more than likely it will hit 200 hours or maybe more. with temperatures below 32 degrees and the upons and lakes and streams start to freeze over but tell the kids, do not venture out on to any water that looks to be frozen unless officials are monitoring it and let you know it is safe to go out on. but at this point none of them are safe. satellite 6 along with action radar the southern jet stream down to the south and that is the storm track staying toward the south here. and it's quiet at the time being and for the next 24 to 48 hours. temperatures windchills 12 in philadelphia and 10 below in chicago and 9 below in omaha. and memphis 16 and dallas 29 degrees, have you to go central southern florida to have windchills above 50 or 53 degrees. it's a very small chunk of the country now seeing warmth.

windchill advisories from the poconos until noon tomorrow. it feels close to 10 to is a degrees below zero for the skiers and snowboarders for the holiday week. and tomorrow morning the rush brisk and breezy and air temperatures 10 if the suburbs and the city 15 degrees and don't pay attention to the numbers and look at the windchills it feels like 5 below and 5 above tomorrow morning. we chat about the cold and the weekend coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> more than a dozen people were left homeless by a massive blaze and brian has the details for us. the fire broke out in the delaware county apartment building and that helps out all the residents displaced in the cold temperatures at this time. john rawlins live at the scene in brookhaven. >> reporter: well, by all account this was a fast moving fire and gutted the third floor

and the roof. or at least much of the third floor we should say and at least one unit on the second floor as for a cause officials say this is still just a work in progress. >> we had rapid fire spread and grow. andill be fully investigated. >> the fire chief says it could be several more days before state police investigators determin the cause of last night's placed. nobody was injured but all 18 apartments in building c are at this point unuseable. some units burned out and others intact. this man was able to get his winter boots from inside of this unit. and jeanette was surprised by what first responders brought out of her home of 18 years. >> i asked for my mother's ring and old photos, and thank god they were able to get it. >> also, recovered this little

bell this good luck charm. with the red cross brookhaven set up the building. and we found laila the service dog. the pair were relaxing when hillary smelled smoke and saw fire in her neighbor's window and fled the apartment. >> it was scary. >> she is now grateful she is alive and whatever comes next for her and laila now that their home is gone. >> are you guardedly optimistic. >> i'll cry. >> even before the embers were cool people began donating items to help the fire victims back on their feet and others sorted and organized it all. >> we did this last night and this morning. >> it's organized if he they'd towels or wipes. >> tooth brushes we got it. >> well, a community with unity, that is a phrase you heard in

brookhaven today. to describe the local donation relief effort. that is when the srm hard hit this area and uprootedrees and john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. police are investigating the death of a 11-year-old girl in northeast philadelphia the child was discovered unresponsive during a sleep over. walter perez joins us live from that scene with the latest. >> reporter: monica as you mentioned the whole thing started as a sleep over at a friend's house and you see the home behind me there in front of the orange truck behind me and the friend visiting lived just two doors down and the friend that lives here saw the victim playing with the ipad at 1:30 before falling asleep and later in the morning the 11-year-old girl was found unresponsive and

pronounced dead when paramedics arrived. police are here and a search warrant is executed but investigators say that at this point they do not expect foul play and neighbors say the victim was a beloved member of the tight knit community. >> very nice kid. they all played out here. all the time. all the kids play out here. it's just crazy. >> reporter: back out live once again at this point authorities have not gotten any idea what happened. it could have been an unknown preexisting medical condition, a food allergy, at this point they will not find out until the autopsy results come back. reporting live walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. well, within the last 30 minutes philadelphia police identified the victim of a deadly hit and run at 54th

street and city avenue and with winfield. it shows 58 anthony rogers getting off the bus and crossing the street and then he is struck by a vehicle that keeps ongoing, and investigators found that striking vehicle, a red lexus discovered on the 4600 block of north 19th street. and police say there is blood on the outside an peers to be burned on the inside. >> it's tragic. i didn't know anything happened. this street does get dangerous sometimes. a lot of people go real fast. >> people are searching for the driver of that car today. the state has given the green light for philadelphia to again control the city public or tom wolf announced late this afternoon that his administration approved the district's recommendation to dissolve the src and the src voted to disband in november and they took over the schools in 2001 and the education sent says

that the district has overcome chool year. ges and the src goe >> cherry hill police are following through on their threat to arrest any child or teenager causing problems at the mall. and last night they did just tr sent this video of crowds milling around the food court and police made five arrests responding to a disturbance involving between 700 and 1,000 unattended juveniles. and last week police warned parents leaving tn e or winter break. >> a man had to ben bucks county today. that he fell out of a kayak trying to save a swan that fell through the ice. the victim was in the water for 10 minutes and the man had to be medevaced to a local hospital

for treatment and he will be all right and the swan is okay. >> time for a check of the "action news" traffic report. lets go live to matt pellman. >> reporter: not sure which is worse this afternoon, the temperatures or the speeds out here in delco. probably the speeds but just by a little bit. southbound lanes of 95 backing up from this point at 420 on down to the commodore barry bridge in large part just sun glare delays. but we wand the sun out there ed but made it tough to see. you have heavy southbound delays and westbound delays on the highways this afternoon. we watch a downed pole add cedar avenue, now a crash at overbrook at wynnewood road by the seminary. and watching the fire location along winona street and morris street. meanwhile, watching a crash in bridgeport along 23 at 4th street and that cleared out and you are much better in

bridgeport at this point. and south jersey a couple of issues as well. a crash on 295 northbound near the black horse pike and patch the water main break near the white horse pike and cottage deli and the crash not far off. and somer dale road and that cleared out as did one in stratford. and mass transit a couple of regional rail delays and all this week septa trolleys and buses remain on a modified weekday schedule. we'll check it again in the next half hour. still ahead on "action news" at 5:00. a new book offers a unique approach to losing weight hould personalized. >> and prince harry scores the first on air interview with former president barack obama. that and more when "action news" comes right back.

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you think it's cold around here and check out the scene in wisconsin. the coast guard is working to break up the ice in the bay of green bay. it's white bay ice day. this is what they have to do to clear the way for the ships and they continue through january to keep the shipping channels clear. >> this is a way to get around a skier in morally michigan decided to hitch a ride behind the amish buggy and they were on their way home from christmas dinner and they spotted the guy gliding along the roadway. that is interesting. >> and wins the cold case.

adam joseph is here. >> what is next is cold and snow to begin the weekend here. we could have our own dusting of our own on the ground. we go live to the weather center with snow pack on the slopes at spring mountain here. and ski borders and snowboarders i'm creating a new activity on the mountain here. nonetheless, they have the snow machines and they are on there cranking and a good week here for those that are off from school to enjoy some local skiing in montgomery county. you know what it stays cold to crank out the man made snow. getting natural snow to begin the weekend. as we look at the winds they are out of the northwest 15 to 20 miles per hour out of philadelphia and trenton and 12 in wilmington and 8 in millville and 5 in cape may and doesn't

take much wind to pull the windchill numbers down 7 in read and 9 in lancaster and 16 millville. and to atlantic city and 10 up in the lehigh valley. and the windchills are going remain brutal here. especially during the day tomorrow. >> satellite 6 along with action radar we have clouds philadelphia to the south early on today. and the clouds moved out as an ocean storm developed and quickly pushed away and the storm moves away now we have sinking air and the clear sky and it will remain that way overnight tonight. and that means it's going be very cold and bitter numbers, 8 allentown and 9 reading and 14 in philadelphia and 13 if dover with a biting breeze in fact we look at the windchills here 7:00 tomorrow morning. 3 below for reading and allentown and lancaster, just a couple of degrees above zero and philadelphia to the south 15 below in the poconos and tomorrow afternoon most areas stay in the single digits of how

it's going to feel. and then we track some of that snow friday it's not here. it turns cloudy and we get into saturday morning and saturday afternoon there you see the light snow showers starting to move over the region with the ground so cold. every flake will stick. we are only looking at a coating to 2 inches possibly here on saturday. your five-day at 5:00 forecast, 48 tomorrow and 28 on friday. and factor in the winds, it feels like the single digits to teens both days and snow showers saturday and 128 degrees and watch driving around saturday for slick roads and sunday new years eve for the eagles, 22 degrees and single digits overnight into the new year going into monday for the mummers parade. frigid digits and 20 for the high and and feeling colder than that with the windchills. >> thank you sir. workers in new york city spent time installing the crystal triangles on the ball in times square.

when the ball is finished it's covered with more than 2600 waterford crystal triangles and cut to resemble and and star bursts and they have frames and led lights and that ball weighs 12,000 pounds and designed to withstand the weather and wind. >> and a new years eve tradition continues here on 6 abc, we are talking about dick clarks new year's eve and ryan seacrest hosts along with jenny mccouragy and sierra. can you see the ball drop here live on channel 6. and still ahead in the next half hour of "action news" tonight. before the ball drops on times square the new security measured added for the new years eve celebration and the threat that officials are concerned with. and snow and cold bear down on the u.s. and the issues that the wintry weather causes for folks in the storms path.

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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again rick is off and i'm brian taff. here is what is happening on "action news." the delaware valley is caught in the deep freeze but how cold will it get. adam joseph is standing by with what to expect. and a horrific crash killed two high school students on winter break. and if you try to make your new year's eve plans, how to make safe and free arrangements to avoid drinking and driving. >> and now the details the cold is not going away any time soon. this is the scene in trenton where folks brought out their hats and gloves anything to keep warm in the below freezing temperatures today. sky 6 hd taking a live look at spring mountain they love i here. cold enough to stay cozies up indoors if you are not a

snowboarder or skier. adam joseph is at the "action news" big board with the latest from ac weather? >> >> they have a fire pit with the food truck is, a good place to be. yes, we are in the freezer but the heart this have cold does not arrive into the new year. new years day was the coldest day of the day, 27 degrees and 15 degrees below the normal high temperature and the warmest it felt this afternoon with the windchill was just 18 degrees. as we look at the numbers now. 10 in allentown and 8 below in the poconos. and 7 reading and 12 wilmington and at the shore feeling equally as cold there with teens for windchills. here is the advisory from 5:00 a.m. until noon, palmer ton to blue mountain. and 15 degrees below zero.

and the windchill tracker one day you want to look at the windchills it's in the single digits through lunch time because of that wind 10 to 20 miles per hour. and even in the afternoon in philadelphia the best it can feel tomorrow is 10 or 11 degrees and single digits for most of us in the northwestern and even southeastern suburbs of philadelphia. we'll chat about the cold and even a little bit of snow for the weekend. >> with we bundle up to endure the freezing temperatures other parts are facing a frigid assault of ice and snow and millions of americans are in the path of extreme winter weather. gloria rivera is live in d.c. >> reporter: that is right. you in philadelphia are experiencing below average temperatures and so many americans are experiencing way below average temperatures, there are snow warnings in effect from north carolina to

baltimore to new york and michigan. 19 states at this point there could be more are experiencing windchill warnings and advisories and it doesn't look to let up any time soon. >> as winter weather descends in full force. eerie, pennsylvania, is one city battling back. even the snowplow truck got stuck after epic snowfall. >> today we'll be out probably 10 or 15 hours, we have been out since 2:00 in the morning. >> more snow is predicted and the city issuing warning for dangerous and impassable roads. stay home if you can. >> all i could do is laugh. ha, ha, ha. it's ridiculous. but i keep pecking away at it and we'll get it cleared. >> treacherous driving conditions is seen in several states and the pileup in missouri left five dead and 125 injured. and this home the fire

department rescuing a woman trapped inside and walls of snow reaching nearly to her roof. >> and lake superior iced over and frigid. and this wreaking havoc on travel from the midwest to the northeast. and boston logan airport a jetblue plane did a full 360 on the har tack turned ice rink. >> and started fish tailing and yes starting getting rough. >> in northwest indiana a small plane slid off the icy runway into a guardrail. nobody was injured. >> it is not just snow many people have to worry about. southern states will see a mix of prepitationnd mid-atlantic saw snow this morning and that means dangerous road conditions, not snow but the ice is the concern. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. of course world news tonight with david muir looks at the problems from this recentless cold and snow gripping the great lakes and much of the northeast and more snow is on the way, that is tonight 6:30 after

"action news" at 6:00. >> a berks county high school is opening its doors for grief counseling after two peers were killed. sean orner and shannon oldhouse died when a car they were passengers in went off the road here and struck a tree and then the car split in half. the 17-year-old driver was taken to the area hospital for the treatment. and they were students in jefferson township. and a judge ordered a 16-year-old accused in a double murder in south philadelphia to be held on all charges without bail. brandon olivara is accused of the shootings. the teens were shot on the 1300 block of south 12th street on october 24th and police say that an argument led up to the shooting. police are asking for help identifying two men that stole car batteries and motor oil from

an auto repair business in philadelphia. video shows it's men jump the fence on roseville street to get in eric's you repair. they got away with seven car batteries and 30 quarts of motor oil. if you recognize these guys or know anything about this crime call philadelphia police. >> from our new jersey newsroom. the mayor decides what to do when his term is complete. he plans to accept the position of business administrator in toms river, ocean county. and he loves to serve in municipal government and wants to make a difference. he lost the bid to democratic councilman frank gilliam. and in new jersey annest to increase communication with law enforcement and the public. they created a community policing unit. this is it. it includes eight detectives selected for their dedication

for community outreach. >> for a sec year in a row, patco passengers can ride for free. for new years eve into early new years day. through 4:00 a.m. january 1st. fare gates at all station are open. they hope that the free ride will provide a free transportation alternative. for those that go out and enjoy a few drinks on new years eve. matt pellman is in the traffic center with the details. >> traffic is fair to less than fair in a few spots monica and brian. like here on the schuylkill westbound lanes past the boulevard to gladwyne, eastbound travel time a little worse as you head into toward disney on ice this evening. the westbound side by city avenue where we have overnight construction and crews are coming back after their holiday break tonight at 9:00. at this point. one of the two lanes are blocked

here and you may expect delays. cobb's creek had a downed pole and they have that pushed out of the way and overbook a crash at city avenue an wynnewood road by the seminary and a fire location is extinguished at winona. south jersey southbound side of 42 sluggish off the whitman bridge and a disabled vehicle is pushed out of the way. and the crash along the white horse pike has cleared and now one in clementon at the library near white horse avenue. the turnpike slow speeds for a number of miles to the delaware memorial bridge. busy delaware winter and slowing on 495 southbound volume and gun glares there. >> thank you. still it come on "action news" for you tonight. investigators reveal new information about victims of a quadruple homicide in upstate new york as their search for

their killers continue. >> and less than a week after helping the temple owls win the gasparilla bowl. they are back. right now feels like temperatures 10 in allentown and 11 in trenton and 16 in atlantic city airport. and they will drop to below freezing for some of us by tomorrow morning. >> all right adam. the eagles alshon jeffrey says about his disappointing game again the raiders.

we are learning more now about a tragic slaying that left four people including -- a 36-year-old woman and 5-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son and 22-year-old woman who had a relationship with the mother were all found inside of a basement apartment yesterday afternoon. police do not believe the killings were random and the treated as a quadruple homicide and the causes of dem are not released. visitors to times square for the annual new years eve ball

drop can expect to see added security. the nypd is on alert for threats for terrorist attacks in the last two months. including new garage closures and streets blocked off and concrete barricades and additional officers and more check points before entering the celebration area. a million people are expected to ring in the new year in times square. >> really over the past few years they sought to encourage their followers to carry out low level attacks particularly where they gather in crowds. >> and backpacks and bags and umbrellas are banned from the ball drop. >> and the tradition continues, we are talking about dick clarks rock and eve conk begins leer at 8:00 on channel 6. eagles have just one game left and the team must enter the playoffs on a high note.

>> and sunday night. new years eve and last eagles game and doug peterson has not said how much the starters will play. it's a game that means absolutely nothing but means everything if you ask the eagles, the chance to win 14 games for the first time in franchise history and end with momentum. the offense had no rhythm against the raiders and especially alshon jeffrey. he was held without a catch for only the second time in his career and was only targeted twice and the birds were 2 for 13 overall. and today he seemed totally fine. >> i think it's more than one way to affect the game. whatever happens out there as long as we get a win. >> were you frustrated. >> not at all. i just want the win. >> it comes to being better at

third down. we own that, lets get alshon the football. >> the eagles managed to win despite that the defense got back on track and five forced turnovers and the fifth overall defense in the league and flexor cox would love to be number juan at the end of the season. >> we have overcome a lot of things this year. and i can't say that it wouldn't be great. but it would be great to finish number one overall defense. especially you know the stuff we have been through and the players we have lost. the up's and down's and the things we overcome and at the same time we just want to finish the season strong. >> lane johnson isishing the season mad. announced he was done talking to reporters for the

year maybe forever. see my shocked face coming up at 6:00. prepping for the party penn state is getting ready for the fiesta bowl in arizona.they face huskies have a great run defense and they want to take barkley out of his game and he knows it. >> it's a fun challenge. and the same way you approach that, the same way you approach every other game especially in the big ten, i think we are well known for rush defense. and go against the house and michigan and michigan state. week in and week out. and that helped to prep for this moment. >> big night for nova, they open up conference play with the bulls on on their back. >> everybody with a jersey for christmas may want to exchange it for these. the sixers unveiled their new jerseys and inspired by the

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once that lake-effect turns on it's hard to shut it off. >> the kids here are like give us some we have a little on saturday. sky 6 hd city hall and dillworth park and it's ice rink and quite a few skaters go around and around and you have to keep on moving to stay warm especially if the city because the wind tunnel effect. the breeze funnels through the billings and can pick up speed and add more chill to the air. right now 13 miles per hour sustain fire department philadelphia. same for berks county and 10 in trenton and 8 miles per hour in millville. and we'll mimic that number for cape may. and the windchills on how it looks through the evening hours, 9:00, 10:00 in philadelphia and the early morning hours there you can see midnight 9 degrees and 1:00, 5:00 in the morning going down 6 degrees and this for the city. knock a few degrees off for the

suburbs. as we take a look here. satelli satellite low pressure off cape hatteras. not coming up the coast to bring us any kind of storm and the clouds cleared out from new england to the ohio valley and two areas of high pressures, they come in from canada ain lot of sinking air and dry air and that is wa is moving in here tonight and tomorrow and into the day on friday. clear and cold tonight with the biting breeze it only goes down to 7 to 14 miles per hour. and air temperatures, 8 to 14 that wind of around 10 miles per hour tonight will drop the feels like temperatures below zero in the northwestern suburbs by tomorrow morning and only near zero for philadelphia so the south. winds tomorrow 22 allentown and 24 philadelphia and 26 in dover, that is the actual air temperature and feeling close to

10 degrees even in the afternoon. talk about the cold and talk about the precipitation part of the forecast friday, no chance for snow and clos ent forecast from the west and energy rolling across the great lakes and two separate systems and the energy coming in from the north and west and coastal low developing and the energy is injected to this creating a powerful storm and new england and nova scotia's problem and not ours. but as it's energy rolls through here on saturday from the morning to afternoon we see snow showers developing and a general coating to 2 inches now for saturday and because of how cold it has been the roads are slick here and slow it down and prepare for saturday if you have to do errands for new years eve. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 24 tomorrow and 28 on friday and both days are dry andare much lower than the air temperatures, here is the snapshot future

tracker 10:00 in the afternoon with light snow in the region and snow showers with a high of 28 degrees, behind it we pull down evenol sunew years eve for2 with harsh windchills and same for new years day. frigid digits, 21 for a high the core of the arctic air arrives and overnight lows in the single digits and stays cold as we start to warm in tuesday and wednesday highs still remaining below freezing day and night a week from now. >> a long hall. >> thanks adam. actor markham elis remembering his co-worker one year after the death. the 66-year-old posted this on twitter honoring carrie fisher that died one year ago today at the age of 60. he wrote no one is ever really gone. carrie on forever. the poster from the original star wars days and one from the

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former president barack obama is name the most admired american man for the tenth year in a row and president trump came in second and hillary clinton was named the most admired woman for the 16th year in a row. right now going to be doing the 6:00 p.m. news coming up. the "action news" team is standing by as well. a driver is rescued because of good people in the right place at the right time. and people devastated by fire are getting help thanks to the community. and he greets people with a smile and kind word a door man spreading cheer across center city philadelphia. for the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass i'll see you in a few minutes.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. the school district of philadelphia will soon be back under local control and a chester county veteran is hoppered for his sacrifice in battle. but the big story is arctic cold blasting the delaware valley and despite temperatures in the 20s folks bundled up and headed for hikes along the wissahickon and

kelly drive. the cold is not going anywhere any time soon. temperatures tomorrow will feel like the single digits. in delaware officials are preparing for the possible of snow later this week. and "action news" caught up with trucks brining the highway in elsmere and they will brine the roads all over the state in the coming days. >> we are at the beginning stages of a long brutal stretch and 26 hours now where temperatures have been below the freezing point. the forecast calls for 200 hours before all is said and done the ponds and lakes and streams start to freeze over and with the kids out of school it may look tempting to go out over the water but please them down and tell them they are not frozen and only go on the ice if officials monitor it and tell

you it's okay to do so. >> it's