In the 1990s. The appellate finding the sheer volume of those prior bad acts could have unfairly prejudiced jurors against lynn. But the d. A. s office is now asking the entire superior court hear its arguments saying the prior bad acts were brought in so jurors could understand the ongoing pattern of how the church dealt with some abusive priests. So we had to show all these other acts, all the things that showed monsignor lynn knew how dangerous it was to put a pedophile into a school with children. So we had to show all those other bad acts. If not, the defendant he has a great attorney, his defense attorney would have said he didnt know what happened. Reporter the superior court has 60 days to respond to the request by the d. A. Should the d. A. Get turned down williams says theyll go up the legal food chain and put a petition into the Supreme Court here in the state of pennsylvania. In the meantime monsignor lynn remains in state prison. However, a few days before christmas actually a day after the decision came down from the superior court panel, his attorney has asked the trial court for bail for monsignor lynn as he waits for a new trial. Live in center city, john rawlins, channel6 action news. Back to you all. Thank you, john. Police in berks county say the deaths of two people in a home is a case of murdersuicide there. Stacy bell heart and pedro rivera were found by a relative at their home in the 1900 block of perkiomen avenue and mount penn. Detectives say rivera used a shot gun to shoot bell heart. They say the couple had been dating. Now to the forecast and as you have no doubt noticed were dealing with much Colder Weather today and parts of our region are under a Winter Weather advisory for tonight. Meteorologist adam joseph live at the action news big board this evening with the details from accuweather. Yeah, its a little bit of sun early this morning but the clouds once again dominating that sky and double scan live radar will show a few sprinkles through parts of Chester County, Delaware County, new castle county, berks county as that storm begins to lift up from the south. But were in the dealing with a lot of cold air at the onset of the storm. I mean its 40 right now in allentown, run in reading, 39 in lancaster and the only location near or below freezing is the poconos sitting at 30 degrees. Low pressure is near saint louis right now and this is cutting its way across chicago, the great lakes and that will flood a lot of warmth up the eastern seaboard but it will bump into some cold air overnight tonight in the Lehigh Valley and the poconos. So, as you take a look at the Winter Weather advisory it includes reading, allentown unthrough the poconos. Starts at 7 oclock ends 7 oclock tomorrow morning. Sleet overnight before it changes to rain across the entire Winter Weather advisory location. In fact, you got to take this into key as well. We have a very warm ground in the Lehigh Valley as well with that advisory in place. The last time it was below freezing in allentown was december 21st so if you see some of that sleet, which you will, expect maybe only a little bit of a coating on the grassy surfaces before that rainwashes it away. So, what to expect in that advisory zone on the way to the rest of us on the right. Between 7 00 p. M. And 4 a. M. , its light sleet. Up to the north light rain for the majority of us. 4 a. M. To 7 00 a. M. , sleet changing to rain in that advisory zone. Steady rain for all of us. And between 7 oclock tomorrow morning and 10 00 a. M. , it is a soaking heavy rain with ponding on the roadways no matter where you are. Well talk about how much rain to expect and when that sun, brian, is going to make a full appearance. Waiting for the sunshine. That we are. Adam thank you. You can keep track of the changing weather any time on 6abc. Com. There you can watch the latest forecasts get the up to the monday seven day as well as Storm Tracker6 live. Flooding rains, ice and snow, they were all part of a massive worm that many created dangerous conditions for tens of millions of americans today, all the latest in a string of powerful weather events that have taken more than 40 lives in seven states. Abc News ReporterLauren Lister live in garland texas where folks are cleaning up after a string of twisters. Good evening, lauren. Reporter good evening, monica. You know, here in garland a home after home is just torn up after a tornado ripped through here over the weekend. And its far from the only extreme weather event thats wreaking havoc across the can country. A survey of the devastation from the air monday. Some of these houses are barely recognize stack. Its just a pile of match sticks left. Reporter as residents on the ground try to pick up the pieces salvaging what they can from piles of rubble from houses with no walls or roofs. These homes recently completed, now reduced to scrap. Thats it. Thats a tornado. This after a string of tornadoes blasted through a 40mile swath of texas this weekend with winds of up to 180 Miles Per Hour. Police saying at least 11 were killed. The twister descending onto interstate 30 where eight lost their lives. Its crossing the highway right there. Reporter juan ruiz rushed to reach his sisters car there but couldnt save her. We tried. We had ton of guys trying to lift it. I watched my sister lay upside down for hours. Reporter heres the storm that brought those tornadoes seen from space. It also brought snow to new mexico. The governor declaring a state of emergency. In the midwest, historically heavy downpours producing flash flooding over the weekend killing at least 15. In missouri, flood waters engulfed homes. Oh, my gosh. Reporter swept away rvs and shut down major highways. This is the worst i think anybodys seen it over here. And that was Lauren Lister reporting from garland, texas. Southern california authorities have a new concern today as a wildfire on that coast is in popup stage now. Officials are worried about charred hill sides coming down possibly the next time theres a heavy rain because now theres no vegetation to hold them together and that of course could threat he 10 nearby Railroad Tracks as well as u. S. 101 and the Pacific Coast highway. The mayor of slick is cutting his Family Vacation to cuba short to address the weekend shooting in which Police Killed two people. Police acknowledged that 55yearold betty he jones was accidentally hit by gunfire as officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance early saturday. They said the other victim, 19yearold Quintonio Legrier was combative toward police. Chicago police will not say how many officers fired their weapons or what legrier or jones were doing before police shot them. Back here a gun wielding robber got away with money when he held up a philadelphia market but he gave police a good closeup. Surveillance video shows what happened last tuesday in the r and j mini market in southwest philadelphia. The camera captured a really good shot at his face. Call police right here if you recognize this man or have any tips that could lead to his arrest. New Jersey Transit is offering extra service for travelers who are headed out to new years eve festivities this year. On thursday rail service will operate on a weekday schedule but with some modifications. Trains will run from 6 00 p. M. New years eve until 6 00 a. M. New years day and customers you are encouraged to check new Jersey Transit nj transit. Com for all the details. There youll also find printable schedules for that night and its important to point out no open containers of alcohol will be allowed on board. Also this reminder. You can take action news with you on the go into the new year. Load up any mobile device youve got over the holiday or that you already have with our 6abc app. See Storm Tracker any time or watch your favorite abc programming on the go. Its all available 6abc. Com apps. Time for the traffic report. Lets take it live to matt pelman in the action News Traffic Center. Hi guys. Hope you had a nice christmas. Very nice. Lets touch on transit a little bit more this afternoon. Were already on a modified weekday schedule on njts northeast corridor trains. Thats going to be the case each day this week. Some of the njt buses have some rush hour cancellations. Thats because of less than normal volume during the afternoons this week. Septa buses running on a modified weekday schedule, so are the trolleys but the regional rails are on a normal weekday schedule. So i know its a lot to keep track of but a few alterations on the mass transit front pretty much all week long. On the roads in new jersey we started the afternoon with a crash involving an overturn vehicle. Southbound lanes of the turnpike in gloucester county, thats long gone now but still slow speeds basically southbound between exits four and two. Still new jersey turnpike is a better bet at this point than 295 where theres a crash southbound approaching the black horse pike. On the shoulder but giving us speeds like 10 Miles Per Hour coming south of route 38. In mount laurel youll want to use 38 instead of union mill road. Thats closed until 8 00 tonight because of some sewer main repairs. Shut down. 38 the way to go instead. Outside scott schuylkill expressway it was nice light volume this afternoon but this evening traffic times double what they should be. East rockhill bucks county a vehicle fire along 309 northbound at rich hill road there by sweeneys service center. Well check it again, monica and brian, can coming up in the next half hour. Sounds good. Thank you sir. Theres much more to come on action news at 5 00. An ohio mom gave birth to her son and just months later saved his life. Coming up in health check ali gorman tells us how the babys mom was a Perfect Match to help her son way liver transplant. China changing one of its most controversial policies that has stood for decades. Couples there can now have two children. Details just ahead. All right, well have those stories and more. Adam joseph returns with the full accuweather forecast for you. Its coming up next. Look around pennsylvania and its not hard to spot winners. 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Starting this new years day all couples in china will be allowed to have a second child. Lawmakers this weekend officially ended the controversial longstanding one child policy he. Chinas population is now aging and by the year 200031, 400 Million People in china will be 60 or older. Well, the two child policy means more young people will be able to care for that older population. Critics though say this will actually add stress to families. In recent years, though, rural couples could have app seconds child only if the first child was a girl. On health check at 5 00 tonight officials in delaware warning about a spike in Overdose Deaths involving fentanyl. It is a pain killer 50 times stronger than heroin. Health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman at the big board with details tonight. Ali. Hi, guys. They are urging anyone with addiction problems to please seek treatment. During the first nine months of this year 31 people have died in delaware from an overdose involving fentanyl. At least nine of the cases also show heroin mixed in. Illegal fentanyl can come in a white powder like heroin and exposure to it even in small amounts can be fatal. Of the 31 deaths this year, most were people between the ages of 25 and 35. We have information about Treatment Services on 6abc. Com health check. Also today, theres good news and bad news when it comes to asthma. A new report shows over the past decade, fewer kids have developed the chronic lung disease. But the bad news is the rate is still growing for some groups including children born to poor families and kids ages 10 to 17. Researchers say more needs to be done to control environmental factors such as cigarette he smoke, mold, mildew and smog. And finally today, a little boy in ohio got to celebrate his first christmas because his mother gave him the gift of life twice. Good job. Reporter little brody teague was barely three months old when he was diagnosed way rare liver disease, a condition where the bile ducts that connect the liver to the intestines are missing. Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic say the best chance to save brody was to find him a living donor who could give him a small piece of their liver. His mother, tracy, was a Perfect Match. She he donated about 20 percent of her liver to her baby. Brody is now seven months old and thriving. Theres nothing more powerful than the gift of life and you being able to know that modern technology and medicine allows you to get there. Thats all we need. The tree could be bear and we would be happy. Reporter and brody and his mom are two months out of surgery which means their lives have rehe generated. The family says the gifts of life and health are the best gifts of all. Oh, my. Absolutely. Great christmas for them. Very sweet. Thanks ali. Much more action news to come right after this. A chipotle restaurant near Boston College is open again several weeks after more than 100 customers got sick with norovirus. City Health Inspectors say the outbreak was likely caused by a sick worker there and was not linked to e. Coli cases in other parts of the can country. Officials ordered that restaurant shut on december 7th after the outbreak of the norovirus. Some members of Boston Colleges Basketball Team were among those who got sick. If youre sending your little one on a plane by him or herself get ready to dig a little deeper in your wallet. United airlines has expanded the age range of children who must pay a 150 service fee when flying by themselves to age 15. The previous age was 12. The rule applies for tickets sold after december 14th. A united spokeswoman says the change will provide the best care for travelers. Delta and american charge the same price for a similar age range. South philadelphia children will soon have an awesome new Recreation Center thanks to some genros donors. Eagles player Connor Barwin was here at the Smith Playground to show what the center will look like next year. 2. 9 million renovation will include a fresh building, new basketball courts a flew turf football field and two new baseball fields. Councilman Kenyatta Johnson talking about the impact this will have at 24th and jackson. Those who want to improve the quality of life for these children inside this neighborhood giving them a safe place to come outside and to enjoy themselves and also allowing the Football Team to have a state of the art football field to play on as opposed to a muddy field that you see right now. Well, the three phase project will span the entire seven and a half acre site. Time for accuweather. Adam joseph here. Old man winter about to show his colors. Finally. Yes. Quite some time since weve talked about a wind weather advisory which will go he into effect this evening for about two, three counties in our viewing area but right now double scan live radar will show some spitting showers here and there, really the heaviest precipitation will arrive after midnight tonight. You can see it is in the form of some raindrops in parts of Montgomery County, Chester County, Delaware County and philadelphia county, barely dampening the ground at this point. Also if you see a little sleet pellet mixed in or a gropple, which is kind of a super cooled frozen water droplet fall from the sky here this evening, dont be surprised but really most of that will be confined up into the Lehigh Valley. Temperaturewise, were not anywhere near freezing. Its 40 in allentown, 41 in reading, 39 in lancaster, 43 philadelphia and mid 40s along the jersey shore. Double scan live radar will show this is a pretty sizable system that has brought really some tremendous Severe Weather with tornadoes in the deep south. Low pressure is situated near saint louis and weve got a warm front thats stretching across our area and thats whats breaking out some of this precipitation and then you have the cold front thats going to arrive here as we get into the morning rush tomorrow with very heavy rain. Winter weather advisory 7 00 p. M. To 7 00 a. M. For berks county Lehigh CountyNorthampton County into the poconos. A little bit of sleet at the onset overnight before it changes to rain across much of that area. In fact future tracker 9 30 tonight there you can see the rain across reading, points south, some of that sleet in the Lehigh Valley, some ice in the poconos. Then as we get into the midnight hour, thats when things start to pull together a little bit more, heavier precipitation in the form of rain. For most of us reading rain at that point. Still some sleet and ice from the Lehigh Valley to the poconos and then by 4 oclock in the morning, heavy rain across much of the area. Starting to flip at 4 00 in the morning from sleet to rain in the Lehigh Valley and during that morning rush, it is heavy rain no matter where you are, ponding on the roadways and by tomorrow afternoon the rain is out of here and some peeks of sun will try to reappear. So, in allentown and reading, our slow only going to drop to 34. Its not going to go freezing with some of that sleet that could accumulate a little bit on the grass before it melts away. The main ice issue will be confined up into the poconos where they could see up to a quarter of an inch of ice before it changes to rain there. Your five day at 5 00 forecast, morning rain tomorrow. Were looking at threequarters of an inch to an inch of rain. Drier in the afternoon and mild at 62 degrees. A lot of clouds wednesday. A few afternoon showers developing, still warm at 57 and a few more bright spots in the sky here on thursday at 54 degrees and the new year with the mummers parade brisk and cooler, 45 but dry. And then finally back to normal with some sun at 43 degrees on saturday. Ill have that sevenday forecast coming up in the next half hour guys. Normal, imagine that. Thanks my friend. Thanks. Much more to come in the next half hour of action news at 5 00 tonight. Half a dozen women have reportedly been attacked at gun point in just the last month in West Oak Lane. Find out why police think these may be connected. The criminal investigation into 12yearold tamir rices death is now complete. We have details about why a grand jury decided not to charge the officers involved. Those stories and more when action news comes right back. Action news continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody , Rick Williams and monica malpass. Hello again. Rick is off today and brian taff joins us. Heres whats happening on action news tonight. Two Police Officers in ohio will not be charged in the deadly shooting of a 12yearold. We have a live report about the grand jurys decision. Plus customers robbed at gun point at a local grocery store. Surveillance video shows how the suspects pulled it off. And chip kelly is talking about the disappointing eagles season. Find out why he says the team is not a bad Football Team after all. Now the details. Philadelphia police are investigating multiple robberies all the victims were women and all were threatened at gun point. Action News ReporterSarah Bloomquist live in West Oak Lane tonight where the holdups happened. She has more for us. Reporter monica, police have reports of six of these gunpoint robberies happening here in West Oak Lane over the course of the last month. The late of the happened just this morning here in the 1200 block of easton. Police are planning to put up fliers. They want to make sure the public is aware and they want residents especially women to take precaution. The victims are all women. They were all targeted by a suspect matching the same description in the morning hours. Police say the victims were on their way to work or out and about when the man approached them sometimes at the bus stop. He pulled a gun and demanded their cell phones. Seemed seems to be targeting women early in the morning. The first robbery happened as early at 6 50 with the latest happening around 11 00 a. M. Reporter just this morning at 8 35 a. M. A woman was robbed of her cell phone at gun point while waiting for the bus in the 1200 block of easton in West Oak Lane. She takes the bus and often worries about her own safety and that of others. Just praying for the bus to come up early because i dont know what it is and youre a female and you stand here in the dark. Reporter there have been six such gun point robberies in this area since december 6th, twice at cedarbrook and up saul. Bonnie he says shell have her daughter take her to the bus stop. Six of them. Reporter six of them. Oh lord im not going to argue with her no more. Take me to the bus stop or im not going until it gets light. Reporter police say thats the right idea. Take precaution and report anything out of the ordinary. Be on the lookout for anybody thats suspicious, this guy could possibly be in a vehicle and then exiting that vehicle approaching these women or on foot. He may be living in the area. Reporter now, the victims gave nearly identical descriptions of this suspect. They describe him as a young black male in his mid20s with facial freckles, discoloration and possibly a mole on his face. Hes always wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and dark pants. Northwest detectives are investigating. Live in West Oak Lane, im Sarah Bloomquist, channel6 action news. Sarah, thanks very much. A grand jury in ohio has decided not to charge any officers in the Police Shooting of tamir rice, that 12yearold was can killed last year in cleveland as he held a pellet gun. Abcs Elizabeth Hur has more on the grand jury decision which was Just Announced today. Shes live in new york city with more. Elizabeth. Reporter well, brian, according to the prosecutor, based on the evidence they saw and the testimony they heard, the grand jury determined that the officers had real reason to fear for their lives and concluded what happened to tamir rice was tragic but it was not a crime. The grand jury declined to bring criminal charges. Reporter tioga county prosecutor tim mcginty announcing the grand jury voted not to charge either officer involved in the shooting death of 12yearold tamir rice. Simply put, given this perfect storm of human error, mistakes and miscommunications by all involved, that day, the evidence did not indicate criminal conduct by police. Reporter rice was shot and killed by officer Timothy Lohman just seconds after they arrived at a cleveland playground november last year. Two months ago, the grand jury was convened to determine if officer lohman or his partner officer frank gun back was criminally responsible in rices death. The officers always maintained they believed the 12yearold was armed. It turned out to be a bb gun. And i have here tamirs gun and the actual m1911. Reporter according to authorities, the grand jury determined that to the officers, the toy gun looked real and prosecutors say newly enhanced video he showed it was indisputable that rice was removing his gun from his waist when he was shot. Either intended to hand it over to the officers or show them it wasnt a real gun but there was no way for the officers to know that. The outcan come will not cheer anyone. Reporter well, the rice family said in a statement they are saddened but not surprised adding that for months this prosecutor has abused the grand jury process. Also this afternoon the department of justice said in a statement it will continue its investigation into independent investigation into this case. That is the very latest from here live in new york, im Elizabeth Hur for channel6 action news. Monica. Thank you, elizabeth. Meanwhile protests are growing in chicago after another policeinvolved shooting, this time two people were killed a teenager and a grandmother. Its all amid calls for his resignation, chicagos mayor is now cutting his vacation short to return to the city about the incident. This most recent shooting happened saturday when Police Responded to a domestic disturbance. A father had called police after his own son quintonio he legrier threatened him with a baseball bat. When Police Arrived the downstairs neighbor bettie jones happened to open her door just as legrier ran out. Police started shooting killing both legrier and jones. Officials admit jones death was an accident. Coverage on both of these Police Involved shootings will continue on world news tonight with david muir. You can watch that of course following action news at 6 00. It has been nearly one year now since a 36yearold man was shot to death by two Police Officers in bridgeton, new jersey. And in less than 30 minutes Numerous Community organizations and the naacp are expected to protest. Jerome reid was shot to death on new years eve by two officers doing a traffic stop. Police say reid defied orders to stay in the car after he they found a handgun in his glove box. Officers say they were concerned reid had another weapon. In august the grand jury decided not to bring charges against the two bridgeton officer. Police investigating an Armed Robbery he in kensington. They released this video he showing the robbery wednesday night at the el gayo grocery he store. You see the men force two customers onto the floor while pointing handguns at them. The thieves took a cell phone and some money from the customers, also grabbed cash from the register. The men were last seen running down the street. If you have any information, please call police. Right now officers are also investigating a deadly shooting in north philadelphia. Police say a 27yearold was shot to death here in the 500 block of west huntingdon street. So far no weapons have been found and no arrests made. Lets he get you caught up today on the ride home here on a monday evening. Matt pelman in the action News Traffic Center with the very latest he. Whats up, matt. Not a typical monday. In between christmas and new years you know things are going to be a little bit lighter however things are heavier than they were this morning. Did you follow that . This morning very light, this afternoon kind of more normal. Here on 95 you see those normal northbound delays coming out of the city headed up towards the work zone at cottman avenue. And on the southbound side theres a broken down vehicle at allegheny taking out the right lane so speeds just in the 20s there as you come down from cottman. Over on the schuylkill a lot of speeds in the 20s as well. In the teens on the northbound side of the roosevelt boulevard. Have a gas leak this afternoon in lower frederick thats shutting down 29. Thats gravel pike between big road by the wawa and little road a bit to the north. You could use swank road. In rockville vehicle fire on the northbound side by rich hill road by sweeney service center. If you know somebody coming back from the poconos theres a crash on the northeast extension. Let them know the left lane is blocked past the lehigh tunnel. Slowing in that neck of the woods as well. Monica and brian back to you. They could see some icy conditions after midnight. Yeah, for sure. Thanks my friend. Still to come here on action news tonight a woman shot on Live Television is finally talking about that attack and she gives an update on her recovery he. Also an investigation is under way after this video went viral. It appears to slo show a woman throwing a dog adam. Were dealing with the first wintry type of precipitation. Season for some of us. Ill have the details on that advisory coming up in accuweather. That and much more when action news continues tonight. Its the Little Things in life that make me smile. Spending the day with my niece. I dont use super poligrip for hold, because my dentures fit well. Before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. Even well fitting dentures let in food particles. Just a few dabs of super poligrip free is clinically proven to seal out more food particles so youre more comfortable and confident while you eat. So its not about keeping my dentures in, its about keeping the food particles out. Try super poligrip free. People have been remembering former Harlem Globetrotters star meadowlark lemon. The 83yearold died yesterday but they he did not release a cause of death just yet. Lemon was known as the clown prince and arguably the most famous player for the globetrotters performing for the team during its heyday in the mid 1950s all the way to the late 1970s. The sole survivor of that virginia shooting that happened on Live Television is talking about her recovery. Vicki gardener was being interviewed by wdbj reporter Alison Parker and photographer adam ward in august. They were shot by a former reporter at that station. Parker and ward were both killed. Gardener was shot in the back. She says she is determined to stay positive. I am so thankful for to be here, to be surrounded by the community that we have that has been an eye opening experience. Ive seen the worst that society can do and i have seen the best that society can do. Now gardener has undergone numerous surgeries and hopes to return to work at that chamber of commerce next month. Police in Northern California are looking for a woman who appears to have thrown a dog on the ground. This incident was caught on video. You may have seen it. Its been shared thousands of times on social media. There she is in the video you see her get a running start and toss a pug. The dog slides and tumbles through a puddle before it springs to its feet and is scooped up by a person. The man said to be the exboyfriend told reporters it happened in the heat of a moment during an argument. Meteorologist meteorologist i wish. You do wish. Those are the super stars. And then you wouldnt have to talk about the eagles. Yes, that was a little yeah, the eagles are not very good right now. Still one game to go. They take on the giants sunday at the meadowlands but there will be no playoffs this season. There wasnt enough egg nog in the world to make saturday night any more bearable. The loss to the redskins means chip kelly officially has a mess on his hands but chip doesnt think the eagles are a bad Football Team. What we saw against washington certainly can not be described as good. The error mistakes filled performance officially eliminated the birds from playoff contention much after having success in year one clips teams were worse from year one to year two and now from year two to year three. Lon nestly not thinking about my record or where that is with anything its just where we are in and our goal is to make the playoffs and we had an opportunity on saturday to do and we didnt do that. Thats the part i look. I dont look at where the record was and where. Its just the point that as a group we didnt fulfill our goal and our goal was to make it to the playoffs this year. The eagles defense now ranked 30th out of 32 teams in the nfl has been exposed lately. In the birds last four losses they have allowed an average of 42 points per game. They know they need to be more consistent on that side of the football. We he saw flashes in big games like the patriots game, you got the dallas game but thats not going to get you that didnt get us in the playoffs this year and it didnt give us, you know, what we wanted as far as our goals but we do have a lot of good out there but we got to clean up that bad next year. I know one day and im hoping this off season that we get it right. Eagles talk at 6 oclocking one other nhl team that has had a harder time score goals. Standing room only in the penalty box. The ducks average less than two goals per game. The flyers gave up two third period goals in the loss. The captain Claude Giroux is not too happy. Unacceptable the way our line has got to be better and obviously starts with me and its frustrating when you dont get the job done. Heres a statement that hasnt been uttered much this year, the sixers going for their second straight win. Tonight theyre in utah but there will be no jahlil okafor. The big man will miss his second straight game with a bum knee. Sixers beat the phoenix suns saturday night. First road win of the season and just their second win of the season in 32 games. Like Madonna Andy Reid which spike a vogue. Reids chief clinched a playoff berth. They have now won nine straight games. Wow. Andy is going to the playoff. And were not. Excellent weather report. Thank you, sir. Meantime eagles players mark sanchez Jordan Matthews and codey parkey helped with an important event off the field. They worked ing side these children wrapping gifts at the novacare facility of south philadelphia. The gifts go to the family lives on foundation that supports children who have lost a parent or sibling part of the eagles compare Community Initiative that lends a land to families in need. Now that Christmas Day is behind us the cleanup begins and the city of philadelphia is helping you get rid of your Christmas Tree all while helping the environment. Weve got the details. Also stepping outside, sky6 hd looking live at penns landing to and night. A beautiful sight. Meteorologist adam joseph with the exclusive accuweather 7day including some wintry weather when we come right back. 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. F. M. Residents can start recycling their Christmas Trees starting next week. The citys tree he recycling program runs from january 4th to the 16th. All you have to do is drop off that tree at any of the streets departments sanitation convenience centers. Theyre open from 8 00 in the morning until 6 00 at night monday through saturday. We have a total list of the locations on 6abc. Com. Time to talk about accuweather. Some folks are going to feel a wintry bite to the air tonight. Not everybody but a few folks. Especially the Lehigh Valley berks county poconos they get a little sleet. Poconos gets some freezing rain but then it changes to rain for everyone even the poconos by tomorrow morning as that warm air wins out yet again. All right. As we take a look at double scan live radar around area dealing with some light showers and at times theres a couple of sleet pellets trying to mix in in parts of the the area from berks county as well as Montgomery County and even philadelphia county, most of it again in the form of some light rain drops as it works from the southwest to the north and east and it is very spotty at this point and its really not until after midnight that the radar is truly going to fill in. Temperature in the Lehigh Valley 40 degrees right now in allentown and in fact, in allentown, that temperature is not been below freezing since the 21st of december so the ground is very warm with this precipitation pushing in. 43 wilmington, 43 he in millville and sea isle city. It is for example degrees. You see this spin working from the deep south that brought tornadoes through parts of texas and also the gulf coast states. Still some tornado watches in effect for the panhandle of florida. The northern extent of it it bumps into that colder air in the form that of rain, sleet he and snow and a warm front extends just the our south and that will push through early tomorrow morning to bring up the temperatures and to also enhance the rain. Winter weather advisory in effect 7 00 p. M. To 7 00 a. M. For berks county, Lehigh County, Northampton County, the poconos. Again some sleet before it changes to rain. The poconos they will see he some freezing rain but by tomorrow morning, at 7 00 a. M. , temperatures will already be 50 in philadelphia, 51 in wilmington, 41 in the Lehigh Valley, so again its going to be all rain by 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning in allentown as well as Northampton County. As we time it on future tracker, at 10 oclock tonight there you see some of that sleet allentown to the north. Rain philadelphia trenton all points to the south. The radar starts to fill in around midnight. There you see that mix in the blue. While the majority of us see he that heavy rain developing. 4 a. M. A torrential rain setting up from trenton philadelphia wilmington southern delaware, new jersey. Even allentown starting to change to rain at 4 oclock in the morning. By the rush tomorrow, at 7 00 a. M. , even rain as far north as the poconos, so tomorrow morning its not an icy mess youre dealing with in those advisory areas, it will be ponding on the roadways and at 10 oclock tomorrow morning, still some pockets of very heavy rainfall before it exits the coast around lunchtime and by 2 oclock, even some peeks of sun as the wind picks up from the west. Rainfall totals by tomorrow mid morning, around a half an inch in the Lehigh Valley,. 43 in reading, near an inch in philadelphia and maybe better than an inch in those far southern areas and then take a look at the temperatures once we dry out tomorrow afternoon with that wind out of the west, 62 philadelphia, 63 wilmington. On the verge of 70 on the southern areas with the exception of the Lehigh Valley staying a little cool at only 49 degrees tomorrow afternoon. As we look at the exclusive accuweather 7day forecast tits mild tomorrow with that heavy rain in the morning. Drier in the afternoon. A lot of clouds on wednesday, 57 degrees. So, still mild with a few afternoon showers. And finally a little more in the way of peaks of sun come thursday to end the year at a warm 54 degrees. Flip the number as it cools off for the mummers parade on friday. Breezy as well at 45. And then back to normal saturday, 43 before we go back above normal sunday, monday and look at that, a string of sunshine and just a few clouds around the weekend into early next week. We deserve a little more sun than weve dealt with over the last week or so, guys. Very nice. Well get it. Thank you. Thanks adam. Still to come were helping you get ready for the new year. 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Death williams seeks a rehearing in the case against monsignor william lynn. And a however board explodes inside a home in ocean county. But the big story on action news is a Winter Weather advisory. After record warmth, temperatures are taking a dip. Sleet is expected to fall in the Lehigh Valley from the north to the poconos. The change to winter wont last long and lets get the latest from accuweather and meteorologist adam joseph. Hi, adam. By tomorrow afternoon temperatures will be in the 60s yet again as we look at double scan live radar. Not much going on right now. There are a few showers passing by and at times a few sleet pellets mixing in as well. Doylestown new hope pennington jenkintown as well as parts of Chester County there is enough cold air a few thousand feet up to help bring down a couple of those icy pellets but not going to amount to anything in this area. As we look at temperatures, it is well above freezing, 43 philadelphia, 40 in reading, 43 in millville, even the Lehigh Valley 39 degrees but the poconos going have some concerns overnight tonight, even with some freezing rain with temperatures there below that freezing point. As we look at double scan live radar, low pressure between chicago, saint louis, weve got the cold front with some very heavy rain. That arrives for the morning rush tomorrow. But were dealing with a warm front that is presently pushing through, mixing some of that cold air with that warmer air that eventually is going to take over. So, Winter Weather advisory goes into effect 7 00 p. M. To 7 00 a. M. For berks county, Lehigh County, Northampton County to the poconos. Again some sleet here. The poconos some ice but even