her family who were too shaken to go on camera. it was 3:00 a.m. where the suspect struck here on the 1500 block of church road stealing a vehicle from a woman unloading christmas gifts the victim's mother says he held a gun to her head and slit her cell phone not pocket and stole her christmas gifts and insulin and the suspect struck again around 9:00 a.m. robbing someone in this deli at 52nd and irving and it was caught on surveillance video. the suspect in the red coat can be seen holding someone at gun point inside of the deli and then the suspect left in the stolen black chevy travel. police say that that vehicle was spotted by another officer nearby. it was spotted at 5200 hazel and then unoccupied. and then someone entered the vehicle and left the location. the police followed and tried to

stop the subject and then the car collided with another car. >> the plain clothes officers approached the driver of the suv the chevy. and gave him commands and the operator would not comply with the officer. the suspect referred to his waist band and the officer fired hitting the suspect in the chest. >> now, the suspect was taken to penn presbyterian in critical condition. and his name is not released but they plan to charge him with the carjacking and the robbery of the deli sometime today. as for the officer involved with the shooting a name is not released as is protocol that officer will be assigned to min straight of duty depending on investigation. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. moving on to the accuweather forecast and the frosty temperatures gripping our area it's been cold all day and far from over. meteorologist adam joseph is outside with the latest from

accuweather. >> outside is the warmest day erience and more than a week. a brutal stretch is now arriving. as we look at numbers locally it is at freezing in philadelphia. 33 degrees the last hour. 37 in washington but just 18 in pittsburgh and 13 in binghamton and buffalo 9 degrees right now. and to the north and west you see all the cold air and these are the air temperatures, not windchills, around the hudson bay between 15 and 20 degrees below zero. and thunder bay now coming in at 9 below. and again, that doesn't include the windchill. there are clouds building near pittsburgh and a couple of flurries and for this evening it's dry and partly cloudy and back to the 20s at 7:00 and mid-20s between 9:00 and 11:00 with the low temperature in the city dropping back to 20 tomorrow morning.

in the accuweather forecast the arctic invasion arrives tonight and we will not hit the freezing point in over a week and there is even the chance for some snow as we go into the upcoming weekend. we'll have the timing on that and look at that very cold seven-day forecast. coming up in just a little bit. >> get all of that winter gear ready for a strong stretch. >> thank you adam. keep tabs on the plunging temperatures yourself at 6abc.com/weather there you can find the hourly and seven-day forecast to help you prepare for the brutal cold. this afternoon chilling new details came out about friday's nine hour long standoff in the lehigh valley. we learn that the suspect shot his own mother 11 times killing her and then fired another 115 bullets from the home where he lived with his grandmother. her body was found by a neighbor on the front lawn on dennis street and the neighbor called police and the officer arrived and walked up to the body and

the neighbor and office did not know that he was inside of that home with an ak-47 and ak 74 and semi automatic shotgun. he fire aid shot sending the officer and neighbor running for cover. >> at one point officer meehan not knowing where the shot came from, raised his head holding tis gun in his right hand and his left hand against the car to try to identify the location of the shooter at which time another shot was fired from the house going between the officer's head and his hand. >> the officer obviously had to protect himself for an hour until a police armored truck to save him and the neighbor and he struck the vehicle himself 26 shots taken and nine hours later police went inside and found him dead. he had taken his own life. his final call made to his father and in it he confessed to

killing his mother and i think i kill aid police officer. and fire tour through a home in atco camden county this afternoon. chopper 6 hd was overhead as firefighters when to work. they used ladders to reach the attic area to reach hot spots. new video from chopper 6 hd shows how bad the fire was yesterday in southern delaware two homes were flattened. and only two chimneys were left standing and two homes were left standing. the damage estimates are in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. the fire broke out at 7:00 last night. and thankfully nobody was injured and no word tonight though how it started but fire officials say that high winds certainly help to spread the flames. well the eagles win last night was ugly. and i mean ugly. but valuable nonetheless.

>> no matter how they clinched the home field advantage. ducis rogers is here with the highlights and reaction from the team. >> at the end of the day the team is 13-2 a remarkable accomplishment. the offense had to deal the defense out against the raiders but last night the other way around but post game a win is a win and as a result of the eagles are the number one seed in the nfc. they managed just 216 total yards of offense. their lowest of the season. nick foles threw and interception late in a tied game and the eagles defense made a stand and ronald darby's pick made the shot to put the bird as head and did with this 48 yard field goal and 19-10 was the final. and coach peterson says don't just point the finger at foles. >> obviously the quarterback is the focal point because he

touches the ball every snap but there is enough to get better. everything is fixable and correctible. >> good teams find ways to win. and we did tonight. and you know it's a humbling league. we are going to continue to work but i'm going to enjoy this win. i know there is a lot of stuff to work on and we have the people to improve on areas we didn't do well with tonight. we are 13-2. >> now the big question is what will they do next week against the dallas cowboys. with nothing to play for. how much will doug peterson rest the starters. >> that is a tough choice. >> thank you ducis. her are the eagles fan are you sending us. and we invite you to share your excitement. send us pictures and videos using #6abcaction. you can also post them on the facebook wall.

you may see them on the air here on channel 6 "action news." and some call this young man the eagles good luck charm. we'll reintroduce you to timmy kelly singing the national anthem in philadelphia since he was a little boy. and he has led the way since the birds fought their way to past victories. and some people are on the move making their way back home and some are hitting the roads and some are going by train. 30th street station is their departure point. >> it's a bit crowded but you deal with it. >> millions of folks have yet to get home. they are leaving in the coming days or perhaps after the new year. sky 6 hd giving you a birds eye view. you can check phl gate of incoming and out going flights and snow in other parts of the country could cause delays or impact flights here. now time for a "action news"

traffic report. matt pellman is live. >> how was the holiday? >> it was great. this may not be the best time for getting home especially here along 295, beg big delays. these are the northbound lanes here by 561 and just up ahead past 70 there say crash taking out one lane. big northbound delays behind the accident and southbound gaper delays as well. and reports on a crash on the southbound turnpike heading into exit 4 and the best bet here in south jersey is to maybe stay local on route 41 kings highway or route 130. coming into new jersey from pennsylvania a broken down truck on the ben franklin bridge on the westbound side and that is cleared out of the way. and on the big picture volume is not quite as bad as normal but still slow patches especially on the westerly and southerly routes. and sun glare out there this afternoon and it's wicked. southbound lanes of 95 back up

through delco to the the state line and 21 minutes is three times the southbound travel time. and a crash on the schuylkill expressway eastbound side near the gulph mills on ramp and at this point it cleared out and jams westbound. and king of prussia you are good to go. lets check the waze app. hope you enjoyed the weekend. not enjoying this in pottstown 422 eastbound because a major crash in douglasville and stick with 724 to get hand that. a lot of people off but still traffic issues. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you. more to come on "action news" a water main break cause a headache and mess in northeast philadelphia. hear from witnesses they are happy the damage was not even worse. >> and how the texas church shooting spark aid lawsuit from cities including philadelphia.

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a messy start for the day for drivers and businesses in northeast philadelphia. a water main break. water main broke and flooded a busy intersection and were concerns that below freezing temperatures could make the repairs more difficult. bob brooks spoke to witnesses that were relieved the damage was not even worse. >> reporter: the safe to say things are a mess. a water main break opened the ground at a business plaza and spews water into businesses here and then the water started to freeze in the street causing a quick response with salt trucks. it happened on the 3100 block of willits road and this owner was inside of the islamic prayer

center. >> it was bad. the water was already inside of the billing. and the police officers were asking us to come out. come out everybody. evacuate the building. >> and he knows he is lucky his car did not send up down the hole in this icy water. >> a few feet back -- >> the car would be done. the water is freezing right now. it's too cold. >> a view from chopper 6 hd is giving us a better perspective of the water that came out. several streets in the nearby area was closed and the water department remains closed until the 8 inch main is fixed. >> we'll go under grown and then see the repairs we need to make. >> first crews need to get the water out to make the assessment and we are told that no neighbors nearby will experience a water loss. >> they are connected with a separate main and will not see

an impact from this. only a business impact today. >> it will take until the end of the day to get that pipe fixes and the road quite a bit of damage is done here. maybe a couple of days up to a week to get it back to normal. bob brooks channel 6 "action news." >> the entire side a house in pemberton is destroyed after a tasker truck ran into it. this is what is looked like this morning. the truck is since removed as you can see but the damage remains. fortunately this home is vacant and nobody was injured. the driver lost control but they are not sure why. they are looking into whether the gusty winds contributed to the house collapse. and the home under construction came crashing down on staten street and the house next door was also damaged. at leastre was a merry christmas for a family whose

infant daughter is recovering from all things a raccoon attack. little journey make rogers got to go home. her family says a raccoon attacked her and the little baby needed more than 60 stitches in her face. fortunately her vision is expected to be okay. she will not need additional surgeries. >> moving on to politics president trump is in florida where he celebrated christmas with his family but says he is back at work. after spending time at mar-a-lago, he took to the golf course, and former professional golfer, dana quigley joined him and when the president get back to washington he and the congress face issues like immigration infrastructure and the budget and north korea. >> and three states including philadelphia are suing the state

department. saying that several service members disqualified from owning guns are not reported to the national check system blaming the military's quote, broken system, for a factor in the church shooting in texas last month. it was filed today in virginia. time for a look at today's closing numbers on wall street. all three indexes are down. dow jones about 8. and it's nasdaq down 23 and change and the s&p 500 down as well just over 2 points. if your christmas gift didn't fit or you didn't like them or you are not alone. thousands of folks rush back to stores to start returning things. and 40% of folks return things nationwide like these folks at the cherry hill mall. americans returned $90 billion of holiday goods and most give you 30 days and some 15 and some generously allow 45 and other

shoppers are doing other things they are using their gift cards and buying sale items up to 70% off. it's still busy in the stores. >> i have never returned a gift that my wife gave smart. >> he said that on >> that is my story. i love it. >> lets get a check of the accuweather forecast. it's about to get bitterly cold. >> you may want to be indoors shopping. stay somewhere warm. nice as we look at the weather center and the sun is about to set here after christmas and a look at the ben franklin bridge and not a cloud in the sky and a bounce in the camera with the wind and that wind is with us into tomorrow afternoon. again, as arctic air comes in. and we are at the freezing point of 32 degrees and this is probably the last time we see freezing more more than a week. the dew point at 2 degrees, that is bone dry arctic and with that bone dry air,

hopefully got some chap stick for the holidays. because that bone dry air actually robs us of moisture than will be with us for more than a week. winds from the west 18 miles per hour. and the pressure 30.42 inches. as we take a look at the day clouds in the mornings and there could bes late tonight and early tomorrow morning. philadelphia down to the south. but a good amount of sunshine tomorrow afternoon and cold day with high temperatures only in the 20s. maybe topping off at 27 28 degrees. right now that windchill how it feels 16 allentown and 17 for reading and lancaster and 23 in wilmington and 24 in millville and down to the south in cape may with the wind off the water and dover feels like 26. as we look at the country here it's quiet and showers are near new orleans and what is the southern jet stream and stays to the authority and not much happening elsewhere. it's quiet for the travelers going to and from. and after the holiday season

here. and in fact it's just bitterly cold 4 in chicago and 5 in omaha. and bismark north dakota it's 2 degrees below zero. that goes to the south and takes over most of the country. atlanta, georgia right now 49 degrees. 25 for the air temperature tomorrow in the lehigh valley. and 26 reading and 30 in dover and 30 at the boardwalk in atlantic city. and we have to factor in the winds wednesday at 7:00 a.m. 4 allentown and 5 below in the poconos and tomorrow afternoon really not much better as the winds start to crank up here tomorrow afternoon between 10 to 20 miles per hour. it will feel like at 3:00 in allentown and the same for reading and 13 in philadelphia and this is not the heart of that cold arctic air that is still yet to come later in that seven-day forecast. for the next four days 28 tomorrow and partly sunny and

heavier on the clouds in the morning and looking good sky wise here on thursday. and very cold and 26 degrees a lot of clouds friday and system passes by and a flurry or two of 29 degrees and then as the storm develops off the coast we could get scraped by it on saturday and a period of snow around with temperatures really cold at 29 and gets colder than that. we'll talk about it in the seven-day forecast coming up in the next half hour. >> much more to come on "action news" stick around.

top leaders from miss america are resigning amid a scandal over emails the the derogatory messages were aimed at pageant contestants and first published in the huffington post. dick clark productions cut ties with the pageant that takes place in atlantic city. and dozens have sign aid petition calling on the leadership to step down.

>> having someone bully you and demean you, and degrade you, in any way, is not okay. no matter what. >> the ceo, board chairman and chief operating officer have all resigned. one of them saying the events did not unfold as they are described and the future of the pageant is up in the air. and the mayor of sea isle city made an important announcement impacting homeowners. the mayor revealed an update to the town's flood insurance designation they jumped two classes in the fema rating system. >> class 3 will know make sea isle city the only community in the state of new jersey with this classification. this will ensure that homeowners receive a 35% discount. >> now the change in classification is due mainly to

new construction in town that meets fema's district standards if you have questions about the flood insurance discount call the see i'll see construction officer. and coming up the latest information from accuweather on who would be one of eight to ten cold days in a row. and we are saving money for you in the new year when it comes to appliance in just one step. stick around. really? really? see zero in a whole new way. get zero down, zero deposit zero first month's payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. now with the people first warranty. michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be ableto

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"action news" continues. hello again it is 4:30 now and walter is joining me i'm monica malpass. "action news" continues with the reason that the video gaming disorder will be considered a mental health condition. >> the game may not have been pretty but the outcome is fine. the eagles will not leave the nest for the playoffs. hearing from stans excited and concerned if a life report. and a pennsylvania mom is outraged when her 8-year-old came home wearing earrings after a teacher allegedly repierced the girl's ears without permission. what felt like a mild stretch of weather we are if for a winter wake-up >> sky 6 hd looking live at center and looks can be deceiving it's barely above freezing and it's

going get much colder let move on to adam joseph with a check of the accuweather forecast. >> the sun is setting with temperatures around freezing and the last time we see freezing in more than four weeks, and we had the warm and out there. >> you need the air quotes for that one. we continue to go through the evening hours and temperatures sliding back into the 20s and again the 20s is where we stay each and every afternoon going forward as we get into the evening hours below freezing 35k back to the 20s and at 7:00 20 at 8:00. and as we get toward 10:00 temperatures only in the mid-20s. as we look at sky 6 hd right now we see a pretty crystal clear sky. a little bit of light left on some of the top of the buildings there and that is about it. as we get in the middle of the week the windchill tracker here 7:00 in the morning. 15 degrees we stay there at 9:00 and even as we get into the

afternoon tomorrow. clouds in the morning giving way to sun in the afternoon and windchills basically remain the same because those winds increase in the afternoon between 10 and 15 miles per hour holding the windchills in the teens and even single digits to the northern and west. we'll talk about the extended period of below freezing temperatures and snow possibly monica heading into the weekend we'll chat about it in the seven-day forecast. >> thank you. >> with we are not alone and during the bitter chill much of the country is dealing with fridgity temperatures as well as snow and ice and karen travers is looking at the winter weather danger. >> it was a white christmas and then some. a new snow record here in pennsylvania. 19 inches of lake-effect snow falling overnight in eerie. a grand total of 53 inches over the past 30 hours. the biggest two day total ever in the keystone state. and there was snow in the northwest too. portland, oregon with

a white christmas for the fifth same. and seattle a winter wonderland for the first time in nearly a decade. and bone chilling temperatures making headlines. >> i have to bear the cold it's arctic. >> this photo taken in minnesota with the steam riding over lake superior. and minus 21 degrees with a windchill of minus 44. for people in chicago, it was just too cold for even traditionally winter activities. >> he went to go ice skating. we tried but it's really cold. >> and in boston the cold shut down runways at logan international and later a nerve-racking landing. and a plane coming in from georgia hitting a patch of ice and skidding and spinning off the runway an epic cold blast.

as cold as minus 50 in the northern plains and no warm-up in sight. and forecasters say that the polar air continues to spill in wednesday morning. karen travers, abc news. breaking news for you right now from washington township new jersey you see smoke coming out of a home and this is house fire in washington township gloucester county and happened at happened and they found smoke coming out of the top and all of this started 33 minutes ago. a house fire at congress. and again they are still investigating how badly the home is damaged on the inside. but not officially declared under control yet. investigators say that thomas'

car crossed into the westbound lane yesterday afternoon and she slammed into another vehicle driven by bagly's daughter. firefighters made quick work of a house fire in the german town section of the city this morning. the action cam was on the 6500 block of win coat avenue where a smokey blaze started at 11:00 and nobody was injured a cause is under investigation. philadelphia police want to you help them track down an alleged robber. they grabbed a knife and demanded money from the wom a pcs store. the holdup was on december 19th four days later the suspect allegedly robbed another cell phone store, this one in the 300 block of east tioga. please call police if you can help identify the fbi is asking for help

locating an accused armed robber and this man allegedly pulled a gun on the teller branch on german town avenue two days before christmas. here is a description, the suspect is 6 feet tall and a thin build and wearing a blue hooded wind breaker and black mask and light gray gloves and black palms. moving on to the eagles coming off the ugly win against the raiders, there are reasons to smile. first off they won and they clinched home field throughout the playoffs. john rawlins spoke with fans with the direction the fans are moving with the regular season all butup. >> reporter: hi walter. the tone ranged from pessimism to hopefulness to guarded optimism and to basically bullish. this very very unguarded bullish. >> optimistic that the offense can click a little bit but

pessimistic about nick foles. >> like nick foles i think he is a great guy i don't know if he can bring us a super bowl we'll see. >> i want us to win i don't care what happens. you know what i mean? no matter what we did better than what people thought this year. >> eagles fans voicing their hopes and fears at the linc pro shop a long time eagles fan living in florida was doing shopping. >> yesterday was a tough day. if the defense can stand up i think foles can get us to the super bowl. that say different question with once we get there. >> and mimic shopping for midnight green items for his grandkids. and lance's kids they live place in texas called dallas. >> born in dallas but raised as a philadelphian. my daughter knows many things but one thing we taught her is that dallas loses all the time. >> how old is she?

>> she is 3 years old. an coulters the mom and daughter team picking up all sorts of items including a battery powered hat. >> totally optimisc they are going to the super bowl. >> we are not going we are winning. we are winning. >> on the other side of the dallas game the playoffs are looming and people are asking about ticket vailability. in the past preference is given to season ticket holders and then a general sales. but the eagles organization says that nothing is announced yet but they may have something to say next week. channel 6 "action news." >> all right, thank you john. our eagles coverage continues on 6abc.com. there you can find more coverage of the eagles latest win. and break down what the victory means for the birds with the post season around the corner.

and remember we want to see your team spirit. if you and your family are enthusiastic eagles fans -- share your photos or videos with us like these viewers did. use #6abcaction or post them on the "action news" facebook wall. >> eagles fan go big or go home. the american revolution is celebrated through song. ♪♪ ♪♪ this day back in 1776 they wa waged the battle of trenton and marked the role in history during this patriots week. and the museum of the american revolution in philadelphia are giving people a chance to see how folks lived in the 18th century. can you find your hand at tailoring to fencing to shoe making and more. the old city museum is open from 10:00 until 6:00 for the rest of the week. >> and more to come on "action

news" at 4:00 the mind the scenes photo say that true love is tied to true patience. and the world health organization is tied to a mental health condition. and what gaming disorder is. that is ahead. a mom from pennsylvania went to police over something that happened in her child's classroom. why she said a teacher pierced her daughter's ears without permission.

time now for big talkers beginning with a question about boundaries in school. >> this after a pennsylvania mother came home from school with newly pierced ears, ears repierced allegedly by a teacher. the woman named amanda says her ears were pierced as a little girl at age 3. since 3 years old the girl wore clipones occasionally. and it was confusing when she came home from the york city schools with bruised ear lobes

and confessed that the teacher pushed the posts through the holes and the mom has contacted the district attorney's office and police. officials aressing the case. and they are waiting to hear how and if the teacher will be disciplined. the health organization is adding a health issue to the health disorders. gameing disorder is defined at how often or how long they play video games and look for red flags like a patient choosing games over other interest or playing despite negative consequences. and they can use it as an official diagnosis for care but video games in moderation can be a good thing. gaming can improve hand eye coordination and problem

solving. when done in moderation. and now a new mental health issue excessive gaming the problem classified as gaming disorder is someone's inability to control how long or often they do play games the organization says that the doctors looks for red flags. for this louisiana woman love is not defined by flowers, diamonds or poems, defined by picture perfect patients. this adorable boomerang video of amy making angels on the carpet it may look simple but most of the planned candids take a lot of work. there is a man on the other side of the camera and he stood on the coffee table and moved the furniture and the son tailer tweeted out the process over the weekend and said i learn more about love after watching my dad

reluctantly rearrange the room and make boomerangs for instagram followers. >> she has 1200 followers. it must matter to her. >> i'm somewhere in the middle. >> i'm going to say wow. >> a check of the roads now with matt pellman. >> the guy looks like he is having a great time. this is the schuylkill expressway eastbound side right by the 202 on ramp our second accident off the afternoon already here on 76 eastbound in upper merion. they got it pushed off to the side quickly but still extra heavy coming eastbound along 76 and this is the setup for this week, quiet mornings and busy afternoons as people have the the days off work. they will get out along the mid-day and the afternoon commutes will be quite busy and that is the case on the schuylkill. watching a downed pole in upper dublin virginia drive blocked off and highland avenue can get

you around it. and fire crews are on the scene of a fire in abington township. and of course working on the huge water main break in the northeast. not such a great situation at willits road at home avenue and academy and grant can get you around the blockage. we expect to be in place for a couple of days. on the big picture a couple of slow zones but as we move into new jersey we see red on the turnpike and here on 295. this is the northbound delay and the northbound jam is because a crash just up ahead past 70 taking out the right lane and speeds of 12 miles per hour there. and stay local roads like 41 kings highway near the applebees and middletown delaware an overturned truck is blocking 301 or 13 and 1 are problem free. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour. >> sounds good. >> meteorologist, adam joseph has the exclusive accuweather

seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back.

some folks like it cold and some folks like it hot. the cold weather folks get what they wish for. >> cold is one thing but when you add brutal in front of it. that is the key. day after day after day. a stretch we haven't seen in quite sometime around here. lets look at the weather center chatting about it on sky 6 hd over the commodore barry bridge the sunset at 4:42 and a glow on the horizon above the commodore barry bridge in chester pennsylvania and it's a quiet afternoon going into the evening. in fact as we look at the weather headlines, an arctic invasion arrives tonight straight from canada and it's with us for quite sometime. and brutal windchills at times

as well. and even some snow to throw in there possibly this weekend as a coastal storm develops and get on the fringe of it during the day on saturday and temperatures are at freezing in philadelphia and savor that 32 degrees because that number is not on the seven-day forecast. days or nights. 26 allentown and 28 in reading and 31 in millville and above freezing in wilmington dover and cape may. but about to lose that in those cities as well. as we take a look at the windchills. windchills will be one of those things you'll want to follow closely day after day. air temperatures are one thing and we'll have a breeze tomorrow going into thursday as well as friday. feels like 16 in allentown and 17 in lancaster and 26 in dover, and 29 degrees in cape may and 1 degree up in the poconos. at least it's quiet at this point.

we have the clear sky above and there were clouds early on in the day and thicker clouds over the ohio valley and a ripple of energy if the atmosphere and you see a couple of snow showers or flurries in ohio or west virginia and most models say that is not going disturb us and one model can be pretty on par at times in the winter season it shows a couple of the flurries coming into philadelphia points south late tonight we throw that into the forecast for tonight. 12 to 20 spore the overnight low and if you wake up with the dusting on the car tomorrow morning and don't be surprised but also may very well not happen for most of us. 28 degrees and clouds and sun and high pressure to the west. you see the lake-effect snow machines that is ongoing here tomorrow into thursday and thursday colder 26 degrees and a clipper system that passes through here on friday. and the possible of a flurry or snow shower and feels like temperatures tomorrow afternoon, 13 philadelphia and zero chicago

and as we get into thursday 11 in philadelphia and 4 chicago and 18 below in bismark and the cold goes all the way into the deep south. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast temperatures in the 20s from start to finish here it is quiet through most of the upcoming and rest of the work week. 29 on friday and 26 tomorrow and snow here tomorrow possible at 29 degrees and bitterly cold on sunday a high of just 24 and frigid monday tuesday, highs in the mid-20s be overnight lows in the single digits and teens. quite a stretch to get colder in the seven day. >> ouch. >> keeps you employed. but the rest of us -- much more to come on "action news" including chopper 6 hd over a barn fire in burlington county. you see the flames shooting from the roof. this is happening in chesterfield. crews were called at no injuries are reported at this time but it's an active barn

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in today's what's the deal if you need to replace a vacuum cleaner or small appliance that seems too young to die you get the feeling you lost your money. there is one simple way to avoid in a. >> machines that dry your duds and clean will last longer if you keep their filters clean. >> when air can't get to a motor it works that much harder and that strains the appliance and you may have to replace it sooner than otherwise. the microwave has a felter and cleaning it in a warm soapy sink

keeps it working properly and keeps a sticky film from going on your cabinets. and a dryer with a thick blanket of lint in the filter makes longer to clean your clothes. make it a habit to clean it between drying clothes. and cloggedould be the culprit. most folks don't know where they are look for the bag of small washable filters. and open the back to fine the paper filters to find small particles. >> if you have a bagless vacuum you have to clean is more often. >> dehumidifies go ignored bought they are in the base many. give it a good rinse and dry to improve the air quality and improve the performance. and prohibit the grown of mold

and mill due and mites. and folks suffering fro allergies a good vacuum with a clean filter can remove allergens that may have settled on the floor. that does it for us at 4:00. join brian, sharrie and adam and in fact it will be me for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00. coming up on "action news" at 5:00 new detaionight on the deadly violent standoff on friday and officials reveal why some reveal the scene as literally a war zone. >> and it's a multibillion dollar business the crush is on at local malls and stores as shoppers return the gifts that were not quite right. we are live with a look at the frenzy. we'll see you then.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. today was the day for extra layers and you'll need an extra layer on the bed tonight. arctic air is descending on the region bringing the coldest

temperatures we have seen in a while. and it's a bitterly cold day and a blustery afternoon and temperatures feel like they are in the teens. and there is no relief in sight. the final week of 2017 could be the coldest one in years and adam joseph is here now with a check of the accuweather forecast. >> right now at 31 degrees in philadelphia. we are below freezing. and in fact we stay below freeing for a minimum of 175 hours basically for the next seven days 24 hours a day 10 in binghamton and 8 in buffalo. and some arctic air continues to flood in from the north and west. that is where we are going. take a look at these temperatures. right now 30 below zero in and around the hudson bay. pickle lake 20 below and 5 in travers city. and the arctic air is coming in a straight shot from canada and

at least at this point aside from the temperatures it is dry. we are not tracking storms but there is clouds off to the north and west and flurries in charleston west virginia and parts of pittsburgh and that could clip southern areas with a flurry or two. as we get into the evening hours temperatures tumble into the mid-20s from 7:00 until 11:00. and 20s are the overnight low with clouds entering the forecast and as we go through the day tomorrow. these are the temperatures not windchills and blustery and cold and clouds in the morning and more sunshine in the afternoon and highs topping