>>> "action news" at 12:30 continues, with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >> hello again here are the stories we are following for you now at 12:30. the rain is hanging around and it will be a wet ride home tonight. and david murphy is standing by with the update from accuweather. >> and the police commissioner shows this viral video of an officer punching a teenage girl does not tell the whole story. what they are saying the girl good is now admitting to. >>> and penn state looks for a silver lining in the heart breaking loss in the rose bowl. >>> and the rain continues to fall at this hour in the region. and it won't let up any time soon. as you can tell as we look at the commodore barry bridge still very soggy for your tuesday afternoon. >> meteorologist, david murphy, is outside with the coat and umbrella tracking it all with accuweather. >> you guys said it, it's a cold rain today and if you head outside i would put on a decent coat even though temperatures are climbing through the mid-40s, satellite and radar first of all. cloudy overnight when we we

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with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news police say that a store owner was the victim of a deadly shooting in wilmington. >> and protesters are being thrown out of a senate confirmation hearing for one of donald trump's nominees. >>> and the big story is the back to back robbery of a 18-year-old girl and a 29-year-old man and they both wound up in the hospital. it happened minutes be blocks apart in the frankford center of philadelphia. one victim was shot. katherine scott is live with the details. >> reporter: that is right. one of the attacks happened here and the other happened about a block away from here. we spoke way victim this morning and he did not want to be identified. he says he has a broken nose and was shot twice in the hip and the wounds had shallow, still walking with a limp and in a lot of pain. >> i thought it was cops coming. >> but the 29-year-old victim realized these were no police officers. he had just turned on to the street in frankford when he noticed a white chevy impala. >> they came out with a sh

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon we begin with breaking news from cherry hill, new jersey. police are on the scene here at beck middle school in cherry hill for a reported lockdown. chopper 6 hd is over the scene. you see the police cars out in front. an incident was reported shortly after 11:00 this morning when an unknown person phoned in a threat to the school. this is 50 cropwell road in cherry hill. police do remain at the scene. we have video from a short time ago you see police with their weapons they are going into the building here. they have set up a perimeter near is the school on cropwell road in cherry hill, new jersey. we should say we have no reports of reports of anybody being injured. all we know is that an unknown person has phoned in a threat to the school and the school responded. this is beck middle school in cherry hill and we'll follow the developments on this story and bring you the late of on air and online at more news, more information develops here from cherry hill, new jersey. >>> now, to breaking news

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news this noon. a delaware man survives a terror attack in turkey arrived back home as the manhunt continues for the shooter. >>> and president-elect trump is going after general motors as the new republican led congress is being sworn in. and a home invasion that turned deadly when the victim turned the table on the attackers. two men burst into a home where a couple were getting ready for bed. annie mccormick is live near the scene where this unfolded in the frankford section of philadelphia. >> reporter: and sara, those little girls that were inside of the home at the time of the home invasion, luckily were mot injured and the accomplice ran when one was shot and killed. >> i heard six shots -- >> 11:00 last night block street captain lenny heard the shot. >> upon police arrival they found two shooting victimed. one victim was the 26-year-old homeowner. and the other one of the robbers. they forced their way inside after the homeowner forced themselves into the door. the wife had the yo

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david murphy says the cold is coming back and soon. it is still january david. >> for now though january 12 and and no coat on at the noon hour and we have patches of blue and sunshine moving through. as you look at stormtracker 6 live double scan as expected on the models there are a couple of sprinkles and light showers through the northern suburbs just small nuisance light showers, if you get one you don't have to wait long for it to get on past you. on the wide satellite a fair amount of clouds and they thin out occasionally. there is a chance at times it will be more cloudy than sun but nonetheless not bad. the big story of course, is the temperature. in philadelphia we have zoomed to 63 degrees, we started out well in the 50s and mild all the way. and up in allentown 53 and reading 56, cooler and those numbers are well above average and 63 in wilmington and 66 in dover, delaware. breezy side and 17 miles per hour wind from the south in philadelphia. and again coming from the south and that down there to the south is where the mil

david murphy has the update from accuweather when we come right back. >>> meteorologist, david murphy -- >> i had to reset something go ahead. >> as long it has to do with the warm temperatures. >> it did actually. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing us that we are essentially dry there say little bit of a sprinkle or shower in the center portion of the region but most of us are not having to worry about that. and if you do see a sprinkle it won't last much longer. lets get you outside. sky 6 hd down the shore and cape may live showing you a bit of sunshine still working its way through the clouds at the shore and elsewhere farther north cloudier and everyone enjoying mild numbers. your temperature in the city 63 degrees. even the cooler spots up north are in the mid to upper 50s now and all of these numbers are well above average. the winds from the southwest at 17 miles per hour. it is on the blustery side out there. but with these mild numbers it's not bothering you too much. in terms of precipitation the rest of the way, it looks like the rest of the afternoon is largely dry a

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon, a drive ever survived when a car slammed into a gas pump and goes up in flames in delaware county. and president trump is getting ready to announce his pick on the supreme court. >>> and a fire forced evacuations in the old city section of philadelphia. the flames started in one apartment building and spread to neighboring buildings at 5:00 this morning. annie mccormick is talking to residents affected by the fire and joins us from the the scene. >> sara just moments ago we saw residents finally returning back to their homes. they can tell you that the philadelphia fire department cleared the scene a while ago and restoration crews are here and there are reads that live on the top floors that will not be able to return and people that live on the lower floors will not be allowed back in. firefighters rushed to the scene as firefighters broke out at 5:45 this morning at the multi"two story apartment building. >> honesty 5 seconds, smoke to like fire balls. >> we live on the

with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist david murphy. >>> hello again here are the stories we are following at 12:30. donald trump has left the capital and we are one day away from the inauguration of the president-elect and trump supporters are heading to washington for the swearing in ceremonies of the 45th president tomorrow and delicate surgery a big cat goes under the neither the knife. >>> donald trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the united states tomorrow. the president-elect and his wife, melania trump just arrived in washington moments ago and meanwhile final preparations are underway at this hour for the inauguration ceremonies tomorrow. >> reporter: president-elect trump's motorcade left new york for washington and a new era in american politics. >> a historic change coming and it is infectious. his speech is set out to unify the country and d.c. organizers are expected a record number of protesters, 400,000, one for every two supporters. >> among democratic lawmakers, a record number, more than 60 will boycott the nomination. but president obama, a

david murphy take us to lunch -- >> two issues to talk about.s on stormtracker 6 live double scan there is a chance of a flurry or a brief snow shower maybe puts down a coating in a couple of spots, this stuff made it in from pittsburgh and low impact stuff and any time after 6:00 any rain up in the northern suburbs it could be freezing rain at the surface, take it easy and hopefully it expires and we get a change over to rain tomorrow. milder weather coming tomorrow though. >> thank you. >>> a look at stories coming up on "action news" at 4:00, a child that was vaccinated by an ocean county doctor, the vaccines have a chance of being ineffective. >> and gyms could be a breeding ground for germs, today in what's the deal we have tips on staying healthy while working out. that does it for "action news" at noon. now for david murphy, rick williams and the entire "action news" team i'm sara bloomquist have a great afternoon. >> david is taking us to lunch now. >> you are buying -- hello, peco. hi. can you help me save on my energy bill? old applian

david murphy has more from double scan radar. david. >> reporter: all right, sarah and rick, we have two issues, wind and rain. i'll handle the rain quickly. not the a lot of heavy rain, the problem it's windswept rain it's beating across the winds shield and reducing visibility. every now and then you get a heavier cell that's mostly west of the region, that's highlighted coming up from south, areas south of dover and cape may, county. we'll get heavier bands of rain. there's the wide view, we have an area of low pressure inland, another forming off the coast it will shoot past us, it will keep the winds hot and heavy over the rest of the afternoon and even though the strongest winds die down after 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. and later than that farther up the coast, they will be with us. as we take a look at current winds gusts, this is pretty much all you need to know and why we have debris on the roads. not just the bigotries coming down -- big trees coming down, but a lot of roads have twigs in the roads. 45 miles per mile an hour g

david murphy outside tracking the storm. bob brooks is down the shore, let's begin with davids out on the patio with the latest on it is storm condition. david. >> reporter: i'm actually in a wind break with channel 6's buildings on two ides of me, but the winds is managing to whip in here and knock you off your feet. looking at radar, the rain is here, it's not all that steady, but we have pockets of darker shades of green. looks like chester county has yellow, there's more of that to come off and on as we go into the afternoon with the heavier bands of rain on the way. big story is the wind, 40-mile an hour gust in philadelphia. even in allentown, 37 miles per hour. from the i-95 corridor and south in particular, we have reports of down trees, i just heard something snapped behind me, i think a tree branch came off an evergreen tree behind me. 48 gusts in millville and 49 in cape may. we've had gusts up to 65 or more. that's budget debris on the roads -- putting debris on the roads. ocean city has reported a 58-mile an hour

meteorologist, david murphy has. >>>h another check of the accuweather forecast. mild for now but not for long. >> changes yet again. >> we are blessed. >> very to learn the rest of that song. i have front row seats and they are free. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you a couple of sprinkles and showers by dover, delaware, they are headed east and heading to cape may o deal. as we look outside most of us see sunshine break outrom the clouds and down there in cape may you are among the many seeingun patches of it earlier and it came through temporary but increasingly bright the rest of the way. 52 degrees in philadelphia and winds with a southerly component at 10 miles per hour. we'll probably add a few degrees before we turn things around. the clouds are thinning out to the west and sun m clouds the rest of the way. and high temperatures around the next hour or two, all the numbers will start to fall. 49 is the high in allentown and 50 in read and 54 in millville. down in cape may shooting up to 52 over the nextself hours. here is the drop, 6:00 down to 42 d

. >> let's get weather and traffic going own to david murphy an karen rogers good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, we're holding on to mild conditions. right now we have clouds to start out, a sprinkle here or there. that's falling off the map quickly. we have a decent amount of sunshine, 52 degrees in philadelphia. 47 in allentown. 54 in wilmington, 49 in lancaster. notice how the winds are no longer coming up from the south. they have turned out of the west and northwest component that will bring in cooler air this morning. as we take a look at winds not all that strong, but, again coming down out of the cool west/northwest. by 7:00 a.m. we'll be down to 47 degrees, a pretty big drop down from the 50s. 46 ascertain 48 between noon and 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m., back down to 40 and 7:00 p.m., that's a misprint it will be down to 39 degrees by 7:00 p.m. again, i'm going with the daytime high of 48 that's in the morning. karen, colder air comes in tomorrow, we have light snow in the picture, i'll show you that on future tracker 6 and get you set for your entire weekend. >> repor

david murphy is tracking the system. >> let's head over to david murphy and karen rogers is looking at the morning commute. >> reporter: we're looking at a peek of stars, but the clouds will get fairly quickly this morning. there's the rain that will rotate in from the west. looks like it will be in washington, d.c. for the festivities and be here by late morning and afternoon. as we look at temperatures, we promised it would be colder, it is. 33 degrees in wilmington, 30 in allentown. 29 in reading, 29 in trenton, 34 down in cape may. as we take a look at winds don't have to worry about that too much, looks like it's a calm wind profile across the region. 3-mile an hour wind in trenton, 5 in lancaster. it's cold, but we don't have to worry about windchills. as we go through today look for a temperature of 34 degrees by 7:00 a.m. there might be peeks of sunshine in parts of the region by then. noon, 44 degrees, this is when we might see a passing sprinkle or shower, down in washington it would be a possibility. 3:00 p.m., 48 degrees is the high, before we slide to 45 by 5:00 p.m., 44 b

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara bloomquist is off, in the news a young man dies in a shooting in wilmington just after the city announce aid new plan to fight crime. >>> and two more of president-elect trump's cabinet picks are going before senate panels today. >>> and authorities detonated a suspicious package found on campus this morning and hundreds of students had to be evacuated. walter perez is live on campus with more on what police are saying about the device. >> reporter: hi rick, behind me you see the loading dock where the item was found, it turn out to be a thick canvas belt with wires behind it. you can speculate it's part of some type of project but it turned out to be harmless. >> that is the video shot by the temple university news crew, it was detonated by the philadelphia police bomb squad as a precaution. it started after they were removing trash from this loading dock right around 9:00 this morning. it was some sort of military belt with red and orange wire as matched. students were evacuated as investigato

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news fire officials will delaware are looking for an arsonist that set a home on fire. >>> but the big story on "action news" at noon is the count down to inauguration day. donald trump will be sworn in tomorrow as president and the final touches are being made on the national mall. >> trump left his home in new york city an hour ago, he will take part in inauguration eve festivities and tomorrow afternoon the transition of power takes place. donald trump will officially become the 45th president of the united states. >> meanwhile, trump's vice president elect mike pence held a press conference, and talked about the transition of power with him and trump and one that the people would be proud of and even he is feeling the heat of the office as inauguration day moves closer. >> a humbling and moving day for the president-elect and his family and mine. but we are all ready to go to work. in fact, we can't wait to get to work for the american people to make america great again. >> tomorrow is

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara bloomquist is off. breaking news police are at the scene of a crash involving a car in the city's frankford section. and an investigation is underway for a robbery on the popular schuylkill trail. and the precautions now being taken. >>> the big story is the escaped suspect who has been taken into custody. chopper 6 hd was over the scene, and brought into custody here. and was caught hours after being able to escape a police cruiser all while being handcuffed. it happened when a car slammed into the cruiser on the roosevelt boulevard. bob brooks is live with the latest. >> reporter: rick, first this suspect crashed three cars and then was arrested for it. and then if you can believe it, he escaped from police by kicking his way out of a police cruiser. >> after a morning spent on the run from the philadelphia police, the man that kicked his way out a cop car was caught. cameras caught the moment they took him into police head quarters. he is accused of crashing a total of three cars including hi

lets check in with melissa magee for david murphy. >> happy friday. not bad across the delaware and lehigh valleys the only issue this afternoon is the blustery wind out of the west. right now in philadelphia coming in at 43 but when you factor in the wind it feels like 44 and 40 for reading and 41 in the poconos and the coast at cape may and atlanta city in the lower 40s. winds sustained 10 to 20 miles per hour with higher gusts, we have a higher gust in philadelphia of 31 miles per hour and a gust in wilmington of 35 miles per hour. and a gust in the poconos of 32 miles per hour and the winds are with us for the majority of the day. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar we show you we are tracking activity the reason it's chilly today and we have the blustery wind and if you look to the northern and west we are tracking lake-effect snow showers and abuse they come in from the westerly direction it's reinforcing the colder air or what feels to be cold outside and there could be flakes north and west of the i-95 corridor. the evening commute looks lik

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon. a former radnor township commissioner goes to court on disturbing charges. >>> and a man is struck by a stray bullet outside of a local home. >>> and the cold temperatures are taking over and snow is moving in. the windchills are back and the first flakes are expected to arrive tonight and that could leave us with slick roads during the morning commute. meteorologist, david murphy, is here to tell us what to expect. >> on the big board we have stormtracker 6 live double scan lined up for you and right now most of the area is dry we had a couple of light snow showers down by cape may most of it off the coast. you may have seen quick flurries or snow shower activity down there. that is pretty much drying up but out to the west you see cell after cell after cell of snow heading to the east and a couple of light snow showers here and there and the bulk holding off until this evening and could be here by the end of the rush hour so it's on its way. outside a couple of break away

let's go on over to meteorologist, david murphy and karen rogers of course hawes commute.d morning. >> well, let's start out with that rain. it did come in overnight. some of your roads might be a little wet but as for the active showers they're already in the process of pushing off the coast and those roads should dry out fairly quickly. a lot of you might notice less snow on the lawn this morning, too. be careful of a little patchy fog where that snow is still evaporating. we'll start out with early clouds but looks like we'll transition to sunshine today before additional clouds start to build in later in the afternoon. temperatures this morning are worlds different than the last couple mornings. we're up to 40 degrees, 44 actually in philadelphia, still 36 in allentown, 37 reading but of course we were in the teens the last couple mornings so this is a lot better. 44 trenton, 42 wilmington, 44 millville and it's the same story in cape may. winds are a little bit blustery out there. we've had a 22 miles per hour wind within the hour in philadelphia. and it may be a bit

>>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program.witliams, sara bloomqui david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news a dramatic political protest is underway in washington. the message from people dangling from a crane near the white house. and a former congressman is behind bars. chaka fattah has soundered to begin his sentence. >>> and the big story is a sinkhole that opened in montgomery county. the crater opens close to two homes in the glen side section. and annie mccormick is live along brook roa with th l >> reporter: rick officials are esometime. what there kholehint, we don't know if one caused the other and take a look it pretty much looks the same from what it did this morning. they are pumping concrete intthe sinkhole and officials say this will not be a quick fix. this massive sink hole swallowed part of the sinkhole and the roadway and part of two homeowners front lawns, a tree became a casualty and this white pickup truck could fall any time if the tree supportin cracks. >> we do have sinkholes every now and then a hernothingthis. >> it's sosceryinre is a acros s

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning's 430 a.m. on this tuesday january 31st. >> here's what here following for you on "action news." president trump fires his acting attorney general for defying his immigration travel ban. >> a grieving mother talks about the driver accused of hitting and killing her two daughters. >> taking a live look from sky6 we're tracking some snow, maybe some flares parts of our darryl. >> let's find out more about that and get right over to meteorologist, david murphy. karen rogers has what that rain could mean for our commute. good morning. >> nice squalls for about 45 minutes glitter some sports right now we've got lighter snow and this is pushing in from the west. it looks like areas to the south of philadelphia and a few areas out to the west just some light showers right now. it is snow and we're below freezing across the region so be careful out there if you get caught beneath some of this. it looks like south jersey along the bay, central delaware and areas to the west of philadelphia rig

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news we are following breaking developmhiladelphia where police captured the suspecthe chestnut hill home invasion. and severt trump's cabinet nominees are being approved today. but the big story on "action news" is the chilly and dam many conditions after yesterday's destructive nor'easter. this is atlantic city we see light rain out there. continued with light winds across the region. melissa magee is tracking the the "action news" big board. >> it will be coming our way for now damp and drear across the del valley. and the nor'eastego way heretrac live double scan radar, you see light rain and mist and drizzle along the i-95 corridor. down in south jersey we have mixed precipitation atlcounty and just across the areas in ocean county as well. we are in and out of the wet weather but the bigger picture, on stormtracker 6 live double an r showing the area of low pressure offshore and it will slowly push off to the north and east and we are on the become side ofm and in and out of as far a

david murphy has been in the snow business all morning long. what can we expect, david?> reporter: the morning snow was in south jersey, it is off the coast. the next thing we're watching is shower act terrorist but programs a stronger snow squall in areas to the west, harrisburg and lancaster county this will start to move in this activity during the afternoon and into the early evening hours, again, these are not big issue, big ticket snow producers in most cases. if you get underneath one of the heavier cells it could reduce visibility and put a coating on road surfaces, you do want to slow down. overall not a lot of snow. as for the morning snow it was mainly south. mill folder, delaware, 2 1/2 -- fill -- millford, delaware, 2 1/2 inches. it was hard to get the snow up to the i-95 corridor. 38 in philadelphia. 34 in allentown. 39 in wilmington, you do need a coat as you step outside, that will be the case of the rest of the way. winds on the light side we expect them to pick up a little bit through the afternoon, we're looking at blustery conditions. future tracker 6

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. >> we have team coverage on the snow, and is in south jersey, but let's go over to david murphy, good morning. >> reporter: we're expecting the snow to impact the region, that's what we have on radar, even wilmington has avoided everything except flurries. we have snow popping through atlantic county, burlington county, cumberland county and kent county delaware. cape may county has changed over to snow after being above freezing and seeing rain early. it is in the areas secondary roads and side streets that have been treated. sidewalks, could be a problem. karen rogers will talk about the main roads they appear to be in better shape. this will get toward the east around 9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. we have a winter weather advisory in effect until noon in case it lingers that long. the the farther south you go, the worse it is. some spots 2, 3 inches, most of you one inch variety the farther south you go. up closer to i-95 you might not get anything. 32 degrees in wilmington, were it to snow in wilmington, it would stick on surfaces, so far so good there. where we are seeing the snow, dover

. >> it's raining out there, let's turn to david murphy and karen rogers, good morning. >> reporter: it may be more than just rain. we have a freezing rain advisory across the entire region. temperatures in the 30s. the big concern is rural pockets in between reports station. the farther north you go the better chance of this. pockets of steady rain, but freezing rain is part of the package this morning. it has been lifted in delaware new castle county, and rural south jersey, this will expire later this morning as warmer air comes up from the south, but it stays in effect in berks county and other northern areas. be careful driving around early. 38 degrees in philadelphia. 30 in allentown. 32 in reading, again these cooler areas more of a concern for the freezing rain. 39 in wilmington. 40 in millville. and 46 in cape may. as we roll through the day, look for winds to remain light and conditions crumby. 35 degrees by 7:00 a.m. 41 by noon. 44 by #3:00 p.m. we expect periods of rain and drizzle all day today. 5:00 p.m., 43 and damp. another slug of rain coming in tomorrow afternoon. a

david murphy is outside. >> reporter: i'm in sort of a wind break with the 6abc structure. we have clouds and i expect to see sunshine today. the lake-effect snow coming in from pittsburgh is aiming to the north. maybe you'll see a spritz on the windshield today. 42 degrees, that's are not bad numbers for this time of year and this time morning. upper 30s in reading and lancaster. 40 in millville, 41 in trenton. but with winds blowing in the teens and wow, a 25-mile an hour sustained wind in wilmington, that's what the problem is, it is making it feel a lot cooler. so bundle up this morning. as we go through the day, it stays chilly, 40 degrees by 7:00 a.m. 44 by noon. 47 is the high at 3:00 p.m. above average, but windy and blustery, coats required all the way. 7:00 p.m., we're down to 39 degrees. if if you have plans to head out this evening, you'll want to bundle up, as well. it will be brik and -- brisk and colder. when i come inside we'll look at the weekend call and mixed precipitation next week. karen. >> reporter: dave, i'm looking at the roads, it's the tale of two

david murphy has more and karen rogers has the commute. >> reporter: it's just a little bit of snow tomorrow afternoon we'll talk about that in a couple of seconds. right now we have cloud cover out there. overall we're expecting a decent amount of sunshine. don't be fooled, the tempts is rising, right now we're up to 56 degrees. keep a coat handy because the cooler air west and north of us is on its way in as soon as the next couple of hours, we'll spend most of the time in the 40s with a rather brisk wind. right now, 7 miles per hour on the wind gauge. in reading we're getting the stronger winds out of the northwest at 20 miles per hour. i know we're at 56 right now, as soon as 7:00, we could be back down to 47. 46 by noon, a daytime high of 48 degrees right in there, around 2:00 p.m., maybe 1 p.m. 46 by 3:00 p.m. back in the upper 30s, and it will be brisk and cold tonight if you're going to be out and about. we have light snow coming in tomorrow in the afternoon. probably a coating to an inch in most spots, karen, i'll have that on future tracker 6. >> reporter: you have to be careful on

good morning, january 2, tamala edwards is off, here's erin o'hern and david murphy and karen rogers. >> reporter: we're off to a wet start, as you mentioned matt, some of the northern areas could be seeing freezing rain. we're getting an indication of that on storm tracker 6 live right now. for some of us, it's steadier rainy cells that pop up. some of us in berks county and blip in chester county, basically the farther north you go, the colder the temperatures are. even though it's rain that hits your windshield it could freeze up on surfaces below freezing. a new updated map a couple of minutes ago, i showed you this a couple of minutes ago, but i'll do it again. freezing rain advisory lifted outside burlington county, philadelphia, delaware county out of this, as well the farther north an east you go for the next several hours, chances of icy patches. we expect this in the immediate counties surrounding philadelphia to expire around 8:00. it could take until 10:00 in the poconos. a little concern if you're driving early. temperatures 47 degrees in cape may. and up in allentown, cl

. >> let's find out about the cold and the commute by going over to david murphy and karen rogers. >> reporter: it is bitterly cold. we'll start out with sunshine and high clouds will streak in. it will be basically dry today, but uncomfortable. right now these are temperatures we're at 15 degrees in philadelphia. 11 in wilmington. just 8 degrees on the thermometer in trenton, 12 in allentown. 9 in reading, 2 below in millville, new jersey. just 11 in wilmington. as we take a look at the winds they are not all that strong but they are forcing worst windchills it feels like 6 degrees in philadelphia. 14 below in millville. 11 in wilmington, that's the same as the temperature here because winds are calm currently, feels like 4 in allentown. every now and then a little bit of a wind blowing up temporarily and making it feel colder. as we roll through the day, 12 degrees at 7:00 p.m. in philadelphia. inching back up to 23 by noon. the high this afternoon 27 windchills making it feel like the upper teens or low 20s at the best of times, back to 23 at 5:00 p.m., 21 by 7:00 p.m. clouds gathe

. >> first up, we have karen rogers and david murphy, good morning. we expected this to be a southern part of the region event. that's the way it's worked out. snow is falling in south jersey and delaware, up here not seeing a flurry, the bulk of the action is in atlantic county, cape may county and cumberland county. you want to slow it down down here. fairly light snow, overall. it should be over fairly quickly. a winter weather advisory is in effect until noon be but the bulk of the snow is off the coast until 10 or 11:00 a.m., we'll see if it continues to fall until noon. take it slow on the roads. 34 degrees in philadelphia. no snow, 32 in wilmington, you've got snow nearby down to the south, looks like you might miss out. we are on or about the freezing mark in dover, millville, airport in atlantic city where we're seeing the snow, cape may was falling below the freezing mark. we could have freezeups on the roads in cape may county, as well. winds have picked up in philadelphia, overall fairly light. we expect it to get more windy and brisk as t

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon, a bouncer at a local bar has now been charged in the murder of the bar's manager. >>> and officials say that smoke detectors saved an entire family from a house fire in delaware county. >>> but the big story on "action news" is the final countdown to donald trump taking over the white house. in two days president obama will hand over the reigns, crews are hard at work ahead of friday's main event and the bleachers are going up and barricades are in place to protect trump and the crowd at the inauguration. stephanie ramos is joining us live now. >> reporter: sara, president-elect trump was in washington last night but plans ongoing back and forth from d.c. to new york until the eve of the nomination. donald trump at the first of many inauguration festivities at our nation's capital with running mate mike pence. the black tie gala passed with nearly 200 foreign diplomats. across the way protest evers gathered outside of trump hotel including a man that tried to light himself

for karen rogers, matt o'donnell, david murphy, i'm tamala edwards. enjoy the day before the rain comes in tomorrow. [laughter]. great one. >>> good morning, america. inauguration countdown. just one day until donald trump takes the oath of office. the president-elect celebrates at black-tie events in d.c. and stops at his hotel as he prepares for the biggest speech of his life, will his cabinet be confirmed by the time he's sworn in. >>> the urgent search for 30 people missing after an avalanche buries a ski resort in italy. snow blasting through windows and doors, rescue crews on the scene digging for survivors, at least two people making it out alive. >>> also breaking overnight, a massive fire destroying a high-rise overseas. collapsing in just seconds on live tv. dozens of firefighters killed on the scene. hundreds more missing right now. >>> and an abc news

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara bloomquist is off and in the news, president-elect donald trump is planning to ask congress to front the money for a border wall between the u.s. and mexico. and the search is on for a pick-pocket that stole from eldery customers on the main line. and the big story is a normal possible snow storm this weekend. it wasn't much but enough snow fell overnight to make us break out the shovels and scrapers. this is chester county, where people were cleaning off they are cars and clearing the sidewalks. meteorologist, melissa magee, is tracking the snowfall totals and details on the next one. >> reporter: it was a nice welcome to 2017 with the snowfall across the delaware and lehigh valleys. and 3.2 inches in chester, burlington 2.4 and 1.8 inches in huff church. and philadelphia international airport we picked up 1.9 inches of snow and it has moved out and temperatures are cold in the wake and in at the freezing mark in philadelphia. and 28 in reading and feels like the teens north and west when you f

. >> talking about rain, we have david murphy and karen rogers, good morning. >> reporter: it's more than rain in spots, storm tracker 6 live double scan is showing you what's mainly dry, but the farther north you go in the region, we're pickerring -- picking up rainen -- on radar. we have a chance of patching freezing rain up until 8:00 a.m. freezing rain advisory until 8:00 a.m. in south jersey and counties closer to philadelphia actually has been lifted in philadelphia itself and new castle county delaware and delaware county. up in allentown, though, you'll have to wait until 10:00 a.m. until that totally expires. if you have plans to be on the road be careful because there could be icy patches. 37 degrees is the current temperature in philadelphia. allentown and reading, 33 degrees there. 38 in wilmington, 41 in millville. 46 in cape may. wet out there and maybe patchy ice here and there, too, better chance of that the farther north you go this morning. 35 by 7:00 a.m. 41 by noon. the high 44 degrees at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. it does look like we'll get rain right now and rai

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morningryone, it is 4:30 a.m. on this wednesday january 25th and here's what we're following for you. >> we're on developing news. man is shot and killed on a feltonville street. then police say the suspects rifled through his pockets. >> his freedom is ending. chaka fattah begins his prison racketeering sentence today. only "action news" spoke to him. >> also, is it march or january? the clouds finally move out and the sun comes back but for how long? >> it will be nice to at least see it for once. here are david and karen. good morning. >> talking to some people yesterday like tomorrow, tomorrow is the day? tomorrow is the day. satellite looks like a little lingering cloud cover. this is high and thin. a lot of you are going to see stars early thorn and those that still have some of that cloud cover it won't be there all that much longer. 42 degrees currently in philadelphia. numbers are up a little bit from yesterday. 40 degrees in allentown, 43 in wilmington, 42 in dover, 39 in trenton. s

our david murphy will have an update on the weather, but first let's go to gina with traffic. >> reporter: good morning, nydia we're not seeing much in the way of backups or delays. king of prussia as you travel 202 at 76 moving nicely. if you're traveling toward the turnpike looking good. if you're heading to malvern or west chester, things are moving quite nicely, right now. we'll talk about the delaware river bridge it is shut down in both directions, because of a structural problem. it's going to be a major issue. again, it is closed in both directions. between the new jersey turnpike and pennsylvania connector, major issues, use route 1, tacony-palmyra, scutter falls bridge, burlington bristol bridge. they are urging people to take mass transit and car pool. actually having problems with the maps right now. i have an issue for you, if you're traveling into delaware county. here we go, a downed tree dell chester road between west chester pike and stake mill road. route 38 westbound the off ramp to 737 northbound we're seeing an issue with bound poles and downed wires, route 70 is the

karen rogers is keeping an eye on the traffic situation let's get going with meteorologist david murphy and accuweather. >> reporter: i like the blacktop showing through in center city. the heaviest band of snow is over the coast. if you have plans to head out on the garden state parkway, if you give it an hour or so, you'll be in better shape. this snow will be off the coast in the next 15, 20 minutes, there's a light snow shower continuing through philadelphia and another small burst out by reading. this should be it. we were expecting it quickly this morning and indeed appear it is. winter weather advisory has started to fall, southeastern pennsylvania is out of the woods and so is delaware. active snow showers have south jersey counties in the area, including mercer and cape may county a winter weather advisory. they could drop these counties closer to the coast or sooner than that depends on how conditions improve over the next hour or two. 30 degrees in philadelphia. 26 in allentown. below freezing everywhere outside the cape may, at cape may you're at the freezing mark. we can su

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with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning's 4:30 a.m. on this wednesday january 18th. tam is off, nydia han joins us. >> we're following breaking news. former president hw bush is reportedly hospitalized this morning. >> gun violence in wilmington continued overnight leaving a man fighting for his life. >> new and only on "action news," temple university has announced a special honor for a broadcasting legend. >> our local temple alum is not here dave murphy but one of them is matt pelman along with karen rogers. good morning. >> good morning. all right, let's check out storm tracker6 live double scan. it's damp out there this morning. we do have some showers. for the most part they're in center city and exiting the coastline. that's the only batch of showers i think we'll really see but it's going to feel damp touch of drizzle here or there out there this morning and let's take a look right now at satellite6 and action radar. you can see that rain from yesterday certainly evening hours we had some steady rain. that's pushed

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morningryone, it's 4:30 a.m. on this tuesday january 10th. >> and we're on break news. philadelphia police are looking for armed robbers, they're wanted for two attacks overnight. >> gunfire shatters the front doors of a local fast food restaurant while it was opened. >> senate democrats will challenge donald trump's cabinet picks. >> the january thaw is now down to one. let's go david and karen. >> i put up two. sorry. okay, so storm tracker6 live double scan is going to show you you're dry this morning. that will not be the case later on this evening as we are looking at some rain moving in and it may start out as a little bit of snow and then of course be freezing rain before it changes over. this is all an issue in the northern suburbs so winter weather advisory kicks in at 6 o'clock this evening. doesn't end until 2:00 in the morning in points north through this region. i think northern bucks, northern montgomery county which are in included initially will probably fall off after about 1

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning's tuesday january 17th. matt o'donnell is off. nydia han is joining us. here's what we're following for you. >> we are following breaking news. a fight at a bar in germantown ends with one person dead. what we're learning about those involved. >> and police in west philadelphia are searching for clues on who shot a man in the head several times last night and why. >> just three days to go before that president-elect donald trump's inauguration. the new movement by democratic lawmakers to boycott the event. >> but for now let's get a quick look at your weather and traffic. we'll head over to meteorologist karen rogers she's in for dave murphy. matt pelman has your commute. good morning. >> good morning. we have concerns for some freezing rain. you're looking at the temperatures through the region right now. 34 degrees in martins creek, 36 in warrington, it's 34 in pottstown, so right now we are looking at temperatures and they are above freezing right now but that's a concern for today

meteorologist, david murphy is tracking what's left of the storm and if we will see the sun ever againis trapped in the trunk of a car an quick thinking 911 dispatchers figures out another way top contact her after the call is disconnected. karen rogers system tracking the impact of all this rain that's having on the road also that turnpike bridge closing. it's all next. >> ♪ morning, some babies just will not wait until mom gets to the hospital in order to be born. >> yeah, of course, sometimes they come early requiring someone other an a doctor to step in and, of course, that's what happened in one special case. nancy alvarez with the story. >> reporter: nestled in the nicu, jet walton is growing stronger every day. >> he's going to have a story to tell. >> reporter: that story started on a southwest flight bound for orlando when at just 26 weeks erica walton went into labor. she credited her career as a nurse for her reaction. >> it's like, okay, this is happening. so i just have to stay calm and we're going to get through it. >> reporter: she praised two doctors and a nurse who rus

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning's 4:30 a.m. on this tuesday january 24th. >> here's what's coming up. high winds and coastal flooding remain a concern at the jersey shore. we're tracking what's happening in atlantic city as the lingering effects from the nor'easter continues. >> a pizza delivery driver is shot but then shoots back in southwest philadelphia. >> new this morning, fire damages part of a shopping center in west philadelphia. >> there are some schools at the shore opening a little late due to the nor'easter we'll put those at the bottom of your screen and on 6abc.com but right now let's head over to dave murphy and karen rogers. good morning. >> good morning. we're still a little damp with couple sprinkles and showers ticking to the east of philadelphia. every now and then you'll get this on your windshield. low lying cloud cover produces drizzle even where you don't see the green. not as bad as it was for a good portion of yesterday. we still have issues at the shore. there's continuing fairly decent br

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morningon this tuesday january 31st. >> here's what here following for you on "action news." president trump fires his acting attorney general for defying his immigration travel ban. >> a grieving mother talks about the driver accused of hitting and killing her two daughters. >> taking a live look from sky6 we're tracking some snow, maybe some flares parts of our darryl. >> let's find out more about that and get right over to meteorologist, david murphy. karen rogers has what that rain could mean for our commute. good morning. >> nice squalls for about 45