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Areas like trenton wilmington and reading have fallen into the upper 30s and could go lower than that 47 in cape may. In philadelphia were expecting to stay cool albeit bright. 53 degrees by noon. By 3 oclock 61. Thats going to be your high. We might push that back until 4 oclock or so. By 7 oclock down to 54 degrees. Not as windy as yesterday but on the chilly side. Dressing the kids for the bus stop get that coat ready as were looking at some temperatures in some suburbs as low as 36 degrees as theyre waiting for the bus over the next couple hours and 41 in philadelphia t and of course we still have that frost advisory that we talked about yesterday and in that fact its expanded. Its not only in northern bucks county and on up through the Lehigh Valley and poconos but northern Montgomery County now included, northwestern chester county, berks county, Lancaster County and Central Counties in south jersey, the pine barrens included here so potted plants come in this morning if you forgot to put them in last night. Karen we have a warmup starting tomorrow afternoon ill have that in the seven day. We have an accident in hatfield. Were looking at it live here. This is 309 southbound at county line road. We can see police out here. Theyre blocking a lane and you can see how traffics flowing on the scene on 309 southbound heading towards ambler. You want to watch for this accident at county line road. Lets switch over here to the big picture. All of our construction is clear on your majors, blue route, schuylkill, i95 in good shape. Flyers play tonight at 7 00. Youll see extra congestion there in south philadelphia. No congestion here on the vine street expressway. You can see westbound, eastbound little bit of volume picking up, a touch of building volume but overall no delay and no overnight closures scheduled for the vine this week so thats some good news. We do have lots of construction going on out here, though. In New Castle County i95 northbound at talley road. Watch for construction out here thats going to last through november. Its been causing delays through your rushes, morning and the evening rush so youre going to watch for that to happen. Also the ramp from i95 southbound to 295 has been closed. That should be clear pretty shortly. We had an overnight truck from yesterday on the ramp from i95 and also 495 southbound approaching 95 but thats clear now, matt. Okay, thank you, karen. Breaking overnight, fire forces crews to evacuate an Apartment Building in south jersey on one of the first cold nights of fall. Action News Reporter Katherine Scott is live where the flames broke out on Cooper Landing road in cherry hill. Katherine. Reporter matt, certainly somely frightening frightening moments. I know it is dark out but you can see some of the damage the exterior of this building on the upper floors there after this overnight fire that charred bricks on the exterior one occupant was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. There were no injuries to firefighters. Lets get to some viewer video so you can see how intense those flames were here. The fire broke out on the fifth floor of the six floor building around 11 45 last night at the colonials apartments West Building on the 800 block of Cooper Landing road in cherry hill. Police and fire crews immediately began knocking on doors. They were telling residents to evacuate. The Cherry Hill Fire Department and Mutual Aid Companies responded. Several apartments were damaged in this fire which was placed under control around 12 30 this morning. Neighbors here saw thick smoke and heavy flames. They grabbed their kids, their pets, maybe a few belongings and they got out. First floor the Police Officer banged on my door and told us to get out and i grabbed my children and ran. And i went around the see what was going on and it was a huge fire. It was really big. We heard the alarm, fire alarm about 11 oclock. We just left the apartment. It was so bad, too bad. And the fire was coming out of the balcony. Reporter heavy flames here earlier. Again, the fire was placed under control around 12 30 this morning. The cause of this fire remains under investigation. Were live in cherry hill, Katherine Scott, channel6 action news. Jeanette. Katherine, thank you so much. A young mother is in jail this morning suspected but not charged in the deaths of her two young boys in wilmington. One is said to be five years old, the other just a few months old. Police were called in to the 800 block of west ninth street yesterday morning to check on the well being of those children. Officers found the boys dead but also smelled a strong odor of gas. A group of adults and children from the neighborhood held a vigil outside the home last night. I had this terrible feeling was it the little boy with the dreads, you know, the cute tiny little boy, was it him cause he would come around all the time and he would always ask to play with the dog. Im just broken hearted. The police chief says it appears the boys drowned but theyre waiting for the medical Examiners Office to rule on the cause of death. An update on a stroke of bad luck for the sugar house casino. Workers scrambled to fix a problem that shut down all the slot machines at the fishtown location last night. Gamblers reported they could not withdraw their winnings. Action news confirmed overnight that the casino has repaired the malfunction. Your time now 5 36 and a hearing will be held in harrisburg today on philadelphias beverage tax. City controller Alan Butkovitz released his findings from talking to store owners. He claims the tax has brought down revenue by 60 percent at the businesses included in his survey. The city could have achieved the same revenues and also funded its promised programs by sustaining the wage tax at its current rate instead of a bait and switch that took place with the beverage tax. Mayor kenneys office shot back saying Philadelphia Residents and the entire Business Community support the reduction of the wage tax because unlike the soda tax, its a tax that everyone has to pay and it suppresses job growth and business attraction to philadelphia. He also touted that the beverage tax pays for thousands of prek students. The city of philadelphia honored senator john mccain with a 2017 Liberty Medal. Former Vice President joe biden presented his long time friend the Liberty Medal at the National Constitution center last night. Mccain received the award for his lifetime of sacrifice and service to the country. The six term arizona senator says he is humbled to join the ranks of past honorees. You can watch the entire Liberty Medal presentation honoring senator mccain with our special broadcast on sunday at 1 00 p. M. Right after action news at noon. And if you havent stepped outside yet, it is chilly. Its crazy to think we have frost advisory now and then 70s this weekend. Yeah, no kidding. I mean, the numbers are bouncing right back up as soon as tomorrow afternoon its going to feel worlds different but for now storm tracker6 live double scan showing us were dry and as we take a look outside a lack of cloud cover, winds dying down and might that be the moon out over the Commodore Barry bridge . Almost looks like it is and obviously lots of stars out there as well. Unfortunately it is extremely chilly to start out. Your temperature right now 42 degrees. Places as close by as wilmington and tren to there have slipped into the upper 30s and we may be going down from there over the next hour or so. Winds out of the north at 6 miles per hour. Visibility at 10 miles of course. No problems with the visibility. This is the coolest chilliest morning that weve experienced since last may eighth with temperatures getting as low as 35 in some suburbs and 43 in philadelphia so definitely chilly and youll want to react to that with a nice jacket as you head out early. You might not need it that much this afternoon. This afternoon looks cool. Weve got lots of sunshine with the cloud cover from yesterday finally moving off the coast and so it is a day for shades. Todays forecast, it stays on the cool side again. 42 degrees in philadelphia by 8 oclock. Some suburbs still struggling to get out of the 30s by 8 oclock. And by 10 oclock, 48 degrees. Then by noon, 53 still pretty cool and a high today of 61 degrees. Well hit that somewhere around 3, 4 oclock this afternoon and then start sliding back to 58 by 6 oclock this evening. High temperatures across the region not much of a range at all today under the sun. Weve got 61 in allentown and trenton and philadelphia and wilmington. 62 in reading. 63 in millville and it looks like 62 down the shore in cape may and a. C. And then tomorrow with High Pressure really depending on how you look at it kind of stubbornly moving through the region or maybe delightfully moving slowly through the region its just going to stay to our south for the next several days. Thats going to encourage a westerly flow and more of a southwesterly flow and tomorrow afternoon after a chilly start well get up to 72 for a high and in the sevenday youll see numbers continuing to inch north. Your exclusive accuweather 7day, 61 and cool today, lots of sun not as windy as yesterday. Tomorrow morning starts out chilly in the 40s in most neighborhoods but in the afternoon mostly sunny and milder up to 72. And then here we go. Thursday sunny and nice, 73. 74 friday with lots of sun and for the weekend, another 74 on saturday and it now looks like sunday tops out at about 77 degrees. Not exactly as cool as you probably expected when you brought in union ticket at the beginning of the season but theyre going to kick the season out with very mild weather on sunday. And then monday another nice one, 75, partly sunny skies. The eagles at home at night and, you know, it will be cool, probably slipping to the 60s during the game. But that is also a lot milder than what you would have expected when you looked at the schedule. It ought to feel nice. Yeah. Thanks, david. Time right now 5 40 and eagles players expected at the nfl owners meeting today to discuss the National Anthem protest. And Students Walk out, outraged at what a new jersey teacher told a student speaking spanish. Fbi agents say they have arrested the women who dressed at nuns to rob banks in new jersey and pennsylvania. Karen. So far so good on the schuylkill expressway. Heres a live look near the conshohocken curve and traffic moving nicely. Were going to check that accident in hatfield when we come right back. 5 43. Cracking open the Temple University cam to take a live look at Center City Philadelphia on this tuesday morning. All right, lets head over to karen rogers for a look at traffic. Karen, i was kind of chilly in my car. It was so cold outside. I know, right. Temperatures nearly 30 degrees colder in some spots than yesterday morning and so when youre headed out you might want to warm up the car a little bit. Looking live on 309 near orvilla road in hatfield township. Earlier i was showing you a shot here and we could see that we had emergency workers on the scene. You can see as youre heading southbound towards ambler that accident has cleared, all lanes back opened, looking a lot better in hatfield on 309 southbound now that that accident cleared. A new problem in horsham. Its a vehicle fire here in Montgomery County on sargon way at horsham road. Fire crews on the scene but a vehicle fire happening right now and that one in horsham on sargon way. Northeast extension northbound past lansdale, construction is out there but look at this. Still 66 miles an hour, so no problems even with the crews currently blocking a lane. This one might cause an issue though in magnolia because construction crews out here are going to last until 9 oclock this morning. So, this is all through your morning commute theyre blocking two lanes here in south jersey its on the white horse pike thats route 30 between warwick road and evesham avenue. Construction blocks two lanes all through the morning commute. Lets show you right now the temperature difference. We just had jeanette telling us how chilly it was this morning and heres why. Temperatures 22 degrees colder in the Lehigh Valley. 19 degrees colder in the city but 29 degrees colder in toms river, 27 in atlantic city. That cooler air has moved in. We had been waiting for this but dont get used to it. It doesnt stick around all that long. Today is going to be a cool day. 35 in quakertown and pottstown, 42 in center city. Feeling a little frosty in some spots, 38 in browns mills, 39 in hammonton and tuckahoe. 43 degrees in dover. Only headed up to 61 today, jeanette. Karen thank you so much for the update. Authorities have suspended the search for an Oil Rig Worker who disappeared after an explosion on a platform in new orleans near new orleans rather. The 44yearold texas man was a subcontractor on the structure. Seven people were injured in sunday nights blast. Investigators still havent said what caused that explosion. And students at a north Jersey High School walked out of class in protest yesterday. They are protesting a teacher who told Spanish Speaking students to speak american. The teacher made the remarks to a student at Cliffside Park high school on thursday during a math class. Students say the teacher had asked them to stop whispering in spanish before the incident. Dozens of students participated in a walkout yesterday. They are calling for that teacher to apologize. I think she was just trying to get across just stop speaking spanish but she said it in the worst way possible. America isnt only for like english and that there should be freedom of speech. The School District has been silent despite repeated media requests for comment. The National Anthem protests are expected to be high on the agenda when nfl owners meet in new york today. In a rare move the nfl invited players and their union reps to the table. Seattle see hawk Michael Bennett says he and eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins are among 10 players who will attend the meetings today. Addressing insqueak quality for minority are the and the need for police reform. All sides will try to three College Football players from berks county who took a knee have been offered reinstatement. Jacqueline fetra the president of Albright College in reading says in addition to a strong reaction from students she received greater clarity about their actions during the anthem earlier this month. She says larger and issues of social and Racial Injustice must be addressed. Two women who tried to rob a bank dressed as nuns face charges for two other holdups. These are surveillance photos from the failed attempt in Monroe County in august. The same pair robbed two other banks in northern new jersey last month. By that time police say the women ditched their habits and hid under head scarves instead. Coming up on 5 48. If you want to be the hottest house in the neighborhood this halloween find out what brand of candy your trickortreaters will likely be after. Good to know. And pay up. Local restaurant employees are getting thousands of dollars in back pay. He happening today, mayor jim kenney will cut the ribbon on septas first direct bus route station on the roosevelt boulevard. The Service Starts on sunday. The ride will run from franklin Transportation Center to Neshaminy Mall making eight stops along the way. Thats expected to be 30 percent faster than taking the current bus routes. Nice. You know how much we like to get people to work on time, right so good news to hear about that. Heres a be pro policemen you might face. Lets look outside live in bensalem in bucks county. Route one at the pennsylvania turnpike its clear but the Turnpike Commission is warning there are going to be delays getting on the turnpike here at bensalem because of bridge inspection. Its going to last until 7 oclock this morning. Watch for that trying to get onto the turnpike. New nearby on the turnpike eastbound near the Neshaminy Falls tolls, we have an accident that just popped up. Its on the shoulder but we have emergency crews responding right now so they may have to block a lane when they come to the scene dave. Karen on the big board this morning, man is it chilly out there. These are the coolest numbers weve experienced since around the middle of last may. Were in the upper 30s in reading and lancaster and trenton. 38 in wilmington. 40 in allentown and i think once the next to that of the hour numbers come in, we are liable to see these numbers dip again and some of you are going to get down into the mid 30s in all likelihood. Of course we have a frost advisory in all of the outlying suburbs. 41 degrees in philadelphia pie 7 oclock, noon 53 and today is going to stay cool. Well have plenty of sun. The winds wont be as high as yesterday but a high of 61 around 3, 4 oclock and then back down into the 50s after 5 00 and 7 oclock. A chilly one out there, guys, so bundle up this morning. Thank you david. Talking candy here. The National Retail federation estimates shoppers will spend 2. 7 billion on halloween canned this candy this year. A bulk store called candy pentagons out who buys where. They came up with each states favorite treat. Pennsylvanians go for m ms consuming a whopping 290,000 pounds of the candy coated chocolates. In delaware its lifesavers and new jerseys tasting the rainbow with skittles coming in at number one. I find it a bit odd you see in nevada hersheys kisses. Hershey is in pennsylvania. In rhode island my home state candy corn, i mean, thats a problem. You dont like candy corn. No, no one likes candy i dont know who buys candy corn. I dont know. Maybe david. He might be the only person. Reeses Peanut Butter cups. What do you like. I like life savers, skittles, m ms. Share your favorite halloween candy with us. Be sure to use 6abcaction on social media and well be right back. Yum, yum. Im val. The orange money retirement squirrel from voya. I represent the money you save for the future. Whos he . Hes the green money you can spend now. Whats up . Gonna pay some bills, maybe buy a new tennis racket. Hes got a killer backhand. When its time to get organized for retirement, its time to get voya. A fighter for the working men and women of Atlantic County. Brown fought for whats right by taking on trenton special interests and standing up to Chris Christies takeover of atlantic city. He fought to protect jobs in our region and to defeat the north jersey casinos. And now brown is working to keep Atlantic County affordable for families and retirees. Lets keep chris brown fighting for us. Chris brown for state senate, hes on our side. Good morning everyone. It is triple 5s, tuesday. You always get the triple 5s. Always seems to happen at this time of the morning when we have to look at the Commodore Barry bridge and a partial moon there coming up over the horizon. All right, well, Chester Police are asking for help to catch the man who robbed and sexually assaulted a woman on her way to the bus stop. It happened early friday morning near the 300 block of east 23rd street. Investigators say the suspect is seen in Surveillance Video carrying a shotgun. And a Philadelphia Restaurant has been ordered to pay nearly 400,000 in back wages and damages to 63 employees there. A u. S. Department of labor found tell hulas garden in Washington Square violated the overtime minimum wage and recordkeeping positions of the fair labor standards act. Line cooks were doing prep work off the clock and so were servers and bartenders. Happening today, Ohio Governor john kasich will join former Vice President joe biden for a discussion at the university of delaware. The republican and democrat will discuss how to bridge the political and partisan divides in washington. The event is presented in partnership with the newly established biden institute. Its sold out but you can watch it online live and i have a twitter link that you can go to to do that at 1 00 p. M. Well go to your twitter and follow you as well. Please do. Time is 5 57. A cleanup continues at a philadelphia school. Well tell you when the district plans to reopen a building with an ongoing mold problem. Facial Recognition Technology has reached a point where it can automatically identify your dog, your cat or your pet rabbit. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With matt odonnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. Good morning, everyone, its 6 oclock on this tuesday october 17th. Tam is off. Jeanette reyes joins us. Were following breaking news for you. A fire forces people from their Apartment Building as firefighters rush to rescue at least one person. Tough talk. Senator john mccain uses the Liberty Medal spotlight in philadelphia to warn americans of what he called spurious nationalism. And bundle up. Its the coldest morning weve experienced so far this fall and theres even a frost advisory in some areas. And even though its supposed to be like this, why dont we just complain about it. We may as well cause were not used to it because we have been having temperatures in the 70s and were going to do that again. I got a lot of people on twitter saying im okay with this. People are like ready for

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