Start the new year. We have this accuweather alert that just seems as though it will not end. Dave murphy has more on that and karen rogers has your traffic. Good morning. Good morning. Im so excited. All four of us together. I know. Starting a new year. Yay nice. Its been awhile, too. I wish the weather was nice. Yeah. Lets take you to the weather center. Well get plenty of sunshine. You can see cloud cover off the coast. Another little batch coming in from the west. That will probably pretty much break apart off to the west and like yesterday, the temperatures will really be the story along with that wind chill. Right now were at 13 degrees in philadelphia. These numbers a little better than yesterday but still very raw. 11 degrees in allentown. 12 at this hour in trenton. 12 in wilmington. 12 in millville. 16 in cape may. Even though the winds arent quite as strong were looking at severe wind chills. Feels like 1 degree below zero in philadelphia, three below zero in allentown, four
Trenton, youre at 11. Allentown just nine. 10 degrees in reading. 12 degrees in wilmington. 12 in millville. And 16 in cape may and once again its those wind chills that are really the problem with winds building now into the teens in some neighborhoods, it feels like its 3 degrees below zero in philadelphia, very similar to this time yesterday morning. 1 degree below zero in trenton. A wind chill of two down in allentown. Five below zero in reading. Three below in wilmington. Millvilles at zero and cape may at four. As we go through the day, sunshine but temperatures remaining very cold. It looks like well stop in the mid20s. This model has 24. Im going to go 26 for a high. Either way the wind chills are going to make it feel a lot worse. Were looking at single digit wind chills probably through about lunchtime or so and then stopping at about 12 this afternoon. You have to bundle up but cover up. Lots of layers as you head outside today. Possible noreaster coming for wednesday night
Having moving forward. Reporter many of the students are angry in the wake of racist stunts like pumpkins carve the to feature kkk initials and swastikas. At this 50 percent black high school they do not believe the administration is cracking down on the racial intimidation. There was a recent doll hanging and also a racial slurs written on a pumpkin. Were taking a stand by ourself without administration to show were not standing by it. Reporter a number of parents came out to support the Student Action saying it is long past due. The racial tension, the Racial Injustice thats going on here at the school, you know, the kids feel like they dont have a voice. They feel like theyre being intimidated. Reporter school let out at the normal 2t even dismissal time. There were no incidents reported. Brian, theres a big Football Game tonight against one of coatesvilles arch rivals, perhaps maybe it will have some positive impact on student morale here. Live in coatesville chester county, im ver
The scene has now been cleared. The investigation still ongoing. Were live here in radnor, im dann cuellar channel6 action news. Back to you guys. All right, dann, thank you. In other news tonight its been the target of intense scrutiny protests and vandalism over the past few months. After much debate and public outcry its been announced that the frank rizzo statue is moving from the place it has stood for more than three decades. And now to the citys decision to relocate that statue from its current spot in front of the Municipal Services building. For some philadelphians the statue of the mayor represents a mayor of division and discrimination and those beliefs led to many protests demanding the statue be removed. Action News Reporter Trish Hartman live in center city tonight. Trish, you have reaction to the news. Reporter thats right, rick. After asking for the publics input the city says it received almost 4,000 submissions and announced today that the rizzo statue will be moved f
The Death Penalty in the case. Weintraub insists without the confession, that last buried victim would never be found. Now, robert dunham, a Death Penalty opponent, was quoted in the new york times. I want to read this real quick. He said, its clearly arbitrary that a quadruple murderer is spared capital prosecution because he was successfully able to hide the victims body, and the Death Penalty gets pursued against an accomplice in a robbery gone bad. Basically dunham, who was a Death Penalty opponent, whos saying if you can hide the evidence, youre better off than someone whos not able to do Something Like that. So, ed, would you have done a deal . I would have, for this reason. Its not just the closure thats very important for the victims, and i use that in a very broad sense here. Its the families, as well. Finding that body was important, but the other thing and this is where that quote you just read [clears throat] im going to question the sincerity of the opponent because hes re