of that year. when you look at the windchill advisories in place about an hour from now and they linger through 11:00 through the entire viewing area and the windchills drop between 15 and 25 degrees below zero and we break it down region by region and northern chester and northern buck county, that is your spot, the poconos close to 30 below and i-95 and most of southern new jersey feeling closer to 15 to 20 degrees below zero tomorrow morning. when we come back we'll talk about a warm-up over the weekend but it comes with a price of snow and rain. >> thank you adam. because of the record cold temperatures, forecast tore tomorrow morning, all public schools in delaware are closed. find that information at 6abc.com and scrolling on your screen right now we will constantly upgrade the school decisions. chad pradelli is live now at the philadelphia museum. these cold temperatures are dangerous and even deadly. >> reporter: yes jim at least a half dozen people have died from hypothermia in the past month and one man died just this morning and colder temperatures are on the way but all of these deaths could have been prevented. >> the bitter cold enveloping our region is deadly. at least six people have succumbed a man was found dead just steps from his door in allentown. >> we have her as a jane doe right now and taken with a core temperature of 71 degrees. montgomery county coroner dr. walter hoffman says that hypothermia can set in quickly, slivering drowsiness, confusion and weak pulse and slow, shallow breathing. >> in 10% of the cases we see people that undressed themselveses. >> our older adults need someone to look in on them is is a community effort for people to look in on their elderly neighbors. >> again check on your loved ones on your neighbors and if your home loses heat you need to seek shelter and if you need assistance or can't do it on your own call 911. i'm chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. before you bundle up and head out into the cold, check the 6 abc storm tracker app both the hourly and seven-day forecast are there to help you get ready for the frigid temperatures. other news at this hour, authorities say that a prank led to the deadly stabbing in montgomery county yesterday. 32-year-old peter adam stabbed danny vazquez at the meat packing plant the argument started tuesday when vazquez tried to pull a chair out from under adam. it spilled to a physical fight that ended with the stabbing death of vazquez, and adam suffered self-inflicted stab wounds and faces charges of murder tonight. >> tenth anniversary of the disappear an of danielle imbow and richard patron jr. david henry is live outside of the federal building in center city philadelphia. >> reporter: the fbi is convinced that danielle and richard were the victims of a professional hit jobs, now they are looking for the killers and who ordered the hit and why. >> this just didn't happen this was an orchestrated hit. two people and a truck do not just go missing. >> they were last seen leaving it was my son. he was a father he was a brother and he is missed every single day. no word can describe what it is like not knowing happened to your child. the police questioned him many times and have not ruled him or anyone else as a suspect imbow moved to north carolina shortly after danielle disappeared. he told me he was questioned again by fbi agentses a couple of days ago and was glad they were reinvestigating. he hopes this is the year they find out what happened to danielle and richard. >> the fbi has fresh eyes on the case and they discovered significant leads in the past two years. >> we are looking at the investigative steps taken so far to make sure nothing was missed. >> and the fbi is hoping someone out there will help them fill in the missing pieces of this puzzle and help them collect a $50,000 reward live at the federal building david henry channel 6 "action news." >> firefighters says it appears that a cooking mishap started this fire. and that it started in the kitchen and spread throughout the house nobody was hurt. the fult it is the second time that a deal to sell the revel has fallen through. six candidates all democrats for philadelphia mayor outlined their positions during a for yum today in the park side section of the city. former judge nelson diaz and jim kenny, former mayoral spokesman doug oliver and milton street took part in the event. street has not formerly announced his candidacy. among the topics are education and job creation and the purge of poverty. and now -- i'm jeff skversky with the phillies down in florida, on day one of pitchers and catchers cliff lee doesn't just pick up a baseball, he picks up a magic 8 ball, temperatures are below freezing across the eastern half of the country and we'll talk about the wintery weekend with precipitation and accuweather. >> those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. penn state abington students hit the road this afternoon for state college, they are heading to take part in thon, the 46 hour marathon that takes place to fight pediatric cancer, the largest student run philanthropy in the world and includes all campuses of penn state. abington police escorted the dapters and then it was on to state college. "action news" is heading to state college and covering it all weekend look for chad pradelli's live coverage as the dance marathon thon gets junds way at 6:00 p.m. archbishop chaput celebrated mass at a prayer breakfast in drexel hill, hundreds of people including many young people turned time-out to hear the archbishop's message and it was sponsored by the fellowship of catholic students. a philadelphia police officer has gone above and beyond the call of duty to raise money for autistic students in the school district he has raised money to buy ipads. >> officer sammy sanchez got emotional as he watched the children play on oxford avenue this afternoon, just seeing the kids having a good time, jumping around this is why i do it they have raised nearly $8000 to purchase ipads and a special software for 36 autistic children in the philadelphia school district. parents of an autistic child sammy sammy jr. saw him soar after buying him and. >> kids like 16-year-old jose sorrano and others from olney high school that received ipads today. >> we have students with communication needs and this is very helpful for them. it's go pro software especially designed for autistic children. >> it allows the kids to use it as a speech device so they can ask a question this actually as a voice audio so it will repeat. >> they held bowling fundraisers to come up with the money and got lots of support in the community and colleagues. >> to put together something like this, i conhelp to be a part of it. >> children from five philadelphia schools received ipads today and sanchez hopes to increase that number in the near future. ♪♪ i've been drivin' a lincoln since long before anybody paid me to drive one. i didn't do it to be cool. i didn't do it to make a statement. i just liked it. ♪♪ lease an mkc for $349 a month plus competitive owners and lessees get $1000 bonus cash only at your lincoln dealer. remember ping-pong diplomacy. >> they have a lot of ping-pongs but not a lot of wins. >> the sixers roster continues to change. michael carter williams was sent to milwaukee as part of a three player trade deal. mcw tweeted out i cannot lie i'm shocked, i love this city thank you for everything. he is gone. k.j. daniels dealt to the rockets and a couple of first round draft picks the one from oklahoma city is top 18 and the one from the lakers is top five protected and a second round pick from houston. the balls are in the air in clearwater and the phillies held their first workout for spring training jeff skversky he joins us with more. >> cliff lee knows that the phillies are in rebuild mode and he heard all the trade rumors to dodge some really tough questions on day one for pitchers and catchers lee picks up a different kind of ball, a magic 8 ball. >> that is a tough one i don't know if i want to answer that. very doubtful. >> cliff lee shakes his magic 8 ball as he is asked question after question. but all jokes aside, lee means business even if his other ball and phillies fans believe that it's doubtful that they will contend. >> i'm here now and wearing a philly uniform and i'll do anything i can to get us to the post season and a world serieses. >> after only pitching in 13 games last year because of elbow issues. he is healthy. >> i don't have any problem with cole maybe choose his words differently, i don't have a problem i know he wants to compete. >> yeah, the general manager he gets it cole is a competitor and he wants to win and so does cliff lee he said today they were embarrassed they lost 89 games in each of the last two seasons. >> thank you jeff. the flyers and sabers skate tonight at the wells fargo center and buffalo has the worst record in the nhl and the flyers stand 7 points out of a playoff spot and the pressure is on. >> we are playing for our lives here obviously every game is huge. no matter how we have to we have to grab two points tonight. and the eagles released james casey he caught three balls and two were touch downs and they saving $4 million in salary cap. students at council rock south in bucks county made a long distance call all the way to space. we work on a regular 24 hour clock, we are human beings and we have that kind of flee dom. >> that was a member of the team on the international space station talking about how they adjust to time as the space station flew over the school at 17,500 miles per hour. the call was made using hand radio technology. here's to the explorers. those diagnosed with cancer who didn't settle for just one opinion on their diagnosis or recommended treatment plan they explored their options. and discovered a new level of empowerment. at cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia, that's what we do-empower our patients with a comprehensive second opinion. and because time is of the essence, we do it a single one day. explore your options with a one-day second opinion. learn more at cancercenter.com/eastern. it is cold enough walking outside in these temperatures but thousands are getting ready to take the plunge into the atlantic ocean this weekend tents are being set up in seaside heights today on saturday this is the site for the 2015 polar bear plunge to benefit special olympics and it was a balmy 35 degrees, we did a live report of you doing this plunge in sea isle city. >> it's not a shock within you go in but when you come out you freeze up i couldn't walk. >> lets move on to double scan live radar around the region right now, it's all dry out there and we are starting to lose the cloud cover that was build up this afternoon the highlights we talk about the bitter windchills and of course the dangerous cold, this is the second time this week we see the windchills the extreme, monday morning close to 16 degrees below zero, 17 below tomorrow morning and 20 below in the northwestern suburbs, it's rare and dangerous and the cold is going to plummet those frostbite times, if you have to work outside or spend an extended period outdoors have you to cover every extremity and part of your skin it takes 30 minutes tomorrow morning to capture the frostbite and in the poconos as soon as 10 to 15 minutes, those winds are howling 36 miles per hour in philadelphia and 33 in reading and 28 in wilmington and at the shore winds clocking in at 30 miles per hour. the windchills are dropping across the board. 10 below in lancaster and the same for philadelphia and 3 bee lo in wilmington and we'll continue to watch the numbers hit the teen digits in the next three hours. that high squashes any precipitation from forming because the air is so bone dry, that comes from the poles this is called the cross polar flow, the air syphons and builds in siberia and the north pole and you have the polar vortex and a piece of that will set up near the hudson bay and because of all of that extensive snow cover to the north and it's jet stream to the south basically that cold air which is dense it slams down into the lower 48 and there is nothing stopping it this go around and this air hitses siberia and the delaware and lehigh valleys, tomorrow morning we expect records in philadelphia and allentown and philadelphia smashing it's old record of 6, the exclusive accuweather forecast, 17 is the high tomorrow and single digits in the afternoon and windchills afternoon and evening chill breaking out at 32 not a big storm but a nuisance 1 to 3 inches before it changes over to sleet, and freezing rain and rain. could be extended period of icing in the lehigh valley but it should mix by some rain by sunday morning and sunday we dry out in the afternoon and move the temperatures back to normal. that 46 is normal for this time of year but it doesn't last long. the bitter blast returns monds and tuesday and highs in the 20s and no warm up in sight by thursday of 28 degrees, kind of a rough stretch continuing. >> abc's world news tonight is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff shirleen allicot, adam joseph and ducis rogers. and then at 11:00 here on channel 6 a warning for parents about a highly dangerous drug making its way into the hands of teenagers, wendy saltzman has a preview. >> local teens are turning these easy to get overthe counter drugs into a risky high, there are unthinkable consequences what parents need to know about the warning signs tonight at 11:00. >> for cecily tynan adam joseph and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us at 11:00. jacklyn: our middle schools have classes that are devoted for test prep. my kids only have a half a year science and a half a year social studies to make room for preparing for the test. gina: we have no after-school programs, we have no freshman sports, we have no extra anything... okaikor: we're cutting those programs to make way for test prep. and we're not taking in to all the other things that makes a child whole. gina: we are setting our kids up to fail. on this thursday 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