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

bloomquist is off. the big story on "action news" is our accuweather alert. and it's an unwelcome dose of deja vu. we are stuck in the repeat in the cold weather and g with record levels today and today is of course the worst yet. and some schools were cr delay because of the snow and ice and caked on roads because the arctic blast is not letting up any time soon. septa bus commuters are waiting longer in the bitter cold and they are delayed and detoured due to the street conditions. one lady our jeanette reyes talked to is taking it in stride. >> they need to stay home and be in bed and not go to work and have a hot cocoa and hot toddy. >> how long? >> 48 hours. that is all you need. that's all. the coal weather taking its toll on the lens there.

and we caught the flags whipping around by the ben franklin parkway. the gulfs are making the awful cold even worse. bob brooks outside near the schuylway but first lets check in with meteorologisn for david murphy. >> happy frigid friday. >> you said it. it's certainly coldhe lehigh valleys. it's it's wind we are dealing with. making it feel lik arctic invasion and windchills are well below zero. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we are dry in the wake of this snow. and the big weather headline and into the weekend the frigid digits across the region. feeling like 15 in philadelphia. and current air temperature in wilmington in at 15. and 14 for allentown and reading a cape may millville. this is what you want to dress

for when you step outside. extra ls are needed feeling like we are 5 degrees zero in philadelphia. 1 below in reading and 7 below zero right now in lancaster. part of the reason why we are dealing with gusty wines across the region. peak wind gusts 39 miles per hour in philadelphia and gust as high as 36 in wilmington and 38 in allentown and 43 miles per hour wind gust in the poconos. the wind advisory stays up until noon on saturday. a windchill advisory for the heart of the delaware and lehigh valleys and a windchill warning up for the poconos. there is not much for frostbite to step in. for the delaware and lehigh valleys. only 30 minutes before frostbite conditions settle in and it only takes 15 minutes in the poconos before you have problems on your skin. if you think it's cold now we are potentially looking at

record morning lows into saturday morning. >> all right melissa thank you. lets switch now to "action news" reporter, bob brooks in the elements in fairmount park. the dangerous cold is still a huge concern this afternoon? >> reporter: yes, absolutely. anybody going outside anyone going outside, if you don't have to don't. and we are next to the running trail and we see joggers still out here doing it. yikes that is the wor have to describe that. it's freezing out here. behind me a visibly beautiful shot up the schuylkill river, maybe we are missing a polar bear walking around there. that is a good indicator how cold it is it's frozen over and people go about their days and that is where we go into center city and we took a look at that.

the winds they are whipping and snow pile they are freezing and can you walk on top of most of them. and everybody is bundled up. >> and she was too cold to stop. bone chilling winds followed up the snow storm and it's cold today real cold. >> it's painful. frozen. >> stay warm. >> stay inside. stay warm. >> stay bundled up. >> many lairs going on here. >> and for most people life has to go on like normal and they have to get to work in the city like normal. that means walking out in the brutal cold like normal. >> we are headed to starbucks for a morning fix and then we have to get to work. >> we spend enough time complaining. >> but if you can believe this, there are those that we spoke with that are taking the freezing wind and arctic weather in stride. >> i grew this beard. and i started on thanksgiving.

i never grew a beard before. it's like wearing a scarf on your face all day. >> what is bad about it? >> i haven't found anything yet. >> you are crazy. >> no. >> glad to hear people are enjoying it. for people that love photography, that would make a great postcard that view of the schuylkill expressway at boathouse row. the river at this point is freezing over. reporting live at fairmount park, bob brooks channel 6 "action news." >> all right bob. bundle up out there. meantime many people along the jersey shore saw blizzard conditions during the storm. and "action news" was in absecon, and residents were out with shovels in hand clearing several inches of snow from front steps and sidewalks here.

the good guys from able body christian men got to work in southwest philadelphia. they shoveled walkways for disabled senior residents all for free. >> our volunteers come out and shovel. and they are able to go to their medical appointments and go about their daly lives. >> good for them. they have other crews shoveling elsewhere in the city. and all the supplies were paid for out of their pocket unless a donor helps out. >> strangers s cots at phila international airport. they provided the hospitality nothing else t blankce available. everything is sold out. >> a live look at the airport.

conditions are improving slowly but surely. if you are scheduled to fly out today check with your particular airline. well, the snow and the cold conditions complicated evacuation efforts at an apartment high rise fire in atlantic city last night. the red cross is helping hundreds of senior citizens forced out of the jeffrey inlet towers, staying at casino hotel. it's thought to be electrical n nature. >> people in delaware are digging out. a ploruwck was digging out snow fromarking lots in mill creek.reezing temperatured hit the area hard. one area ofad waterng from

wall. a newer section of the sea wall is holding up but crewsre woing t oer t yesterday caused and homes an businesses were inundated with several feet of water. it froze in place and families were trapped in their homes. and one family had to be rescued by a bucket truck. >> i saw it come closer and closer. oh, no. it was hitting the sea wall and above the telephone poles. driving on the streets were nearly impossible and cars got trapped in the floodwaters forcing drivers to walk to dry land. "action news" is helping you survive the freezing winter our melissa magee will be out in center city hopin touch to combatting the cold.

melissa and donuts are handing out coffee and donuts for cos. good for her. wow. more ahead on "action news" at noon. including the pennsylvania dog taken for a ride by an eagle. a real eagle. and people are lining up t the new book pinning presi trump against his former white house strategist. and cars encased in ice. firefighters in new jersey face off against flames and old man winter's punch. and ist, melissa magee, will be back before she goes to center city tonight. when "actinues in just a moment.

ers battle dangerously cold conditions as they responded to a blaze in norris found. the flames broke out at 4:00 ng and startedside of a home was divide into several pafrapartments on swede hurt fortunately. the cause of the fire is under investigation. more than 2,000 people in newark, new jersey are without power on this cold day after a fire tore through a neighborhood

here. the blaze started in an abandoned home and spread to adjoining homes and knocked down power lines along the street. parked cars also went up in flames and at least two firefighters were injured. the highly anticipated book fire and fury hit bookshelves fueling the feud between steve bannon and president trump. and they face new questions about the president's mental fitness. here is more from washington. >> reporter: all right on the best seller list, fire and fury is fueling questions on whether president trump is fit to serve. on nbc today show though around the president say they have questions about his stability. >> 100% of the people around him. >> the white house has pushed back. >> it's disgraceful and

laughable. if he was unfit he probably wouldn't be sitting there. >> the president sounded off saying that the book is full of lies and misrepresentations and sources that don't exist. >> abc news has not confirmed the claims and one source says they were true but taken out of context. >> there are antidotes that were true but the problem with this book and stories if it is 50% or 20% is not true the reading is not left to know which is true and which is not. >> and "the new york times" reports that the top lawyer tried to get jeff sessions to stop fromecusinghimself. he d sessions but was unsuccessful and sessions stepped aside from the probe. "the new york times" reports days before james comey was

fired. sessions sent an aide to come capitol hill. to see if he had dirt on comey. they say that did not happen. we are learning details this morning about a recent health square for alex trebek. he is recovering from surgery to repair blood clots in his brain. in an online video trebek hopes to return to jeopardy very soon. show producer sony pictures that tapes the shows in advance. the only change may be to change the annual college championship to april.

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checking sports. the surging6ers take on the pistons tonight at home. joel embiid is not expected to play because of a sprained hands. but played last night against the spurs. the afc wild card game between the titans and chiefs aired on 6 abc tomorrow afternoon at 4:20. nearly a billion dollars is up for grabs, the combined mega millions and power ball jackpots are worth $950 million.

and tonight someone could win the $455 million in mega millions if the winning numbers are drawn. the power ball standards at$550 million that is tomorrow. good luck. the "action news" team is work on news stories for today beginning at 4:00. alicia vitarelli is live with a preview. happy friday. >> happy freebie friday as we end this week completely frozen. we have things the whole family can do indoors to stay active and entertained. a few snow days people need activities. also coming up iguanas are falling from the sky in florida. okay not really but the lizards are falling from trees because of the stunning cold hitting the sunshine state find out what is happening to these animals here and why lizard lover should not

be concerned. the video is pretty intriguing though. >> thank you alicia. meteorolog melissa magee, is back with a look at the frigid accuweather temperatures. c .

meteorologist, melissa magee, is back now with normal check of the forecast. we are talk being record cold this weekend. >> especially as you wake up tomorrow morning and a closer call into sunday morning. cold temperatures are on the way and it feels like below zero and it will feel that way for the majority of afternoon. stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see that it is dry and no issues with snowfall. and all of that moisture well out along the atlantic, it's dry and frigid. and it's windy and that make its feel unbearable. here is the picture. sky 6 hd in montgomery county there. looking at spring mountain you see skiers and snowboarders on the slopes there enjoying a good

time. and certainly good for the skiers in the snow resorts in our region. as you look at the sustained wind speeds this is part of the problem. coming in at 29 miles per hour and 22 in allentown and 24 in wilmington and gusting anywhere from 30 to 45 miles per hour up north in the poconos. when you factor that in it certainly feels untolerable. feeling like 20 degrees below zero in the poconos. they are underneath a windchill warning, everyoneless undewindc. feeling lying 5 below zero in the city and 7 below zero in lancaster. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we are dry and quiet after the snowfall we had yesterday. quiet conditions across much of the mid-atlantic region but the stiff westerly wind outside. extra layers are certainly needed. mostly sunny for today and we have a bitter and biting wind and high temperature coming in

at 17 degrees it will never kneel like that through the rest of the afternoon. here is future tracker 6 showing you at 2:00. here along the i-95 corridor and 1 below in wilmington and later this evening most spots below zero and as you wake up in the morning, 9:00 if the morning many locations well below zero. 26 below zero in the poconos. challenging record morning temperatures here in philadelphia on saturday, and more so as we get into sunday. fast forward into early next week. we are tracking another system that moves into late monday and into tuesday. the ground is below freezing and light precipitation that will likely move east. and snow is likely in the northwest suburbs, maybe some mixed precipitation along the i-95 corridor and rain to the south and east. this is something we are tracking as we get into late monday night and into tuesday. in the near term we are bracing for the cold. extra layers are needed this

afternoon. here is the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast with the accuweather alert. bitter cold is back today a high temperature of just 17. you'll wake up tomorrow morning and a morning low temperature of 5 close to r4. still frigid on saturday. and windy and a high temperature of 15 degrees on sunday cold and minus the wind high of 19 and then monda 35 but we are tracking the wintry mix on the way. and tuesday partly sunny and 40. and colder on wednesday 33. and we start to warm up next thursday with more clouds and a high of 42. but brace yourself on the way this weekend. >> that is for sure. thank you. a small dog in northern pennsylvania was snatched by an eagle and was found alive nearby. incredible story here monica knew hart says on tuesday her brother saw the mighty bird of prey snatch the dog near the lehigh valley river.

they franticly searched for zoe and feared she was gone forever but a neighbor found the dog a few miles away. and found on facebook, who the owner was. and she will make a full recovery. still ahead on "action news" at 12:30, more than 100 sears and kmart stores in the country are closing and we'll tell you which ones in our area are on the list. and what a man did to her after she fell asleep fromrom l michigan. that and more when we come right back.

"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams are, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >> hello again sara is off and here are the stories we are following for you now. one woman that accused roy moore of sexual abuse is taking him to court. and sears and kmart are closing 100 stores across the country. and despite the sun shining it's brutally cold outside. bundle up we are under a windchill advise write and this weekend we could see record breaking lows. melissa magee will join us for a check of the accuweather forecast in a moment but first we given at the jersey shore that took quite a beating at the

jersey shore. "action news" reporter, john rawlins shows us how people are dealing with the aftermath. >> reporter: early this morning, atlantic county rescinding the storm travel ban for local roads. it will be a slow and difficult digout and restart as people venture out. >> what a difference a day makes. this is video of crossing the ocean city bridge yesterday. now, same bridge this a.m., clear pavement, clear skies and terrific visibility. and plows blitzed the main roads and side roads are still a work in progress. >> main roads are fine, a great job but side roads are bad, icy. >> and the sunrise cafe was closed for the storm and this morning staffers were digging out not easy considering the extreme cold and wind. >> the wind is brutal and have

the snow so it doesn't blow back in your