5 oclock in the morning thats when the temperatures settle back into the upper 20s for the city. Mid to low 20s in those northwestern suburbs. Storm tracker6 live double scan will show theres a frontal boundary direction draped right across the center of the country. This is the dividing line of the cold air to the north, warmer air to the south. Significant ice storm kansas and saint louis and were on the edge of this precipitation moving in from the west. Tomorrow light snow begins between about 10 oclock in the morning to 1 oclock in the afternoon from south to north. In the city of philadelphia and all points south sleet will mix in with this. Its a very weak system could even change to rain in far southern areas of delaware and the tip of cape may and it ends between 6 00 to 9 p. M. Tomorrow evening again a very nuisance event. Well chat about those snow and sleet totals which are pretty minimal. Well chat about that and also talk about the second half of the weekend coming up in that full accuweather forecast. Sharrie. Adam thank you. With light snow in the forecast, stay with 6abc. Com weather through the weekend. Storm tracker6 live double scan radar will show you what to expect and when. And of course be sure to follow each of our meteorologists on twitter and facebook for updates as well. In other news an awe all out search under way for a boater reported missing in Little Egg Harbor. Chopper6 was overhead as coast guard crews hit the water looking for a clam fisherman. New Jersey State Police say and the Tuckerton Fire Department are helping as well. Officials say the boater called family members about 8 oclock last night to say his boat ran aground but that he didnt need any help. No one has heard from him since and his boat was found on hither island earlier today. Action news will have a live report on the search efforts coming up at 4 30. A four hour manhunt for a handcuffed suspect finally came to an end this morning. Police say a man broke free during an investigation in the somerdale section of the city. Action News Reporter bob brooks explains what led to the suspects arrest in the first place. Reporter after a morning spent on the run from the Philadelphia Police, man who kicked his way out of a cop car was caught. Chopper6 captured the moment officers took him into northeast detectives. The suspect caused quite the chaotic morning. Hes accused of crashing three cars including his own on roosevelt boulevard. Detectives say it all started when a call came in for an erratic driver. Before officers were able to get the suspect to stop at the intersection of somerdale avenue and the boulevard, he ran into one Police Vehicle and slammed into this white suv. But after he was arrested, he managed to kick his way out of a police cruiser, busting open the door. Investigators say he ran down the boulevard still handcuffed and temporarily got away. The scene created a temporary traffic closure causing a huge delay for the morning work commute. In the 900 block of godfrey avenue they caught the suspect. The takedown was quick. We spoke with some neighbors who say they didnt hear anything but arenting. Nothing surprises me anymore now a days. Severing severything is so craz. Reporter one woman says Something Like this just hits too close to home. Its just, you know, scary. You know, you have your doors locked everything locked afraid to go outside. You dont go out once the sun goes down. Reporter and you see there in the video just how bad those crashes were. The good news is no reports of any serious injuries. For now reporting at northeast detectives bob brooks, channel6 action news. The u. S. Department of justice says the Philadelphia Police department continues to make progress toward completing recommended changes. Including the creation of an officerinvolved shooting investigation unit. It was created earlier this movement however, it is not being handled by an outside agency which was one of the dozens of recommendations by the u. S. Department of justice into the Philadelphia Police department. The department is now implementing a majority of the 91 recommendations spelled out in the federal report that was initially released in 2015. I think in many ways that the Philadelphia Police department will now be a model for the rest of the country. As we transition and people wonder what their future looks like i would say the future is very strong if they follow the lead of the Philadelphia Police department. Former Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey ordered the investigation of the department back in 2013. It was in response to an increase in officer involved shootings. A Church Leader at the center of philadelphias clergy Sexual Abuse Scandal was back in court today. Monsignor william lynn is facing retrial but is asking the judge to dismiss the case. Action News Reporter john rawlins spent the day in court and joins us live with the details. John. Reporter hi, rick. Well, the defense couldnt tension is that the d. A. s Office Withheld certain information from the defense during the first trial information that it argues could have changed the outcome of the guilty verdict back in 2012 and it says the remedy should be the dismissal of the current child endangerment case against the 66yearold priest. Monsignor william lynn back in court today in a legal effort to scuttle his scheduled retrial. His legal team called retired detective joseph walsh who testified that during the investigation leading to lynns first trial, he uncovered a number of inconsistencies concerning a key prosecution witness. Walsh said he relayed the contradictory findings to an assistant District Attorney who said you are killing my case. Walsh says he was just trying get to the truth. The monsignors attorney argues that verbal exchange should have been reported to the defense at the first trial. That it was not berg strom argues is misconduct and the retrial should be stopped. The d. A. s office argues comments containing the inconsistencies had been given to the defense team before lynns first tale trial and the motion to stop the retrial of the monsignor should be denied by the court. No decision today. The attorneys from both sides will submit briefs on the matter. The judge expected to rule on this on march first. Live in center city, john rawlins channel6 action news. Rick. All right, john, thank you. Today the new Jersey Medical examiner change the the manner of death for a former hospital ceo. John and Joyce Sheridan were found dead inside their home back in september 2014 and investigators called it a murder sue side. The medical examiner has now ruled John Sheridans death undetermined. Four of their sons accused the prosecutor to stabbing to conclusions. They believe someone else killed them both. He was the president and ceo of Cooper Health systems. Well, the search continues this afternoon for the masked man who robbed a man and a woman on the Schuylkill River trail. Police say a man wearing a red ski mask and armed with a weapon robbed the pair just before 1 00 this morning on the trail near walnut street in center city. The suspect was able to get away with cash and a cell phone. The two runners were not physically injured. We have a brand new consumer alert for insurance customers in delaware. State officials are investigating a data breach involving two of high mark Blue Cross Blue Shield subcontractors. They say the information of 19,000 people is at risk. The breaches involve Summit Reinsurance Services and bcs financial corporation. Ransom wear targeted a server containing names Social Security numbers, medical records and insurance information. High mark is cooperating with the investigation and for more information you can head to our web site at 6abc. Com or our free 6abc app. It is time now for the action news traffic report. Glad to say its on a friday. Thats for sure. Matt pelman in the action News Traffic Center and t. G. I. F. For sure, matt. Yeah, we have that going for us. Overall this week rick and sharrie the afternoon commutes have not been awful. This is the one thats not holding true to form. Weve got a real mess for the friday ride home. Starting here on the northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike where theres this horrible southbound accident involving this tractortrailer and the work van there. You can see deb bream on the roadway as well. Medical chopper just left the scene of this crash that happened in the southbound lanes between quakertown and lansdale but they had to have all northbound traffic stopped for awhile as well because the medical chopper landed on the northbound side. But check out the parking lot here on the southbound side of 476 the northeast extension coming down from quakertown. These poor people have been stuck here for more than an hour now not getting by whatsoever. It is a parking lot as you approach the quakertown interchange and try and head down toward lansdale again youre not getting through whatsoever. Lets hit the maps talk alternates. You can see the backlog going into that closure point because they have blocked off all traffic there at quakertown so those people we just saw theyre stuck but people that are coming southbound from the Lehigh Valley are being forced off. You want to come down 309. Thats the much better bet deal with the traffic light there is. Its not going to be a quick ride but better than being completely parked on the southbound side of 476. Now northbound you can get by but expect delays coming north of lansdale. Big delays on the southbound roosevelt boulevard extension route one because of a crash right here at the bottom of the screen involving this school bus right by the off ramp to the schuylkill expressway. Boulevard southbound jammed from ninth street down because of the accident northbound. Just starting to back up with normal afternoon volume. Otherwise on the schuylkill and 95 normal afternoon delays. Had a broken down vehicle here on 95 in bucks county that just cleared. And on 295 here at the white horse pike northbound theres a crash in the right lane. So, jammed in jersey as well. Lot going on. Well check it again rick and sharrie, coming up in the next half hour. If we have to, we l thank youwill. Thank you mat. Takata admits to covering up. Mystery solved a baby who was snatched from a Florida Hospital has just been found safe 18 years after her abduction. And later a local High School Celebrates a big accomplishment with its senior class. Hear from some of the students who are overjoyed about their success when we come back. [cheers and applause] fios is not cable. Were wired differently. That means incredibly fast 150 meg internet. So in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 different versions of the perfect song. His sister can live stream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder, get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month online for the first year. Hurry offer ends january 21st. Only from fios. Weve got some breaking news from washington, d. C. The u. S. House just voted in the past 35 minutes in favor of a measure to dismantle obamacare. The house voted 227 to 198 to start the process to repeal the Affordable Care act. They approved a budget resolution mostly along party lines. The budget resolution will allow republicans to roll back major parts of the healthcare law but the gop has yet to release details on what the new Healthcare System would look like. The Senate Passed a similar measure in the twilight hours of yesterday morning. Well, with Donald Trumps inauguration only a week away invited performers around the country are putting finishing touches on their plans. Service members with the joint president ial escort rehearsed their routine at a base in virginia this week. In all, more than 5,000 military personnel will be involved in inauguration ceremonies which is a tradition dating back to George Washingtons inauguration. Stay with action news for continuing coverage of the white house transition leading up to trumps inauguration next friday. Incredible story here sharrie. A young woman who was abducted in florida when she was a newborn has been found alive and the woman who raised her is now accused of snatching her from a hospital 18 years ago. Abcs Marci Gonzalez has the rest of this story. Reporter kidnapped from a jacksonville hospital just hours after birth and now 18 years later a young woman is learning Police Believe she is that dark haired baby investigators have been searching for her entire life. She had an inclination she may have been involved and in in some way. She is she has a lot to process as you can imagine. I cant even begin to comprehend it. Reporter police say a tip led them to the young woman in South Carolina with the same birth date as cam maya mobley. The woman agreed to dna test. The woman she grew up believing was her mother 51yearold Gloria Williams now arrested facing charges including kidnapping. Still not explaining to investigators why she allegedly dressed as a nurse that summer day in 1998, took the newborn from her mother and walked out of the hospital. Were speaking to as many people as we can to try to paint a picture of what may have happened 18 years ago. Reporter mobleys birth father telling abc news he was able to talk to his daughter via skype calling it the end of a nightmare. I cant wait. I cant wait. Its been 18 years. I cant wait no longer. Reporter a lot of excitement about a possible reunion which he says could happen soon. Meanwhile williams will be extradited to jacksonville to face charges which carry a maximum sentence of life in prison if shes convicted. Marci gonzalez channel6 action news. Takata admitting to hiding the deadly defects in its air bags. The Japanese Company agreed to plead guilty today and to pay 1 billion in fines and restitution. The faulty inflaters have killed at least 16 people injured more than 180 and sparked the largest automotive recall in u. S. History. Also today, three former takata employees are facing charges allege they go tried to cover up the issue. Well, we have a scam alert for netflix users. A customers need to be on the lookout for a email that claims the streaming site needs you to update your profile. When users click on that link theyre taken to a page asking for billing and credit card information. Once everything is interested it redirects users to the actual netflix site making it seem legitimate. Netflix says it will never ask for personal information in an email. Philadelphia mayor jim kenney is continuing his pledge to visit one Neighborhood School every week in an over to the connect with children in the city. Especially children with disabilities. The mayor was the guest reader at the hms school for children with Cerebral Palsy in southwest philadelphia. Its the first school of its kind in the nation offering specialized training and high tech teaching tools for the youngsters. Today though everyone was excited to see the mayor who read some of this favorite stories and then afterwards even took questions from the kids. A nonprofit in trenton celebrated a major milestone today. Action news at the trenton area soup kitchen also known as task. Mayor eric jackson was there too to thank the volunteers and the Board Members for their hard work and dedicatio dedication. Task served its first people back in 1982 inside the First United Methodist Church of trenton. Its now housed in a building on esther streets street which serves more than 290,000 meals a year. Time now for a check of the accuweather forecast. Meteorologist adam joseph has been keeping an eye on the weekend. Which could be a little little dicey adam perhaps. Yeah alittle but i think most main road ways are going to be just fine. Even the side roads just fine. It is a very minor event to begin the weekend as we look at sky6 life over the center city skyline. A lot of bright blue through most of the day. You see that high cloud cover spilling in now from the south and west and those clouds will continue to thicken overnight tonight. 41 right now in allentown. Pretty nice, 48 degrees in philadelphia. Still near 50 for millville. At 50 at the Atlantic City airport where you can see the direction of those wind arrows out of the northwest so were going to continue to tumble those temperatures overnight and with a bit of a breeze it feels more like 34 allentown, 36 in reading so a bit of a chill to the north and west. 42 wilmington and really not bad, 44 millville and 45 degrees in beach haven. Theres the clouds marching in from the south and west and you can see there is a dividing line. You get a little bit of snow on the Northern Edge of saint louis near cincinnati, then you get some of the blues as well as the purples. That is the sleet and freezing rain and rain in kentucky. Theres going to be quite an ice storm. Youll hear about it this coming weekend in the nations heartland and for us thankfully were right on the Northern Edge and dry air really going try to fight this system for us. Clouds thicken tonight and its turning chilly. 23 degrees by tomorrow morning in allentown, ninety four 24 ing and below freezing in far southern areas. When you wake up tomorrow morning and right through 9 oclock a. M. It is just cloud deacloudy and its cold. For most of us going into the afternoon some of that light snow spilling in and at times it will mix with sleet. South of the city maybe rain in far southern areas but its kind of like a little blip for a couple of hours snows lightly and then its gone by 5 oclock to 7 oclock it basicallier roads and have a rages as we take a look at the latest amounts this is for philadelphia specifically just a nuisance event on all four models, fairly great agreement here. Just over a trace to under half an inch of some of that snow and sleet and again it will be so light and falling during the day it will just mainly accumulate on the cars and the grassy surfaces. As we take a look at that four day at 4 00 forecast some of that afternoon light snow and sleet, 35 degrees so temperatures stay above normal. And then as we get into sunday, brighter, not as cold, 44 degrees. And then your day of service on monday, looking not bad. Sunshine in the morning, increasing clouds in the afternoon, 43 degrees. And then a lot of clouds maybe a few showers come tuesday at 48 degrees and wee well look at the rest of that sevenday forecast coming up in the next half hour. Okay. We can live with that. Yes, we can. Thanks adam. Still to come on action news at 4 00 tears of joy. Action news is at a local high school as the graduating class receives great news about their futures. This is a great story. See their reaction when we come right back. 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There are booths with the latest innovations in everything from windows and flooring to cabinets and landscaping and dont miss out on the expert advice. Celebrities and well known Television Hosts will hold special seminars. The show runs today through monday, then opens again next weekend. One Philadelphia High School is celebrating a major accomplishment. 100 percent of the senior class has been accepted into a four year college. [cheers and applause] a lot to cheer about. The action cam was at cristo rey in north philadelphia when the students learned this great news. They cheered when they heard that all 80 seniors have received acceptance letters from colleges and universities. Now they are dancing. Yes, they are. The Catholic College prep school serves low income but highly motivated students. I feel ecstatic. Im real excited that my whole class got accepted into college. This is amazing. I didnt think it was going to happen. Im proud of all my classmates and the work we put in. Its really paying off. Congratulations. Last years graduating class also had a 100 Percent College acceptance rate. Definitely tron celebrate. Lots to dance about. Still to come on action news, our next half hour at 4 30 the search continues for a fisherman who has been missing since his boat ran aground last night off the coast of south jersey. Were live with the latest. And dozens of people who live in our area are now official american citizens. Well have those stories and much more when action news at 4 00 continues. We just moved into this house and didnt realize how difficult it was going to be to tie all that space together. With an open floor plan, you need to separate it with furniture. Bassett had everything that we needed. Fabric combinations marry the rooms together. Having someone with bassett has been invaluable. We couldve never dreamed up this room without bassett. Action news continues with meteorologist adam joseph, Alicia Vitarelli, Sharrie Williams and brian taff. Its 4 30. Brian taff is off. Rick Williams Joins us and action news continues with a day full of events to honor our philadelphia founding father ben franklin. Also Vice President joe biden gets the honor of a lifetime but says he doesnt deserve it. What biden said today about getting the surprise gift from our nations military. An upgrade to hopefully keep infants from getting hurt. But first at 4 30 the United States coast guard is continuing its search at this hour for a missing fisherman. That mans boat was found today on a small island but he was not in it. He was out on the water off Little Egg Harbor township last night when he called a relative to tell them his boat ran aground but then he said he didnt need any help. Action News Reporter vernon odom joins us now live with the latest on the search. Vern. Reporter good evening, sharrie. This day long search for the fisherman has proven fruitless at least so far. State police have called off their search for the night. They expect to resume sometime in the morning. The coast guard will reportedly continue until darkness falls. Throughout this day rescuers have been searching the Tuckerton Bay Little Egg Harbor area for a missing clam fisherman. Theyve done it by air and in boats. The Coast Guard State Police and the Tuckerton Fire Department have all been deployed thus far to no avail. At 8 00 p. M. Last night a man out fishing in his boat contact add relative saying that his boat ran aground and was not required assistance and then at 8 00 a. M. This morning, we were notified that the man is missing. Reporter the coast guard says they found the mans small clam boat on an island in the health are channel here in the bay about 2 miles off the mainland. But so far no signs of the fisherman. The boat that was found the fishing gear on board was found in Little Egg Harbor at hithering island between the Barrier Islands and the mainland. Reporter rick, at this hour at least so far state police have yet to release formally release the name of the missing clam fisherman. Live in tuckerton new jersey im vernon odom channel6 action news. Vernon thank you. Camden county prosecutors have charged a man in connection way policeinvolved shooting that happened earlier this week. 38yearold Jose Fernandez ventura is charged with attempted murder. Police were called wednesday afternoon for a Domestic Violence incident on the 2700 block of federal street. Investigators say Fernandez Ventura fired a shot at a woman at close range. Thats when police shot the suspect. Both the victim and the suspect remain hospitalized. Police are trying to find out who shot up an suv in south philadelphia. The car owner was able to get al on the 2300 block of bailey terrace about 2 oclock this morning. Police found 13 shell casings at the scene. A 33yearold man got slot in the torso. Hes in stable condition were told. Police are hoping nearby Housing Authority cameras recorded the shooter or shooters. A man drove right into a concrete and metal pillar today that supports the septa train leaving him in critical condition. Chopper6 hd was over the scene on the 4300 block of frankford avenue around 11 00 a. M. Officials dont know why the male driver lost control. He remains at einstein hospital at this hour. All right. Meteorologist adam joseph is back now with a closer look at the wintry forecast. Yeah, we got spoiled yesterday. We did get spoiled with some record highs around the region. Now were going into a weekend. Its january. People who are snowboarders skiers they want some snow. We got a little bit of it. What about those of us who like you had yesterday. We start in Spring Mountain in Montgomery County, 42 degrees the air temperature there right now. We do have some of those borders and snow tubers out there as well as the skiers. Northwest wind 9 miles an hour so not many layers needed. Bear creek there in berks county 41 degrees. Winds northnorthwest at 8 miles an hour. Getting a little coating or so of snow expected for tomorrow, not a lot but that tiny bit of fresh powder on the top of what they have and then in camelback very little snow expected up in the poconos. You can still see some blue sky there. Temperature just below freezing at 30 degrees but the wind chill right now in the poconos a little more harsh than down here in the delaware and Lehigh Valley at 18 degrees. Well talk about the timing of a little bit of that snow and sleet tomorrow, what to expect in that seven day that actually has warm temperatures but it comes way tradeoff. Well talk about it in the next time i see you. I was going to say next half hour but its 4 30. It will be a minute. It will be 10 minutes. Okay. Sooner than we want. All right, thanks adam. With light snow in the forecast stay with 6abc. Com weather through the weekend. Storm tracker6 live double scan radar will show you what to expect and when and follow each of our meteorologists on facebook and twitter for updates. Philadelphias favorite founding father was honored with an early birthday celebration. The action cam was there as participants marched to the christchurch cemetery in olde city where ben franklin is buried. Reenactors laid a wreath and branches on his grave. The branches are from the Franklin Linea tree. Next tuesday would have been franklins 311th birthday. Dozens of people finished their journey to becoming americans today. These new americans took their oath of citizen snip west philadelphia. They come from 30 different countries. Todays ceremony was part of the u. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services National Commemoration of dr. Martin luther king jr. Vice President Joe Biden says had no idea he was going to be given such an incredible honor by president obama yesterday. He was surprised with the president ial medal of freedom. You watched biden talk about the experience today on the view. He joked around a little bit and then got serious about the relationship he built with obama over the past years. When the guy came up with the medal i thought who the hell is this for. Relationships are built based on trust. And trust occurs when youre thrown together in a circumstance where theres a lot of pressure and you watch the other woman or man react and you know when they have to rely on you and you have to rely on them. Biden also talked today about his work after the white house and that includes time at the university of delaware and the university of pennsylvania. Well, the new start to the year which is usually the month of january a popular time to try out new trendy diets but it can be tough to tell which ones actually work. Action news anchor Monica Malpass is live now in the news room with more on this story. Hi, monica. Hi, sharrie thats right a lot of fad diets come on the market of course right after the new year because everyone is thinking exercise. But experts are warning there are no quick fixes to weight loss. Coming up tonight at 5 00 one woman tells her cautionary tale of getting scammed by a diet that promised fast results. Well tell you thousand avoid getting yourself in that situation. Parents sounding off on a homework assignment in bucks county. Students were asked to solve a math problem involving a scenario of child sexual abuse. The school apologized but some parents are still concerned. Well have new reaction for you coming up tonight on action news at 5 00. Rick, see you then. Thank you monica. In other news students at Saint Peters School were inspired today to choose entrepreneurial career paths. Students got to take thats right a shark tanklike event. They pitched their idea to panel of judges. One of the ideas included creating a stress ball that gives off a scent when it is squeeze the. One lucky student won money to make their idea a reality. Coming up, signs outside of a local bakery got the attention of sixers star joel embiid. The hope is to get him more votes for the nba allstar team and maybe a date with his crush. Well explain coming up. Also it was inspired by a galaxy far, far away. Find out what scientists are naming a new species of primates. And meteorologist adam joseph will be back with the full forecast from accuweather when action news at 4 00 continues next. Looks like were still a man short. Not anymore. Gus the second most famous groundhog in pennsylvania. Lets hit the ice. Whoaaa take the shot buzzer that shot was one in a million. Sos this. All the money millionaire edition, new from the pennsylvania lottery. With five top prizes of a million bucks. Its a real game changer. giggles keep on scratchin to keep babies safe the u. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has approved a new federal mandatory standard for sling carriers. The change was made to improve the safety of the carriers to prevent deaths and injuries to young children. The slings now have to be able to carry up to three times the manufacturers maximum recommended weight. They also have to be made so that the seams wont separate and the fabric cannot tear. Well, the makers of the products also have to include photos to show a parent the proper way to position a child in the sling. Heavy rain and snow melt from a big storm out west had water levels rising quickly. So quickly in sacramento they had to open flood gates. This video shot by a drone showed wait looked like when they opened the sacramento wear. Opening the wooden gates allowed the water to flow into open fields and not into peoples home. The dam hasnt been opened in over a decade. A piece of history in oregon is gone forever after a winter storm. A nearly 70yearold school gym collapsed under the weight of snow at ken wood elementary. Bulldozers tour down what didnt get destroyed in the snowfall. Big talkers now. And a local bakery is doing its best to play the role of matchmaker for sixers player joel embiid. But this story has a sweet twist. Lets call it love and basketball. Embiid has a major crush on superstar rihanna. She reportedly told embiid to give him a shout whenever he becomes an nba all start. Well collegeville italian bakery and pizzeria posted this sign outside of its bakery. Rihanna, joel embiid has love on the brain. Nba vote. The bakery is hoping the sign will garner votes for embiid to be selected as an nba allstar. We saw the opportunity to help joel and we utilized our sign a lot and just to see joel he really is mr. Personality. Yes, he is. And to thank the bakery embiid invited the owners and their children to wednesdays game and fans its not too late to log on and vote for embiid. Well have to see if it lands him the attention of rihanna. Why not. The president ial inauguration is next week in washington, d. C. And recently a little mixup in numbers connected one North Carolina company to the big event but they have nothing to do with it. The phones at plum print were ringing off the hook soon after invitations to the inauguration were mailed. The shipping label had a bit of a typo on it and instead of the contact being the inauguration committee, it was the number for the book printing company. The calls came for days and the workers kindly directed them to the correct phone number to call. And finally this friday, star wars loving scientists have name a new species after their favorite character in the movies. The hulak gibbons was discovered in china nine years ago but researchers only recently confirmed it as a new species and now this jungle jedi is being named after star wars hero luke skywalker. Its also because of the way the animal moves through the tree tops. So these sky walkers are endangered with only fewer than two of them left now in the wild. Wow. Time to get another check on the highways and byways on a friday night. Lets get the update with matt who is in the action News Traffic Center. And id be giving you some big traffic troubles on the ride home this friday. Good afternoon once again sharrie and rick. One of the biggies is on the northeast extension coming southbound just south of the lansdale interchange. Its a nasty accident from app couple hours ago involving a truck and a work van. Medical chopper had to be called in to the scene. The choppers now gone and the bit of improvement since the last half hour is now one lane of stuck traffic is able to squeeze by. But it is still a very unpleasant situation, just 2 Miles Per Hour as you travel southbound away from the Lehigh Valley toward quakertown you still want no parts of this. Head for 309 and deal with those traffic lights instead. Southbound northeast extension is still a mess. Northbound i would still expect a gaper delay. Here on the roosevelt boulevard extension this afternoon southbound we had a School Bus Accident approaching the schuylkill. Thats gone now and it is still slow here on the southbound side and then in the backlog southbound just south of broad street this vehicle broke down. They got it pushed off to the side so the southbound lanes are opened on the boulevard extension now but still couple of issues slowing us down as you head toward the schuylkill expressway. Were also watching a crash in south philadelphia along south broad at geary there by the cvs. Normal delays with speeds like 11 miles an hour on 95. On 295 a crash on the northbound side right by the white horse pike and as we watch live there goes the nj dot vehicle pulling away. Still a delay though as you come north of route 47 delsea drive and southbound is busy with normal friday afternoon volume headed toward the 42 freeway. Were also watching a crash in marlton along 73 northbound approaching brick road with slowing on the southbound side there as well. And njts northeast corridor has up to half hour delays between trenton and new york this afternoon. Thats because of some amtrak wire issues. Well check it again, rick and sharrie, coming up in the 5 oclock hour. See you then. Thank you, matt. One of the first thing a reporter does when they interview someone is ask them for their name and they usually ask them to spell it as well just to be safe but one woman in australia took the question literally. Watch this. And can you spell. It. [laughter] i meant your first and if last name. She spelled the first and the words last. This video has since gone vinyl has been watched by people all over the world. Erica says she was just so nervous and she was a good sport after as you can tell just laughing along with the or. What else are you going to do were you spell first, firstand last, last. It can be intimidating. Sure. And she got on youtube over and over again. Up next we get the full forecast for your weekend ahead. Looking live outside sky6 hd showing you a pretty picture from city hall right down the ben franklin parkway. Meteorologist adam joseph has your weekend forecast from accuweather including a little bit of snow tomorrow. We got the details right after this. Meteorologist adam joseph joining us now and of course were looking forward to the weekend. Of course we are. And so how would the weather be . Its all right. [laughter] now sunday is beautiful. Tomorrow is not bad. Theres going to be a little snow and sleet. You splay to go a little slow at times in the afternoon but were not looking at a lot of precipitation. It is saturday, so it is. Stay home. Relax, light a fire and have a hot beverage. At storm tracker6 live double scan hot toddy hot chocolate. Clouds thicken up overnight and much colder than yesterday. Yesterday we hit records across the region. Not so much today but its still above normal. 48 philadelphia, 41 allentown. Near 50 for millville the Atlantic City airport dover as well as cape may and heres that change over the last 24 hours. It is 20 degrees colder right now than it was this time yesterday in trenton, lakehurst, reading as well as lancaster and not far from that for philadelphia, wilmington and all points down to the south. Theres some of that sunshine we saw earlier. The clouds now pushing in. A little precipitation northern parts of West Virginia and as we work to the west, they ther there you see tt boundary. This is the dividing lean of cold air to the north warm air to the south and theyre setting up for a significant and damaging ice storm from saint louis to wichita and also points down to the south in oklahoma. In fact, kansas city, the nfl playoff game against the steelers has been moved timingwise because of the ice threat to a night game instead of the afternoon. Expecting a half an inch of ice around kansas city but down towards oklahoma city, southwestern parts of kansas up to an inch of ice expected over the weekend. If you remember a few years ago Chester County Montgomery County we saw up to a half an inch of ice that was damage argue round here. You add another half inch on that and its going to be a big story this weekend out in the midwest. But for us tomorrow clouds in the morning, then some of that light snow and sleet at times mixing into the south. Comes in around lunchtime to 2 oclock but as quickly as it comes in notice it falls apart so it will only be a few hours that well see some very light precipitation. In fact, light snow and sleet late tomorrow morning into the afternoon, just a coating to an inch at best around the area, so again, a very nuisance event. That inch will be mainly in the higher terrain like Chester County Montgomery County up towards the Lehigh Valley. Main roads will just stay wet but watch for the secondary roads to turn slick at times especially even after the snow and sleet ends and those temperatures drop in the evening hours on untreated is your families High Pressure comes in on sunday, not as cold and lots of sunshine with your temperature of 44. The exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, a little wintry here to begin the weekend in the afternoon. And then much brighter not as cold on sunday, 44. Clouds increase on monday with some morning sun, 43 and then temperatures climb well above normal again going into next week but the problem with it is some on and off occasional rain tuesday into wednesday, temperatures then at 56. And hopefully we can break for some sunshine at the end of next week with temperatures still in the lower 50s. So, just a little snow and sleet, a coating to half inch not bad. An inch of ice in the midwest that is a big deal. It is. Adam thanks. We may be getting a little snow tomorrow but lets call it summertime in Atlantic City. Tropicana casino and resort had an indoor beach bash today complete with a tugofwar contest. This is all to promote the casinos fun in the sun events that are happening now through the end of february. Cathys gotten used to the smell of lingering garbage in her kitchen yup, shes gone noseblind. She thinks it smells fine, but her guests smell this. 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I like to watch those videos a comfy chair. How about free cup of coffee. Every wednesday in january you can get a free coffee of any size by using the 7eleven app. And finally in honor of dr. Martin luther king jr. The philadelphia orchestra is putting on a free tribute concert for opening night. The orchestra will combine traditions to pay tribute to the modern day hero. Free tickets are required for entry and you can gets them online. Seating is first come first served. This is will be on monday which is dr. Martin luther kin Martin Lutherking jr. Day. A New Hampshire couple wanted one bouncing baby. Instead theyre getting four quadruplets. The mom says they were naturally conceived and quite a surprise. Doctors have put her on bedrest because quadruplet pregnancies can be risky and are extremely rare. The odds of naturally conceiving quads are one in 700,000. The expected mom says its a blessing four times over. Theyre worried about the expenses and the hard ships later. Wow. Talk about a surprise. Why not. Thats it for action news at 4 00. Now for rick Williams Brian taff Alicia Vitarelli and adam joseph im Sharrie Williams. Join me along with brian adam and Ducis Rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of action news at 10 00 on phl17. Now heres Monica Malpass with a look at whats ahead coming up at 5 00. Monica. Hi, see you in a moment rick. Coming up next at 5 00 the latest on a crash that shut down part of the northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike. Plus details on a Health Insurance data breach affecting thousands of people in our area. And a man is back in custody after he broke out of the back of a Philadelphia Police cruiser and then escaped still wearing handcuffs. Those stories and much more coming your way next at 5 00. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, Rick Williams and Monica Malpass. Looking live outside right now, the ben franklin bridge another mile winter day but temperatures will be plunging overnight and some light snow is coming for your weekend. Today the salt trucks are getting ready to hit the roads tomorrow when that light snow starts to fall. Friday night the big story on action news is a frigid saturday forecast. Thats right. Meteorologist cecily tynan is tracking the latest from accuweather from the action news big board tonight. Hey, cecily. Hi, rick and monica. Double scan live showing there is some moisture thats moving out of the midwest. Theres a stalled frontal boundary, this is the front that moved through yesterday. Ripple of energy along it so this is whats known as an overrunning event. The precipitation overrunning the air at the surface and there will be enough cold air tomorrow to produce some snow. This is not going to be a big storm. Temperatures right now a lot cooler than yesterday. Yesterday in the mid 60s. 46 degrees but still not bad. 40 is the normal high for this time of the year but if you look up to the north and west buffalo binghamton 24 degrees. And that wind is coming from that direction. So, temperatures will be dropping down into the 20s tonight and well be stuck in the 30s tomorrow. This shows really the progression. 43 degrees at 6 oclock. By midnight around 31 degrees. By 6 oclock, 29. So it is going to be a lot colder tomorrow than it was today and certainly yesterday and then weve got that light snow event. It will be pushing in from the west to the east between about 10 oclock and 1 oclock so right around lunchtime. Could have a little bit of sleet mixing in around philadelphia and areas south and even a brief changeover to rain for far southern areas,
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