of. >>> annie mccormick is on the ground in south jersey, but first up. >>> let's go over to david murphy and karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: we have rain at the coast getting close to clearing the garden state parkway. not a lot of fell in philadelphia. i've got nothing on the terrace or the grassy surfaces. if you do it's melting as temperatures are above freezing. down shore there's more on the grass and mainly wet roads, be careful in areas where you see snow on the side where the temperature is close to freezing on the thermometer. the wide view shows you cloud cover to the west is breaking up. we are expecting the return of sunshine quickly today from west to east. 35 degrees in philadelphia. down to the freezing mark in millville, and the airport, atlantic city, 33 in cape may, 32 in trenton, down in the 20s in allentown. as we roll through the day we'll see improvement, though, it will come quickly, 9:00 a.m., sun re-emerging west to east, 36 degrees there. 42 by 11:00. upper 40s by 1:00 him we'll see a high of 50 around 4:00 p.m. the afternoon is sunnier than it is

. katherine scott has roads and flight canses and annie mccormick has -- cancellations and annie mccormick has the update on the crews for the winter storm. >> reporter: we have former blizzard watches upgraded to warnings. this is pretty much in line with what happens when you expect these conditions to come. in all these counties highlighted in orange, this is the blizzard warning. in allentown to down the shore. even in areas outside the blizzard we're looking at heavy snow and significant travel problems. in the middle of the area, that's the heaviest snow bands with the strong winds coming in we are expected to see poor have i bet that will be part of the package there. nothing showing on double scan live right now, though, which is good. and i am real quick going to take something out here and then add something else in for you, i apologize for that. we'll get the right stuff on there. there's the blizzard warnings we talked about. now as we go on to the other issues we're looking at, a high wind warning in effect through the day on saturday where trees and wires could come down in south

how traffic will be impacted. katherine scott is in chester. annie mccormick is in mount airy section, but we start with david. >> reporter: guys, we have good news to start out, that's if there is no precipitation out there and we'll get early sunshine and clouds will mix in. looks like overall it will be bright today with occasional sweeps of clouds, but overnight after a lot of melting yesterday we have seen the temperatures plunge below freezing. 22 in philadelphia. 12 in allentown. 16 in wilmington, 17 in trenton. not much wind out there, so we'll not bother with windchills this morning but black ice forming across sidewalks and streets that were not salted. 18 degrees by 8:00 a.m. mainly career and cold if you're heading out or among the unlucky whose school is still open. you'll be facing cold temperatures as we start out. 11:00 a.m., 39. 32 by 1:00 p.m., the high 34 at 3:00 p.m. a little above freezing enough sun out there, in areas where you hover around the freezing mark you'll get melting and more refreezing tonight. temperatures will get milder we have more shots of precip

o'donnell is off, annie mccormick is in hamilton township and david murphy and karen rogers have weather and traffic. >> reporter: we have wet snow thinning out over the garden state parkway and the ac expressway. if you're driving around close to the coast or anywhere where there's slushiness on the roads, take it slow. in philadelphia even when the snow came through, the ground was warm so it melted it. officially at the airport we had a trace recorded. cloud cover will break up out to the west and we'll see sunshine return and mostly sunny skies, above freezing in philadelphia, 35 degrees closer to in trenton and allentown. 33 in millville, cape may and 30 in reading. as we head out to the bus stop or the driveway look for mostly cloudy skies early to the east. i could see actually sunshine coming back quickly between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., else somewhere. temperatures may deep closer to the freezing mark between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. we'll bounce back quickly. 42 by 68:00 a.m., 46 by 1:00 p.m. it will be breezy and bright and nice later on. karen, what are you seeing on t

to go a little slower and give yourself extra time. let's go over to annie mccormick in ham recall -- hamilton township, new jersey. how are you doing now? >> reporter: we're seeing flurries, a half-hour ago, we were seeing heavier snow. this is what the grassy areas will look like in the areas where the snow fell. take a look at the video, this is video from 40 minutes ago around the area of the atlantic city expressway where we are right now in hamilton township. the south jersey transportation authority that takes care of the atlantic city expressway they have crews coming out salting making sure everything is safe for riders as they head down the expressway this morning. what is not a concern this morning is freezing roadways. they are not seeing any problems with that, they are seeing slick conditions with puddles and things of that nature. however, as you drive down the atlantic city visibility it's been an issue depending on which kind of snow squall you hit as you head down the roadways. trees and grassy areas you're seeing accumulation. realty at at -- first day of spg was

reported sighting at a new jersey restaurant. that's where we find our annie mccormick in lacey township with the latest. >> reporter: that's right, tam, arthur buckle who escaped almost a week ago was spotted at the forked river rest area in lacey township new jersey. you can see there are officers in tactical gear. there need several vehicles almost 15 vehicles, this is all that is left. we see number of vehicles leave the scene in a half-hour, many were k-9 units, as well. they are not telling us where they are headed. this is what we know, i want to toss you video we did shoot. suspicious activity at the forked river area. police checked surveillance cameras and saw someone suspicious around 9:15. they searched in the woods using dogs, the dogs led them into the woods and lost the trail. nothing else was left to indicate buckle was there. they are interviewing people possibly people who may have seen him that were at the rest stop overnight. what we know about the entire case, buckle escaped from the ancora unit of bay side state prison last tuesday after a confirmed spotting at a ba

mccormick is live at septa headquarters with the update. good news, annie. >> reporter: good news, matt and tam, we have to tell you this is not a done deal yet. both parties have come to an agreement, but nothing has been signed just yet. we can tell you within the hour, rather, the chairman arrived at septa headquarters, he arrives when it's time to sign the final agreement. the talks between the union and septa had to be halted overnight because the power went out in the sheraton headlights where they were holding the negotiations. both sides went to their respective headquarters and mediator went back and forth and they were able to make progress. septa said union members have to pay $120 more a month for healthcare. the chairman would not giving specifics to us this morning, but he would say that they needed to go to the union and both sign before staying that this agreement is done. >> i think we have agreement in principle, without dwight evans, i think we would probably be sitting around. dwight was a catylist in getting this done, our jobs on staff did a magnificent job a

accident scene in camden with annie mccormick live on the scene. she'll about haddon and newton avenue. avoid that area right now. matt. >> an out of control driver left a trail of destruction on a camden street. porches are destroyed poles and wires are down. it is a real mess and has a busy intersection shut down right now. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live along haddon avenue to show us the scene. annie. >> reporter: matt, you're right a mangled mess out here at haddon and newton in camden. wander to take you right into the scene behind me. you can see that vehicle there, debris is everywhere but from the vehicle and from a number of vehicles that it hit and also a number of homes that it hit, you can actually see the entire engine outside of the vehicle on the roadway. well, take a look at this video. the driver we're told critical. medics had to extricate the driver from the vehicle because the person was trapped inside. now, it appears that the car was traveling down haddon westbound when it did hit a utility pole. this happened around 2:00 a.m. when the chrysler 300

cleanup from the blizzard of 2016. >>> katherine scott and annie mccormick are standing by, but we'll start with david murphy and karen rogers good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone we have sun and clouds today, it's cold this morning, temperatures 22 this philadelphia. 17 in allentown. numbers in the teens and trenton, wilmington, 224 in reading. 11 in lancaster. 8 in millville. the good news from all these numbers, these not much windy out there, so we're not talking windchill. still cold as you head out. 18 by 6, 19 by 8:00 a.m. a couple of issues for the morning commute we have refreezing on sidewalks that have not been fairly salted. there can be ice under foot. may be the same story on side streets and main roads where the salt has been diluted. we heard from one of the plow guys talking about that a little while ago. parking lots will be icy. the right lanes on some roads may be partially snow covered. as the plows came through, they piled it upen the right and you don't have a lane available. 21 degrees by 11:00. 1:00 p.m., 32. the high is 34 at 3:00 p.m. it will be

the snowfall, annie mccormick is live in new jersey. let's start with karen rogers and david murphy. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, you can see this is a nuisance snowfall. there are breaks in the action around gloucester and camden county. most of the stuff is highlighted in gray, it is fine light snow. down south more pronounced. we're going to a coating to an inch. it will be dart in philadelphia and wilmington -- it will be done in philadelphia and wilmington for the most part after 9:00 a.m. or so. the wide view you can see this on the back edge of this, down the shore, it may hang in longer into the afternoon. the winter weather advisory is up until 9:00 a.m. in the i-95 corridor. along the shore you have the advisory until 1:00 p.m. light nuisance stuff and with temperatures below the freezing mark, anything that has been pretreated is holding up very well this morning. le karen rogers will talk about that in a moment. be careful on sidewalks and side streets it could be on the slick side snow showers and slippery pavement on the way to the bus stop. we'll be above the

walkout with annie mccormick and karen rogers. >> let's get weather first. >> reporter: we're cooler this morning, not a lot of windy, but we'll get breaks from the clouds and transition to mostly sunny skies. the winds will pick up in the majority of the day. 54 degrees, a light wind out of the northwest right now. 51 degrees in allentown. 54 in millville. 57 in cape may. here's how it will go today, cloud cover early, 51 degrees by 7:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m., 52 brightening up. 54 by noon. 6:00 p.m., 61 is the high, we don't hold that stronger. very long. we have a cool and breezy forecast ahead and nice forecast for election day. >> reporter: don't forget we have yet another day of no buses, no trollies no subways. you can take the regional rails through the strike. we have seen delays 30 minute delays that seemed to hold true, we had a few trains here and there that were closer to an hour. the median elwin line showed issues with overcrowding with trains that were so crowded they bypassed stations. expect delays across the board with the regional rails. live on the vine street e

morning. >>> let's go over we have our annie mccormick live in south jersey with the conditions. first up. >>> let's look at weather and traffic with david murphy and karen rogers, good morning to all of you. >> reporter: we have snow hugging the coast on its way away from us, wet roads back in philadelphia. anywhere you see 32 on the car thermometer that might be the case in the northern suburbs you might want to slow it down. we might see wet roads out of this, very little snow accumulation, same story to the south, not big snow totals and most of it on the grass. as we look at the wide view there goes the snow and the rain as it came through late yesterday and last night. now we have breaks in the clouds out to the west. we are expecting the return of sunshine quickly this morning. 35 degrees in philadelphia. down to 33 in trenton. 33 in allentown. 33 in wilmington, remember we were well above freezing in the 40s in most neighborhoods yesterday, even though we are close to the freezing mark in through here, hopefully the roads are warm enough to just stay wet. on the bus stop, 32 de

morning, 4:30, our live team coverage is keeping you up to date on the septa strike. >> annie mccormick has more on union negotiations. >> first up, rain is coming, let's hear from david murphy. good morning, everyone we have sunshine early but there are clouds out to the west that will thicken up as the morning goes on, we expect to pick up showers and there might be gusty thunderstorms. 58 degrees in philadelphia. wilmington, already up to 64. 50 in allentown. 52 in reading, 54 in reading, 49 in millville. 60 in cape may. him winds are west we have groundwe have 76 degrees at 1:30, 2:00 p.m. after that there's a chance of showers and clouds building in. 72 by 3:00 p.m. by 6:00 p.m. all the way down to 66. karen, some of the pop-up showers could include an embedded thunderstorm that could be strong and gusty. >> reporter: of course it's day three of the strike we've got no city buses, no trolleys, subways insuring headaches as you try to head to work. take the regional rails it's an option with a lot of the delays. the worst offenders yesterday morning, was the chestnut hill headline and f

mainstay in the neighborhood. >>> let's go to our ground crew, annie mccormick with a live report. >> reporter: you can see firefighters from chopper 6 hd are out there, you can see them behind me, as well. shooting water from ladder trucks to douse the hot spots. looks like they are close to wrapping up here, it's been several hours since they got the fire under control. take a look at this video. when fire crews arrived at at te house of jin restaurant, this is how intense the flames were. the popular restaurant was consumed in flames, the flames moved quickly and spreading to the roof. it broke out before 1:00 a.m. and it took an hour to get it under control. i appears that other businesses near the house of jin restaurant were not damaged, but the restaurant was destroyed. the other than said he was too shaken to speak to us on camera. he told us he had been in business 18 years. the strawnlt -- restaurant was closed at the time, there it ist known if there were employees inside. the fire marshal said it's too early to discuss a cause and they are still investigating. reportin

. annie mccormick has been talking about bustleton avenue an cottman avenue giving us reports from the scene an accident investigation is going on right now. traffic is getting by, you might want to stick to castor avenue to avoid it police on the scene. mall functioning traffic lights once again in the somerton section of the city an issue. regional rails an issue. >>> we begin with breaking news, a driver struck a man sitting in a bus canopy in northeast philadelphia and took off on food leaving the victim for dead. annie mccormick is live at cottman and busle ton avenue with car and canopy parts were scattered all over the place. >> reporter: matt, they are still out here, the car is still here they are waiting for a philadelphia police tow truck to come out here to remove it from the scene. even taking a look at it, you can see the windshield. we're seeing that the axle was broken which means the tire popped off. i want to show you how far it was that the car came to a rest. you can see recipes of canopy the victim was sitting under and to the right of it. all of the debris is stil

team coverage as we follow the walkout, with karen rogers and annie mccormick. >> we begin with david murphy. >> reporter: we have at jacket back on because there's a little bit of a chill in the air. we have showers that are off coast, and clouds are thinning out. it's cool, though, 52 degrees in philadelphia. 50 in allentown and reading and trenton. 53 in wilmington. 57 in cape may. a little bit of a light breeze out of the north/northwest. as we go through the day, we'll see sunshine and winds will pick up. it will be blustery and cool. 51 degrees by 7:00 a.m. 52 by 10 m noon, 54. we'll get a high of 61 but not there for long. by 6:00 p.m. we'll be in the low 50s and going into the 30s in most neighborhoods overnight. karen rogers i'll have the weekend call coming up and a change for the election day high temperature i'll let you know if it is up and down coming up. >>> day four of the strike, we're following the regional rail, a little bit ago i warned you we might see delays with the median elwin line. we have a couple of delays already, yesterday we saw 30 minute delays, across

back with his mother. she is grateful after suffering through a terrifying ordeal. annie mccormick is live with the full story. >> reporter: matt, police say it doesn't appear that the mother or alleged abductor knew each other. it was a chance encounter inside the food court at the king of prussia mall. after chatting for 30 minutes, the mother was distracted that's when the abductor took the baby. this morning the family and police are rejoicing that this had a happy ending. a mother is embracing her child her family reunited him at the upper merion police station when they learned that ashir simmons was located here at a barber shop in tredyffrin township. at 5:30 the abductor distracted the mother and took off with the baby. an amber alert went out and that flooded social media. the baby was found safe. the family was left wondering why someone would do this. police are praising teamwork for finding the baby safe. >>> the lady might have a problem, you know what i am she might have a -- what i mean, she might have a members of the jury jury -- mental problem, she may have lost a c

our team coverage live. she'll have more on how to get around in the city. annie mccormick has the latest on the contract negotiations and gray hall has more on what will be more commuter chaos. >> but first up let's talk about the weather and meteorologist, david murphy says at least you'll have a little sunshine on your shoulders as you hoof it around the city he. >> absolutely. things are improving temperature-wise too tam. there's satellite and you can see how the clouds have begun to erode across most of the region and we're expecting a sunny start and then partly sunny skies later on and these temperatures are definitely better than yesterday. remember how we had 30's in a lot of suburbs. well, today 43 in allentown, 46 in reading. and all the way up to 50 in trenton. philadelphia currently sitting at 52. so, even if you have an early commute down into the city and you have to do some extra walking this morning the temperatures aren't that bad. and this afternoon is going to be really nice. we start at 49 at 7:00, 55 at 10:00. by noon up to he 63 and we're going for a high of

coverage once again. >> karen rogers is watching the rails and the roads, annie mccormick is following any contract talks, gray hall is out there with commuters. >> first up let's talk about some good news. accuweather, david a little bit of a warmup. >> yeah, things are a little better on the train platforms and if you have to do an extra walk to that last end of the commute to the office because we are looking at milder conditions, you can also see clouds overnight have broken up and we'll probably see a fair amount of sunshine early with partly sunny skies. here are the current numbers. 46 degrees in allentown at this hour. yesterday we were about 10 degrees cooler. in fact a lot of suburbs were in the 30's but this morning it's the 40's and 50's. 52 in philadelphia, 50 in trenton, 57 in cape may. light winds, too, which is also kind of nice early. by 10 o'clock 55 and then this afternoon also looks like a big improvement. 63 by noon. your high is 73 degrees at 3 o'clock. we will fall back to 66 degrees by 6 o'clock. so we're up there in the 70's for a couple of hours but that's it.

well. >> and "action news" reporters annie mccormick and gray hall will bring us live reports on contract talks and what commuters can expect today but let's start with meteorologist, david murphy. >> all right, guys, well, we're starting out in a little better shape this morning than we were in yesterday for day one of the septa strike. there are a few clouds out there but they're melting away and i think we'll have a fairly bright start this morning and temperatures are not as cool as yesterday. 52 in philadelphia right now, 46 degrees in allentown. we actually got down to about 40 in most of the suburbs were in the 30's yesterday but you can see how much better we are today. 49 wilmington, 50 trenton, 56 in cape may and like yesterday the winds are still pretty but light and manageable. it is going to get nicer this afternoon. 49 degrees by 7 o'clock. 55 by 10 o'clock. 63 by noon. at times there might be a few high clouds filtering through. then your high this afternoon is 73 degrees so it is going to be warm for the kids coming home from school. by 6 o'clock we're back down t

murphy are keeping an eye on hermine, plus we have jennette reyes and annie mccormick and trish hartman at the jersey shore. >> david what's going on with hermine? >> reporter: the one last thing we've seen in the last 12 hours, a shift farther out to sea. now you can see the storm farther out continuing that progression off the coast of north carolina. we're expecting the storm to move to the north and cutback in toward the coast tomorrow or tonight into tomorrow. but for now that distant position is improving the forecast in a couple of ways. you can see the main body of rain is well to the north, a little bit of shower activity is pushing to the south and dissipating. in fact as we look at the local view we had showers south of baltimore, they have evaporated and pushed to the south. this may be the way radar looks all day today. if we see any sprinkle or shower it's along the coast. we don't expect much. inland everything is looking good, a little breezy, but a good day to get out and do whatever you want to do. what has not changed is the issues with the heavy surf and coastal floo

anticipating a bit of a jammed up morning rush. annie mccormick who has covered the strike from the beginning is live from the transport workers union headquarters, annie. >> reporter: good morning, a big sigh of relief that the deal is done. we're at local 234 where septa leaders came to talk to union leaders they finally agreed to an agreement. i want you to take a listen to the chairman about what he had to say during a press conference they held a few minutes ago. >> we pleased to announce an agreement with local 234, this will end the strike city transit division will be phased back in today. we believe the agreement is fair to all employees and customers and taxpayers. we know the strike has caused hardship for thousands of our riders and we regret this disruption. >> reporter: now, the tentative five year contract would put 4700 employees back to work. both sides of leaders would not release details. the union members have to vote on the contract. septa said that this deal provides for wage increases, pension improvements and maintains healthcare coverage levels while address

right. annie mccormick has what's going on on roads. >> reporter: we have .4 of an inch that's it. storm tracker 6 live double can snow in philadelphia and the northern suburbs dieing down and falling apart. it's slick on untreated surfaces, karen will tell you anything that was treated with temperatures below freezing holding up well and just wet. in south jersey and delaware you have brighter banged of snow down there -- banding of snow down there. i've gotten some tweeted pictures, showing cape may county might have gotten a couple of inches of snow. the back edge of snow is pushing into philadelphia and east of washington. looks like we'll die down the snow, or start to see it die down during the morning commute. down the shore you'll have to wait until lunchtime until it's off the coast. that story is reflected in the winters weather advisory. the main advisory is across the region, but in the shore counties it holds up until 1:00 p.m. because it takes longer to get off the coast. anything that was not treated could be on the slick side. it doesn't take long to get above free

germantown section leaving a 13-year-old boy dead. annie mccormick is live at police headquarters with what we know about the deadly shooting. >> reporter: matt, homicide detectives are saying this is under investigation appears a group of kids were playing with a weapon before it went off tragically killing a 1-year-old. we're hearing reports that a teen turned himself in with a family member yesterday, but we're waiting to hear more information about that from police. just before 5:30 p.m. yesterday, police responded to the backyard of a property on east walnut lane, there sly huntly found his 13-year-old son shot in the face barely alive. >> it was gore, very graphic. words was unexplainable. he was too young to die, he don't deserve it. >> reporter: the teen died at the hospital, "action news" was there as family processed the news, detective crime scene and investigators focused their attention on the backyard where the young man was found. it is believed he was with several friends. they may have been playing with the gun when it went off. >> what was the gun doing in the backyar

man with a gunshot wounds. annie mccormick anne is live where it happened on the 2600 block of welsh road has the full story. >> reporter: matt, crime scene investigators wrapped up a short time ago, and homicide detectives just left the scene. i want to give you an idea how many gunshots were fired during the time of the this double shooting and homicide last night. it happened around 1:30 a.m. there you can see in the video, you can see that there were at least two windows, separate apartments that were shot and vehicles, as well. it happened in the 2600 block of welsh road. now the women's body was discovered behind the apartment complex in between two parked cars. a call of shots fired came into police and female victim was pronounced at the scene. police found 12 shell casings and appears the victim and another man was shot at close range. here you can see the video at nazareth hospital police are processing the scene of a minivan that arrived at the hospital. 35-year-old man arrived in the minivan with the gunshot wound to his face and arm. the shooting victim who survive

chop, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> thank you in the aftermath of that event, this happened, new in from the overnight a suspected drunk driver is in custody after slamming into a philadelphia police cruiser. the officer was blocking traffic from the police shooting last night when the car was hit by pickup truck cobbs creek parkway and christian street in west philadelphia. the driver is being tested for dui. >>> a blind man died in a bizarre accident at the broad street line. he stumbled on the platform and hit a pole and fell on the tracks where he was hit by a train. the tragedy unfolded at 2:00 p.m. so it prevented the somebody from running during the evening commute. >>> president obama held a meeting with military in a town hall. he addressed collin kaepernick suspects to remain seated. i want them to listen to the pain that may cause somebody who for example had a spouse or child who was killed in combat and why it hurts them to see somebody not standing, but i also want people to think about the pain he may be expressing about somebody whose los

philadelphia, channel 6 "action news." >>> annie mccormick is up in the lehigh valley in south white hall, lehigh county, the lehigh county broke a record with allentown getting 17 inches of snow. annie is not far from the area where they hit the jackpot. >> reporter: hey guys how awesome is this. it's overwhelming when you come into the allentown area. we're in the shopping center that has been plowed in the last hour. when you come into the allentown area, you'll filed that some of the shopping centers are plowed. there are a few stores that are open. turkey hill is open. i want to give you an idea of what it's looks like getting up here. if you need to leave allentown or head into the city. we hit 76 around the city area it was fine. it was when we hit the northeast extension we were having problems. there are pieces that are icy heading up to quakertown and closer to the allentown area. lehigh valley airport said it was around 30 inches of snow that they got up here. when you drive in here, you get it, because all you see is snow around the area. i want to walk through the shoppi

. >>> let's go outside to annie mccormick on the schuylkill expressway with more on how penndot has started to get ready for the week's winter storm. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tam, that's right they have already started, more than 500 penndot employees will be a part of the weather event. they are on roads brining in order to get the brine down. they have to start at least 48 hours before the weather event happens. this morning penndot began treating area roadways here they are around 3:00 a.m. brining parts of montgomery county 476 and traveling towards philadelphia taking care of 76. this morning crews will cover a large portion of the area ahead of the storm and expect to see penndot trucks full of pounds of salt ready to go. preparations are on the roads and inside area stores. last night this was the scene inside lows where people packed bags of salt and shovels into shopping carts. snow blowers are selling out. >>> we've sold ten to 15 snow blowers last night plus an additional five or six over the internet in the last 36 hours. >> reporter: at the cherry hill we

is keeping track of the flight cancellations and annie mccormick has the update on the city's plans for the winter storm. >>> let's get the latest from david murphy and matt pellman is in for karen. >> reporter: all right, as you mentioned we've been upgraded from a blizzard advisory to a blizzard warning. the purple areas that's the blizzard warning, if you're not in the blizzard warning you'll have poor visibility from the windy driven snow. coastal atlantic and cape may counties look for down trees and wires there. the winds will cause moderate to major flooding along coastal area up the delaware bay and the back bays on the oceanfront. ewe're looking at beach erosion there. storm is pushing into parts of virginia and slowly pushing to the north. we won't see it here until later tonight. satellite locally we'll see sunshine early, kind of fooling you, i think, the clouds will get thicker and you will get the idea that the storm is coming. 24 degrees as you step outside in philadelphia. bundle up. 16 degrees in allentown. there's a light wind blowing not all that strong. by 1:00 p

news." >>> annie mccormick is giving us a look at snowy conditions live from university city. >> reporter: from 2:00 a.m. we scaw a variety of pre-- we saw a variety of precipitation, it started with rain, heavy rain and sleet and now we had the big snowflakes now it's flurries. a live look at the schuylkill expressway. slick roads, people are moving along just fine. penndot said is they started the brining operations last night where they put the solution on the roads so snow does not stick and ice cannot form. they have a number of plow trucks on standby in case theree is any accumulation in the areas so plows can get through and get it off the roads. we talked to a number of drivers one man said he is going somewhere to get warm. where are you going? >>> aruba. >> reporter: perfect timing. >>> i love it. >>> doesn't bother me at all. >> reporter: and what are you seeing on the roads? >>> it's fine, right now it is. i don't perceive any problems, we're only get a couple of inches if that, compared that to that it's a breeze. >> reporter: you can see the people on the schuyl

are investigating a shooting at a chase let's get over to annie mccormick in morrisville. she just got an update from police, good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tam, we're in the center of morrisville. i'll step out of the way, take you to the crime scene. you see the crashed jeep and next to it the other vehicle. we are told thralt driver of the jeep -- we are told that the driver of the jeep was alleging trying to steel next to the car on the jeep. the owner of the vehicle saw him in the act. the owner of the vehicle that he believed the thief was inside try to steal things from, jumped into his car and there was a chase through more risville the jeep crashed into a business along bridge street which is the main road in morrisville. the person who was chasing him, that allegedly said the thief was trying to steal his car. he got out and charged a weapon shooting at the alleged thief and striking him in the arm. we are told he is shot in the arm and in stable condition. at this hour you can see there are several police agencies processing the scene. there are several

off a load of children. annie mccormick is live at the crash scene on the boulevard with more on the investigation. >> reporter: it was three minutes when the bus driver dropped off 28 kids. the bus driver was rear ended in the car. in that car, the driver and passenger were pronounced at the scene. take a look at the video, this happened at the intersection at woodward and the boulevard in the northbound lanes. a school bus driver from hung ton valley -- huntington valley christian county was at the light when the mercedes slammed into it and went under the back of the bus. the mercedes burst into flames, both people died. the driver of the bus was not injured. >> the mercedes that the victims were in that were killed in the accident had severe extreme damage, the engine compartment is smashed. the front windshield area and the driver and passenger front seat compartments are completely smashed. they are unrecognizable. >> reporter: and according to police, two of the witnesses to that accident, also happened to be off duty police officers who say appears that the mercedes was s

. mint crashed and spread pieces of change all over the pavement. annie mccormick was the first reporter own the scene and joins us live with the developing details. annie. >> reporter: matt, at this point, we don't know how long this will take. we're only told by state police, i-95 northbound will be closed for an extended period of time. take a look at the backlog on airport road. tractor-trailer and commuters from maryland and delaware trying to get to work and many frustrated. take a look at the video of the blank pennies on the highway. its the entire road from the tractor-trailer that spilled out on to the highway. the tractor-trailer carrying the pennies was heading to the u.s. mint when the driver lost control and hit a jersey barrier. it flipped on its side and burst into flames. you can see the flames from far away on the traffic cam video we're showing you. the crash happened 1:45 a.m. northbound lanes of i-95 in new castle. all lanes of i-95 northbound are closed. traffic is being forced off the highway 141 basin road southbound. delaware state police want commuters to find a

mccormick. >>> she is live along the black horse pike in runnymede, camden county. good morning. annie. >> reporter: good morning, matt and tam we're at 9th avenue at the black horse. let's look at the roads karen was talking about. you're seeing wet roads this morning. take a look on the sidewalks, you'll see a little bit of snow, it will remind you it's still winter. take a look at the video. this is video from runnymede from a different area along the black horse. at that point there were no flurries falling, salt trucks were out there laying down salt ahead of the morning commute. the car dealerships will have to deal with this this morning. they will see a half inch on their vehicles. cherry hill route 70. again, nothing dramatic, but a little bit of a nuisance people will have to drive through. back out here live, looks like things are moving smoothly as we were driving over here, 295 and 42 and into runnymede. we we have not had any problems at all. just within the past 20 minutes, the flurries were starting to fall. live annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> remember you

have katherine scott and annie mccormick standing by, but we have david murphy and weather and karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: all right, guys we have satellite and we have sunshine across the region and clouds sweep through, but the day will be dry. 22 degrees in philadelphia. 12 in allentown. 20 in reading, 16 in wilmington, 17 in trenton. the good news winds are light this morning, even though it's cold you don't have any really alarming windchill numbers. if you head out the door between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. you're looking at temperatures in the high teens. it will be cold, mainly clear and, of course, there are several issues with the temperatures plunging below freezing. melting occurred yesterday but now we have sidewalks that iced up. icy side streets and parking lots can be a problem especially where they have not gotten salt. i want to throw this out there, the snowplowed up on the right is taking up part of the lane and you can have side street plowers that push on the major roads. you have to use caution in case the plowing didn't clear out the entire lane

130 at 322. flooding still an issue even though the waters are still receding. >>> annie mccormick is live in cherry hill new jersey at a scene mirrored in many areas, a tree is down. >> reporter: a tree is down at cotswald and kay. this is one of several areas off route 70 in cherry hill township. old orchard road a tree fell on a power line and fell on to the front lawn of a home. take a look at the video. it's not just camden county that's seeing the damage. cumberland county is, as well. this is a day care facility in vineland called all kids first, there they say the tree fell on the roof punching a hole in the roof. there was insulation that was dangling down. they will be closed today as they work on making repairs to the area. back out here live, as you're driving down route 70. driving conditions are good for now. live in cherry hill, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> rain flooded the 1100 block of lincoln avenue in prospect township. a driver tried to make it through the high water and found himself stuck. an "action news" viewer send us the video. >>> it was a sc

annie mccormick has more on how crews are working to clear the roads. >>> first up, david and karen with weather and traffic. good morning. >> reporter: maf of -- owe half of those in the shots are bundle up. we have clouds up north and you'll get clouds mixing in. 23 if philadelphia. 13 in allentown. 16 in trenton. 6 in millville. you have to bundle up against the numbers, but there's not a lot of wind to worry about. use caution for the morning commute. icy sidewalks have dropped after refreezing and streets and parking lots may give you problems. we have snow packed up in the right lanes of some roads where the plows came through and only left you two-thirds of the normal lane, be careful of that. 26 degrees by 10:00 a.m. 31 by noon, but we'll spend several hours above freezing. we'll get to 34 for the high. with sunshine mixing with clouds you'll melt snow even during parts of the day when the temperatures are below freezing. we're looking at milder air in place tomorrow, i'll have more on that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. but we've got problems on the roads

responding to an assault call. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live at the scene along south street where it happened. annie. >> reporter: and, matt n-fact you can still see that police cruiser that was involved in that accident early this morning. you can see the debris right next to it, a 45-year-old female police officer was at the wheel. she was alone in the cruiser. we are told that she is now at jefferson hospital and is expected to be okay. she was in her cruiser with lights and sirens activated when she was responding to a call. well, take a look at this video. this all unfolded around 2:00 a.m. that officer was responding to a call in the 300 block of south street near randolph where two people reported that they were assaulted. then there was a foot purchase after a man suspected of the assault fled, he was later arrested nearby. now, when that call came out the female officer reporting from the third district did head over to that assault call in her cruiser with lights and sirens activated, responding to that foot pursuit at third and south. that is when she

conditions of all the people involved. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> a seemingly unprovoked attack left a man injured in wilmington. the assailant stabbed 49-year-old man on the 100 block of popular street at 7:00 p.m. police believe the attacker who fled the scene may have been hurt. >>> an assistant boy scout leader is under arrest accused of having sex with a child. the chester county district attorney's office is worried there may be more he victims out there. michael kellon has been charged with child abuse. prosecutor said it was the bravery of the victim that put him behind bars. >> the victim was very strong. >> they are urging anyone with information about possible victims to come forward. >>> a suspect is in police custody for a shooting that killed a father in the germantown section, he drove through raging gunfire. he was struck in the crossfire. his 3-year-old daughter was in the back seat but was not hit. police are preparing charges against the suspect and looking for a second shooter. >> maribel aber is live at the nasdaq. >> t-mobile is bringing back unlimit

. reporters annie mccormick and katherine scott is talking to commuters at septa stations and matt pelman is in for karen rogers watch youin watchie routes. >> first let's get to meteorologist, david murphy. >> we've had some pockets of heavy rain overnight and there is the potential of flooding. there's also a line of thunderstorms right now dumping heavy rain down in south jersey and delaware. you can see all of this pushing over toward the east. but for now you're getting inundated with heavy rain. there have been pockets of heavy rainier philadelphia and other areas as well. it takes awhile for any roads that have taken on flooding conditions to drain so be careful driving around this morning as we could see a slow down because of some of the in backed up water. flash flood watch in effect until 10 o'clock across the region. possible that some areas to the north and west will get dropped before then but a reminder we have had those heavy pockets of rain and there could be flooding issues out there. as we take a look to the west we're going get rid of this main pockets of rain. we'll tran

to free three people trapped in the wreckage. this happened last night. anne and -- annie mccormick is live at the scene in lower merion township with what is happening now. annie. >> reporter: matt, it took hours to get all the vehicles off the blue route. i want to give you a live look of what it looks like. this is good news, the cars you see moving, those are the cars in the southbound lanes, they were not affected. there's a police cruiser with lights on, another police you're, as well. we're seeing a cruiser starting to pull away. it will be reopened at any moment. take a look at the video from when this happened overnight. siewk -- you can see the vehicles on the embankment crushed together. there was a heavy emergency response. multi-vehicle crash on the blue route that involved four vehicles and the tractor-trailer. the crash happened in the northbound lanes near the county line road overpass in lower merion township. three people were pinned and had to be extricated. a helicopter landed on the roadway and flew patients to the nearby hospital. those patients were in serious co

. she had her on gun and used it. the suspect ran from the scene and didn't get far. annie mccormick is live at the scene at pratt street with quite the tale. good morning, anney. >> reporter: good morning, tamala, both the pastor and his wife are licensed to carry. it was his wife who shot an alleged armed robber who allegedly put a gun in front of the pastor's face and attacked him and tried to rob him in front of his family. it happened in the thousand block of pratt street in the northeast. it was the pastor of st. james lutheran church returning from a concert when a man on the street tried to rob the pastor. he shoved a gun in his face and demanded his wallet. there was a struggle, the suspect hit the pastor in the head with a gun and the his wife shot the suspect in the leg. >> when i looked back up he was aiming the gun at my stomach. when i heard my wife say drop the gun i said she's got a gurn, gurn -- gun, he looked toward her and i said shoot him, shoot him. >> reporter: the suspect tried to get away by jumping on a random suv. the police saw the suspect he was lymphing and

bit of rain, spring-like weather is not that far away. >>> "action news" reporter, annie mccormick is live in south jersey with more on the messy commute there. >>> let's go over to david murphy. >> reporter: okay be so we are off to a snowy start across the region. as expected this is a light nuisance snow, in fact as you look at areas in philadelphia and trenton and wilmington, this is breaking up, light shades of gray, a lot of holes in the action and with temperatures just below the freezing mark any surface that's been treated is just wet. not a horrible commute. you want to take it slow on the side streets or places you didn't get the pretreatment. in south jersey it's filling in a little bit more and wilmington, it's more of the same. you can see the brighter shades of white. you can see the snow break up during the the morning commute in and around the i-95 corridor. it will take until lunch time to get off the coast. generally speaking we're going for a coating to an inch. as we look at the wide view back edge of the snow around washington and baltimore falling apart. the win

suspensions on amtrak, annie mccormick reporting live on the scene with that, as well from 30th street station. half of new jersey transit buses are cross honoring tickets because of the cancellations between elizabeth town and new york city. we have an accident blocking the right lane, an early morning accident you can see the car badly damaged, two vehicles off to the side, as well as police. watch for that eastbound on the schuylkill expressway. vine street expressway, approaching the schuylkill expressway, we can see traffic moving okay in both directions. no construction, no delays on the vine. looking good there. construction on the northeast extension southbound between lehigh valley and lansdale, the right lane blocked. >> we are following breaking news, a suspicious device exploded in a trash can near a north jersey train station as the bomb squad was attempting to disarm it. annie mccormick is live at 30th street station with the latest on what we know. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tam, according to the fbi there was a suspicious package with multipl

is back with his mother after a horrible ordeal. annie mccormick has the details. >> reporter: matt, the suspect is in custody, charges are pending. you can bet the family of the little boy is cing. >> reporter: he was reunited with his family his grandfather is grateful. this surveillance video sparked a manhunt after the baby was taken from his mom around 5:30 p.m. the alleged abductor befriended the mom and waited until she was distracted. >>> the video did lead to us a name and led us to a location. >>> 9:30, the amber alert was i should tips poured in. during her time on the run the alleged abductor showed off the child to her family. hours later the tip came in and the baby was found at the barrier shop in tredyffrin township. when asked what the baby's grandfather would say to the woman he said this. >>> the lady might have a mental problem, she miefd a child and -- she might have had a child or lost a child. >> reporter: do you forgive her? >>> i am not going to say i forgive her, i would give her a 50/50 chance. >> reporter: you arer merion said -- upper merion police said

calling a running gun battle led to shootings in germantown. "action news" reporter, annie mccormick is live at saint christopher's hospital where the child was taken for treatment. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tam, that's right, four people shot in the latest shooting, three adults, but the one everyone has their eye on this morning is that 6-year-old boy who was shot in the chest and in the arm, he remains in critical condition at saint christopher's hospital. we'll take a look at the video from the scene. we are told this happened before 11:30 last night. 14 district officers responded to the 5500 block of west carson. multiple cars and homes were hit. police found 50 shell casings from multiple type ofs weapons, including -- types of of weapons, including ak-47 assault weapon. police believe the 29-year-old in the vehicle with the boy was the intended target. >> him and another 29-year-old male were located inside a vehicle en route to the hospital. that 29-year-old victim was shot five times, chest, stomach, both arms and leg. two other males, 29 years old and 32

students early, and we'll have more coming up with annie mccormick later, but first we'll check in with david murphy at the big board with the cold and possible snow later in the week. >> it looks like a storm is barrelling toward us and we'll talk about that in a minute, but you have sun out there and bitter cold. some clouds could push in later on but the big story is the temperature, we are at 25 in philadelphia currently and allentown 23 and same in reading and trenton and 24 in wilmington and millville, but factor in the strong wind from the west, you have windchills that are really raw. below zero in the western suburbs, the only number i have below zero is in the poconos. single digits in wilmington trenton and 10 in millville and 8 in wildwood. this gives you the idea to bundle up with the extra gear this afternoon and this evening if the winds are a factor. high of only 27 degrees, tomorrow we'll see things improve a little bit but in the meantime, another bitter day today. probably not a bad side yeah to talk about symptoms of frostbite if you are out and about today, numbing

]. >>> "action news" reporter, annie mccormick is live in dilworth park, annie, how are folks keeping warm this afternoon? >> reporter: i'm telling you have to layer up. it is definitely one of the coldest day we've had. some people got a reprieve because they didn't have to commute into work. there are many people volunteering today because of the mlk day of service. bitter cold temperatures plus the winds makes it the teeth chattering punch in your gut cief -- kind of winter. >>> center city dog walker and lucy are ready to go. daric has ten walks today and lucy has one. she never leaves home without a sweater. >>> she has a closet full of sweaters. >> reporter: students who wanted to take in the city sites are changing plans. and students heading out to take part in the mlk day of service knew it was too important to stay home. >>> work up this morning and it was like got on the shirts and bundled up. >> reporter: it's business as usual heading to work outside the frankford terminal. some are learning the hard way it's cold, others know the drill. >>> i grabbed an different coat and ext

is serious perhaps deadly scene, we have a crew on the way to the scene, our annie mccormick, we'll have a live report. >>> 5:34, florence henderson died. she was seen on dancing with the stars, she went from broadway star to tv icon in the late 1960's when she became known as carol brady on the brady bench. she died last night in los angeles due to heart failure. she leaves behind four children and five grandchildren, florence henderson was 82. >>> more breaking news. philadelphia police arrested the mother of a toddler who was shot while she was cooking thanksgiving dinner. police say the 2-year-old boy was injured while a four-year-old was playing with a .40 caliber gun that the two had found inside their north philadelphia home. this happened on the 3500 block of north 9th street on thanksgiving day. police tell action news they believe this was accident. >> we're getting information that the mother was preparing thanksgiving dinner when two children were playing with the gun. >> we know this morning that child should in critical but stable condition at saint christopher hospita

. annie mccormick is live along the schuylkill expressway with a look at how things are going. >> reporter: things are starting friday night, but penndot and crews are ahead of the game. to get ahead of the storm, they have to start brining in advance. penndot crews are brining montgomery county 476 and traveling toward philadelphia taking care of 76. this morning crews will cover a large portion of the area ahead of the storm and the sight of penndot trucks like this will become a fixture on the roads today. preparation on the roads and inside the area stores. shoppers packed aisles and cleared shelves of eggs butter and milk. supermarkets like this wegmans expect to keep restocking. >> reporter: you're all set and batting down the hatches. >> reporter: last night thft -- this was the scene inside lowes and snow blowers are selling out. store managers say they have sold a ton in the store and online. this man counts himself lucky he ordered online when he did. >>> i hope it snows because for what i paid for it. >> reporter: back here live, take a look at the blacktop you may