Cover from yesterday which did start to break up nicely in the afternoon is now off the coast and were expecting a nice sunny start across the region, maybe some of those clouds out to the west and southwest start to roll in later today. 28 degrees though in philadelphia, so it is colder this morning than it was this time yesterday. 25 degrees in allentown, 25 in reading, 26 in trenton, 28 in wilmington. 30 degrees in millville and 30 currently in cape may. Theres a little bit of a breeze out there, too, so your wind chills in some cases are making it feel like its the teens. Thats pretty much the story across southeastern pennsylvania at this hour. And in philadelphia a wind chill of 18 and down in millville, 22 which aint much better. As we take a look at the Current Situation with flood warnings we still have that one from yesterday up along the Rancocas Creek between pemberton and lumberton and all the small stream tributaries up until at least noon today. Theyve also added the Maurice River down near vineland. That will be up through much of the morning at least and just now the Great Egg Harbor River has been added in atlantic county. If youre in any of these areas ive shown you be careful for flooding on roads. Temperatures are going to be on the cool side today. 35 by 11 00, 39 by 1 oclock and im going for a high of 41 at 3 oclock this afternoon. Notice how some high clouds may start to mix in later in the day. Karen, anything on the roads. Just some construction crews. This is the schuylkill expressway eastbound under 30th street as you head towards south street. We still have the overnight construction out here blocking a lane but theyre in the process of clearing. Should be wrapped up any minute now. Westbound we didnt have any overnight construction solookinr those crews on the schuylkill expressway. We had construction crews on i95 also northbound near the betsy ross bridge. They have cleared. Good news there. We have a couple of accidents though causing problems. This one right on kings highway at moore road and were hearing its serious in coatesville, Chester County that someone is trapped in the wreckage there so be careful with emergency workers coming to that scene. Also an accident on the 30 bypass eastbound just approaching 340. Were hearing two vehicles involved. Still flowing past the scene. A couple morning accidents, its cold out there. Wouldnt be surprised to see a slick spot, matt. Thank you, karen. Well, its no not just you. This years flu season is one of the worst impacting people throughout the Delaware Valley with no signs of letting up. Some hospitals are even restricting visitors to help stop the spread. Action News ReporterJeanette Reyes is live at Jefferson University hospital with that part of the story. Good morning, jeanette. Reporter good morning, matt. The national flu outbreak is among the worst on record and even locally last week was especially bad here in this area. Now, officials are saying they really have no way of predicting when this epidemic will end. The nationwide flu outbreak could be the worst on record according to Health Officials. The number of flu cases being reported are increasingly alarming. The h3n2 strain known as type a is that especially packing a punch this year. Fevers, chills, a lot of causing, sometimes even have the nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. Reporter trying to do what they can to limit exposure, hospitals have now instituted Visitor Restrictions to protect patients staff and visitors. Jefferson is encouraging the use of its just connect app which allows face timing. It avoids you having to go to a waiting room where flu is rampant and getting you actually getting the flu even if you may not it could save you from getting the flu. Reporter the Pennsylvania Department of health is reporting 26 flu related deaths last week alone. Since october 1st, Montgomery County has seen 2100 cases, the highest in the commonwealth. Delaware broke a record with 995 cases reported just last week. That includes six deaths. New jersey almost doubled the number of flu cases last week with over 2,000. That compares to the 4700 cases it saw the previous three weeks. Now, Health Officials are saying its still not too late to get your flu shot and it is especially recommended if youre 65 and older. Reporting live from Jefferson University hospital in center city, Jeanette Reyes channel6 action news. Tam. Thank you. Firefighters got control of a fire burning through a home in trenton. The fire gutted the top floor of a row home on the unit block of colonial avenue. It spread to at least one neighboring home. And this all broke out at 9 30 last night and took firefighters several hours to get it under control. No word on how the fire started. No injuries were reported. Residents along with Philadelphia Police staged a walk against crime after a deadly weekend in the city. Family and friends held a vigil in honor of Curtis Williams at ninth and huntingdon streets last night. The 35yearold was killed by gunfire in north philadelphia on sunday. This is senseless. I just hope that justice will prevail. A southwest Philadelphia Community also came together in response to a deadly triple shooting at 75th and elmwood streets. Local clergy, members of town watch, police and councilman Kenyatta Johnson went door to door to talk to neighbors. The federal corruption trial continues for the mayor of allentown. The prosecution could rest as early as today after nearly three weeks of testimony. Democrat ed pawlowski is accused of trading city contracts for campaign cash. Jurors have heard from witnesses and secretly recorded conversations involving the mayor. Pawlowski says hes innocent. If the prosecution finishes today the defense will begin presenting its case tomorrow. Federal wildlife officials will be in trenton to try and scare away as many as 30,000 crows. The birds are making a mess of the capitol city plus they are noisy and present a danger to planes. Officials plan to use methods ranging from pyrotechnics to lasers flashing lights effigies and the playing of audio of birds in distress. Residents in trenton can expect to get an earful and an eye full from 4 00 to 9 p. M. Today through friday for the next two weeks. It is 5 06 and the eagles winning the super bowl has not only been good for lifting the spirits of fans its also been a boost for local businesses. The philly team store says demand is three times higher than normal and they keep reordering from suppliers. Street vendors are still capitalizing more than a week later in addition to all the fans buying merchandise the convention and Visitors Bureau says Super Bowl Weekend equated to a 16 percent increase in Hotel Occupancy and that means more tax revenue for the city and the state. And were back to those temperatures that we saw the morning of the parade. Yeah. Remember that. Yeah. Cold. How could we forget. It was chilly to start out. I tell you, we had a sweet deal though. We dont want to hear about it. We were freezing. In the sun, it was a wind block. It was great. Lets go ahead to storm tracker6 live double scan and we are dry. Taking a look outside clear skies over philadelphia. Look overhead and youre going to see plenty of stars. You look down at the ground at spring Martin Spring mountain excuse me and you see plenty of snow being made. Looks like it will be a good afternoon for skiers if thats what your plans are. As we take a look at temperatures though colder this morning than it was yesterday when we were still in the 50s in a lot of spots with temperatures in the process of dropping. Right now were already down to 25 in allentown, 25 in reading, 28 degrees in philadelphia and wilmington and 30 in millville and you can see how that wind is gently dropping down out of the north continuing to inject that chilly air into place across the region. Hey, were going to get some sunshine, though. You see plenty of that getting ready to pop up over the highways and byways so plan on keeping the shades handy today. Some of these high clouds out to the west and perhaps to the south may try and come in later in the day. Generally speaking it looks bright. Thats what well call for in the lehigh valley. A sunny start, maybe later today high clouds, still pretty good all the way though. Brisk and coat weather with a high of just 38 degrees, little bit of wind out there and sun mixing with some clouds at the shore, 42 degrees, again a little bit on the breezy side at times and in philadelphia sunny start certainly, a few high clouds streaking in as the day goes on. A little bit brisk with a six to 12 Miles Per Hour wind and 41 is your high today. And overnight more clouds build in and that helps sort of form an atmosphere blanket over the region and it wont be as cold. Well have winds light and an overnight low of 32 in philadelphia, some outlying suburbs could dip into the upper 20s and then tomorrow, well, we start to get a little bit milder. A High Pressure sets up to the south, then courageous a southerly flow and we wind up with a high on valentines day of 52 degrees. There will be more clouds marching in during the day and there could even be rain that comes in during the evening. Future tracker6 shows you that it looks like by 8 oclock were still dry for your early plans on valentines day evening but by the time youre coming home, maybe 10, 11 oclock it might be a little bit wet out there. Your exclusive accuweather 7day forecast were looking at a high of 41 today, bright and chilly. This will be the coolest day of this work week. Milder again then on wednesday, 52 degrees. And again, some showers at night. Perhaps an early shower on thursday. Otherwise clouds some sun and a very mild high of 65 degrees. And then on friday, morning showers are possible. After that we dry out. We get a high of 60 but thats in the morning. Temperatures will plunge once that rain ends. And by dinnertime we could actually be dipping down into the 40s on friday. For the weekend its back to chilly conditions. Some sun, cool, 40 degrees is the high. And sunny and milder now the way things are looking on sunday with a high up to 50. Monday president s day would appear to be the next chance of rain. Okay. Thanks, david. Time right now is 5 10 and from baseball pitcher to drug kingpin, police say they just busted a former allstar with cocaine. Also medical mystery. Imagine going to sleep an american but waking up sounding like youre from britain. Meet the woman who says it happened to her. This might sound like a dream job for chocolate lovers. Find out which company is looking to fill position of chocolate taster. Karen. Oh, i was born for that. This is finally my job. Lets look outside here in exton, Chester County. Route 100 at commerce at sunrise boulevard, no problems here. Well take you to Fort Washington next. Welcome back. Taking a live look there, clear cold morning at Philadelphia International airport. Its 5 13 and 28 degrees. Any chance of there being some icy spots out there from all that rain runoff. Yeah, for sure there could be as youre traveling. You want to watch. Weve seen handful of accidents here. Looking live on 309 at the pennsylvania turnpike. No problems. Everything is moving just fine right here in that Fort Washington and a good shot of the roads over all in forty eight condition yet we check here the suburbs we look in Chester County and we have a couple of accidents and in fact one of them serious here. Were hearing on 340 at moore road an accident where someone is trapped in the wreckage. So you have ems workers coming to the scene right now. Another accident a little slowing on the 30 bypass eastbound approaching 340. In concordeville an accident on route 41, gap newport pike at limestone road. So, watch for that accident as well and in cherry hill they have some emergency construction going on right now blocking the left lane on route 70 westbound past 295. Unclear how long thats going to have to last but it caused huge delays yesterday afternoon during the rush so if this stays out here, i mean, you know what a mess 70 is in cherry hill anyway so if you block a lane its just not good. I want to show you these temperatures here. Its 23 in quakertown and that doesnt want to disappear, 25 in warminster, 28 in center city and the suburbs in new jersey its also in the 20s. Were below freezing everywhere. Take a look at the 24 hour temperature change. Its 26 degrees colder in philadelphia than it was at this point yesterday. Bundle up. Cold this morning. Chilly this afternoon before the milder air comes back, matt. A big jump, though, or big fall really. Yeah. Thank you, karen. Former allstar pitcher estaban louisa suspected on drug trafficking. The 46yearold was arrested in san diego on friday as part of an ongoing narcotics investigation. According to investigators a search of his car turned up 44 pounds of cocaine in a secret compartment. He played for eight different teams throughout his career that ended in 2008. An arizona woman says shes never left the country and yet she woke up one morning speaking with a british accent. Michelle myers was diagnosed with foreign accent syndrome. The rare condition usually accompanies a stroke, neurological damage or Underlying Health issue. Been to the psychiatrist at hospital, you know, they make sure youre not a loon. Yes, she sounds like the real deal. Myers also suffers from a condition that causes bruising and painful joints. The flyers host the new Jersey Devils tonight. The flyers in third place in the metropolitan Division Just one game behind the second place pittsburgh penguins. The sixers signed veteran guard Marco Belineli last night and then t. J. Mcconnell helped the streaking sixers to another win. The reserve guard earned his first career tripledouble and he did it off the bench which was a first for the team. Mcconnell had 10 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists. The sixers win 10892. Muum dinosaurs only eat meat actually, the biggest dinos only ate plants and country crock is made with plants. Country crock has always been made with the goodness of plants. It has real, simple ingredients. And the same Country Fresh taste you love. Welcome to crock country. New tv, new speakers, netflix. This is going to be the place for binge watching, ladies. Is it, ladies . Dont get me wrong, you have killer tech mrs. D, but you still dont have fios. Ok . Fios is a 100 fiberoptic network, literally engineered for streaming. Good advice. Ive also got some ideas on a better cereal selection, which i will keep to myself. Experience netflix on the 100 fiberoptic network made for streaming switch to fios and get a year of netflix on us with a twoyear agreement. If you are looking for a new job and you Love Chocolate yes. Get the resume ready. Okay. The Company Behind oreo cadbury chocolates and many other snacks is looking to hire a chocolate and cocoa beverage taster. [laughter] according to the job listing applicants need to be eager to try new and inventive products. Uhhuh. It is parttime work. Okay. Pays 16 an hour. Im in. And the job location is in great britain. You should understand this is like when they decide to mix like Cheddar Cheese into chocolate you got to try it. If it has chocolate im willing to try it and get paid for it, yeah. Part time 16 bucks and you got to live in england though, karen. You have a job, too. I do have a job but i like chocolate. Lets take a look outside can they send it to me. Maybe we should work something out. This is Gloucester City route 42 near 130. Ahead we have some construction and it cleared and people are up and at em already and moving okay. Weve got a fire location in new castle here. Pilgrim road at cahala. David was trying to help me pronounce this. Cal halland. Stick to lambson lane instead of cahalland. I told you it was like hakuna mat tata. Bundle up earl. By lunchtime we climb to 37. Im going for a high of 41 degrees at about 3 oclock. For the evening commute were Still Holding 40 at 5 oclock and probably down to about 38 by 6 oclock. Not a lot of wind but it will be chillier overall with in high of 41. At the airport in case youre trying to warmer climbs or colder climbs for that many no major delays at any of our big travel destinations. From chicago to orlando i dont see any sign of rain right now. Tam. Thank you david. Going on to health check fast eaters may finish their food first but it could be leading them to gain weight. Research team analyzed the effects of eating speed and obesity. People who ate their food slowly were 42 percent less likely to be obese compared to people who wolfed down their food quickly. People who cut out after dinner snacks and didnt eat within two hours of going to bed they were less likely to gain weight. Action news investigation tonight takes a look into patient brokering a fraudulent scheme some exploits people addicted to drugs and costs Insurance Companies millions. Heres a preview. Reporter im action news Investigative Reporter chad pradelli. Theyre called jung keep hunters or patient pimps accused of paying addicts to go to rehab. The practice is illegal and action news sits down with a young man who claims he was brokered. He takes us inside the fraudulent scheme and explains how it can that hinder the towed recovery. Detox was 500 and if youre half clean in there you can get offered a quote unquote detox package where theyll have somebody who get you high bring you to the facility so that you have dirty urine and can be accepted. Reporter inside patient brokering thats tonight on action news live at 11 00. It is now 5 22. The countdown is on for the latest movie from the marvel universe and black panther is already seeing huge success. Philadelphia schools are drastically changing the way lunch is delivered to your children. How the effort hopes to be more environmentally friendly later on action news. First up, gmas first look. In this mornings gma first look the president s son don jr. And his wife vanessa recovering from a scare, someone sending a suspicious envelope to their new york city apartment post marked from boston. It was addressed to don jr. But Vanessa Trump opened the letter to find a white powder inside. She called 911 just after 10 00 a. M. On monday telling police she felt dizzy. Suspicious package. Firefighters treating her and two others at the apartment then taking them to this hospital in manhattan for evaluation and precautionary tests. The powder later deemed to be nonhazardous and sources telling abc news it was just cornstarch. Don jr. 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Boseman is returning home to his african nation to take his place as king following his fathers death when an old enemy reappears putting the entire world in danger. Black panther center city first major with an africanamerican in the lead role the first to employ a black writer and director which would be kugler. Helping add to presell numbers at the black panther challenge an effort to raise money so children can see the movie for free. So far 400,000 was raised. This popped up on my personal feed. This kid is so excited hes going, this is the reaction when kids at the school in atlanta found out were going to the movies. Marvel is owned by disney which is the Parent Company of 6abc. Coverage of the movie continues on good morning america. Actor michael b. Jordan is set to talk about his role as a villian. Find out which grammy winner will be a headliner at musikfest this summer. An iconic philadelphia sculpture returns to center city today with fanfare and with a different look. National retailer is accused of reselling returned makeup to customers. Action news continues. Now on action news flu fears rising in the Delaware Valley. Local cases are now hitting record numbers. Ulta pretrail. Popular beauty chain is accused of reselling used makeup to unsuspecting customers. Philadelphia is feeling the love. The iconic statue makes its way back to center city this morning. Good morning. Its 5 30 on this tuesday, february 13th. David and karen join us. Right now we have more like cuddling weather than yes. I think youre right but were all here and its too late for us. Hopefully you can stay in bed and pull the blankets back up. Things getting milder for valentines day. Thats good. Lets take you to the Weather Center though and for now that cloud cover will which did start to break up nicely in the afternoon is now off the coast and were looking at plenty of sunshine early that looks like most of today will be bright. There could be a couple of high clouds building in later on. It is chillier this morning than it was yesterday by a long shot. Yesterday we were still kind of falling through the 50s in philadelphia at this ho b