Between now and midnight brief snow showers moving to the west and east, extreme south jersey and southern delaware we wont see any of this perhaps a few flurries and across the poconos and Lehigh Valley a few roads could be slick. There is consensus with the computer models we are not looking at snow, a coating to an inch north of the Lehigh Valley and the poconos could get an inch. Well talk about sunday night into monday in the full accuweather forecast. Thank you cecily. Meantime parts of Delaware River in trenton are starting to freeze this is the scene today. Snow and ice is piled up on the banks but the water is still flowing john rawlins live now at the penndot yard as they gear up for more snow. Reporter this is a sense of here we go again. They spent the day loading trucks and attaching plows and mechanical systems and as for the rest of us how are we feeling take a listen. On this nice winter day light wind and nothing falling from the sky, how are we greeting the forecasters prediction of a trace to inch of snow. That aint snow just a dusting. Go to syracuse now that is snow. This is not. Cold, i hate it. Im not a snow person, i like the summer and spring. You are tire of this . Yes, it has to go. Bring it on. You like it . Sure. Its in the forecast. Im ready. Penndot will have at loost 180 trucks in position overnight. The travel part it not fun but beautiful. Its worth the hassle . Yes, that is why we live in philadelphia, its beautiful. Im not tired of it yet as long as it wont be like last year. It doesnt bother me one bit. Let it pleaded not guilty today that left a state trooper dead and another one critically wounded. Frein took part in the hearing via video conference, he is charged with first degree murder and other charges in the september sniper shooting of Corporal Dixon and another officer was severely wounded trying to help that day. Frein was captured after a 48 day manhunt in the poconos. And now police are investigating a burglary at the lululemon store in center city after the roof collapsed at that store. Officers were called to the store this morning and found the front door smashed in and clothes on the sidewalk and two tons of bricks fell through the roof of that store on tuesday and three women at the store at the time were hurt. One person was hospitalized after a crash involving a school bus in the citys logan section. No students were on the bus at the time and its unclear how the crash happened or how the person that was taken to the hospital is actually doing tonight. President barack obama is heading to philadelphia to speak with the Democratic Caucus air force one is expected to land an hour from now, and the president will head to society hill. There we find david henry live at society hill. Security is extremely tight here at this hotel right now the president is due here in two hours to rally the troops and the House Democrats are meeting here in philadelphia to map out a strategy for 2016 for the shall acting they took in 2014. We need a better message. Probably just didnt articulate it enough. All for the democrats meeting behind closed doors at the hyatt for the past two days its more marketing than politics they are trying to come up with a message that resonates with middle class voters that means closing tax loopholes for the rich and helping the middle class. We are not dictating how you distribute your wealth we are saying that you shouldnt get a tax cut for a 20 million bonus and shift that tax burden to your employees. Middle class voters we talked with blamed both parties for their economic woes and are mixed on which party is more in their corner. I dont follow it much, but i would think the republican party. I think the democrats. The Republican Congress has not been doing much of anything to help anyone. The democrats meeting in philadelphia are hoping to get more people thinking like that. By hammering the pocketbooks of American Families and making sure they get the message. How to get the message out there for the middle class. We have done a terrible job with that. Coming up on action news at 6 00 well have a preview of the president s speech and an indication of what all of this activity highprofile activity might mean for philadelphias chances of winning the Democratic National convention. Live in society hill, david henry, channel 6 action news. Thanks david we have breaking news right now and chopper 6 live in south philadelphia. This is where the fire crews have approached a septa route 56 bus and it collided with a passenger bus there. Five people were injured and none of the injuries are serious, it happened 25 to 30 minutes ago this is eerie avenue and old york road. Five people are saying they are injured. There is fire and medics on the scene as well. In the meantime lets get an update on the highways tonight in our action news traffic report. Over to matt pellman. Hey guys, an hour before the big guy comes to town, not you rick but president obama scheduled to land at Philadelphia International airport just after 6 00 this evening and what that means this roadway, 95 will close as the motorcade makes its way from the airport on up to society hill. Between 6 00 and 6 30 expect the closure of i95 between south philadelphia and center city and could impact you if are you getting to the flyers game this evening. The broad street line is a good alternative. Slow speeds on 95 by the betsy ross bridge and the septa accident at old york road, you wab to avoid that area at the moment. An a crash at tree road and in buck county a crash along 309 bethlehem pike there by the walmart and evesham township where the promenade is on the northbound side. Well check it again in the next half hour. Thanks matt. Still more to come on action news at 5 00, the hunt for survivors continues at a mexican hospital destroyed by a powerful gas explosion we have the very latest. There is good and bad news in the fight against ebola. Those stories and more cecily tynan back with the latest on snow moving through our area tonight. At least two people are dead, after a gas explosion in mexico city, according to officials a truck was supplying natural gas to the hospitals kitchen when the hose sprung a leak, workers spent a half hour trying to fix the leak before it exploded and trapped several people inside. There were nine babe yibs in the hospitals nursery and its unclear if any of them are among the dead. We learned more details about the deadly siege insides of the cafe in Sydney Australia one person died from fragments of bullets fired by a police officer. The report says that moanous is sponfor killing one hostage and he was killed by police a self proclaimed cleric with a long criminal history. And the ebola epidemic in africa may have turned the corner. Ali gorman is here now at the big board. Last week was a landmark week there were 100 fewer cases of ebola. 30 in new guinea and 4 in liberia. They are tracking a mutation now to the virus that has cropped up in guinea they dont know yet if it will change how ebola is spread. Also, today there is a possible break through for people suffering knee pain, surgeons at Ohio Medical Center has replaced the first plastic meniscus millions of people have a torn meniscus a damaged one wont repair itself and gets worse over time. The synthetic meniscus replaces the damaged one and overtime shapes itself to fit. If this works out as well as we think it will. It fills the spectrum for patients with injuries to their knee. Doctors hope it will relieve pain and delay or avoid a knee replacement. Its being tested in seven medical centers in eastern united states. And we have more information on this at 6abc. Com. Back over to you. Thank you ali. Media theater opened its latest production, the mercal worker starring julie eisenhower. Its the play about helen keller and her struggles. And for every ticket sold in the month of february 2 will be donated to schools for the blind. And they are taking two wheeled transportation and going green is giving thieves a chance to make fast cash off your bicycle. There is no denying that philadelphia has become one of the countrys hottest spots for bikes, thieves so daring they stole this police bike in broad daylight. Brazen and bold just to get the bike they want. Well show you the new and easy way these criminals are targeting you and taking off with your expensive ride in seconds. These guys know what they are doing like a professional operation. Ill have the exclusive investigation, tracking where and how these criminals are stealing from you, coming up on action news tonight at 11 00. Mcdonalds stock spiked today because the ceo of the fast food giant announced he was stepping down. Don thompson is stepping down less than three years of his tenure, and its not just the long standing rivals like Wendys Wendys and burger king take ago way customers, chipotle is taking away customers. They released their preliminary reports this week and it calls for big changes, the Advisory Committee was put in place by governor jack markell its for the inner city students and one drastic change is the streamline serving the city. The Christina School district to leave the city and concentrate in newark and the western part of Delaware County and colonial School District has 150 students or so in wilmington and no schools, to leave the city as well. Students from christina and colonial schools will be take and in by the red line district. They are Holding Meetings on the proposed changes. The speaker of the house mike terzi met with students today and toured the catholic cool to learn about its blended learning program. He backed learning college Fund Philadelphia they use tax credits to make College Education more accessible. More than of the due paul students are using the fund. Students at Regional High School in blackwood new jersey cant wait to get their hands on this. Just one more tool to give students a leg up on local and foreign competition. Time to check the accuweather forecast there is a little snow tonight and maybe more this weekend. For children tonight, do your homework, you are going to School Tomorrow this is a nuisance event moving through. Stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that the atmosphere is moistening up and evaporating before it hits. A steady band of snow from york to Lancaster County right now and another band moving towards lebanon, youll notice that is it, that is the snow moving through tonight. We are not talking about a monster storm, its not a noreaster but a clipper, this brings us a quick coating of snow and south jersey and delaware you wont see much at all. Temperatures now are getting cold enough philadelphia 34 degrees and wilmington 32 and allentown and reading 31 and lancaster 30 degrees, at 8 00 this is when the snow begins to move into the philadelphia area, perhaps mixing in with light rain and part of kent county delaware and by midnight lifting to the north in the Lehigh Valley and the poconos, heading into tomorrow morning youll notice showers north not from the clipper but an arctic front moving through in the morning and this has some teeth in the form of cold air and winds expected snow this evening, again we are looking at a coating to perhaps an inch along the i95 corridor, the Lehigh Valley and the poconos more of 1 to 2 inches of there. Its really quick and tomorrow the temperatures tell the story we reach our high at 37 degrees at lunch time and then the cold air streams in behind that arctic front friday night 8 30 heading out for your date, put on the winter coat, temperatures drop down to the teens and 20s and wind gusts 40 to 50 Miles Per Hour. So the windchills friday evening, 8 30 already in the Single Digits and we drop down to below zero for windchills for saturday morning. This is true arctic air. Be careful of slick spots and 32 in philadelphia and 32 in millville and 27 in reading and allentown 26 degrees, the fiveday at 5 00 tomorrow windy especially in the afternoon temperatures crashing at lunch time and temperatures dropping down into the teens and 20s and saturday the high only 28 degrees but windchills in the afternoon in the low teens well see a good amount of sunshine, on sunday the clouds roll in and snow arrives in the evening and the snow continues likely in the morning and 28 degrees, and tuesday its sunny and cold with a high of 26 degrees well talk about the sunday night super bowl snow coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Its winter and sunday night into monday. Well take a quick break. Action news continues with meteorologist, Adam Joseph Jaime apody Rick Williams and monica malpass. Hello again here is what is happening on action news tonight. Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter delivers his final state of the city address, what he says went right and what went wrong in the past year. And people smell smoke and think they are trapped. And the end of the suspense, its tgit. Sharrie williams has a sneak peek coming up. And mayor Michael Nutter gave details in the state of the city address. Its annual address to the movers and shakers at the chamber of commerce is they love him here. We at your Greater Philadelphia Chamber of commerce have enjoyed a productive and collaborative and affective relationship with mayor nutter the mayor declared the city healthy and growing fast and blossoming and growing fast. The economy is booming, since january of 2014, more than 8. 5 billion of projects are completed under construction or announced in the city. The city hall since 09, crime is down dramatically the homicide rate down 36 and violence crime down 17 compared to 2007. The High School Graduate rate jumped 12 percentage point in seven years but underfunded schools in the district the mayor says feeds into the deeper challenges for the successor whoever it is. Education and funning and poverty and the epidemic of violence affecting young men and boys of color. These challenges are longterm they are deeply rooted and inter connected. Mayor nutter whose top aids and supporters are quick to note that all of this success came during the countrys worst recession. No small feat they say. Vernon odom, channel 6 action news. Philadelphia detectives are looking for the person that shot two people in a minivan that then crashed into a home in olney, the initial call to 911 was about the crash and when officers arrived they found two victims inside. The person in the passenger seat was killed and the driver was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. A small airplane landed on a highway in new jersey it happened on route 23 in west milford. The pilot of the 1973 cessna maneuvered the plan so it didnt hit any cars on the highway and he was not injured. A man accused of killing a riteaid manager, they are charged in the deadly shooting back in 2013, Authorities Say they tried to rob the chester store and fatally shot employee jason clay and mahmoud allegedly orchestrated the attempted robbery. In philadelphia authorities are looking for two women that robbed the exxon gas station on north broad street on monday. The video shows two women placing items in the white plastic bag, the 62yearold clerk exited the booth and asked them to stop and he grabbed the man and took 10 from his pocket. Both women then took off and the cashier was not hurt. You can watch the Surveillance Video again on our website at 6abc. Com. This is 26yearold aliyah mcdonald and she is charged with trying to rob the edible arrangement store in dover. Authorities say that mcdonough walked in and gave the employee a note implying she had a gun and allegedly demanded money but the worker told her she didnt have any and simply walked out. She was tracked down at the galaxy inn and arrested. Still no word tonight on the fate of two hostages being held by Islamic State militants the deadline for a Prisoner Exchange passed hours ago isis is holding a japanese journalist and a jordanian pilot. Jordan said they would cooperate with one condition. We need to see proof of life and then we can talk about the exchange. The wife begged for the exchange. The prisoner was convicted of a hotel attack in 2005 killing 60 jordanians many of whom were attending a wedding. Former new England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez went on trial for murder charges, he is accused of killing odin lloyd in 2013. Authorities found lloyds body near hernandezs home and prosecutors say he orchestrated the murder and then covered it up. Defense says that investigators ignored the evidence and zeroed in on hernandez from the beginning. Sheer panic from a boston subway train and passengers smelled smoke but could not get out. This was taken by a rider witnesses say that the train stopped and filled with smoke people panicked and tried to pry open the door and one man kicked out the window and 20 passengers jumped to safety the massachusetts Transportation Agency says a mechanical error resulted in a burst of smoke but there was no medical emergency. What passengers said about the frightening minutes, watch that on world news tonight at 6 30. Pennsylvania governor tom cox, reinstated a moratorium for drilling in state parks and forests, he signed the order today in northeast philadelphia. Wolf says that the development of the Natural Gas Industry is important to the states economy but he note that parks support more than 13000 jobs. He says the states parks and forests should be a refuge for residents. Its a Natural Resource as is gas and coal, we need to do what we need to do to protect all of those things. We could have a healthy gas industry and a healthy environment. The stay has already issued oil and gas leases for 700,000 acres. Most is for the shoal deep wells they call the move misguided and purely political. And now a check of the commute situation here is matt pellman in the traffic center. Its a manageable evening commute so far. We expect that to change when the president arrives in town at 6 00 he will touch down a little bit after 6 00 at Philadelphia International airport, and a backup of traffic now because people are trying to get a jump on things when they close 95 for the motorcade, youll see rolling closures between 6 00 and 6 30, now is the time to get out. There is a chance they will have to close the eastern chunk the vine street expressway, despending on what route they use, but the vine could also close by 95 busy in both directions by the schuylkill and we have blockages by the hotel of front street and second street. You will want to avoid that area in society hill until 9 30 tonight. The crash in hunting park is still out there by old york road. Rick and monica back over to you. Thank you sir. More to come on action news thursday night delaware governor jack markell, announces strategies for the first state into we are tracking a little round of snow that passes through over the next few hours and well talk about bitter arctic air for the weekend. And finally the wait is over your favorite it characters are back with all new episodes of greys anatomy and scandal and philadelphias own how to get away with murder. We have this video just in too action news, president obama boarding air force one moments ago at Andrews Air Force base he is on route to philadelphia where he will speak at a Democratic Caucus tonight. Well have more on action news at 6 00 but the president is on his way to the delaware valley. Jack markell announced his plan for the diamond state today. It calls for a spending increase of 2. 4 , the governor is relying on road funds and Senior Citizen tax credits and cuts funding for schools. The governor promise an earmark. And he calls his budget balanced and fiscally responsible. Two Area Health Care systems finalized a merger today. Jefferson and mercy began their deal last february but today they signed the deal for both sides, both chiefs of medicine keep their jobs and now they are conducting a study how to brand the new organization. And to sports. Yesterday the phillies made some manage manageal changes. A month after demeeting howie rosen from the job ed manwitz is promoted to the Vice President of personnel. He is from media pennsylvania chip kelly says this about the 30yearold, he is bright and details and organized and his vision is a lined with what we want to accomplish. I spoke to people outside of the organization and in the end ed was the most impressive. Of course the eagles are after the super bowl, one topic is whether or not the eagles have a starting quarterback to get them to the super bowl, there is a lot of questions surrounding nick foless future and and when asked about the trade rumors and if he is still being introduced as the eagles starting qb. Im still being asked that and then there are the rumors so in my mind set that is where i am at. What do you hear . The trade rumors that is always the hot topic you have to smile about it and all i worry about is what chip decides. With time ticking the expires are 10 points out avenue playoff spot, two are on the table against winnipeg, steve mason makes his start tonight. And the flyers never lost to winnipeg in regulation and they expect this to be physical and perhaps winnipeg needs to cool their jets, they have the most penalty minutes in hockey. They are a big physical team i got hit more from them than any other game this year. They are a solid team and play hard, physical hockey and we have to come out and match that intensity. Its a hard game and we dont want penalties we dont want that. You have to be emotional and we have to compete, have you to match their physicality. And chief defenseman, a potential fight brewing coming up at 6 00. Former philly start jayson werth is sentenced to fivedays in jail after pleading guilty to reckless drive he was driving 105 Miles Per Hour in the d. C. Area last summer. And they ended their losing streak with a big w, a win over detroit at home. And here is how dedicated the players are Michael Carter williams was among the guys at 10 30 that went back to the practice facility to work on their game. Mcw believes one day this will lead to a title. I think so. Clearly we have a lot of work to do, but this is where it starts putting in the work and the hours. If i keep myself in the gym im ahead of the game. Are you not tired . No im all right. A rare behind the scenes look at their late night hard work and dedication coming up at 6 00. Monica they are there late at night, some guys work out until 1 00 in the morning. When you are sleeping at home. And they are 21 right . That helps. Im thinking about basketball at 1 00 in the morning. Is it has been a long winter for tgit fans. That is right, they are back tonight with all new episodes back here on 6 abc. Sharrie Williams Joins us with a preview. Reporter it should be good. Grab your popcorn and park it on the couch and get the tweets ready, mcdreamy and olivia and analise are back. Will all the questions be answered. Starting at 8 00 with an all new greys anatomy. Love each other even when we hate each other. No running. When we last saw meredith and derek derek decides he was leaving seattle grace and his family behind to pursue a job in washington, d. C. , and by the look of things derek has moved out. But will the couple have second thoughts. Someone took her. Because i was here when it happened. She was here one minute and the next she is not on an island with another man, quinn. The big question is where is she now one minute she and jake are dancing up a storm next there is a red wine stain on the couch and olivia is nowhere to be found. It was directed by havertowns own actor he plays sam. This is how badly you need to win even if it means throwing your own husband under the bus. Is this your version of a woman scorned. You have the audacity to come in here and mock me get out or ill throw you out. Speaking of sam we now know how he was killed and why, and talk about a cliff hanger with analise watching sams final moments. They are playing both sides of law, how will it unfold you can find out tonight, that starts at 10 00 p. M. Make sure you have the snacks ready. It all kicks off with greys anatomy at 8 00 and scandal at 9 00 and how to get away with murder at 10 00 and then action news at 11 00. Alicia vitarelli will be tweeting and so are the stars of tgit. Use the ~ tgit and 6 abc. We are back in a moment. When youve got something to share, you need upload speed. And only verizon fios gives you upload speeds. As fast as your download speeds. And the fastest wifi available from any provider. Period. So join the millions who get the difference fios makes. And see how sweet it is. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v meteorologist, adam joseph is here now and it was improved over yesterday . But still on the cold side. Now we are dealing with light snow in the western suburbs of philadelphia double scan live now, a little bit of moisture with it a nuisance event as some of this snow and sleet pellets pass through. As you go south of wilmington and smyrna and cape may a lot of this is not reaching the ground you get a quick sleet pellet or rain drop this particular area we are not expecting snowfall accumulation, as a lot of moisture is pushing to the north, where it is snowing and reaching the ground it is snowing in spots approaching oxford you see the pops of purple you get a burst of heavy snow and you see the window of opportunity for snow will not last long, as it heads to the north and east. It will slowly push over philadelphia over the next hour and a half. As we look at temperatures its cold enough in the western suburbs that again its making contact and accumulating on the ground once it approaches allentown 32 and 27 if lancaster. A quick clipper system not a lot of moisture racing from the west to the east and falling apart as it pushes into our area, so future tracker 6 confirms that areas get robbed as the moisture get evaporated down south and then it races away. If you see a little bit of snow by tomorrow mornings rush hour a mixture of sun and clouds and plenty of time to wipe some of that snow away on the sidewalks and roadways shouldnt be any major issues or minor issues for morning rush. Wilmington to trenton all points to the north a coating to an inch and reading into the Lehigh Valley, a better opportunity to see outs a fluffy one to two inches of snow. And then the brutal snow arrives behind the system tomorrow and winds howl in the afternoon and evening, 40 to 45 Miles Per Hour. And we will experience a 20 degree drop in temperature in 12 hours from 1 00 p. M. Tomorrow afternoon into 1 00 a. M. On saturday the cold air will drain in and be in place this upcoming weekend by sun night and monday, well watch to pieces of and guy one from the north and one from the south the question now is will the cold air which is High Pressure push the storm to the south or can the storm puncture the cold air, and bring us a major storm in the variety of snow sunday night into monday. That is track number one, you can watch track number two the track is high enough to suppress the moisture to the south and we get a brush, right now we definitely see snow here sunday night into monday, the question is how much. Light snow passing by tonight and cloudy and cold later on and 26 to 32 and the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, 38 tomorrow and temperatures crash late in the day and windchills will really drop below zero by saturday morning and stay in the low teens only for saturday and super bowl sunday its dry throughout the day some dry snow breaks out at halftime on sunday evening, it could snow through monday morning, at 28 degrees another arctic snap come tluz and we cover wednesday and thursday too. The storm on sunday and monday will be put together so the question is how much. Right now jim gardner and the Action News Team is standing by with these stories next at 6 00. A doctor with offices in philadelphia and levittown is accused of running a pill mill. Action News Delaware valleys leading news program. With ducis rogers meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. Thursday night eric frein enters a plea during arraignment today and trer treasurer rod mccord resigns and he is under investigation. Stormtracker 6 live double scan shows the snow coming into the west but its another Storm Brewing much further away that will bring more attention. Lets get the latest from meteorologist cecily tynan, at the big board. The snow moving in tonight is a nuisance event stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the low pressure is near toronto moving to the eastnortheast. We are getting the left overs from the system and it will not drop heavy snow but we are seeing a band of snow working into our region and that could leave a quick coating to an inch. If you look at double scan, oxford into coatesville we get the steadier snow. But this is it this is the band of snow that moves through. Once this moves offshore its gone. This is just a weak clipper between now and midnight that snow moving into the west and east the steadiest is