Rehearsals two days ago and both were stabbed last night. They identified them as devon picket and 27yearold eric parker. The two stopped into the cha bar and grill with three other friends for a few drinks when the bar closed at 2 30 a. M. , the men got into a fight sources say over a woman. Here on the sidewalk just down the street from the bar. They got into a verbal altercation with several other males which quickly escalated into a physical confrontation and one male pulled out a knife and stabbed them multiple times. Picket was pronounced dead and parker survived but remains in critical condition. Police are checking for Surveillance Video on this busy commercial block they know the suspect, a thin man in his 30s with a beard drove off in a buick lasaber. We know there are people that know who they are, they need to cant the homicide unit and give us a name. Parker has a philadelphia address and picket is from new york city, he was describe by homicide homicide detective as a sound tech for nickie minaj. Live in east mt. Airy, channel 6 action news. Another stabbing also claimed a life this morning, this happened at a meat process plan in franconia township. The jbs rendering facility an altercation of two veteran employees ended up with both men being stabbed. Killed was Danny Vazquez and the other employee is in Police Custody at Paoli Memorial Hospital where he is undergoing surgery. 6abc. Com is updating the details on the stabbings all day long and you can fine the latest on the investigation by visiting 6abc. Com on your computer smart phone or tablet. Philadelphia District AttorneySeth Williams petitioned the Philadelphia Supreme Court to reject governor tom wolfs moratorium on the death penalty. He calls it an unconstitutional take over of power. State legislateure determines what is law and not the governor the judges determines an appropriate sentence if the sentences are appropriate not the governor. Last week Governor Wolf called the States CapitalPunishment Program error prone. The building in West Philadelphia froze over when firefighters battled a blaze on monday and today crews put up a fence to help aleve concern about a potential collapse and its building damaged by fire and ice will be demolished. It was handed over to licenses and inspection. Chopper 6 hd got a view of the icy Delaware River interesting to look at but in a real sense the ice is not nice. Action News Reporter david henry explains why. The Delaware River say highway of commerce but all that commercial activity could come to a stand still if the river ices over and that is why the coast guard is out here every day. Today they are breaking up the ice in the shipping channel between philadelphia and trenton, this vessel is the caps capston one of two vessels breaking up ice between trenton and cape may. Its bone chilling cold perfect weather for the capston crew. Ice breaker are a different breed, we enjoy breaking the ice and making sure the rivers are flowing free. The ice is between 1 and 8 inches thick today and is piling up in clusters that has gotten as high as five feet that could be a real road block for this highway. Breaking up the ice is important for commercial vessels but also a security issue. The coast guard has to be able to move around the Delaware River at all times in case of emergency. Right now we are going about 11 knots. And well hit a chunk and slow down to about 9. You worry about the integrity of the hull . Never. It takes more than breaking ice to keep the river safe. They found this wayward buoy that was dragged by ice. Far enough out of position to be a danger to big ships. The capston crews sent out a warning to ships. All in a days work. David henry channel 6 action news. Well, it began two and a half hours ago and it will take two and a half hours to finish. The School Reform commission is considering applications for 39 new Charter Schools and vernon odom is live now in spring garden, the hearing did not begin quietly. It did not and it will continue to be a tense situation on through the night and there is a lot of tense in the src meeting room and millions are at stake and funning is at stake as groups try to open new Charter Schools in the hopes they will be selected. We are going to fight from the moment that this crucial meeting opened antiCharter School protesters disrupted disrupted calling it a disgrace of the financial situation in the School District. The first time they have an open Selection Process for seven years, there are 39 last minute pitches scheduled for this meeting tonight. You change the game for College Enrollment for africanamerican males in philadelphia we send them in a higher percentage and in greater numbers. There is a lot of pressure on the src, in the wake of failing schools, state lawmakers with their hands on Purse Strings demand they approve more charters and local politicians are siding with the Teachers Union to say no more. Even during sales pitches. Our new charter will build upon the successful model of the Charter School and advance and accredited school. Offering k to 12 and scholars and global studies curriculum. They say that they will drain resources from the neighborhood schools. Reporter jim, one School District insider told me a few minutes ago he does not believe that anymore than 10 of these 39 groups will be awarded new charter licenses tonight. The meeting will go late. Live on north broad street vernon odom, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Coming up on action news tonight Young Musicians get a master class with seven time grammy winner,al jarreau. Phillies manager, Ryan Sandberg with big expectations for the big piece. And arctic air is marching in from the west but the big story is the dangerous windchills. Those stories and much more when action news continues. Hey, honey . Huh . Oh, you caught me daydreaming. Dreaming about a salt water bedroom aquarium . I am, actually. With exotic fish . Yeah and a giant star fish . How can you tell . Youve been staring at the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. Right. 300,000 buried treasure. With 10 top prizes of 300,000. announcer want to see your dream come to life . You could scratch your way to instant winning. The pennsylvania lottery. Bring your dreams to life. Today is Ash Wednesday the day when many christians around the tristate area, and across the world mark the start of lent philadelphia archbishop Charles Chaput celebrated masses this afternoon at the basilica of saints peter and paul and lent is a 40 day season of prayer in preparation for easter. Philadelphias oldest Latino Organization is celebrating their new home. They cut the ribbon today on the new facility in hunting park 6 abc president , and general manager, Bernie Prazenica was on hand to thank the organization they provide an array of social services to the commune. Seven time grammy winner al jarreau is in Center City Philadelphia today. Lisa thomaslaury was on broad street this afternoon for the story. Its the first time in his career that al jarreau has taught a master class of this time. Today and tomorrow 60 High School Students will sing for and learn from bright stuff that helps people feel that way and listen to a Music Industry legend. When the dog bites the special thing about it lisa was they were all selected by their teachers these are the kids that knew about their craft and embraced their craft. This artist and Residency Program is presented by the mann center and string theater school. Jarreau is working with musicians from each school and teacher from the mann have been preparing them for weeks to perform songs from his repertoire. He is a legend in the Music Industry and i enjoy tropical ed it zblts a true honor. This is something they will take with them the rest of their lives. Have you been doing it for how long . Since i was 4 years old so i guess 70 years. Lisa thomaslaury channel 6 action news. Looked like a Beautiful Day in clearwater florida. Ill sure well hear Jeff Skversky say it wasnt as beautiful as it looked. A little chilly down there. Pitchered and catchers were only required to report but there were other phillies on the field today. Jeff skversky is live now from spring training. For the first time in 15 years Jimmy Rollins not with the club for spring training and rollins likely the first of their core players expected to be traded. Could cole hamels said today he would like to be traded. He would like to go to a winner and its not going to happen here. I dont think rebuild is a mentality that i have. Stay what you want about the phillies but Ryan Sandberg will not say the word rebuild even though manager ruben amaro made is clear that everybody is available to be traded and they expect the veterans to be here and help the younger players and to win. We could be a surprise to people, we talk about cole hamels and cliff lee and chase utley, and howard you are talking about guys that like to win and are used to winning and good attitudes. The phils expect howard to have a good attitude even though ruben amaro said the phillies would be better off without him. To see him in the spring and prepare him to get ready he is here and he is right now unless he gets unseated. He is the first base man. Sandberg had a long talk about howard a month ago to clear the air, howard had a tough season last year, his worst full season in the big leagues and at the same tie he was battling a legal issue with money over his own family. Live in clearwater, Jeff Skversky, channel 6 action news. All right thank you. Light jacket weather down there in clearwater, the sixers are back at work but not back in game action until friday, Michael Carter williams does not practice today he is nursing a strain toe. And with the all start break behind us the sixers have a third of the season to go. What do you want to see from the team, the final onethird. To take everything we have done and do it better. Do it harder and longer and do it better. You know, i want them to get greedy, we want more we want more, of the same. And its just you know we gained a level of respect in the league from our opponents and they know we player our hearts out. The flyers are off, and they sit six points out of a wild card spot. The San Diego State womens golf team have moves, they posted this video on youtube, that is impressive right there they are not all about trick golf shots they are a top golf team and synchronized putting. And one man as ice is another mans masterpiece master sculpture found his canvas under the underpass in fairmount park. He carved an ice goddess and it was a sure delight for drivers this morning. It has been very, very good, a lot of people are honking and stopping and taking pictures and want to talk to me and asking me how long i have been doing it and things like that. Its welcoming and they seem to love it. The body of the piece was sculpted from natural formed ice and harrison brought in ice to make the wings. I know we have cold weather coming up. 49 degrees over the weekend . Yes but its going to rain. But near 50 after what we are about to go through. I hate to always say but, but you have to. That is the leading edge of the next round of polar air that is moving in overnight. So the highlights, the arctic front comes in this evening overnight and then brutal dangerous cold sets up for thursday and friday. So tonight, showers with the front between 7 00 and midnight if are you in the region they are scattered but if you get hit by one of them it could be locally heavy and quickly reducing visibility and could coat the ground in spots and turning some spots slick and be on guard if you see snowflakes fall but then everyone gets in on the windchill danger here by tomorrow morning. Wind gusts of 35 Miles Per Hour and plummeting the real feel temperatures below zero and then friday morning not only do we are have record lows likely but the windchills will be near 15 below in philadelphia and as cold as 20 to 25 below zero especially in the North Western suburbs. Upper 20s area wide right now, we got into the 30s in some locations this afternoon. There is the front that will end the somewhat warm party. The broken line of snow showers progressing to the east and future tracker shows again not a solid line but patchy here at 7 30 and the far western suburbs, approaching philadelphia around 10 00 tonight and then it wisks off the coast before midnight and generally the sky will clear and that is when the winds start to kick up. And in fact the low develops east of boston in a very strong arctic high in the midwest, between the two you get the wind tunnel effect and wind coming in and gusts of 35 dropping temperatures 20 to 30 degrees below the average. Overnight a few scattered snow showers this evening and otherwise the brutal winds are setting up 13 in the suburbs so temperatures are uniform across the region tonight and then the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast windchills tom tomorrow, near zero and thursday night into friday morning, that one in philadelphia would be the coldest temperature we have seen in the city in 21 years you have to go back to 1994 to have an equally cold number and on top that number its a record for that particular date set back in 1979 and we could break a record or tie one there Atlantic City and allentown could all break records and friday afternoon the high only hits 18 degrees, still with a breeze throughout the day and then saturday its dry most of the day and a warm front comes in and we see a little snow, sleet and freezing rain saturday evening and quickly changing to rain saturday night and as we approach 50 saturday night and then it turns colder next week as we go back into the upper 20s and low 30s, that 49 looks warm, our normal high is 45 this time of year. But not that warm. Finally tonight who says mardi gras is just for grownups . Preschoolers at Trinity Lutheran church in havertown did not let yesterdays snow day stop them from celebrating fat tuesday, they held their party today on wednesday. They had a party and dance with new orleans jazz. Abc world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6 and action news continues at 10 00 on phl 17 with brian taff, Shirleen Allicot adam joseph and ducis rogers. And then join us for a special health check report at 11 00 here on channel 6. Drugs that treat a host of medical problems may sabotage your sex life, well tell you about a new resource of finding which drugs do or do not cause problems. For the entire Action News Team im jim gardner, we hope youll join us at 11 00. On this wednesday night, when will it end . Recordshattering temperatures tonight. Even colder from the midwest to the northeast, all the way to the south. The accidents, highways covered in sheets of ice. Roofs collapsing. The rescues. The young people the dog, pulled from the ice. Also breaking tonight, the explosion at an american oil refinery. Neighbors describeing what felt like an earthquake. The american sniper trial. Tonight, the family of the accused killer on the stand. Describing the former marine who went from this to this. The road rage mystery takes a turn tonight. The mother teaching her daughter how to drive. Authorities now offering their own version. And saving the sea lion pups. Washing up on americas shoreline in record numbers. Our team, right there