Employ clip. You see the shades of brighter white thats a thumping snow. The National Weather service issued a winter storm warning for the counties highlighted in pink. Areas north and west of the delaware river. Everyone else ask under a Winter Weather advisory. Well see a mixture and changeover to ice and later to rain. Forecast for today. Increasing clouds as the clouds lower and thicken throughout the day. Most of thely cloudy skies with snow mostly cloudy skies with snow developing around noon in Northern Areas and 1 to 2 in the city. And jersey shore 3 to. Ill talk about the time lines and the accumulations to expect in your neighborhoods. Its feeling like the movie of groundhog day. As chris said some of us are waking up to more record cold again. In Queen Village space heaters are an extra. I have them here through the next month. The opening of ritas is a sign that spring is around the corner, believe it or not. Through the snow, ice and brutal cold stay on top of it all with 6abc. Com weather. The hourly forecast and live Storm Tracker 6 live radar will keep you prepared no matter what winter sends our way. New at 9 this crazy cold weather made it harder for firefighters in Camden County to get two fires under control. The action cam on eagle road, the cold was a big issue. There was a lot of slipperiness from the water. We did have an issue with one hydrant adjacent to the house. We had a crew extend another line down to get the water there. One of the residents complained of smoke inhalation, but that person did not go to the hospital. Frozen hydrants prifnted firefighters from prevented firefighters from getting a handle on the flames at the Emerald Ridge apartments. The red controls is offering shelter for those displaced tenants all were alerted by smoke alarms. Action news was there always firefighters tried to get water to a delaware home. The delaware newsroom covered the inferno in else him or elsmere. Firefighters battle the the intense heat and the brutal cold. Investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire. Two people were injured in this headon collision in north philadelphia. One victim is fighting for his life. The accident happened just after midnight in the 400 block of west lehigh avenue. Both drivers were taken to Temple University hospital, no word on who or what caused the wreck. Overnight the new secretary of defense arrived in afghanistan. Dr. Ashton carter touched down in kabul. He said the afghanistan governments needs to be more unified. The afghanistan tan president comes to washington next month. At that meeting carter may plan to slow down the closing of basis in afghanistan. Were learning details in the apparent road rage killing in las vegas. The suspect bragged to his friends about the shooting. A new report sheds light on the encounters between the suspect eric in nowch and tammy miles per hour. They say he told friends afterwards quote got those kids, they were after me, and i got them. End quote. Nascar has indefinitely suspended one of its biggest stars over allegations of domestic violence, days before the daytona 500 which is sunday. Kirk buschs suspension comes after he was ordered to stay away from his exgirl friend. The judge said it is likely he strangled his exgirlfriend and smashed her head against the wall and the judge said theres a likelihood he will do it again. He plans to appeal. He is the first driver suspended by nascar for domestic violence. We are just one day away from the biggest night in hollywood. Oscar sunday is almost here and the race is on to get everything ready. Marry bruce has more from hollywood. Reporter its game time in hollywood, the countdown to the oscars is on. From rolling out the red carpet to polishing up the soughtafter prizes and wheeling in the big man himself. Everyone is racing to get ready for the big night. Chef to the star Wolfgang Puck is putting his touches on the the d event cata the menu. Neil Patrick Harris has experience with shows but this is different. This is just isnt about who walks away with hollywoods top prize, step aside oscar this is fashions biggest night. What people at home dont realize how much effort goes into one look. Ment pressure is on and the stars are pulling out all the symptoms to wow on the red carpet. Mary bruce abc news, hollywood. Alicia vitarelli is in hollywood with live reports all weekend long and all over social media. Check her out. 6abc is your home for oscars. It starts tomorrow night at 7 00 a. M. Go to watch abc. Com to see behind the scenes video and if you have a verified tfer supplier, you can watch oscars live. The search for answers is on after a massive fire at one of the worlds tallest sky scrapers chris . Reporter its snowing as far south as the carolinas and the virginias. That moves into our neck of the woods later this afternoon. Ill have the latest time line and projections when we come right back. From youve probably picked five things a million times without breaking a sweat. No problem. So the Pennsylvania Lottery changed th easy to play. Simple to say. Youve picked out four things before, right . One, two, three, four, and youre done. Simple. So the Pennsylvania Lottery changed the name of big 4 to pick 4. Its that simple to play. Pick 4. Easy to play. Simple to say. Many people are no doubt sick of the snow, at least the cold. These two red pandas are loving it. They live at the cincinnati zoo. The keeper captured this adorable video. They are from the himalayas they are cruised to this kind of weather. When it sthoals they cant help but have fun. I wish i felt that way about the snow. Reporter they are so cute. You know what else is happy all the polar bears are happy too all the snow and the cold. As we look live on sky 6 Philadelphia International airport. Clouds lowering and thickening not seeing any snow just yet. Double scan live were seeing flakes across central pennsylvania harrisburg, Williams Port reporting light snow showers and flurries. Millville, new record, 6 below. Atlantic city at the airport, 4 below. Dover and trenton set new record lows at 5 degrees. Were rebounding nicely, but this is still pretty cold. 20 in philadelphia. 18 in millville. 24 in Atlantic City. Thats the ocean air starting to creep toward the northwest. 15 in allentown. 15 in reading dover windchill of 7. Feels like 5 in the poconos. Feels like in allentown, 15 in millville. Its a blustery and cold morning around the delaware valley. Its better than this time yesterday. Yesterday we were stuck in the Single Digits for quite sometime. Theres the area of moisture that will come charging into the cold air thats sitting over the mid atlantic. That means well see snow later this afternoon. Heres future tracker 6 as far as the time line, looks like the city is clear by 1 00 p. M. Snowing we have the of the city, that will move snowing west of the city. That will move on in. The darker the colors on future trash tracker the heavier the snowfall will fall. Look for snowfall rates at 3 4 of an inch to a half inch at times. Theres the line right there. Philadelphia looks like youre still snowing at that point. The warm air from the ocean and chesapeake and delaware bays move to the north and it eventually flips everybody over to rain tonight before ending. Sunday will be beautiful. Starts out damp of damp. Well see clouds breaking for sunshine and were back up nrlt 40s. What to expect later this afternoon, snow, heavy at times the roads become covered slick spots out there expect slow travel and visibility as an issue as it goes less than a half mile. As we see the snowfall rates increase. Snow totals, for philadelphia, 2 to 4 when all is said and done. In the Lehigh Valley, it will be snowing a little bit longer the changeover wont happen until later tonight. Good agreement with the models, 4 6 for the Lehigh Valley. 4 to 6 for the Lehigh Valley poconos. 2 to 4 wilmington and trenton, 1 to. Cape may county and south jersey and delaware. 33 degrees is the late day high. Allentown, 20, late day high. Not much of a breeze stained out of sustained out of the south at 10 miles per hour. Not the harsh windchills we saw yesterday. 4 degrees sunday. That will feel fantastic. Another arctic blast monday. 23 is the high. Monday into tuesday 6. Some areas close to zero. Tuesday, cold, snow showers wednesday, thursday and friday, cold again. Its winters. Spring is about a month. You appreciate things more when you suffer i think. Reporter i agree. Flames could be seen shooting from one of the tallest residential towers in middle east. Flames broke out in dubai. Officials say there were no reports of deaths or injuries. The to tower is considered an iconic part of the dubai marina. Today marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of malcom x moments enter a scheduled speech in new york city. Three men were convicted of his murder. Hundreds are expected to gather today to honor his legacy. 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 afterschool programs, we have no freshman sports, we have no extra anything. Okaikor were cutting those programs to make way for test prep. And were not taking in to all the other things that makes a child whole. Gina we are setting our kids up to fail. Why do we do it . Why do we spend every waking moment, thinking about people . Why are we so committed to keeping you connected . Why combine performance with a conscience . Why innovate for a future without accidents . Why do any of it . Why do all of it . Because if it matters to you its everything to us. The s60 sedan. From volvo. The volvo president s day invitation. This month, get these exceptional offers on a new volvo. Visit your volvo showroom for details. Students apt penn state have their dancing shoes on this morning, thousands are taking part in the round the clock dancing event known as thon. Chad perdelli is there and has more from happy valley. Reporter for these penn state students, the 46 hour journey is underway. Its a College Experience they will cherish and never forget. But its a yearlong end to funds raising for pediatric cancer. This is the ultimate way to give back to the families of these wonderful kids. A. Families like the wagnors. 14yearold britany was diagnosed with cancer. Her spirits are high thanks students and the money they raise for diamond four diamond club. I dont know where we would be without four diamond. Reporter Cherokee High School graduate and penn state senior giovanni will be dancing for the first time. Thon has a special meaning for her and her family. Her father died of kidney cancer. I am so proud to honor his memory today. I know he is here with me today to give me the strengthen i need to stand. Reporter last year a record 13. 3 million was raised. Theyre they will try to break that record. In State College, chad perdelli channel 6 action news. Big changes are coming to nestle chocolate, they are doing away with artificial colors. Hundreds of products will be affected, including crunch and butter finger bars, but nestle says fans should not be able to taste the difference. Speaking of sweets benefit and jerrys is rolling out an ice cream flavor its in honor of jimmy falon the tonight dough. This is the second time falon is being honored by the ice cream maker. Late night snack was phased out in 2013. Up next, the sixers hit the hardwood with a new look. The head Office Speaks out about the teams controversial trade. Heres one place thats not going to be upset about the storm thats heading our way. Spring mountain expected to get 4 to 6 inches of snow this afternoon and tonight. Meteorologist chris sowers will have on how much to expect in just a little bit. The flyers play in south philadelphia, the newlook sixers took to the court last night. Ducis rogers has more on the trade and spring training with the phillies. Reporter the sixers have a plan, they insist. Michael Carter Williams no longer partly of the plan. The reason for the trade the gm points toward the extra draft picks and thinks fans will be patient. The way we see the world is to have a broad set of options and be willing to make the tough calls if we have something but we have something that will move the Program Forward more so, well do it. Reporter if we do the right thing by the city and the program, maybe im naive maybe im right maybe im wrong, i think good comes from that, im going to back myself and i am going to back sam and these types of decisions. Reporter sixers and pacers last night. The new sixers are here. Magee from denver. Nerlens noel followed a block and triple double. Theers have no answer the sixers have no answer for rodney stuckey. Sixers lose 10695. Everybody knows that the phillies also are in rebuild mode, but not everybody is on board. Im not so sold on the entire rebuilding. Reporter Jonathan Paplebon is not throwing in the towl on the 2015 season just yet. Even though he signed as the richest closer in baseball history in 2012. I think we can compete. Is that crazy for me to believe that . You tell me. Reporter i dont know. I mean we havent been healthy, certain things have gotten in the way of that. I think every year is new. Reporter if the new year plays out like everyone expects it pap will end up in another uniform. The chances of me being here the entire season, i dont know, maybe we can use the magic 8 ball that cliff has and figure it out. Reporter he will play for milwaukee, toronto or here with the phillies. If he stays he said he wont complain. Jeff skeverski channel 6 action news. Reporter the flyers take on their former coach in nashville this afternoon. Thats a look at sports this morning, im ducis rogers you have yourself a terrific weekend. A utah women is hoping to set the new record for being the best bouquet catcher at weddings. She said her trick is go to the front. Ive never been known for my jumping except when it comes to camping wedding bouquets. Look at her snatching that out of the girls hand. She did begin the submission process for the Guinness World record. In order to apply she had to track down all the brides bouquets she caught to get official documentation and photos. An all new fyi philly comes your way on 6abc. Reporter im karen rogers. Reporter im Alicia Vitarelli. Dont on fyi philly, we head to the shore for Atlantic City restaurant week. Reporter wine is the latest spa treatment for antiaging. Reporter we learn how to wear the quirky prints of the season its prince charming in search of his cinderella. Theres much more to come on action news, including shelter me rescue of the week. Reporter im Monica Malpass well introduce you to a local tv star who is turning her attention to helping dogs, well introduce you to the rescue express later this morning on action news. Plus another check of the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast meteorologist chris sowers when action news saturday at 9 00 a. M. Continues. Happening now on action news saturday at 9 00 a. M. Children are forced to jump for their lives when a massive fire breaks out at their new jersey home. We just learned one person has died. A Penn State Fraternity slapped with sanctions of allegations of hazing. Plus ready for the red carpet, the oscars are one day away a preview coming up. First lets head outside to meteorologist chris sowers with the accuweather forecast. Its cold, but not as cold as its been. Reporter thats right its not nearly as harsh as it was yesterday at this time. We had windchills 15 to 25 below zero. 15 in quakertown. 13 in Martins Creek warrington 17 and center city, 22. On the other side of the delaware glassboro 22. Seaville, 28. Hammonton, 23 arena ewing about 18 degrees. Storm tracker 6 live double scan having a bad image there lets flip it over to the forecast for today. Well break it down region by region. Well start with the far western suburbs which you would have saw on the radar. Its snowing in western pennsylvania and across the appalachian states that will pull into the western suburbs around midday or 1 00 p. M. Should be mainly snow here, heavy at times visibilities greatly reduced. There could some mixing during the evening. Maybe a changeover to rain, but very late tonight. Most of the event should be snow or ice for you guys out there. The immediately i95 corridor, snow in the afternoon, it will come down heavy at times mixing takes place during the evening hours enturnover to plain and turn jo turnover to plain rain and south jersey and delaware snow to plain rain. The numbers increase throughout the day. 23 degrees by 11 00 a. M. , 29 by 2 00 and 5 00 p. M. Were up to 32 degrees forecasted high of 33. Overnight tonight the numbers continue to climb. After midnight were in 40s thats takes us into sunday and another arctic blast arrives monday. Ill have more on that and how long that last in ten minutes. Heavy ice conditions force officials to suspend the only morning round trip for the cape may ferry. 7 30 trip and 9 30 trip had to be canceled. Yesterday a tugboat was out trying to break up the ice so service could resume as soon as possible. Developing this morning one person is dead after smoke arena flames engulf a home in new jersey. The blaze broke out in orange he essex county. Neighbors who rushed to the scene saw two kids trapped in the home. We seen smoke coming from the front. We ran down we looked up, it was two kids up there. We like, yo, jump that neighbor said the two children jumped from the top floor window and he caught them, at least two adults and three children lived in the home. Officials say one person has died and others may be unaccounted for. But they are not releasing any other details at this point. One person died after a car slammed into a utility pole in new jersey. The accident happened around 10 30 p. M. Last night. Chopper 6 over the scene on 130 in cinnaminson. One man was taken