coldest day since valentine's day of 2016. as we look at the temperatures, 20 philadelphia and 8 syracuse and buffalo 10 and pittsburgh 14 degrees and down to the south in virginia, it is in the mid to low 20s and you factor in the wind. 8 right now in the city of philadelphia and 4 in new york city. 12 below in binghamton and roanoke and richmond and feels like the teens in charleston, west virginia and below freezing for almost 48 hours or so. we are getting a glaze over some of our bodies of water and remind yourself ice is never 100% safe. ice needs to be 4 inches thick to support one human body and you do not want to attempt to even convenient your out on what looks to be thick ice unless it's monitored by an official and they let you know. stormtracker 6 live double scan we are tracking snow showers and not a lot but a little bit now

gathering in the northern rockies and this heading our way for saturday. the timing and the coldest air to come in. for new years eve and new years day. the full forecast in just a bit. >> heading out live to ali gorman out on the ben franklin parkway. and the potential health risks. >> reporter: it is bitterly cold i can tell you that my photographer and i try to spend as little amount of time as possible. getting in and out of the news van, have you to listen to your body and take precautions. >> skating around the rink dillworth park was the place to be despite the temperatures d dipping into the teens. >> even with the gloves and hats it's still freeing. >> most came prepared dressed in multiple layers. >> eagles pajamas under the

pants and a couple of north face jackets and a hat and anything i could grab. >> i have four layers on. i had three pairs of cabin socks but couldn't get on my boots. >> at temple university emergency room doctors say that emergencies could happen quickly. >> cold weather like we have this week, hypothermia and frostbite can set in in the matter of minutes. he reminds everyone to dress in layers and -- >> have appropriate coverage of your hands and feet and scarf or something to cover your face especially when it's windy. and the win can speed up frostbite. most at risk is your fingers, toes and ears and nose. so make sure they are covered. >> 5-year-old assad is bundled up to go skating and parents should keep a close eye on kids,

they may not tell you when they are cold. so breaks are essential. >> you getting hot chocolate? >> we are in app out of macy's a lot. because it's really cold. >> now, if you start to feel pain, numbness or tingling or if your skin is red and starts to turn pale those are early signs of frostbite, get inside and warm up and hypothermia is a life-threatening condition and could start with intense shivering and slurred speech and feeling drowsy, if those symptoms are severe that say medical emergency, overall you want to listen to your body. and take breaks to go inside. that is exactly what i'm going to do now. reporting live ali gorman, channel 6 "action news." >> hope the heat isn the news van. the job that requires them to be outside for a long period of time. the action cam was in kensington as the pgw workers were doing

what they could. and a tricky rescue today a duck hunter fell through the ice and twisted his knee on hawk island. and could not get off the island so rescuer his to find the best way to get to him without getting in the water. he is expected to be okay. >> stay safe by monitoring changes yourself to the forecast, and checking real time views from stormtracker 6 live double scan all by visiting 6abc.com or downloading the free 6 abc app. other news here tonight. the teenager shot and killed outside of dunkin' donuts in phoenixville, last night has now been identified. a 15-year-old high school freshman. at phoenixville high school. john rawlins is live at the scene of the shooting today. john joins us live with the latest. >> hi brian, that 15-year-old is

identified jason ortiz cameron. a drug related homicide that the 15-year-old and others planned to commit a robbery who would target someone coming to the parking lot behind me here to buy a small amount of marijuana and he was a freshman and the school opened its doors to help students be counciled on their grief. >> and the victim's friends met with counselors at the high school. some got notice via social media. >> the girl there with him, said i'll miss you. >> the stepsisters were coming to his sudden death. >> he was just there and now gone. i was literally just talking to him and he still has stuff on

his snap chat. just like a day ago. >> friends describe jason as a funny high energy guy that loved to rap and no he was involved in a scheme to rob someone in a dunkin' donuts parking lot and the da's office says three to four people ved in the car at 7:15, their plan to buy marijuana and he and others approached the car and a confrontation about the deal and someone shot the 15-year-old, and the car took off and he was pronounced dead. they are urging those in the car that did not fire the gun to contact authorities, they may be credited witnesses not defendants. >> ahorities are looking for the car and the shooter and not much of a trips inside of the car in the front seat was a white male passenger and the driver a black male with dread locks and authorities urging

anyone with information to contact the phoenixville detectives or the chester county detectives. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a fire in princeton we told you about last night. we know that a 73-year-old woman was killed in the blaze. and coming up here is what is left of the apartment where the fire broke out at 9:00 p.m. it happened ott billy ellis lane and 35 reads were left without a home. and helped tonight by the american red cross. the cause remains under investigation. the cause of the house fire in oakland it broke out ott west battle wood avenue and when to two alarms before firefighters got it under control and no word on any injuries. >> the eagles have now announced playoff tickets will go on sale one week from today. the tickets will be up for grabs starting at 10:00 thursday january 4th and can only be purchased online through ticketmaster and one local family was the victim a scam for the tickets for the christmasda.

they bought four tickets or $500 on craigslist and not work the money for the paper they were printed on. and meantime 13-2 the eagles are and getting ready to take on the cowboys at the linc on sunday. >> getting ready to this game and the playoffs down the road. and no official word from doug peterson but nick foles does not need to hear it he is preparing to play on the meaningless game in dallas. and he took responsible for the performance against the raiders and was not particularly sharp. he is preparing and wants to play and can only help him. >> absolutely. just having another preparation week and another opportunity to go out and play a game. especially here in front of our crowd. we are playing here. we are playing at the linc and

playing in front of our fans, that is what we worked for as an organization all season. and we get to play the dallas cowboys is a part of the surviv. and i group up in texas, and you know i'm proud to be a philadelphia eagle and that is a big reason why i came back here. >> yes indied. ahead next half hour ron jawarksi will be here to help us break down what nick needs to do better. >> ducis thanks. it is time now for the "action news" traffic report tonight. >> lets take it live to matt pellman. >> a monica and brian. we had a couple of vehicles smashed into each other on 95 southbound side by ridley park. the crash is now gone. as you can see the delay is not. heavy approaching 420, down to the commodore barry bridge and the sun glare did not help us out there either. and main line in ardmore at

cricket avenue the return to go back to the septa regional rail station and watch for ice in kensington the scene of the abandoned church fire overnight and cornwall and f is the intersection to avoid. and a water main break this morning in may fair. frankford at tyson, i expect ice there as well. still watching a crash in college villa long 29 at 422 by the movie. police are helping you around that. a nasty morning on the septa regional rails, our infrastructure does not do well with temperatures this cold. not as bad this afternoon in that all the lines are running but many are running with 10 and 20 and 30 minute delays. good chance your train will be late and good chance you don't want to stand on the platform any longer than you have to. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> still to come on "action

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delaware is reporting a second flu death of the flu season. the victim was an 83-year-old newcastle county woman, they are seeing more flu activity 49 people requiring authorization, for anyone that has the flu to ask for viral drugs like tamiflu, it can reduce the severity. and exercising can improve memory for people with mild cognitive impairment. mild cognitive impairment is coupled with aging and linked to thinking and memory. and researchers say it's

encouraging that something like exercise could help to manage the symptoms. if you make health related new years resolutions, the american medical association has suggestions. >> think about health and not weight. it makes them easy to follow and avoid sugary drinks and salt and processed foods and aim for 50 minutes of exercise a week. if you smoke try quitting again. your goal is easier to reach if you find a partner. >> probably the buddy is the most important thing you can get to sustain healthy change. >> you should also learn about your risks of diabetes and high blood pressure and take responsible for your medication and follow instructions and do not share them. people are ditching some of the bad stuff from 2017. in times square visitors were invited to shred discard and

destroy unwanted memories from this year. a mobile shredding van is there to help out. getting rid of the unwanted texts and emails. may be more difficult. >> times square of course, the biggest celebration of the nation. stepping in new york city, the national guard and new york state police will be activated. officers are at all high pro fail area like brings and tunnels and mass transit systems. all the measures are a precaution. >> and a new years eve tradition continues here on 6 abc. we are talking about dick clarks rocking new years eve. ryan seacrest hosts along with jenny mccarthy.

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the irs says not so fast. prepaying can only work on limited circumstances you have to pay them this year and has to be assessed for the year you are paying and another warning many homeowners pay into an escrow account and could face an audit. and now they hiking their fees, royal contributean cruise line isincreasing their automatic gratuity. the amount that passengers pay in service fees. the royal caribbean international and celebrity cruises, it's fee is automatically applied to a guest bill and passengers with hospital to pay it on their bill or in cash. chefs and investors teaming up to create cannibis feud and wine. and california residents will

soon be able to buy olive oil to tomatoes infused with pot. and could be legal in california starting on monday. still to come on "action news" at 5:00. a check of the accuweather forecast. how about a live look outside. sky 6 hd giving us the view in spring mountain. the temperatures are making perfect conditions for snow. and folks are enjoying that. adam joseph has the five-day forecast when we come right back.

time for the accuweather forecast. adam joseph is here with the very cold details. >> it's cold out there. it feels like arctic air and is arctic air and the worst of it to come sunday into monday. weather center, that is where we go and we see across the united states. it's all coming inrom canada and sinking way down to the south. all the way to the southern part of the united states. it's here and locked in to stay. it's a pattern where the jet stream dipped down, and here to stay at least seven days. we are not the only ones shaking and shivering. not budging at least a week more temperatures are averaging 15 to

20 degrees below normal with the coldest new years eve and new year's day. bad timing for the eagles that is outside and mummers outside. and the main storm track within that period is way down to the south as the cold air comes down slamming down over the country and suppressed the storm track way down. philadelphia and allentown 14 wilmington and millville and does not include wind gusts and factor in that wind with the air temperature. it feels like 8 philadelphia and 4 in allentown and 7 if reading. and up in the poconos family and friends that are skiing, shocked i didn't get to go. 12 below there and pretty harsh and 8 down in dover. satellite 6 along with action radar we have a lot of sunshine today and clear skies, right now look to the west building and coming in tomorrow, that snow is going fall apart. as that rides here through the day tomorrow. overnight it's bitterly cold and

the winds come down 3 to 6 miles per hour and 12 philadelphia and 10 in lancaster and throughout the day tomorrow. it's not as much of a windchill tomorrow and feeling warmer with temperatures going into the middle 20s and heavy clouds in the morning and breaks of sun in the afternoon. the shot of snow showers and light snow coming in saturday morning into saturday afternoon. it's a quick hit of that light snow. and looking at a general half inch to 2 inches of snow. almost all the models, the four main models, light fluffy snow and not a lot but so cold all of this will stick and create slick travel saturday afternoon. the five-day at 5:00 forecast, the sun is returning tomorrow afternoon and not as harsh as 28 degrees with an air temperature saturday. and for the eagles winds gust 35 miles per hour, high of 22 windchills in the single

didn'ts, that is how you dress for the entire game. dangerous cold and 19 for a high. with windchills below zero to start. brisk and cold on tuesday 25 degrees. chatting about the possibility of more snow in the last half hour. finally an organize to help people with food insecurity dietz and watson presented a 2500 check for the coalition against hunger. the money was raised to purchase products at acme's deli and provides resources to local pantries. >> stay with us, a quick break and we'll be right back.

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again rick is off tonight and brian taff is joining us and here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. the conditions outside are so cold it's cold enough to freeze

a fountain and adam joseph is ahead. and this weather is not good toer your vehicle either and aaa is responding to calls for dead batteries and tips to keep your car from being the next victim of the cold and alabama election is official despite roy moore's attempted to fight the results. and the temperature w remain bel freezing and the windchill of course makes it feel even worse. and the kind of cdimtime outsid. earlier today phoenixville walking along bridge street, bundled up here and if you think it's cold now, accuweather says it's colder air coming. >> lets take a live showing the ice rink at city hall and intrepid folks freezing, here now is adam joseph. you have your extremities

exposed and your ears and nose, you want to cover those when it's this windy and talking about windchills. it started at 1 this morning in the poconos quakertown 9 degrees and 10 at the atlantic city airport and millville 12 and philadelphia this morning the air temperature was 14 but the windchill was well below that. today's high was 22 degrees marking this the coldest day since february 14th, valentine's day of 2016 and the highest windchill and the warmest it felt in the city was a lousy 8 degrees as warm as it felt this afternoon. as you look at the current windchills we are at the degrees and 4 in wilmington and 12 below still in the poconos and in fact, windchill advisory in effect until success 1:00 in the morning where it feels 15 below in the early morning

hours. a chill in the air up there. take a look at these numbers it will be colder than that in the next couple of days and add snow in the mix. >> thank you. you can monitor the cold weather and check real time views from stormtracker 6 live double scan by visiting 6abc.com and visit the free 6 abc app for your mobile device. no one plans to break out on the road. this kind of cold weather it happened. and could plan for the possiblity we talked to an aaa resident to get advice, first your tires, you want to make sure they are properly inflated for safety and pay attention to the vehicles battery. it takes twice as much energy fort battery to start your car in colder temperatures and sub freezing temperatures than it does in normal weather, get your

battery checked especially if it more than 3 years >> aaa responded to 55 dead battery calls in delaware and 345 in the region. and have a kit and shovel and blanket and nonperishable food items in your car. and the alabama election was declared official today. despite moore's last minute lawsuit claiming voter fraud. gloria rivera is live in washington with more on that. >> reporter: hi there monica, on the night he lost that election in an alabama roy moore says he was going to fight to the finish, a judge will not hear his argument contesting the election results and both time and money for roy moore are running out. republican roy moore's legal

battle to contest the alabama senate election has taken a big hit and an alabama circuit court throwing out the fraud complaint and claimed that the irregularities could change the result. >> it would determine that was all made up. there was no fact to it at all. it was completely fiction. and today the result in favor of democrat doug jones were made official. >> the margin of the victim in the election was 21,924. the moore team claim that three election integrity experts that there were 22 -- in jefferson county alone and allegedly moore took a polygraph tests ta proves his innocence against sexual misconduct against minors. moore has two days to file for a recount that his campaign would

have to pay for. >> and when democrat doug jones is sworn in on january 3rd. the balance in the senate will be 51-49 republicans to democrats and that gives republicans on the fence about certain issues new leverage to demand more and negotiation with gop leadership. >> all right thank you. a man remains hospitalized tonight after being shot inside of a billiards bar in newark, delaware, it happened before midnight at rackers on capital trail and two men got into a physical fight and one pulled out a gun and shot the other man and the man is 28 years old and in serious condition and the gunman got away. one man stole $2800 work of liquor from south jersey. it happened on december 23rd at the wine working liquor store in evesham township and one man took a $500 bottle of crystal.

if you recognize the suspects contact police. the driver slammed into the back of a septa bus in delaware county and folks were hurt. it happened on westchester pike at 2:00 a.m. the driver of the car was trap and had to be rescued and that person remains in the hospital and the bus drive ever was evaluated and two passengers on the bus were not hurt. it's time to check conditions on the roads tonight. matt pellman is live in the traffic center to see what is happen on a thursday. a busy evening commute after a quiet morning commute that sour setup this week monica and brian and busy evenings and quiet mornings, lets check the busyness and broken down vehicle. this one is 95 northbound side and the vine and girard avenue, now off to the side, if you head out, have the blanket and have the cell phone charged just in case. on the big picture a crash on

the main line, route 30 in ardmore that is cleared out of the way. and ice around the scene of the big church fire. kensington at cornwall and f. and a water main break giving us ice in main fair at frankford and tyson to avoid. and watching a crash in hatfield. county line and jackson road. and a wreck in delaware near the service area that cleared out and still you see slow speeds coming out of wilmington southbound 495 southbound and coming in from south jersey across the delaware memorial bridge just 12 miles per hour because of a lot of volume there right now. we have been behind all day on the septa regional rails and the situation is not as bad as the situation this morning but still are you looking at a bunch of 10, 20, and 30 minnesoute delay. they can't handle it when it gets this cold and switches

start to freeze and it's a mess today on the regional rails and a bunch of delays but the trains are running this afternoon. back over to you. >> thank you. still to come on "action news" tonight a trip to the shore or store turned dramatic for this pregnant woman hear how workers helped to deliver her baby when there was no time to get to the hospital. and the cowboys and eagles hid the grid iron, ron jawarksi says why this meaningless game has importance.

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the stores surveillance cameras were rolling through it all. the pregnant woman came in to get a drink and within molts of getting her soda she started to scream and an employee a mom jumped in action. >> she was saying oh my god i'm having my baby. >> and the store pitched in to help. and the butcher delivered the baby and they took everyone to

the hospital and look they are doing just fine look at that handsome young man. the philadelphia eagles just days away from the final regular season game and they take on the dallas cowboy, technically a game that doesn't mean anything except forever pride. >> ducis rogers and ron jawarksi have a preview in the birds break down. >> jaws this is a meaningless game? >> no such thing. especially when the eagles play the cowboys. it has meaning, this is a game not the most important game. we are looking down the road for the playoff games and the cowboys are not. >> nick foles spoke to the media today and preparing as if he will start this game and see action. what will you be looking for from him? >> i do want to see nick play and play a lot of snaps, i know nick has a lot of talent and he made mistakes against the

raiders he must correct. he had opportunity in the red zone to get two touch downs, here is the first pass he misses a simple route. you have a wide receiver going to the corner. and have you zach ertz from his tight end position going to the post. right now the quarterback right there nick foles must move that safety. the safety will tell him where to go. when he looks to the left the safety goes left and that opens up zach ertz and when you get a tight end open you have to hit him. it's a tight window and small window and this is open in the national football league. this must be thrown with point accuracy. the ball sales and the red zone scoring critical and every game once again have you zach ertz seam route and put it here on the numbers and you won't have

to take the hit. and get the touch down. two touch downs left on the field. and you get against the dallas cowboys. plays like this are missed. >> foles made the right distinction but the accuracy was not. >> you want to see him play. how about the other players? >> if you are coach peterson how much do you risk injury? >> we talk on this show the x's and o's and doug peterson and the great job they have done. i think coaching is paramount you have to know your players, not from an x's and o's standpoint only but understand the healthier players and talk to the assistant coaches and how long do you want them to play. you can't rest everyone and a lot of guys have to play. an void injuries that could her the team in the play yo offs.

>> no eagles team has won 14 games in the regular season. >> winning is the bottom line and they are professional players and they don't want to embarrass themselves. no team has won 14 games we could be the first. >> back to you. >> does stuff guys. some montgomery county kids can go back to school feeling accomplished. they wanted to raise money for charity and set up this stand selling squishy toys to benefit the make-a-wish foundation, benefits kids that have life-threatening illnesses. >> we have a lot of families in the practice that have done make a wish and benefitted from it. >> and the kids are just at their goal at raising 500 there's but keep is going until saturday so more wishes can come true. >> what a nice idea.

coming up the exclusive accuweather forecast. and sky 6 hd looking at center city philadelphia. it's bitterly cold and make sure you are bundled up if you have plans outside this evening. and adam joseph is outside with the full details when we come right back. before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesn't get us all killed, ben. what's so good about fios anyway? uh. what's so great about a 100% fiber-optic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely? hey. did you take out the trash? haha, garbage boy! dad, i already took out ben. it's not funny. gaming is best on a 100% fiber-optic network. so get fios. now, just $79.99 per month with a 2-year price guarantee with a 2-year agreement.

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>> hearts are warm in bachelor land. >> and mother nature is giving everyone in the cold shoulder and that is true for the next receive days. we'll chat about it live on sky 6 at the rothman ice rink. folks are enjoying themselves all bundled up despeed the chill in the air. and the wind that was harsh at times beginning to relax a tad. 5 miles per hour in trenton and 6 reading and 12 allentown and 14 wilmington and millville and 9 miles per hour at the atlantic city airport. and we look again at the windchills and this is what you want want to hone in on. is he trenton and 4 allentown and 7 in philadelphia. and 8 in dover, and 13 degrees right now in cape may. we are talking about air temperatures, this afternoon in wilmington we hit a high of 23 degrees, that was the coldest high temperature for this date.

tieing it from back 1894 also allentown tying the old record cold high temperature of 20 degrees in 1960 and this just meaning it has not been this cold on this date in these areas since the number you see here and reading 20 degrees colder than the record date of 21 set in 1924. and satellite 6 along with action radar crystal clear sky overhead and snow showers in chicago. and this is energy that will roll through here tomorrow and snow showers will fall apart and what we are tracking is northern parts of the rockies here coming from the pacific northwest and dives its way through and feeds an ocean storm and we get clipped by it all day saturday. for tonight bitterly cold and a light breeze 7 to 12 for the overnight lows and wind comes down 3 to 6 miles per hour and that helps a little bit with the windchills.

tomorrow we are not chatting windchills all that much. a wind 6 to 12 miles per hour and air temperatures in the 20s for most of us near 30 in millville and cape may. knock a few numbers off of those numbers when you are going to look at how it feels on exposed skin. and saturday 8:00 a.m. that snow starts to fall to the south and west here. it's first thing in the morning and then rams up at lunch time. and that is the steady of the light snow and showers and pulls away at 4:00 and everyone look agent a coating to 2 inches of snow and not a big storm. a lot of it will stick and be fluffy given how cold it has been and continues to be. poconos friday 10 degrees and a high of 20 and snow showers on saturday and 20 degrees, sunday new years eve, 13 in the poconos for the high and windchills remain below zero. and as we look at the exclusive

accuweather seven-day forecast upper 20s for the next few days and not as harsh for the next two days and sunday behind that quick hit of snow on new years eve. and winds crank up to 30 miles per hour. gust agent times for the eagles game and feels like the single digits the entire game and below zero windchills monday morn, and dangerous cold 19 degrees with windchills in the single digits the entire day on monday and tuesday brisk and cold and 25 and clouds increase wednesday and the possiblity there could be some storm lurking off the coast on thursday at 29. but that is seven days away. >> thanks. as adam mentioned it's bitterly cold new years eve and stay in the warmth of your house and ring in the new years here on 6 abc. and watch ryan seacrest live in times square with musical

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and get back on their feet with a safe secure roof over their heads. cardinal village hopes to build a safe home at the safe haven. coming up tips to deal with the bitter cold and how officials prepare to respond to winter emergencies. and more information about the 11-year-old girl that died at a sleep over at a friends house. >> and they are searching for a man that sold bogus tickets to the eagles christmas day game. now for the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass join me next for "action news" at 6:00.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. thursday night and jim is off and i'm monica malpass fire at a philadelphia church forces nearby evacuations and don guardian walks out of city for the last time as mayor. and the delaware valley bracing for snow showers and lingering bitterly cold windchills. hats and hoods and scarves all critical today as as temperatures struggle to reach the low 20s and those forced to work outside bundled up in multiple layers. adam joseph is in for cecily tynan with more fromccuweather. >> it was really harsh today and as harsh as it was it will get colder' as we move forward. the coldest day since february

14th of 2016 valentine's day. the best it felt this afternoon 8 degrees with that windchill this afternoon. so well below that high of 22. as we look at windchills 8 in philadelphia and 6 allentown and 4 in reading and 8 in dover and the poconos a windchill advisory felt great. 14 degrees below zero and the windchill advisory until 1:00 in the morning. for carbon and monroe counties and night skis there is harsh right now. they are really trying to brace for the cold. as we take a look at the waterways, it's cold for 48 hours now below freezing and getting glaze on the ice, remind yourself ice is never 100% safe and needs to be 4 inches thick to support one body and with kids out of school sit them down and though it may look frozen don't attempt to go out over any

body of water