reporting live from south whitehall channel 6 "action news." >> likely a good deal more than that. governor phil murphy says the state of new jersey well the state of emergency there is in place for the entire garden state ahead of the nor'easter that goes in effect at 8:00 tonight. and a decision about whether state offices will open tomorrow will be made later tonight. of course the scramble continues to restore power to more than 20,000 peco customers that are still out. they have been in the dark since friday's storm. and state forest rangers were on the case today hoping to clear out downed trees to power crews could access power lines. >>> the "action news" morning team will get an early start. to help you navigate the storm. so join using beginning at 4:00 that is a half hour earlier than normal. for the lates conditions plus any school closings or delays. there will be many. >>> remember constant u nor'easter are a tap or awacker 6 live hodouble scan tabld for your mobile device. >>> coming up a tractor trailer te a commotion hia after striking an overpass. and good news fo

reporting live from south whitehall, walter perez channel6 "action news." jim. >> walter thank you. >>> 6abc.com has the updated watches and warnings for our next storm plus multiple live views of storm tracker6. just check in often as the next round of wintry weather is approaching. >>> so it begins all over again for bill cosby. he was in norristown for a pretrial hearing today with jury selection for his retrial slated for march 29th. "action news" reporter vernon odom is live outside montgomery county court in norristown. vernon, what happened there today? >> reporter: jim, it was essentially inside baseball today. the lawyers battling and sparring with each other over which witnesses will be allowed to take the witness stand for both sides when this trial -- retrial starts next month. bill cosby back at the norristown courthouse for a new round of pretrial hearings on the drugging and sexual assault cancer against him lodged by former temple university employee andrea constand who testified the now disgraced show biz legend drugged her and then sexuall

back to you. >>> walter perez is in south whitehall township for us tonight. folks i lehigh valley are stocking up. >> a wave of penndot trucks let to pretreat roads as the lehigh valley gets ready for the second coastal storm in less than a week. penndot crews spend the day in allentown gearing up and getting ready. >> we have contracts that automatically refill the salt if we get low. >> and penndot's preparation includes a request that everybody postpones unnecessary travel especially when the storm kicks into high gear around mid-day. meanwhile at midnight tonight penndot imposes a ban on tractor trailers and rvs and all as snow emergencies are prepared preemptively in municipalities across the lehigh valley. and we caught up with people stocking up on snow storm essential. >> milk eggs and honey. and the honey do list in my back pocket. >> lisa is stocking up for an elderly couple she takes care of. >> i got them milk and eggs and basics i plan and spending the next few nights there. >> allentown averages 32 inches of snow per year so far this season they

reporting live from south whitehall township, walter perez, channel6 "action news." back to you. >> walter, thank you. >>> meanwhile let's check in with drone6. it was in west mount airy earlier today as crews were removing a tree from the top of a septa bus. the tree crashed onto the roadway, brought down wires last night along wayne avenue near lincoln drive. it was unable to move until this morning when crews were able to remove the downed branches and the wires. officials say fortunately no one was injured. but it certainly added big headaches to the morning commute. >> they were hard at work in springfield township, delaware county this morning. another area that was hit hard by the strong winds friday. "action news" was along the 600 block of thacter avenue as dominique used his chainsaw to chop up fallen trees on that block. he told us that this storm was the worst that he's seen in the past but he's happy to be out making money because there is no power at his home. >> that's why i don't mind working you know what i mean. it's something to do. like i said the

reporting live from south whitehall, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> we move across the delaware river now to a live action cam shot in trenton, new jersey, governor phil murphy is scheduled to hold a news conference at 1:00 this afternoon to lay out the storm plans for the garden state. you can watch that on 6abc.com. >>> the "action news" morning team will get an early start to help you navigate the storm. tune in tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. for the latest road conditions and latest school closings or delays. >> and constant updates on the nor'easter are a tap or swipe away including stormtracker 6 live double scan any time on your phone or tablet. it's a free download. >>> and parts of the midwest are already impacted by the powerful storm. heavy snow and freezing rain and gale force winds hit the dakotas and minnesota yesterday. many saw a foot of snow and a garbage truck slid down the road going sideways. and police were forced to close the roads to traffic and minneapolis-st. paul airport the plows were moving faster than the planes and that does not ease the backup and many flig

walter perez is live in south whitehall township with how folks up there are getting ready. >> but first lets go to meteorologist cecily tynan and adam joseph live in the "action news" weather center. >> we are tracking and talking about the storm for days and now seeing the ingredients coming into play for a major winter storm to hit the area. >> this is a major winter storm for any part of the season but when you talk about march it's impressive and your location whether you see a foot of snow or

. >> well look, south whitehall township firefighters hopefully no fire today.ust enjoy hearty breakfast of chicken nuggets and wegmans. >> chicken and waffles, that ' thing! >> that's right. >> thank you, my man. >> i love him. he is great. >> oh, of course steve could never be a firefighter. they eat too poorly. >> they invited us for breakfast. >> oh, that's so nice, steve. >> take him one of your nutrition bars. >> yes. right, i'm sure they want that. >> shout out to that fire station. >> yes, whole milk, by the way. >> let's check in with jenn fred real quickly, she has been running all around, jen? >> i have so much to say about that steve keeley. okay? but i don't have time. while he's eating a buffet of everything awesome, i'm at a pawn shop. no chow. come on back to pottstown having great time talking about the snow, you'll hear everything i have to say about keeley. and the pawn shop. - honey, look what we got! - [narrator] going big (yelling) isn't always best. unless it's a aaa plus membership. get 100 towing miles and free emergency gas delivery. aa

"action news"'s walter perez is live in south whitehall township with cleanup efforts across the lehighwith the efforts there. >> but firs latest on this next nor'easter from are meteorologist cecily tynan. >> this is news people still recovering from friday's major nor'easter do not want to hear but double scan live showing that next storm system, the pieces already in the map. we've got low pressure the northern plains. that has been creating blizzard conditions and what this will do, it will transfer its emergency to a coast -- energy to a coastal low. that s intensifies and that brings us what is likely major snowstorm. we already have winter storm watches in effect for most of our viewing areas, essentially interior south jersey, the dllaw alathere will be some mixing along the that limit some of the snowfall amounts. the timing shows that low pressure continues to track to the east. coastal low develops by wednesday in the wee hours of the morning. wednesday morning, i think a lot of people may be caught off guard because the precipitation will be light to begin with. there will b

south america. some get through, and yes, we have a problem with that. you have to understand, mexico does not want illegals. they have their border with whitehall. -- guatemal they stop a lot of those. some get through. nobody is perfect. we are not perfect. we know we have shortcomings. we don't need our neighbor to continually bash us. host: we will leave it there. , we are in open phones. good morning to you. caller: good morning, greta. i am glad to hear about the stability talks on your network this morning. it gives me hope as a 62-year-old man. the people like steve bannon, lewis fair count, sean hannity khan, sean hannity, your days are ended. we will finally get rid of that type of discourse in this country. it is not to happen overnight. it will finally be gone from our lives. like i told peter on your program one time, as a black man, i have people that look just like him and just like you in my family, and i am so happy that it is that way on my side of the life. host: rudy, we will leave it there. as you all know, the c-span bus has been working its way across the country as part of our 50 capitals tour. we stopped in oregon. take a