during the weekend. cecily tynan live at the big board with the latest. >> if you have snow fatigue after tuesday's nor'easter, this is not a powerful system. it's low pressure north of chicago meandering over us a coastal low moving out to sea and spreading moisture our way. it's coming in pieces. the first piece future tracker showing tomorrow morning at 9:00, a mixed area of precipitation, philadelphia to the south, snow to the north, rain to the south and east. during the day tomorrow, we are looking at a rain event, mix i-95 rain south and east during the day saturday. it's rain for all of us except the poconos. the chance of snow, late accumulations saturday night sunday morning as it all changes to snow. well let you know when the sun returns. >> cecily, thank you. sparks were flying at a house fire. chopper 6 was over the street as the electrical lines burned through the ground floor of the dwelling. it broke out at 8:30. firefighters had it under control by 9:00. fortunately nobody was hurt. minutes later, this was the scene in south if i would, two row homes were damaged by smoke and flames. fire trucks couldn't get down the street so they had to drag hoses from the connors. ncorners.no word on a cause. >> in philadelphia tonight, two cars collided in the northbound lanes with one spinning in the opposite direction another on its side. a man and woman was rushed as trauma alerts to the hospital. they are expected to survive. >> septa wants to raise your fairs. if approved, it would be the first fair hike since 2013 with the basic fair going up 25-cents. dann cuellar is live at center city. with septa fees and tokens on monthly passes and rail lines, it gets complicated. >> it does, jim. for the most part, most of the people we spoke with tonight are not happy at all with the proposed septa fare hikes for various reasons, but most because of their pocketbooks. >> i don't like it. >> i'm not liking it at all. it's hard getting jobs and stuff. it's real hard. >> it's ridiculous. with the wages not going up with the cost of living -- >> septa is proposing higher fairs on busses, trolleys, trains. tokens discounted single with key, $2. transpasses $25.50 and rail, $40 to $82.50. septa calls the fare hikes modest. >> septa requests a lot, but they don't provide great consist mer service, you know? the bus drivers are rude most of the time. >> most of the board members and manages should ride the rails and get an idea what the commuters experience on a day todays basis. >> there were some okay with the hikes. >> it's worth it. i think they should give us a discount for monthly, but other than that, you have to do it. >> computers have to have their chance to have their say. public hearings will be held april 19th through the 25th. jim? >> dan, thank you. no word how the fire started that destroyed two multimillion dollars homes at the jersey shore. they suspect that gas lines were the problem. flames started at seagull drive on avalon at 7:45 this morning spreading to another home. a mother and her newborn baby escaped unharmed. >> the district attorney charged a former state trooper with involuntary manslaughter in the death of his wife and newborn child. the charges come nearly three years to the day after joseph miller shot his pregnant wife joanna in their home. the baby died shortly after an emergency c-section. miller claimed he was cleaning his gun. at the time investigators found him negative. new tests show the gun was not several feet away but three to six incheses from his wife's head. tonight he's free on bail. >> president trump welcomed german chancellor angela merkel today. the visit was overshadowed by the wire-tapping controversy. merkel arrived eager to look at the new president causing such a stir in europe. they met and discussed security and economic issues. when they held the news conference a german reporter asked about the claim that former president obama had tapped his wires. >> this past administration, we have something in common, perhaps. >> trump was referring to revelations in 2013 from wikileaks that u.s. intelligence had monitored merkel's cellphone. >> trump refused to walk back the idea voiced by shune spicer that a british intelligence agency helped barack obama spy on trump. they called the notion ridiculous today. the latest on the gop health care bill, president trump gathered ten congressmen opposed to the bill in the office saying after that, ten nos became ten yeses. they'll vote next thursday. >> trump landed in palm beach for the weekend. officials are asking the president to pay up. over time costs for the weekend trips are close to $1 million. palm beach county has a $40 million deficit. it needs the cash. >> the secret service is facing scrutiny over two presidential security lapses. an agent's laptop stolen from her car contained blueprints of trump tower. it's highly encrypted. police believe it was a crime of opportunity not knowing what was in the computer. >> the fence jumper last week was on grounds 15 minutes. sources say he may have tried entering the building with mace. jonathan tran told a reporter after his court appearance today said he did it because he wanted the attention. he is a troubled person. >> secretary of state of state rex tillerson visited south korea. they were using digital cameras to keep their eyes on the proceedings across the border. the trump add migh administratis opened the possibility of preemptive military action. if the north elevates the threat of the program to the level we believe requires action, the option is on the table. j.c. penny will close 138 stores across the country, costing 5,000 jobs. four stores are in our area, king of prussia, willow grove, philadelphia mills mall and rio grande. jeff, the landscape is changing dramatically. >> absolutely. this is a huge loss for the folks at willow grove park and the folks affected in our area. this is just the latest department store change to announce major closings. >> it didn't take long for bargain hunters to show up looking for going out of business sales. the northeast philadelphia store is among those slated to close due to poor sales. >> we are going to miss them. i shop here all the time. >> probably going to miss it. >> it's been a rough year for retail stores. >> michael solomon says j.c. penny like many department stores fail to innovate. off price retailors like nordstrom rack and fashion stores like pri mart give customers what they want. >> they can go in once a week or every few days to see new stuff on the shelves. for young people, that's important. j.c. penny has not been able to compete because they have a traditional distribution model. >> e-commerce won't kill off brick and mortar stores entirely but moving forward successful retailors will sell both products and an experience. >> stores that sell for example cooking classes or build a bear workshops or the american girl fe none nophenomenon. those stories have a future because they are allowing people to do two things at once. >> j.c. pennies has a thousand stores and will work to improve them. most stores are expected to be closed by june. jeff chirico, "action news" wphl-17. >> monopoly is booting the thimble, wheelbarrow and boot as game pieces. >> still to come on "action news" tonight, public mourns for the ambulance driver run over by her own vehicle in new york. >> and a romantic proposal at the shower show. >> it's dry out there now, but i'm tracking rain and snow showers for a good portion of the weekend. we have the details in the seven-day forecast. >> ducis rogers has a sixer score you might not believe. we have a look at villanova's next opponent when "action news" continues. ♪ ♪ ♪ leave it to the pros? i am a pro. i made this lawn from seed pride, and less water than you'd think. to those who'd say the grass is greener on the other side.. i politely disagree. pennington smart seed. guaranteed to grow with 30% less water. reclaim your turf. >> a fire station in the broption ibronxis draped with p. last night aroy ya was driving her ambulance when a pedestrian pulled her over to say a man was hanging on to the wheel. he then jumped into the ambulance and ran her over, killing her. she was the mother of five children. >> she was the mother of not just five but to all that worked here. all i can say about her, she will live on in the lives she saved and people she helped. >> the suspect, 25-year-old jose gonzales is charged with murder. he has 31 prior arrests. >> atlantic city police officer josh ma dell shot in line of duty is among those speaking out in cuts of the police force. the state announced they are cutting police officer salaries and eliminating two dozen positions. they compare this to the bridgegate scandal. >> the state promises to run the city finances properly. the state can't even run a traffic study properly. i'm going to let that sink in for everyone for a moment. >> the state says it had to order the cuts because of atlantic city's dismal finances. the unions have gone to court to black them from taking effect. >> these are some of the cats rescued from the bucks county spca. the breeder is expected to face charges. there were unsanitary conditions. authorities allege it was run out of doreen stoya's home. all 11 cats had matted coats, flea infes stations and other maladies. >> michigan is being awarded $100 million in response to the flint water crisis. despite massive cuts to the epa proposed in president trump's budget, the agency says michigan will get all of this money. >> students at the school of medicine. tonight they had a chance to spend time with their fellow students before heading off to their next phase of their careers. channel6 put on its party hat for st. patrick's day today. our station is lit up in green in honor of the irish holiday. we hope everyone that celebrated enjoyed their festivities. we are headed into the final week of the flower show. we found a few things that may have been made this st. patrick's day the luckiest of all. we spotted this couple, amber and brent of new jersey. they were hugging because they got engaged moments before. >> i had no clue. i figured we were going out to celebrate st. patrick's day. he said let's go to the flower show. >> i have been waiting for this moment my whole life. i love this girl more than anything in the world. >> if that isn't enough to put a smile on your face it was fido night at the flower show. we spotted well-dressed pugs among the crowd. i wonder if this was pug fertilizer night at the flower show. that's inevitable. weekend accuweather forecast? >> tomorrow will be a great day to go to the flower show because it will be dismal outside. right now, we are dry. chopper 6 taking flight on this friday night st. patrick's day with a lot of green in the city of philadelphia. a lot of people are out celebrating. conditions are not that bad. temperatures are not dropping much right now. philadelphia 37 down from 45 eight degrees below normal but we made it to 40s. allentown, 38. cape may, 42. wilmington 40. poconos, 24-degrees. satellite and radar showing we started the day with blue skies and sunshine. clouds rolled in, in the afternoon. there is moisture. most of this is missing us to the south. low pressure to chicago meandering over us for a good portion of the weekend. the weather service issued winter weather advisories for the northern and western counties, lancaster, burke, poconos 6:00 a.m. tomorrow through 6:00 a.m. sunday for snow. 8:00, south of philadelphia, rain. north of philadelphia, a bit of a mixing over the city. as we head into the afternoon, temperatures rise to the 40s. it turns to rain showers across the viewing area, still snowing in the pok poconos. on and off snow showers less than an inch. then colder air saturday night into sunday morning, 10:00, change over snow. north of philadelphia, reaching the coast during the wee hours of the morning. 8:00, om a few snow showers left. we are not talking a lot of snow. pulling out to sea, wilmington areas to the south a few flakeses. around philadelphia, a coating to an inch of snow. burkes county, upper bucks, montgomery, one to two inches. north of the lehigh tunnel, two to five inches, including the poconos, great news for the ski resorts. breaking it down, anything saturday night into sunday morning rain changing to snow. we are looking at the potential for slushy roads. it could cause problems. the accuweather forecast, snow and sleet in the morning, changing to periods of rain. light snow in the morning. 46 and spring arrives monday morning with 55-degrees. tuesday, 57. then the bottom drops out wednesday and thursday, back to the low 40s and friday, clouds with rain possible and a high of 50-degrees. the best part of the weekend is the second half of the day sunday and tomorrow will be more wet than white. >> thank you, cecily. >> it was a celebration 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slump in his first tournament game since hitting these shots to win the championship. he started 0 for 10. >> we play defense and rebound here. we have a chance to win. for villanova to have a chance to win another title, they need jenkins to find the shot even though he's having his worst shooting season coach wright says fire away against wisconsin. >> we tell him keep shooting. shoot 'em up, sleep in the streets. he's not afraid to shoot in the slumps. >> you are not going to tell him not to shoot. >> it's like telling brett favre don't shoot the ball. he's a great shooter. they expect big smooth to bounce back in a big way against wisconsin. jeff skversky channel6 "action news." >> still ahead, phillies and bluejays in clear water. 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