meteorologist melissa magee joins us with the first check of the accuweather forecast, hi, melissa. >> hi, walter. >> how are you doing. >> good to see you. >> good to see you this first weekend of the new year. unfortunately we're dealing with the wet weather. we'll show what you is going on double scan radar. we have the moisture starting to fill in once again for areas south and west of philadelphia, and you can see that pocket of even heavy if not moderate rainfall south and west of wilmington and plan castser and we'll go in tighter on street-level stormtracker 6 and you can see moderate and heavy rainfall moving to wilmington and oxford and middletown there in delaware and getting close to smyrna as well. encompassing areas of south jersey glassboro toelmer and millville. despite the moisture overhead there's concern with visibility. down to two miles in philadelphia and half mile in the poconos and three miles in trenton. down to just a mile in dover. so this is definitely one of the nights with the moisture coming on in in the southwest to northeast direction and give yourselv

melissa magee joining us. cold today but some folks going see snow tomorrow. >> yes especially if you're south of philadelphia. some flurries, some light snow showers and we'll talk about the reason why. check out this shot. it pretty much sums up the story as far as those winds you could see. this flag on top of this building in center city, the flag flapping in the wind. coming in out of the north-northeast which made for some very chilly wind chill temperatures today especially this morning and even this afternoon not much in the way of recovery. storm tracker 6 live double scan radar showing you that it is dry it's quiet across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. don't be surprised if you wake up tomorrow down in south jersey and areas in delaware you have a few flurries and some snow showers. temperatures outside this afternoon 30 in philadelphia. 28 in trenton. 19 in the poconos. 26 in reading. along the coast in wildwood 30. same thing in atlantic city. beach haven coming in only in the upper 20's.

melissa, w are the roads now? >> a lot of volume coming down 95 southbound at 100 because of this earlier off to one shoulder theole ldis mornin prince george's county, you can see branch avenue pennsylvania avenue indian head highway everythin headed into town, just fine 270 at montrose looking good as well. pedesiack at germantown marc stat camden line canceled today as planned bse of the holiday. >> the flu is hitting americans hard this year. the latest report on the centers from disease control shows the virus is widespread in 36 streets. and 15 children nationwide have died fromhe illness including a fifth gr irni the cdc rnures ll likely coin ser weeks. because oft,hoits are startio vitor in an attptntl infections. if you do get sick the best treatmentto, t lo of it. and if yo do have a fever, take tylenol for fever and ibuprofen for body aches. sudafed can help with nasal congestio antihistamines for a sore throat. >> it releases the cough in that sore throat. >> and the real goal is avoid getting sick in

melissa magee standing by with details on the weather that this way comes melissa hi. >> hi, brian shirleen. we're tracking the first snowfall of the season. it's going to be a minor event. the problem however is the timing. even though we're dog for light snow accumulation the timing is just in time for that commute. in the midterm show you the picture outside. sky 6 live in hd giving you a nice shot of the us s olympia. flag falling in the winds. we'll show you some of the peak wind gusts we've seen. allentown 45 miles per hour, wilmington a gust today of 43 miles per hour, 42 miles per hour wrightstown. philadelphia clocking in at 41 miles per hour and 38 miles per hour there in atlantic city. so with those winds coming in out of the west-northwest and those blustery winds as well it makes it feel like we have a wind chill in philadelphia of just 22 degrees. feeling like the teens north and west for allentown reading and lancaster just the single digit numbers in the poconos at 9 degrees and 26 degrees in sea isle city. cold air is setting up shop ahead of a clipper system we're tracking

thank you melissa. >> finally it's the most wonderful time of the year. truckloads of girl scout cookie arrived at cardinal o'hara high school today and showed up in all the classics. these cookies will noting sold across the eastern pennsylvania region starting this week. it's not just about you satisfying your sweet tooth it helps girl scouts learn about goal setting and develop business schools. world news tonight is next on channel 6 and don't miss "action news" at 10 on phl17 tonight and then we're here on 6abc as 11. for melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team i'm walter perez we'll see you at 11:00. we thought our cable internet was fast. but, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really half-fast. so half-fast. someone did a half-fast job posting our vacation pics. stop living with half-fast internet. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - uploads as fast as downloads. get a fios triple play for just $79.99 a month online for two years and get a $400 bonus with a two year agreement! hurry! it'

i'm proud to say that melissa have a kindergartener in the public schools back in august (clapping.) so president murase that's my report. >> thank you very much suspect r superintendant carranza the next item on the agenda is the recommendations for the accomodation we have many things to celebrate i want to call on the superintendent to recognize our national board certified teachers. (clapping.) >> thank you president murase we've enjoyed this meeting of year every year it gets more and more crowded which is a good thing one the goals one day we're going to have to announce our board confident teachers in the moscone center but i want to invite our chief operating office to share with the board certification polls in the continuum in for the educators. >> thank you superintendant carranza and wanting more and more rose congratulations and members and commissioners of the board guests honorees my name is superintendent i'm the chief executive officer for the curriculum inclusive of the leadership the role of the division and the office of the professional learning to advance the le

magee with what we can expect overnight and into the morning, melissa that will be the big concern. the in moisture is moving off to the north and east and temperatures dropping below 32 degrees and that will lead to patchy ice and black ice. storm tracker six live double scan radar showing you this is moisture we had in the delaware and lehigh valleys north and west we had icing concern and then rain on that 95 corridor south and east and pushing up north into. and we have a soak ago cross much of delaware and lehigh val toys day. the florence township in burlington county. washington township 2.10. philadelphia ace daily record reported to day at philly international, coming in at 1.84. a record in wilmington, 1.62 in the rain. kenneth square 1.29 inches of moisture overhead. temperatures tonight, that is the big story, along i-95 corridor we are above freezing at 35 in the city. here's the problem, allentown, reading and lancaster, temperatures at freezing or below, 26 out to the west and lancaster and these numbers will keep on dropping off as we go through the overnight the hou

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. >> lucky you, melissa -- [inaudible conversations] >> just what i always wanted to talk about melissa's boobs. perfect. [laughter] no, she's a sweet dear person. she's a friend, you know she's being very honest obviously. but don't all girls feel that way when you're on television or not? isn't that part of growing up? you grow up and you see who's developing faster or not or this and that. for me it was always being, you know heavier, always trying to be really thin. i think everybody feels some sort of pressure. you don't have to be on television to feel that way. and how you handle it is how your parents teach you to handle it. and, you know, we're all going to go through life feeling pressure one way or another. i would liken it to, you know i've been pregnant twice while being in news. i certainly felt a lot of pressure not to blow up and be enormous. >> really? >> but i don't think that's unhealthy. i didn't try to starve myself. i still gained 25 pounds or whatever, but you feel like you don't necessarily want to maybe eat as much as you would otherwise because people are watchin

melissa, how are the roads? >> this road pretty nasty. talking about northbound side of wilson lane at river road. these folks coming in. it is slick, icy, nasty. it is shut down right now. your alternate is goldsboro road. probably will be for much of the morning. beltway at old dominion, no problems. taking a look at 66 into and out of town also looking good. a wider look at things. inner and outer loop, no major problems. taking a look now at 95 in virginia hopping on in stafford you're completely clear. express lanes are open for you this morning. back in 10 minutes with more on that problem in bethesda. >>> see you then. melissa, thank you. 5:24. it's been a tough flu season this year. it could get worse. the cdc will give us the current season later today. it has declared flu widespread in 43 states including virginia and maryland. more than 20 children have died from the flu, including a fifth grader in loudoun county. >>> you want to dress warm and watch for the pins and needles feeling. there is a new treatment for frostbite at t

lets head to meteorologist melissa magee tracking very latest on the next dose of winter, hi there, melissa. >> hi there brian and shirleen. we had that chill overhead and we will find some precipitation as we look into the day on wednesday especially for areas south of the city. we will show you the picture outside sky six live in hd, down the shore in atlantic city. this is an area of concern waking up tomorrow morning with those snow showers staying south and east of that 95 corridor. check out storm tracker six live double scan radar all is dry and quiet across the region but clouds are starting to build, lower and thick's cross the delaware and lehigh valleys in advance of the precipitation. a weak area of low pressure that is off to the south that will work its way off shore but will move off to the nortenas. we will explain it. temperatures however pretty cold in philadelphia coming in at 23. eighteen in trenton. 9 degrees in the poconos. sixteen in allentown. twenty-three in millville. 25 degrees currently in wildwood. when we factor in the wind chill, however with those wind coming

melissa has the crash on 50. >> this is a fatal pedestrian crash. it could be closed for some time. 50 west and 97 out of ann app list. things moving along quite nicely. in maryland 270 sound, a couple minutes behind. looking good. i'm back in 10 as well. >>> 5:43. from computers the size of a button and new way to take selfies, the next big thing in wearable technology. >>> a new study says it's happening to your bank account and >>> a live look at route 7 in sterling virginia. we're headed west on the road there. we're going to check in with chuck bell to hear what he has been seeing in just a few minutes. >>> this morning you may want to give yourself plenty of time as you head out. kristin wright joins us from rockville. kristin, good morning >> reporter: good morning. yes, we traveled north down rockville pike. no problems which is great. we know a lot of commuters use that thoroughfare. randolph road also looks wonderful. down here you see all white. you can't see the road at all. you have a mix of fluffy snow here. you also have slushy spots

now, melissa, how are the roads? >>> brand new crash in centreville. 66 eastbound before 29 near centreville, you can see the slowdown here on 66. we're seeing snow already on 66 this morning. the outer loop between colesville and georgia, the crash we saw earlier on the shoulder not slowing things down thank goodness. that can cause a problem for the entire commute. springfield parkway is moving along as well right now. we are seeing a bit of a slow down headed northbound but you can see the snow on the roads there. be careful and allow yourself extra time. the beltway at indian head now on the roads there. a wider look at things i'm seeing a lot of yellow. this is not something we typically see this time of the morning. this is more like 6:30 a.m. than 5:30. allow extra time if you can. prince george's county overall looking pretty good. a little slow here on branch avenue headed northbound to town. taking a look at 95 in maryland looking good. same thing for the bw parkway in and out of town. more live cameras of

all it is is, melissa rivers' side of the story. the doctors will have their high-powered lawyers and say that's not accurate, no that's not true. it's going to be a real battle. >> arthur's absolutely right. these lawsuits generally are difficult. especially because these doctors are going to have great lawyers. however, there are certain things they can't get around. propofol, which killed michael jackson, was allegedly administered to rivers not at the beginning of the procedure, but as her heart rate her pulse, her vital signs were plummeting, she was given that.t% apparently that is a no-no. a tremendous red flag. >> look, meghan the thing that bothers me is if she wasn't joan rivers, just jo ann rivera no lawyer would take this case. she's an 81-year-old woman. >> i can't agree with that. number one, i think she may have lived, because sometimes doctors get very freaked out when they work on celebrities and don't behave up to standards. but secondly you saw the clip we bumped in with. joan rivers was going to work until she di

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melissa is watching this. she'll let you know what it going on in five minutes. >>> we're driving all around the area to show you what the roads look like in your neighborhoods this morning. news 4 richard jordan is driving through northern virginia. how are things looking to you? >> hey, we stoe in wood bridge to give you a look how the snow is starting to come down very light at this point. it's not amounting to much but if you are just heading out and you head to your car, you are going to find it's snow covered. there was plenty of snow last night overnight and now we're just getting these light little flurries here into the early morning. they were hard at work all night long. they have 1500 plows and salt trucks out on the roads. and the main roads are looking really good at this point. a little wet but pretty clear. even a l streets are doing good as well. trying to get ahead of things. they're hitting streets in prince william, arlington, fairfax, and loudoun counties. so they have made a lot of headwa

melissa magee you mentioned, it before there's snow coming. >> olds man winter is not done yet. we got the snow that moves out walter and get a break tomorrow and tracking more snow after midnight and into monday. and talking about the details. stromtracker double scan is dry and quiet. that's snowfall earlier today about an inch of city and areas across the poconos all that is moving norman east. south side we go to the action cam and earlier tonight in center city looking down the streets in rhawn street at city hall partly cloudy sky and temperatures only in the 30s and wind chills in the 20s across the area. and black ice. use caution with that. 36 in the city. 29 poconos. 6 wildwood. 34 for reading and lancaster and 35 dover. wind chills wind chills coming in west, northwest, feels like 24 poconos and current wind chill in city 27. feels like 29 trenton and 28 current wind chill in at wildwood. what to expect tonight the driver continued the storm system well off to the east overnight tonight dropping down to the 0s. and slush quickly freezes over and watch for black ice an

let's check in with melissa magee here comes the cool down, melissa. >> that's right sarah, walter, say hello to winter. we have an arctic chill arriving as early as tomorrow and staying put for some time. core of the cold arrives midweek. was not cold today. in fact you could say balmy. 50s and 6 0s. dover 6 a5. 64 in atlantic city. millville coming in today of 61. 58 the high temperature in wilmington. philadelphia also in the upper 50s. well above average. normal for us this time of year is 30. we're above that today. 54 in philadelphia. same in dover. along the coast in beach thichb wildwood temperatures in the lower 50s. 49 allentown and 47 for reading and lancaster. when you look at the 4 hour temperature change it's 4 degrees warmner wildwood than same time yesterday and 11 warmer in philadelphia than was just 24 hours ago and that warmth southerly wind coming in ahead of the cold front we're tracking. so get ready for changes as early as tomorrow. satellite 6 and action radar you can see left over moisture pubing offshore over the coast of new jersey. the front continues to move

melissa, what's going on now? >> once again, tphbld side of wilson lane right at river again, that northbound side of wilson shut down because of the water main break. take goldsboro. bethesda will be nasty. roads are very slick. brand-new accident. 66 95 here in virginia no real problems. slow is at 34 miles per hour. again, pretty good overall right inner loop at new hampshire avenue for my producer in meer. fairly typical outer loop passing georgia avenue. as it typically looks on a weekday morning. taking a look at 95 looking good in maryland. bw parkway a little slow before the beltway. >>> 6:53. you may want to consider an alternate route if your drive takes you to liver road wilson lane. a water main break still causing problems. it is turning to ice all over the road. megan has been in bethesda live with an update on repairs. megan? >>> well aaron, if you travel through bethesda using outbound side of river road you need to be aware we have pretty icy conditions here at the intersection with wilson lane. j

see you at 5:01 >> thank you melissa. what experts say you might be doing wrong when securing your child in a car seat. why it is everything to do with timing. >>> the winter blues are a real thing. what to do to boost your moo >>> a live look outside this morning on our weather patio. it is so cold can out there right now. the thermometer reading, oh, almost 9 degrees. these cold, dark days can wear on a lot of us. most people just get the winter blues. some people fall into a major form of depression called seasonal affective disorder. medications counseling and light therapy can me. if you are feeling a little down in the dumps, a quick morning walk can help boost your mood. we have been focusing on mental health all year with our changing minds campaign. you'll find all sorts of resources and experts at the expo. happening this weekend at the washington convention center. we will be there from 9:00 to 5:00 start and 9:00 to 4:00 sunday. it is all free. >>> 4:58. virginia is continuing its mission to keep your kids saf

and this is melissa. so, melissa is built sort of straight up and down. which, you know, we all covet that, right? >> you've got to be honest with yourself about your silhouette. if you're curvy, say i'm curvy. if you're straight up and down, say i'm straight up and down. >> straight up and down can pretty much wear whatever they like. >> they're not curvy and guys like curvy sexy. so you have to say this is the way i am. >> you look beautiful. so, the thing that i love is that melissa could wear a boxier jacket, which is nice, and we've given her more of a cropped flat front trouser skinny. so, she can pull it off because anyone else needs to elongate, bought she's petite and straight up and down, she can do the crop version. >> what is nice, you can pair this, you have a little kitten heel. you can put a boot on with this, you can put a high heel on with this. it's very versatile. >> totally. >> what's next? >> thank you, melissa. >> this is georgia. my sexy pair. >> now, a pair usually has a little more extra in the middle. >> do you mind lifting the s

we begin with meteorologist melissa magee tracking the system. >> hi, walter, we're tracking a slipper system that arrives tomorrow night. the bulk of that precipitation that will fall will be on monday. we'll go over the details with that. stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing a messy start to the weekend thanks to the nor'easter quickly moving off across coastal sections of maine heading to the maritime and temperatures are starting to fall and will continue to do so for the rest of tonight. 36 in the city. 29 poconos. below freezing there. 34 lancaster and 2 above the freezing mark in reading and at the freezing mark in millville. 36. and trenton. these numbers will crash down under partly cloudy and mostly clear sky. talk about what we can expect during the overnight hours. drying continues and problem however will drop down to middle and upper 20s which means wet roads and slush quickly freezes over and that will lead to black ice. you definitely need to watch for that during the overnight hours and into the day on sunday. state light 6 and action radar showing the storm depart

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for now a check with melissa. >>> 270 southbound old hundred road here. we have a tracker trailer across the entire section. you're getting pushed off under 109. don't get on 270 right now. you'll have to take 355 to avoid that. also here in prince george's route 1 an overturned vehicle at the intersection. no injuries though. that's going to be out of the way here hopefully soon. 95 in maryland no problems. same thing as you're looking at 66 and 95. overall looking quite good at 95 at virginia. that's moving along. more on the 270 crash coming up. >> thank you. this just in to the news room. arlington county schools and alexandria schools opening two hours late. we're continuing to get new information on schl delays. we'll have them here on news 4 today. >>> it's 4:35. we're work you this morning. let's go to prince george's county where steamm team 4 has been tracking steady snow. megan mcgrath is live. good morning. how is it looking now? >> reporter: well we still have light snow falling and we've been making our way around the beltway here in prince

maryland 95 at cherry hill looking good too. >>> thank you, melissa. 4:42. crews are searching for more bodies and debris as they miss for the missing airasia plane. >>> a prince george's county synagogue is making changes following a >>> a memorial service will take place today for the northern virginia yoga teacher who died while hiking in mexico. his family says he fell off a a cliff and hit his head while hiking. search crews found his body in a ravine. . >>> condolences still pouring in for long time espn anchor stuart scott. he passed away at 49 after battling cancer. fans are remembering a speech that scott gave last year. >> live. fight like hell. and when you get too tired to fight, then lay down and rest and let somebody else fight for you. >> scott had battled cancer since 2007. he started at espn in 1993 and helped change the way anchors talk about sports on tv he is survived by his two teenage daughters. >>> virginia state police work to go solve a hit and run. it happened about this time on new year's day. a car hit a man at garris sonville roa

here's melissa. >>> cambridge street southbound at warrenton road. that's beenng on the past couple of weeks. in maryland, 95, bw parkway, looking good. we do have a problem in jermantown rc station. pedestrian struck. we'll keep you updated and let you know if otherains will be affected. and 66 west of ox road that is moving alg nicely. i'm back in 10 minutes. >>> 4:33. a virginia man is missing in mexico. he lives in leesburg virginia. it has been two days since anyone has seen him. his friends a family are looking for him. jackie benson spoke with his wife. >>> this ph posted on the site was september at 2:30 p.m. r 30th. about three hours into what was supposed toe a short hike up the mountain, hari can be pointing tohe sig of a four-day yoga retreat. his wife emily smith, who also attended th retreat, spoke to news 4 by phone. >> shorts, tennis shoes, t-shirt. he had bottle of water with, a cell phone. a a very small handful of trail mix. >> smitsa terrain is is daunting. >> they sent three search teams up. we charterer lipte the federal police

melissa can speak. >> reporter: what are you making here? >> i'm making a squad ler for my baby cousin. >> because autism often runs in families experts thought siblings with the disorder inherited the same genes. a study those that this may not be true. each sibling may have his open form of autism. >> siblings with autism don't necessarily have the same genetic make-up that could be causing their autism. >> reporter: the doctor treats melissa at the laurie center in massachusetts, where 6,000 patients come through the doors. like many melissa's parents admit having kids with different ability creates a common worry about the future. >> my biggest fear is they won't be loved the way i love them. that they'll be take care of the way i take care of them. >> kevin and melissa's older sister is worried. >> will they lie with me my family. >> amy, the chime's biological mother fell in love with julie, an autism specialist and they were married in 2008. >> i was married for 16 years to my kids' father. my sister said after all these years, i don'

i'm melissa harris-perry. a violent week in france that left 20 people dead culminated yesterday in near simultaneous raids on a kosher market in paris where a man had taken several people hostage, and on a printing factory outside the city where the two brothers suspected of killing 12 people at a satirical magazine were holed up. now at this hour in france police are searched for the suspecteded accomplice of coulibaly, who police say shot dead a police officer on thursday and killed four hostages in a kosher market in paris yesterday. before being killed himself by police. and nearly the same time as police raided the market, police outside paris killed said and cherif kouachi, after they killed 12 people at charlie hebdo. the attack of the magazine is believed to be retribution for the the publishing of cartoons depicting the prophet muhammad. cherif said he was sent by al qaeda in yemen. a member of al qaeda in the array ban peninsula also took credit for the attacks. the kouachi brothers had been known t

this is melissa. so melissa is built sort of straight up and down, which we all covet that, right? >> you've got to be honest with yourself about your silhouette. if you're curvy, say i'm curvy. if you're straight up and down, i'm straight up and down. >> very lucky because straight up and down, which means they can wear whatever they like. >> but not curvy. guys like curvy. >> melissa can wear a bit of a boxier jacket, which is nice. we've given her more of a cropped, flat-front trouser skinny, so she can pull it off. anyone else needs to elongate. because she's petite and straight up and down, she can do the cropped version. >> what's nice is you compare this with -- you have a little kitten heel. you could put a boot on with this. you could put a high heel on. it's very versatile. >> totally. >> okay. what's next? thank you, melissa. >> this is georgia. my sexy pair. now, a pair usually has a little more extra in the middle. >> do you mind lifting the shirt a little to show us? okay. so they're not so low cut but they're not completely, you know, mama jeans. >> no, they're defin

for melissa magee, ducis rogers jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team. i'm walter perez, we'll see you thank you cable. for the slower internet upload speeds. for making me wait longer to share my photo albums. thank you cable, because if we never had you... we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. the numbers don't lie. in customer satisfaction studies, fios is rated #1 in internet speed and reliability, and hd picture quality. so join the millions who enjoy the difference fios makes. get a fios triple play online at an amazing price guaranteed for two whole years. plus now get $400 bonus with a two year agreement. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >>> welcome to "world news tonight." sole survivor. the small plane crash that killed an entire family except for one little girl. her climb out of the wreckage and trek through the dark woods the man who answered her knock on the door. how did she make it out alive? >>> wicked weather. the arctic blast spreading across the country just as amer

all it is is, melissa rivers' side of the story. the doctors will have their high-powered lawyers and say that's not accurate, no that's not true. it's going to be a real battle. >> arthur's absolutely right. these lawsuits generally are difficult. especially because these doctors are going to have great lawyers. however, there are certain things they can't get around. propofol, which killed michael jackson, was allegedly administered to rivers not at the beginning of the procedure, but as her heart rate her pulse, her vital signs were plummeting, she was given that.t% apparently that is a no-no. a tremendous red flag. >> look, meghan the thing that bothers me is if she wasn't joan rivers, just jo ann rivera no lawyer would take this case. she's an 81-year-old woman. >> i can't agree with that. number one, i think she may have lived, because sometimes doctors get very freaked out when they work on celebrities and don't behave up to standards. but secondly you saw the clip we bumped in with. joan rivers was going to work until she di

melissa will talk about that in the accuweather 7-day forecast. in the meantime please follow me on twitter if you have any questions about the snow that's moving in i can answer them for you. >> no more singing. >> yeah, i know. >> i got some requests. [laughter] >> much more to come in our next half hour of "action news" at 5:00. >>> it is the race against time for rescuers digging through tons of rubble and steel to find survivors of a building collapse in kenya. >> plus, a suspected thief from delaware takes to facebook to apologize to his victim and you won't believe who it is. >> also, kooky lovers rejoice. girl scouts have just unveiled three new cookie flavors that may be coming your way these season. we have details. >> those stories and much more when "action news" after 5:00 comes right back >> ♪♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jamie apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪♪ >> hello again. here's what's happening on "action news" tonight. local tv sportscaster turned criminal defendant don tolle

you won't believe who the alleged dog burglar is rick. >>> and meteorologist melissa magee back with the exclusive accuweather forecast when "action news" at 12:30 continues in a moment. >> incredible video out of new jersey today showing the moment a chain-reaction crash sent a city bus into a house. multiple cameras caught the entire crash. a van ran a red light at an intersection in albuquerque slamming into the front of the bus. the passenger yelled to alert the driver. she spun the wheel to avoid another car but crashed into a home with a woman inside. >> all of a sudden the wall just came in and hit the couch, because i was against the wall and got hit. and it threw me off. i had been thrown on the floor, so i started crawling because i just thought something was going to smack my head. >> she was shaken up but will be ok. five passengers inside the bus were thrown on impact. they, along with the bus driver were hospitalized. >>> at the big board now, unbelievable threat of caught on camera. a fedex worker pulled up to a home and delivered misery to family by stealing their dog

meteorologist melissa magee joins us at the big board in the forecast. >> we have changes on the way. the first change is coming in tonight as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan radar. we're tracking a cold front moving often through. you see the bulk of showers pushing offshore for areas of new england down across the mid-atlantic region and once the front moves through we have cold air following in its bake wake ahead of that it's mild across much of the mid-atlantic region philadelphia 53. numbers along the 95 corridor tell you where the front currently is and still 60 rix movrpd and off norm and west 30s, 30 buffalo. 4 3eu9sburg and 39 charles ton west virginia you move further norm and west you find the core of that cold air. these are not win chills. these are current air temperatures. 21 below zero international falls and 11 below zero bismarck north dakota we tap into arctic air as early as this week. we'll talk about what is ahead as we get ready to sai say hello to winter and turning windy and drying out the rest of tonight so showers dissipate from a west east direc

meteorologist melissa magee is at the big board with a check of the accuweather forecast. >> hi, walter, sarah we have changes on the way and it's hard to believe that we're in the month of january. temperatures like this outside the high temperature today in philadelphia, despite that moisture in at 55. that's 15 above average. and as you look at numbers all across the delaware and lehigh valleys, most sparts are well above normal. 65 currently in dover. millville 61. trenton 53. philadelphia still holding on to middle auto 50s. 41 allentown and 46 in the poconos. with very changes on the way. and we're tracking the milder air. ahead of a cold front. stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing you the frontal boundary across western pennsylvania and down through the ohio valley. once the front moves through later tonight from west east direction we have colder air that will arrive for the start of of the workweek. we'll talk about what is ahead as we press forward. we're tracking leftover showers with arrival of the front over the evening and tonight. there say clipper system and arctic b

. >> time for a check of the accuweather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee. it was cold today, melissa. >> cold it today walter. i have good news in the forecast. as early as tomorrow temperatures moderate. once again in the freezing mark sunday. high temperature today in philadelphia 25 degrees. that's a good 15 shy of average. average for us this time of year is 40. and our morning hoe was 16. when you factor in the wind chills today felt like in philadelphia goose egg. it felt like zero. 17 below zero was the wind chill this morning and the poconos. so at least it was not that cold in the city. outside tonight, 18 in philadelphia 15 trenton. wilmington 16, north and wet of town 12 allentown allehigh valley and 13 reading and along the coast in sea isle city 2015 in dover. winds are calm. not much of wind chill to factor in. it feels like numbers you're seeing open the scene currently nonetheless you need extra lays and bundle up as you step on the town. across the region we're calm to high as three miles an hour allentown and five miles an hour in philadel

coverage tonight with "action news" annie mccormick in chester county and we begin with meteorologist melissa magee at the big board with what we can expect. >> we're tracking wintry precipitation on the way. in fact the winter weather advisory was posted in anticipation of that moyt tour that moves in overnight tonight and early tomorrow morning. it's along that 95 corridoren sent sections of south jersey northwest of town and poconos and lehigh valley. as we will find sleet and frozen precipitation before you get a gradual changeover to rain. advisory goes up 1:00 in the morning lasting through 1:00 in the afternoon especially areas north and west of town for lehigh valley. here's the storm system we're tracking. stormtracker 6 double scan 3d showing 'of low pressure out to the west out of kansas and moving to missouri and trailing cold front and all this precipitation over the ohio valley breaking out ahead of main frontal boundary. this works its way into our region southeast to northwest direction into monday. future tracker 6 is showing you as you wake up tomorrow morning 3:00 in the mo

melissa magee is tracking the system and joins us outside of our studios now. it's hard to believe, we have wintry precipitation on the way and sun gives way to increasing clouds and the moisture moves on late tonight and in advance of that precipitation, the national weather service issues a winter advisory, travel will be bad tonight and tomorrow morning and reduced visibility and slick

let's check on the rest of the roads with melissa. >> good morning. have the issue with route 1 are van buren and albion. chop over that for us. wide look over all looking pretty good. taking look at travel times. 66 east from fairfax county parkway to the beltway 14 to the beltway 31 minutes not bad. germantown to the beltway 18 minutes and the outer loop 17 minutes. >> thank you. >>> you are looking live outside the l'enfant plaza now as people try to make their way to work for the first time since the deadly accident. we'll take you live to the station with what passengers are telling us. what you need to know before your train. >>> taking steps to protect your children from potential predators. the changes being considered at montgomery county public >>> welcome back. it's 6:43 right now. watching for potential problems on metro as you try to find your way to work this morning. you're looking live outside of l'enfant plaza where the investigation inside the tunnel is underway. metro made a number of service changes because of the acc three lines a

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melissa: "countdown" starts right now. >> melissa, thank you very much. us markets are closed today. if you're an investor, you need to be paying attention. a lot went on this morning. record oil, that's the contract that traced overseas continuing to fly. jpmorgan lowered outlooks for the commodities. suggesting a recovery from energy prices is far off. where is the money that consumers are saving on gasoline going? they don't seem to be shopping. we have to find out why people aren't shopping. who will be the retail winners and losers this year? football fans are in a frenzy after last night's dramatic seahawks comeback. the face off with the new england patriots. february 1st. we'll break down the numbers ahead of the game that are all behind the nfl. the money. how do you profit from football? that's coming up later on in the hour. let's start the "countdown." ♪ >> it may be a holiday for us markets, but there is plenty of action overseas that will affect opening bell tomorrow. european equities traded higher for a third straight day. while markets

mary. >> hey there, melissa. rick is going to tell us about this later, but there's an interesting move from the ten-year. the yield initially kicking up after the sfaimt statement from the fed, but it's recently unmoved. very close to session lows. iffen at them at 1.755. in the equity markets, what we saw is a bounce to the -- in the dow up to about 90 points as investors expect that the fed will maintain this fractionan gains are lower than -- the index lower than it was before the fed decision. holding on to a 20-point gain. initially it looked like a positive for the stock markets, but it's given up the gains in light of that, and pretty of the much where it was before the fed decision. back to you. he reminds us that job gains were solid in december, and are now "strong." the economy was expanding at a moderate pace in december, but now it's a solid pace. you know, listen, the federal reserve may get a little more -- >> he is saying it's good. >> dovish on inflation, but let's not forget the underlying aspe

melissa, construction causing any delays? >>> right now 66 westbound at fairfax county parkway, no delays right now supposed to be out of the way wrapping up within the next ten minutes or so. otherwise being be looking good on 66 and 95 in virginia. taking a look at prince george's county in and out of up to just fine. p branch avenue pennsylvania average, indian head highway rolling along nicely. no road work there to talk about yet this morning. 95 here in maryland and bw parkway in and out of town also looking quite good. 270 at mondaytrose road southbound smooth and no delays there this morning. a live picture of 95 in maryland coming up. >>> 5:02 is your time. today metro will announce immediate changes to its policies after the underground emergency last week. one woman died and more than 80 were hurt when smoke filled a tunnel by the l'enfant plaza station. ventilation was a rob, so changes are expected to include new rules for train operators. in an emergency, they will be able to turn off without reaching to central

these septa riders were boarding a bus in east falls. >> and as cecily and melissa mentioned the snow is clearing out but it was a much different story earlier today. >> switching live to john rawlins in media for how conditions were in delaware and chester county today. hey john. >> hi monica i'll tell you this is state street in media we saw the last flake fall here about 45 minutes ago, primary and most secondary roads are now fairly clear, it's a far cry from what we had this morning when we had a rocky and slow start. it was a fine, light christmas card like snow that fell on the western suburbs this morning, a blanket of white pretty to look at but not drive in. slow and slippery i have four-wheel-drive and i slid off the back roads there was slipping and sliding on main roads as well. icy conditions were reported but snow was not enough to cancel school in delaware or chester counties but during the morning rush quick trips became something else. >> i started out and it took me an hour and a half because 202 was a parking lot, dead stand still nothing plowed. >> i left an hour

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melissa. >>> and czar, heavy rain has moved out but big story, an overnight will be temperatures, some spots are not below freezing north and west that will lead to patchy ice as we wake up. details with the accu weather forecast. when you've got something to share, you need upload speed. and only verizon fios gives you upload speeds... ...as fast as your download speeds. and the fastest wi-fi available from any provider. period. so join the millions who get the difference fios makes... ...and see how sweet it is. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >>> here's some pictures sent to us from viewers of problems on the road this morning due to icy conditions. will pratta sus views of the multi car crash in west marple township. luckily no one was seriously hurt here. >> mohammad posted this of a september bus that could in the stop in the intersection in germantown. you may recall septa suspended bus services this morning. keep posting your photos using the hash tag, six abc ice. >>> and we're keeping an eye on temperatures in the overnight, meteo

meteorologist melissa magee will have that answer in the accuweather 7-day forecast. finally some good news there though. we hope it's that. >> we hope it stays for a long time. >> yeah, really. >> much more "action news" coming your way. we'll take a break and be right back. >> okay >> ♪♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jamie apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪♪ >> and hello again. here's what's happening on "action news" monday night. the u.s. military central command twitter and youtube sites were taken over by hackers today. those hackers claim to be associated with islamic state militants. we have a live report coming up. >>> also employees of the palmer school say before the school closed its doors it closed its checkbook. they say they haven't been paid for days that they worked and they're demanding answers tonight. >>> also, a retired elementary school principal wins one of the largest lottery jackpots in history a cool $326 million. >> now the details. new concerns tonight about cyber security in the united states