"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy.

good afternoon in the news a car slams into a bucks county store just as it prepares to open for the day. >> and doug jones becoming the first democrat to represent alabama in the senate in 25 years. when he is sworn into office later today. the big story on "action news" at noon is the accuweather alert. we get a small break from the bitter cold outside as we prepare for a nor'easter that will bring more snow to the tri-state area overnight. the amount of snow you get depends on where you are of course. but here we go again, the penndot crews were busy preparing the roads for whatever the system brings. chopper 6 was overhead treating the roads with brine in montgomery county. and we are catching a bit of a break with warmer temperatures right now. and the action cam was in camden this morning finding commuters

bundled up against the cold. but not as bad as earlier this week. lets go to david murphy with more on the nor'easter. >> there say winter storm warning in effect for the coastal counties of new jersey and delaware and an advisory is added up to the delaware river in south jersey and kent county in delaware. these are the areas where we expect the heaviest snowfall amounts and i would not be entirely shocked in some counties are added to the advisory before the snow pulls in tonight. but either way it's likely snowing along the i-95 corridor and down the shore by the time you wake up tomorrow morning. right now sunshine earlier and giving way to the increasing cloud cover and that is the pattern throughout the rest of the day and the hint of stiptation down the coast as the nor'easter gets its act together off the coast of the carolinas. 27 degrees in philadelphia better than we have had the last several days. just 18 in allentown and 23 in

trenton and 26 in willing stone and 29 in millville and 29 in cape may. coat weather certainly but not as wind and not as harsh as the next couple of days. a high of 31 at 3:00. and 30 at 4:00 and 6:00, 28 and the clouds get thicker in here and setting the table for snow and temperature of 24 and dropping to lower than that as we get close to the arrival of this storm overnight. here is the view down the coast. the precipitation is developing around the the coastal low pressure center and going up the coast and passing us tonight and tomorrow. and producing snow inland in spots in north carolina and georgia and we get the transition to rain over at the coast. as for around here the european model is mimicking a lot of models play. by 2:00 a.m. it's pushing up toward wilmington and the beginning of the rush hour at 5:00 a.m. we see the snow pass

philadelphia and by the end of the rush a chance that it gets all wait to the poconos. there will be a pretty strong cut off between where it's snowing and not snowing and it may not go that far but most of our area will see the snow and the darker shades indicate the heavier and heavier snow the closer you get to the coast. sara, when i come back we adjust the snowfall amounts on the all important snowfall map. that will be coming your way from accuweather and we talk more about the cold and strong winds building in. we'll see you in a bit. >> thank you. work continues around the clock to repair a broken water main in west conshohocken, more than 100 homes were without water and power was interrupted leaving people to find another way to stay warm. it comes as a relief to some and jeanette reyes joins us with more on how people are dealing

with it today. >> it's amazing how a long stretch of single digit temperatures will change your entire perspective on what it really is. many call it balmy and wish they could take it with them tomorrow and the next few days as they await the next few blasts. >> after days of single digit temperatures. >> i was suppose to be a volunteer for the mummers and i said put me inside or no thank you. >> you took a pass this year? >> i did. >> this is cold. this is okay i can handle there. >> temperatures in the teens and 20s was a welcome warm-up. the short climb comes after the stretch of bitter cold burst numerous water mains around the region. the worst of them along balligomingo road where crews were on the scene for 30 hours, a 30 inch main buckled and

interrupted power and service for 1,000 customers at one point and 110 homes are still without water. in center city it was back to work, this time with things could be worse mind set. >> what is cold to you? >> well, you got snow all the way up here and the wind is blowing and cutting your face. >> but you are smiling though. >> i like it. >> it's cold. >> despite the warm-up people were preparing for the cold blast heading our way. >> now you are ready. you can ride with the window down. >> so maybe it's not the time to roll the windows down just yet but people that are enjoying the balmy weather dozens of people without water and some without power, in fact aqua tells me 110 of their customers are still without power if that west conshohocken water main break. they are expected to get back to

normal at 4:00 to 6:00 this evening that is if everything goes as planned. jeanette reyes, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. with the chance of snow in parts of the tri-state area during tomorrow morning's commute. "action news" is starting early for you. join matt, tam, david and karen as they track the snowfall and the impact on traffic tomorrow morning on "action news" beginning at 4:00. >> meantime, work continues at noon for repairs on a broken water main in cheltenham county. and it's at 11 last night. police blocked it in that area as crews make repairs to the broken main. no word on when the work will be finished. some places if the nation are seeing weather they have not seen in years. in tallahassee, florida, residents woke up to snow on the ground the last time it fell here was 2010.

in upstate new york, a stretch of i-90 in buffalo was shut down after a train reaction crash involving 20 vehicles and chicago it's so cold people are lighting fires to keep rail switches from freezing over. fumes forced children from the friends select school out of classes, chopper 6 hd was over the facility after 9:00 a.m. as the students were escorted on to waiting buses, we are waiting to hear what caused the fumes and how long it took for those students to return to the classes. chopper 6 hd was above the scene where a car ran into a roth department store in levitt town. and the car crashed at 11:15 this morning. the building was damaged as a result of the accident. no word on what caused the driver to hit the store. from the nation's capital, a new war of words from president

trump and north korean leader, kim jong un. and this after the president fired off a tweet that his nuclear button is more powerful. we are joined now live from washington with more. >> reporter: good afternoon, reopening the hot line between north korea and south korea could signal a thaw in relations between the two countries but president trump and kim jong un are not backing down from their war of wars. >> president trump is launching a new taunt, on new years, the north korean dictator claimed that his desk is equipped with nuclear buttons and he said the entire u.s. main land is within our nuclear strike range and the president is firing back at the man he calls. i too have a nuclear button but a bigger and more powerful one than his and, my button works.

>> some tweets -- probably a good thing, bigger than you are. and little boy don't push me around. >> the new dig comes as north korea is taking potential steps to begin talks with south korea. after years of tension they reactivated a border hot line they have not spoken on for two years. and they propose holding talks about the winter olympics and the president tweeted perhaps that is good news and perhaps not. >> north korea can talk to anyone they want but the u.s. is not going to recognize it or acknowledge it until they agree to ban the nuclear weapons that they have. >> as for that nuclear button it doesn't physically exist. the president's ability to launch a strike is much more complex and can involve the so-called nuclear football the briefcase carried around by

officials wherever the president goes. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. mitt romney is considering a new career in politics now that republican senator, orrin hatch announced plans to retire. romney is expected 20 run to fill the seat. he left political spotlights after two unsuccessful bids for the white house. associates say he is eager to bring a new moral conscious to the gop. >> there were no winners for last night's mega millions drawing, that makes the next drawing worth an estimated $418 million and the power ball tonight is worth an estimated $440 million. see the winning numbers here on "action news" at 11:00. >> there is more ahead on "action news" at noon. an apartment building in georgia goes up in flames sending as could people to the hospital including children.

>> and fireworks explode in a man's truck details on what caused the fiery scene. and david murphy has more on the approaching nor'easter that brings snow so the region when "action news" continues.

a huge fire engulfed an apartment complex in decatur, georgia, this morning. more than 45 firefighters fought the flames that devoured the building just after 6:00. four adults and eight churn were injured. they were rushed to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. the cause is under investigation. police in texas say they now know what ignited hundreds of fireworks inside of a trunk of a car. -- >> herrera hasan's truck lit up after a lit fire work landed on top of the fireworks he stashed on the trunk on new years eve. hasan says his car is in need of serious repair but not totalled and he plans on using fireworks to ring in 2019. we have new video as firefighters in brooklyn went to work to battle intense flames in

a residential building this shows them on the roof as they tackled them yesterday. three firefighters were injured when they tried to contain it. everyone inside were able to evacuate safely and it comes on the heels of the fire in the bronx last week that killed 10 people and injured 23 others, police in southern california have a person of interest in custody as firefighters continue to battle a two acre brush fire. fire officials say that if they had experienced the same winds as they did last month. it would have been a much different result. investigators are looking into how the blaze started but they say the woman in custody is a known transient and was in the area at the time of the fire. coming up at noon, an unexpected find regarding a diabetes drug what scientists have found that could help those battling a debilitated brain

disorder. and details on bonuses for airlines. when "action news" continues.

employees at two airlines will soon be receiving bonuses, american and southwest have announced they will be paying their employees $1,000 each. due in part to the new lower corporate tax rate.

and that employees will get their bonuses during the first quarter of the year and southwest will issue the payments on monday. >> the search to find a cure for diabetes found an unintended benefit in the treatment of alzheimer's disease. that the the drug significantly erased memory loss in mice than could help humans in the future. alzheimer's experts say the results are encouraging because there are no new treatments for alzheimer'ss in nearly 15 years. the "action news" team is work on news stories for today at 4:00. lets check in with alicia vitarelli live in the newsroom. >> of course with the possible of snow and some of the coldest temperatures yet to come this week aaa is urging drivers to plan ahead. coming up today at 4:00, we'll tell you how they are answering hundreds of calls about dead batteries ever since the frigid air set in.

you don't need to be the next victim, what you need to know about the life of a car battery in these temperatures and should you or shouldn't you warm up your car before heading out? we have answers later at 4:00. and new month, new year, new bargains and deals, effect from furniture to gym memberships. good sales abound this month of january, what you should buy if you jump on the good sales this month. and which things you should wait to purchase later in the year. when we see you guys coming up at 4:00. >> still waiting for my gift. any way -- >> it's in the mail. alicia talk you later -- >> meteorologist, david murphy has the latest on the nor'easter headed our way when "action news" at noon returns. remember our special night?

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temperatures following it. >> no kidding. it's a two fold problem. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us that we are dry. taking a look at sky 6 hd, we have conditions ripe for snow making up in spring mountain and other ski resorts in the poconos. you see folks taking advantage of the nice sunshine with clouds out there. and that snow is sitting there and don't have to make anymore today with temperatures well below freezing and we are overall better today than the last several days. 27 right now and winds are light and the windchill is the same as the temperature. we are not reporting one because the winds are not really a factor. winds are colder up north in allentown 18 degrees and 20 in reading and the numbers should come up 6 or 7 or so and philadelphia 27 degrees and 29 in millville and 30 in cape may. not much wind. we had sunshine earlier this morning and now we see more of a sun and clouds mix.

and the next couple of hours the additional clouds will continue to pull in ahead of the nor'easter tonight. sun to clouds in the lehigh valley. not as harsh with a high of 28 and winds not that strong. and down the shore high of 34. and philadelphia a high of 31. sun giving way to clouds and not as bitter than the last couple of days and winds 5 to 10 miles per hour overall not bad. snow arriving after midnight down the shore. 23 degrees is the low overnight and you can see how the winds start to build in the overnight hours with the approach of the nor'easter, it looks like in most models in on the coast at midnight as soon as 11:00 somewhere in there. some models including the rpm model don't have it pushing far to the west. and getting on out of here. most agree with the euro putting snow as soon as 4:00, 5:00 a.m.

across philadelphia and pushing it all wait up to the lehigh valley and maybe to the poconos by 9:00. notice how there is a sharp cut off where it is snowing and where it is. that could wind up close toward our neck of the woods. we'll see how that plays out. you notice how the darker bands with heavier snow down the shore. and 1:00 this model has this starting to pull away from philadelphia and pretty much moving out by mid to late afternoon there is still disparity for model estimates for snowfall. and some are rising a bit. gfs 5.7 in philadelphia and 1.5 on the euro and the nam 9 patients 4 inches we think closer to the 3 than the 1 and when another model comes out later today and this evening we may adjust the totals. would i bank at 1 to 3 in the

center and a lot of this on the ground in time for the morning commute and cutoff much less north and west. 3 to 6 and now adding a band at the shore that could go over 6 inches and that will definitely make travel difficult forever the morning. it's about location and a sharp cut off from the west. zero some places to the west and jump up to the 6 or more. and any change in the track with any nor'easter can definitely make for a big changes in snowfall amounts. i would encouraging you to keep your eyes on the forecast and what to plan for for now. and bump it up as the new models come in. 34 today and not as harsh and wrapping up in the afternoon and high of 29 windy and raw. speaking of which friday and saturday, arctic air comes in around the departing system and highs of 17 on friday, and 15 on saturday, and overnight lows near the record lows 4 and 5,

and brisk and cold on sunday and monday and tuesday we go for a high of 40 to 42 and could be mixed precipitation monday into tuesday. but 40 for the high. >> thank you david. >> there is more ahead in the nemt half hour of "action news" at noon. we'll look at the impact of the coming winter storm is having in the deep south, putting snow down where road crews have no tools to deal with it. and overseas in iran they try to counter protests with rallies of its own. we have the latest from there. that and more when "action news" continues.

hello again on "action news" at 12:30 an accuweather alert for a nor'easter expected to give us a glancing blow. bone chilling cold blankets the delaware valley causing a dozen water main breaking like this one in cherry hill, new jersey, but the nor'easter is being felt as far south as florida where snow is falling there and the immediate philadelphia area should not get much snow but road crews are taking chances and getting prepared. before the storm temperatures are easing up a bit. sky 6 hd showing you the rothman ice rink at city hall. david murphy is out on the terrace. >> sun out with high clouds, the clouds are