melissa magee is here with a first check of the accuweather forecast. that is a pretty heavy coat melissa. >> don't do what i did, i forgot my gloves, here is part of the reason why, check out the current wind gust, gusting as high as 31 miles per hour in reading and 29 miles per hour in philadelphia and a gust in the poconos of 29 and same for millville and atlantic city. and the gust in beach haven 24 miles per hours. that makes a difference on your skin. it feels like 13 in the position and feels like 27 in philadelphia and millville 27 degrees and feeling like 24 for both reading and lancaster at this hour. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan radar you can see we have the lake-effect snow showers setting up down wind of the lakes and they stay well away from our region through the rest of the afternoon and stays brisk and chilly for the heart of the delaware and lehigh valley. if you look at the windchills today. certainly leveled out earlier today we had windchills in the teens this morning and later on this afternoon we expect windchills to be

time for a final check of the accuweather forecast with melissa magee. it's 13 more minutes until christmas. >> i know. you should be ready. >> i hope i'm ready. i'll find out tomorrow. >> here's what's going on with storm tracker. no issues of precipitation right now we had some rain around the region early this morning with a cold front that's moved down to our south and east and we're looking good forth rest of tonight. we're looking good sky 6 live from our temple university camera. we've got city hall as well. temperatures certainly already are typical daytime high this time of year is 42. we are above the norm right now. the dew point at 39. wind chill coming in at 40. numbers north and west 40s. 41 in fleet wood same thing, 40 in pottstown. center city at 43 but a little cooler to the north. down in new jersey, woodbine, 39, and 45 degrees out to the west. for your satellite 6 along with action radar our front we had across our region earlier today moving down to our south and east, we've got a partly cloudy skies, skies are really starting to bre

melissa magee is tracking the latest traveling conditions. >> we are tracking some wet weather into the overnight hours and into the day. 44 in the city and 45 for wilmington and millville 44 as well down in dover and the poconos 34. and 41 in cape may. the day planner is looking like this. 2:00, 48 degrees and plenty of sunshine. and sun giving way to clouds, 6:00 in the evening 41 degrees under a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy sky. and the temperature of 38 degrees at 10:00 p.m. if you are planning on traveling on this friday, no weather delays from philadelphia over north into boston and as far south as atlanta and dallas and up to the north and east in new york city. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan 3-d, the next weather system we are tracking out of the midwest. in the midnight hour and into the day on saturday. by 7:30, 8:00 in the morning a wall of water moving through most of the i-95 corridor and areas to the south and east and we could pick up a quarter inch to inch of precipitation, the concern tomorrow morning is that there could be mixed precipitation well north and

melissa magee is here for adam and it's looking beautiful. think we can continue the stretch and getting cooler guys and back to reality tomorrow. we'll show you the picture outside earlier today and chopper 6 hd high in the skies looking at the tacony palmyra bridge we had sunshine and warm conditions. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, it's dry and quiet ain couple of showers around earlier today. those have since moved on out and clouds broke for sunshine and average for us this time of year is 42 and the high is far in the city coming in at 64, 1 degree shy of record territory set in 2015, we had a temperature of 65, 58 for reading and lancaster, 46 in the poconos and 59 in millville and 51 degrees in cape may. 60 in trenton, here is the big story and change, 24 hour temperature change, a good 20 degrees warmer in allentown and 20 in reading the same time yesterday. and 18 degrees warmer in philadelphia and things will be changing however as we go throughout the rest of tonight. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we h

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist, melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, i'm sarah bloomquist, walter's off. in the news tonight donald trump says he does not need daily intelligence briefings, he explains why. >>> plus eagles put up a good fight but lose yet another one at home. >>> but the big story on "action news" is winter weather advisory in effect for some parts of the region. snow, fell and it is to still falling in areas to the north and west of philadelphia. now accu weather is tracking some possible icing, and then rain moves in. a lot going on. meteorologist melissa magee joins us with the first check of your accu weather forecast, melissa. >> there is a lot to track in the short term and there are two batches of moisture that we are watching. the here's storm tracker six live double scan radar. you can see we do have have some light snow, mainly north of allentown up through poconos at this hour. rest of the delaware and lehigh valleys, nice and dry as we go throughout the evening hours. th

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melissa magee is outside on the terrace with a quick check of the forecast. >> reporter: hi there rick soaking up the sunshine while it lasts across the region, it's nice and mild on this friday, we are above average. the typical high is 43 and 44 in the city and 41 in lancaster and 44 chilly in the poconos and 45 for millville and atlantic city season dover coming in at 44 degrees. if you step out later on today maybe doing travel by road we have you covered. the weather looks to be okay. 4:00 p.m. the number coming in at 44 and 5:00 p.m. 42 degrees and partly to mostly cloudy skies and 6:00 this evening at 41 and upper 30s on the way at 7:00 p.m. tonight and mostly cloudy skies. here is what is heading our way. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar 3-d you see the snow to the north in omaha and minneapolis and pressing into chicago and we also have the rain a little farther to the south that moves in after midnight and the start of us on christmas eve. so future tracker 6 showing you can see 1:30 in the morning and lehigh valley and berks coins mixed precipitation before you get a qu

meteorologist, melissa magee, is tracking the latest conditions from the "action news" big board. >> a lot to go over. we have the cold in place and then tracking the snow, sleet and then the rain in the delaware and lehigh valleys. the windchills this afternoon telling the story. north of west of town in the low teens. 19 in reading and lancaster coming in at 9 degrees, 3 in the poconos. windchill here in philadelphia 22 and 15 the current number in millville. as we go through the rest of the afternoon, the windchill tracking showing you that windchill numbers are in the lower 20s before sun gives way to increasing clouds and eventually we await the arrival of tracking. and the winter advisory is mosted for the delaware and lehigh valleys, until 11:00 a.m. on saturday. we start with the snow and then freezing rain and then liquid precipitation in the area. the bulk of the precip arrives during the overnight hours and by 6:30 tomorrow morning we have snow to the north and west and you'll notice the frozen precipitation to the north and west and rain in the delmarva that will head our

almost feel the cold just from checking out the winter wonderland picture in spring mountain, melissa magee joins us with an update on the latest condition. skiers love this weather but not everyone. >> that is right bundle up with extra layers, because temperatures once again on the cold side. right now in philadelphia we come if at 22, 21 in allentown and 19 in reading and lancaster, and cape may 23 and the windchill is a factor. the windchill up to the north in the poconos just 3 degrees 19 in reading and 14 in trenton and wilmington coming in at 16 degrees. some changes are headed our way, a lot of folks trying to get out on this friday doing traveling this time of year. we look at the board from philadelphia boston and chicago and down to the south in orlando and atlanta and across the southern plains, no weather related delays right now, but things change into the overnight hours for the mid-atlantic and the northeast. a winter weather advisory is posted and goes up at 10:00 p.m. lasting through 11:00 a.m. on saturday. we'll be tracking snow and then eventually freezing rain and liqui

melissa magee has us on a rollercoaster. >> we had snow today.60s, then 30 and 40s are on the way with wet weather. double scan radar showing it's dry. no precipitation so we'll show you sky 6 live looking at penn's landing, hard to make out the shot because we are underneath the dense fog advisory until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. visibility in some spots down to a quarter of a mile or less. go slow out and about on the roads. we have a southerly win. we are not tracking precipitation. it's 36 in the city, 35 in allentown. 42 in the poconos. beach haven, 46. holding for cape may. it's dry right now but off to the west, you can see the leading edge of the cold front across the eastern great lakes and ohio valley. this heads our way overnight and throughout the day tomorrow. the next 12 hours, mostly cloudy, tracking areas of dense fog and drizzle bottoming out in 47 in the suburbs. with the winds, temperatures rise overnight. the precipitation we are tracking tomorrow is only in the form of liquid. future tracker 6 showing you 5:00 a.m., heavy rain along

meteorologist melissa magee in for cecily tynan at the big board with details. hi melissa. >> hi, monica. big changes heading our way as we get into tuesday. right now if inn philadelphia 44. cooler to the north and west, just 35 in allentown, 33 in the poconos, the upper 40's down across areas in southampton here's the change that's headed our way. if you look off to the west you can see we've got a bit of a warm front that's snaking across the region so 60 already in pittsburgh and 70 degrees in charleston, west virginia and this warm front will continue to lift through the north as we goat throughout the rest of the night and into tuesday. which means temperatures will be on their way up. the evening planner showing you we're up to 47 by 7:00 p.m., the upper 40's as well at 8:00. at 9 o'clock a mostly cloudy sky with an easterly wind so mist and drizzle certainly not out of the forecast, holding at 50 at both 10 and 11 o'clock tonight. a big warmup brief but it will be on the way by tuesday and rain chances later this week. details coming up with the full and

meteorologist melissa magee has our first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa. >> it is hardo believe we are tracking light snow showers for some because temperatures today were pretty seasonal. right now most spots are in the 40's. the it is 44 in philadelphia. forty-two in trenton. north and west are allentown and reading numbers are low of the 40's and hovering around the freezing mark there in the poconos at the 32. 42 degrees down in dover. stepping outside on the town for rest of the evening we have you covered with the planner. 7:00 p.m. mostly cloudy. temperature of 42. we will drop down in the the lower 40's at 8:00 and 9:00 o'clock tonight holding at 40 at ten and 11:00 o'clock underneath mostly cloudy skies and moisture that we are tracking comes in overnight and through the predawn hours. storm tracker six live double scan radar 3-d showing you you there are two pieces of energy that we're tracking but one we are focusing in on is one that is currently bringing some snow across the great lakes and rain in cincinnati this will work its way eastward as we get the in

let's go outside to meteorologist melissa magee in for adam. >> hi there walter. hi, monica. yeah, we have pretty cloudy day across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys but i tell you what, it was mild over the holiday check out the numbers. christmas eve we had a temperature of 47 and for christmas day yesterday at 50. now this time last year for christmas eve the temperature was 71 and this time last year we had a high on christmas day of 68 degrees. right now it's 44 in the city, chilly to the north and west, 34. 32 in the poconos but 50 already in dover. so we've got some changes headed our way. we are essentially waiting for a warm front to lift to our north. so right now in pittsburgh it's 59 degrees but 71 in charleston, west virginia. later tonight temperatures will continue to rise f you're stepping out on the town you can see that we've got the colder air to the north and west but warmer air is heading our way. so, the evening planner looking like this. we've got a mostly cloudy sky especially with an easterly wind there could be some mist or drizzle. at 9 o'cloc

meteorologist melissa magee is in for adam and she's outside with kind of a chilly accuweather forecast, melissa. >> for sure, rick and sharrie. it's certainly on the chilly side well below average so if you're stepping out you know what you need. you need the extra layers, the scarves and the gloves and the hats. we'll show you the wild swing in temperatures really since last friday. we had a high temperature then of 26 degrees, saturday to start the weekend with all of the snow, the ice and rain, a high temperature of just 36. yesterday we peaked to 60 before temperatures started to tumble throughout the day and today only at the freezing mark for a high well below normal of 44. here's satellite6 along with action radar. you can see we've got high pressure that's bringing in all of this cold air from canada situated across much of the northeast so that's staying put for the rest of tonight. in fact as we look at the evening planner 7:00 p.m. a temperature of 29 degrees. a few thin cirrus clouds on the way. once those move out we've got a mostly clear sky for the rest of the night and

meteorologist melissa magee is in for adam standing by were -- now where is this view? atlantic city the beach. >> yeah, sharrie and rick, sky6 live in hd looking at atlantic city down the shore a few folks on the boards walk argue round probably with a light jacket or a light sweater. it's crisp but relatively mild for this time of year and really mild across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. so far in philadelphia coming in at 45. 44 in trenton. 42 in allentown. the lower 40's for reading and lancaster at the coast in cape may and at 40 atlantic city and at 45 degrees. the winds are southerly right now so that's pumping in the milder air here on this december day. 8 miles per hour sustained in philadelphia and 9 miles in allentown sustained wind up to 5 miles per hour. the winds are relatively light and calm but you have those southerly winds that will stay in place even as we go throughout the overnight hours. here's satellite6 along with action radar. you can see a fair amount of cloud cover moving into the area after a sunny start to our friday. we'll widen

meteorologist, melissa magee, live at the big board with the latest on the temperatures. >> reporter: hey rick. happy friday to you. it looks like temperatures are seasonable on this friday but we were off to a chilly start this morning. numbers are recovering because of the sun overhead. 48 in lancaster and the poconos just 39 degrees and 50 in philadelphia and holding at 50 in cape may up to beach haven at this hour and 51 in wilmington. the winds are blustery out of the west northwest. sustained wind speeds 10 to 20 miles per hour with higher gusts to the west and 31 miles per hour gusts in reading and clocking in at 25 miles per hour here in philadelphia and 24 at the coast in cape may. it's quiet right now, you notice the clouds are starting to increase because of a weak frontal boundary off to the north and west and this moves to the south and east and little fanfare associated with it, but this will help to bring colder air in just in time for the start of our weekend. we'll take it into the day the afternoon and evening forecast. 2:00 today 51 degrees. 4:00 p.m. sun and number

>>> ♪ action news delaware avenue's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skverskynd walter perez. >>> saturday night. temple university clinches the aac championship with a decisive win over navy. developing news from california. where dozens may be dead after a fire inside a warehouse party in oakland california. >>> but the big story is developing news from center city where a tremendous amount of foam has covered an entire city block after leaking from a peco substation, at one point, it looked like it was snowing. started with reports of an explosion inside the building and that activated the system to release the fire foam. bob brooks is live at the scene with much more. bob? >> reporter: walter, good evening, wild here this afternoon, we have an explosion caught on cell phone video, we're going to go see that in just a second. take a look behind me. this is the scene. it's juniper and lombard. you can still see fire crews out here. cleaning things up but the main focus shifting now to inside of that peco substation to figure out what exactly happened. >> chan

melissa magee has made her way inside of the building and we still have a view out there. >> reporter: we'll show you the pagoda camera, still sunshine overhead but the sun is not doing a lot to warm you are temperatures on this tuesday afternoon. most spots north and west are at the lower 30s and 32 in allentown and 34 so far in philadelphia today. at the coast in cape may 35 and 35 degrees in dover. here is satellite 6 along with action radar a fair amount of sunshine you can see you have a mostly clear sky from new york to philadelphia and into dover and into our nation's capital there in washington, d.c. we are staying dry for the rest of tonight. in fact, over the next 12 hours a few clouds around and the december chill overhead. we drop down to 19 only in reading and 18 in allentown and 23 in lancaster, 29 degrees in cape may for the overnight low. we have changes up ahead and the winter arrives, the winter solstice at 5:45 in the morning the sun waves are over the tropic of capricorn, the shortest day of the year on the way headed our way. as we look at the midweek planner you

melissa magee in for adam. >> hi brian and sharrie.eels much cold when you factor in the wind chill. i'll show you the picture outside. sky6 live in hd looking at the ben franklin bridge on this friday afternoon. we had sun earlier today. you can see sun giving way to a few more clouds across the area and if you look at the picture you see the delaware river really not moving much. you can almost feel the stillness in the air outside at this hour. currently in philadelphia coming in at 25, 23 in allentown, 24 in lancaster, 25 degrees in dover. the winds are fairly light but any type of wind when it is this cold makes it feel even colder. the wind chill in philadelphia 14 degrees, 17 in allentown, feeling like 17 in wilmington. in cape may feels like 26 degrees. here's satellite6 along with action radar. you look off to the west across the northern plains this is the moisture that we are tracking that moved through overnight tonight and early saturday morning and in fact future tracker6 showing you 1 o'clock in the morning the first str

. >>> melissa magee and the accuweather forecast next. >>> melissa magee with the accuweather forecast and one of the nicest december days i can remember. >> it feels nice and mild monica but conditions get cooler tomorrow. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar no issues with precipitation. sky 6 hd from our city hall camera. looking at the rothman ice rink. you see a lot of folks really enjoying themselves and the holiday lights all lit up still on this tuesday evening. the high in philadelphia well above where we normally should be. the average is 42, 64, one degree shy of tying the record. saw in lancaster and 59 in cape may and 55 in trenton. the 24 temperature change showing it's 10 degrees warmer in philadelphia than yesterday and allentown and trenton 5 degrees warmer than just 24 hours ago but things change into wednesday. here is satellite 6 along with action radar there is that front that came through earlier today triggering showers across the region we have an area of mostly clear skies that heads our way. it's star lit tonight and a bit a breeze and dropping down to 30 in

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let's find out the details from melissa magee. >> real warm.ou'll notice the increase in temperatures early tomorrow morning. we'll show you what's going o on. a frontal boundary moving through. there could be a few showers. there's some mist and drizzle outside already right now. here's a picture outside. sky6 live in hd look at the ben franklin bridge on this monday evening. we've got a mostly cloudy sky and an easterly wind certainly having an impact on our temperatures. right now in philadelphia, we're coming in at 46. but it's just 34 up in the poconos. 38 in lancaster. milder right along the coast, fledge beach haven and the upper 40's for atlantic city and cape may. visibility is certainly an issue with that moisture coming in off of the atlantic. we're down 2 miles in atlantic city, same thing for reading and allentown so definitely give yourself some extra time if utility on the roads. the clouds, the mist and the drizzle will be with us as this frontal boundary comes through. so here's satellite6 along with action radar. mostly cloudy

for cecily tynan, melissa magee, ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner.ou'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >> ♪ >>> tonight, breaking news. the horrific images coming in from the christmas market. the truck plowing into a crowd in berlin. at least nine killed, dozens injured. you will hear from witnesses on the scene tonight, and what the white house just said about this apparent terrorist attack. >>> also breaking tonight, the chilling moment. the assassin pulling out his gun in the middle of a gallery. then, the ambassador assassinated in front of the cameras. the gunman shouting his message. >> it's official. just a short time ago in this country, electors finalizing election day. but not before tensions boil over. >> this is my america! >>> the manhunt under way, and the new reward tonight, after the deadly road rage. the little boy shot and killed, riding with his grandmother. >>> and the deep freeze tonight. wind chills 50 below zero. thousands of flights

melissa magee is in for a peek at the weekend forecast. >> it was chilly this morning, windchills today in the 30s and look at the morning low temperatures, lakehurst 29 degrees and trenton 34 and philadelphia 40 degrees. right now plenty of sunshine and temperatures are slowly starting to recover and seasonable this afternoon and it's 50 in philadelphia and 49 in allentown and 38 in the poconos. at the coast in cape may 49 and the winds are a factor this afternoon. sustained anywhere from 12 miles per hour in millville and 14 in philadelphia and 22 miles per hour out west in lancaster with the west-northwestly wind and we picking up higher gusts in philadelphia up to many 14 miles per hour. looking north and west we are tracking a weak disturbance but no precipitation for our region into late tonight. and the first weekend in december, the evening commute looks like this. 49 degrees at 4:00 p.m. and mostly sunshine and clear at 5:00 p.m. upper 40s at 6:00 p.m. and mostly clear and dry and quiet at 7:00 p.m. and that number is coming in at 45. and we'll talk about the weather headlines,

for sharrie williams melissa magee joins for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> here is rick williams with a look at what's ahead at 5 o'clock. >> coming up the series charges this judge and two other officials in bucks county are facing this evening after officials say they were caught red handed in a money laundering scheme. also, the new product from the makers of epipen in response to criticism over the price of a life saving drug. >>> and the box office record already smashed by "rogue one." less than 24 hours after it hit theaters. those stories and another check of the accuweather forecast for you and much more coming up next at 5:00. >> ♪

meteorologist melissa magee has the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast coming up. >> ♪ fios is notdifferently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... ...while his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just $79.99 per month online for the first year. cable can't offer that. only fios can. >> meteorologist melissa magee is here now for a check of that holiday forecast. >> we're ready for the holiday weekend. >> we are ready. some of us have some shopping to do but a good day, good weekend to be hitting the stores. >> yeah, there's a little bit of wet weather early tomorrow so maybe you can wrap the gifts and then get out with that last minute shopping. >> gift bags. [laughter] >> put it in the bag. we'll show you what's going on with storm tracker6 live double scan radar. you can sigh it'you can see it'. we're tracking wet

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, sarah's off, in the news bad wet's cross the nation is causing big delays at philadelphia international airport. >>> and the eagles trooped their fifth in a row, after a controversial call in the final seconds. >>> but we begin difficult day in the weather department. we woke up to rain and mild temperatures hi is how it stayed for most of the the day but cold is making a come back with the beginning of winter just days away. meteorologist melissa magee has our first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa >> walter, we have more changes ahead as we go throughout the rest of tonight and start of our workweek on monday. a cold front is moving through , storm tracker six live double scan radar showing we have light showers to the south, of vineland and atlantic city and cape hey and to the south of dover. it is all part of the wider system you can see on storm tracker six live double scan radar 3-d. this cold front that is moving on thr

we have melissa magee with the forecast. >> walter, the fog is a concern overnight hours. fog advisory until 7:00 a.m. sunday. visibility is along the i-95 corridor, low there. half a mile in lancaster, four miles millville and atlantic atc city. mid atlantic temperatures in the 95 corridor, trapped with colder air. freezing in philadelphia, 46. pittsburg 56. 66-degrees in charleston, west virginia milder air ahead of our next system. radar 3d, you see the moisture inching closer to the delaware valley moving through throughout the day sunday. 4:30 in the morning, we are dealing with pockets of heavy rain for philadelphia and areas to the west on and off before a cold front goes through sunday night. sunday's break down with a change, snow earlier today and tomorrow, temperature temperatuo 60-degrees at dawn. a quarter inch to 3/4s inch of precipitation. sunday, temperatures close to 4n issue with puddles freezing. we'll go over the forecast later, walter. >> thank you, melissa. if you were up early enough, you know it was treacherous in spots. >> at first it started to sn

we begin with meteorologist melissa magee and a look at the forecast. melissa?ah, snow for some and rain for most locations through the day tomorrow morning. the winter advisory north and west of the 95 corridor for trenton and mercer, land down and poconos staying up until 9:00 a.m. monday as these locations could find an inch of snow, poconos one to three inches on the way before a change over to rain during the afternoon hour. the radar 3d showing you it's dry across the region, but moisture is filling in across western pennsylvania tracking the moisture across the midwest in the ohio valley, working its way eastward during the predawn hours. 34 in philadelphia. 32 in trenton, 30, below the freezing mark in allentown, and 23 in the poconos. it's cold. temperatures are close to the freezing mark north and west, you have snow on the onset and temperatures quickly rising during the overnight hours which is why the snow changes to rain. northern lancaster to burkes lehigh and the poconos, mostly rain event for jersey and delaware. looking at the system tomorrow l

time for a look at the accuweather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee.tuff coming our way. >> a lot of models have it out 6:00 or 7:00. that's an improvement for us. we'll track it for you, in philadelphia, most spots south and west, rain in south jersey and delaware, the atmosphere waiting on moisture to get into our region. it's not working its way down to the surface yet, but that will change overnight. currently in philadelphia, 43. 40 in redding. cape may, 45 and 40 in the 95 corridor in trenton. it's dry and quiet across the mid atlantic region. we are tracking two separate pieces of energy. they'll be working their way from the southwest to northeast direction in our area overnight tonight and even for the first half of the day tomorrow. future tracker 6 showing you 1:00 in the morning, light snow showers, allentown and redding, 3:00 in the morning, rain for the area areas to the east. lancaster, chester, montgomery, burkes, lehigh up to the poconos, snow showers. by 6:00 in the morning, some of the models see the forward progression of precipitat

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa mageeky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tonight sarah's off. the big story is breaking news from northeast philadelphia where two people were killed in a nasty wreck on roosevelt boulevard. it happened when a mercedes benz slammed into the back of a school bus at high speed. jeanette reyes is there. jeanette? >> walter, the occupants didn't stand a chance. it can only be described as horrific. look at the car after rear ending a bus. the bus has hardly any signs of being in an accident although the driver is understandably shaken by all of this. philadelphia police say the crash happened around 9:00 p.m. the driver of the mercedes was driving well over the 45 miles per hour speed limit approaching wood >> dr. casey wardynski: street. the bus was filled with more than two dozen students dropped off at a church minutes before. the bus stopped at a red light when the mercedes rammed the bus. two people tried to yank open the door to save the man and woman, but flame flames encircl

but lets start with melissa magee at the big board. >> reporter: extra layers are needed for the rest of the afternoon because it's quite cold and blustery. the temperature 37 degrees and 27 in the poconos at the coast in cape may, 36 and 38 in dover. the winds gusting as high as 24 miles per hour in philadelphia and 31 to the northern and west in reading and the coast in cape may 23 and 29 miles per hour there in atlantic city. it does a number on your skin. that is why extra layers are needed. just 13 in the poconos. current windchill number for reading and lancaster 24 and cape may 30 degrees at coast. as we go throughout the afternoon, not much recovery or improvement. the windchill tracker, feeling like 28 degrees, we'll be in the lower 20s later tonight and if you are out on the town later on tonight grab an extra scarf and gloves to keep yourself warm. saturday still plenty of sunshine. and it's nearly 30 degrees when you factor in the windchill and sunday we are tracking winter precipitation into monday. we'll look at that is the exclusive accuweather forecast. signs that wint

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"action news" big board, melissa magee is counting down to the holiday forecast. we see reindeer. i was asking about the weather. >> maybe just a little bit. he has been dieing to say that all night. don't mess it up melissa. here is the pagoda camera in reading. in berks county you see a mostly clear sky and conditions are on the cool side. right now in philadelphia 33 and 29 in reading and 30 in allentown, and at the coast in cape may 33 and dover coming in at 31. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have a mostly clear sky and a few clouds working their way eastward tonight. and all in all it's quiet across the region and december chill sets up and settles in across our region and 19 in reading and 18 in allentown and 20 in trenton and 29 in cape may and 23 in lancaster for the overnight low. big changes for the middle half of our work week, the winter solstice arrives at 5:44 in the morning when it's sun's direct rays are over the tropic of capricorn. this is the shortest night of year on the way. as we look at the rest of our midweek planner you can

. >>> former phillies manager charlie manual visited magee rehab hospital today in philadelphia. he will manage phillies to a world series title in 2008. he took time to take to help raise patient's spirits by telling stories, taking some pictures, signing autographs and talking baseball. in 2011 magee annual manual with the humanitarian award and named in his honor. >> still making people mile. >>> sanity clause not only brings gifts to good little boys and girls but to good animals and fish, as well. >> sean mcdevitt with our sister station kyw news radio caught up with saint nick while visiting the adventure aquarium in camden. >> reporter: santa claus and his helpers arrived into town by way of jet skis, along the delaware river. he received a warm welcome by children and adults gathered on the deck outside adventure aquarium in camden, not only was santa there to see good little boys and girls but good fish and animals too. >> i come every year and i syringe will some manage in the exhibit, i give them treats and they get toys if they have been good. >> reporter: then put on

these are members of the magee sixers spokesmen.e national wheelchair basketball association championship last year. >> tomorrow night, joins us for stories of heart and hope all year, we bring you stories of brotherly love. our brotherly love special is tomorrow night at 7:30 right here on cbs3. join in. justin? >> and it's time for weekend watch. the cold arctic air leading up to the weekend starts to move out saturday here coming the next storm system, round of wintery mix on saturday. poconos eventually will see highs near 40 saturday low 40's on sunday with rain in the city. cold air moves out by saturday afternoon, mid 40's then rain on sunday with highs in the 50's. at the shore could be light snow early satu love or like? naughty or nice? calm or bright? but at bedtime... ...why settle for this? enter sleep number, designed to let couples sleep together in individualized comfort. sleepiq technology tells you how you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from g

these are members of the magee sixers spokesmen.alified for the national wheelchair basketball association championship last year. >> tomorrow night, joins us for stories of heart and hope all year, we bring you stories of brotherly love. our brotherly love special is tomorrow night at 7:30 right here on cbs3. join in. justin? >> and it's time for weekend watch. the cold arctic air leading up to the weekend starts to move out saturday here coming the next storm system, round of wintery mix on saturday. poconos eventually will see highs near 40 saturday low 40's on sunday with rain in the city. cold air moves out by saturday afternoon, mid 40's then rain on sunday with highs in the 50's. at the shore could be light snow early saturday we're this is todd hardy. a fitness buff, youth baseball coach-and lung cancer patient. the day i got the diagnosis, i was just shocked. the surgeon in dallas said i needed to have the top left lobe of my lung removed. i wanted to know what my other options were. and i found that at cancer treatment cen

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, and walter perez. >>> saturday night i'm walter perez. it is new years eve. police shoot and killed a man who gunned down a pennsylvania state trooper and unique celebration in old city to mark bet thecy ross's 265th birthday. >>> of course, big story on "action news" is start of the festivities to say hello to the brand new year. some places around the world 2017 has already started. but around here the new year is a few hours away but party is already underway. live team coverage of the celebration, "action news" reporter bob brooks is taking a look at how folks are getting ready for midnight but we will get with janet reyes live at penns landing where fire works are just about to begin, jeanette. >> reporter: we're down to the last few hours of 2016, and what a year, it has been. it is, packed here. lets look around me you can barely see beyond the crowd of people here, anticipation is already building, because we're about to see the first, of two fire works shows, and, i say peop

for melissa magee, jeff scaversky, walter perez and the entire "action news" team, i'm sarah bloomquistat night. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> you think of those couple of plays, had they gone differently, the outcome could have been different. >> in the endzone. what a mistake that was. >> we were down in the red zone, almost every position. we have to learn to finish there. >> fighting for the football. redskins have it. >> this was probably his best game of the year, honestly, the way he hung in there. >> we lost. we didn't finish at the end. >> he's going deep down the center of the field. jackson with the goal. >> forcing him to come back to make big plays against our former team. >> jones -- hold your breath. the ball is spotted low. it's a take -- can't be a fake. jones picks it up. >> i had a bunch of snuffs on the sideline. i'm a professional. we have three opportunities the left. let's end it with a bang. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this is "action news," sports sunday, sponsored by audi. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello . thanks for joining us. the effort is there, the results are not. >> thanks for coming along. i'm

i'm melissa magee. and i'm erin o'hearn. tonight on fyi philly. merry christmas. our list of festive fun and we've checked it twice! have the kids in philadelphia been good this year? with ideas for the naughty and nice! holiday shopping done fun! whether you're planning a party. it's very festive. or enjoying the sights and sounds. merry christmas santa claus. there's something on our list that will make this your best holiday ever!hi everybody and wi philly. we are at the strawberry mansion and it is all decked out for the holiday season. this is part of the historic houses tour and they are all decorated for christmas in fairmount park. hopefully by now, you've got the bulk of your christmas shopping done and you can relax and enjoy the sights and sounds of the season. and there are so many things to help spark that holiday spirit. at franklin square, there's the spectacular electrical spectacle.

. >> meteorologist melissa magee in for cecily tynan schenn has the forecast for us that has got someget closer to christmas hm. >> yeah, that's right. depending on the kind of whether you like, if you like things on the mild side i think you're going to like the treat that's headed or way as we get into the latter half of this weekend and into the holiday. sky6 live in hd as we are looking at city hall. a lot of folks out and about at dillworth park doing some ice skating as well. bundle up for sure because temperatures are on the cold side. most spots right now are either at the freezing mark or below. we've seen a wild swing in temperatures. friday we only had a high of 26. saturday we started out the weekend with all of that snow, ice and rain with a high of just 36. we peaked to 60 yesterday and today. 34 degrees for the high. that's still below where we normally should be for this time of year. typically we should be close to about 44. north and west of town numbers are only in the upper 20's for allentown reading and lancaster just 30 in philadelphia right now, 32 in cape may a

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heights where just moments ago the final shoppers left target where we begin with meteorologist melissa magee. >> walter, was a bit of a soggy start to our holiday weekend with a high in philadelphia 46 degrees but we did have that rain earlier today. the rain has since moved out of our region and we've got a partly cloudy sky. right now the city coming in at 43. chilly to the north and west, 36 in buffalo, 38 in pittsburgh and 39 degrees in boast washington, d.c. and he richmond virginia. it's dry and quiet we had that fropt across our region earlier today and has since moved off to the south and east so we've got clear skies on the way, partly cloudy sky for the rest of tonight. for the next 12 hours it's chilly we'll jump down to 30s in the suburbs. so as we look ahead we'll take another look at santa and his current destination and where he's headed next. it's sunny for christmas day with temperatures in the 40s. in fact we'll take you through our planner tomorrow. mostly sunny, it's pleasant and mild. 8:00 in the morning 34. by noon on christmas day 43. 5:00 in the evening we're coming i

. >> former phillies manager charles i manual visit dollars the magee rehab hospital in philadelphia. managed world series title in 2008. took time to help raise patients spirits by taking stories, signing autographs, of course talking baseball n2011 magee honored manual with it humanitarian award, named healing garden in his honor. >> still ahead here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", philly gets the new wawa. >> i'm nancy odel. coming up naturally port man takes on the role of the iconic first lady jacqueline kennedy in jacky, a look at the days following jfk's >> in jacky, showing the grief after the assassination of john f. kennedy. >> this week, naturally part man creates on kreen screen iconic first lady as jacqueline kennedy in jacky which is about the days following the assassination. (movie clip). >> stars as first lady jacqueline kennedy, in the days immediately after president can den, personally, and publicly. >> how would you like -- >> should be more horses. more solder. >> why are you doing this, mr. kennedy? >> more crying, more cameras. >> film recreates the assassination,

magee, how about 15 points and nine minutes off the bench? fourth quarter, david west for two points. i told you it was close, right now the warriors of two points. if we get a final score we will let you know. mario edwards would not fit under a tree, remakes and -- and nice christmas gift nonetheless. he was activated for the first time this season. he hasn't played since august 12 and is ready to make his official debut tomorrow against the colts. oakland's defense has gotten subtly better in the second half and this will only help. >> it is just more versatility. he is a guy that really plays hard. he is really good and athletic. he is very impactful. when he is in the game you will know what. >> the raiders getting healthy, the niners getting less healthy, it kind of sums up the mojo of the season. torrey smith has played his last map in 2016, the 49ers placing him on injured reserve after he suffered a concussion against the jets. he caught 20 passes for 267 yards and three touchdowns. he is signed through 2019. jerry goff has yet to si

. >> meteorologist melissa magee is in for adam tonight. the big board with the latest from accuweather. hi melissa. >> hi sharrie and rick. lots to track as we go throughout the rest of our week. storm tracker6 live double scan radar we've got winter storm warnings across the northern plains and winter weather advisory from the midwest to the great lakes eastward into the northeast because of the moisture we're tracking you can see that snow already setting to set up shop across the northern plains. this will continue to work its way eastward overnight tonight and into the day on saturday which is why we do have those advisories posted. something to keep in mind even though we are tracking some moisture tomorrow in the form starting out as snow temperatures will be rising so 4 o'clock in the morning it's 31 degrees. by 8:00 a.m., 34. but by 4:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon, numbers will be in the lower 40's so you could see how we get that transition from snow eventually back over to liquid precip. as far as the impact a lot of folks out and a

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the honda deal marks the mages investment by a carmaker in the growing ridesharing industry. donald trump has been tweeting again, and once again his social media activity has had a real world impact. the president-elect that president-elect described the cost of providing fighter jets to the u.s. military as out of control. if that phrase sounds familiar, it is also because he used it last week to target boeing, which filled the air force one plane. you can see monday's latest tweet there. askheed martin makes that the five. its shares plummet 5%, which means the market value lost $4 billion. that ahead of the f-35 program. >> i certainly welcome the opportunity to address any question that the president-elect would have about the program. since the beginning we have invested hundreds of millions of dollars to reduce the price of the airplane. original,70% from its and we are projected to be at 2019-2020n in the year. it will be less extensive than any fourth generation fighter in the world. >> companies have to be on their guard because they never knoqéa] 12/12/16 12/12/16