jen at the wissahickon fire company in ambler, hey, jen? >> hey, guys.in a row that we have been here, with peggy, good morning. >> good morning. >> i hate to have interrupted the story that we were hearing off camera. we were talking about kellyanne, and what her siblings would think. >> right. >> of all of this now that they're grown, and you're grandmother. congratulations. >> thank you very much. than all started because you saw other families in the hospital, alongside you, unable to do what you were able to do for your own family. >> right. when you're in a situation like that, you know, it really becomes your neighborhood. and specially when you're back and forth, as much as we were, so some of the families would meet over and over again. so they become part of your family, you become part of their family. and that's when you begin to hear the struggles, that they're going through, and how many parent would lose their jobs. and how many parents were being evicted, and having cars repossessed and having the lights turned off, in the midst every try

. >> so jen's live at wissohickon fire company in ambler and that is where we are taking donations allne of the nice people who has fulfilled a family wish list shawnette wilson one of our reporters she adopted a family. this is her bag of stuff. she has stuff for them. that is what this season is all about. >> it is. >> one of the things we just mentioned that is most families have been adopted but you will get one today tomorrow. >> and next week. >> might get a couple next weright now what do you want people to bring in the wissohickon fire company in ambler today and tomorrow. >> we need gift card, gift card to say target, wal-mart someplace where they can getfood clothing, appliances, toys, and they will have the ability to do their own thing to have the opportunity to get what they want. >> there is so many personal stories. we have a family in my own community where little guy was in the hospital for five weeks >> yes. >> this is what you are talking about working parents with a critically ill child they are trying to help the child, maybe children at home, they don't have time

south of ambler we're watching this wreck. the vehicle looks like it lost control and slid across the gore point here. it's facing the wrong way. the ramp is blocked with debris all over because of the accident. we'll keep tabs on that. we're watching a morning crash on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound side approaching willow grove taking out the right lane. workers are on the ramp to go west on the schuylkill expressway, there are no traffic stops, you'll see the lights on, so you will notice them. the schuylkill expressway no workers they will start tonight at 9:00 p.m., for now you're good to go along 76. i-95 accident northbound at the blinl has cleared -- ben franklin bridge has cleared. >> a local lawmaker has been added to the ever-growing list of the sexual misconduct. senator leech is denying those claims, but the head of his party, tom wolf is calling for him to resign. jeanette reyes is live outside the leech's office with more. >> reporter: governor wolf is calling on him to resign and spend his congressional ca

if you're going to 309 southbound do so by susquehanna road in ambler. there's a crash on the turnpike approaching willow grove taking out the right lane. speeds not too bad. in franconia township we're watching a crash at allentown road at bamberr drive. work yews are out on the southbound side of the -- work crews are out southbound on the boulevard. you could see stoppages in the coming nights. schuylkill expressway expressway, westbound side is closing the next few nights around south street. this morning everything is open on 76. i-95 accident has cleared. >>> local lawmaker is facing claims of sexual misconduct by his former staff. senator leech is denying them, but the top democrat says it's time for him to go. jeanette reyes is live outside the senator rasp office in king of prussia. >> reporter: good morning, matt, senator leech responding to the claims and suburbing accusations this morning, as you mentioned governor wolf asking him to resign and end his congressional campaign. constituents of the senator were in shock after details of the dist

if you're coming in from ambler or horsham and about to hop on 309. you're good to go there. i-95 they will be shutting down lanes from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., monday through thursday, this week, southbound between academy and the betsy ross bridge. if you're getting out early and traveling on or about 5:00 a.m., we'll help you with that, they are starting a construction project and reducing lanes. we had an accident schuylkill road east coventry township popped up and cleared quickly. no problems there. we had snow showers that moved through, they were light, mostly thin flurries, but we did see a batch toward the west of the city that dissipated. if you're in southern delaware or new jersey, you're still getting the flurries near dover, fortescue, millville, cape may, sea isle city, mays landings, be extra careful as you head there, jennette. >> thomas fire burning in ventura county is the 5th largest in california history. officials announced yesterday containment has dropped from a 15 to 10%. residents in santa barbara about her has done evacuations. the thick smoke is sp

if you're coming in from bam -- ambler or horsham or gwynedd you're moving just fine. westbound on the turnpike near fort washington we had an accident pop up, westbound toward bluebell you're dealing with this one on the pennsylvania turnpike a new accident coming in. lower merion, montgomery avenue at bryn mawr avenue the accident is causing an issue. i-95 crews between 29 and 579 they are blocking a lane this morning. let's looking at visibility reports five miles in atlantic city. 3 in lancaster, reading, 8 in trenton. you may see a touch of fog this morning. temperatures, though, not as cold as yesterday morning. it's 40 right now in quakertown. 40 in coatsville, 43 in malvern. 46 degrees in center city. in new jersey, it's 37 in browns mills. 45 in hammonton. 49 in cape may. 45 in dover. heading up to 52, tam. >> thank you karen. >>> first responders risk their lives everyday to keep people safe. the brave efforts of police officers in illinois in this case they were captured on dash cam. a raging car fire several officers run into a flames to save a man trapped

. >> we have snowfall totals that have come insofar around 2 inches in ambler and berwyn, 1.8 inches just recently came n drexel hill 1.6. just over a inch and a half, inch in ewing, and germans ville, an inch. that is so far, as kate was showing you, it is still snowing so those totals will go up again. we are dealing with the heaviest snowfall right now, through about 6:00 p.m., five and nine chelsea snow tapering off west to east. already started to taper off in the far north and western suburbs in the lehigh valley and poconos. overnight temperatures will be in the 20's, so you have to watch for those slick road especially those secondary road, those road untreated as well, because temperatures will in the allow this snow to melt at all. it can make for a dangerous situation, right new during evening commute and also as we head in the overnight hours tonight and into tomorrow morning. so by the time it is all said and done we are thinking in the blue shade here from philadelphia right along i-95 corridor in central and south jersey, delaware, one to 3 inches of snow will be a pos

live in for fort washington and traffic is moving better if you're coming up from ambler or horsham andre moving okay on 309. the big accident this morning is here in delaware county. we've been talking about this one. a driver lost control, single vehicle accident, flipped over ran into a utility pole. it's really serious and they've had to shut down west valley road here between manchester road and brookhaven road. stick to knowlton road as your alternate. let's head over here on i-95. some construction scheduled. they're moving lane closures here on i-95 northbound between the vine and cottman from 9:00 until 3:00 today. don't you love when they have those rolling closures out there with the roving work crew. you'lling be dealing with that all day long. goodness me matt would say. 44 this morning in long wood. temperatures are already above our average high for this date. that's a good way to start in december, right? 43 degrees in center city and new jersey it's only 38 in browns mills and tuckahoe but we're at 46 in glassboro. 39 degrees right now in dover, delaware. headeded up to

. >> from the times herald, ambler, celebrating its tenth anniversary, young stars has produced nearlystudent, natasha, have danced and sung and recited mono lotion inside the building. >> nice. that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from all around the delaware valley. >> coming up next, everyone, pat's here with your morning sports. >> good morning. yes, let's talk a little eagles. the thursday night game had playoff implications, could the birds clinch a playoff spot despite not playing, and the sixers on the back end of back-to-back in boston last night, could ben win without embiid? >> welcome back, 5:23, glad you're with us this morning. >> pat's here with sports, pat , strange occurrence around here last night with eagles fans rooting for washington. >> yep, that doesn't happen every day. so, with a lost to washington, a cowboys lost, the philadelphia eagles would have clinched the nfc east even before they play in seattle on sunday, but dallas, showed up in a big way to hold off the celebration for now. cowboys rookie ryan switzer here, cannot be stopped. he would go

. >> reporter: sarah, living in ambler was five when she was diagnosed with brain cancer. >> they weren't sure how long she was going to make it. >> reporter: through a year and a half of grueling treatments sarah somehow managed to stay positive. >> they still called her sarah smiles, or smiley because she had a smile on her face all through treatment, lose herring hair. >> i got used to the needles and stuff but it was really hard, because i could not really go to school at that point. i could not do anything. i could not be a normal kid. >> reporter: she's beyond normal. the 12 year-old is a straight 87th grade her loves her pets, rabbit and a dog and her bedroom is a she place. >> this is my carpet, that my aunt gave to me. >> red carpet in your bedroom. >> yeah. >> reporter: thinks where sarah and her girlfriends have fun, pretending. while she's, cured now cancer is always in the back of her mind. sarah has raised $50,000 for children's hospital participating in the annual walk/run. >> i wanted to get involved in it because chop does so much for me and helps me so much i wanted to g

bensalem around 2 inches, ambler 2 inches. 1.8 in norwood. hammington 1.1. it is still snowing in these locations as kate was showing you on storm scan three. keep in mind, those numbers are only going to go up as we head into the next hour or so, but in the next one to two hours this is going to be really clearing out of here, very fast. but here's what it will leave behind. we are looking at a coat to go 1 inch, as a possibility from our, as we head outside, far north and western suburbs, and poconos, and generally, and, philadelphia and i-95 north, new castle county, and, and and, atlantic city, and, deal with anywhere from, and, snow, and, moving out of here as we have been telling you main threat, and and, able, eventual, and, that is not going to be happening until tomorrow afternoon. kate will talk about that in your full forecast, coming up in a bit, for now back to you. >>> according to the calendar first official day of the winter is six days away but it seems like winter, made an early debut. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is live in penns

but for now you're dry here in fort washington and no big problems if you're coming in from ambler or. you're looking good right now. on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound at street road we do have construction crews. they're out here blocking the right lane. as well as blocking two lanes here on 495 northbound at edgemoor road in delaware. still seeing speeds of 65 miles an hour. that will probably change in a little bit. here's storm tracker6 live double scan. you can see some showers out to the west. a few sprinkles near dover and salem county in new jersey. you have to go pretty far north to find cold enough air to get a few snowflakes here. you can see no problems in philadelphia, coatesville, malvern, norristown even doylestown, it's up north of mount pocono near lake harmony where we're seeing some of those sprinkles right now. let's look at the temperatures for the region. so, it's 29 degrees in lake harmony. that's why you would get something slippery up there but even in bethlehem you're in the upper 30's, quakertown 36, pottstown 34. but malvern 37. 43 degrees currently in

take a look at the temperatures, 31 right now, in tannersville, 31, doyles town, ambler freezing, 32, chadds ford waking up to 32. south jersey, several temperatures mid 30's, vineland 35, glassboro 36, moorestown right now, 34 and brigantine 36. as far as conditions for today, high temperatures will be in the 40's, that wintery mix late tonight especially north and west. then what about blustery conditions for christmas day? gusts up to 50 miles per hour. so green airplanes across the lower 48, so looking pretty good right now, no weather-related travel concerns. on this christmas eve as you make your way to your destinations off to the west is the system that will bring he is snow, winter weather advisory is posted for 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. tomorrow for the lehigh valley and the poconos, so timing out tonight's moisture, 8:00, 9:00, we're watching for mainly light showers, redeveloping i95, south and east, but far north and west. that's where temperatures will still be borderline but cold enough to support in wintery mix. mainly a change over to rain, montgomery, bucks county, temp

stunlts students spread the cheer for seniors in ambler. >>> and to no laughing matter. >> jimmy kimmelturned to tv to call out congress. >> parents of children with cancer, diabetes and heart problems, are about to get letters saying that coverage could be cut off. merry christmas, right? >> still ahead, how kimle is drawing attention to an important issue with the help of his infant son. >>> and accused of sexual harassment, donovan mcnabb is named in a new lawsuit. the colleague who says he crossed the line at 5:00. y26vfy y5yy >>> about 65% of pregnant women hooked on opiates will deliver babies who suffer withdrawal. and it can be very complicated. medical students in ohio are getting to experience the birth first hand with a very advanced robot. victoria is addicted, she can speak and simulate countless medical scenarios. >> i think it is very important. i don't see it getting any better in the near future, so if we can arm them with the stotoo and knowledge, i think it would be helpful. >> it is really nice to see the birth process as opposed to just learning about it or hearing

expect delays along ambler on 209. stay on bethlehem pike.rash in which you may want to use 309 as an alternate. closing trumblesville road. and a crash in berwyn along ta 2 at chester brook, all jammed up south of 202. and glen mills a bad wreck at stoney mills road and one in chadds ford across route 1 baltimore pike and a slow zone into that at ring road. on the big picture red zones on the schuylkill and 95 of course, just 11 miles per hour on the northbound side. and this is the roosevelt boulevard extension towards the schuylkill and heavy in both directions and overnight there is traffic stoppages on the southbound side of the boulevard on the ramp to the westbound schuylkill, starting at 9:00 watch for the stoppages and coming up an opening here at the tacony palmyra bridge, head for the betsy ross instead. >> thank you. >>> here is a story making philly proud today. parents of more than 400 children had a chance to load up on free toys and books and games in wilmington. the sunday breakfast mission toy store held a shopping event for

. >>> and they shared their tal ens with people in ambler today. ♪♪ ♪♪ the ga string ensemble performed facility and the residents got a visit from lucy the therapy dog and there to help calm the spirit of those attending the convert. >> there is more ahead on "action news" at 4:00 including the rundown of the places and the ways you can trade in your kids old stuff for cold hard cash. >> and five former football players including exeagles star including donovan mcnabb are fired following sexual harassment allegations. what we know about the alligation. >>> how about bribe them? you have to read that. how the experimental controversial voucher program turned out. and how one doctor says that pepa pig is making her job more difficult. >> accusations o s harass many hit hollywood and politics and the media hard and now the sports world. espn has suspended five former football players from their on air jobs including donovan mcnabb due to a new lawsuit. vernon odom is live in south philadelphia with details on this. >> reporter: good evening sharrie. donovan mcnabb's glory days here starri

accidents out there as well, like this one taking a live look at 309 just after susquehanna road in ambler. police are on the scene. it is so tough to see. get ready for lane closures as they work to get that off the roadway n conshohocken where we have an accident 76 eastbound approaching blue route this is in the roadway but has been moved to the shoulder, no backups to report there. >>> moving now to new jersey we have got a problem on the atlantic city expressway where is there an accident near hammington, approaching winslow in, word on lane closures right now but be cautious if you are in this area. >>> finally we have a problem on 130 southbound just after haines mill road we have down wires in the roadways and right and center lanes are blocked the from the cbs-3 traffic center i'm amanda mueller now jan back to you. >> busy morning and will get busier, thanks, amanda. >>> last minute shoppers are trying to beat the clock. we are two days away from christmas. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live in cherry hill where some stores are already opened for business and some remain

the 30's, another brush of snow and then we can even right now temperatures will maryland rate but, ambler right now, 15 , pottstown 15, and chad forward right now a cold 19 degrees and as we move into sections of south jersey we have 22 degrees in moorestown, 21 in camden, glassboro, 23 degrees, ocean city right now temperature of 25. winter weather advisory kicking in at 1:00, philadelphia points south ande two systems will kind of merge overtop of us later on. here's the clock 1:00 p.m. watching that snow across the area, impact ago this friday afternoon and evening commute, we are seeing reduced visibility allow extra travel time because that snow will stick instantly. we are talking one to 2 inches but locally as high as 3 inches, especially once you move south ande of philadelphia into south jersey and also delaware. 40 degrees tomorrow, 42 on sunday and then look at the 50 's on the map early next week, back over to you. >> fifty's i'm looking forward to it monday and tuesday. i'm read ago lot in the papers this morning you can see, of course, first of all, five guys reminds me i'm

. >> reporter: sarah lives in ambler was just five when she was diagnosed with brain cancer. >> theyeren't sure how long she would make it. >> year and a half of grueling treatments sarah somehow managed to stay positive. >> they still called her sarah smiles sometimes, they are smiling, because she had a smile on her face all through treatment, all through losing her hair. >> i got used to the needles, but it was really hard, because, i could not really go to school at that point. i could not do anything, or be a normal kid. >> reporter: she's beyond normal these days, 12 year-old ills a straight a seventh grade shore loves her pets, rabbit and dog and her bedroom ace show place. >> this is our carpet that my aunt gave me. >> reporter: red carpet in your bedroom. >> yes. >> reporter: this is where sarah and her girl friends have fun pretending and while she's stable now cancer's always in the back of her mine >> for sarah. >> reporter: sarah has raised $50,000 for children's hospital participating in the annual walk/run. >> i wanted to get involved because they do so much for me and

chaddsford, 19, 19 newtown square, ambler looking at 20 degrees, doylestown, 19, south jersey, yes, not escaping the cold, brigantine, 22 degrees, voorhees, 19, camden right now, 21 degrees, and look at for the skew, mid 20's, vineland, 19. sections every delaware, low to mid 20's right now, newark, 21 degrees, and 23 in dover. look at the planner for today. upper 20's to low 30's, blustery cold. dry for today but we go hour by hour, and look at the clock, 9:00, 10:00, looking at some of the light snow, moving across the area. we could end up with a inch, maybe 2 inches, far north and west it, looks like it is out of here by early thursday morning. so, once again, i-95, north and west, a coating to an inch, toward sections of the upper lehigh valley, the poconos, likely, ending up with 2 inches. that's by tomorrow morning. so, once again, that seven day forecast, showing 31 degrees, that's it for the high temperature today. but feels like temperatures will be stuck in the teens, early morning, light snow, tomorrow, 36 degrees, and another chance for some flurries on friday. 33 degrees.

energy will come together and merge and that will set the stage for the snow but it is cold out there, ambler, 15 degrees, right now, coatsville 12, macungie waking up to 12. look at swarthmore 19 degrees right now. then friday planner, temperatures, pretty much stuck in the 30's, and coming up bob kelly, we will time out that snow and also talk about, expected snowfall totals, busy friday ahead. >> it is something about thinking about doing later this afternoon, a lot of folks on the move, school buses bringing kid home, folks heading ome from work, holiday parties, weddings on a friday night. live look at the schuylkill expressway opened for business they have picked up cones east and westbound good to go an example just be careful in the construction zones like right here on 422 where we don't have a shoulder. naig did not dry up, yesterday could be frozen over here with the temperature hanging around 24. hello fishtown, a live look at i-95 southbound passing our camera at girard avenue. no major problems to start on the majors and mass transit off to a good start as well, karen and thomas

exton is done at 2-inches, garnet valley two and a half and ambler pretty much done there as well witht fresh fluffy powder. when i come back we'll talk about a warmup, sharrie, where we'll melt the snow soon enough in that full accuweather forecast. >> sounds good adam. thank you. >>> let's head to "action news" reporter jeff chirico live in haddon township. jeff, what can you say about the conditions where you are. >> reporter: well, the snow continues to come down pretty heavily right now and has no signs of letting up at this point. if you take a look down here you can see we have a couple inches of snow on the ground. but the real story is the traffic behind me. this is the white horse pike. you can see traffic is snarled for as far as the eye can see. all of this playing out as rush hour beginning creating a longer commute for many but putting some in the spirit. >> taking me about 15 minutes to go this far which is not far but i have my heat and i'm just being patient and going with the flow of traffic, so i'll just be glad to get home safely. >> reporter: the timing couldn't ha

system, and in allentown over 7 inches of snow fell, kutztown right around seven, four in newark and amblerround 3.5 inches and downingtown we have actually seen three and 3 inches of snow. twenty-nine in philadelphia. twenty-eight in wilmington. twenty-nine in millville. and we are in the 30's down the shore. 33 degrees in wildwood. forget about those numbers because this is what it feels like outside. feels more like the teens in philadelphia right around 10 in allentown. it feels like single digits up in the poconos. throughout the day-to-day here's what you can expect heading in the noon time hour we are looking at a temperature right around 36. feeling more like the 20's. 's at that hour during day and we will see sunshine we are brisk and chilly this afternoon right around 40 degrees but all day, jan we are talking wind chills in the 20's and 30's, back to you. >> thanks, chelsea. >>> we're following breaking news this morning. police are investigating a deadly hit/run. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live at philadelphia police headquarters this morning. what is the latest. >>

. >>> this video coming to us from ambler just as the snow started to fall pitt see scene flakes in their adding to the snow already on the ground. so let's get back to meteorologist mike masco for another check on the conditions. mike is live outside our fox 29 studios in old city. mike? >> it's freezing out here, dawn. we talked about these storm that is have been coming at us. third one this week and i think this is the defendant. believe it or not this storm is actually over 300 miles south and east of philadelphia however it is producing snow here in the delaware valley and the moderate snows they're lined up along the turnpike and 295. notice the back edge if you're out in allentown reading that's it for the snow. it's done for you this evening. south jersey though you still have another hour to an hour and a half around millville towards atlantic city and down towards stone harbor. you'll still pick up another inch perhaps even 2-inches and that is the focus for at least the next two hours where there's going to be a band of snow that sets up from day say, dover towards toms rive

. >> peco is lighting up the holidays and it's certainly brightening up this neighborhood in ambler.ut this amazing display along butler pike near route 309. this is the work of the yost family who created their own holiday light show to benefit local charities. they tell "action news" they have been doing this for a decade. this has gotten so big they stopped counting how many lights they use but safe to say it's a lot. >> and gorgeous. wow. >> pretty cool. >> time to check that accuweather forecast. meteorologist melissa magee in for cecily to tell us if it's a good night for looking at the lights. >> it's going to be nice a little bit on the mild side. clouds move in. tomorrow is a mild day before that change arrives as we get into the middle half of our week. we'll walk over to the weather center and show you the picture outside. sky6 live in hd looking at the ben franklin bridge on this monday evening. we've got a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy sky across the area. despite the clouds moving on in, it certainly is mild. it's 50 in philadelphia after a high today of 54. 47 in read

ambler, 20 degrees, coatesville waking to up 18 degrees. but, factor in the winds.lls like four in reading it, feels like six in allentown, feels like 6 degrees in millville. and look at dover it, feels like 5 degrees there. afternoon high temperature, struggle to make it to freezing around the philadelphia area, about 31, 32 degrees, looking at low 30's, in part of south jersey, coming up: we will time out our next system, bob kelly, set to bring some of the light snow late tonight, and by this time tomorrow morning. >> well, scotty good morning, open up the front door, boom. that will wake you up. much more than cup of coffee will this morning. live look, woodhaven road up again, no problems at all awe you work your way out of the front door and on to the majors, but give yourselves extra time. specially in the car is of an older model, may take few minutes to warm on up. or, turn that fan off. because when you start the car, that burst of cold air is going to hit you in the face this morning. live look at i95, rolling out of northeast philadelphia here. septa run

snow totals so far ewing 1 inch, berwyn closing in on 2-inches, drexel hill about an inch and a half amblerbustleton section of the city 1 inch and here's the impacts with the timing, between 5:00 and 6:00 it's still going to remain on the high side but we'll start to improve things 7 o'clock on as that snow continues to move out to sea. we will that take a closer look with future tracker and the timing of that in your weekend call with the seven-day brian in just a little bit. >> if you're not stuck on the roads it's really actually kind of pretty out there. >> it really is. >> but a lot of people are stuck on the roads and we'll get visual evidence of that right now. mobile6 has lots of company right now. this is route 38 in cherry hill. i believe we just passed the cherry hill mall. it's really slow going out there. some of the roads are cleared but mostly by the traffic that's out there right now. road crews are doing their best to keep up but it is slow and it is slippery, so if you've got to be out, please be careful this evening. >> that's the view in cherry hill. let's get another c

ambler right now 17 degrees, doyletown 16.have 20 in chad forward and look at pottstown, 17 degrees. sections of south jersey, voorhees 23, vineland 24. mid 20's right now in ocean city. mostly cloudy skies to start, by 12 or one that snow developing to the south and west of us and blossoms across the region in the afternoon and evening. heavier snow likely into sections of south jersey and delaware. before all said and done we are looking at one to 2 inches locally as much as 3 inches of snow, before that system tapers off this evening, back to you. >> thank you. >> breaking news right new scott we have a date, folks, royal watchers we necessity what we will be doing coming up, let me check the date, may 19th, mark your calendar. >> save the date. >> watching in the middle of the night. it will be a royal wedding. we will have megan markle. >> yes. >> i would imagine it is. >> there we go, folks. >> may 19th. >> all right. thousands of toys are on the way to children's hospital this morning. >> we love this. this is work of t