russian companies charge y creating false companies, false personas and often usingstolen . sow discord. they staged political rallies inside the united states while posing as u.s. grass root entitiessi taies sol and. citizens to or discourage candidates. >> there is no allegation in this inctny was a participant in this illeal activity. there is no allegation in the h the charge altered the conduct of the 2016 election. >> reporter: aimed at helping the trump campaign or ts including ted cruz marcoubio and of course hillary clinton. >> as far as hacking i think

it was russia but i think we also get hacked by other countries and other people. >> reporter: the white house said the president was briefed on the indictment this morning and president trump took to twitter to say this is proof there was never any collusion ssians. his campgn however, this was a single indictment and special counsel investigation into possible collusion is far from over. serena marshall, abc news, the white house. >> ♪ >> all right, we are also keeping a close eye on the major weather changes moving through this is weekend and the accuweather alert for tomorrow's snowfall. a winter storm watch remains in effect for parts of the region. >> unzipped jackets t-shirt were enough for today. but tonight you'll feel the ature forecast.ist adam joseph >> you'll need all the winter gear come late tonight early tomorrow morning as temperatures really crash overnight tonight. behind this front that's bringing the rainfall right now, so as we head into the evening rush hour, it is damp

across the region here but as the rain ends from the north and west, the winds are starting to whip up and you can feel the chill in the wind and that's what's going to bring in the cold air late togh in fact, by 11 o'clock, 39philad syracuse, pittsburgh 26 degrees, so if you're thinking going into the snow, wr will be moving in jst time. by 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, 28 degrees in philadelphia, 23 in buffalo and freezing all the way down to roanoke and charleston, west virginia and this cold air is going to lock in as we begin this storm saturday late afternoon and it's speeding up a little bit here, so the first flakes will be falling between 4:00, 5 o'clock for much of the region. it starts as rain in far southern areas and stays as rain there but as we continue ening we'll manage tohe puncture in almost to the point of philadelphia to flip it to rain at times. so, winter storm watch remains

in effect saturday evening, saturday night for northwestern suburbs of pennsylvania, just away from the city of philadelphia and delaware county, the rest of southeast pa in this watch meaning this is the area to watch for the most snow and also snow covered roads on saturday evening. storm time line. 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. begins from southwest to northeast tomorrow. 6:00 p.m. to midnight is the heaviest snow in the northwestern suburbs and the heaviest rain to the south and east so it's a very fast moving powerful storm to come in in six hours and midnight to 2:00 a.m. it ends from southwest to northeast. the map of expected totals sharrie in a little bit. >> adam thank. as we head into the weekend check6abc.com for the latest storm watches and warnings. plus storm tracker6 live adar. we will also posted updated accuweather forecast and the snowfall totals. >> ♪ ing thato the deadly florida school shooting. the fbi is now coming under question for failing to

investigate a very specific tip about the shooting suspect. >> now, as a result attorney general jeff sessions has ordered a review of the agency's procedures. "action news" anchor alicia vitarelli joining us now w, this news comes as grieving parents start to do the unthinkable and that is bury their children. >> they are grieving, angry and they're saying their final goodbyes to the 17 innocent victims. all of this as the fbi admits it missed a critical tip that could have prevented this deadly mass school shooting. today florida's governor is calling for the fbi director to resign. >> the fbi with a bombshell revelation today, back on january 5th, a little more than a month before the massacre, a person close to cruz contacted their tip line to report details about his gun ownership, erratic behavior and disturbing social media posts about conducting a school shooting. the fbi admits this information should have been considered a potential threat

to life and that protocols were not followed. fbi director christopher wray saying today we "deeply regret the additional pain this causes all of those affected by the horrific tragedy." this as the first two funerals were under way today. mourners passed the star of david chapel for 14-year-old alyssa alhadeff. >> i would have taken the bullets for you. i would have protected you and i'm sorry i wasn't there. >> also today, services for 18-year-old senior meadow pollack who had already been accepted to lynn university for the fall. frank guttenberg's two kids were inside the high school when the shooting happened. his son made it out safely. but his 14-year-old daughter jamie did not. >> i sent her to school yesterday. she was supposed to be safe. >> today survivors are turning grief and anger who action calling on president trump and congress to do something about gun control.

cruz is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. he has confessed to carrying out the attack and is now on suicide watch. his public defender says he suffered from mental illness for years. >> he's sa he's remorseful. he is fully aware of what is goi on. he's just a broken human being. >> and again, cruz is being lawmakers in florida have agreed to destroy the portion of the school wherthat d saying this building has to come down. they want to replace that area of the school with a memorial to those 17 victims. >> sharrie. >> all right, alicia. in the wake of the florida shooting, parents and students were extra concerned when a local school went on lockdown. police responded when a student told the principal they saw a man with a gun inside the wagner school in west oak lane. and eventually uncovered a bb gun. "action news" porter bob

brooks talked to parents and students who were there on the scenehe'll hav 4:30. holice delawarebut for a man capture an armed robber. the suspect allegedly demanded money and cell phones from workers at a dunkin donuts in pike creek. running through the woods with cash. well, that's when jeffrey brooks stepped in. >> saw what was going on. ran them down the road and kind of saw him coming out of the woods and tackled him and waited for state police to show up. >> he said he had a four-year-old and he did it for his four-year-old, he was going to lose his job and he would never do it again, that kind of stuff. >> a few other bystanders helped brooks to hold the suspect down until arrived to take him into custody. >> wow. what actions from him. >> yeah. >> time for the "action news" traffic report. thell right, matt pelman news" traffic center with a first check on this friday afternoon. hey, matt. >> friday afternoon. happy friday on the cusp of a holiday weekend so we know it's going to be busy out there this afternoon, brian and sharrie. you couple that with the rain,

speeds are really slow on these highways look the good old schuylkill expressway. check out that travel time. 51 minutes on the westbound side already from the vine out to the blue route. those numbed be reversed. that should be a 15 minute drive, not a 51 minute drive but it's a long slow crawl out of town as you pass the boulevard here headed out toward king of prussia thisut oe mlk drive are getting reports of a crash there. so, coming out of the city, you might want to use the kelly drive or stay local on road or lancaster avenue because the schuylkill is a mess and mlk drive has an accident reported truck accident this afternoon in pottstown. it's 422. happened on the eastbound side and so eastbound has been all blocked off here by armand hammer boulevard but they alsohe westbound side. so just one lane getting by heading westbound toward pottstown. speeds in the teens. it's been even slower on the eastbound side. the bottom line is you want to steer clear of 422 in pottstown. stick with high street or

maybe 724 as some alternates. watching a crash in green lane along gravel pike close to snyder road. some injuries involved there and there's a car fire in burlington county partially blocking a ramp from the jersey turnpike southbound exit six. luckily you can squeeze by. let's gr your ways home with the waze app on this fridaynoon. loomery county a crash along 232 close to tomlinson road. we'll check it againrian and shar real in the next half ur thank up next here on "action news" at 4:00 today pennsylvania governor tom wolf talks about the controversial and widely watched battle for new congressional districts in the state. >> plus, details about changes being made to the busy ben franklin bridge. >> and chad pradelli live in state college for the start of penn state's thon. hey, chad. >> reporter: hey, guys. the 46 hour journey for 700 students is about to begin. it's the world's student run philanthropy. we'll have a live report coming up.

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>> ♪ >> well, chances are pretty good you won't be spending your weekend dancing for 46 hours straight. or volunteering to support those who are. thousands of students will be doing just that in state college. >> penn state's thon kicks off in less than two hours. it's the culmination of a year long fundraising effor top help families fighting ildhood cancer. penn state alum and "action news" reporter chad pradelli live on campus and chad we know the excitement there has to be building. >> reporter: yeah, sharrie, absolutely, the doors just opened here at the bryce jordan center. you can see the stands are now beginning to fill up. those are the people here to support the 700 or so dancers who will stand and dance for 46 straight hours. no sitting, and no sleep. it is a spectacular event if you've never been here. now, you can see some people here on the dance floor right now. these are actually volunteers who will support a specific dancer. now, if you're unaware, all

the money raised by thon goes to pediatric cancer and in particular the four diamond fund and penn state hershey children's hospital. it allows families to have some comfort to know that bill will be paid, the accommodations will be taken care of if their son or daughter has to deal with a horrific reality of cancer. you can see the stage right here. there will be performances all weekend. i want to he should you this year's theme, discovering tomorrow's wonder. now, moments ago i spoke to some of the organizers and they are certainly getting excited for thon 2018. >> we have thousands of students already lining up and feel there's a lot of great energy in the air and i think everyone is excited for when doors open and we get going and kick off. >> it's going to be a really touching weekend. just hoping to give back to the organization that's given me so much in my penn state experience. >> reporter: and these dancers will take the floor and stand at 6 o'clock and thisr

journey. you know, 4,000 families have been affected or impacted by the money raised here at thon. over $146 million. really a spectacular event and so uplifting if you've never been here and we'll have another report at 6 o'clock. we're going to show you when these students take on this task. i'm live in state college, chad pradelli channel6 "action news." back to you guys. >> such a great event chad. can't wait to see them get through this weekend. and we'll be watching your reports. 6abc.com is your home for thon coverage all weekend long. we'll bring you the very latest updates photos and yes, videos from penn state. and you can also find out how you can get involved to help with this noble mission of helping kids beat cancer. a project set to make it safer and more convenient to walk and bike over the ben franklin bridge. the port authority will begin work on the bridge south walkway. that area will be shut for more than a year. crews will replace the existing stairway in camden

with a new ramp. the north walkway will stay opened during construction and leaders are doing their best to keep the fifth street pedestrian tunnel open as well. work is expected to wrap up in april 2019. >> the governor of puerto rico made a visit to philadelphia today focusing on the help the small island still needs. there was a warm reception for governor ricardo racio. esperanza hosted the governor during a community breakfast in hunting park. he talked about the fiscal chaos and lack of energy and power still impacting americans on the island following hurricane maria. he also pleaded for resources and asked u.s. citizens on the mainland to speak up for them in puerto rico and coming elections. >> u.s. citizens that live in puerto rico unfortunately got treated as second class citizens. they are treated as second class citizens because we don't have the power to vote for voting members in congress

and for the president. >> well, the governor says the goal is to organize support across the united states and to hold people accountable in future elections. >> time once again for accuweather. meteorologist adam joseph as it starts to get gloomy out there on a friday afternoon waiting for the winter weather. >> that we are and we're going to get it here. this time tomorrow is almost when the snow starts breaking out for some of us and it turns heavy and steady as we get into the evening hours head over to the weather center. again it's a bit dismal with some rain still passing through most of the region here. live on sky6 in cape may raindrops falling here, temperatures warm but that is changing as i speak. we take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan, we are drying it out to the north and west but still raining right around the city of philadelphia to the south and east but the water will be shutting off in the city of philadelphia probably within the next 15, 20 minutes here. you see that last little stripe of green along i-95. a break to the north and west coming in and south and east at the shore it is hit or but again, that little batch of some heavier rain now off

atlantic city with some gusty winds and they, too, will be drying out within the nextur. everything's really kind of wrapping up pretty quickly here. we look at the temperatures. still fairly mild but you probably feel a little chill to the wind out there. 52 philadelphia, 51 allentown, 42 in the poconos, 56 in cape may. those winds are starting to move up and this is the colder air that is coming in. 20 miles an hour gustin rig now allentown, 26 wilmington, 25 in mivilllle. even 35 the atlantic city airport. that was that little gusty squall that you just saw on the radar that pushed off the coast. satellite and radar behind the clouds, there is clearing coming in from buffalo and binghamton and again, that is the colder air set to arrive. 11 o'clock 39 in philadelphia, freezing in allentown, 37 in millville. so heading out this evening bring a heavier coat 'cause you'll need it late tonight. and by the time we wake up saturday morning, it is cold everywhere. 20's taking over. 19 in the poconos. so, the cold air comes in just

in time before that southern system. in fact, at lunchtime tomorrow we're still near or just above freezing before the precipitation arrives and there you can see it, the blue area, that is snow. rain in southern areas. 5 o'clot starts to turn steadier and heav a good burst of precipitation in a very short window of time and a very important time 'cause most people are out saturday evening, 9:30 still snow philadelphia. to the north and west with temperatures near freezing. rain in southern areas and this rain-snow line it is going to flirt near the city. the question is how far north does it get? we'll still have to watch the track of this storm but then it's gone just after midnight 2:00 a.m., the storm moves out. so, how much snow to expect? hasn't really changed much since yesterday. three to 5-inches north and west. one to three along i-95. coating to an inch dover, millville, atlantic city. nothing for cape may county. but a closer look here, you found your town and where your region is and one to 3 inches right along i-95.

10 miles north to the south, that three to 5-inches, most of southeastern pennsylvania and if you're traveling around tomorrow evening, expect snow covered roads in the northwestern suburbs. i-95 metro area slushy and wet roads. same thing for interior south jersey. but coastal new jersey and far southern delaware just mainly wet roads. your four day at 4:00 forecast it kind of goes downhill late tomorrow afteron and evening milder sunny and sunday, 48. for the holiday sunny, rain arrives in the afternoon, 52 degrees. and snow what? 70 on tuesday, record tying warmth, even warmer by wednesday. we'll talk about it in the next half hour. >> all right, adam, thank you we want to conference is under way right now. the broward county sheriff in florida is updating the media on the very latest on the still unfolding investigation into that deadly school shooting that happened in parkland just a few days ago. we are streaming this online right now at 6abc.com but one

item of interest we learned is that the shooter here apparently did not wear a gas mask and did not have grenades as was reported elsewhere in the hours after the incident unfolded but of course you can watch this and we'll be monitoring it on 6abc.com. >> coming up tonight on "action news" at 11:00, fireworks fly when the troubleshooters try to help a family that has suffered a difficult loss. here's nydia han with a preview. >> reporter: the troubleshooters were called on to help with a very emotional situati. it involved a mother's death a temporary burial and a family's mission to get their parent moved to her final resting >> we haven't heard one message from the family. we haven't gotten one contact from the family. >> reporter: that's what you said before but the family has insisted that they've tried to contact you repeatedly. >> that's not true. >> reporter: find out how this saga ends tonight on channel6 "action news" at 11:00. [narrator] look around.

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>> one florida teenager is making an eerie connection between the tragedy she lived through an similar rampage that happened decades ago. 17-year-old carly novel shared this photo on twitter a day after she survived the florida school shooting by hiding in a closet. she says her grandfather charles cohen also hid in a closet to escape a mass murder nearly 70 years ago. cohen lived through gunman howard unruh's rampage in camden new jersey in 1949. 13 people were killed in what is considered to be the first mass shooting in america. novelle says the two tragedies although generations apart show there is still a need for change. >> people keep like saying their thoughts and prayers and all these things but it doesn't make a difference if nothing ever cng like just this happens over and over again and people are dying and it seems like it doesn't matter 'cause like what are thoughts and prayers going to do when people are already dead? >> novelle is now expressing her frustration with the

nation's gun laws saying they need to be stricter. >> pennsylvania's supreme court is now weighing a new proposal to redrew the state's congressional district. the man was submitted by governor tom wolf last night minutes before the court ordered deadline. it's the latest in a court mandated effort to rework the map which is widely viewed which is among the most politically motivated in america largely for re >> i have subjected this map to all the tests of fairness. it is a fair map and that's what i think we need as pennsylvanians. that's what we need as americans, fair maps. >> just days ago the governor blocked a proposal that was drafted by state republicans. if the supreme court rejects the governor's plan, it has said it will draw its own map instead. meanwhile the governor was in west philadelphia today to celebrate a new retail and communy services complex. he announced the plan for the 135,000 square foot hub called new market

west. the building will be used for high quality early childhood education, workforce development and community serving retail. construction is expected to be complete by fall of next year. >> there's still much more ahead on action news coming up in our next 30 minutes. "action news" at 4:00 will be right back. >> ♪ this winter in the state with more ski mountains than any other, family fun reaches a new peak. so whether you're a speed demon or more of a snow angel,

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look just gray right now you can see from storm tracker6 there that those skies will soon produce rain sleet or snow depending on where you live. for more on what you can expect and when let's get to meteorologist adam joseph. >> hard to fathom with all the warmth we had this week the rain that we're talking about accumulating snow but we are. storm tracker6 live double scan shows we're still dealing with the system from last night with rain progressing through. this is a front that's going to be ushering in that colder air just in time and along this boundary way down to the desert southwest is where our system is starting to gather strength. you can see the precipitation kind of growing near albuquerque new mexico and all this will be racing to the north and east as we get into early tomorrow afternoon. in fact, it even picks up more steam and this is one of those events that comes in during the night time hours, so we have to think it is still february. nighttime it is cold, climatology says it favors cold as opposed to warm this time of year with storms by

5:30, you can see this is all snow for a good part of our area at the onset of the store, rain in far southern areas and that rain-snow line is going to be pushing up to the north and west but it is all heavy wet snow in the northwestern suburbs of philadelphia tomorrow late afternoon into tomorrow night. it's snow at the onset dover, millville, all points to i-95 but then mixing and changing to rain at times but all rain in those very far southern areas and what to expect when you are talking about road conditions? saturday evening traveling around especially where it's snowing it goes from a low impact at 4:00 p.m. quickly to a high impact between 7:00 and 10 o'clock, that is the meat of the storm and then it falls apart after midnight. we'll chat more about snow totals and much more on this system and record warmth in that seven-day forecast. >> okay. whiplash there. >> whiplash. >> adam thanks. you can always get updates on the weekend forecast and check storm tracker6 live any time right on your phone or tablet. the 6abc app is free download for your mobile device.

>> new developments in that deadly school shooting in south florida. today as the community began to say goodbye to some of the 17 who were killed we learn the fbi might have been able to stop the rampage. in a statement the agency admitted it made a huge mistake in handling one tip it received last month about the accused killer. the fbi says a person close to nikolas cruz contacted the bureau's tip line with specific concerns about his gun ownership erratic behavior and desire to kill people but that tip line did not pass that information along to thebue and that was a breach of protocol. attorney general jeff sessions has already ordered a review of how things were handled. with the victims of wednesday's shooting still being buried and treated at florida hospitals, there is a heightened sense of awareness at schools across the country and that includes in west oak lane. the wagner school was placed on lockdown today after a students reported seeing a gun on campus. "action news" reporter bob

brooks live for us now at the school with details on this school scare today. bob. >> reporter: well, sharrie, first off what we want to do is thank the young girl who was brave enough and smart enough to tell the principal she saw someone here on campus with a gun. it's because of her actions telling the principal there was a quick response by police. as it turns turns out a bb gun was found at the school and an investigation is on to try and figure out who brought it here. >> this is a good feeling, this is a good feeling. >> reporter: the hug between child and family was a lot more special after school today at wagner middle. the reality is for a few hours these families didn't know if they would be able to do this again. according to police, at 9:00 a.m. they received a call, a student reported to the principal she witnessed a fellow student with a gun inside the building. from chopper6 we watched the immediate s.w.a.t. team response. then parents say they started getting calls from their children inside. all they could do though was

wait outside while police went to work. >> i'm scared, scared. i know he's scared. >> reporter: does she have a phone. >> yeah, i just talked to her not that long ago. >> reporter: what did she tell you. >> they just searched the the k-9dog. >> reporter: the school was on . each room was initially checked for safety first and then a second time more spoke ws once they were let out. >> i had to hide all the way in the back of the classroom. it was scary. >> rorter: did police give you any instructions at all. >> yeah, they checked me and they said just stay calm. >> reporter: then it was revealed a pistol sty bb gun wasdi behind a radiator. this is a model ay it looked li. >> we're going to talk to the main administrator if we can and get some answers. >> reporter: today had a happy ending but what happened in florida this week was clearly on everyone's mind. >> you see what just happened with 17 people lost they life, you know, the kids are fine so we're blessed today. >> reporter: also everyone from the police to the school district to parents here today want to thank the girl who

told the principal what she saw. >> to anyone who in these types of instances steps up and is brave and says, you know, they see something and they say something, thank you. >> reporter: we cannot thank this young girl enough for telling the principal. now, parents, they had some concerns about the school, the major one being metal detectors, they're hoping maybe some could be put in here at the school. also, back to t gun, police say its magazine was not there, that it was not loaded. for now reporting live in west oak lane bob brooks channel6 "action news." brian. >> all right, that's like what one mom said blessed every kid is okay. pennsylvania police trying to find out what caused a vehicle to crash into a delaware county creek. chopper6 was over the scene in middletown. that black car veered off of east knowlton road just before 1 o'clock and landed on its side in the water. police say the driver did manage to escape. they're working to find out right now whether the person was hurt and what might have

cahem to lose control. three men are behind bars in attempted murder charges in bensalem. investigators say they assaulted and stabbed a man at the berkeley trace apartments last week. police have since arrested his two stepsons christopher alvarado and alberto rodriguez and peralta. the man remains hospitalized while each of the suspects is held on $10 million bail. >> this year could go down as one of the worst flu seasons in history. but one hospital in south jersey has found protect the workers surrounded by the flu every day. "action news" anchor rick williams live for us now in our news room with more on this story today. hi, rick. right. the staff at our lady of lourdes hospital say they see about 10 to 15 flu patients but most of the staff has free. well, officials at the hospital attribute that to good prevention procedures including yearly flu shots. coming up tonight at 5:00 there are new statistics out

today showing just how effective this year's flu vaccine is. health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman will have those details tonight at 5:00. those are some of the other stories we're working on for you including an update on that school shooting in parkland florida on "action news" at 5 o'clock. until then back to the studio. brian see you later. >> see you in minutes rick. eagles super bowl victory still paying dividends to our region today philadelphia's homeless are sharing. the newly opened hub of hope with a $600 check was presented this morning. this comes as a result of the super bowl wager between wsp's boston and philadelphia offices. we now know that boston lost. the 11,000 square foot hub of hope is operated by project home and septa and provides vital services to the city's homeless population. >> good to see them pay up and all for a good cause. >> you got it. >> we turn now to a movie breaking ground and breaking records all across the country marvel's "black panther"

officially premiered today. >> if preview sales are any indication the superhero epic is going to be a monster hit. "action news" reporter gray hall now live at the amc philadelphia in north philadelphia with the reason this film is much more than entertainment to so many. gray. >> reporter: well, brian and sharrie many people tell me they have been waiting 82ers years to see a movie like this one. for those who got a chance to see that movie tell me it did not disappoint. pumped and ready for thetime.>>s release of mablck panther" at theaters across the area, it was ticket. caught up with those who had just purchased a ticket and those who had just seen fil. >> i'm just as excited about this movie as when barack obama became the first african-american president for the united states. i had that same exhileration because i can hand down this to my grandchildren.

they can see that it is possible for usave leaving the theater this movie featuring a black superhero and predominantly black cast spoke volumes and provided inspiration. >> even me i'm like 23, man seeing a black superhero. feel a sense of pride. >> it's powerful for black people to see a film where we're the super heroes finally. i've spent my whole life watching films with people who look nothing like me saving the daytime and time again and we get to be the side kick. this time we were everything. >> reporter: "black panther" is already breaking records. presales have outpaced every other superhero movie ever made. at amc broad theater in north philadelphia many ticket holders were students the charter school brought over 100 kids and used ts movie teaching tool. >> what's good for everyone is good for you and your success is determined by everybody else. like that word from south africa. [speaking foreign language] i am because are you. >> we shouldn't try to make it something that's a black movie

its a movie that transcends just our community. when you go about making it just a black movie you minimize the im only on the city but on the world. >> reporter: all right, so back out live a movie that everyone can go and see. we should also mention if you're headed out to see the movie tonight or this weekend, tickets are going fast. many show times are already sold out. also important to note that there is a fundraising effort right now in the works to send many students in the city of philadelphia to see this movie for absolutely free. live in north philadelphia, gray hall, channel6 "action news." brian, sharrie. >> all right, i've gotticket. glad to see people are excited about it. gray thanks. >> i never heard that of before. i am becau you are. >> beautiful phrase. >>till ahead we have a health alert about sometng you likely have in your kitchen right now. why researchers say a certain type of cookware could be the reason you can't lose weight. >> plus, one of the world's largest casino companies is doing away with that do not disturb policy.

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>> ♪ >> a delaware man accused of vandalizing a valuable statue was in court today. the fbi says 24-year-old michael rojana broke off and stole the thumb of a terra cotta warrior at the franklin institute. the $4.5 million statue was created in 209bc and was part of a visit from china. the judge determined there's enough evidence to send him to trial. >> we've got breaking news right now. chopper6 live over the scene of what is turning out to be one traffic mess here. this is the ben franklin parkway where it intersects with mlk drive, the merge here e fairmount section of philadelphia. it appears the driver lost control of this truck just before 4 o'clock so

it's on its side quite a mess obvus no traffic is getting by right now. we don't have any word on if there are any injuries at this point. the driver of that truck but obviously some traffic ramifications. matt pelman keeping on eye on this one and will bring us an update very shortly right here. >> ♪ >> health check at 4 o'clock a new study says you might be able to blame your expa waistline on your frying pan and we're not talking about what you're cooking. researchers from harvard university say the chemicals found in nonstick cookware interfere with metabolism in women. those with a higher concentration of the chemicals in their blood were more likely to regain any weight lost after dieting. the same substances were also found in food wrappers, stain resistant carpeting and water repellant clothing. >> what do you want me to do with the pants? big talkers now. do not disturb. you can hang it on your door

at caesar's in atlantic city but they will still check your room every 24 hours. caesar's is one of the world's largest casino companies and there's the latest hospitality firm to adopt this new in policgas shootingmassre hotel. caesar's is alsottons to its employees if they feel they're inanger or they feel threatened. they say for security purposes they will honor y request not to be disturbed to a degree but they say they will check each and every room at least once, if not twice a day. all right, picture this. you buy a swanky mansion in a los angeles neighborhood with a bougie zip code. this is known as the rosen heim mansion built in 1908archi. dr. ernst vonn schwartz and angela oakford bought it in 2015 not knowing not only at

the house haunted but it was the season of american horror story. this has sent some uber fans into a frenzy, some climbing fences, even garbage trucks just to get a better inside. people are also breakingnourse has the parent avenue newborn freaking ou they are suing for $3.2 million in damages. id know that the house was a filming location but they had idea that it had been deemed haunted and recently found out that known as the murder house. >> yeah. >> all things you might want to google, you know, before you put the paperwork in. >> don't want your new home. >> they don't put that in the real estate listing. >> no, mls might want to readjust that one much i'm sure they're going to try to sell it. >> alicia thank you. time for another check on the roads tonight. >> all right. matt pelman he update for us on this friday. hey, matt. >> scary stuff here this evening around eakins oval brian and sharrie. and i hadentioned this a few

mentioned during the last half hour problems on the mlk drive. with the ramp from eakins oval to get to the outbound martin luther king jr. west river drive, there's the truck. kind of a wide shot here. but if we zoom in there's the truck right there under the overpass on blocking off that ramp from eakins oval to go outbound on to mlk. get on the kelly outbound instead or brave the crowd on the westbound side of the schuylkill expressway although it is very, very busy this afternoon but because of this truck on its side blocking the ramp from eakins oval tooutbounk is closed from eakins oval out towards sweetbriar drive. to the maps, talk about that and other issues we're watching this afternoon on the big picture including a crash in mount airy creche shouldn't valley drive at lincoln drive. speeds dropping onhe highways on a busy friday afternoon and we're watching a pair of disabled vehicles on

the vine street expressway. one of them's right here eastbound side -- and there it goes, the police officer escorting him off eastbound side approaching eighth street all lanes just reopening but up ahead there is still one on the rampo go north 95. in valley forge national park watching a along 252 near 23. fire police are helping you around that and 422 has reopened after our truck accident in pottown. they're to come out later and make some emergency repairs. we'll check it again, brian and sharrie, coming up in the 5 o'clock hour. >> all right, matt, thank you. >> meteorologist adam joseph with that exclusive accuweher 7-day forecast and word on the weekend coming up next. presents...

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>> adam joseph back with that accuweather forecast. going to be one of those saturday nights to light the fireplace. >> that's what i plan on doing. pop a cork and sit back and

relax and watch the snowfall especially north and west. the problem here is the bad timing. the heaviest of the storm is between 7:00 p.m. and 9 p.m. saturday evening when people want to be traveling around and it could be snowing half an inch, an inch per hour where it stays as snow so that is the issue. let's head over to the weather center chat about this. it's especially in our northwestern suburbs from philadelphia where that snow is going to be an issue saturday evening into saturday night. we're talking chesternty, bucks county, all points up into the lehigh valley and poconos. this is where we expect the heaviest snowfall to occur and those totals and it's one of those heavy wet snows. take this storm much like a late march snowstorm. as we look at storm tracker6 live double scan, the rain that was in philadelphia in the last half hour it's gone now so this is a cold front swinging to the south off the coast and that's what's going to be ushering in this very cold air overnight tonight setting up that ingredient for snow for the next storm. right now 51 allentown reading

52, 54 in dover. winds continue to funnel in and all this is attached, the same storm we have right now, the boundary drapes down into the desert southwest and this is the storm that will be cutting across the deep south and gaining momentum and strength and again it's not a large storm, it's not going to last that long but it's going to pack a punch in a very short window of time. so, for tonight, rain ends and then it turns sharply colder. in fact, by morning we're going to wake up into the 20's areawide. as you look at future tracker at 9 o'clock in the morning, freezing in millville, 29 allentown, reading, 28 degrees in lancaster. and as the clouds arrive, it caps that temperature so we it past the mid and upper 30's here. tomorrow afternoon. and then as we get into the late afternoon early evening hours, at 5:30 it is snowing across much of the area, rain south of millville where we won't see much in the way of snow accumulation there. 8 o'clock, this is when we'll see those snowfall rates half

an inch, an inch per hour of it coming down and accumulating on the roads especially philadelphia to the north and west. this is your rain-snow line. the question is how far north does it actually get. we'll have to see with the track of the storm but it's going to be somewhere near wilmington and philadelphia, it stays all snow to the north and west and then it's gone just after midnight and then sunday's a sunny beautiful day. so, how much to expectall-wise?n cape may county and sussex county. kent county delaware and then interior south jersey, millville, dover, a coating to an inch. one to 3 inches of snow between wilmington, salem, glassboro philadelphia. where is the 3-inch line? this is the 3-inch line, this is the 1 inch line so philadelphia's kind of right in between but again, we have to watch the track of this storm 'cause all this could shift a little south or it could still shift a little bit north but this is what we're thinking right now and most of southeastern pennsylvania three to 5-inches of snow. big weekend for ski resorts. they're going to get snow here as we get into saturday night, 31 degrees saturday dry,

mostly sunny. sunday 40 degrees and for the holiday monday, 45, clouds with afternoon rain developing. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, again, evening snow and rain developing tomorrow, 39. near 50, though, on sunday. melting a lot of that away. and then mild afternoon rain on monday, 52. and two days back to back with record tying and breaking warmth. 70 tuesday, 73 on wednesday with some late day rain and we're back into the 50's, not as warm but still above average thursday into friday, so that snow is not going to last. >> oh, my goodness. >> where it does acculate. >> not a chance. >> uh-uh. >> adam thanks. >> adam thanks yeah. freebie friday coming up when we come back. >> ♪ ♪

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>> ♪ >> all right, it is freebie friday. and monday is president's day

and with kids off from school here's something fun happening at smith memorial playground in fairmount park. from 11:00 a.m. to 3 o'clock in the morning it's play with a purpose. free entry, free food from philly pretzel factory lee's hoagie house coffee from saxby's painting story telling, visit from the philadelphia fanatic. really fun place to take the kids. also monday the national constitution center is offering free admission in celebration of african-american history month. if you still have yet to receive a flu shot and you want one, philly's health centers offering free flu vaccines at eight locations across the city. finally chobani celebrating its tenth anniversary giving away free yogurt through march 4th. we have the link to show you how to get a free product. we have a bonus deal for free hbo and cinemax right now on 6abc.com. have a great weekend you guys. >> all right, alicia, you do the same.

that's going to do it for "action news" at 4:00 for brian taff alicia vitarelli and adam joseph, i'm sharrie williams. join me along with brian adam and ducis rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> all right. we'll see you there tonight. in the meantime "action news" at 5:00 is coming up next. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> friday night. we begin with developing news right now. more than a dozen russian nationals have been indicted on charges related to meddling in the 2016 u.s. elections. that announcement was made late this afternoon by deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. the 13 russians include a businessman close to vladimir putin. now, the indictment says the suspects took part in an elaborate plot to interfere in the elections through social media propaganda aimed in part at helping donald trump and harming the prospects of hillary clinton. the indictment is the most direct allegation of russian meddling during the campaign but it stopped just short of saying that the trump campaign actively participated. >> there is no allegation in

this indictment that any american was a knowing participant in this illegal activity. there is no allegation in the indictment that the charge conduct altered the outcome of the 2016 election. >> a short time ago president trump reacted to the indictments on twitter. he claimed vindication saying his campaign did nothing wrong followed by the words "no collusion." >> ♪ >> our other big story tonight is an accuweather alert. it felt like spring today but winter weather is making a big come back this weekend. meteorologist cecily tynan tracking a storm that could bring snow to parts of our area tomorrow. >> that's right. it's all about location, rick. what's happening right now, it's not snow, it's rain. this is all associated with a cold front and this front will bring us a big drop in temperatures right in time for tomorrow. future tracker showing by 11 o'clock tonight, we're down to 39 degrees. now, we hit 60 degrees today, so big changes and by tomorrow morning, we drop down 28 degrees at 8 o'clock, so

that cold air is in place and moisture is streaming up from the southwest.