♪ ♪ ♪ he answered the call but sadly never came home alive. this morning tributes pouring in for matthew letourneau. >> water department crews got to work overnight in some of the coldest air yet in the arctic blasts record lows may be shattered this morning. and we do have breaking news

from the vine street expressway this morning. the expressway is closed in both directions from 17th to 23rd streets because of ice. the water came from here. it's a water line break at a garage at 17th and callow hill. the action cam is live at the expressway. penn dot salt trucks and water crews are on the scene to cut off the water and remove the ice from the expressway. we're getting word that the ice isn't the only thing or the garage isn't the only thing that's causing the problem. for now avoid the vine street expressway and you can stick with action news and we'll be sure to keep you posted on any changes to this breaking store. >> and a pleasant good morning to you. nydia han is off. jeannette reyes is joining us. chris sowers is outside. >> my nostrils hurt. every time you breathe in every morning it gets worse and worse. take a look at some of the temperatures to our west right

now. several locations are actually below zero at this point. 1 degree above zero new town, 1 degree in media, 2 in longwood and pottstown, ewing and browns mills, 1. vineland -1, glassboro4. i don't know if you saw that here. did you see the ocean temperature right now is 29 degrees. salt water starts freezing when you start to get into that 27-30 degree range and there's a ton of ice on the bay and actually the ocean front. the wind chills look like this. -14 in millville -14 in atlantic city. it's 23 below in the poconos and -8 in philadelphia. forecast for today it actually gets a little better. i'm standing on city avenue and the winds have finally gone

completely calm so it's not as hash. it's bitter but not quite as harsh. it stays cold highs only around 19 but not nearly as brutal as what we experienced yesterday. i didn't even go outside once i was done with work. it was really cold with that wind. wind chills this afternoon by let's say lunchtime, 5 degrees above zero. 2:00, 7. by 4:00, 8. and by 6:00, 7. winds are a little bit lighter today 5-15 miles per hour. so again it's cold but not as harsh as yesterday. tomorrow temperatures actually get above freezing for a little bit. we're shooting for a high of 33 or 34. the problem with tomorrow is a round of light sleet, freezing rain and snow. all three of them are going to move in here and it will create slick spots just in time for the evening commute. i'll have the timing for you and some milder weather later on in the accuweather 7-day forecast. guys? >> can't wait for the warm-up. your time now 7:03 all across the area whether you are taking

a walk or doing anything outside this morning is down right brutal. old man winter not answering our prayers for that warmer weather, at least not yet. jeff chirico has more on those in need of help from this polar plunge. >> it's freezing. >> reporter: but at acme in the northeast. >> i had to come get something for my mom. >> reporter: not even the cold deterred some from venturing outside. >> i had to pick up a couple of things. >> reporter: we saw this woman dashin across the city the polar plunge taking its toll on people and pipes. a water main break will no doubt quickly become an icy mess. this is one of ten. meanwhile the dangerous cold has homeless advocates on alert. at chosen 300 ministries organizers served the saturday meal and ensured no one will be left out in the cold. >> there are folks who don't have a place to go.

>> reporter: the outreach team arrived and took several to a shelter. >> this is a dangerous temperature that we're dealing with and people can become very sick or they can actually die and we want to prevent that from happening. >> reporter: and staying warm is a concern for this couple too. hattie has been scooping water of her >> how often do you go do that? >> every two the clock when i go to bed and get up andop water. and my hands start swelling up. ter: after we hattie the water department did stop by.nable to fix it and said they would come out later today to fix it. if you do see someone outside, a homeless person on the streets, advocates are asking for you to contact them. you can find the phone number for the outreach coordinator by going to projecthome.org. in the northeast jeff chirico, channel 6 action news. >> and folks here had warm

thoughts dancing through their heads. they took a walk on the snow that now lines the atlantic city boardwalk. days at the beach, seems far away, doesn't it? the cold air will keep the snow at the shore for days to come. and check storm tracker 6 live throughout the weekend on your phone or your tabltd. the 6abc app a free download for your mobile device. >> a plaque surrounded by black bunting mourns fallen firefighter matthew letourneau. part of the home came crashing down on him. annie mccormick talked to those about the legacy he leaves behind. >> reporter: procession for 42-year-old philadelphia firefighter lieutenant matt letourneau ended here in his hometown of springfield, delaware county.

officials say the 11-year veteran of the department was pinned by falling debris. at springfield fire company he was remembered as a life member. >> this is where he started. this is what started him on the path to become a career firefighter. >> reporter: letourneau began serving while at high school he continued to teach and mentor here. >> absolutely one of the best trained well-intentioned and passionate firefighters i've ever met. >> matt and i sat next to each other in fire school. >> reporter: the founder of red paw emergency relief team the nonprofit created to help pets affected by fires and disasters says it was letourneau who early on became a devoted volunteer. >> if he was at a fire where there were pets he would call us right away. he did everything. he was a volunteer, he was a foster he was donor. >> reporter: he even adopted kittens he rescued himself. he died just as he lived helping

others. >> i think matt always stood out as a person who wanted to serve others, in the fire service, in the community. as devastating as it is i'm not shocked that he gave his life trying to save someone else. lack bunting is up here at engine 45 as the ers who alongside the lieutenant dough remember him and mourn at this time. according to a statement released by the philadelphia fire department. he is survived by his mother and other relatives. annie mccormick, channel 6 action news. >> the fire lieutenant letourneau was responding to also killed a person in the home there on north colorado street. in the next half hour you'll hear the mayday call for help at that scene. new this morning a driver is hurt after an suv slid on the slick roads and slammed into a utility pole in delaware county. the action cam was on the scene here at about 12:30 thismorning.

crash brought wires down across the roadway. there's no word this morning on the extent of the driver's injuries. utility crews are making repairs to the downed wires. >> your time now 7:09. if you're just waking up with us this morning it's going to cost you more money to drive along the pennsylvania turnpike. a fare hike kicked in overnight. a 6% increase. one exception there's no increase for easy pass customers at the delaware bridge going westbound in bucks county. fare hike is the latest in a number of increases to help the turnpike commission meet financial obligations. mystery no more. the eagles' playoff opponent now set. the birds facing the atlanta falcons. kickoff 4:35 on saturday. matt ryan and the falcons knocked off the rams just last night to move on to face our birds. >> it doesn't matter where we're going we're going.

and that's the most exciting part. i'm just happy for our team. we put in a lot of really hard work through the off season all season and to keep it going is our main goal so we're excited to head up to philly next week. >> let's go eagles. we would like to remind you don't forget to send us your eagles pictures and those spectacular videos. post them to twitter or instagram. just use the hashtag #6abcaction. you just may see your family your children and yes even your pets featured right here on action news. >> there is just one winning ticket last night in the huge power ball drawing. that $559.7 million jackpot was the seventh largest in power ball history. it was sold in new hampshire. but there was one $1 million winning ticket sold in new

jersey. wednesday's drawing will be worth an estimated $40 million. and there is still no name or names for that mega millions winner from friday night. the ticket worth a cool $450 million was sold at this 7-11 near tampa. the store owner will get $100000 for just selling the winning ticket. >> president trump lashing out at a new book that questions his mental sting a news conference at campterday the president called then and the author a fraud. his remarks followed an earlier tweet in which president trump said he is quote a very stable genius. michael wolff's new books that even presidquestionoffice. news conference to also lay out his agenda for this year which includes funding the wall, immigration reform and finding a peaceful solution to the north

korea problem. >> still ahead on action news we remember a brother who put his own fans on the entertainment world. >> the arctic invasion trus flights. chris? >> i'm almost to the point where i've had enough. we're at 1 degree above zero in the lehigh valley. 2 in trenton, 2 in wilmington and zero a new record for atlantic city. here's the good news. by friday you can add about 50 degrees to all of those numbers.

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dogs and two cats. yesterday though they were reunited thanks to the efforts of puerto rico animals unite and save me animal rescue. >> reunited with my pets is the best gift i could get today. three wise men day that we celebrate back at home. not much celebrations i can do except be with my family. >> bittersweet. the animals are already settling in. his family is finally complete again. i love that. >> yeah. your time now 7:15. so glad you're waking up with us. if you're planning your sunday meteorologist chris sowers is tracking the accuweather forecast. for a slight second i thought you didn't like me anymore. >> hibernating. >> i've got to say this. it reminded me of a meme that says i live somewhere where the wind hurts my face. >> right here right now.

let's go live on sky 6. look at the ice on the delaware river. in the accuweather 7-day forecast, we have 41 for the high on tuesday. my goodness, that's going to feel unbelievable. you're going to have people running around in shorts because of how cold it's been here. look at some of the size of the chunks of ice on the delaware river. a buddy of mine i don't know if you're familiar with the southern tip of cape may. there's a half sunken ship made of cement of all things. the ice is so thick they were able to walk out to that ship yesterday. it's unbelievable to get that kind of ice on the delaware bay. that's what they're seeing right now because of this right here. look how brutal these numbers are. it's 1 degree above zero in allentown. 2 in trenton wilmington is a new record low too. your 1 degree below zero in millville. believe it or not your record low is something like -7 or -8. not quite record territory but

you factor in the winds and it gets ugly. 8 degrees below zero in philadelphia. as we've been saying here for the last two weeks, if you're going to be outdoors, you need to bundle up. make sure you're covering the extremities. 19 degrees is today's forecasted high. the normal is 14. this is coming off of yesterday's 16 and only 17 the day before that. 6 is where we started out this morning and that's actually the present temperature reading. wind chills later this afternoon may actually get above zero for a change. we didn't manage that at all yesterday but if we're lucky by late morning, let's say 1 below in allentown, 3 above in philadelphia and during the course of the day the wind should start to relax a little bit. that means it's not going to be nearly as harsh as yesterday. by 3:00 it will feel like 10 degrees above for philadelphia, dover wilmington and millville. 8 in allentown and 5 in the

poconos. as we get into the evening hours tonight, the numbers are pretty much camping out in the single digingth than this because the winds begin to calm and the temperatures aloft will start warming. you can see the process here this bitter cold is starting to retreat up into canada where it belongs and we're seeing 40s and 50s down to the southwest. all of these locations were down into the 20s and 30s yesterday. what we're seeing is the milder air aloft starting to race across the lower 48 squeezing some moisture here. so all of this pushes east. so we'll look at future tracker 6, we'll skip over today since today is a quiet day. by 11:00 tomorrow morning we're looking at mainly cloudy conditions temperatures are in the 20s and here comes this little band of moisture. by 3:00 it is snowing to the west and maybe a wintry mix of snow freezing rain over thei-95 corridor just in time for the evening commute. once that passes the next couple of days after that actually look

okay and much, much milder with high temperatures in the upper 30s to mid 40s. so what you can expect for tomorrow mainly cloudy day from 2:00 to 7:00 in the afternoon is when all of this precipitation begins. it's all snow for the lehigh valley actually north of the pennsylvania turnpike. anyone north of there it's probably all snow. south of that mark is mainly sleet with snow mixed in possibly freezing rain. there could be a coating, perhaps a little bit more that's going to create slippery roads. the ground continues to be frozen. so if you get freezing rain everything is going to stick and glaze over so be very careful tomorrow afternoon. sun few clouds today, less wind 19 hit that right around 3:00, oon. a lot of sun just bitter cold temperatures as we go hour by hour. overnight tonight not quite as bad, 1 outlying suburbs, 15 for center city.

the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, 19 today, 33 with our wintry mix for the afternoon tomorrow. 41 tuesday. thursday 48 friday 57 and saturday maybe a shower early otherwise peeks of sun late. >> wilmington police officers and firefighters took part in an honored at lat particular tradition. they faced off in the winter classic. the athletes and spectators paused for a moment of silence to honor fallen philadelphia firefighter lieutenant matt letourneau. tonight's game helped raise money for kids battling cancer.

>> in the spring garden section of philadelphia part of the vine street expressway now a sheet of ice. the closing of a stretch of the expressway in both directions f 17th

for the source of the problem, ar line break at t e and 'll continue to trackrning. comedian and actor jerry van dyke has died. playing thelevision series "coach" in the late 1980s and also much of the '90s. he also made appearances on his older brother dick vandyke died of heart failure. he wasd. >> a promising the ind a cure for diabetes has uncovered an unintendedo help the effects of alzheimer's di alzheimer's experts say the lly encouraging since there have been no treatments for in nearly 15 years.

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not quite as intense today but still bitter cold. 15 for the high. i showed this earlier in the broadcast. this has been the pattern over the last two weeks. all of this cold airrth up into canada as we head into this weekend we start to see some milder pacific air race across the lower 48 and then we get after january 16th and i think all of you are going to enjoy this. the jet stream completely flattens out just like this. and this is all mild pacific air. we keep that cold air bottled up into canada. there's no north-south orientation to the jet stream. it's all west to east. so the cold stays north pacific air races across the country and this is what we're looking at here. from january 16th to february 2nd or 3 give or take it's going to be mild. we could have days in the 50s. not every day will be mild but the bulk will be. the pattern breaking down now. we do have some 50s thursday,

friday maybe even saturday. it's after the 16th is when the real thaw begins. >> thank you so much. the eagles' playoff game will be a battle of the birds. the falcons coming to the linc. matt ryan and the falcons bounce back from last year's super bowl meltdown. last time the eagles played the falcons in the playoffs it happened in 2004 and the eagles went to the super bowl. we're back after this.

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7:30 and right now we're following is breaking news from the spring garden section of philadelphia. part of the vine street expressway is now just a sheet of ice as you see right there. that ice has forced the closing of a stretch of the expressway in both directions from 17th to 23rd street. >> here's the source of the problem. a water line break at a garage above the expressway at 17th and callow hill streets. >> right now want to give you a live vantage point of the expressway. you can see it's closed in both directions. crews on scene working to cut off the water and remove the ice from the expressway. if you have to drive in this direction, you need to avoid this area and stick with action news for updates to this

breaking news story. chris sowers tracking the end to this terrible stretch of weather. today will be really bad but you say a nicer week is ahead. tell us about that. >> we could have temperatures some 50 degrees warmer sthan what we're seeing right now by thursday and friday. wi we still have one to go. high temperatures in the teens and we still have a wind chill advisory in effect. from tomorrow on things begin to get better.'s still a wind chill warning for the poconos. let's see where we stand here h we record lows. trenton atlantic city and wilmington have already set record lows. currently sitting at zer philadelphia is at 6 degrees entown 1 degrees and the record was -4. even if the air temperatures ard it's 14 below innd atlantic city. 9 below in the lehigh valley,

and 8 blowout there in beach haven. you really need to bundle up. temperatures getting no better than 19 degrees which is actually a little bit milder than yesterday. 10:00 a.m. temperature, 10. by lunchtime 14. aand by 4:00 18 degrees. it's going to be cold today but not as intense. less harsh than what we saw yesterday with those 40 mile per hour wind gusts. winds today at least during the afternoon hours between 5-15 miles per hour and wind chill values even though our high today is 19 it's going to feel like the single digits. it will feel like 8 degrees by 4:00 and 7 degrees by 6:00. we've got one more cold night coming up temperatures anywhere from 10 to 15 degrees above. and we have this little bout of in for tomorrow just in time once we getond that, the cold pattern breaks down and it turns much, much milder thursday, friday a saturday. tha you t wonderful numbers in that

accuweathe 7-day forecast when 10 minutes. jeannette? >> thank you so much. it was in this brutal cold philadelphia firefighters lost one of their own. lieutenant matthew letourneau just was killed in this fire trying to do what he did best help others in need. he leaves behind heartbreak but respect among his peers. another person also died in that blaze fueled by the wind. lieutenant letourneau's colleague's efforts to save him were in vain. bob brooks for help. 13. respond mayday. >> reporter: it was the call no one wants to hear mayday. a firefighter is trapped inside of a burning home. that frantic scene was happening in the 2200 block of north colorado street. firefighters had just gonakome to m rescue the crews found an occupant inside.

they got him out he wouldn't make itatt letourneau of engine 45 would become trapped during the response. >> an interior structural collapse occurred trapping lieutenant letourneau under debris. >> reporter: at that point officials say the fire had escalated to two alarms and more than 10re on scene in the mission to get lieutenant letourneau out began. >> he was never alone. the rescue effort started almost immediately and every firefighter and every medic on the scene quickly went into rescue mode and did everything they possibly could. >> reporter: the crews on scene continued to battle the blaze and navigate through heavy smoke and freezing conditions. both he and the other victim would be pronounced dead after being rushed to the hospital. it a entire it's tragiceone lost >> our hear>> reporter: two other firefighters were taken to the hoal as well. they're expeeigh wased tohe hospitre issuesey're expectup.his to be a

long thorough process to try exactly what happened here. bob brooks, channel 6 action news. >> lieutenant letourneau may have served in philadelphia but he is from delaware county. he started as a firefighter in springfield, delaware county. that's where he grew up. he was also a devoted volunteer with the red paw emergency volunteer team which helps pets affected by fires and disasters. fire where there were pets he would call us right away.everything. he was volunteer a foster, a donor. >> he is mher relatives. there are still a whole lot of be soi news for continuing coverage on the air also on the 6abc app as soon as we learn how this fire started and more information about that civilian who died. >> philadelphia police are investigating the city's first homicide of 2018. a man was killed and a woman was injured in a shooting. the victims were in this car when someone fired at least 11

shots into that vehicle. it happened around 6:00 last night at gerard and marion avenues. both victims were rushed to the hospital. the man died. the woman critically injured. at this hour no arrests have been made. > active search for a university of pennsylvania student who disappeared while visiting his home in southerncalifornia. 19-year-old was with his family over the holidays and just vanished on tuesday. police say he met up with a friend and they drove to a park in orange y. he was last seen that night around 11:30. his dad says he believes his son was planning to come home that night because he didn't take his wallet with him. >> we are certainly not the only ones dealing with the bitter cold weather in several states the wind chill dipping well below zero in many other locations down south. it is still unusually cold. thousands of air travelers also caught in thehis chill.abc's daria. grippinght cth

frustration that many people feel a to land in new york only to be told that they're going to be sitting on thearmac hours ise were originally told. backlog of flights that led to a reduction of gat according toort management inside passengers stranded. further south in charleston one of two runways finally opened days after rare snowfall. >> we'reike boston. we expect this weather maybe once every 10 years. >> the chicago river completely frozen and at least a few souls taken on the elements. air expected to slowly expand and temperatures are fiiblly expected to rise above freezing. >> you're time now -- the art of a former philadelphia lawyer who filled his home with his work now on public display. 6abc loves the arts is going to tell you where you can see it. >> also the man hur

flooding surrounded. what happens next beautiful shot skyline over camden new jersey. see the water and the ice? still cold. when warmth coming? chris sowers has the answer next.

>> c you for section of the vine street expressway in center city. a sheet of ice on the road. this all happened about 5:00 this morning. a water line at a parking garage at 17th and callow hill in spring garden. crews are working right now to remove that sheet of ice on the expressway. of course that area now closed between 17th and 23rd. so if you have to head that way, you need to detour. we'll keep watching this throughout the morning. >> the icing in the neighborhood

and throughout the city the snow will be melting some time soon. 40s will never feel so good. >> i was just eter. it's going to beevable.whon. the philadelphia international airport. temperatures are the coldest that we've seen since 2014 and that was when we were bombarded with that polar vortex. we've set new record lows in several locations and wait until you see the monthly departures. granted we're only a week into the month of january so what i did here was i took all seven days i took into account today's forecasted highs and lows with s and philadelphia right nowat 16 degrees below their normal. 14 degr allentown 15 degrees below normal in trenton and look at atlantic city. it's nearly 17 degrees colder than it normally should be during the first week of january. this is unbelievab k if i've ever seen departures that impressive here in the philadelphia area. usually you go outwest you get rapid changes because oto ge of stuff here is really 5 degrees that was thursday ormal

right th over the last couple of single digits it's 6 degrees above zero with dew point of winds are outt 9les per hour giving us a wind chillf -8. williamstown is 3 below vineland sitting at 3 below. browns mills zero and ewing checking in at zero. 23 below in the poconos with the wind. and everybody below zero when you factor in the breeze. 8 below in philadelphia and 9 below in lancaster. here's some good news. we're going to see a lot of sunshine out there today and with the sun and a small area of high pressure the winds will relax so it's not going to be nearly as harsh as what we experienced yesterday. we're going to start warming up the whole process going fro bitterold

to mild, tsn't like that so it starts squeezing out some moisture and with ll close to freezing here comes that moisture it's going to fall in a wintry mix. i would rather see the snow here. you start getting sleet and freezing rain it's going to be a problem. by 3:00 tomorrow afternoon we'reow sleet and freezing rain running from west to east across the viewing area. it's in the city by 4:0 probably hitting the coast around 5:30 or 6:00. and that will quickly race out to sea. temperatures drop down into the 20s behind it. the problem is going to be the ground is completely frozen and it has been for two weeks now so anything that falls will stick. the morning commute tomorrow is fine. roads are dry, mostly cloudy conditions it's just it's the evening commute where we see there of snow, sleet and freezing rain. we're looking at a coating in the philadelphia area. maybe as much as an inch of snow for allentown and the poconos. for today mostly sunny, 19 in philadelphia, 18 in millville,

20 in cape may and tonight temperatures dropping back down into the low teens, not quite as cold as what we're seeing right now. exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast we're up to 33 for tomorrow, but we're watching that small little system that wintry mix will develop. tuesday turning milder with a high of 41. wednesday a little bit cooler 39 and we really start to warmup.riday rain. and right now the eagles game looks okay. it's going to be chill b it dry.k about friday for the rest of the show? thank you so much buddy. your time now, 7:47. it is a moment seen by millions of people flooding from hurricane harvey rising around a man as he played his piano. this morning there's a happy ending to this story. >> reporter: eric harding new piano

his son loved so much was a total loss after hurricane harvey their home. theirs one of 350,000 homes destroyed b rising water. back to salvage what he could, he sat down to play one last song. video going viral vanessa carlton tweeted this is so important i'd like to get him a replacement piano. nearly four months later the final touch, that new piano delivered. >> stay hopeful through the wholehing. >> it's amazing. >> the message is that there's hope. >> reporter: for the hardings that is the sound of resilience.

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karen rogers explores masterpieces at the philadelphia museum of art gifted to the city 100 years ago. >> reporter: it's called old massers now and it's a major exhibition focusing on one of the finest collections of european art in the private collector. a 20th century philadelphia lawyer once described by the new york times as the greatest lawyer in the english-speaking world. johnson was the most famous lawyer of his day. he represented companies like american tobacco standard oil, jpmorgan and company. >> reporter: he was known for his art collection with nearly 1500 pieces of art. he turned his home into a museum

pilg it with artwork from his collection. >> paintings were hung frame to frame. he had paintings stacked up. every available surface. >> reporter: when he died he gifted the collection to the city and nearly 100 of those works are on view in old masters now. >> we have manet, monet. >> reporter: an additional works are stored in the museum's permanent gallery. >> 600 years of european painting and sculpture represented here. >> reporter: viewers can learn firsthand how conservators study and care for the artwork as it ages over time. >> it's hoping to give visitors a flavor for the collection andthe work that we as staff do at the collection today.

>> reporter: it's on display at philadelphia museum of art through february 19th. visit the artsinphilly.org. i'm karen rogers. >> a set of newborn twins in california have different birthdays and birth the pair was originally due on january 27th but they came just a bit early. the siblings and their mom are doing really well this morning. the twins will join three older sisters at home. we're back in just a bit.

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final check of the forecast with meteorologist chris sowers. >> 19 degrees will be today's forecasted high. we're startlocations are either at zero or maybe a degree or two below.

maybe a light wintry mix of snow sleet and freezing rain tomorrow afternoon and it gets better. 41 tuesday 39 wednesday and we're near 50 thursday and 57 for friday. the only down fall about friday's 57 is we're expecting some rain. but 57 will just wash everything away. >> i don't care about no rain. it's 57. thank you now 7:56. we're just a few minutes away from saying good morning to good morning america. >> here's a preview of the stories our friends are working on. >> coming up on dent trump on record and on offense m many fronts in a wide-ranging encounter with reporters he defended his mental stability, stood his ground on russia and he opened the door to talks with north korea. plus a pair of travel nightmares to tellabout. massive d travelers stranded for days at new york long piles of ggage.

the cruise ship that sailed directly into a and finally we are counting down to the big college football championship. rob is out on the field in atlanta. it's all coming up on gma. we'll see you soon. >> we'll see you good morning america weekend s continues bit later this morning. >> here are the stories we're working on for you at 9:00.ave the latest on ours here. a water line break has led to icy conditions and result d in a closure of the vine street expressway. you can see they're treating the road. it is quite the icy mess. we'll keep you posted on the developments there. >> you can get the on our website 6abcnews.com. >> for the entire action news team i'm gray hall make it a great day and stay warm.

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