Came out side and by the time i came out the police and fire were on the scene doing their thing. The occupants of the other vehicle were not injured but this is tragic this man was operating his vehicle on his way home and the tree fell without warning. Strong winds likely toppled the tree and firefighters had to use the jaws of life to get him out of the car and he was rushed to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. His thoughts are with his family. I feel lucky for us it was just a shed and a little bit of cleanup. The tree also brought down some power lines to to immediate area and the area was without power for several hours and it has since been restored. We reached out to the family but they were too distraught to talk. Erica good win is now out of the hospital she was seriously injured when temple student, rebecca kim fell to her death from her Center City High right hitting her. Kim fell from the eighth floor department, goodwin suffered injuries to her spine and shoulder kim was taking photos on a ledge when she fell. The windchill made it feel frigid today and people were wearing heavy hats and gloves as they were walking on market street. We get warmer temperatures when they move in and now more on that with cecily tynan and ac warn. Hi rick another day its good to bundle up. Gusty winds and low temperatures created uncomfortable windchills trenton down to 5 and philadelphia and wilmington a windchill of 6 degrees and lan city reporting a low windchill of 5 degrees, windchills are in the low 20s and teens and 20 in millville and 12 in allentown and 19 degrees in reading. The good news is as we head through the evening hours future tracker is showing the windchill is not dropping much, by 10 00 tonight and then tomorrow the winds will actually be shifting out of the south and youll notice the windchills will be a little bit higher in the morning, it wont be as harsh as it was this morning. By 2 00 tomorrow afternoon we have a little bit of a surge of milder air temperatures manage to make it up into the 40s and in the 50s to the south dont get used to it though this is really just a one day warmup before cooler air and some snow will be moving in by thursday, this is what is ahead i am tracking milder temperatures for tomorrow for the middle of the week and behind that system much likeied, im tracking a big crash in temperatures. Well talk about that and a big weekend storm coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Well see you back inside thank you. Before you bundle up check the 6 abc Storm Tracker app. Links to the hourly and sevenday forecast, to help you get ready for the falling temperatures. A doctor accused of running a pill mill out of philadelphia and his buck county offices made his first appearance. Dr. William obrien iii is accused of selling fake prescriptions and faking medical records to make the scripts look legitimate and some say he exchanged prescriptions for sex acts and his receptionist is also charged. The current Measles Outbreak continues to dominate talk from neighborhood Daycare Centers to the Nations Capital and Hillary Clinton and john boehner said today that children should be vaccinated and now there is more of an interest in getting children vaccinated as well. Ali gorman is live outside of the Health Department in center city with more on that. Reporter because of all of this rick, workers at Health Departments like the one behind me is fielding more questions about measles, there are no cases here linked to the outbreak out west but there is concern, concern from doctors and other Health Care Providers and of course from local parents. Even though its far away from us we are following now and checking on how things are. This mom and other parents i spoke without side of a center City Elementary School are concerned about the measles outback. There are more than 100 cases, reported in 14 states, the single cases in pennsylvania and delaware are not related to the outbreak last month in disneyland and california, the spread of the contagious disease is reigniting the vaccine debate Christine Mcguire mother of twins says that the rumors about autism need to be put to rest. They were both vaccinated at the same time, and one is on the spectrum and one is not. Worldwide there are millions of cases of measles each year, it become a problem here when parents to vaccinate their children. Measles is a plan ride away and when it gets into communities in the United States in certain pockets where people are not immunized it has a chance to spread. And it we spread easily. If someone affected with measles is in a room, you can get measles in the air in the room for roughly three hours after they have left. That is why Health Officials are urging parents to get their kids vaccinated. Vaccination rates are not as good as they could be. In pennsylvania only 87 of kindergarteners are vaccinated. But it raises to 95 much better. However, it is better to vaccinate sooner on the rammed schedule that will give you child the best protection and gives children under 12 months old they are too young to be vaccinated and all kids uninsured or underinsured. They can all be vaccinated for free under a federal program, if you are unsure check with your pediatrician. Ali gorman channel 6 action news. Okay ali thank you. At the action news big board now gas prices they appear to have bottomed out and they are going back up after three months of declining. Experts say that the decline will continue into the spring and summer driving season you can see a rise of 30 cents to 60 cents a gallon. The National Average 2. 07 and philadelphia 2. 26 seasonal lower at 1. 87. Paying 2. 07. You can see where we go in the trend, that is a good decline but that may be changing but the price is still below 2 a gallon in 25 states including new jersey. Meantime, on to the big money the power ball jackpot is up to 317 million at this point. People were buying tickets earlier today at the Convenient Food market at ninth and orange streets in wilmington, no one matched all the winning numbers on saturday. The next power ball drawing is tomorrow night and you can watch that here on action news at 11 00, monica and rick the cash option forever the jackpot 220 million. You feel lucky . Remember we are cousins or something i think. That is what they say. Thank you sharrie. Time now for a check of action news traffic report. I think sharrie and i are cousins too. Good evening rick and monica we have good luck and worse this afternoon kind of a hohum sort of day. 95 is backing up to the work zone at cotman avenue and in the burbs we have a number of crashes, one at penn road stay on callow hill street and one crash at koppel road and limokiln road. And a wreck atlle road. And one alocal holly avenue at lams road. Thank you matt. Much more to come on action news at 5 00 tonight. Bobbi Kristina Brown has been moved to a different hospital we are live with the latest incident in her home. And disgraced athlete, Lance Armstrong is in trouble for hitting to people. And cecily tynan has the complete accuweather forecast. The Police Report from Bobbi Kristinas home in atlanta was released today. Little is known about her current condition but we know its serious, there is word tonight that she moved to a different hospital. Marcy gonzales is live with the latest. Reporter we dont know where this is or why it was moved. They are saying little except they are by her side. Today bobby Kristina Brown is in a medical induced coma, the daughter of singers bobby brown and the late Whitney Houston was found unresponsive in a bathtub. They found her barely breathing and started cpr, the circumstances striking an eerie similarity to her mothers death. We need paramedics Whitney Houston died nearly three years ago after being found facedown in a hotel bathtub. Some days are good and some days are bad but for the most part she remembers her mom in just a beautiful way. The family of her famous mother thanking fans for their prayers saying in a statement, Bobbi Kristina is fighting for her life and is surrounded by immediate family. The statement goes on to ask for privacy, the family is saying nothing about her condition or prognosis. Reporting live, Marcy Gonzales channel 6 action news. Thank you for that report. Health check tonight, federal Health Officials face tough questions about the flu xrak seen and why its not giving good protection. Lawmakers are asking where they didnt act months ago when they knew it did not match the strain going around. They said because the egg based vaccine takes six months to make and it wasnt possible to change course then. Nearly 200 people fell ill on a ship forcing the voyage to end early the same time the ship was hit with an intestineal bug, because of what Health Officials think was norovirus, some passengers were from our area, but its not known if any of them were sick the ship had similar outbreaks in march and april of last year. The job of retrieving bodies from asia air flight 8501 continues to be slow going they pulled six more bodies out today, bringing the total bodies to 90 there was 162 people on board when it crashed into the java sea, and some bodies were found floating hundreds of miles away from the crash. Action news is finding evidence of a highly flammable substance being moved through philadelphia. After a dekalement here in south philadelphia and a year ago another train carrying similar chemicals derailed near the schuylkill. Following a deadly accident in canada 47 people were killed in a train derailment. People should be extremely worried there is no Emergency Response to a train derailment. Wendy saltzman will explain what chemical is causing the concern and many train cars are rolling through philadelphia and the surrounding areas and wendy ask the local official fz we are prepared for a potential accident. That is all tonight on action news at 11 00. Spring may be several week as way but local students were in a floral frame of mind this afternoon, students from overlook Elementary School were making scores of flower arrangements for an upcoming flower show at their school. The Colorful Creations will be on display tomorrow and judged by the pennsylvania horticulture horticultureal society. Some students became wax figures for their project. They dressed as Audrey HepburnAlbert Einstein and phillies pitcher, steve carlton, they remained motionless until they were activated. On the average day they ruled the school and today they ran it. This third annual tradition lets 42 seniors step into the shoes of teachers and administrators and even the principal for the day. Time for a check of the accuweather forecast we were chilling out big time cecily. We are warming up tomorrow but we are live on sky 6 hd notice the ski borders going down its slopes its bright out there the sun just set at 5 23 and the days are getting longer sunshine today and despite the sunshine temperatures remain below freezing. Millville 28 and wilmington 29 and allentown 24 and trenton 25 and reading 20 degrees, the winds died down substantially from last night and there is still a breeze to create a windchill, 20 in philadelphia and 22 in beach haven, 12 in allentown and trenton. February is a transition month this is when average temperatures begin to climb. Todays average high 41 degrees, we were well below that, and by the end of the month the average high bumps up to 48 degrees but february is the snowiest month of the year, its average is 8. 8 inches, so far this season we received about 5 inches of snow, plenty of cold air but minimal snow, satellite 6 along with action radar showing there is High Pressure to the south and this High Pressure will move off this eastern seaboard and well get winds out of the southwest and that brings milder air tomorrow but i want to point out some of this here, some of that snow near chicago, that is known as warm evention snow, future tracker showing 6 00 in the morning, some of these could brush the Lehigh Valley and the poconos, areas to the south will just see cloud cover as we head through the day a good amount of sunshine with increasing clouds late in the day an arctic front moves through and this brings a period of snow by midmorning to lunch time it will be a quick hitter and behind that system much like yesterday, temperatures are crashing as we head through the afternoon and winds are picking up. We cloud up again and the flurry north of philadelphia and 31 is the low and allentown 14 and millville 17 and lancaster 16 degrees, its seasonably school and the five day at 5 00 46 degrees, it will feel like spring time and increasing clouds, on thursday the touch of morning snow a light snow event, we hit that early and temperatures crash down nootd 20s, bitter cold and 29 degrees, on saturday mostly cloudy and 39 degrees and sunday it could be a messy day depending on where you live with a high of 36 degrees, i think rick will wear shorts tomorrow and flipflops scary. And black socks what a look. Classic. Thanks cecily. Much more to come on the next half our of action news at 5 00. Philadelphia investigators release new details in the shooting of a man that drove himself to a local Police Station. And disgraced cyclist, Lance Armstrong is in trouble with the law again following an incident at a local ski resort town, how his girlfriend also played a role. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, and jaime apody and monica malpass. Here is what is happening on action news tonight. Officials are making sure that history does not repeat itself as construction gets started on a complex in princeton. And an armed thief that targeted a local Convenience Store and a local womans letter on health care earns her an audience with president obama at the white house. Youll hear from her. Mercer county officials are taking steps to fight massive apartment complex fires. In edge water it destroyed an entire complex and left 500 people homeless last no. Avalon bay is poised to build a complex on the site of the Old Princeton hospital and they are talking about upgrades in fire codes before the project can begin. Nora muchanic is live in princeton tonight with the latest. Reporter hi there rick, when officials here in princeton saw the fire last month it scared them the new project set for here is set to be built with the same time of construction once the old hospital is completely demolished and they want to stop it from happening here. When i saw that horrendous vision on tv. I thought immediately wow that could happen right here. When the january fire engulfed the complex, princeton edge water asked questions about the companys 250 housing complex planned for here. I live 100 feet from the new construction that is going be happening and im real concerned. Many times there is changes made after a disaster and we have to take the opportunity in edgewater and the tragedy there and make sure it doesnt happen again. Local officials joined the mayor and others to call on the state to review and update fire and construction codes before the project is built with the same materials. Light weight wood construction is a permissible and used throughout the country but when you mix it with fire it becomes deadly. The edgewater complex that burned met all the fire and construction codes at the time. It had sprinklers but not on the roof and no fire walls to prevent the flames. You can see the cinder block stairwells and Everything Else is down and the cinder blocks are telling you this is what we need to do going forward. The mayor and county executives say they require the fire walls and sprinklers like this are Code Violations that could prevent infernos like edgewater. The things we can do now to make them as safe as possible. Reporter back live now you are looking at the site that will eventually become a 280 unit housing project, a spokesperson for avalon bay says they are not ready to comment on this project or the possible changes to the states fire and building codes but Mercer County executive brian hughes says he got assurances from the department of Community Affairs that it will go over the construction plans here very carefully. Live in princeton, im nora muchanic, channel 6 action news. Thank you. An overnight shooting in southWest Philadelphia remains under investigation, the victim a 22yearold man was shot in the chest near 56th street and he managed to drive himself to a nearby Police Station and officers rushed him to the hospital. Nobody was arrested but they believe he knew the assailant. No word on identities or a moetdive for the shooting. Philadelphia police are looking for at armed gunman that targeted a 7eleven in may fair on the 2400 block of cotman avenue, the police say that the suspect walked up to the counter and demanded money and cigarettes when the clerk handed over money the suspect ran and the clerk was not hurt. Can you watch this video again on our website at 6abc. Com. From our delaware newsroom, Newcastle County police are warning residents about a rash of distraction burglaries tonight, it happened in langland estates, a solicitor rings the door bell and offers improvements and a robber robs you from the back. It happened twice and police are searching for suspects. A driver slammed a van into a utility pole in buck county. Chopper 6 hd was over the scene and authorities tell action news that the drive of hit the pole with such force it brought down wires here, the area around the crash was closed to traffic. And its not clear if the driver was injured. A crash near i95 in delaware snarled traffic in the middle of the day this is the scene near the exit ramp from the interstate to 273 in newark the driver of the tractor trailer somehow lost control of the rig and slid into an embankment. The garden state is stepping up their effortses to combat Prescription Drug abuse. Here is what we know, the states latest project medicine drop box was installed at the Little Egg HarborTownship Police department. Its a place for people to drop their unsecured pills or pain killers there are 122 of these drop boxes across new jersey and folks have disposed of 43000 pounds of pills through this program to date. Two Atlantic City casinos are being slammed with fines for sloppy management. Caesars has to fork over 5 sthous for losing two slot machines and filing monthly reports that all the machines were ktded for and the missing machines are not accounted for. And the Golden Nugget is accused of not shuffling carded in two black jack games. Taxes went up 2. 2 in new jersey last year, its average homeowner paid 81 hundred in taxes in 2014, and in 2013 they went up 1. 3 and the year before that 1. 6 . It was seen on properties hit by super storm sandy. To hear their experiences with the Affordable Health care act of the they wrote the president about how the Health Care Plan helped their lives for the better she says that the Affordable Care act helped her live the life she always wanted to. Its safe to say that the Affordable Health care act greatly impacted my life and allowed me to pursue graduate school and get married and to not be penalized for a disease i never asked for. Other attendees say that the president s Health Care Plan helped them get medication or much needed medical care. Now to our traffic scene out there. Matt pellman is here with more. It could be worse traffic troubles for the tuesday trip home from work as we look live at the schuylkill expressway, eastbound slowing from 202 into the curve from girard into the south, eastbound traffic is backing up to the northbound side of the roosevelt extension that jams up to broad street like most afternoon in perkasie, a crash at blooming ridge road, stay on callow hill street to get around that and a crash at koppel hill road and warrington a crash at limokiln pike and the overturned vehicle in pitman, gloucester county. Avoid avoid the water main break blocking off main street at philadelphia avenue and stick with north avenue instead and delays on the wilmington newark line because of am tract issues. Thank you matt. Still ahead on action news, rap mogul turned suspect is transported to the hospital. Well explain. She wrote one of the most iconic novels of the 20th century now word of a new novel by harper lee. And warmth is building across most of the lower 48 and well talk about the warm up and another slam down in the arctic temperatures by the end of week. Okay adam a West PhiladelphiaChildrens Library that is underfunded and shuttered for year is ready to welcome youngsters again. And jaime apody has sports including a philadelphia legend on the cusp of making history. Winter is hard on your face. The start of sneeze season. And the windblown watery eyes. Thats why puffs plus lotion is gentle on sensitive skin. So you can always put your best face forward. A face in need deserves puffs indeed. And try puffs softpack today. Hip hop mogul suge knight was hospitalized after making a Court Appearance he made a plea of not guilty for atemmed murder. He later complained of chest pains and was taken to the hospital. He is accuse of running down a man in a parking lot he faces life behind bars if convicted. Lance armstrong is in trouble for an incident last december, according to police he hit two parked cars in aspen after a night of partying but the pair told police that she was driving so armstrong could avoid the spotlight. He was approached by armstrongs girlfriend for covering it up. Armstrong is charged with failure to report an accident and speeding a basketball coach is on the cusp of joining a prestigious club. Hi there jaime a philadelphia legend, a lives are that could have gone somewhere else to face fame and fortune but that is not herb magee he is on tap to accomplish a milestone tonight. That is his 1,000th win i had a chance to hang out with herb in his man cave this week. He has his 47th season this weekend and he will hit the magical win against wilmington and will be the only coach in history to hit the mark. It is a big deal and ill reflect on it when the season is over a month after the season is over or sometime during the year and its a neat thing it really is. A little known fact about magee, he recruited fran dunnfy. He will say herb how many wins do you have . I say three times the number that you do. He tries to bust on you whenever he can that is why you love herb, its the give and take and we have been through a lot together. Have you done the math how old would you be to get your 1,000th win . I cant live that long. I just cant. Jay will be in attendance to see his buddy hit the milestone. Well have more with mr. Magee at 6 00. The come back was short lived after a bout of pneumonia in his left lung, ruffle misses his fourth straight game and the team skated this morning trying to stay in game shape despite the four game layoff, they have won four straight. It seems like they share every time we get on a winning streak we get a week off or something. We have a Good Practice today and a good one tomorrow and for thursday its a good team. The sixers host denver tonight, the second back to back Michael Carter williams is back to back with a shin injury, the last night game to brett brown, lost to cleveland 9784 irving had a game high 24 points. Expect Malcolm Butler to be extra driven he did not win the mvp brady was, and he was awarded a brand new shiny truck and he will give it to the rookie safety that saved the day. Not just because of the play but the full on fight both teams brawling, including gronkowski who got into a shoving match. Here is gronks take on jim yil kimmel live. I got pushed or something and i was like screw it last game of the year im throwing some hay makers. That is one way to go out. Sharrie back to you. Thank you jaime to kill a mocking bird is about to get a sequel and its author harper lees new book, the first one in 50 years lee actually wrote this book before finishing mocking bird, her iconic and only published work, it was her publisher that convinced her to release mocking bird instead. It has scout as an adult woman and it hits shelves in july. A school in philadelphia is getting Something Back it hasnt had in years the library is open for learning once again it serves the children that attend there and the surrounding community and it was welcomed back today in a big way. Its a sight that hasnt happened in four yours children are back in the library at Andrew HamiltonElementary School. It takes a village to raise a child and to build a library. The library was underresources for a decade and they lost the librarian leaving the kids without a place to read or take out books. I missed this library. Today with the help of the West Philadelphia alliance for children, a new library was unveiled and a librarian was hired. We have a like arian and these great books and the collaboration and partnership will help promote your goals and make literacy our First Priority here. Volunteers spent hours reorganizing the book selection so they are fitting for the new millennium millennium. It will give kids the opportunity to improve their literacy and give them the opportunity to get excited for learning. Reopening the library was a community effort. Erin roses family is one of the donors, her daughter was a teacher for 40 years, this is nancys legacy of love. Nancy loved books and she loved the children who read them. And these young minds couldnt be more thankful. Im in eighth grade and i think its better for the younger kids to move up that they can actually see that reading is fun. I know grandmas house isnt the most exciting, but its only for a few hours. Look what ive got. When you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality, super fast internet, and americas most reliable network. So you wont miss a second of that movie that game they love, or those moments with family. Can we sleep over . Please come on see why fios is rated 1 in Customer Satisfaction in hd picture quality based on Customer Satisfaction studies. Call today to make your house, the house. Meteorologist adam joseph is here now to talk about a nice tomorrow. Warmer. Only for one day and then its cold again. Ill run tomorrow. He never runs. Double scan live radar it could be 70 tomorrow and hell be inside eating potato chips on the couch. Over the last 11 days, in philadelphia we see barely a few inches of snow but if you fly from here to boston its 275 miles to the north and east they have seen four feet of snow in that 11 day stretch, they are truly buried in boston and it goes to show that in a very short real estate from north to south, we go from zero to four feet of snow, we are just on the wrong track so to speak of seeing the heavy snowfall that is just to our north this winter season, 24 in allentown and 25 in trenton and 25 in wilmington and 35 in dover, you factor in the winds it feels like the teens from allentown to trenton and down to the south 21 to 23 the good news here is that the windchills will not drop as we go through the overnight hours tonight in fact warmer air is beginning to pull in a warm front to the north and west that heads to the east winds go counter clockwise and turn from the southerly direction and override the front and that is why there is precipitation breaking out in chicago and this drifts by late tonight and early tomorrow and it could trigger a snow shower in the Lehigh Valley in the poconos tomorrow morning, otherwise for all of us its a dry morning drive and 46 degrees tomorrow but behind that front we get an arctic blast a re reinforceing shot of cold air with temperatures dropping into the 20s and 30s, and as the warm front passes through a batch of snow showers in the morning, its generally north of allentown and a mixture of sun and clouds in the afternoon and the arctic boundary arrives think we get a hit of snow showers or squalls early on thursday, a coating to an inch in general and hopefully we time this out perfectly its after the morning rush. Tonight cloudy and a late flurry in allentown 14 to 21 for the overnight low the exclusive accuweather forecast, a Beautiful Day with a rapid rebound of 46 degrees, a quick touch of morning snow and returning snow thursday with temperatures dropping into the 20s in the afternoon, windchills drop once again into the single digits, friday its bitter cold and 29 and we get another rebound on saturday of 40 before another system arrives late in the weekend, could be a mix of snow and sleet and you know the drill, 36 degrees, and a few days before it turns cold, we have the storms with mixing but not all snow storms yet. We are down with that. Its all good. Quick break. Others. Now, americans everywhere are discovering that. Spoon after spoon. Dish after dish. Time, after time, after time again. Deliciously creamy galbani ricotta inspires meals, and moments, that are simply better. Mmm, galbani sfx kiss . Italys favorite cheese brand. Now, americas number one ricotta. 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Police unveiled Surveillance Video of a man calling in the bomb threat from a pay phone outside of 7eleven and this resulted into the evacuationst courthouse and they are asking for help identifying the individual live at the courthouse tonight in norristown vernon odom. Reporter jim business has pretty much wrapped up for the day at the courthouse, there were no reported incidents from inside or outside. But the person that disrupted the courthouse this week has intensified. Montgomery county authorities are looking at him in connection with two phoned in bomb threats on the morning of january 29th to the courthouse. They stopped short of calling him a prime suspect. Its not a childish branch where you get a slap on the