An Emotional Message for those who helped him out. Happy st. Patricks day to all of you david is off karen rogers is here with matt pellman. Reporter we have the luck of the irish. We have clear skies and the sun rises in over an hour it will be nice and bright. The temperatures 28 in philadelphia. 19 in allentown and the poconos. 22 in millville. 28 in dover, delaware. Anything that melted, we did get melting yesterday, its certainly frozen over. Feels like 16 in reading, 20 in philadelphia. 7 00 a. M. Well be 29 with sunshine. Noon, 37. 3 00 p. M. , 42, finally make it into the 40s. The clouds increase, 5 00 p. M. , 42, but mostly sunny skies. 7 00 p. M. , cloudy, 39 degrees for the high. Were tracking shots of wintry precipitation, the first round is overnight tonight into tomorrow. Thats a wintry mix. Some light snow in the Lehigh Valley, a bit of an icy mix in philadelphia. Overnight into early tomorrow. Tomorrow we get rain snow showers in philadelphia. A couple of wet snow showe
Potential is there that flooding still could occur through the 2 oclock in the morning hour of saturday. Mainly this is for streets as well as smaller creeks and streams across the area taking on this excess water and the rain will linger into the overnight hours tonight. Well have the ponding on the roadways really over the next few hours before that rain lessens in intensity. Poor drainage flooding as well and a chilly breeze as those winds continue out of the eastnortheast at 12 to 25 miles an hour. Well talk about a better weekend ahead. One day will outshine the other. Well talk about that in the full accuweather forecast sharrie in a little bit. Thats what we want to hear about. Track the weather throughout the weekend on 6abc. Com. Keep an eye on the road with storm tracker6 and check the hourly forecasts and be sure to follow our Accuweather Team on social media for the latest updates. A man is under arrest this afternoon accused of a sniper style shooting in Northern Liberties
And Atlantic City little bit less closing in on an inch of rain. Now, with the heavy rain, there is a possibility of some ponding on water on roads and also some of the smaller creeks and streams, the low lying areas there could be some flooding so an aerial flood watch posted until 2 oclock saturday morning. If you live in an area that typically floods, it probably will tonight. So, this is what to expect. The rain lingers into tonight, ponding of roads, reduced visibility, slow it down if youre driving. A chilly breeze, up to about 25 Miles Per Hour and then the winds will shift drying us out overnight. Ill talk more about the weekend and track more rain on the way in the accuweather forecast. Monica. All right, thank you cecily. In other news one man is behind bars accused of opening fire on the parking lot of a philadelphia Gentlemans Club. 29yearold Lawrence Mitchell is facing attempted murder charges after the incident monday outside delilahs. According to police he used an ar15
Valley funeral home and a collapse on camera stranding drivers on the highway below it. And the big story is the south jersey father on trial for the murder of his 3yearold son. David creato jr. Is charged in the death of his son brendon found in Haddon Township in 2015. Katherine scott is live now at the Camden County courthouse. Where testimony is underway. Reporter that is right. The Opening Statements were this morning and then the prosecution started to call their first witnesses, assistant prosecutor, Christine Shaw paint aid picture of creato having money problems and being in a dysfunctional relationship with a 16yearold girl that wanted nothing to do with his son. They maintain his innocence and say that prosecutors can not meet the burden of proof in this case. He sat can quietly for Opening Statements, he stands accused of killing his 3yearold son brendan in 2015. His lawyer maintains his innocence. To show he is the person dj creato reported his son missing, and said he las
Son. Sara bloomquist is live outside of the Camden County courthouse. Sara Opening Statements and the beginning of testimony what did you learn today. Reporter jim only a few witnesses were called today following the Opening Statements. The most interesting testimony came from brendon creatos mother that the defendant david creato suggested that his son was drawn to the woods by spirits where his body was found. He sat motionless as the trial got underway in Camden County court. They toll the case that was carefully instructed to make his client look guilty but he is not. He goes by dj david jr. And the accused of is the most heinous thing a person can be accused of. But he is innocent. Jurors heard creatos 911 call when he told police he woke up and found his son missing. Hours later brendon was found partially submerged in a creek more than a half mile from his fathers apartment. And Christine Shaw refuted the idea that he walked there on his own the boys socks were clean and he fear