"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon in the news this noon.

authorities are looking for the men responsible for a violent bar fight in bucks county. >> and also police are investigating a serious head-on collision in south jersey. the big story on "action news" is day seven of a deep freeze the heavy winter gear is sure getting a workout. right now temperatures are in the teens or worse. all bundled up the only way to step outside. and amid this prolonged period of bitter cold we may get a brush of a nor'easter. david murphy has the first check of the forecast. >> no nor'easter just yet sunshine and cloud cover off to the forth and west. i think we are looking at mostly sun today. 22 in philadelphia and 21 in allentown and 22 in trenton and 24 in wilmington and they are already up above yesterday's highs and still bitter and cold. and winds running in the teens across the region your windchills are still rather severe. 8 degrees is what it feels like

in philadelphia. 8 in allentown and 7 in reading and 12 degree windchill in wilmington and 10 in millville. as we go through the afternoon these numbers won't change all that much. s a day to get out in a lot of layers and cover up as much skin as you can. as we go through afternoon and evening we do stay cold. 24 degrees on this model. i'll go 26 and down to 20 by 10:00 and down into the teens after that. winds die down after dark and still on the raw side and windchills are not letting up all that much. we start out at negative 2 at 8:00 and tolding at 11 or 12 at 2:00. and potentially gusting as high as 20 to 25 at times this afternoon. in terms of our approaching coastal storm. it looks to be getting closer to us and building in intensity during the day tomorrow and by the time we get into 8:00

wednesday evening, you see how some snow is pushing on to the coast and by 8:00 thursday morning it does look like a slick morning commute and not a lot of snow especially north and west you go but enough to make the commute on the slick side. we talk about when it departs and how much snow is on the ground for the morning commute and the evening commute. coming up in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast it looks like thursday morning is the bull's-eye for the next snow event. >> all right thank you. we'll check back in momentarily. you can stay ahead of this latest nor'easter as well as updates to the dangerously cold forecast, by visiting 6abc.com or downloading the free 6 abc app. right now crews are dealing with a massive water main break, the 30 inch main broke in west conshohocken and affecting residents across montgomery county. walter perez is live near the scene now with the latest.

>> reporter: rick, we'll give you a live look at where the break occurred and the tremendous mess that it left behind and it happened on this stretch buckling the road and compromising the power line there and there say gas main nearby. the water pressure is reduced for more than a 1,000 customers and power is out. and not a good way to start the new year. this 30 inch water main break is creating major issues across this stretch of montgomery county. it was at 6:00 this morning when the aqua water company received calls about water service issues in lower merion and bryn mawr and conshohocken and cheltenham township. but among the hardest hit is the somerwood corporate building in west conshohocken because the building is located about 90

feet downstream from where the main ruptured. it flooded egg here out the building and the back door and they don't have it off yet they are working on it. >> the crews are able to shut down the main that was spewing tremendous amounts of water from the broken pipe but it will be a while before things get back to normal. >> they will run off a generator around the clock to get it fixed. >> it will probably take them a couple of days. >> back out live on the scene. aqua water officials say they are still investigating assuming of course that the cold weather was a factor here. and that water pressure is fully restored to everybody by 6:00 tomorrow morning. but no word at this hour, how long it will be before balligomingo road reopens. walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. another water main break has damaged homes and at least one car here in northeast

philadelphia. the pipe burst overnight on the 1200 block sending water into nearby homes, 125 properties have lost water service. and one resident says he has to gut his basement because of the damage. crews from the water department are making repairs and expect to be finished by the end. day. chopper 6 hd through over gloucester county that a pickup truck and truck collided. we are work to find out how many people were hurt and the extent of their injuries. a 24-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot near the temple university campus. the victim was shot here at 2:00 a.m. on the 1800 block of west norris street and temple university police and philadelphia police responded to the scene and they are industrial trying to identify a suspect and possible motive. gun fire broke out in a

german town section of the city, two people were shot standing outside a deli along the 5100 block. and victims were rushed to einstein medical center. witnesses say the bullets came from a dark vehicle. after 11 days at his mar-a-lago resort. president trump is back for his first full day at the white house. and on going threats from north korea and anti-government protests in iran. abc is following the latest now. >> reporter: good afternoon sara, president trump is facing a number of international challenges in the year ahead. north korea can prove to be his biggest test yet but the unfolding protests in iran are also demanding the president's attention. >> for a sixth day violent protests are ranging in iran, streets are consumed with

burning billings. and at least 26 people have been kill in the crashes it started over economic demands and now some are calling for the regime's down fall. iran supreme leader is accusing countries of sparking the unrest. and president trump is slamming iranian leadership and siding with the protesters. tweeting that the people of iran is finally rises up against the corrupt regime. >> and south korea is proposing high level talks ahead of the olympics in south korea. and they are offering to send a delegation to the olympics. the rogue leaders new years message came with a warning to the u.s. kim jong un claimed to have a

nuclear button at his desk ready to launch a strike to reach the u.s. main land. >> little rocket man -- the president responded. >> we'll see -- we'll see. >> if the talks between north korea and south korea do take place next week, it will mark the first formal dialog between the two countries since 2015. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. back here philadelphia's next district attorney has been sworn in. larry krasner took the the oath of office at the kimmel center and throughout his tenure he is expected to focus on bail to drug arrests to the death penalty. he was elected in the wake of seth williams's corruption conviction. the city of philadelphia is also sworn in the first female city controller, rebecca rinehart replaces alan butkov z

butkovitz. and students in gloucester county started the new year by going back to hire home school. it was closed since the fall when mold problems were discovered in the billing. students were attending classes at other schools. holly glen will remain closed throughout the school year for mold concerns there. and the latest apartment building fire in new york city, we have the latest. and members of the coast guard race to save an elderly driver after his car plunged into the water. and david murphy is back after the closer look at the brutal seven-day forecast from accuweather.

crews are on the scene of another massive apartment fire in new york city. at least 16 people were hurt and four of them seriously when the blaze broke out today in a bronx apartment building. there were 12 apartments inside of the building and it appears to have started if a first floor furniture store. this a week after a deadly fire in the bronx. the worst to hit the city in 35

years. and scary moments at a college football game when an rv used for tailgating burst into flames. it belongs to an alabama fan in town for the sugar bowl. the fire department got on the scene and got things under control and nobody was hurt and despite the loss of her rv the woman went to the game and enjoyed an alabama victory. members of the coast guard happened to be in the right place when a car plunged off the marina in panama city, florida. they witnessed the man plunging into the water and they broke the windows and pulled the driver to safety. he was take tonight the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery. >> headaches for air travelers trying to get through customs, they experienced a computer problem that started at 7:30 and lasted two hours.

international traveler his to be processed a different way than normal and the starned for screenings were not effective and they do not believe the outage was malicious. embattled minnesota senator, al franken, plans to resign from office today. he announced his intent to resign last month aft women accused him of sexual harassment and other inappropriate behavior. tina smith will be sworn in tomorrow. several a-list actresses are teaming up to fight sexual misconduct in hollywood and beyond. the called times up. and reece witherspoon and jennifer aniston are part of the group and taking out newspaper ads calling out -- and paid for

with celebrity donation sfooz still to come on "action news" at noon, a new diet that includes watching the clock instead of counting the calories. >> a set of newborn twins will have a lot in common except their birthdays, meet the pair born in different years.

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all right dade here with a final check of the accuweather forecast. >> have a lot of stuff going on and we are dry and stepping outside lots of sunshine over the hi ways and buy ways. and it's extremely cold out there. not as bad as yesterday but you want layers. 22 degrees in philadelphia.

and the winds have picked up a bit at 17 miles per hour. >> and combine that and get a windchill of just 8 and a couple of suburbs up north worse than that. temperatures in the region 21 in allentown and 24 in wilmington and 28 in cape may. and the wind gusting as high as 20 miles per hour or so. we have windchills of 2 in lancaster coined and 8 in philadelphia. and 11 inille and 12 in wilmington and cape may and 10 in trenton not much better. lots of sunshine and clouds are digging in in the lehigh valley. and generally mostly sunny skies today and that includes the lehigh valley to berks county and mainly sunny skies and clouds and bitter cold and 24 and single digit windchills today. down the shore better but not by much. windchills in the double digits more comfortable in the ocean. in philadelphia plenty of sunshine brisk and cold a high

of 26 degrees and the winds gusting as high as 20 miles per hour. out of the west windchills up to 10 or 11 degrees or so but obviously uncomfortable. the winds fall back and clear and bitter. overnight low 14 in philadelphia some suburbs down to 8. and tomorrow we cloud up during the day and in the evening we see the effects of an approaching nor'easter, this is one of those storms that is strong and potent and getting stronger as it gets past us but far enough off the coast we don't think it will be as impactful as some tend to be. but 7:00, 8:00 at night some snow and 11:00 tomorrow evening, we'll have something to show you with adam and cecily but not all the way to philadelphia by then. and it's the thursday morning commute we see the snow pushing back to the west and still there by 9 and the commute impacted by this will be the thursday morning commute. not a heavy snow but enough to

make roads slick and slippery for the commute period. by noon this begins to wrap off to the east and it really fall as part into the afternoon and tomorrow evening. how much snow we get largely depend on the exact track of the storm. the most likely brings it just closely enough to us to give us several inches of snow and a possible track where it's so far away and only a little snow brushing the shore and looking at everything, and putting it all together, this is more or less what we think is most likely to happen. 1 to 3 inches along the i-95 corridor and 3 to 6 in the coastal counties and northern and western suburbs, a coating to an inch. and if the track moves to the coast we'll push it back and a worst storm. if we get the track farther off to sea we'll move the numbers closer to the coast. and 1 to 3 in philadelphia is what to expect. there say range on the model for philadelphia, any way from 1

inch on the gfs to 3.5 inches on the rpm. that is generally expected at this period this far out and that range generally 1 to 3 looks good. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast an uncomfortable high of 26 brisk and cold. tomorrow afternoon ahead of the snow it's not a bad time to get out there and get stuff done, moderate and not as harsh a high of 31. and because of the snow coming in tapering off in the afternoon. 29 is the high there and accuweather alerts for friday and saturday because behind that nor'easter it's going be a strong storm. starting to crank the winds up around it and even though it move as way and takes the snow with it. bitter cold and 16 on friday and 17 on saturday. close to record lows if not records friday and saturday nights. and then 25 on sunday and back to 38 monday and monday we could see snow and flurries and wet

snow depending on how temperatures play out. >> okay david. thank you. happy new year to you. i want my christmas gift back. there is more ahead in the next half hour of "action news" at noon, bone chilling temperatures hit two-thirds of the united states, the problems the icy weather is causing for drivers and rescue crews. and we learn more about the type of injury that carrie underwood sustained last november and why she says she may look different now. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 54. alex, what's my price? you can get coverage for $9.95 a month. i'm 65 and take medications.

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"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. hello again. here are the stories we are following for on "action news" at 12:30. it's clear and cold now but a nor'easter pay be on the way and parts of our area could see freezing cold temperatures and some snow. and a water main break in philadelphia continues to cause major problems for residents be what we learn about repair efforts and dozens of newly elected philadelphia officials and judges are sworn into office. a look at the historic ceremony. breaking news from montgomery county. we are on the scene of an accident here that may be affecting traffic in white marsh township. the scene of a crash involving an overturned trash truck. happened on haggies mill road just after 10:00 a.m. just over to