meteorologist, david murphy. >>> the first significant snow of the season drops several inches on partser the region and people are now digging out driveways and sidewalks, and cleaning off the cars and crews are working to clear the roads as the last of it moves off the jersey coast. the big story is the winter storm that closed hundreds of schools and kept hundreds of people home from work. >>> driving through the side streets in south philadelphia. usually the secondary streets are causing the biggest challenge but it seems to be smooth sailing in south lphia. crews kept up with the storm. and we have team coverage, but first lets g update from stormtracker 6 live double scan radar and david murphy. >> roads when south in a hurry before down and the heavy snow bans came through and we were in the 60s, and once the bands moved out and they were able to improve well. you see the main body of snow to the east of trenton and philadelphia. still trying to clear burlington county and ocean county but this is not as intense of a snowfall, and there are a couple of lighter showers that

meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon we are following breaking news in delaware county. police say that a student tried to bring a loaded gun to upper darby high school. two 17-year-olds are under arrest and facing a list of charms. it's wednesday afternoon and i'm rick williams. >> and i'm sara bloomquist. the big story on "action news" is the loaded gun taken from a teenager as he arrived for school this morning. john rawlins joins us live from the upper darby police department where investigators announced new details. >> reporter: some rather bizarre details that is for sure. upper darby has 3600 students and two of them were arrested this morning as the bus as rived at the school, a 12th grader and 11th grader they were arrested after school officials said they were tipped off that one of them would bring a gun to school today. >> so the 12th grade student that got off the bus with the box in his hand. when he was being restrained from the security officer attempted to hand that off to the 11th grader and at that time. it was inter accepted and i took control of that. >> insid

meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news we are learning new information about the new deadly prison takeover in delaware. and a man is facing a list of charges following a vandalism spree. >>> and the big story is the says nation of president trump's security adviser. michael flynn is out. after his contact with a top russian dep matt. kenneth moton is joining us live with more now. >> reporter: rick, white house press secretary sean spicer will step up to the mike in an hour and facing tough questions and president trump has remained mostly silent about one of his most trusted advisers. president trump's national security adviser, michael flynn, out. this morning at the white house the president ignored shouted questions about flynn and late last night the resignation letter. he said he was resigning because he misled vice president pence and other advisers. pence repeated the false information on national tv. it turns out the department knew about the lie and alerted the white house three weeks ago but did the the president know. >> i can't review who in the

valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon, two people suspected of killing four women are now off the streets. the dramatic end to an all out manhunt in the florida panhandle. and investigators found the cause of a destructive fire in delaware and we'll tell you what sparked the blaze that forced a family out of their home. >>> but the big story is the drastic change coming in your accuweather forecast. over the next 24 hours we'll go from 60 degrees to snow and now this is manayunk and we'll be dealing with a winter storm tomorrow. gray hall is tracking the possible impact on travel but first we go to david murphy and double scan live radar. >> there is colder air to the west and you see the change from rain to snow south of chicago and detroit and pushing towards cleveland and that is on the way overnight tonight and as that precipitation pushes in it may start out as rain but it will change over to snow. pretty amazing and pretty weird considering how warm we are out there. we set several re

. david murphy always bundles up. >> i don't like the cold i am always dressed appropriately. we have a fair amount of sunshine mixing with the clouds and take a look at satellite clouds thicker down south by the shore and also some cloud cover in and out of play up north where we have a couple of passing rain and snow showers, and again some of these snow showers pushing into reading and we see this change over to rain in bucks county and montgomery county and points north there are a couple of snow showers around and be careful in those. 44 degrees currently in philadelphia and cool and you see the breeze coming in from the west most of us along the east coast are looking at breezes getting up into the teens and that is what we got in philadelphia and buffalo and pittsburgh as well. some wind gusts have gone up to the mid-20s and we expect that to be the pattern as well. temperatures they will going to fall and 45 is the high and we won't get much better than now. 4:00, 43 and then into the 30s again at 6:00 and down into the 20s by tomorrow morning and mid-20s in philadelphia and per

meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news septa riders arecil facing a train car shortage on the market frank ford line. and the senate is voting on the nominee for education secretary and the outcome to be split down the middle. >>> but the big story is the calm before the storm. and as we look from sky 6 hd at the jersey shore, gray skies tell the story and on and off showers give way to milder conditions. until then keep the umbrellas handy and you may need your snow booted late this week. something for everyone. let go to david murphy monitoring storm tracker radar. >> today the story is the rain and heaviest rain that came through in the late morning hours pounding part of the region is now over to the east. you see that downpour activity with the yellows and oranges and some decent showers in burlington county and ocean county new jersey. expect wet roads in and around here and these showers are breaking up at cape may and the northern tier of the region we have a line of off and on showers. every now and then you get a steady drop out of that and probably w

meteorologist, david murphy. >>> this is a very sad day. across the state of delaware. with the loss of one of our brave correctional officers. >> a 20 hour hostage situation at a delaware prison has earneded in tragedy. it is thursday afternoon. we are following breaking details about the dramatic end to a standoff after the james t. vaughn correctional facility in delaware. katherine scott has more on the investigation but first gray hall joins us to break down how the situation unfolded. >> reporter: well, it's been very intense and dangerous situation in delaware for the last few hours or sox this came to an end earlier this morning as you mentioned sadly one prison employee will not make it home to his family. the over 15 hour standoff came to an end when they believed the c center where the standoff took place. >> it's with great sad nness i stand before you, we lost one of our family members and it pains my heart to make these statements. >> offices were atemmed to free the last two hostages, one a doc employee was rescued and take and to the hospital to be examined. she was a

sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> hello again here are the stories we are following for at 12:30. a prison guard was killed when inmates took over in delaware and now officials are doing an investigation hopefully to prevent it from happening again. we are live next. >> and they are putting a giant boulder at a pillway in california to keep catastrophe from happening there. and on this day of love, folks across the country including our area are tying the knot. >>> and the delaware of governor announced the person to lead a review after the uprising at the james t. vaughn correctional center. a guard held hostage was killed in the incident that happened almost two weeks ago. bob brooks live in wilmington with the latest. >> reporter: sara just a few minutes ago governor john carnie came out and said an independent investigation will take place. to figure out what led up to this attack happening in the prison and how to prevent something like this from happening again. lets bring up the video. at noon about a half hour ago he appointed two people, two judges

meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, sara bloomquist is off. in the news two security guards are shot at a vfw post in south jersey and police are searching for a man involved in a home invasion. >>> but the big story is a local father pleading to his son's killer to sounder. he was a bar manager killed in philadelphia overnight. >> reporter: rick, as police search for the suspect who fled this bar after the armed robbery overnight. a family is grieving calling on the suspect to turn himself in. >> that human being that took a life for mere pennies. turn yourself in. >> this father grieves for his son 46-year-old eugene farmer. he was killed overnight at monique's lounge. a bar that the father and son started managing on january 21st. >> today william barry is fielding phone calls try to absorb what happened his son's jacket lying in the corner by his dj equipment and a beer still on the bar. and barry was not there at the time. three people were, farmer the bartender and one customer when the man entered at 1:00 a.m. >> the man entered the bar with a hooded sweatshirt

david murphy one final check of the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: all right, storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we are mostly dry, there are couple of sprinkles and showers out to the west of philadelphia. one popping west of dover. there's are very light probably not producing much more than a sprinkle on your windshield for now, a sign of things to come. later tonight we expect a bit more of this. going outside we have the action cam at the belmont plateau in fairmont park. you can see center city there's the lot where you park to get the nice view. you can see there's blue showing through a little while ago getting the pictures. 51 degrees, winds south/southwest at 13 miles per hour. a little bit on the breezy side. the clouds are getting thicker. the showers are starting to encroach upon the the region. hopefully this evaporates before it hits the ground. if we see the pattern develop and we get darker shades of green we might see spotty showers that are good enough to coat the roads and get the roads wet later on today or tonight. 354 in allentown. 5

atlantic city, the sun is shining bright. david murphy has the deal tails from accuweather. >> a few hours ago i was standing out here with dense, thick fog and you could barely see anything behind me and looking at satellite things have cleared out nicely and satellite mimicking sky 6 hd and a few more clouds to the west that could filter if later on but a lot brighter the rest the way than the first three or four hours after sunrise this morning. 59 in philadelphia and the numbers are starting to jump and just down to the south in washington, 65 degrees we actually have temperatures close to 70 already in places like dover delaware and the warm air is on its way north and with the sun out that will make the transition easier and winds are not all that strong, 7 miles per hour in philadelphia. stronger down the coast, we are not expecting a super breezy day today and the southerly flow helped to raise the temperatures. on the model, the latest one, up to 68 by 4:00, we have a shot of 70 and it's really mild and temperatures fall off a bit as you would expect after dark but not all t

>>> "action news" at 12:30 continues with sara bloomquist, david murphy. >> here are the stories we are following for you at 12:30. the hunt is on for a man suspected of roughing up women and stealing their purses in philadelphia. >>> and it's a rainy mild day we are tracking the potential for record warmth and after that? snow. >>> a man is on the run from police, we got a picture of the guy they are looking for and learn wrg police say he targeted his victims. "action news" reporter bob brooks live in east oak lane with the latest. >> reporter: rick, this is one of the areas where police say this man is attacking women. again, targeting women and beating them and choosing to do it in neighborhoods like this one, you see wide open streets and not a lot of foot traffic and residential and also a place where the suspect can get easily in and out of his car. police in the northwest part of city say be on the lookout for this man accused of attacking women and beating them and taking their purses. >> it shows the type of individual we are dealing with here. he wants to get the purse by

meteorologist, david murphy. into good afternoon in the news this noon, police are searching for two home invasion suspects who tied up a robbed the victims this morning in philadelphia. >> and an early morning inferno caused this property damage at the jersey shore. >>> but the big story is the cleanup in upper darby at the site of yesterday's septa crash. the national transportation safety board is taking over the investigation as crews are removing the derailed train cars. katherine scott joins us now with the latest. >> reporter: sara, as the train operator remains in the hospital this noon in critical condition, the effort to clear all of this up and the investigation continues. you can see the crews are still at work here on this loop. they have been focused on that section of the train now for hours. as far as service this morning was concerned. there was no significant delays reported due to this incident. >> in the overnight hours, and into the morning septa crews were still at work engaged in the tedious process of removing the train cars from the 69th street terminal. and

ready for tomorrow we'll really warm up into the 70s, meteorologist david murphy, outside on the terrace. you love the 70s you like to disco. >> not sure where you are going with that. we have clouds and sunny breaks and sun is punching through the crowds occasionally and it's a fairly what we call a dirty sky and the sun is trying to boil through. look at the showers from early this morning, where they hit we had wet roads at least temporarily. and now you see the clouds every now and then have a darker hugh and that is where the sun is breaking through and temperatures are climbing pretty dramatically from dawn down around 40 and we zoomed up to 53 and we expect to add another 7 to 8 to 10 degrees to the numbers. not just here in philadelphia but up in central park in new york and down the pike in washington, d.c. where it is 55 currently. the direction from the wind is from the south than is where the warmer air resides and an area of high pressure rotating clockwise down from the southeast to the coast and cold front from the west a nice flow from the south. this model has us

meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara is off and we begin with breaking news of an amber alert that ended with a child brought to safety and a suspect taken into custody. state police in new jersey and pennsylvania both issued the alert after oscar hernandez stabbed two women and went south with aylin hernandez. one person her mother died. he was involved in a car crash involved in i-99 in state college. these are pictures from the crash scene. we are told that the child was safe but no details if she was injured in this crash. we'll have more information as it becomes availableable to us. >>> from south jersey regulators approved a highly controversial natural gas pipeline. katherine scott is live in cherry hill where the vote went through despite heated opposition. >> reporter: rick, there was a motion earlier to table today's vote it was discussed and then denied. the vote went ahead as expected and as expected the pipeline proposal passed. lets go to video from the heated meeting earlier and take a listen -- >> reporter: nine members of the pine lands commission

meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon the big story on "action news" this noon is breaking news. >> radnor police announced the arrest of an employee with inappropriate behavior why students. maya johnson used to work as an aid in radnor township that is where detectives say she showed explicit videos and photos and flashed students on occasions. >> we heard that she was being investigated for this and two other students said they saw a video. and it was a video on miss johnson's cell phone and two minor students saw that. >> johnson is arrested and charged with corruption of minors. and she was a full-time employee and had other jobs where she had contact with children. they are notifying those facilities. >>> the first month of philadelphia's beverage tax was a good one for the city. city officials say that revenues far exceeded their expectations. john rawlins joins us with more on the multimillion-dollar hall for the city of philadelphia. >> reporter: well, this is some interesting numbers today. this is a contentious tax since it was first proposed. as for the numbers

williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon we are following break news from upper darby where three septa trains were involved in a crash near the 69th street terminal. chopper 6 hd as over the derailment and we learned that one victim is in critical condition. it's tuesday afternoon and we begin with the developing investigation into how this happened. "action news" is live with team coverage. john rawlins is following the impact for commuters and first katherine scott has the latest from septa. >> reporter: two septa operators and two passengers were injured and one of those septa operators is in critical condition. there is a lot go on here this noon. the investigation is ongoing, they just halled in a lot of equipment and this investigation will have to rerail the equipment and get it moved. three six car trains were involved. seven cars derailed at 69th street terminal. four people were injured and the scope of the damage is being determined. >> we are trying to stabilize it and start the fact finding now. stopped train, waiting to approach the hey

we could break more records later on this week. meteorologist, david murphy, outdoors with the details from accuweather. >> the the funny thing is, we are running 8 degrees above average, and is nicer than it often is if february. but people are probably disappointed because of what happened this weekend and what coming. lets start you out with satellite and every now and then it gets brighter on the terrace and there is sun breaking through. and temperatures are cool, 48 in philadelphia and 45 in central park and better down in washington, d.c. 53. and the wins are not as strong as yesterday. we are only looking at a 9 miles per hour wind in philadelphia. the 13 and 17 miles per hour wind in binghamton and buffalo is closer to a center of low pressure. i don't know if we'll see winds around here and it looks to stay on the cool side and we'll get up to 53 briefly this afternoon and down to 60 at 6:00. today's average high being 45, you'll only be down around that at 2:00 in the morning and if you travel in and out of town a good day to fly. no weather related issues here and a

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david murphy and karen rogers are tracking snow. >> reporter: i know where problem is in the region. storm tracker 6 live double scan you can see up north we have changed over to snow, it was never was rain in the lehigh valley or pottstown, or harrisburg, reading is holding on to at a little to a little b. we'll have the cold air push in from the northwest and we'll see a changeover to snow here. karen rogers will detail how that is going to go. good news, the back edge of the snow is coming in faster. instead of seeing heavy snow until 11:00 a.m. or noon, we think the snow will be tapering off in philadelphia, rch 11:00 a.m. to noon, even though you have rain in the i-95 corridor it's not a bad time to get out there and get your driving over with, we are expecting the chamber of commerce changeover to snow. at times it could come down heavy enough to cover roads. we're setting the table in allentown and reading, close to the freezing mark, some pockets could be below freezing in in through here, fairly quickly there's a chance of compromised road conditions. in philadelphia, of co

is dry, but we have rain coming. let's get the latest from david murphy and the accuweather forecast. david. >> reporter: sarah i have a jacket on the terrace, standing in the shade it's a good idea. it's a nice afternoon buildings for february in philadelphia. let's look at satellite and radar, you will see what you're seeing outside your window, lack of cloud cover and lots of sun even up not lehigh valley. the clouds are farther north in northeastern pennsylvania. temperatures along the mid atlantic seaboard are looking good, 50 in philadelphia. 53 in washington. the warm surge of air has not made it in new york city, we're ten degrees cooler in new york. we'll wind up improving another four or five decrease there. in philadelphia i -- degrees there, in philadelphia i expect to get a little bit higher on the thermometer before we are done. sustained winds running 13 miles per hour in philadelphia. they will easily back during the afternoon. in a lot of areas we have winds less than 13 today. the high today is 352, that's a full ten degrees above the average high of 42. if we get l

skies over the commodore barry bridge, this monday after. meteorologist david murphy tracking the latest conditions from the "action news" big board. hey david. >> reporter: it's been a nice transition we've been watching since before dawn this morning. you can see how the clouds were initially in place over philadelphia. they continue to recede off to the north with the dry air pushing in. that will keep us under the sun all the way. the temperatures are bouncing up nicely. 350 in philadelphia. 52 in wilmington, 51 in millville. 48 degrees in cape may. there's a bit of a breeze running at 13 miles per hour in philadelphia. generally speaking in the afternoon we think the winds are going to ease down a little bit 6 to 12 miles per hour. certainly a day for jackets if you're heading out, maybe a coat, but not bad for this time of year. as we mentioned 51 degrees by 2:00 p.m. looks like we'll get a high of 52 degrees around 3:00 p.m. and still holding the upper 40s by 4:00 p.m. it will get cooler overnight 10:00 p.m. we're down to 40 and tomorrow morning we'll see the numbers zip in

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning everyone, it's 4:30 a.m. on this wednesday, february 1st. >> and we're following some breaking news. a crash on the blue route near i-95 causing some major traffic trouble right now. >> philadelphia police rescue a kidnapping victim but the manhunt is on for the kidnappers who got away. we'll have a live report. >> the white house is planning a major outreach effort part of an intense push to build support for neil gorsuch the supreme court nominee. >> we're starting with this overturned tractor-trailer even at this early hour we've got police emergency workers all on the scene. we're looking live here and you can see the crews here. this is the ramp from i-95 southbound to the blue route. this accident involving a and overturned tractor-trailer blocking the ramp at this point from i-95 southbound to the blue route. we can see the crews on the scene overturned tractor-trailer here so they're going to have to get a heavy duty tow truck to upright the tractor-trailer before they're able to pull this out of here and reo

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 4:30 on this tuesday, february 21st. >> and we're following breaking news here. philadelphia police spend the night investigating a report of a missing. just minutes ago they tell us the whole story was a hoax. >> for the second time in a week, a woman has been kidnapped and robbed. police in delaware believe the suspect may be picking his victims at random. >> a bandit pulls off yet another mission impossible style burglary rappelling through the roof of a business. >> let's start with dave murphy taking a look at accuweather and karen rogers looking at your commute. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. and we're off to a cool start this morning. we also have some clouds sweeping in from the west. we'll get some early sunshine and more of a clouds and sun mix as we roll through the day. temperatures on the way out the door are colder this morning than they were yesterday, at least a little bit on the cold side. 34 degrees in philadelphia. 31 currently in allentown. 36 degrees in wilmington. 32 in tr

over to david murphy and karen rogers good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, we have a snow shower west of allentown, pushing west of reading, light snow, slow down, there are clouds around with brakes, overall we have partly sunny skies, 38 in philadelphia, 31 in reading. 34 in millville. it's cold out there not much wind. 36 degrees by 7:00 a.m. 42 by noon. it's cooler with a high of 44 at 4:00 p.m., breezy like yesterday and getting back in the mid 30s be, by 7:00. colder tomorrow with decent windchills by that i mean not very decent. >> reporter: but strong you mean bad. route 42 moving okay. the ramp from 42 northbound to 295 northbound was hut down for construction it was in the process of reopening right now. bordentown township, burlington county we have an accident on a ramp involving an overturned tractor-trailer. the ramp from 206 to the turnpike northbound. all lanes are open, but it's off to the side. hatboro, county line road at madison avenue we have antiaccident that damaged a pole. this may be occupant there a little bit longer. in the meantime, police

rourke on the string and the -- there's a rock on the string and a groundhog and david murphy. >> reporter: there's the groundhog, maybe i better take a back seat [laughter]. as we go in tight into the northern suburbs we have snowflakes and sleet pellets with this deteriorating system, it's getting smaller and smaller. if you're in allentown before too much longer and around kutztown take it slow, there's a little bit precipitation out there. it won't be out there much longer. sky6 live hd we have clouds and clear spaces above the ben franklin bridge and elsewhere across the region. temperatures are cold in philadelphia and up in allentown where you have frozen precipitation, 27 degrees. 33 in reading. 33 in trenton. 35 in millville. everybody pretty much required to have a coat on the way out the door. maybe a little extra gear, too. a lot of cloud cover philadelphia south, we expect to break in the clouds, overall today most of us should experience a clouds and sun mix. that is that's what we'll call from in the lehigh valley, breezy and chilly 35 degrees. down the shore, 46 degrees, su

meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara bloomquist is off and in the news police mange an arrest in the murder of a young woman shot to death in front of her 12-year-old daughter. and president trump has ordered new sanctions followed iran's ballistic missile test. but the big story on "action news" is the terror attack stopped in its tracks near one of the most famous museums in the world. authorities say a man armed with a machete was shot near the louvre in paris. >> terror unfolded when a man armed with a machete shouting allah akbar lunged toward officers. wounding one lightly and them shooting back wounding the shooter. the mona lisa was on lockdown. at least 1,000 tourists were inside at the time of the attack. images showed them huddled in groups. >> it happened fast, it went quickly. everyone was panicking and we saw death coming for us. we were very, very scared. according to police the man attacked after being told he could not enter the the underground hopping area with his bags and no explosives were found and the attacker was carrying. france has been on h

. >> let's get that with david murphy and karen rogers good morning. >> reporter: already mild this morning, cloud cover on satellite out to the west of philadelphia will sweep in before too much longer. we'll be go for a clouds and sun mix. 52 degrees in philadelphia. 49 in wilmington, even that is well above the average high. 53 in allentown. 50 in trenton. 59 in reading, 47 cooler down near the cool ocean water, notice how the winds are continuing to come up from the south that will cool you off from down here. it's light wind overall and most of us all that's doing is bringing in mild air. 53 degrees by 7:00 a.m. noon we shoot up to 71 with the mild air coming up from the south. 75 is the high in philadelphia. if we hit that it will be a new record high in philadelphia. we set or tied a few of them yesterday. 5:00 p.m., 70 degrees, by 6:00 p.m. down to 64. we're in for a mild overnight low, there could dense fog developing tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon, even though it's mild there's a concern of late-day showers and gusty thunderstorms. i'll talk about that with the compl

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning everyone, it's 4:30 a.m. on this tuesday february 14th. >> we're following a developing story. president trump's national security adviser steps down amid a lot of controversy. >> one of jerry sandusky's adopted children is charged with crimes similar to his stepfather. >> a mess in harrisburg. >> it's valentine's day. getting a little fresh here. good morning to all of you. >> good morning and we've got a lot of red on today. isn't that nice? red roses all around i guess. looking at the winds from yesterday, they were just horrific weren't they but they're gone and pretty nice day shaping up. we have sunshine on the way a little bit later this morning. there will be high clouds this morning and later this afternoon i think we brighten up again. 29 degrees right now so snuggling weather early. 25 degrees in allentown, 26 degrees in reading, 27 in wilmington, 28 in trenton and 29 down in cape may. and the winds again are much lighter down into the single digits and that's a nice relief after those wind warnings and ad

the highways, but first lets go to david murphy and the latest from accuweather. >> reporter: the snow is now off the east coast and some may cut intole county and lar county and some in ty could down to bucks and montco, and the main snow was earlier this morning. we look back to 3:00 ith had a play when ik this morning. as we went up to 6:00, 5:30-6:00, the snow swept down to philadelphia. and as the heavy bands came in t snow covers in aurry and stay that w until the snow eased up partly due to the warm temperatures yesterday. the heat in the asphalt got working and plow trucks went by. and that snow is now off the coast. 3 to 6 in areas well to the north and wayne got 6, and in philadelphia two fire companies are telling us about 1 to 2 inches. and most of the roads stayed west and 7 inches in easpennsyl 6, not mucgh, most of our wilmington stations are coming in at 1.8 on the high side and a .50 on the low side.e hearts and backs and be careful of that and you have the refreeze at night and there is a wind advisory that kicks in at noon andtays until 6:00 and strong wind gust

record warmth later this week. david murphy is tracking the latest conditions outside on president's day monday. >> reporter: rick, it will not be as warm as yesterday when everybody was walking around in t-shirts, but this is a nice afternoon building for the second half of fbi. take a look at satellite -- second half of february. take a look at satellite, we have blue skies over the terrace right now. while there could high clouds filtering in later today, it could be a bright one from start to finish. the temperatures continues to climb, we're up to 54 degrees, that's 9 degrees above the average high for this date, of course it's only the midday hour, so we'll add a few degrees to that before we are done. 57 in wilmington, 56 in cape may. there is a bit of a breeze that's blowing through the region it will probably through most of the afternoon range between 10 and 20 miles per hour that's what you got from philadelphia south toward millville and the airport, atlantic city. not a strong wind, not the sort that's going to knock you over, but enough to add the chilly fee

forecast. a nice day today and temperatures are falling. david murphy has the details from accuweather. >> the weekend will be wonderful and we have a couple of sprinkles and showers and i like the picture of sky 6 hd you had up of the ben franklin bridge with the sun coming out and showers off the coast and showers and sprinkles redeveloping to the north and west and it looks like these are popping through over the next two or three hours and the farther north you go, the better chance of perhaps a little bit of wet snow mirking in at times. it shows you the clouds getting thinner in philadelphia and we see a bit of sunshine and the clouds thicken unas the showers come through later in the afternoon. temperatures right now across the mid-atlantic are chilly. 44 in philadelphia and better in washington. 43 in central park in new york city and notice cooler air to the west. coming in with that northwest wind and that will be a transition we'll see over the afternoon and tonight with colder air coming in. winds start to pick up too. we are up to 12 miles per hour in philadelphia after be

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it is 4:30 on this wednesday february 15th. >> we're following a developing story here on "action news." gunfire rings out outside an adult nightclub. "action news" is there live. >> former judges will lead the question into that deadly prison uprising in delaware. >> abc news reports the resignation of the national security adviser is own orange line the beginning when it comes to investigating the trump administration's contacts with russia. >> first up let's find out more about your accuweather. dave murphy has that. karen rogers has your commute and good morning. >> good morning and we're off to another chilly start across the region. i saw some of the moon trying to breakthroughs some clouds but obviously on satellite there are some in the very least high clouds and we're looking at clouds mixing with sun probably starting out a little on the cloudier side. also a bit of a shower through dell square and cape may county may get caught with a little bit of that this morning o31 in wilmington, just 30 degrees b

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meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning everyone, it's 4:30 a.m. on this tuesday february seventh. >> viewer individual shows flames engulfing a port richmond home overnight. >> a lehigh valley woman shares her frightening ordeal. she was driving to work when she discovered man hiding in her back seat. >> right now senate democrats are holding a 24 hour speaking marathon. they're hoping to draw attention and more public outcry against president trump's controversial nominee for education secretary. ly. >> dealing with a little bit of rain in some parts this morning. let's turn to david and karen. good morning. >> we knew today was going to be cloudier and a little more damp. it is. as you take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan we've had decent showers pushing through reading, the legal getting that now. the farther north you go there's a little bit of blue and we have that concern up north of some possible freezing rain. there's also another cluster of showers down south. in the middle in philadelphia nothing right now although we're expecting more rain to move in

team coverage of the approaching snow storm lets begin with david murphy who is outdoors on the terrace. with the latest on the storm track. >> and a coat too. they have a suit jacket here, clouds mixing with sun. very mild in the region and hard to emergency the snow is coming and temperatures are expecting to crash overnight tonight. and lets start you with the winter storm warning and as unlikely as it seems, temperatures getting into the 30s and 20s thursday morning and a winter storm warning in the poconos and lehigh valley. and the northern suburbs in midnight tonight, and doesn't kick in until 4:00 a.m. and points south. the expected to expire at noon, but all the counties in the warning area from close to the delaware river and north we are going for as much as 4 to 8 inches of snow. most of it starting before dawn and then getting heavy during the morning commute and gradually getting less intense into the morning up to mid-day, from you in the advisory area down south are you look agent less snow because this will start out as rain for you and you probably won't see as

meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news a bullet flies past customers in line at a food truck in south jersey. and a man fires a gun into a crowd outside of a local nightclub sending people running for cover. but the big story on "action news" is the new alligation that donald trump's campaign staff had can't with russian officialed before the election. >> this comes the day after trump's national security adviser stepped down. >> reporter: sources tell abc news that they got wind of the contact before the election and launched an investigation. "the new york times" report that people inside and outside of trump's campaign had repeated contact with russian officials the year before the election. it gives one name, paul manafort, the former campaign chairman fired over the summer and called the report ridiculous and never knowingly spoke to russian officers and they say they few they were talking to russian officials and that u.s. officials have not seen any evidence that the trump team cooperated with the hack of the democrats or had anything to do with it. but th

situation ahead. >> first david murphy and karen rogers. >> reporter: we're cold up in allentown, we had flurries falling a part at this point she head toward allentown -- as they head toward allentown. we have breaks in the clouds, overall we're expecting clouds and sun today. 27 in allentown. 35 in millville. as we take a look at the way things are rolling today, it will get breezier than it is right now. 36 degrees by 7:00. 42 by noon. we have a high today of 44 degrees with a breeze blowing making it feel like the 30s. 40 degrees by 5:00 a.m., 35 degrees by 7:00. tomorrow looks colder, breezy with windchills in the 20s. then comes the weekend we'll have the details in the seven day. >> reporter: all right, dave, as we look at the big picture, no major issues on the blue route, schuylkill expressway or i-95 are moving mostly in the 50s. in hatboro, montgomery county we have an accident it brought down a pole. the accident investigation going on on county line road at madison avenue if you want to watch for that. the overturned tractor-trailer is a problem in burlington county, the ram

. >> reporter: it's not going to happen. >> let's go over to david murphy and karen rogers, good morning. >> reporter: first time i didn't bring a work coat home, because i knew i wouldn't need it this morning. we have the promise of sunshine coming in over south jersey and delaware, and parts of philadelphia. these clouds will be in and out of play today overall we'll end up with a clouds and sun mix. 52 degrees in philadelphia. 53 in allentown. 60 in reading, 49 in wilmington, one of the cooler spots in wilmington, down in cape may, but even these numbers are well above today's average high, so we're starting out mild, light winds coming up out of the south helping to draw that milder air in, 7-mile an hour currently in philadelphia. as we roll through the afternoon it gets nice and toasty. 50 degrees by 7:00 a.m., 71 by noon. high of 75 will be a new record if we hit it. we had a couple of records fall yesterday and we could get a couple of more today. karen we're looking at a warm saturday, a very chilly sunday and transitioning in between gusty thunderstorms possible, details coming

warmer weather now because the cold air will be back by the weekend. david murphy is outside on the terrace with the details from accuweather. >> we are under mainly cloudy skies here in philadelphia and a bit a breeze blowing and cool enough for a jacket and having set all of that we are looking atwell above average temperatures this afternoon. that won't last so maybe today is the day you get out and enjoy it or get stuff done. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you that a couple of light sprinkles and showers have begun to well up over the last hour. and south jersey and southern delaware another batch in the northern and western suburbs. the i-95 corridor will avoid all of that. you see the wide view on satellite shower activity welling up and most of that is off the coast than should spin out of here before too much longer and sunny breaks mixing with the clouds and the clouds probably dominating. 49 in philadelphia and the numbers have bounced up nicely and we get up into the low 50s up and down the i-95 corridor and down south in washington. a 17 miles per hour breeze in t

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it is 4:30 on this wednesday february 8th. >> and here's what we're following for you on "action news." a winter snowstorm is headed our way. sky6 taking a live look at philadelphia international airport. airlines already alerting flyers to alter their plans. >> philadelphia police are trying to catch the robber behind an aggressive crime spree where before people get it. >> a lehigh valley man suffers a heart attack while crossing the street and people nearby including a nurse rush to save him. >> we'll get to all of that in a moment. let's talk a little bit about this snow coming in with dave murphy. karen rogers is watching your commute. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. as you step outside you're not going to believe snow is coming tonight because it's so darn high. couple sprinkles clearing the coast over by the shore and we're in the process of drying out. as we take a look at the wide view, cloud cover a plenty. we'll probably get some sunny breaks later on and for now as you look to the west there

bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> i've made a very difficult decision not to seek re-election to a third term as the district tonight of the city of philadelphia. >> embattled top prosecutor, seth williams is step ago side after months of controversy and after being slapped with a record fine after an ethics investigation. it's friday afternoon and southbound is off and we are following breaking news from the philadelphia district attorney. williams says he made regrettable mistakes and that is why he is not running for a third term in office. john rawlins joins us live now from center city. >> reporter: williams is dogged with bad news for months. and in and around financial issues and then last year an admission by the da himself that there were certain gifts he received that were not disclosed and that generated calls for the da to resign and he said he will not run for re-election. >> i made the very difficult decision not to seek re-election to a third term as the district attorney of the city of philadelphia. >> last month it was revealed that the city edgics bo

, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> good morning everyone, it's 4:30 a.m. on this wednesday february 22nd. >> happening today, we're keeping an eye on possible septa delays a day after a train derailment at a major station injures four people. >> a driver hits a woman walking in the lehigh valley and then takes off. >> the trump administration announces a sweeping rewrite of immigration enforcement policies. >> and we're going to try and taking a weather up another notch. let's turn now dave murphy and karen rogers. >> let's try it, okay. we've got satellite right now showing that there's a lot of cloud cover around the region and there might be a sprinkle at times popping through this morning but don't get too upset by that because it's not going to be around that long and overall it's looking like a really nice day ahead. here are your temperatures in the north and west suburbs. first of all we've got some 30's out there in places like pottstown and quakertown. 40 in chester. center city at 42 as is the airport. 40 degrees across the river in cinnaminson, 39

magee is in for david murphy with a preview. >> we'll take the early preview in february. it's responding nicely as the warmer air moves into the region for the start of the weekend. still chilly now at 37. same thing in read can and same in allentown and 27 in the poconos. in cape may 34 and who in atlantic city. the westerly winds and not as blustery of a day as yesterday and the current windchill at the freezing mark and same in allentown holding at 32 and reading at 32 and 28 degrees the current windchill number in lancaster teens in the poconos and 30 down in dover. satellite 6 along with action radar not a lot to show you, high pressure that is still nice and controlled across the region and just a few high thin clouds skirting about the area and we'll stay dry for the afternoon. and 2:00 looking at the day board up to 42 at 4:00 later today and 6:00 p.m. 40 degrees and later tonight temperatures are in the middle and upper 30s and this is the weekend and this is what everyone is looking forward to. on saturday. we'll be 19 degrees above average and the few late clouds co

gusts could exceed 2350 miles per hour today. david murphy is taking a look at the weather and karen rogers is looking at the commute. i was thinking on e way in it's a northwest wind, on it is terrace it's swirling around. there's a high wind warning in south jersey and delaware advisory across southeastern pennsylvania and north jersey. this goes until 6:00 p.m. tonight. along the way we'll get wind gusts in the 40 and 50-mile an hour range maybe stronger along the shore. trees and wires are coming down across the region, be careful of debris on the roadways. keep the sunglasses handy we'll get sun up over the horizon the clouds to the north and west will have difficult pushing in today. 36 in philadelphia. 33 in allentown. 36 in millville. cold enough for winter coats. the big story the wind gusts right now we've got them in the 30s across the region, a couple of 40-mile an hour gusts just a little while ago we had gusts in the 50s, we'll be in and out of the numbers through the morning and into the afternoon. 39 by noon, the high is 43 which is around average. with the strong, bl

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camera shaki in the meist david murphy is tracking it all with the the a board. >> reporter: there is a typical look for when he get guststh region. stronger as it pushes offulf of the clockwise flow around the higher clock wise flow around squeezing the wind togethe once it gets through tunnel it expands in different directions and pull also the wind through the -- pulls the wind through the region and we get a roar out there. what are we looking at right even though the worst of this might be getting ready to ease, there's a high wind warning in effect across south jersey and delaware ascertain the eastern shore of maryland. it is an advisory through philadelphia county and points north and mercer city of trenton. the only difference here the strongesreo 60 you're looking potentially gusts up to 45 and 50 or so in the advisory area. these gustsg back a little bit through the rest of the afternoon. ri 52-mile an hour in philadelphia. certainly enough to bring down extra tree branches and wiresn additionn already this morning. gusts in allentown. 43 in mill atlanti should should sh

flapping in the wind. let's go over to david murphy good morning. >> reporter: when i was coming into the station, i had to push the door and pull it close. we have a high wind warning in south jersey and delaware, and maryland. it's in the northern suburbs in both cases you're looking at strong blustery winds bringing down trees and branches and wires. you want to be careful of debris on the roads. wind gusts are as high as 50 miles per hour, higher than that the closer you get to the shore. we'll see plenty of the shades ready. looks like we are encountering wind out to the west. overall sunny skies, 37 in philadelphia. 37 in millville. 4 in allentown. the big story are the strong wind gusts 41-mile an hour in philadelphia. 45 in wilmington, we are up to 49 in lancaster, that's the strongest i've seen on the map so far this morning. keep in mind that these numbers can kind of mix and match and trade out as we go through the morning, that's a snapshot at the top of the hour, the gusts can go higher at any time. 35 degrees by 7:00 a.m. 39 by the high today will be a cool 43, around av