streets but it's the smaller side streets where plow trucks just can't go yet. they are still snow covered and tricky to navigate. >> the "action news" drone battled strong wind to get a good look at the ice and snow buildup on the schuylkill river. this is along kelly drive. the water appears to be completely frozen over but it's definitely not. everyone is being towarst >> our "action news" team is ready toelp yo through this dangerous cold. bob brooks live with cleanup efforts. ali gorman joins us with news on how the cold is impacting the flu season. >> matt pelman standing by with the latest on the traffic situation for your friday night and meteorologist melissa magee is in center city with a special treat for our "action news" viewers. first, let's head to meteorologist cecily tynan live in the "action news" weather center with more on this dangerous cold. cecily. >> rick and monica, this cold will be lasting most of the weekend. it was a tough morning to get out of bed. the wind chills this morning really tell the story.

the poconos close to 30 degrees below zero. the way it felt on your body. allentown 11 below. philadelphia 8 degrees below zero. wilmington nine below. atlantic city airport reporting a wind chill of 7 degrees below zero and they really haven't recovered much. wind chills hovering very close to zero. philadelphia feels like one below, cape may feels like three. lancaster feels like 5 degrees below zero and the poconos currently the wind chill 19 degrees below zero. now, the national weather service has extended the wind chill advisory. they were supposed to be expiring at noon tomorrow. instead, they've been extended until 10 o'clock sunday morning and that wind chill warning continues until then in the poconos, so this dangerous cold will be lasting most of the weekend. so, tomorrow morning, the wind chills even a little bit more extreme in some parts of our region than this morning. the far northern suburbs, the lehigh valley, parts of berks county, the poconos, 15 to 30 degrees below zero. most of our region dropping to 10 to 15 degrees below zero

right around the coast still dangerous but not quite as harsh, five to 10 degrees below zero. so, the accuweather highlights will show you record lows are likely the next two nights. best chance will be sunday morning. that's when the temperature in philadelphia will drop to its coldest level in 24 years. monday evening, a wintry mix will develop but after that, i'm tracking a january thaw. i'll talk about that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. rick and monica. >> all right, cecily, we'll check back in later. thank you. meanwhile some philadelphia residents say they feel trapped on their own street because of the cold weather. "action news" was in oxford circle this afternoon. the frigid temperatures caused a water pipe to burst in a vacant house and sent water into the street. the result, a sheet of ice that froze around cars and encased the tires. residents we talked to say they couldn't get to work and could barely stand up outside. >> the whole driveway from the house that's leaking the water all the way down to the corner. the top end is fine but from

that house on down, it's horrible. >> residents say they called the water department which says the vacant home is on its list to shut off. >> bob brooks live at independence mall tonight. >> bob not only do folks have to clear snow they have to do it in dangerously cold weather tonight as well, hm? >> reporter: yeah, rick and monica, slightly. the darker it gets the colder it gets. now we just happened to end our day here at independence mall. we were trying to speak with some tourists out here braving the elements to see the historic sights. we went all over the city today and the common denominator were those covered side streets and if they're not cleared up by now they're going to get icy. shoveling out in fairmount, to south philadelphia and pretty much every neighborhood we stopped through today, is it cold. >> yes. >> reporter: shoveling out on covered side streets or to get to work. >> it's painful. it'soold. like frozen. >> reporter: richie was using his boots to break away

the in south philadelphia >> steel toes. >> reporter: steeloes. >> and heels. >> reporter: all joking aside with the temperatures dropping and snow potentially ts car out. en worse.s conditions playneighbor frank ciccone says it's always like this unfortunately after a storm. >> they notify plow up here. >> reporter: more of the same at 24th and aspen. the side streets there covered, neighbors clearing out the snow before it gets too cold tonight. >> yeah, i got my heaviest coat on here, hat, gloves, everything. >> reporter: i'll tell you what, it does make for a re at nitndependence hall here but ohat, it. cold.hing tourists said about the cold weather was the fact that they didn't have any lines to get in and see the sights. reporting live at independence mall, bob brooks channel6 "action news." rick, monica.>> thank you, bob.

>> thanks bob. >> philadelphia school children may be out of class today and the rest of the weekend but crews were hard at work getting buildings ready for their return monday. "action news" at the blank ken burg school. they were checking all the classroom faucets and outside of course they shoveled the sidewalks and steps to make sure everyin is ready to go. >> all right, health check is extreme cold could be impacting flu season. the virus is hitting more states in fact most of the country is now reporting widespread flu activity. >> and as of this week that includes pennsylvania. health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman at the big board with what you need to know. >> some experts say flu virus survivors better in extreme cold but we also see more people getting sick this time of year because more people are together inside so those germs can spread. now, the cdc uses this scale to measure activity. pennsylvania is now at the highest level at widespread activity and it's actually

hitting our area southeast pennsylvania especially hard. new jersey is still in the regional level and then delaware also hit widespread activity this week. many stat have seen a spike in cases. doctors in illinois even held a press conference warning people about it. this year's predominant strain can be a difficult one and unfortunately the vaccine the gf you get sick, it should still help possible by making your symptoms less severe. now, it's not too late to get a flu shot if you haven't gotten one yet. also, now more than ever it is time to practice good hand washing and to d common surfaces. and besides the flu, there are a lot of other viruses going around right now so that's a did that way to protect yourself and your family. doctors are also warning about the effects of the cold air on your lungs especially for people with asthma or other breathing conditions. the cold air can be irritating to even healthy lungs but for

people with chronic lung conditions, they are at a greater risk for having problems such as wheezing or shortness of breath. that's because it can narrow the large airways. so, you'll need to limit your time outside and be prepared just in case. >> what's really important if you do have to go outside in the cold temperatures that you take your rescue inhaler, your quick relief medication with you in the event that your symptoms flare. >> now, also for everyone if you are outse, wrap a scarf r warm the air so that it's less irritating for your airways. now, as for exercise, if you have any kind of medical problems youul shod move your workout indoors. if you're healthy it is still dangerously cold outside but if you insist on running outside and you're used to it, here's some tips before. you do that want to warm up inside before you actually go outside and of course bundle up, lots of layers. make sure to cover your head, your ears, yourur

toes and in this kind of weather it is best to shorten your session when it's this cold outside. so, rick, there you go, you've got your shorten your session. >> i will still work out inside. >> me, too. >> for five minutes. thank you ali. appreciate that. in other news, this group of men spent the day shoveling sidewalks and driveways. they belong to the organization able bodied christian men. we caught up with them in south philadelphia where they were bundled up trying to clear a way for a 70-year-old woman's home here. >> this is a charitable organization out here serving our seniors disabled. for the past eight years every winter we come out here. >> abc men provides the shoveling free of charge much they buy all their own salt and supplies and say any donations they receive allow them to help more people in need. >> that's wonderful. a chemical spill prompted a hazmat response at drexel university today. firefighters saw some kind of smoke coming from the third floor of this building in the 200 block of south 33'd street. turns out there was a

hydrochloric acid spill. that chemical is pretty common in household cleaning products but this concentration of it required a hazmat call. since the school is on break only three people were inside at the time and they were safely evacuated. a 61-year-old woman was robbed in the middle of the day outside a popular store in newark, delaware. now authorities are looking for this man in connection with that crime. and this is the car he's believed to be driving. a into your model dodge charger;, newer model dodge charger. authorities believe he used some kind of weapon to target woman outside a dsw shoe store. fortunately she was not hurt. >> time for a check of our traffic report. >> hey, matt. >> made it to the end of our first short but snowy and therefore felt long week of 2018. yeah, we've had lots of issues because of the weather including vehicles that don't want to run in these extremely cold temperatures. broken down vehicles here on the schuylkill eastbound side by girard avenue.

it's off to the side. penndot is here to save the day. the good news is all the lanes are opened and because people were off work and school today, volume is a little bit lighter than normal on most of the highways. they alsoat bolt bus running on the ben franklin bridge so all laneseopened there as you head towards new jersey. everything is opened now on the pennsylvania turnpike. both of our accidents near fort washington have cleared. you is it ill still have some eastbound slowing coming east of plymouth meeting through willow grove. still watching that crash in sellersville bucks county. southbound lanes of 309 near perkasie. may want to stay on the southbound northeast extension. speeds there up around 70 miles per hour and in chester county a vehicle ran into a snow bank. it's stuck there so 322 is blocked off temporarily as they try and pull it out. maybe use the 30 bypass instead. just some westbound slowing there because of an earlier crash and sun glare. in east goshen chester county still watching a crash along paoli pike near vista drive. in egg harbor township still trying to recover from the storm especially close to the shore and now there's a crash

on the ramp from the garden state parkway southbound of the a.c. expressway so that ramp is temporarily blocked. we'll check it again rick and monica, in the next half hour. >> matt see you then. >> sounds good. still to come on "action news" tonight skiing is a pretty popular sport in the winter. even the daredevils will go out. check out this pair of skiers. they're lucky to be alive. we'll explain. >> news about something that will probably show up on your dinner late tonight. the cdc is issuing a warning about lettuce. we'll tell you why when "action news" comes right back. cecily.

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>> dramatic video out of austria tonight when two skiers were left dangling from a chair lift. several people had been rescued but two skiers remained trapped for several terrifying moments stuck high above the mountains swinging side to side. you can see their legs and skis dangling from the open seats as the snowfall rages around them. at one point the winds were blowing up to 87 miles per hour. a rescue team eventually got to the skiers. no one was injured. but this hair raising video shows why ski lifts have to shut down during strong winds. in new york city the

hudson river resembles an ice rink here. take a look. a coast guard cutter went out today tried to break up the ice, so other boats like vessels carrying heating oil could get through. it can break up ice up to 20-inches thick. it feels 20 degrees colder than it is on land. >> my goodness. here at 6abc we're doing our best to help you survive this face numbing cold weather. >> we are trying so how about free dunkin donuts coffee or hot chocolate. would that put a smile on your face? meteorologist melissa magee is helping commuters stay warm and joins us live from center city. we talked about this at noon and to see you, aren't they. >> reporter: they really are coming out rick. we're at 15th and j.f.k. with dunkin donuts because we want to warm your soul on a frigid friday afternoon. so, it's all about surviving the winter and these cold temperatures so we've got

cara, kevin and hey, joel snuck up on me, too. we've got some really funky flavors for you guys. come on a little closer we have winter white chocolate coffee and buttery toffee nut hot coffee and we have hot chocolate. i have my buddy anthony with me. anthony he grabs a cup of -- what did you get. >> the winter white, yes. >> reporter: how is it tasting. >> so good. i'm so glad i got it. >> reporter: how are you cold out here. >> oh, just a little bit, yeah. >> reporter: describe it for me. what does it feel like? >> kind of painful and pretty cold. that's a good way to sum it up. yeah. you're going to want to staydlee weekend anthony. thank you so much because numbers are going to stay below zero. so, guys, we're going to be out here until about 6 o'clock giving away free hot coffee. here they come. they're getting their hot coffee, their hot cup of joe and their hot chocolate and rick and monica, we'll send a cup back over to you, too. >> aww. >> reporter: you're up next. see you in a little bit. have a great weekend. >> any doughnuts lying around.

>> he's always hungry. >> a glazed doughnut or something. >> reporter:. >> reporter: i mean beggars always begging. can't be satisfied with some hot coffee. >> had to ask. >> despite the biting wind chills, children had a ball on belmont hill today or plateau. they sledded down one of the best hills in the city, a few wiped out of course but that's part of the fun, right. if you hit a bump there in the snow. hopefully she's all right and just hanging out with your friends even if that friend turns out to be, guess what, the doggie. doggie. >> yeah, good boy. well, we are helping you survive winter on line at 6abc.com including the safe way for you to shovel that snow. we'll have tips on keeping your car running also how to keep your pipes from freezing and much more. check out our web site.

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>> ♪ >> time for another check of the accuweather forecast. meteorologist cecily tynan is here now and the poconos 12 below at the poconos. >> i invited you to come skiing with us this weekend. >> that i would pay to see. >> no, it was 29 below wind chill this morning. >> please invite me when it's not as cold. >> i was even going to buy your lift ticket. was.re you really. >> maybe i'll reconsider. >> the "action news" weather center and keith posted this photo of the frozen lake alina in bucks county. a lot of waterways are frozen

but be careful especially the rivers. there's a current underneath and sometimes it looks frozen but it's not all that thick so try to keep the kids off the ice unless you really know it's very thick and it's safe. right now the temperatures, the air temperatures 16 degrees in philadelphia. we only made it up to 17. our average high for this time of the year is 40. that would feel like a heat wave. allentown 15. the same in trenton. atlantic city airport 16. wilmington 15 but of course you factor in the winds, the wind chill, the way it feels, 1 degree below zero in philadelphia, zero in trenton. 5 degrees below zero in lancaster and those bitter wind chills will last right through most of the weekend. satellite and radar showing we have plenty of sunshine. we had plenty of sunshine earlier today. high pressure is building in arctic high pressure and this will what was that us dry and sunny through the wicked much weekend but the wind and cold stay with us. tonight down to five in philadelphia, the record low is four. going to be close.

a lot of other areas setting records. record low in atlantic city four, wilmington five a record but those wind chills dropping well below zero. so, future tracker showing if you're heading out tonight it's a friday night, maybe going to the movies, going out to dinner, at 9 o'clock when you step out of that nice warm movie theater, it will feel like six below in philadelphia, 11 below in lancaster, four below in wildwood 23 below in the poconos. tomorrow morning wind chills even a little bit worse than this morning. 12 below in philadelphia at 8 o'clock in the morning 16 below in lancaster and wind chills remain below zero through the day. so, if you are heading up to the poconos not wimping out like rick you'll want to put on a lot of layers, cover up everything exposed take lots of breaks. the high tomorrow seven but wind chills 15 to 30 degrees below zero with that that wind chill warning. sunday not quite as harsh but still the wind chills starting 10 below and only feeling like five in the afternoon so bring

lots of hot chocolate a good idea. sunday morning looks like we'll be smashing the record low of 40 degrees set back in 2014. forecasting a low of 1 degree below zero. that's the air temperature not the wind chill that will be our coldest morning in 24 years. but things will be changing. the five day at 5:00 showing tomorrow 15 degrees, sunday 19 with that dangerous cold through the weekend. monday a light wintry mix, could be some icing. 34 degrees. but behind that, 42 on tuesday, wednesday 35 and believe it or not by the end of the week temperatures could climb into the 50's. we'll talk about that in the seven-day forecast. there's light at the end of the tunnel. >> invite me to the poconos in april or may or something like that. she won't. thanks cecily. much more ahead in our next half hour of "action news." the from "fire and fury" we'll go thrive washington where the white house is pushing back against a new book that contains explosive allegations about president trump. >> plus the eagles are about to learn who they'll go up against in the playoffs. we'll take a look at some of the scenarios. >> those stories and much more

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>> "action news" continues. >> hello again here's what's happening on "action news" friday night. extra layers will be in order weekend. dangerous wind chills and record low temperatures are heading our way. we'll get the latest. plus, that cold weather is moving in as folks are still trying to dig out from yesterday's snowstorm and we'll find out how folks are fairing. at the hard hit jersey shore. yesterday's powerful nor'easter leaving lasting effects in the city of boston. flooded streets are turning to blocks of ice encasing everything in its path. >> now the details this weekend will be a brutally cold one again. temperatures will be in the single digits but wind chills will make it feel a lot colder than that. take a live look right now sky6 is over the ben franklin bridge. you can see it's shaping up to be a beautiful picture if you're indoors but ridiculous the cold outside. meteorologist adam joseph here itheck of the accuweather forecast. >> you look at that camera you can see it shaking and shivering so to speak here with those winds and you canamer

basically pulling down all of this arctic air as it's still winding up just east of caribou, maine. the winds are counterclockwise so you get that flow coming from canada so it's fresh arctic air 17 below is the wind chill in syracuse, 12 below in pittsburgh one below in the city of philadelphia and 26 below in parts of southeasternanada. winds stillery gusty, 42 miles an hour in philadelphia, reading 39, trenton 40. atlantic city still close to 50 miles an hour throughout the day today and wilmington 46 miles an hour wind gusts and those winds aren't going anywhere any time soon. as you can look from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. this is for tomorrow. winds still gusting between 35 and 40 miles an hour feeling like 10 below first thing in the morning and even in the afternoon this is for the city, it's colder in the suburbs staying one below zero and not only are we dealing with those strong winds throughout the day tomorrow, they'll continue a little bit

into tomorrow night but then on sunday afternoon, those winds will start to ease just a bit. we're looking at wind gusts at 11 miles an hour in allentown, 12 philadelphia, 17 in millville and that will make it feel finally above zero once we get into sunday afternoon but we're tracking a little wintry mix to begin next week and that january thaw is coming in that seven-day forecast rick in just a little bit. >> looking forward to the thaw. thank you adam. check back in later. we're told that cold it appears the snow on the ground will be sticking around for awhile. drone6 was along the ben franklin parkway today. you can see the roads are clear but in snow on the grass is nowhere near melted. it certainly makes for a pretty picture from up high but it is very, very cold out there. >> meantime the jersey shore bore the brunt of yesterday's storm as you know and today folks are still digging out. "action news" reporter john rawlins has that part of our coverage from somers point tonight. >> reporter: what a difference a day makes.

this is video crossing the ocean city bridge yesterday. now same bridge this a.m., clear pavement, clear skies, terrific visibility. overnight plows blitzed the main shore roads. side roads though still a work in progress. >> main roads are fine did a great job but the side streets are pretty bad, icy. >> reporter: like most eateries the sunrise cafe was closed for the storm. this morning staffers were digging out. not easy given the extreme cold and wind. >> yeah, the wind is brutal and it's like you said you got to make sure you're blowing the snow so it doesn't blow right back in your face. >> reporter: inside the grille was up and operating. among the customers three neighbors enjoying breakfast and answering our questions about this storm. >> i remember a storm like this back in the 70's. we were talking earlier. bob says he remembers one. >> 2010 we had one 'cause my sister-in-law was living with us and i told her you're in ocean city, 5-inches of snow

you might get maybe and we had this big storm. >> reporter: plowed roads in some cases meant blocks of plowed in cars. in the 1100 block of bay this woman had cleared her walk but said the rock hard snow that trapped her van and suv just too much. her appeal. >> any able bodied person out here in ocean city who wants to earn some good money, they can come by and shovel out my two vehicles for me. >> reporter: as we said, it's expected it's going to be a slow difficult dig-out and given the deep freeze forecast, getting back to normal here is not expected to be easy or particularly quick. in somers point, john rawlins channel6 "action news." >> well, yesterday's winds and water caused a seawall breach in massachusetts sparking massive flooding and evacuations. take a look. the national guard had to be deployed to parts of the area after water began pouring through a crack in the wall. about 20 residents had to leave their homes. a newer section of that seawall is holding up but

crews are now working to repair the crack which is in the older section of the wall here in massachusetts. meantime in the city of boston as well yesterday's storm caused massive flooding. homes and businesses were inundated with several feet of water and that water is freezing in place. folks were trapped in their homes today. one family had to be rescued by a bucket truck. here's one way to get around manhattan in a snowstorm. this guy was spotted skiing up 27th street. you can see he's actually going at a pretty good clip nearly as fast as the car nearby. why not? well, as always get updates on the bitterly cold forecast and check storm tracker6 live throughout the weekend on your phone or tablet. the 6abc app is a free download for your mobile device. >> a bombshell book that claims to reveal behind the scenes details of president trump's first year in office hit book stores today. that despite a legal threat from the president's attorneys. abc's arlett joins us live.

>> reporter: the white house is now dealing with a pair of bombshells that the administration continues to push back against that book "fire and fury." in new york times report about a request from president trump is raising more questions about the russia investigation. >> a lot of great republicans. >> reporter: on his way to camp david. >> we're making america great again much thank you. >> reporter: president trump ignored questions about that explosive book "fire and fury." >> should steve bannon be fired. >> reporter: but on twitter, the president is fuming. he tweeter it's a phony book full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that don't exist. mr. trump is also giving a new nickname to his former chief strategist tweeting he's the leaker known as sloppy steve bannon. the behind the scenes look at the white house is already flying off shelves. the book's author told nbc those around the president have concerns about his mental state. >> let me put a marker in the sand here. 100 percent of the people around him.

>> reporter: on fox news the press secretary disputed that suggestion. >> it's absolutely outrageous to make these types of accusations and it's simply untrue. >> reporter: the pushback comes as another twist emerges in the russia investigation. the new york times reports the president asked his top white house lawyer to try to stop attorney general jeff sessions from recusing himself. the paper reports white house counsel don mcgahn did lobby sessions. the new york times reports days before james comey was fired sessions wanted an aide to find political director on the fbi director. the justice department disputes that reporting saying it did not happen and would not happen plain and simple. the top democrat on the house judiciary committee wants mcgahn to appear before the committee to. >> explain his role. he's encouraging him top voluntarily testify before they have to compel him to do so. in washington arlet.

e saenz. >> the latest right after "action news." >> time to check out the conditions on the roads one more time on our chilly friday night. >> over ma matt pelman with live information from our "action news" traffic center. >> no one wants to take their time getting home this evening, that's for sure. want to get there as quickly as we can but there are a few things in your way as you try and do that including yet another disabled vehicle. this one is on the off-ramp from the westbound side of the schuylkill to lincoln drive and kelly drive. the traffic stacked up here heading toward the city avenue bridge. westbound main lanes of 76 are sluggish but eastbound travel time a little bit worse if you're heading into that 76ers game in south philadelphiabrandy a vehicle into the sowhat's stu. i would that, maybe use the 30 bypass instead just some residual westbound delays there because of earlier sun glare. and east goshen chester county crash along paoli pike near

vista drive. fire police out there helping you through that intersection. getting word of a crash involving a vehicle that ran off the roadway in sewell. 55 southbound side really slow speeds as the emergency crews are on the scene there. might want to come down 45 or 47, delsea drive, instead of 55 southbound coming away from 42. not the most pleasant ride right now. meanwhile watching a crash in evesham township along 70 at green brook drive. have one as well in lindenwold by the rite-aid and dunkin donuts route 30 white horse pike at gibbsboro road. our crash closer to the coast blocking the ramp from the southbound parkway to the ac expressway has cleared. on mass transit we're on a saturday schedule on the regional rails. a bunch of issues today. much of the cynwyd line is shuttle busing. rick and monica have a good weekend. >> you have a warm weekend. >> i'll try. >> thank you. >> all right. >> we here at 6abc are doing our best to help you survive this dangerous winter last.

>> free dunkin donuts or hot chocolate help you out? i think so. melissa magee helping commuters stay warm as she joins us live from center city again. >> hey, melissa. >> reporter: hey there, monica, hey rick. yeah we've got people coming by. we've got free hot coffee. this is buttery toffee nut. they've got hot chocolate. what's your name. >> devon. >> reporter: devon. how you feeling and how you bracing with this cold. >> good. it's not bad. i worked in the office all day so it's a little shock when you first come out but few minutes outside, but you just got to bundle up. >> reporter: keep the pace going. you'll be good to go. stay warm with that nice hot chocolate. a lot of people are doing that. you got to get in, get out, know where you're going when you're going outside and because it is so cold, 6abc of course warrants you to stay warm. that's why we've teamed up with dunkin donuts with our keeping you safe and warm during this very cold winter month. so, of course, guys, we've got buttery toffee nut, that's the

flavor of coffee i have, we've got winter white chocolate and then we've got regular hot chocolate as well. you know, temperatures right freezing. they're going to stay that way as we head into the weekend with potentially record territory on the way as you wake up tomorrow morning. so, rick and monica, we were talking about the hot chocolate. i know you're asking for doughnuts. i think it's cold enough we're just going to keep the hot chocolate and hot toffee to ourselves. we've got our helpers kevin and derek. they've been out here this entire time. >> wow. >> reporter: you guys deserve a cup of joe, too. drink up. >> definitely. >> reporter: go ahead. it's okay . >> [laughter] >> sure, i would. >> reporter: you guys enjoy your weekend. i know rick's saying something silly. >> i was going to ask maybe if he could do that all weekend long melissa such a great idea. >> she would be frozen solid. no, you come in and warm up honey. >> we're not going to tell you what her response was. much more still ahead on "action news" friday night. eagles will learn this weekend who they'll face in

the playoffs next weekend. jaime apody has details coming up in sports. >> later the proof was written all over her little face. this child's adorable reaction when she just wanted a couple more oreos and the answer from her dad. >> i can relate. those stories and much more when "action news" continues in a moment. >> just wanted monday more.

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fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> jaime apody here with sports. let's talk about the eagles, all pros. >> yes, interesting today. congrats -- if you think it's funny. lane johnson and jason kelce. what about carson wentz you say? he and fletcher cox were named to the second team. yeah, i know. tom brady given the first team nod: meantime the eagles are waiting and watching. this weekend's playoff games. after which they'll finally learn who they will be playing next saturday afternoon at the linc. birds will earn themselves a nice weekend away from football with a first round bye but torrey smith says he'll be keeping an eye on things. >> we'll be eye ball the games. >> i'll watch the games. you know, to see. i have my predictions on who i think is going to pull it out but it's going to fun to be lay back watch and get right to work 'cause we'll be able

to figure out, you know, based on who is winning who we're playing. it will be nice to know that to kind of get a day ahead. >> kind of weird. the birds are the top seed but they're not anyone's radar when it comes to super bowl talks mainly because of the carson wentz factor. can nick foles silence the doubters? ducis rodgers talked about that with analyst ron jaworski. >> what are your impressions nick foles. >> i believe in nick foles. he must embrace his role. it's his team. it's not carson wentz's team. it will be in the future but as i look at foles right now he's got a chance to make history. and bring a super bowl championship to philadelphia. he's got to embrace that, understand it and really understand the significance of what it means not just to the eagles football team but to this city. so i want to see nick start to get fired up about it. i think he's been a little bit too low key. it's now, its my job. i got to make sure we find a way to win. >> how much of an advantage is it to play at the linc in a

cold january game. >> i hope it's not too cold. [laughter] >> as a quarterback i hated those cold balls and the wind swirling although i liked it back in 1981 when we beat the dallas cowboys to win the nfc championship. i kind of liked that cold weather but when you get into these type of games the fans are going to be rabid. they know we have to win two football games to go to the super bowl and both of those games at home so i think although it's nick foles and not carson wentz, i think the fan base still understands we're two wins away from the super bowl. >> there you go. get us fired up jaws and you can watch some nfl action right here this weekend. andy reid's chiefs take on the tennessee titans in an a if. c wild card matchup on channel6. kickoff tomorrow at 4:20 p.m. sixers look to build on that spurs win tonight when they host the pistons at the wells fargo center. joel embiid good to go after playing on that sprained hand and playing well against san tone. sixers will get justin

anderson back. they'll look to extend their winning streak to four games move back to .500. robert covington looking towards this matchup. >> we know that they're a team that plays up and down but we got to focus on making sure we're in our right coverages and tonight just mainly just get better defensively as a team. we built off the past few games. >> coming up at 6:00 robert covington shovels his own drive way. >> look at that. >> we talked about shoveling snow and i told him i've never shoveled before in my life. >> not too late to start. >> yikes. >> i'm going to start tonight. >> you can visit my house. >> i'll be right there. >> have a good one. thank you jamie. >> she isn't showing up. still to come the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> taking a live look at our sky6 camera at philadelphia international airport. a cold night there, too. meteorologist adam joseph will have details when we come right back. >> ♪

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>> adam joseph is here. you being from new england you're probably used to this cold weather. >> when i lived in vermont we had below zero temperatures. >> all the time. >> fuel lines froze in the car. >> i'm sure your hair looked great, didn't it. >> always does. [laughter] >> at least i have hair. >> oh, i heard that.

[laughter] >> wind chill advisories in effect now. have been extended until 10 o'clock on sunday morning for the entire viewing area. wind chill warnings up in the poconos. basically what this means is limit your outdoor time if you can right through 10 o'clock on sunday morning 'cause frost bite if you're not careful and your extremities especially like the fingertips, toes, ears, nose you can get frost bite in less than 30 minutes. 16 is the air temperature right now in philadelphia. 15 trenton, allentown. 15 wilmington as well as millville so temperatures are pretty on par across-the-board here. not varying all that much but then up factor in the wind and this is the number we're going to pay attention to all weekend long. feeling below zero pretty much area wide with the jackpot up in the poconos and not a good jackpot, 19 degrees below zero. satellite and radar showing that the atmosphere is

completely wiped out at this point here. so, we've got that crystal clear sky out there. you do see some clouds to the north and west due to that cold wind coming off of the great lakes. but also with this extended cold, if you take a look here from harvey cedars, new jersey, there on long beach island, harvey cedars police they're great about tweeting out and warning people and letting them know what's going on on the island there you can see that the bay is completely frozen over but a beautiful shot as the sun sets here this evening without a cloud in the sky and quite a view. equally beautiful in the winter as the summer but very dangerous out there for extended periods of time. overnight tonight clear, frigid but wind chills subzero and near records for trenton, wilmington as well as atlantic city by tomorrow morning. icy cold elsewhere despite no records late tonight but then tomorrow that sunshine is with us, the arctic high still way to the west so the wind still 35 to 40 miles an hour. a high of 15, colder than

today with wind chills five to 15 below the entire day and then as the winds ease saturday night sunday morning as winds relax you can throw even more of any heat that's generated up into the atmosphere so we're going to slam those temperatures down below zero. these aren't wind chills, these are air temperatures. by sunday morning breaking all of these old records and smashing the old record of four in 1884 in atlantic city. we're going for five below sunday morning. then monday there are two systems we're watching. they stay separate here so we just got a little clip here put even with a little clip late monday, monday evening and monday night, there could be some ice and snow to deal with here as the pattern starts to change. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast it's a quiet but dangerously cold weekend. highs only in the teens. wind chills below that. again, late monday there will be that wintry mix passing through at 34 and then we bump it to the 40's tuesday. there is a little bit blip here on wednesday down to 35 but then back to the 40's and 50's at the end of next week

with some rain possible there always is a january thaw every year. >> thank goodness. >> couldn't come sooner. >> something to look forward to. >> much more "action news" coming your way. we'll be right back. stick around. >> ♪

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yesrday's storm like here in ocean city that much more difficult. and this is what it looked like today on watkins street in south philadelphia. as always the residential side streets are last to see plows and local residents have to do their part. but for the next several days, it's all about polar type temperatures. let's get the latest from meteorologist cecily tynan. >> and jim, those dangerous wind chills sett inovernight ane sticking around right through the weekend. the poconos this morning nearly felt 30 degrees below zero with the wind chill, allentown 11 below, philadelphia eight below, wilmington nine below atlantic city airport with all that snow 7 degrees below zero and wind chills actually will drop even lower tomorrow morning. right now wind chills already dropping below zero in philadelphia, four below in allentown and reading, six below in lancaster, two below millville. 23 degrees below zero in the poconos and the national weather service has extended

the wind chill advisory. it was supposed to be in effect until noon tomorrow. it's now been extended u