Business to make it through our area in the next few hours. Monday night, jims off, im monica malpass. The the big story on action news tonight is a Winter Weather advisory for several counties in our viewing area but everybody will be getting precipitation of some sort likely a soaking rain. Action News ReporterChristie Lleto is in the Lehigh Valley tonight where they are awaiting a first dose of that wintry weather. But first lets get to meteorologist adam joseph and Storm Tracker six live radar for latest on the timing of all this, adam. Monday cars, we are dealing with the rain right now on double scan live radar across much of the area even in the Lehigh Valley, it is still in the form of liquid. We will go up to the poconos to see a little bit of have sleet and freezing rain. At the on set of the precipitation that has pushed in over the last hour to hour and a half. As we look closer at double scan live radar you can see that wall of green with the light steady rainfall, the blue area, got the to remind you because we have not had any blue on the radar this winter season. The that is that sleet and freezing rain. That is well to the north in the poconos and north of the the lehigh tunnel. Temperatures, still above freezing in allentown at 34 degrees. Thirtysix in reading. Thirtyseven in lancaster. Fortys to the south. The these numbers will drop a few more degrees and then they will rise, and the second a half of the overnight hours, as the southerly wind kicks in. Winter weather advisory in effect until 7 00 oclock in the morning for berks county, lehigh county, Northampton County, off in the poconos a brief area of sleet, ice in the poconos, before a change to rain, and a cold front is approaching to the west that means a southerly surge which will bring in the warmth and eventually that heavy rain in time, unfortunately for that morning rush hour. So for the morning rush, red light delay, kind of a morning. Soaking rain no matter where you are, even in the Lehigh Valley, it is all rain by tomorrow morning. Ponding on the roadways. Wet roads not icy roads. Monica in the Lehigh Valley they he could see couple hours of sleet. We will have much more coming up in that full accu weather forecast. Thanks very much, adam. Lets switch live to Christie Lleto at the northeast Extension Service plaza in allentown, christie, penndot has been getting ready and so are many of the folks you spoke with tonight. Reporter understandably so, monica. We have seen spotty showers on and off throughout the evening and with these falling temperatures resident want to make sure they are prepared. I dont want to have any ice fall in front of my house. So were expecting apparently a lot of ice. Reporter sarah was looking for salt, residents, braced for their first taste of winter as tumbling temperatures and spotty rain showers in a could easily turn to sleet blanketed the Lehigh Valley. Mostly going to be laying down material, salt on the roadways, trying to keep the road from icing up. Reporter penndot crews, stand at the ready. Checking pressure. Reporter pep boys in a allentown is slammed with customers trying to winter ice their cars a lot of people changing their fluids and stuff. Check to see if there is any leaks or anything that could cause their car to break down. Batteries. Reporter storm that already has residents wishing important last weekends balmy weather. I liked the 70 degrees but that cannot last forever. Reporter penndot says bigger threat tonight will be black ice. They are asking anyone on the road tonight and overnight to take their time. Reporting live from the Lehigh Valley, Christie Lleto, channel six a action news. The monday day. Thanks, christie. Action news morning team, of course will start at 4 30 for with you overnight developments on the winter storm from here and the rest of the country. Plus any traffic concerns from all of that rain during the morning rush. You can get up to the second weather conditions anytime on our web site at six abc. Com and through can view Storm Tracker six live just like adam uses and get the seven day forecast right into the new year. Severe weather did sweep across the u. S. Killing 47 people in seven states, here in garland, texas resident are beginning to clean up have after a deadly tornado ripped through that area over the weekend. A string of twisters rolled through a 40mile section of texas some with wind up to 180. The governor of new mexico also declared a state of emergency due to snow. And, here in the midwest, historically heavy downpours produced flash flooding, that killed at least, 15. Back here, Philadelphia Police are hoping for a break after nine armed robberies at bus stops in the West Oak Lane section. Investigators say the thief demand cell phones, at gunpoint. Dann cuellar live at the septa bus stop in cheltenham avenue with the very latest on that, dann. Reporter monica, this guy is showing no signs of stopping and brazen enough to strike twice in two different locations. In all but one location the the victims have all been women. Oh, my god. Reporter bonnie has often turn down her daughters offers to drive her to the bus stop. Not anymore. Im not going to ignore her no more. Take me to the bus stop or i will not go until it gets light. Reporter latest robbery happened this morning at bus stop here in the 1200 block of easton, the the ninth in the rash of robberies that began earlier this month. The victims were all targeted by a suspect matching the same description, as different times of the the day. Cell phone seems to be what he is targeting. But again he is armed with a handgun. So anytime again you have those situations where someone is arm, it is very dangerous situation. Reporter northwest detectives say there has been nine such gunpoint robberies since december 6th, twice at, philomena street and twice at cedar brook and upsol. All but one were women. It looks like he is targeting woman by themselves at the the bus stop early in the morning. Reporter it is making people skiddish about standing around waiting for a bus. Just pray for the bus to come early because, i dont know, you are a female and standing here in the dark. Reporter police are warning bus riders to be on the guard and be on the look out. If you see somebody hanging around go inside a gas station, call 911. Were hoping that changes the the appointment we will get this guy off of the street. Reporter victim told identical descriptions a young black male in his mid 20s, facial freckles, discoloration and probably a mole. He was last seen wearing a dark hooded sweat shirt and dark pants. We are live in West Oak Lane, dann cuellar for channel six action news. Thanks, dann. A 19 yearold man is being treated by doctors tonight for a bullet wound to the chest. He was shot at 65 00 in southwest philadelphia in the 6600 block of warrington avenue. Police say this was ninth shooting in the neighborhood since christmas on friday. Investigators do not yet know what the motive is behind this one. Also in southwest philadelphia, a water main break has flooded the 7400 block of elmwood avenue and cut off services to 50 customers. Water Department Officials tell us an 8inch main fractured at about 5 30 tonight. The street will be close todd traffic while the repairs are made, since the the the water main break started to compromise the the road, itself. The the hottest toy of the holidays got a little bit too hot for a family at new jersey shore. A Christmas Present nearly turned into a fiery nightmare. You are looking at the charred remains of the smart balance, wheel hoverboard, that crackled and then burst into flames in kim whalens laci township home last night. That board was charging on the carpet. The battery compartment just blew up, sending projectiles flying through the shore burning the Kitchen Floor and leaving the living room covered in residue from the the fire extinguisher. Young craig said he was just 2. He was on top of. That it the would have been a land mine. I would say immediately do not let your kids ride this thing. It is so dangerous. I never imagined any toy could blow up like that. Amazon and other retailers have now pulled several models, 16 fires have been reported nationwide. Fire officials suggest charging your hoverboard outside, if possible. The Consumer ProductsSafety Commission is now looking into the whalen thes incident. We will necessity by tomorrow morning if pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf will sign a budget on his desk. He is scheduled a News Conference to make that a announcement and action news will be there republican lawmakers sent him a last ditch, 30. 3 billion package that does fall far short of the money that wolf wanted for Public Schools and social services. Wolf also has the option to veto the budget in whole or in part or let it become law without his signature. So far his staff has not said whether this spending plan is a go. Philadelphia d. A. Is asking for a third trial for a Catholic Church official imprisoned for his handling of the pedophile priests. Monsignor william lynn was convicted of shuffling dangerous priests, to to new parishes and Catholic Schools endangering new children. Lynn was quick in 2012 but that was overturned by an appeals court. Now d a a Seth Williams is asking the entire superior court to hear the the case. In word if they will a agree. Holiday season is still in full swing at a church in wilmington. Joy to the world small group gathered outside New Life Christian Center to sing christmas carols. It took place in what is considered to be one of the toughest neighborhood in that city. In the only did the congregation and they also handed out gifts to local children. Still to come on action news a victory in the fight against isis overseas. It is being called a perfect storm of human error. We have reactions after a grand jury decides not to indict office shore shot ape killed a twoyear old boy. Plus a Daring Rescue by pennsylvania fire chief who gets to the scene of the burning car before anybody else. An ad am . Monday kay, we will track a surge of moisture from the south, majority in the form of rain. I will have timing hour by hour with accu weather. Plus Ducis Rodgers is here with changes for the eagles next season when action news continues tonight. vo some call it giving back. We call it share the love. During our share the love event, get a new subaru, and well donate 250 to those in need. Bringing our total donations to over sixtyfive million dollars. And bringing love where its needed most. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Of cleveland, ohio after a grand jury decided no to the tight two Police Officers in the the shooting of 12 yearold tamer wright. Simply put, given this perfect storm of human error the states miscommunications, by all involve, that day the evident did not indicate criminal conduct by police. Wright was shot and killed by officer timothy low man at a cleveland play ground last year. He and his partner officer frank garknack has maintained that they thought the 12 yearold was armed. The it turnout to be a beebee gun. Wrights family says they are saddened but not surprised by todays decision. The police chief announced review of both officers to see if they violated any departmental policies. Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel is cutting his vacation short to deal with another fatal police shooting. The Police Department was already under investigation when police shot and killed two people last saturday. The officer said 19 yearold quintonio mcgreer was being combative toward officer before he was shot. The 19 yearolds neighbor, a grandmother, was accidentally hit by gunfire. A small gathering took place tonight for mark one Year Anniversary of death of 36 yearold jerome reid. Reid was shot to death new years eve by two Police Officer in bridgeton, new jersey. In august the grand jury there decided not to bring charges against the officer. Well, we want to let it be known that we are not going to be quiet about this, you know, this this was a father, this was a husband, this was a son, this was a good citizen in the community. That night police say reid defied order to stay in the car after they found a handgun in the glove box. Officers say they were concerned that reid may have another weapon. Tonight, iraqi troops are, celebrating a victory in the fight against isis. They have retaken the city of ramadi from the hand of the islamic state. Drone captured the moment Security Forces hoisted the iraqi flag over this key governmental building. The the white house says u. S. Military coalition supported that operation with more than 630 air strikes, training, and equipment. A 94 yearold bridge in pittsburgh, vanish, in a matter of seconds. The right there this morning. Todays implosion took five years of planning and three months of physical preparation. They are making way for a new bridge that is scheduled to open in 2017. The heroic actions of fire chief in pennsylvania today were captured on this dash cam video. Take a look, chief nate tracie of the York TownshipFire Department was the first to a arrive at the scene of the burning car, and the driver was knocked out inside and his life was in danger. The the chief charged into that fiery, smokey car, without even time to get his fire fighter jacket on. Then you can see ambulance is arriving just as the chief pulled the victim out a alive and this is what happened to the car, if it werent for Fire Fighters daring, the ending could have been much worse. Harlem globetrotter great george Meadowlark Lemon passed away over the weekend. Argumentably the most famous play for that team. He played 24 season and more than 16,000 games. He joined globe trotters in 954 have after serving two years in the army. He was men for a sinking half court shot, throwing behind the back passes, and, pretending to spy on his opponents huddles. Action news spoke to a hall of fame coach john cheyney who was lemons roommate when they were bet playing for globetrotters. Cheyney said all lemon wanted to do was make folks happy. He always had a great smile on his face and he would always do something when we were practicing that would cause everybody to stand up and look and laugh, you know. No cause of death has been released. Lemon was 83 years old. Manny, mow and jack are wanted men if you will, billion air karl icon is not giving up his pursuit of the philadelphia based pep boys. Tonight he made his third offer in the bidding war with japanese tire company bridge stone. He has slated his offer to 18. 50 a share that values Pep Boys Auto parts share at more than a billion dollars, bridge stone has until 5 00 p. M. This thursday to counter. You know those micro bead and exfoliating soaps and body wash snows today president barack obama signed a bill banning them to be added to cost medics anymore. They are made of plastic and they go down drain to our rivers, lakes, and oceans,er with they harm aquatic life. Micro bead will be prohibited by july 1st of 2017, and many manufacturers though have already been voluntarily removing them. Retail report released by master card today found sales were up nearly 8 percent this Holiday Season for black friday to christmas eve. On line shopping was up 20 percent, however purchases made in actual stores also account for the majority of that spending. And this year furniture was a hot seller. Sales of womans clothing rose in double digits while mens apparel declined. If you unwrapped a shiny new tablet or smart phone this holiday six a a abc has another gift for you, all of our apps are free. Load up your new device with the six a abc news app, Storm Tracker app, events app april and watch a abc app. They are available on the apple will and google play stores. Next holiday to look forward to, new years and crews made sure to get icon i can crystal ball set up in times square new york for midnight thursday fast approaching. The 288 waterford crystals were designed to withstand high wind or temperature changes, that exist hundreds of feet a have above the revellers. Today visitors to times square who did not have the the greatest 205 were able to symbolically shed their bad memories disposing of things in this large shredder, it is called good riddings day. Nearby folks wrote down wishes for next year which they hepp will be part of the confetti dropped on the crowd there at midnight. No matter what kind of 2015 you had, you can count on a new years tradition for some celebration and chief right here. Dick clarks new years rocking eve hosted by Ryan Seacrest kicks off at channel after the at 8 00 oclock thursday night. Some performances include carry under wood, luke bryant, and one direction. It will be fun, we want to find out how weather will treat us in the new year. It been dry. That is good thing and warmer than average. Go figure. That is good for folks in new york and here in philadelphia, of course. But tonight not so pleasant outside. We are dealing with rain across the area. On double scan live radar. Even in the Lehigh Valley, it is still at this point mainly light rain but temperatures above freezing. You have to head into the poconos where you see that blue on double scan live radar which indicates that sleet and ice that is setting up but again very spotty, very light. You have to work west of lancaster near york where it the is starting to intensify. Once that ban pushes in it should drive them in the Lehigh Valley to show a little bit of sleet, before it changes to rain early tomorrow morning. The right now it is 34 in allentown. That number should in the drop any further, as the temperatures will begin to rise late tonight. Thirtysix reading. Thirtyseven lancaster. Fortys philadelphia. All the way down to Sea Isle City a and shore with the poconos, at 25 degrees, dealing with that freezing rain. As we look at satellite and radar a massive storm pass ago cross chicago, bringing Severe Weather to the south, snow off this is north ape great lakes and this area of precipitation with the cold front that will push in here and intensify over next few hours. The Winter Weather advisory continues until 7 00 in the morning for berks county, lehigh county, Northampton County in the poconos. For our immediate viewing area from allentown to reading, sleet at times before it changes to rain. Ice in the poconos before there it also changes to rain and, in fact, were still dealing with the very warm ground despite 34 in the Lehigh Valley right now. Last time it was below freezing was seven days ago on december 21st, so anything that falls in the form of the sleet, in that advisory area in the Lehigh Valley and berks county would only briefly coat, some of the grass surfaces, the not much of the roadways or sidewalks. The as we look at future track era at midnight sleet to the north, rain across much of the area heavy rain philadelphia, wilmington and trenton at 4 00 t starts to move in the Lehigh Valley. Wye morning rush at 7 30 it is rain as far north as Lehigh Valley, even in the poconos, starting to mix with some rain. Heavier at times philadelphia down to southern new jersey and delaware. This is at 10 00 oclock. Still dealing with ponding on the roadways and then it is out of here by lunchtime and in the afternoon and 2 00 maybe a few peaks of sunshine. It is a healthy amount of rain over half inch of rain in the Lehigh Valley. Even in the poconos after ice, over half inch of rain and near inch along i95 and threequarters of an inch at the shore a and southern delaware. The exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, 62 warmer degrees thomas we dry out in the afternoon. Still mild bed, lot of cloud, a few afternoon showers with a weak disturbance and a few peaks of sun last day of the year at 54 warm degrees. Breezy cooler for mummers on friday at 45 and then saturday, sunday, monday sun a few cloud and more seasonal with temperatures in the lower to mid 40s. All rain by tomorrow mornings rush no matter where you you are. All right, thanks, sir. Christmas has come and gone and you may be wondering what to do with your tree. City of philadelphia is trying to make that easier for you. Officials will launch their annual Tree Recycling Program a week from today, january 4th. Tropical your tree off at a one of the six sanitation convenient centers. They will 23 designated tree drop locations. The city officials a say recycling your tree helps the environment and cuts down own waste cost for them and find a whole list of locations on our web site at six abc. Com. The centers for medicare and Medicaid Services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3. 500 hospitals. Fewer than 6 received 5 stars. Among them was Cancer Treatment centers of america in philadelphia. Cancercenter. Com slash eastern. Its the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. So hurry and get verizon fios. Only fios has the Fastest Internet and wifi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. And right now, for only 79. 99 a month online, you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. Plus, with a 2year agreement, fios gives you 400 back, and all the premium movie channels for a year. So go online or call now for this great offer. Get out of the past. Get fios. News and what changes chip kelly might be thinking about. A lot of changes. He will to have make more change these year but in the a whole lot of changes. Chip kelly will save thorough evaluation foresees ons end but does not feel this roster need a complete overhaul. Chip believes in his eagles. He said he and the Coaching Staff need to do a better job. I dont think were a bad Football Team not the by any stretch. I can talk to you about plays. We are not consistent. I dont think we have done enough job in putting them in position toss make plays. I dont think we need to revamp this entire group of guys because i think we have really good guys. Eagles have one game remaining against the the giants on sunday at the meadow land. For those hoping they would lose to get a better draft pick that wont be the players approach. We will go out there and give it our all. It is a pride thing. We will not the lay down for anybody. We will see what guys are made of this week. We will come in ape fight. I necessity a lot of guys are. They will get out and show some heart in that game verse the giants because i know they are difficulties a appointed but last thing you want to do in philadelphia is give up. With the eagles eliminated lets talk baseball. Fiftyone days until Phillies First spring training work out. In the meantime pete mccann on will to have deal with the declining, ryan howard. He has meant so much to the organization, he has been a super star in the past. He hasnt had those type of years in the last couple of years. There is a lot of thought about going through a process where i will try to figure out the best way to handle it. We will wait and see in the spring. The i dont want to jump the gun. I havent spoken to ryan, i will probably speak to him early in the spring. Still ahead villanova puts on a clinic against penn tonight. Plus sixers, might they do it again . Another victory . We will check in on them. The sixers are attempting to go where no team, namely 2015 sixers have gone, before and a place called back to back victories. Sixers and jazz with the hopes tonight, it seems like they are spinning their heels. First quarter Rashad Holmes inside, sixers down by 14 after one. But fast forward to the third quarter, saturdays hero iish smith floats 1n game tied at 76. Moments later smith again, this time dish toes nerlens noel. Eighteen for him. Sixers up by two. Fourth quarter now, burton with the big three. Right now, the the sixers are up 9189 with 38 seconds to go. Jay wright and villanova hosting penn, and 33rd straight win at pavilion. Nova opened up on 36seven run. Donahue had has 18, but has 29 points. Brownson leads all with season high two two. Nova wins, and drexel losing tonight. Penn state, has arrived in jacksonville, florida. The Nittany Lions will face georgia saturday in the tack player bowl. Coach franklin plans to give the players some leeway to enjoy scenery down there in florida but as the game gets closer he said curfews will get tighter. Im in the sure what trouble young man can find in florida but ims sure they can find some trouble. Thanks, ducis. Concert goers enjoyed jazz in center city tonight. Some mysterious travelers two, Great MigrationsConcert Series aim at showcasing local artists a and making fan friendly if you missed show dough dont worry it runs through may. Jimmy kimmel live is next. For all of us, im monica malpass. Make it a great night. And now, Abcs Jimmy Kimmel live. Announcer from hollywood its Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight wanda sykes. Formula one champion lewis hamilton. And music from band of merrymakers. With cleto and the cletones. And now, be warned, heres jimmy kimmel [ cheers and applause ]