the big story on "action news" this noon is the nation honoring the legacy of dr. martin luther

king junior. through symbolic gestures and agents of service to help others, thousands in the area are doing their part to pay tribute to the slain civil rights leader. the action cam is live on independence mall where the 33 national bell ringing ceremony is underway. the symbolic ringing of the liberty bell is one of the many events happening across the country and in philadelphia. "action news" jeanette reyes is live in north philadelphia where the nailings' largest mlk -- nation's largest mlk service day event is underway. >> reporter: this is an impressive event it got underway at 8:00 a.m. boy, it is is pact room. some people have been coming and going throughout the day. people and young and old are doing activities, saying it's not a day off saying it's a day to give back an honor dr. king. >> for tens of tens of thousanf

volunteers in the delaware valley today was anything but a day to catch up on sleep. a national record of 150,000 people participated in the greater philadelphia martin luther king day of service. it is the country's oldest and largest event of its kind. todd bernstein is it's director. >> i think we're a divided nation and that's been compounded in recent times, i think now is perhaps, more important than in recent years for us to try to come together. >> thousands did just that including bob casey, philadelphia school superintendent dr. william hite and governor tom wolf. that's what today is about, dr. king was about service above all. we need to create a fire society for everyone. >> reporter: local organizations an companies and volunteers donate their time and resources.

>> reporter: we're parting here to help women who are transitioning back into the workforce by making inspiration work cards and beauty bags and necessities and toiletries. >> reporter: each played a small role in bringing to life what dr. king's undieing dream. >> it was mlk's vision it feels like a big philly community here. >> reporter: and coming back outside live, i want to show you the banners that you see across the room. this is 23 years worth of banners created by the younger generation it reflects the times in which they were made, soda they are reflecting movement change and hope for a better future a future that is inclusive for everyone. jeanette reyes channel 6 "action

news." >> thank you. there are many places to get involved on this day of service. you can find information on how to take part on our website 6abc.com. now, to the weather and the cold temperatures that continue to grip the delaware and lehigh valleys, and having problems especially along waterways, going live outside, sky6 live hd showing you the view of independence hall a cloudy start to the workweek, a little bit of snow on the horizon, perhaps. chopper 6 hd was over this scene in trenton as ice jams on the delaware river have prompted flood warnings. meteorologist david murphy has the first check on the accuweather forecast. david. >> reporter: sarah, we'll get to the flood warnings in a second. we have cloud cover that rolled in off the ocean and we're stuck with mostly cloudy skies the rest of the way and occasional sunny breaks. it's cold in case you have an mlk day volunteer activity outside, bundle up, 30 degrees in trenton. 29 in philadelphia.

23 in allentown. 27 in wilmington. 32 in millville. 35 in cape may. with winds running 8 to 16 miles per hour we have windchills in the teens in a lot of spots, feels like 18 degrees as you step outside in philadelphia and wilmington, currently. 11 in reading. 16 in allentown. 23-degree windchill in trenton and 25 in millville. bundle up a little bit as we head outside today. as we go through the rest of the day, temperatures don't go all that far, looks like we'll get up to 32 degrees for a high around 3:00 p.m. and pretty much hold on 29 and 28 as we go later into the night. you can see how it's mostly cloudy, maybe a couple of sunny breaks. the windchills not letting up, looks like they will be in the low to mid 20s the rest of the afternoon with the general 8 to 16-mile an hour. here's the flood warning on either side of the delaware valley from yardley and bucks county through morrisville and trenton and below trenton. in these areas because of the ice jam we showed you on chopper

6 hd we have minor flooding on either side of the river. the flood stage was hit this morning, we expect the crest to come later on this evening, it may take a day or two to get back down below the 20-foot margin. in the meantime, flooded roads where he showed you on chopper. some of the water is turning to ice that could last until tuesday night or wednesday before the water recedes. of course, if it turns to ice it will not go anywhere. use caution with this. we have a clipper system out of the west gradual during the later part of the day tuesday and perhaps wednesday morning. more on that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> this reminder get updates on the wintry forecast and check storm tracker 6 live at any time on your phone or tablet. the 6abc app is a free download for your mobile device. family and friends will

gather today to say goodbye to the university of pennsylvania student who was found murdered in california last week. he feels home on winter break after he went missing meeting up with a high school friend. his body was discovered last tuesday. officials are waiting for autopsy results to determine the exact cause of death. police i say dna evidence linked burnstein's death with his friend. that friend, samuel woodward is hind bars. so far no charges have been filed. police have not released a motive. disturbing social media post have surfaced in which woodward said if he could learn a new skill it would be water boarding, asked about cannables, he said they have the right idea. 26-year-old keith borris was involved in the hit-and-run

on the 800 block of north dupont highway at 4:00 p.m. on thursday. he was found three hours later passed out in the driver seat of the car with the child in the vehicle at the transportation circle and south bay road. the child was not hurt. borris is on administrative leave without pay. president trump is pushing back against claims he is a racist following controversial comments he made about haiti and african countries. we go to washington, d.c. with the president's response to the critics, arlette good afternoon. >> reporter: president trump is spending martin luther king at one of his golf clubs in florida. his first tweet of the day was attacking democrats on the immigration issue as the backlash continues to grow after the comments in an oval office

meeting. president trump on defense. >> i am not a racist. i am the least racist person you have ever interviewed. >> reporter: he denied using a vulgar word about african nation also. two respects said they did not recall the president using the term. now a flatout denial. >> i'm telling you he did not use that word. >> i didn't hear it i was sitting no further way from donald trump than dick durbin, the only democrat on hand said he used that word. >> he said it repeatedly. >> john lewis is firing back. >> i don't think there's away you can swear what the president said with the words of martin luther king.

>> reporter: the backlash comes as lawmakers try to hammer out a deal to protect the dreamers, undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children, but the president said the democrats put dacca fix in jeopardy. >> i don't think the democrats want to make a deal. they talk about dacca but they don't want to help the people. >> reporter: democrats want protection for dreamers to be part of a deal to avoid a government shut down but they are facing a time crunch government funding is set to expire on friday. >> sarah. >> thank you for that report. the eagles have one more team to beat to get to the super bowl and yet again they will be the underdog. this final hail mary during the vikings saints game, the final touchdown gave the vikings the win they will be the first team ever to pay for -- play for the

title in the team's home stadium. bob brooks is live in south philadelphia with what fans have to say about the big matchup. hey there, bob. >> reporter: hey, sarah if anyone happened to watch any football over the weekend i think there were a lot of people who did, you know any nfl team can win any nfl game. the birds fans say why not the eagles especially since they will be playing at lincoln financial field. >> are you never not going to wear that hat throughout the week. >> no i put it on purpose i'm representing my eagles. i've had it for four years now. i think we're going to the championship. >> reporter: there's people whole wear their gear everyday. some are recuperating from the heart-stopping win. >> looking forward to next

sunday. >> reporter: a lot of us relishing the win against the falcons. >> go eagles. many eagles players wanted to remind the nay sayers after the game they were the underdogs donning the dog masks. birds fans like their odds. >> they got to come through philly to win, minnesota they lucky. nick foles is where it's at right now. >> reporter: can they take the vikings? >> yes. >> reporter: we didn't speak to anyone who wanted to play against drew brees and company, but fans know you can't take anyone lightly. >> don't get too high, don't get too low, get going keep going all the way. >> reporter: you can see crews

at the linc cleaning up from saturday night's game or getting things ready for next sunday. either way, the minnesota vikings are coming to town and the eagles have to beat the vikings to get back to minnesota for super bowl 52. bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. head coach doug peterson is giving an update on the team as they prepare for the championship. let's listen in for a second. [inaudible] >> well in the first half in the first half, you know you saw the first play of the game was a play action jet sweep that we had the first play of the game take a shot. just, again, the weather, and the wind, and we got the play and got the pass interference called. as the game wore on, the run game, the run in the first half

kind of taking off with jay a little bit of 29 in the second quarter. and then that he is just opens up the second half of the ballgame. you know what i am saying. it's part of the run game in the first half. >> we'll have more on what coach peterson has to say about the big game coming up and the game over the weekend in the next half-hour of "action news." if you want to get your hands on tickets to the nfc chip they go on sale at 10:00 a.m., $107 to 1255, standing room only -- $255. standing room over $135. there's four tickets per household. eagles fans are showing off in their eagles gear. friends, family and pets are getting in on the action. post your photo on social media, using the #6abcaction.

still to come on "action news" at noon, a new safety alert changes are in place following this week at massive missile scare in hawaii. the devastating news out of florida following a horrific boat fire along the gulf coast. "action news" will be right back.

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>> turning to the terrifying missile alert sent in hawaii, and why it took 38 minutes to retrack the alert when officials knew it was not real after 3 minutes. that's the message that sent people running for shelter around 8:07 a.m. saturday morning. after officials say an employee hit a wrong button. emergency workers say they did not have the correct workers in place to say it was a false alarm. now they will have two people do the alert and say it is a false alarm. a woman died hours after a casino boat caught fire forcing her and the other passenger to jump to safety. the 40-year-old escaped the blaze at 4:00 p.m. on sunday. they jumped into the chilly

waters of the florida gulf coast. they were 100 feet from the shore and had to swim back to land. 15 people went to the hospital, she was not one of them. she became i will and went back to the hospital that night. it's amazing more people were not hard. >> i have to praise the boat captain who got the boat in so close when they got in the water they had a very short distance to go. >> it is believed the fire started in the boat's engine room.

>> in "healthcheck," the nation is at peak flu season and the

disease is considered an epidemic. the centers for disease control an prevention say because of the hospitalization rates for the flu. it is peaking earlier than it normally would. there were 7 flu deaths last week that bring the total to 20 the for the season that started october 1. it's a maternity photo shoot thawf -- that you have never seen before. how much do you love your car, would you buy it again if you could. that's consumer reports is finding out in their satisfaction survey. find out which cars delivered on their promises. that's on "action news" at 4:00 p.m. david murphy will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back. >> david murphy here with the

accuweather forecast, cold start to the day, checking a spot of

snow. >> reporter: a little bit of snow coming in, might be enough to make roads slippery late tomorrow and wednesday morning. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows us we are dry. taking a look outside, we have sky6 live hd. there's the rothman ice rink they are getting traffic on the ice rink despite the clouds and the cold air in place. 28 degrees, a little below freezing. wednesday out of the northeast at 13 that's giving you a windchill of 17. if you're planning to head out on martin luther king bundle up. 33 degrees in trenton. 33 in allentown. 27 in wilmington, the freezing mark 32 in millville. we had cloud cover welling in off the ocean. we might get a sunny break here or there. but we're stuck under the clouds. in allentown, increasing clouds, 28 degrees is the cold high there. increasing clouds at the shore, windchills in the 20s. clouds continue to increase in philadelphia with a high of 32 degrees this afternoon. still on the cold side, winds out of the northeast 8 to 16

giving you windchills in the 20s all the way. mostly cloudy overnight dipping to 27. winds lightning up in the overnight hours. tomorrow, anytime after about one or two p.m. in the northern and western suburbs we're looking at snow arriving. the latest model run has this holding off until 5:00 p.m. i think this will come down to philadelphia faster than that and sliding through the region. model right now has this possibly still around for early wednesday morning maybe for the beginning of the commute before it finally gets toward the east. i think whatever is happening on wednesday is probably fairly light. overall we're not looking at a whole lot of snow, but it will be out there. snow arriving around 2:00 p.m. across the region. it will last until wednesday morning. we're going for a coating to 2 inches out of this, higher months north and west you go. slippery travel is possible in

northern and western areas where you will get more. european model showing philadelphia and the coating to an inch zone. allentown gets up to 3 inches or more. gfs showing you the same idea. allentown getting more on the gfs. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we're going for a high of 32, clouds out there, cold for martin luther king. tomorrow later in the afternoon, some snow arrives might mix with rain initially and then we get the light snow event overnight into early tuesday morning. the high of 40 will zip down once the snow starts. wednesday morning, the snow will be light and 35. 37 on thursday, brisk and chilly. 43 on friday we start the weekend with 46 and sarah, 54 degrees for the sunday forecast. there's a chance of evening rain. it is an evening game for the eagles, hopefully it stays dry during the game. >> quick break another half-hour of "action news" when

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time to fulfill martin luther king's dream of a better america. eagles head coach doug peterson has his say about facing the vikings for the nfc title. >> and now the details, the arctic blast which gripped the area for the last few weeks is creating new problems rising waters creating ice jams along the rivers. this was the view on chopper 6 hd delaware river in trenton. massive chunks are blocking the river causing flooding in low-lying spots. walter perez joins us live from lower make if he would bucks county where they are dealing with problems today. hi, walter. >> reporter: that's right, sarah we'll give you a live look at the intersection of river road and ferry road in lower makefield. as you can see it's an amadisonning sight. it is not like this along the entire -- it is an amazing sight. it's not like this along the