official number was 2.2 week. for the week, philadelphia pick

up 7 1/2 inches which is half of the entire snowfall total of all of last season. winter got off to a quick start in philadelphia area. berlin, new jersey, 3.6. columbus in burlington county, 3.5. toms river, 3 1/2, monroeville 2 1/2 inches. middletown, 2.3. claymont, 1.9 and smyrna, 1.3. now that the snow is gone, the colder air is settling in. overnight lows dropping into the teens in most locations, now we're rebounding we have mostly cloudy skies, 28 in reading, allentown, 28. same number for philadelphia. millville, 31. dover, 29. with the wind it feels like 22 in dover, teens to the north, you get north of the pennsylvania turnpike it's bitter cold with the wind 19 degrees presently in reading, 18 in allentown. 17 in trenton.

philadelphia you're windchill reading at this hour, 17 degrees. forecast for today, clouds limited sun and there will be a cold breeze blowing throughout the day, we're forecasting a high of 41. wipt to point out, the -- i want to point out, the more clouds we'll see, the more likely the temperatures will be cooler than what you're seeing in front ever you. noontime, 32. 2:00 p.m., 37. 4:00 p.m., 39 degrees. there you have it, that's a quick check of the forecast for now. when i come back, the pattern will quiet down over the next several days, we'll focus on that. there's couple of days next week where we could hit 50 degrees or higher. details in ten minutes. >> the cold bluster conditions have led one part of new jersey to declare a code blue. officials will help the homeless find shelter in cumberland county through tomorrow morning. the frigid air is not helping the melting process from last evening's snow. overnight we found packed snow

and ice on the 16th street in south philadelphia. workers were busy shovel egg sidewalks from the new snow -- shoveling sidewalks from the new snow stay ahead of the changes by visiting 6abc.com/weather or by downloading the free 6abc app. a community in montgomery county has come together following a deadly fire that killed two brothers earlier this week. 11-year-old brian lukens junior known as l.j. and 6-year-old parker were killed in a blaze? schwenksville wednesday morning. as the donations came pouring in, three uncles of the two young victims watched with gratitude. >> it's overwhelming, it's unbelievable. words can't compress what everybody is -- express what

everybody is doing. >> i'm happy that the community is here for them. >> reporter: the fire was ruled accidental cause bide an electrical failure of an extension cord plugged into a space heater on the porch. fire forced residents of a delaware county nursing home to relocate. smoke was coming out of the dunn woody village located on west chester pike in knew -- newtown square. the residents were moved to another building, no injuries were reported. a babysitter in berks county is facing sex charges. he is accuse of assaulting two children in his care. the acts happened inside the family home in reading. at the time the girl was around the age of # -- 7 or 8. her younger brother was 5 or 6 years old. the reading man was arraigned on

sexual charges and is free on bail. a philadelphia sanitation worker could be arrested after being caught on video. he is accused of snatching a package from the home while on the job. a home surveillance camera shows city sanitation picking up recyclables. he takes a package from the home and grabs it and hides it and pulls it from under the trash. a neighborhood didn't want to be identified. >> their job is to take recyclables and the trash, not to take something from the person's porch. >> police did recover the stolen package, a pair of ugg boots. the victim said he doesn't want to see anybody go to jail over boots. an exchange between an nominee and senator is going

viral because the nominee struggled to answer basic law questions, kenneth moten is in washington with the exchange. >> i would be struggling to remember. >> reporter: this morning the judicial nominee seen struggling across the country. >> can you tell me what the dobere system is? >> have you ever tried a jury trial? >> i have not. >> civil, no. >> criminal? >> bench. >> state or federal court? >> but the lawyer who serves on the federal election commission struggled to answer legal questions. >> do you know what a motion in

lin liminea is? >> you can't walk into a federal court house with for the first time yeah i think i want to be a judge. it doesn't work that way. >> >> reporter: this week president trump set a record, the most appellate court nominees, many conservatives in his first year. >> this is a president who wants to make sure that judges are in place to understand what their role is, it's not to change law or create law, but to be focused on the constitution. >> that was kenneth moten reporting. pennsylvania police are trying to determine the are identical of person who placed racist posters around the campus

temple. surveillance video captured these images of the person responsible for hanging the posters outside the buildings at 1st and north montgomery. anyone with information on the s&p should contact campus police. you may be getting a break from city council if you have an old parking ticket. a bill was passed to forgive tickets issued before 2013. the scoff laws require them to pay off outline their violations between 2013 and now. if you have not gotten any tickets, there's a 50-dollar fee for the program. this weekend "fyi philly" is getting you ready for the holidays, it's a list of fun things to do around the region. melissa magee has a preview of a few suburban stops that will get you in the holiday spirit.

>> reporter: time to get a tree. at linvilla orchards you can take a holiday hay ride and find a christmas tree. choose from 40,000 douglas and other if you if you -- furs. grab fresh treats from the farm market and brakery. you can't leave without getting an apple cider, donut. families take a magical ride from boyertown for the magical stop. it's all part of the christmas experience at cold brook daily railroad. grab your golden ticket and hop on board. >> merry christmas everybody! >> our kids love that santa

train. for more on all the places, don't miss "fyi philly" tonight at 7:30 p.m. that's right after "action news" on abc. still to come on "action news" saturday morning, a cat survives an incredible journey across the country stuck in a truck. the temple owls will be trading in the snow for sunny florida. a special bowl edition of temple football playbook is next. >> reporter: welcome back to

temple football playbook, coach, i hope you don't mind me saying this, i know you have a big personality. a little bit. >> it is ti cleblg

football, temple -- college football, temple university isgn florida. here's ducis rogers and jeff collins ready to break it down in temple football playbook. >> reporter: welcome to another edition of temple football playbook alongside coach collins i'm ducis rogers. this is bowl edition on thursday, the temple owls will take on the golden panthers in st. petersburg, florida. you guys won three out of five games to get your bowl game. >> it's great, the way the guys rallied, the leadership on the team, the seniors and players closed i out to get it for out,s of snow here. you guys played in the snow. >> it was fun, it was bowlprace

back there. ck backyard it'sthi you're snowing, the kids had>> you mey felt like they were being a kid again. ng piggyback when young in the were a kid. >> the kids sd >> growing up y wouatch it on tv, even the nfl game you saw it, in jersey, you snow in the high school season. it was a greate. it was a lot of fun. >> it was awesome, playing in the snow, i never played in the snow, it was pretty cool, toward the end of the practice we started having snowball fights and stuff like that. it was fun, to get out there and play in the snow, feel like a kid again. >> i'm sure the snowball fights is something the guys will

remember for quite sometime. the bowl game, the senior class, how important is it for them to go out on top. >> it's means everybody to this organization wherever your spot is for the team. >> you have a lot of leaders in the senior class and they say they want a victory very badly. >> it's very special, i've been through a lot here, and for us for me, to be my last bowl game i'm going to enjoy every moment. >> seems like with every game there's a connection. you have a connection to fiu. >> i was there for a year, two more string coaches were there, as well. won the bowl game, and won the

first ever conference championship. great memories, took the worst defensive college football, we led the year, i have great memories at fiu. >> let's size up the team. they have an experienced coach and quarterback. >> reporter: coach davis did a great job, the quarterback is strong and physical and can beat you with his feet as well as his arm. >> reporter: stick around we have much more temple football playbook coming up. we have a big runner and a big rapper, coach you rap? >> is no [laughter]. >> reporter: stay with us.

>> reporter: welcome back to term football playbook, coach i hope you don't mind me saying

this, you have a big personality. >> a little bit. >> reporter: you seem to let the players be themselves, what's that about. >> the more loose, the better you play. we're a top physical program, with that you got personality and juice that's perfectly fine. >> speaking of the word juice, morgan signature -- as i siegfrd has plenty of juice and work the microphone. >> reporter: thanks, ducis, meet the rapper. >> it's a chance to express myself and get whatever i want off my chest even if it's not for the people just for me. >> what inspires you? >> my son, he made me run harder, i play two different lanes and make music.

[inaudible]. >> what does your family thinks of your passion for music. >> will he love my music, thanksgiving i didn't go home, they sent me a video dancing to my song. >> your passion for music and football are they totally different lanes? >> reporter: they are totally different. i play football, i have the ability to do it. i'm going to focus on football, when i leave, i might do music, too. >> what does coach collins say about your music? >> he supports the music and showed me love. >> as music and football come easily to you? >> nothing came easy. i said i could grow and i kept

doing it. i wanted to see my progress, looking back at freshman year, i had probably like 20 songs, now i probably have over 300 songs and listening to them, i'm growing as a person, i can hear it through my lyrics, keep persevering and being a better person and better player and better father, that's my motto keep being better. >> and better he has become from red shirting his freshman year to leading the team in rushing yards, he has shown growth for the program. for temple football playbook. back to you. >> as david rapid for you at all. i have a trizzy tray on my loop, absolutely. >> reporter: what do you say to the fans when you've had your ups and downstairs. >> reporter: this is a great

football team they do good on the field on off the field. the student base has been great, the band is the best band in football. come out and watch us in saint pete they are great guys, owls taking on fiu looking for their first win since 2011. for coach collins, i'm ducis rogers, "action news" returns right after this

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>> we've got our snowfall totals as we dig out this morning. most of the area picked up two to three inches yesterday if you take the week as a whole we've

had three snows, these are the numbers, trevose, 9.8. philadelphia, 7.6. remember last year we had 15 inches for the entire winter. we picked up half of that in a week along. hammonton, 17.5 inches. we have two to three inches on the ground right now. temperatures are below freezing, so there's a lot of slick spots out there this morning, especially on the a second dear roads, sidewalks and things like that. we're dealing with bitter cold windchills ranging from nine in the poconos to 17 in philadelphia to 25 degrees in millville. a heads occupy this morning, the secondary -- a heads occupy this morning, secondary roads are icing, put a lot of space between you and the car in front of you, in case you have to jam on the brakes you don't slide into them. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, there's a huge warmup heading this way.

weekend overall is chilly high of 41 today and 40e tomorrow. but then it's 47 monday, 56 tuesday, 52 next friday. that will feel better and all the snow will be gone. >> tuesday pick of the week. >> thank you chris. a man and his dog are saved after firefighters pulled them from freezing waters in northern illinois. crews say the dog chewy fell through the ice, the owner tried to get to the dog with a kayak, the owner overturned and dumped the owner in the water. the firefighters in a wet suit pulled the man and the dog to safety. a cat is recovering from a cross country adventure, he was missing since 4th of july and found in a pepsi truck in california. the driver of the truck called the department of animal service in riverside county and

retrieved the cat and tracked down the owners who were happy to hear that the cat was located. >> i know cats go off and come back, but savannah to california. >> i wish he would come home so i could give him a big hug. >> according to the cat's owners they live near warehouses that's how the kitty ended up on a semi. plans are being made to return the cat to the owners. >> that's incredible adventure. >> jack hanna's "wild countdown" is next on channel 6. "action news" continues later tonight. we'll be back tomorrow morning, beginning at 6:00 a.m. here's some of the stories we're working on for you. nick foles will be quarterback taking on the giants up the turnpike. "action news" will be there as nick foles takes over for carson

wentz. how to avoid being scammed for fake tech support. for gray hall, chris sowers, christie ileto, i'm nydia han, have a great saturday!

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