Pottstown 1 and philadelphia tied the record of 4. This morning a lot of my twitter followers were telling me how cold it was i said i need visual confirmation. So they started sending me in pictures. Get a load of this. Glassboro new jersey. Here is mullica hill. And i could have showed you about 20 ofese. Everybody started sending these in. It was really, really cold first thing this morning. Temperatures are back above zero now but the wind chills are below zero. It feels like 19 below in the poconos with a wind chill warning in effect until 10 00 a. M. 7 in philadelphia and 5 in millville. Forecast for today, well see mostly sunny skies out here. Its not going to be quite as harsh as yesterday. The winds should ease up a bit after lunch. 19 degrees is the forecasted high. This will be the last of the bonechilling frigid cold air. When i come back in just a few minutes, well talk about the milder temperatures heading this way and the accuweather 7day forecast and a little mix arrivi
Records are likely bng shattered this made the cold more bearabl eaa bit but easing out there. Warmer weather is on the way but not by the end of the weekend. First breaking news from the vine street expressway. The expressway is closed in directions from 17th to 23rd streets because of ice. The water came from here. Its a Water Line Break at a garage at 17th and cattle hill. You can see it peering through a fence there. Crews are heading to the scene to cut off the water and remove the ice from the expressway. For now avoid the vine street expressway. Stick with action news for updates on this breaking news this morning. And a good morning to you. Nidian han is off and Jeannette Reyes joins us. Chris sowers is here with the accuweather forecast. The wind chills never got above zero. Today is going to be cold. Later this coming week the temperatures really start responding well have a few 50s in the 7day forecast. Right now this is the coldest that weve seen. This is the worst of it ri
This is action news spots sunday sponsored by audi. Welcopots sundaylad you are with us joining us thi week former eagles great and ron thanks for coming in and we know the team they will face at the link matt ryan and the Atlanta Falcons the match up a lot of birds fans wanted of the teams available to play is this the match up you wanted . I would agree with that the Atlanta Falcons are a Good Football Team but not the team they were a year ago and to be theest you have to beat best and they were a year ago so this i think is a good m for the eagles. And you know we all matty ice matt ryanigh school wellknown in this area but he is a guy that i think when you pressure youanorce him into and thiseagles be critilan they force matt ryan into mistakes. The eagles und d at home athe one seed rpring yeah. Number one seed, you are 133 are you kidding me. But do you know what i liked it. I actually think Doug Pederson has an arrow in the quiver we get no respect 133 and nb going to sell the
Own Tamala Edwards sat down with the two authors of tasting freedom. A book about the life of Octavious Catto a little known philadelphia civil rights activist from the 1800s. Take a look. Authors murray dubin and Daniel Bittle published tasting freedom in 2010, a biography about forgotten philadelphia hero octavius catto. He was a civil rights hero at a time in this countrys history when African American civil rights heroes were just not very well known. Catto was born in South Carolina in 1839 and moved to philadelphia at nine years old. Explain during his lifetime what it was like in philadelphia in general when it comes to race. You were unable to vote until 1870. You couldnt sit in a, in a jury. You could not go to the academy of music. You couldnt go to a Public School where white students went. Your job choices were very, very limited. It was a difficult life and your life was in danger on the street both from whites and from people who would want to kidnap you and send you sout
The future is for the unafraid. Im rick williams. And im melisa magee. Tonight its a special visions 2018. Celebrating black History Month meet temples first Rhodes Scholar. See how the sixers are spending their summer. And from mastering money to meditation, see how several black Business Owners are making their mark welcome to tonights show. Were here at uncle bobbies coffee and books in germantown. Its owned by professor, author and activist dr. Marc lamont hill. You might recognize him from some of the cable news shows they have a little light fare food, coffee from local brand la colombe. Plus a vast array of titles by and about people of color. And speaking of books, our own Tamala Edwards sat down with the two authors of tasting freedom. A book about the life of Octavious Catto a little known philadelphia civil rights activist from the 1800s. Take a look. Authors murray dubin and Daniel Bittle published tasting freedom in 2010, a biography about forgotten philadelphia hero octav