live outside sky 6 hd showing you penn's landing and a very frozen delaware river today windchills hoverer around zero degrees and a wintry mess is coming along with a warm-up. we have team coverage and david henry has efforts from officials but first melissa magee with the latest from accuweather. >> it was definitely a frigid start, most locations had temperatures below zero if not in the single digits. philadelphia the morning low 2 degrees, 1 degree shy of the record set in 1979, the air temperature in the poconos, we broke records today in trenton wilmington and dover. trenton record low 0 and 2 for wilmington and dover. this is what you felt when you stepped outdoors 35 below in in the poconos and 16 below in philadelphia and 22 degrees below zero in lancaster. most locations are still feeling the chill because the winds sustained at 4 miles per hour in philadelphia and 23 miles per hour in the poconos and they are coming in from the northwest and you are charging down the arctic air from the north that plunges south ward into our region. below zero from wilmington. the weekend outlook showing you on saturday the good news we climb above freezing with the high temperature of 33 degrees, we are tracking snow and changing over to wintry and messy precipitation by days end and on sunday we are milder and also tracking some early rain, it will get warmer into the weekend but we'll be tracking some unsettled weather and we'll look at future tracker 6 and how much snowfall is on the way tomorrow. >> thank you melissa. firefighters in darby had to contend with the cold while battling flames. people were forced out of their apartment and water from hoses froze on nearby streets, fortunately nobody was hurt. an intersection was flooded with water after a water main break here at ridge avenue in the strawberry mansion section. the main was shot off shortly after. others that have to brave the cold are doing anything they can to stay warm. david henry is live in center city with more on that. >> reporter: hi rick, a much smaller than normal lunch time crowd on the streets of center city people are trying to stay indoors as much as possible and if they have to go outside they are finding various ways of coping but most are just grinning and bearing it. >> it's freezing out here, you have the hat and hood and heavy coat, and layers, should be fine. >> we need more sun. >> i am wearing lots of layers and it's helping. >> and the sunshine is helping. >> a little bit. >> your coat is wide open, and no hat and no gloves. >> my office is right there and i don't get cold that easily. >> i'm out for two minutes i'll be okay. >> are you listening to bob marley right now i am not. >> you are listening to something warm right now. >> not frozen? >> no not frozen. i am frozen. >> i have two coats on right now. >> we are frozen in place we are not moving. >> i'm used to this weather, i'm used it now because i've been doing it for so many years. >> i can fit one or two people in here. >> i live in vermont, so i'm just here, this is not that crazy of a temperature. it was 24 below the other day at home. >> have you to keep it all in perspective. 20 degrees warmer here than vermont, can't beat that. david henry channel 6 "action news." >> okay, put things in perspective. chopper 6 hd gives you an idea how cold it is outside, some surfaces of river is completely covered. and the mercury tipped to 0 today and it was hard for people waiting for the bus and even worse news for those people working outside in the bone chilling conditions, for this pseg crews it meant freezing at times. >> we work with water and we may end up getting wet we have to put on robber boots and suit up and the water is freezing on can't. >> today is the coldest day in trenton in 80 years the previous low was set in 1936. to prevent the cold from being a problem, the septa crews got an early start. the first employees left the maintenance yard at 4:00 a.m. the equipment does not work the same way in the cold. >> in the summer things expand and this kind of cold things contract we slow our vehicles down to make sure we are not coming off the wire and creating a problem. >> riders were happy to see trains and buses up and running but commutes were still tough and no amount of layering could keep out this kind of cold. check out the 6 abc storm tracker app both the hourly and seven-day forecast are there to help you get ready for the frigid temperatures. one person was hurt in an early morning crash in montgomery county, at 4:45 in huntington valley, the driver of the pickup was trapped and had to be cut out of his car and was taken to the hospital in serious condition. an atlantic county doctor accused of harassing his patients facing two dozen new patients. he was arrested for sexually molesting his opinions. and he was charged with 37 more accounts, that came forward since the initial allegations surfaced. he is now awaiting a court date. out of our delaware newsroom, investigators need our help tracking down suspects. the university of delaware police say this trio stole cards on campus this month and back in december, and they are wanted by police in maryland and each time they helped themselveses to purses in offices and then bought food and clothes. call police if you have any tips. armed robbers are at work in west philadelphia a trio is -- surveillance footage captured one robbery, it shows a woman entering her apartment and shortly thereafter the three bandits followed her in. >> we understand it's cold and the head phones on and the hoods up and sometimes not paying as much attention as you should, do not live in fear but live with aware and. >> police were able to identify one of suspects a 16-year-old. philadelphia police are trying to track down a missing woman at this hour, mildred rooem was last scene at her home in the winfield section, she suffers from dementia and often wanders away from home, she are concerned she is outside in the frigid temperatures. new at 12:30 organizers of this year's world meeting of families say they are well on their way to meeting their fundraising goal organizers want tods raise $45 million for this event this includes pope francis francis's first visit to the u.s. they are two-thirds of the way to their goal and that begins september 22nd and the pope is set to visit four days later on the 26. rebuttals begin today in the so-called american sniper trial. and one local couple brought a whole new meaning to the term lifelong commitment. we'll introduce you to life long sweethearts married for 72 years. take a look at this scary sight over india two planes crashed in the area and were able to land safely. the pilots were not hurt. now the defense will get to rebut the expert for. ryan owens has more. >> reporter: they rested their case after they called one doctor to convince the jury that the marine veteran was insane, the psychiatrist that diagnosed ralph with extreme schizophrenia, while he was a war hero to many -- to eddie ralph on the day he killed him the men were paid assassins send to kill him. kyle's widowes her head. and that he is a -- and attacks his mother for not alerting chris kyle that her son was in a mental hospital before taking him to the gun range. >> it didn't occur to me at the time she responds. >> the jury could respond ralph's fate as soon as monday. a matter of inches is all that spared the life of a transportation worker yesterday bobby ismal's truck was flattened when a driver lost control on a patch of ice, he saw the semi spinning his way and had enough time to spin out of his seat to avoid being crunched. you are like stop, stop, stop. and it stopped i wondered is this it and is it going to hurt? >> he escaped with just some bumps and bruises and expected to get back to work last night. >> they started as high school sweethearts at west philadelphia high and that quickly blossomed into a lifelong commitment. they marked 72 years of marriage last night and bunny is 98 and eddie in 93. they have nine great grandchildren and as always expected their marriage to last a lifetime. >> love, compassion and sense of humor. >> my advice is to take it easy, don't expect to much and rejoice with what you get i never really stopped loving her not for a minute. >> the only time the couple was separated in 1945 within eddie served in the air force in world war ii. 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talking about the record cold. from new england as far south as florida. we'll show you what is going on stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, you can see it's dry and quiet, it's all about the cold. a frigid start to the friday, not much of a recovery as we get into the afternoon hours most locations have windchills at zero if not below zero. north and west of down, 7 for lating ton and 12 in pottstown and same thing in center city. ewing 15 and hockessin coming in at 13. winds sustained 25 miles per hour in the poconos as little as 15 miles per hour in philadelphia with higher gusts. it feels like 3 degrees below zero in philadelphia and 6 degrees below zero in the poconos. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have plenty of sunshine overhead a mostly clear sky down to the mid-atlantic region, the sun is not doing much to get the temperatures up this afternoon. 10:00 tomorrow morning a mostly sunny start and thin clouds overhead. we are tracking an area of low pressure traveling eastward and it gives us a threat of snowfall, future tracker shows you 1:00 at afternoon in lancaster county as well. it continues at 3:30 in the afternoon with snow oversweeping much of our region we'll get a gradual change over from snow to rain as the day wears on as far as suspected snowfall areas to the south and east and our immediate northwest suburbs, there will be a change over to snow and messy precipitation depending where you are. it starts at snow and turns to a mix at night. icing concerns especially in the lehigh valley. this turns to a light rain late saturday into early sunday morning. dangerous cold today a high of just 17 degrees think windchills at or below zero for most of the day. we are tracking the evening snow tomorrow transitioning to a mix with a high of 46 degrees and a high of 27 on on monday and tuesday 28 and a high of 36 on wane. we go from cold to snow to rain. >> thanks melissa. we are two days and counting until the oscars sunday night but only a select few make the decision, alicia vitarelli is there for the big show and explains the process. >> reporter: it's officially oscar weekend in hollywood and all eyes are on the nominees but there is an actual science to picking the winners, there are 6,000 academy members 85% of the member vote each year using a paper ballot or a secret online i.d. they choose five nominees that they actual worked in and rank them one two five, in most categories a movie or person needs nominations. this lets members vote for a clear front runner without fearing their votes will be wasted. the best picture is special the movie must be top choice to get a nod and up to ten movies can about nominated. for most categories it's simple but it could take rounds of tallying to get best picture if one movie earns half it wins automatically, if not the movie with the fewest first votes is eliminated and the movie that is top gets the votes. that step is repeated until there is a clear oscar winner. we'll be here when the winners are announced. my live reports starts at 4:00. alicia vitarelli channel 6 "action news." and just in time for the oscars by the way we are excited to announce that direct tv is now an authorized provider for watch abc customers can see abc shows live at watch abc , that coming up tonight on prime time. at 8:00 it's last man standing and 9:00 shark tank and at 10:00, 20/20 and followed by "action news" at 11:00. parents know that everything gets messed up the moment you cleaned it instead of telling you why that happened one mother showed it and the video is going viral and 3-year-old sophie wong's video is going viral and these college girls are showing off unbelievable golf trick shots. go to website/distraction. and melissa magee is here with more on the weather. >> it's windy and winds out of the northwest are bitterly cold 17 degrees in philadelphia but dress for windchills below zero, 14 for allentown for a high and millville just 18. ten years after 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