he does have good information about the hessians in trenton. he is desperate to get a victory going. he is also under the burden that comes with the first of the new year, january 1, nearly half of his soldier's enlistments are about to expire. he is going to lose about half of his army without fighting a battle by january 1. he is desperate to use the army before it dwindles away. he will cross here on christmas night, eight miles north of trenton, to get the army across undetected. he waits until darkness. it is a very dark night. there is ice floating in the river. there is a constant problem with ice freezing on the banks. they have to break it away so the boats can land. it is a long night. to add a little extra drama, around 11:00, a nor'easter snowstorm kicks in. freezing rain, hail, snow, and wind blowing like a hurricane. this was a classic nor'easter that was very miserable, that would continue into the next morning during the battle and be an important factor during the battle, because once their muskets get wet you have a hard , time

noticed a problem with the trenton, 20 minute outbound delays already with the trenton line and that'sse of the amtrak wire problems as well so a couple of issues with these amtrak wire problems now affecting the trenton line but also affecting chestnut hill west. let's go outside. this is 422. we're seeing traffic move just fine here at trooper. no extra overnight restrictions none delays just yet. we had so many accidents yesterday with black ice kind of everywhere. we're not seeing as many accidents today. this is cypress street at ways lane. we have an accident here in kennett township chester county that's really our only one so far. but i was just checking the waze app and one of my favorite guys happy harry is talking about icy roads on perkiomen avenue and exeter in berks county. some people still talking about a little bit of ice. you see those temperatures even colder than yesterday. 20 degrees in quakertown, 23 in pats pottstown, 28 in center city. we're well below freezing in south jersey and delaware, so if there's anything that looks damp it's obviously slick but no wides

some of the numbers lower than they were a half-hour or so. trenton also dipping. in the northern areas you'll run into patchy fog, so slow it down. otherwise we'll have clouds and late day sunshine, very mild conditions, this model has us up to 51 at 9:00. 56 at 1:12 a.m. i think we'll get up to 65 for the high. cooler air is coming and we're tracking possible rain and snow saturday evening across the region. i'll have details on that coming up. >> reporter: all right, dave, we've seen early morning accidents, watch for the wet roads. i-95 at girard we have a northbound accident that cleared out here. we have see ponding on the roadway, be careful about that. in darby, delaware county we have a problem with a fire location at fern street at damon lane. you can see we're slowing down westbound because of construction blocking the right lane, when they stopped to clear it out, it slows down traffic. we're seeing that right now. it will be moving better as they clear the construction westbound on the schuylkill expressway. an accident valley road where a vehicle ran i

. > you about this problem yesterday and operations began today to rid the city of trenton of 30,000 crows. "action news" reporter christie aleto is live at the knowledge state capital. they say the solution is -- the solution isn't high tech -- >> reporter: that was one of the pyrotechnics, lasers anything non-lethal to square away the birds, like clockwork they descend on the parking lot and you can definitely hear them. >> we are going to attempt to push them out of the area -- pyrotechnics and lasers and spotlights part of the measures crows from downtown trenton. >> making it as uncomfortable mr as pos area. >> the crows have become a big problem. >> it's frustrating and friday night and the crow trenton and their disdain for the birds run deep. >> the cars are covered. >> people don't want to come down here then? >> yes. >> for some reason trenton is a plem. >> it got bigger the flock i'm like where are they coming from? they have caused property damage and hit the city hard with cleanup and their droppings are a health hazard. >> i think it may take more than two weeks but happ

allison gormly has the store friday trenton. what do you got, allison? are hoping that pyrotechnics and lasers are the solution. the u.s. department offing a ry culture in conjunction with the trenton police department are using pyrotechnic, laser, spotlights and recordings of pros distress calls to machinage the estimated 30,000 crows. the goal is to break up the larm population into small less concentrated flocks. u.s. department offing a gry can ture's district supervise climb clap are said it formed and has been in this area for years. >> in the winter months they do group in in these and, a. they will pk up a well lit elevated area, maybe an area near some water or even a wooded area. the problem here, though, is that, you know, they have chosen an area that is highly populated this. >> the usda workers load what looks like a small water pistol and aim it. the bird then react to the noise and fly away. for some residents, relief cannot come soon enough. scott millioner has been being for hem? begging. >> they are k walking through sidewalks covered w

the trenton train or the train going to trenton, rather, 9703 is running about 15 minutes late. >>> all right, pamela, thank you. >>> coming up, eagles fans answer the call to help out a sup super bowl champ. the philly faithfuls that returned a lost cell fen. >>> president trump's chief of staff john kelly is the focus of it fall out over the resignation of a top aide. staff secretary rob porter resigned yesterday after two ex-wives accused him of abusing them. the white house calls the allegations serious and disturbing, and porter calls them false and part of a smear campaign. porter was close to kelly who defended him until these pictures surfaced on wednesday showing one of porter's ex-wives with a black eye. another of his ex-wives told nbc news what she told the fbi last year about being physically and emotionally abused. >> i shared with them the details of my marriage the things that have been in the interviews and articles that have come out. >> you'll hear more from porter's ex-wife jennifer willoughby in a "today" show interview. >>> the l.a. fire department says the blaze w

we still have problems with the trenton line. 20 minute delays outbound and that's because of the samerak wire problems so we'll have to see if they're able to resume service operating on time there as well. we're outside live on the schuylkill at the blue route. no delays. we see a police officer waiting there but no delays right now. traffic's moving okay. that construction on the schuylkill near 30th street has cleared and lower gwynedd township we have an accident here. watch for it on 209, that's dekalb pike with some restrictions there. in new garden township we have a big accident, a rollover accident so police are on the scene on laurel woods road at penn green road. stick to laurel heights and newark road to avoid the problem. >> the city of philadelphia getting ready to host one of its biggest parties ever. the eagles sash championship parade. >> the parade will start at broad street at pattison at 11:00 in the morning. the team will make its way into the heart of center city and finally turn and head down the ben franklin parkway ending up at the philadelphia museum of art f

philadelphia forecasting 3 above the old record 72 and allentown way over the record of 67 and trenton 62 and atlantic city airport. 74 degrees record tying from 1930. your four day at 4:00 forecast, one more day of the string like warmth 75 at the morning fog burns off. chilly and rainy at times thursday 49 for a high and raw feeling on friday and 46 and milder and more rain on saturday and 59 degrees. and guess what? more rain the second half of the weekend. we'll talk about it in the next half hour. >> we'll enjoy today and tomorrow. >>> next on "action news" the most iconic moment from the super bowl is fow at the center of the off the field fight. we'll explain. >> dozens of philadelphia students take their work out of the classroom and into city hall. it's giving them a firsthand look at local government. >>> the philly special. the eagles owned that epic trick play when they clinched the super bowl special. they want the rights to exclusively own the phrase the philly special also. lets go! >> you foe the play. corey clements and nick foles in the end zone for a touch down. the

. >> new jersey governor opened his conference at the trenton transit center speaking as a father for and also for many people massacred on wednesday. >> the governor joined by transportation commissioner and ahead of nj transit they laid out initiatives to help frustrated writers. >> the first 20 cars removed from service will be returned to service as passenger cars. to further maximize the available new jersey transit is accelerating its current repair to get cars back into service faster. >> there focusing on safety and hope agencies can meet the deadlines. the equipment will be installed on 400 cars more than a thousand employees will be trained on it. >> you have to a lot of things there's issues that hold cars back. have to get people to get those cars out. >> when asked when writers can notice a difference they said hopefully over the next few weeks. each agency plans to put new cars on the track to eliminate this where people are packed in worst like sardines. >> on another angle of what government is not doing right take a look at this video. that is holly on facebook live w

west is suspended. 20 minute delays with outbound trains with the trenton line because of an amtrak wire problems. watch for delays causing problems and the suspension of the chestnut hill west line. traffic is moving a lock better on the schuylkill at south street. crews scheduled to return tonight at 9 o'clock and shut it down by 11 o'clock once again, the schuylkill westbound they're shutting down. watch for this accident on 202 dekalb bike in lower gwynedd township. the one in kennett township just cleared matt. >> thank you, karen. come thursday, the art museum steps will be a sea of green. the eagles championship parade starts at the sports complex at broad street and pattison avenue wraps around city hall. don't know which way yet culminating at the end of the ben franklin parkway. that's where we find "action news" reporter jeanette reyes checking on on the parade route. >> reporter: we're already seeing some of the things being put into place for this parade. i'm going to step out of the way so you can see it. you can see the stage there, we have the massive speakers of course.

the additional nonstop options bring frontier's total to 15 flights from trenton. you can book those flights to the new destinations right now. >>> he created his own coffee based energy drink while living in a dorm room at philadelphia university. now this college student is trying to grow his business even bigger on "shark tank." jordan dicicco and his brother's will pitch super coffee to the sharks this sunday night. their organic coffee with protein and coconut oil comes in four flavors. the creation was inspired for the need for himself to keep up with basketball practice and lots of studying late at night. they'll ask the sharks for $400,000 for a 5 percent stake in the country. find out if the sharks take a bite sunday night at 10:00 right here on 6abc. >> a former football player brought his inspiring story to students in bucks county today. blare thomas was the guest speaker here at newtown elementary in newtown. thomas grew up in philadelphia attended penn state and played for five different football teams during his nfl career including the dallas cowboys

line between the west trenton and the woodbourne station, but otherwise, we're looking good to start your friday morning, karen and thomas back to you. >> thanks, bob. >>> so yesterday eagles fans packed the parkway for history it was ate beautiful sight, another area look there. looking down on the ground literally not so beautiful. steve keeley joining us at the parkway this morning, hey there, steve. >> reporter: we don't want to rain on the eagles parade, it wasn't all good news because we met store clerk and owner here who said he had a similar experience as that sunoco a plus store did on broad street the night of the championship. you can see left over crime scene tape here and trash in these planters. this isn't even the parade route but we left, this way yesterday, returning back to the station and there was lots of clouds leaving the parkway area and walking toward ben franklin bridge and satisfied crowd came in there first, they smash the door, owner got hurt, had to get some stitches , got his hand cut at the hospital and you can see, quite a mess. they got their do

the city says their droppings are also a health hazard. trenton police say the crows have even caused property damage. >> today is ash wednesday. it marks the start of the holy season of lent for christians. archbishop charles chaput will celebrate mass at the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul. lent is a 40 daytime of prayer and fasting in preparation for easter. >> get ready to play ball. pitchers and catchers report for their first official workout today at phillies spring training in clearwater florida. new manager gabe kapler is feeling confident about the team. he is capitalizing on the eagles' run to a super bowl title hoping it inspires his young players. >> we'd be foolish to not take cues from what the eagles accomplished. not just over the last couple of weeks but since the summer when coach pederson addressed this team and said, you know, this is what the world thinks and this is who we think you are and what we think you are is really special. >> kapler is also making a bold prediction. he believes the team, which was 30 game

yesterday we were in the teens, today, 34 in philadelphia. 35 in wilmington. 31 in trenton. 30 in allentown. 30 in reading, 34 in millville. obviously it's cold enough for a coat this morning, but not as nasty and uncomfortable as yesterday morning. i'll show you the windchills they are not having much of an impact. single digit wind in philadelphia. if philadelphia feels like 29. as we go through the afternoon it's a milder one. 10:00 a.m., 40. 2:00 p.m., 47 i'm going for a high of 49 degrees right in there around 3:00 p.m. we're back down to 43 degrees by 8:00. notice how the clouds get thicker as the day goes on. late today and this evening, rain starts to move in. future tracker 6 shows you as soon as 5:00 we could have spotty showers developing and it fills in later tonight and overnight. overnight cold air rushes in and catches up to the rain before it gets out of here and starts to turn the back edge of it to snow. that could be around for parts of the morning commute, karen, we'll track that on future tracker 6 and give you the complete weekend call from accuweather coming up. >> re

the clouds are over trenton and philadelphia and wilmington. ttle light snow, a glancing system to the northwest. the pocono mountains will get a little bit of white snow today, but a better chance of snow accumulating through tomorrow. much of the area will start with snow. not this snow, no, it's from the system that's well to our best and to our south. you can see the snow moving into kansas and rain into the deep south. those two systems will converge in our area. tomorrow morning, it starts to snow. this is the snow potential at 7:00 tomorrow morning. we could see a dusting in philadelphia. half an inch in wilmington. but the areas that are probably going to see the most snow are going to be the colder spots north and west and lehigh valley and berks county. by 9:00 in the morning, about an inch in philadelphia and trenton. look for the accumulation in pottstown and allentown. and it will still be going into the late morning hours. this computer model showing up to five inches but then the rain turns over and turns into a rainy day through

septa having equipment problems out of the gate on the trenton regional rail but otherwise, everybody is running a regular weekday schedule patco and new jersey transit, back over to you. >>> lets go back to august 14th 1945, end of the world war two and everybody went wild in times square especially and there was a nurse, standing there solder, strangers, and they kissed. by the way we want to thank shamus, hold on a second, i want to get his name, shamus clancy a philadelphia writer tweet that had picture out we remember that, of course, well somebody tweeted shamus suggesting they should recreate the picture. a couple, direct messages a few minutes later and they were meeting up in the million-dollar will of the parade. >> we met a girl on broad street. looking for a girl to recreate this picture i'm done. >> look at that. >> yes. >> so the two met at broad and shared that. >> yes. shamus said he is not really sure people will believe his story but he insists that this really happened and that is just someone who volunteered. >> i wonder if this is a start of their love story then

traffic is the pits if you come out of trenton this afternoon. 'n roll, but you get stuck in a big delay on 295 southbound because of this debris spill. by 195, and the two right lanes are blocked and the speeds are not so hot. 12 and 6 miles per hour coming down 295. and think white horse avenue to 296. coming out of trenton don't head for 295 southbound there because of that issue by 195. on the a.c. expressway a crash during it's last half hour westbound approaching 42 that is gone and go ahead and use the expressway but you can't use the ac rail line, we said the del air bridge is stuck in the up position and no trains between philadelphia and cherry hill. and septa's paoli thorndale line has 15 min outbound delays because of signal problems. but the patco is moving fine but what is not moving is the traffic a disabled vehicle slowing us down out of camden, a crash. on the schuylkill at gladwyne, the delays are starting to thin on 95 northbound at cotman avenue the northbound crash around woodhaven it long gone and bucks township. motorcycles

it's starting out chilly a lot of time us in the 30s. 37 in allentown. 37 in trenton. has clipped -- slipped to 37. you want a coat and rain gear in spots. future tracker 6 showing some of the stuff we talked about in harrisburg will push in the northern suburbs and areas close to philadelphia and points south and intermittent showers. there's a sprinkle here and there and drizzle. notice up north there's blue from 7:00 to 1:00 p.m. there's the possibility of freezing rain in the poconos, excuse me, an advisory in effect for that. could be extended beyond that. in any event, sorry i have something in my throat. we're looking at intermittent drizzle. more clouds in the evening and drizzle around in case you have plans to head out. lehigh valley 42 degrees, lots of clouds rain and drizzle there. down the shore we're looking at slightly milder high, rain and drizzle there, as well. 46 degrees in philadelphia. intermittent rain and drizzle as we go through the afternoon and tapering off later in the evening. if you're heading out on the town, the big thing i would plan for

dawn had actually broken by the time they get to trenton. but they do take the hessians by surprise. they take 900 prisoners. almost the entire garrison. >> now, where do they put them? >> they took them to philadelphia. they took them back across the delaware. marched them through the streets of philadelphia, shows everybody here the enemy prisoners after the revolution. then there's a second battle, in new jersey, the battle of princeton. because after trenton is lost, lord howe realizes this has happened, and he dispatches one of his generals to take trenton back. washington is able to maneuver around cornwallace to get in his rear and to attack princeton, which he captures. and then this is the last engagement of that fighting season. >> okay can we just -- >> i'll just tell you where washington ends up which is morristown. morristown in north new jersey, and that's where he spends the rest of the winter, of now, we're in january/february 1777. >> and just stepping back to before the crossing, we were talking about how thomas payne's cris

the city says their droppings are also a health hazard. trentonice say the crows have even caused property damage. >> ♪ >> happening today, phillies pitchers and catchers will be on the field for the first official day of spring training: new manager gabe kapler and several players were already in clearwater florida working out. the phillies finished 30 games below .500 last year. kapler spoke yesterday about his hopes and optimism for the future. >> we would be foolish to not take cues from what the eagles accomplished. not just over the last couple of weeks but since the summer when coach pederson addressed his team and said, you know, this is what the world thinks and this is who we think you are and what we think you are is really special. >> kapler says he believes the phillies will be fighting for the national league east title come september. >> well, that would be nice. >> he's young, he's bold and he's not afraid to make a prediction. >> where have we seen that before? hm. >> could be a good combo. >> it could be its 4:38. another person

the hoard rushed in and took the items and ran. >>> trenton's first responders were called out to the delaware river after someone spotted a pickup truck in the water and drivers went in near riverside drive and searched the cab and found no one inside. >>> turning to our beautiful weather we predicted it would feel like spring and mother nature delivered today. we sent meteorologist, cecily tynan, outside to check it out. she has the details. the warmth is arriving two and a half months ahead of schedule. temperatures soared up to 72 degrees today and it breaks the old record set back in 1939, this is 27 degrees above average and these types of temperatures we usually get an in early may and not in late february and philadelphia is not alone with the record warmth, trenton record high of 71 and pomona 73 and wilmington a record 75 and bad news for the ski resorts, mt. pocono a record high of 66. and the heat intensifies more tomorrow. if you look at high temperatures across the eastern half of the country. cincinnati warmer than here. 80 degrees. and memphis 77. and a cold front with

the rain cage in overnight. there's precipitation in extreme south jersey, pushing out of delaware, areas east of trenton, a little bit blip and reading. we're in the process of improving, just a little bit damp, and some of the roads are on the wet side. temperatures are different than a couple of days ago even better than yesterday when we were in the mid 30s, had 45 in philadelphia. 46 in trenton. 42 in allentown and 41 in reading. even the typical suburbs up north are feeling good. 46 in millville. we have a little issue with visibility it's mostly in the northern suburbs, some of the numbers coming down a little bit. over in wilmington, we're down to one mile visibility. some of the fog developing is extending into new castle county, delaware. you see the numbers, in the lehigh valley, northern bucks and montco and mercer county. it's not a morning where it's that bad, but if you encounter . cloudy skies for the most part and brightening possible in the day. 51 at 9:00 a.m. 56 by 11:00 a.m. even though this model wants to stop us at 60. i think we'll get up to 65. tomorrow afternoon temperatures will cooler.

the poconos 14. allentown 21. 23 in trenton. 24 in wilmington and 26 degrees in dover. during the day tomorrow, we'll have plenty of sunshine. but cooler temperatures. the high 41. but winds out of the northeast becoming easterly at five not much wind won't have impact on wait feels like out there. real pleasant day and nice day actual toll get outdoors and get some fresh air. on your seven day forecast from the weather thor, valentine's day can be iffy. it can be stormy. but not this year. wednesday will be beautiful. gave 89. 52 movely sunny. some clouds and showers moving in late. thursday a chance of rain but 65. friday 55 with some showers. saturday cooler, sunday near 50. next monday for president's day mostly cloudy, 55. a chance of a shower. but iain, february last year was well above average. i think we'll end the month that way again this year. everybody keeps saying, oh, look out for march. >> maybe you're right. kathy. i'll take it while i can get it. >> enjoy it. kristen more changes for the eagles. >> iain, eagles may have felt the super bowl drain way coup

and with mass transit, minor delays, 11-minute delays in the west trenton train. and elwyn, 309, 11-minute delay. all on schedule. >>> and starting with the love return to philadelphia. >> love sculpture will begin its journey back to love park starting at 10:00 a.m. this is a live look at love park which has undergone $16.5 million in renovations in the past year including adding a garden and more green space. this morning, the city will welcome the sculpture back with a parade. we'll show you the route the sculpture will take coming up the at 6:30. >>> today, a judge will sentence a terrorist who set off bombs in new york and the jersey shore. his father had this admission about his son. >> he is a terrorist. yeah, i say a terrorist. >> that's the father of ahmad rahimi calling his own son a terrorist. investigators say he also set off a bomb in seaside park before a charity run. his father said he tried to warn the fbi years ahead of time. >> i called, and he act like a terrorist. i say, are you sure he's not doing anything? they say, yeah. i said that's good ne

the time. other temperatures 19 in reading, trenton wrightstown millville, 21 wilmington. thirteen in the mountains. we will head to 35 degrees by lunchtime. we will see some sunshine but we will get an increase in the cloud cover as we get ready for some rain this weekend only rain, we will talk about temperatures and everything else you can expect weather-wise, coming up how about backups can we expect any of those bob kelly. >> a little bit of the backup, everything is open, everybody is good to go no excuse, if you cannot get there this morning except for this slow down eastbound schuylkill expressway right at girard avenue on ramp, so be careful folks are quickly merging over here on that eastbound side coming into philadelphia, otherwise, no the bad at all. we will see delays, working your way in toward philadelphia coming out of the south jersey side up and over walt whitman bridge. speaking of bridges you don't to have walk over been toy day you are able to drive so that is good news. ninety-five northbound watch for an accident near allegheny avenue betsy ross brid

one thing everything is back to normal with mass transit, all the roads are reopened. 15 delay on the trentonine. >> reporter: another word to the wise, too, if you're driving in center city, be careful of the confetti. you'll see that left over they are cleaning it up. 23 degrees by 8:00 a.m. looking at a high of 39 degrees. not all that windy, chilly enough for a coat, but not as bad as yesterday. by the evening commute we're hold 38 or 37. i think the numbers will stay steady until midnight and go up overnight we're looking at milder conditions as we head later into the night and tomorrow. there will be rain around tomorrow afternoon and evening more on sunday. got a delay that popped up in chicago that's funny an hour ago we showed you it was snowing out there, i mentioned how there could be a delay. 93 minutes right now. if you have a flight to chicago there could be an issue because of the weather out there. >> "healthcheck," researchers say there's evidence that some of the food on your plate may affect the spread of cancer. breast tumors in mice grew faster when they were given asp as

as we look at numbers upper 70s for reading and allentown and still in the 80s today, 74 today 75 in trenton and 74 in millville. and beach haven cooler along the immediate shore when the wind catches in of the ocean. it drops the temperature into the 50s and even for the city of philadelphia. look at the drop in temperature. just between the 7:00 and midnight hour 70s from 50s with a gusty line of showers coming through and the northwest wind sets in and by the time we wake up tomorrow morning we'll be in the 40s around here with a dreary day tomorrow. lots of clouds and on and off showers and drizzle. lets talk about today. where it was summer like, and take a look at the record breaking temperatures, it happens in every city today. delaware valley and lehigh valley. and philadelphia above the record by 5 degrees set back in 1930. and allentown demolished the record. the old record 67 degrees and 14 degrees above that 81 degrees set back in 1953. 8 degrees above it for trenton and the same for wilmington and atlantic city airport. 76 degrees there while the boardwalk in atlantic city was o

the poconos. current wind chill in beach haven in at 19, same thing in trenton. dar showing a ridge of high pressure in control right now situated to our south, sliding off to the east tomorrow, you can see moisture moving across area in the great lakes and ohio valley, also some energy down to the south. these two pieces never come together nonetheless they will slide up to the north and we are track ago this moisture that will be moving in tomorrow, but for the rest of tonight, mostly cloudy and with layer of cloud overhead not as cold tonight as it was last night. twenty-five is the overnight low in the suburbs and 27 degrees in philadelphia with that south/southeasterly wind at 20714 miles an hour. in fact tomorrow we will tap into more southeasterly wind as the day wears on. temperatures are mild, 39 in philadelphia, but by noon time we are tracking that rain, and it starts out as some snow in the far northern and western suburbs and snow in the poconos but quickly changes over to rain 6:30 is game time we have a soaker across much of the delaware and lehigh

the rain to snow. that's getting off thest at this point. as we look at temperatures we t. 32 in trenton. 37 in philadelphia. be careful of icy patches developing in places where tated the roads have not managed to dry. this afternoon, matt we'll be in the upper 20s and windchills in the teens. >>> patco high speed rail line offers free service during the morning rush hour fare gates will o free passage between 6:00 it's a way to thanks for their patience who all remember that a patco train hit a pole in camden disrupting service for most of t week. >> welcome back taking a live look there, the view down the parkway. we have wind down there making the flags whip about, the streets are wet we've had rain and wintry mix in some parts. 557, 37 degrees. >> eagles fans are dressing up as an inspiring figure. jack dempsey's club hosted a roy balboa character. >> i love the way people are having fun. 5:57 a.m., the super bowl for binge eaters and people enjoyer things, too. we're live at wing bowl 26. >> a south jersey family drives halfway across the country for super bowl. they have a piece o

atlantic city 74 that's at the airport. trenton and wilmington 70. allentown the record 67 degrees.you look ahead on the seven day forecast from the weather authority occasional showers thursday and friday. and saturday rain likely sunday and then we finally get rid of it. monday 56. tuesday 51. the end of the month will be pretty quiet and pretty seasonal with temperatures in the upper 40s to lower 50's but tomorrow is the day. going for a high of 75 degrees. the record is 72 set back in 1930. kristen, i gave eight perfect ten you better get outside. >> i definitely will. i'll have to at this point kathy. eagles have zeroed on their next offensive coordinator. fine out who the familiar face is plus the flyers dealing with a laundry list of injuries. how they're working to overcome those next. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a medication, this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further irreversible damage. this is humira helping me reach for more. humira has been clinical

the wind chill. eighteen in trenton. feeling like 20 in allentown. w but we are tracking a warm up, for super bowl sunday, coming up with the accu weather forecast coming up. jeff skversky has a check on sports. we are about 24 hours away. >> wow. >> tonight, it is so important , it sounds so simple but eagles need rest. they need sleep. they need that energy. the big one tomorrow. super bowl sunday cannot get here quickly enough. just about 25 hours away eagles making their final preparations tonight for patriots in super bowl lii tomorrow. today we are getting a pep talk from a hall of famer. lets go live to ducis rodgers in a snowy minneapolis with more on the eagles, ducis. >> hi there, jeff yes super bowl lii is nearly upon us. the team we have been telling you all week long there has been a bug on the team. nelson agholor wide receiver for eagles nfl network reported he needed iv fluid pumped in to his system this week. doug pederson that is not a big deal that happens often with players, he should be good to go for tomorrow. lets go inside u.s.

let's check the fog reports, 3 miles in trenton. h better in allentown and poconos, 7 miles visibility, five miles at philadelphia superintendent, you want to call ahead if you're flying out. a mile or less along the coastline. be careful as you head out. temperatures wise, average high, 47. we're at 45 already. quakertown, pottstown, low 40s, center city itself, 42 in browns mill, 45 in hammonton. 48 in dover, delaware. a good looking morning and day today with a high of 53. matt and tam. >> thank you karen. >>> talk about distracted driving, new video shows people sharing the road with a naked atv rider. the man clearly comfortable with himself, bared it all in kansas yesterday. police followed him for an hour before he came to a stop. >>> an app created by a new jersey tech company could get rid of robo calls. the company said it will protect you from 200,000 phone numbers known to belong to tell marketers and scammers. >> marketing the most vulnerable in society. they won't ring on your phone, you'll get a notification. the devel

. >>> frontier airlines is adding four new monday non- stop route out of the trenton mercer county airportmay you will be able to fly directly to jacksonville, florida and nashville, along with charleston and myrtle beach south carolina while the flights don't take off for a few more months you can book your tickets with fares as low as $39 each way. >>> it is now 5:50. experts say this flu season is going from bad, to worse, and the centers for disease control saying one out of every 13 visits to the doctor last week, was for flu symptoms. ironically, health experts say that one thing that may be contributing to the flu season could be the vaccine. >> we know that many people have been vaccinated, but we don't know yet exactly how well the vaccine is working against all of the different types of flu strains that are circulating here. >> man, can you win? experts say anyone hoist more than six months old should still get vaccination, more data on the flu vaccine expected later next week. >>> daily walk or any kind of aerobic exercise may be best way to prevent alzheimer's disease, that is

the brink of the delaware and lehigh valley. as you head to trenton and nothing south and west of that region. it's not the heavy snow that is low, most of us will not see snow. it's the heavy rain and falling temperatures behind the storm on friday and the powerful winds the winds will be unbelievable here and possibly power outages and coastal flooding possibly moderate. we'll talk about that in the full accuweather forecast zbhxt adam can thanks. we'll get constant updates as the coastal storm approaches, including stormtracker 6 live double scan live on your phone or tablet. the a free download for your mobile device. >>> it's a day of mixed raw emotions and nerves and grief and fear and pain and anticipation. the students returned to class at stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. >> we spoke to our teachers and we would like to move on with our normal lives. >> it's two weeks since 17 of their faculty and class members were killed in the shooting. it started with a 17 second moment of silence. grief counselors were on hand along with

then there's a second battle, the battle of princeton. after trenton is lost, lord howell realizes this has happened and he dispatches one of his generals lord cornwall. and he captures. and then this is the last engagement of that fighting season. >> okay can we just -- >> i'll just tell you where washington ends up which is morristown. morristown in north new jersey, and that's where he spends the rest of the winter, of now, we're in january/february 1777. >> and just stepping back to before the crossing, we were talking about how thomas payne's crisis pamphlet -- >> oh, right, yes. >> -- and the state of the troops was that they were just -- >> well, the troops, they had lost all of these battles in new york. >> yes. >> their enlistments were ending. you know, they'd enlisted for six months. they were losing, so morale was low, they were losing and retreating. thomas payne, english immigrant takes the patriot side. he's with washington's army. he writes a pamphlet called the american crisis and heads to washington to get it printed up. and washingto

it's 18, but feels like 7. 4 degrees in the poconos. 15 up not northwest. trenton, 14. 21 in cape may. dover, 16 degrees. millville, 11. atlantic city checking in at 15. wider we go, it's only 14 in minneapolis. by the way tomorrow, should be the coldest super bowl ever played in the united states with the temperature 14 degrees. cincinnati, 19 degrees, raleigh, 21, atlanta, 32. there's cold air across the eastern half of the u.s. as the next system comes in it will shove the cold air back up. mild temperatures arrive this time we'll have rain with the snow up in the lehigh valley and the poconos. you can see moisture out here, this batch will push east over the next couple of hours. future tracker 6, later this afternoon, temperatures ranging between 32 and 34 with sunshine to startnghe day, the clouds lor and thicken overnight tonight. tomorrow morning looks all right. it's going to be chilly and cloudy. the rain holds off until midday. by 1:00 p.m. we'll stop it there. you can see the rain pushing through the far western counties at that point. look how far nort

as we have not vanquished the cooler air mass, 30 degrees in reading. 37 in philadelphia. 34 in trenton. 31 in wilmington, freezing mark in millville. there's not a lot of wind this morning, but we have a bit of a windchill in some neighborhoods feels like the freezing mark in philadelphia. again that wind coming up from the south and that is going to grab on to milder air and bring that in during the afternoon. here's what it looks like today, we'll have sunny breaks early on, the clouds get thicker, spotty shower here and there can't be rule out out. 11:00 a.m., 46. this model has us going up to 50. i'm going for a high of 52 degrees. that's nowhere near the highs on tuesday and wednesday, record warm coming up in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: we have an accident, you can see the flashes lights. police have set up the cones horsham road north wales a new accident that's shutting down horsham road. stick to knapp road as the alternate. it's busy for the day where we expect light volume with a lot of the people having off for president's day. mcdade boulevar

temperatures are on the mild side. 48 degrees in philadelphia. 51 degrees in trenton. 51 in wilmingtonlittle cooler up in allentown and reading. and you know when you get fog, you're getting that moisture on your windshield because it's really just a cloud at the surface and clouds are made out of water and sometimes when the temperatures are real cool, we worry about a freeze-up. i think those numbers are high enough even in between those reporting stations where we don't have to worry about that. 54 degrees in millville. 51 in wilmington and trenton, 44 in cape may. and now let's talk about that fog situation. we do have a dense fog advisory. and it is across the entire region from the poconos all the way down to the shore. this goes until 10 o'clock this morning where some visibilities are going to be extremely low. in fact the current map shows that to you. under a third of a mile visibility or thereabouts in philadelphia, allentown, the poconos, reading, lancaster. we're up to 2 miles in wilmington but down to one in millville and wildwood and under a mile in trenton. what does th

most of the day is sunny. 29 degrees in philadelphia. 27 in allentown. 28 in trenton. 29 in wilmington, 31 in millville. even in cape may, 33 a little bit milder, but still uncomfortable. with winds popping up in the teens in most neighborhoods, feels like the teens. 18 in philadelphia. 17 in trenton. 16 in allentown. 19 in wilmington, 21 in millville. definitely bundle up. another word to the wise on the commute this morning. we did have the rain it's over. testers dipped below freezing, any standings water likely is frozen up. i would be careful onere there'e is in there, and on sidewalks. temperatures stay cold, we transition from morning on, 31.t 29 degrees at 10:00. 2:00 p.m., 33 degrees, 4:00 p.m., 34 degrees. we'll see skin and cold and it will be windy. windchills in the teens, all the way up until 10:00 a.m. and 24 on the windchill monitor by 3:00 p.m. karen, extra layers if you're heading to the parade. >> reporter: we saw people heading there, when we looked live. we're here in south philadelphia, the scene of the action this morning, south broad street at pattison avenue. w

city is fighting ba back. >> reporter: as the sun went down tuesday evening in trenton, thousands of crows descended on the downtown area. coming to rest in the trees outside several state office buildings. >> our estimates are roughly 20 to 30 house sand birds, um, that have been coming in each night. >> reporter: huge flocks have been coming here since october to roost. the usually arrive just after sunset. tuesday, u.s. da experts were waiting with a plan to try and disperse them. >> p our goal is to not allow them to settle into the roost, um, but to harass them out before they get into the area. >> reporter: the crows leave behind lots of waste on bus stops, sidewalks, cars and parking lots here. there's concern about a number of issues from health to safety. >> there's feces accumulation and damage, there's also disease concerns. we have, um, helipads nearby. helicopters coming in could be a bird strike. >> reporter: tuesday night, the usda used some hand-held pyrotechnics, lasers and crow distress record to go get the massive flocks to disperse into smaller group

temperatures ranging from 22 in the poconos to 36 in trenton. we have 38 in dover. in millville it is only 28 degrees. as we look at the nation as whole,. colder air coming our way. pittsburgh 26. detroit only 20. chicago 13. minneapolis sitting at seven. that's coming in tonight. temperatures in the 20s and the teens. normal high for this time of year is 43 degrees. today we started off in the 60s well above average. tomorrow we go below normal. wednesday 10 degrees above normal. thursday over 20 degrees above that normal high of 43. so let's take it lauer by hour clear skies tonight. also, for the most part tomorrow. we're talking about really pretty day but cool. by wednesday valentine's day some partly cloudy skies some and showers moving in late night. and that will stet set the tape for very warm thursday way chance of a few showers moving on in in the afternoon with a front. overnight tonight, 26 in the city. 14 in the poconos. 21 in allentown. 23 in trenton. wrightstown 22 and dover 26. a cold overnight and start to the day tomorrow. as the kids head to the

. >> new jersey transit could be banned from the line trenton to new york city. top the agency from using the track if it doesn't use crash preventing measures. positive control braking systems were installed on 35 of 440 cars. there are a thousand employees who need to be trained to use the system. still, the new jersey transportation commissioner believes they'll have everything in place to meet the end of year deadline set by amtrak. >> starting today, patients with one of 17 conditions can purchase marijuana in chester and buck's county. two dispensaries opened their doors and reporter bob brooks was there. i have multiple sclerosis h chronic pain and glaucoma. >> jeanne has been waiting for a long time. medical marijuana for sale in pennsylvania. she and many others will buy medical marijuana in the keystone shops in devin. >> my neurologist says it will help me up to 50%. i'm almost in tears. i can't wait to see if it does. >> keystone shops is one of the first to open in the state over the last two days. the other in our area is the sollistic center. >> you

been posted saturday night in areas outside delaware county and philadelphia and points to the north including trenton. what to expect, snow on i-95, more snow to the north and west, more snow terms of driving from 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. tomorrow night. today, 57 degrees start. rain tapering off in the around. saturday, we have late snow arriving, slippery at night and 40 degrees. sunday, drying a bit milder, 58. monday, clouds and afternoon rain, 52. tuesday, temperatures jump. 68 on tuesday, 70 on wednesday, maybe a late shower, but who cools. 70. thursday, 54, cooler, but still above average. >>> a former new york city high school teacher and his brother are accused of stockpiling explosive materials and paying students to help them make bombs. federal authorities raided the apartments yesterday, two students were paid $50 an hour to break open fireworks and save the powder. both brothers pled not guilty. >>> the u.s. senate left dreamers in limbo and at risk of deportation. all the plans were defeated. one quarter of his fellow republicans voted against him. a bipartisan proposal that would predic

clouds will break up fairly quickly and we'll wind up with mostly sunny skies. 28 degrees in the city. 27 in trenton. 28 in wilmington, 26 in allentown, 25 in reading and 29 in millville. with winds running in the low double digits we've got windchills in the teens. 16 degrees in trenton. 18 in center city right now. 19 deges in wilmington. 14 in allentown and reading. 19 degrees windchill in where was that. millville. as we take a look at one issue you may have either walking around philadelphia or the area or driving, the rain is over, low freezing, any water thatly didn't completely dry out, particularly standing water has turned to ice, look out for icy watches on roads and sidewalks. it's on the cold side today again transitioning to mostly sunny skies. degrees by 11:00. 34 for the high around 3:00 p.m. of course we have the winds running around too, that will keep the windchills making it feel like the teens past 9:00 a.m. 23-degree windchill by 3:00 p.m. karen we are ready are the roads and rails ready? >> reporter: it's busy in south philadelphia. we're looking live in south philadelphia, i-

the day. high temperatures cool, all these numbers later today. 42 in allentown. 44 in trenton. 46 in wilmington, 46 in philadelphia 47 in cape may. the highs holding off until evening. as we take a look at the out on the town forecast in case you're heading out for a movie. black panther out there, oscar nominated movies, 45 degrees by 7:00. 46, pretty much through 10 and by 11:00 p.m. we could be falling back to 45. the bulk of the rain is at night, afternoon rain on sunday, high of 62. in terms of rain, there's a shower around saturday during the morning and afternoon. the bulk of the steadier stuff is at night. if you're going out saturday night, it's umbrella time. we hope it gets out of here for the most part fairly quickly on sunday. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, cloudy, rain, drizzle, cool. tomorrow, 58. cloudy, some rain through the day, the bulk of it late in the day and at night. a rainy start on sunday, and mild afternoon, 62 degrees is the high with drying and brightening skies in the afternoon. monday we have breezy conditions, clouds and sun, 56. lots of sun on tue

if you factor in the wind which is running in the low double digits. feels like 17 in trenton. 18 in philadelphia. 19 in wilmington, 16 in allentown and 21 in millville. a word to the wise if you are heading outside to and plan to attend the parade today. the rain is over, but temple is below freezing that means icy patches on roads and sidewalks has developed. we should re-emerge with plenty of sunshine thoroughly. 10:00 a.m., 29 degrees. the parade temperature about 30. 31 around 3:00 p.m. 34 around 3:00 p.m. of course, the wind will be a factor running ten to 20 miles per hour. higher gusts at times. during the morning windchills in the teens, around 2:00 p.m. 24 degrees is what it will feel like. karen, we have precipitation coming in over the weekend, the next round is rain, not snow. i'll have the details coming up. >> reporter: glad to hear that, expect slick spots as you head, because the temperatures are freezing. you see the people walking out there already? they are getting there place at this hour, south philadelphia, south broad street at pattison avenue. this is

light, so we don't have a windchill to worry about right now, but you want a coat in most of the suburbs, trenton in allentown. 32 in reading, 31 in wilmington and millville. you see how the winds is coming up from the south that will get us milder later on. future tracker 6 shows light sprinkles and showers around 10:30, most of rain will be in the afternoon. you see how the model wants to push this off to the motor. based on on what we're seeing on radar, anybody can get wet anytime today, but it's not a washout. around 9:00 p.m. we're off the hook from the rain. it will be milder today, we got in the mid 40s cross the region. 47 degrees by noon, spotty showers possible and mild. in allentown, 46 today. 52 in millville. 50 down the shore in cape may. today's high is only the beginning of the story. we have a warm front that will be pushing past us and wind up way up north over the next several days. warmer air residing not all that far to the south will make for record warmth tuesday and wednesday. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast shows you that, today, 52, lots of clouds for presid

that one. >> you like that one. >> oh, my gosh. >> i need love alert. >> right. >> some delays on the trentonster, and the airport regional rail line. sue has got your sweety forecast in 15 seconds. >> time is 6:46. high pressure is in control today. but we do have this weak disturbance that came through overnight still kind of around , maybe little bit of drizzle, freezing dzhokhar he up in the pocono mountains, all we've seen around sigh tiny bit of pink left over thursday into the six's, more rain rolling in 6:00, 7:00 then continue ons and off through friday, at least through the early part of the day, once that cold front comes through, temperatures will plummet for a day and a half. 35 degrees in philadelphia, 35 in wildwood, 34 degrees in allentown, winds are coming out of the southwest now, so that's good thing, too, it also means it will be milder a little later on today so some of the windchills are in the upper 20s this morning, not bad for wintertime though, high of 52 degrees, today, in the 60s on thursday, and friday. chance of rain, as we said on friday morning, could see coupl

notice we're at the freezing mark in trenton. below freezing in allentown and reading. in the areas where the wind doesn't dry out the roads, where the precip is over, you might see icy patches develop. 35 in millville. future tracker 6 shows the snow if it changes over to snow at all it will be off the coast by 7:00 a.m., of course, by then we're closer to freezing in philadelphia. we're seeing a break up in the clouds starting to develop in central pennsylvania and new york state. we're expecting a transition around here oncer the precip ends. 35 degrees by 8:00 a.m. drop to 29 by 10:00 a.m. holding on to 28 or 29 through the afternoon. 6:00 p.m., 26. with the winds kicking around today windchills making it feel like the teens. get ready to today. afternoon, actual offic highs a behind us after midnight, freezinghat listed misleading, because during the afternoon we'll stay below freezing across the region outside of cape may county boardwalk in atlantic city. windchills in the teens everywhere. saturday, 33 degrees, sun and clouds, windchills in the 20s. super bowl li