And good afternoon we begin with a look at the noreaster that is hitting us at one of the worst possible times. Its dropping snow and rain just as people head out for the long holiday weekend. The change from snow to rain has already happened in Center City Philadelphia and places south of the city are getting a messy mix. There is a storm warning in affect for several counties, including here in allentown, making the roads a mess. And its disrupting travel plans nationwide. Flights are canceled at Philadelphia Airport and some flights are delayed. We have a look at the delays on the road and on the rails. We begin with david murphy and karen rogers, they are tracking the winter storm and what you can expect throughout the day. David murphy is live at the big board. About a half hour ago my twitter feed exploded with acity because there was a big boom. Everybody wanted to know if it was thundersnow, only the third time in my life i heard it and maybe the first time for you. There is an
Without a full fridge, from the thanksgiving pie to stuffing and gravy and more, home chef his to navigate crowds and tricky weather today. We have Live Team Coverage of the winter storm, vernon odom is live at Philadelphia International airport and Nora Muchanic has conditions from trenton. But first lets go to Melissa Magee with the latest. We are tracking stormtracker 6 live double scan with the coastal storm starting to wind down and pulling to the north and east and well show you what is going on, from the rain at the coast to delaware, we have mixed precipitation in delaware and the snow is north and west and well widen out the picture, affected by much of the eastern seaboard, on north and eastward in areas of maine, and the back edge is pulling apart and away from our region from three and a half to four hours from now, if you are traveling by air, and there are hefty ones, 103 minute delay there and boston logan is reporting delays, from ohare to atlantic but newark, new jerse
In the news there is new information about the plane crash in taiwan, how a pilots mistake may have caused the plane to go down. And a water main break in delaware this morning. But we begin with breaking flus, a Chester County teacher is accused of having sex with a student from coatesville area senior high school. John rawlins has exclusive details on the arrest and allegations and he joins us live from westchester. Reporter hi rick, the defendant is 35yearold mark hostedleer. Only action news was here outside of the courtroom when he was arraigned. Its alleged by the east Goshen Police department that in 2008 he gave a then 17yearold female student and had sex with her on four separate occasions at his house and his parents house he lives in east goshen township and is employed at the School District where the then 17yearold was attending in 2008 and he has been a teacher since 2007. At this point he had nothing to say today as he departed the courtroom, bail was set at 20,000 and h
Windchills and it wont be the coldest night in philadelphia, that was 9 degrees back in the beginning of january. When i come back well talk about cold temperatures this weekend and periods of light snow in the full accuweather forecast. If you stepped outside you felt the cold right away but it was hard for people stuck working outside in the bitter temperatures eva pilgram is live now and she is working and talking to construction workers and they will dealing with the elements. Hey eva. Reporter its bitter cold but cold it feels is what you have to touch. Here on the walk of fame. Ill take a temperature reading with my trusty thermometer its 10 degrees because that say metal plaque we asked how cold it felt to you. We took our thermometer out. I woke up and put the long johns on and then the trousers and then a vest, and thermals and that is me ready for the day. Im pretty warm now i have underarmor. It makes a difference. We used this infrared device to see where the heat was escap
Tables, and pulled his own weapon and struck one robber in the head head, killing him. I knew he was dead, he wasnt moving, i kept calling and he wasnt moving i just called 911. Officers rushed here after the 68yearold victim walked to the philadelphia side to call 911 and paramedic his to rush him to the hospital he was suffering from chest pains. I talked to him in the ambulance, he was shook up and upset but at the end of the day he is alive. Upper darby detectives canvassed the area and looked for his partier, his deceased partner had a toy gun and a mask on him. They tried to rob the wrong guy, preliminarily they robbed the wrong guy. Period. Again sources say that police have identified the suspected robber as an 18yearold West Philadelphia man his body was just removed from this park, detectives will question the 68yearold man as soon as possible. As you heard he had a concealed weapons permit. Kenneth moton channel 6 action news. Thank you kenneth, we have breaking news tonight