>> all right rick adams live for us in old town alexandria. we love your accent rick! we want you to keep talking to us for the rest of the show. >> it sort of fits in oldtown. >> reporter: you're welcome! >> thank you, sir. >>> 6:22. let's go to the storm team 4 weather center. tom is tracking the snow. >> yeah. i love the way rick described king street. well and truly plowed this morning. most are not around our region. and as we look at the storm team radar the last of the snow is exiting much of the area. one little lingering band there in the northern neck of virginia and the lower part of the eastern shore. a little bit of snow here. southern loudoun much of montgomery county getting one more little quick dust on top of what is already fallen. that's going to pass north of us. northern suburbs around 4 inches. a few isolated spots at 4 to 5 inches. 5 inch common amounts in much of southern prince george's county. farther south the heaviest snow totals were in fredericksburg to waldorf, over toward calvert county they had 5, 6, 7 inch amounts of snow were common t

rick. >> all right adam we'll check back in later.>>> while the last winter storm, the latest one steered clear of the tri-state area this time it did hammer the midwest and new england with tons of snow. chicago got more than 19-inches of snow in about a day. the fifth largest blizzard to ever hit the city. cars were buried drivers were stranded and express ways were shut down due crashes. this morning public transit suffered delays for more than an hour. >>> a similar scene in massachusetts as a storm delivers a seconds round of snow. >> the storm delivered a second rounds of snow to an already hard hit area. by this time tomorrow boston could actually total 34-inches of snow. that is the snowiest one week that that city's history. >> marci gonzalez joins us life. we have a fresh coating of snow here. earlier we were pelted with freezing rain but as you just mentioned this is nothing compared to what they're dealing with elsewhere. from nebraska new england it looks and feels -- >> the wind blowing in my face the sands and snow. wel

for adam joseph cecily tynan and jaime apody and rick williams. i'm monica malpass have a great night. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >>> wednesday night, governor, chris christie sells his latest pens plan at a town hall meeting in norristown and worker s ares are hurt trying to free a horse in wharton state forest of the. >>> lets get to meteorologist, cecily tynan at the big board. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the storm system that i'm tracking is a pretty sizable storm the center is near new orleans and there is a big area of precipitation with this and that low pressure is moving off the cape hatteras coast. this will have an impact on the morning commute tomorrow. the timing is a problem, by 8:00 the snow is here generally south of philadelphia the good news is it's a fast moving system. by the afternoon it's history and clouds break for sunshine but the problem is the morning commute. the national weather service posted winter weather ad

for adam joseph sharrie williams and rick williams i'm monica malpass have a great night. >>> "actionelaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> thursday night the liquor privatization bill passes in the pennsylvania house and several inches of snow fall on south jersey this morning, but the big story tonight is more on the arrests of three alleged isis wannabes, authorities say that one suspect lived in dover, delaware, until august of last year. david henry is live at the federal building in philadelphia. what have we learned about this man? >> well, investigators say that the money man behind this scheme is a man you may have done business with at a local shopping mall, this criminal complaint spells it out and we are learning more about the alleged islamist among us. he could have passed for any young man at the shopping fall. he operated a cell phone repair kiosk and a kitchen gadget kiosk. this video is from a jihadist website that they allegedly visited frequently, they offered to kill president barack obama and pol

now for adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody sharrie williams rick williams i'm monica malpass.6:00 is next. >> good night >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪♪ >> friday night i'm monica malpass. the big story breaking news in montgomery county. the health department investigating a suspected case of the measles. let's go to dann cuellar live in norristown. dan what have you learned about itism monica, they're calling it a case of position suspected measles. they say the patient a 15-year-old boy, went to his doctor who suspected he has measles and reported it to montgomery county health authorities. a spokeswoman for the county says in a press release that the patient has been evaluated and testing has been conducted in order to determine if this is a true case of measles. they say specimens are being delivered to the state public health laboratory. now, they're not telling us where the boy is from or where he goes to school but they say he is self isolating at home under the guidanc

. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph rick williams and monica malpass. >> again here is what is happening on "action news" wednesday night. one minute are you walking or skating and then submerged in near freezing temperatures and time is running out what you need to know about staying safe around the ice. >>> and the race for philadelphia's next mayor is on we'll have a preview of all the democratic candidates. >> it's beautiful but a dangerous part of winter iced over lakes ponds and river this rescue in monmouth county new jersey is part of the risk of walking on ice. rescuers got to this victim in time. walter perez is outside of an ice rescue training center in allentown. >> reporter: rescue officials say there are several precautions you can take before going snowshoeing or ice fishing or hockey or whatever on a frozen lake pond or river they stress there is no such thing as completely safe conditions on frozen water. >> stay off the ice all together. >> allentown fire captain says the risk you take on walking on a frozen body of water is dangerous. >> ther

adam joseph, jaime apody rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. dangerously cold air is knocking on our door and it's going to impact everyone in the tri-state area and we'll have details. the search is on for the vandal or vandals. >>> well if you thought it has been cold lately you haven't felt anything yet accuweather is predicting temperatures we have not seen in our area in two decades public schools in delaware are already closed tomorrow in anticipation for the dangerous cold. we have numbers running for you at the bottom of your screen. we'll see windchills negative double digits. >> it's bad enough when you talk about negative 1, but teens below area wide, 7 in cincinnati and atlanta below freezing and all the numbers in the deep south going to record levels. encompassing much of the lower half of the 48 in the eastern half of the country. here are your temperatures all of these areas are records, cincinnati 6 below and 1 in philadelphia and 9 in raleigh and atlanta 14 and jacksonville florida, 29 degrees tomorrow m

. >>> "action news" continues with adam joseph, jaime apody rick williams and monica malpass. >>> hello again a crime of opportunity leave a trenton business in the cold for a second time. also an armed thief does not let a store counter stop him from getting his cash and that is all on surveillance. and pennsylvania's new governor says that hourly age workers deserve a pay raise. >>> and details, thieves looking to make easy cash targeted a trenton business they were after copper inside of the air conditioning units on the roof. above the west side pharmacy, authorities say in fact it has happened before. new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic is live with the details. >> the copper thieves we are talking about are very organized and very persist an apparently coming back over a three day period late last month to finish the job, by stealing the copper on all the compressors of this strip mall, the businesses are left without heat. the pharmacy owner is fed up. >> steve mckay is manager of west side pharmacy in trenton. thiefs have topped to the top of the building and stripped the co

adam joseph. melissa we'll start with you and the latest accuweather. >> yeah, rick and mon today the big story at least for the first half of the day was the brutally cold start to our monday. record lows in some locations trenton and women you tied your record, one in trenton two, in wilmington. atlantic city reading and dover new record lows today. atlantic city 2 degrees, 1 degree below zero in reading and four was the new record low this morning there in dover. now, temperatures certainly did not recover. in fact, in philadelphia morning low temperature coming in at 3 degrees, 1 degree shy of the record set back in 1888 making this the coldest since january 24th of 2005. so, we're talking about a 10 year chill where we've seen temperatures at 3 degrees here in philadelphia. this morning it was quite cold when you factor in those blustery winds out of the northwest. wind chills this morning 16 degrees below zero in philadelphia. wind chill of 19 degrees below zero in allentown, 35 below in the poconos and 12 degrees below zero there in allentown. we do have more changes on the way. storm track

. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. we have the latest on a dog that wandered away from his home and nearly froze to death. you'll hear from his owner who refused to give up zbll a chester county man is killed and his brother is taken away in handcuffs tonight authorities release new details in the case. and it's man accused of gunning down american sniper chris kyle, goes on trial. >>> and we are tracking bitterly cold weather that is settling in our region tonight. the wind picks up and that make its feel colder. lets head to the big board with the latest from accuweather. >> so far for this winter season the last time it was equally as cold was a month ago on january 8th mother nature has been stubborn this year with giving us fresh powder for the ski resorts but at least she is giving us cold temperatures, right now the skiers and boarders are loving it in spring mountain in montgomery county and mountain loving it because they can crank up

. >> ♪♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica hello again. here's what's happening on "action news" tonight. cars that come equipped with the latest wireless technology are all the rage but hackers are also taking notice. need ya' hahn with a report that says your safety behind the wheel is at risk. >>> philadelphia detectives say five people dancing in this surveillance video may be tied to a murder that happened hours later. and a wilmington mental health center for young people is closing its doors. officials say it's for the best. we'll explain. >> now the details. a new report reveals how vulnerable car owners are to digital security breaches. automakers are souping up cars with wireless technology these days. but according to a new report, they have failed to adequately protect those features against hackers. consumer reporter nydia han is at the big board with the details. hi, nydia. >> reporter: hey, rick. the concern is major that hackers could not only steal your personal data but even take control of your vehicle while

. >> okay >> ♪♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody rick williamsmalpass. >> hello again. here's what's happening on "action news" tonight. the bitter cold we've warned you about is here. we'll show you how to protect yourself when you're out and about. >>> it's an all too common occurrence during these cold snaps, broken pipes. we'll explain what you need do to protect your home plus plastic grocery bags, they could become a thing of the past if one new jersey city gets its way. nora muchanic with details. >> coverage of the dangerously cold weather continues tonight. stepping outside without the full winter gear including a coat hat gloves and scarf definitely not an option today. >> temperatures did not go above the mid-20's and the blowing wind of course created wind chills in the teens. unfortunately it's going to feel even colder over the weekend. >> let's head now to meteorologist melissa magee who is live at the "action news" big board with the frosty details. melissa. >> reporter: yeah, rick and monica here's part of the reason why it's goi

. >> ♪♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody rick williams and monicagain and here's what's happening on "action news" tonight. a loud boom, a dark cloud then these raging flames. pennsauken residents are talking about the moments after a tanker truck crashed and burst into a fire. newly released details about the deadly crash involving a car and an ambulance. what a police investigation has now revealed. >>> and philadelphia mayor michael nutter wants city teenagers working this summer and he's calling on local businesses to help. >> back to our top story. it took a matter of minutes for an overturned tanker truck hauling thousands of gallons of fuel to explode into a massive ball of flames in camden county this morning. >> towering flames and thick black smoke billowed into the air and into a neighborhood next to the ramp from route 90 to route 130 in pennsauken. >> that's right. an "action news" viewer center us this video of the fire while driving along route 90. and this is how it looked from chopper 6 hd. authorities say the driver of the tanker l

. >> ♪♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody rick williams and monica. >> hello again here's what's happening on "action news" friday night. this record breaking cold doesn't just take its toll on the body it also creates problems for mass transit. we'll show you how septa is keeping things moving. >>> also new surveillance video of the gunman wanted in a deadly shooting inside of a wilmington rec center and a local university student's big idea launched him right into abc's shark tank and it leads to quite the feeding frenzy. sharrie williams will have that story. >> details. view from chopper chopper 6 tell us the story. record setting temperatures filling the delaware with slabs of ice. >> wind chills below zero were a shock to the system for residents around the region this morning and the situation hasn't improved that much. >> that's right. the cold is just too much here for camden high school today. heating issues forced school officials to dismiss students and staff at 1:00 this afternoon. all after school activities and sports were also cancele

for alicia vitarelli shirleen allicot and adam joseph i'm brian taff. >> now here are rick williams andat what is ahead at 5:00. >> hey guys, abc would like to talk to brian. >> our parent company. >> scientists are calling in a new remarkable advance about hiv, a new drug that could neutralize the virus that causes aids. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> some delaware residents say they are freezing in their own homes after days of freezing problems at one apartment complex and they have solid proof, tonight more residents are coming forward saying that management is not helping. >> the big story on "action news" is the ongoing problem in marshallton newcastle county. eva pilgram is live with the latest. this couldn't come at a worse time with even more frigid weather on the way obviously. >> reporter: they have the below freezing temperatures to continue to look forward to. most of us go inside to escape the bitter cold temperatures but for the people that live at the creeks in

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adam green, cofounder of the progressive change campaign committee. our lines are open and we divide our lines between democrats republicans and independents. you can also send us a tweet. rick from massachusetts. independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i have a question for you. where do you stand on the tax issue? how can somebody pay 25% of their income not be paying their fair share? yet the people paying no federal income tax are? guest: that's a great question. first my sympathies for the snow that you're probably digging out from up there in massachusetts. we saw this in the institute polling as well. there are corporations that pay zero% taxes. wall street banks basically admit to doing crimes and have to pay huge pements can deduct those from their taxes. helps their debt. and meeble regular people are paying 25-30%. mitt romney pays less of a tax rate than you or i do. the real question is who is paying their fair share? how >> thank you for taking my call. i do believe democrats should run and elizabeth warren, the way she looks at the middle class, saying that, i just think it is ironic to me to see hillary clinton and jeb bush are running for presi

, for shirleen allicot, alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff, we are back tonight for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. here is rick williams and monica malpass with a look ahead. >> hi guys next at 5:00, the president asks for war powerses for the fight against isis. also a deal to sell the revel casino is off the table. the disagreement that canceled the agreement. coming up in a live report. >>> and the jackpot soars to $500 million the deadline to get your tickets. those stories coming up next at 5:00. i know grandma's house isn't the most exciting, but it's only for a few hours. look what i've got. when you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality, super fast internet, and america's most reliable network. so you won't miss a second of that movie, that game they love, or those moments with family. can we sleep over? please! come on! make your house the house. you get more from verizon fios the tv service rated #1 in hd picture quality and signal reliability based on customer satisfaction studies plus america's fastest most reliable internet. and for peace of mind, get a price quote in writing and

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adam green, cofounder of the progressive change campaign committee. our lines are open and we divide our lines between democrats republicans and independents. you can also send us a tweet. rickm massachusetts. independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i have a question for you. where do you stand on the tax issue? how can somebody pay 25% of their income not be paying their fair share? yet the people paying no federal income tax are? guest: that's a great question. first my sympathies for the snow that you're probably digging out from up there in massachusetts. we saw this in the institute polling as well. there are corporations that pay zero% taxes. wall street banks basically admit to doing crimes and have to pay huge pements can deduct those from their taxes. helps their debt. and meeble regular people are paying 25-30%. mitt romney pays less of a tax rate than you or i do. the real question is who is paying their fair share? how universities. it's ironic to me to see hillary clinton and jeb bush are running for president when the country is in the crisis that it is that power are making these two parties drunk on power. they do not look at the country any mor