The peek. In wilmington and Atlantic City felt like 10 degrees below z at jim mentioned we kind of mel load out around 10 degrees this afternoon. Right now feels like 12 in philadelphia, 10 in allentown 11 in lancaster. Still 10 in wilmington and to the south and right along the shore temperatures feeling like 10 to around 14 degrees. But on saturday were tracking another powerful arctic front that will approach in the afternoon and evening hours and this will be extremely energetic with respect to its winds and snow squalls which are intense bands of snow. A general 1 to 3 inches as this slams through tomorrow afternoon and evening and then it will deepen into another monster blizzard for southern new england. Boston cape cod theyre expecting Hurricane Force winds with over a foot of snow. We will escape the snow but we will also see winds near 60 miles an hour dropping wind chills sunday morning to 10 to 20 degrees below zero. So, we do have a high wind watch that goes into effect saturday evening after the front through sunday winds across the entire area could reach speeds as high as 60 miles an hour and with such strong winds will come that polar air again. By monday morning week were expecting the temperature to drop to two in philadelphia. If we hit two monday morning that will be the coldest start to philadelphias day in 21 years. Well talk more about the timing of those snow squalls and also those powerful winds that could lead to some Power Outages coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Adam thank you. Lets switch thrive action News Reporter dann cuellar at penndot. Dan what happens when its too cold to use that plane rock salt in advance of the snow . Reporter it doesnt work very well, jim. So penndot is prepared the take extra steps if they have to. And tonight theres concern about those whiteout snow squalls that are being forecast which could make for hazardous driving conditions. Theres going to be periods of time when a squall may come through the region that could reduce visibility and drop heavier snow for a short period of time. Reporter another concern is about those bitterly cold temperatures that are being forecast. They can salt the roadways all they want but when it gets too cold the normal salt application doesnt work very well. Once you get temperatures down to the 20degree range and into the teens salt normal application of salt does not work as effectively. Reporter so theyre prepared to mix calcium chloride with the salt if they have to which dramatically lowers the temperature at which water freezes. Today we saw a problem on dellly drive near Fountain Green where water was coming down a slope and turned to ice and snow making for hazardous driving conditions. They had to shut down the northbound lanes for about an hour and a half to allow crews to clean up the mess. The bottom line, penndot urging motorists to be extra careful out there this weekend. It is valentines day so there probably will be a lot of traffic out on the roadways so we just encourage motorists to give yourself plenty of time and dont be in a rush and drive at a slower speed. Reporter and so that you have it. Its been a season of storms this season which has kept penndot crews busy. Just another re90 winter far from over. Were live here in king of prussia, im dann cuellar channel6 action news. Thank you dan. As the temperatures drop please join us, check in with 6abc. Com weather. There you will find both the hourly and sevenday forecasts so you can be prepared no matter how low the temperatures go. Other news at this hour, a Pennsylvania State trooper shot and killed a fugitive from arizona early this morning. The incident happened at 4 oclock as authorities tried to serve a warrant at a home on rare street in reading. 35yearold Richard Carlin tried to escape through an upstairs window. He was arrested in 2013 for allegedly firing on police in south tucson arizona. He made bail and then fled to pennsylvania to avoid prosecution. Another suspect sherri lynn griskin was taken into custody this morning for trafficking stolen property. This isnt necessarily a surprise because he talked about it in his campaign. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has place add moratorium on the Death Penalty. Action News Reporter vernon odom has that story. Reporter there have been no executions in the commonwealth since 1999. But nearly 200 inmates are currently sitting on death row subject to death by lethal injection. At least a temporary reprieve the governor says the moratorium is not an expression of sympathy thor those on death row he says the system is based on a flawed system that proves to be an Endless Court proceedings as well as ineffective unjust and expensive. He says the moratorium will remain in effect at least until he gets a report from a state senate panel that has been studying this topic for years. Mike wallace is a former judge and defense lawyer says the governor is doing the right thing. By putting the moratorium on hes gaining access to a study thats coming up that may help in going further with this particular moratorium and maybe making it permanent. Reporter but the Pennsylvania StateTroopers Association called the governors move a travesty pointing to prosecutors seeking the Death Penalty for cop killing suspect eric frein for the ambush assassination of a state trooper back in september in the poconos. Were absolutely devastated. We think that its a travesty for pennsylvania. Our members are outraged, very disappointed. Reporter late today philadelphia d. A. Seth williams blasted the governors moratorium saying the people who are the most grateful are the guiltiest cruelest and most vicious kill owners death row. There are broken areas in the system. Broken areas in the system can ultimately get a person to death row and ultimately have their life taken we need to sort of parse out what those broken areas are first. Reporter late today Pennsylvania District Attorney Association condemned the governors move today as a misuse of power. At the courthouse in center city vernon odom channel6 action news. An Atlantic County fugitive accused of staging a boat crash surrendered to authorities. 45yearold Andrew Biddle of Egg Harbor Township vanished in july after a boating accident in longport. The disappearance came shortly after biddle was indicted on theft charges. Biddle surrendered yesterday. He was released today on 50,000 bail. It is unclear where biddle has been all this time. Warminster Police Arrested ian snyder for the burglary of a Convenience Store on monday. They connected him to a crime at the same store laughter year. Police say its schneider you see on Surveillance Video breaking into the Country Farms store on york road. Police say he smashed the front door with a hammer before stealing cash and lottery tickets. Investigator say schneider attempted to break in back in october. He is in the bucks county jail on 100,000 bail. Friday the 13th proved to be a very unlucky day for 42 fugitives who landed in handcuffs today. For the 18th year officers from philadelphia and the surrounding counties teamed up for a valentines day warrant sweep. This raid was called operation deadbeat. Offenses ranged from drug charges to theft but most were failure to pay child support. Offenders owe maryland 187,000 in back pay. From our new jersey news room an intense fire fight overnight left behind a frozen shell of a home at the jersey shore. This is the 4700 block of fifth avenue in avalon. Flames broke out at 11 oclock last night. High winds fanned the flames. The house was under construction. The fire spread to a second home. It took crews from all over Cape May County until 3 oclock in the morning to get the flames under control. Coming up on action news tonight, love rediscovered. A special family memento finds the way from missouri to a family in delaware county. The impossible is possible. Well meet the champion weight lifter from wilmington who is proving just that. Adam. Were right here. [laughter] because adam was in our first segment, hes just sitting next to me and it was my mistake to forget that. Adam joseph is coming back with more from accuweather when action news continues in just a moment. Today is a very special day for one resident of the southampton estates retirement community. She turned 100 today. Marie grew up in kensington in philadelphia. She worked for the Reading Railroad for more than 22 years. Earlier today marie received a birthday card signed by president obama and first lady michelle. From all of us here at action news, we want to wish marie a very happy birthday. And then there is this love story that should make you smile on this valentines day. Action News Reporter eva pilgrim has that story in havertown. November 7, 1942 u. S. S. Oregon. My dearest darling here i am writing to you again because i havent anything else to document eric kenny got this letter in the mail yesterday. A love letter written in 1942 from his grandfather to his grandmother. It turned out to be a letter that my father had written to my mother before they were even married while he was in the service. It was like winning the lottery. You know, you hear about letters like this but until you see something it just brings you back and reminds you of the two of them and the love that they had for 64 years. Totally surprised. Have no idea how they found this letter but it was addressed to my mother at the house that she was raised inism the letter was mailed from missouri with this post it note. Hello found thiss in an estate i purchased and thought you might want it back. They discovered it after discovering the obituary. The family says they cant thank the sender enough for getting them this note. Its a great gift. Reporter jim and mary kenny married almost three years after this letter was originally mailed on august 27th 1945 in maryland. This is a picture of the day they eloped. The two were together for 64 years. This letter, a piece of their history, a glimpse into the early love of a couple this family will always miss. Loving you always and always i close with millions of kisses and all my love to you, love jim. Reporter eva pilgrim channel6 action news. Flyers in columbus tonight. Heres Ducis Rodgers. Were going see a former flyer in Scott Hartnell tonight. Scott hartnell spent more games in a flyers uniform than any of the other teams he played for. Its fitting the flyers will be in the house as hartnell honored. Hartnell is a member of the blue jackets. Flyers visit them tonight. Before the game hartnell will be honored for having appeared in his 1,000th nhl game earlier in the week. Flyers say theyre happy theyll be able to see the honor. App special moment for us but obviously for him and his family. Its a big milestone. He played hard on the ice gave it everything hes got good leader and then off the ice a lost same, you know, with the community and stuff. Represented the flyers very well. Big deal to play a thousand games in the nhl. We are getting closer. Phillies pitchers and catchers report on wednesday. They will be on the field the following day for their first workout. The equipment is already en route. I bet the phanatic is flying. This morning the phillies loaded up a tractortrailer with 2400 baseballs, 1200 bats, 10,000 paper cups. The 1,058mile trip to clearwater is expected to be completed by sunday. Sixth ranked villanova visits butler tomorrow night. Another game in a tough stretch. The cats in midst of five of seven games on the road. They survived providence wednesday night despite being ranked in the top 10 for most of the year you get the sense the cats are fighting for national respect. The next few weeks will be gut check time. Test for us. Great opportunity for our team to find out who we are and what were made of. This conference is a grueling conference agreat conference and i think every team is just a great team. Power lifting its any other an easy sport to compete in let alone master. That goes double if you have a disability. Jamie apody introduces us to a man who as overcome it all. Reporter when you think of the word strength what couples to mind . Someone who can lift heavy objects . Someone who can overcome a heavy burden . Rory koonce jr. Is the picture both. A lot of my strength is mental strength. I tell myself im going to do it an i do it. Reporter he holds the state national and world record for power curling and hes the only person on record to do it from the wheelchair. My mantra is the possible is possible. Reporter he was born at 27 weeks with cerebral palsy. Doctors said he wouldnt be able to see speak eat walk or use the left side of hised. He was in the n icu for 90 days. It was lot of hes not going to make it. I said the lord knows if he can hear me, speak to me thats all i need. I was always taught theres nothing i cant do. I did everything. At a points in my mind it was like okay how far can you push yourself. Rory has wont back to back to back world power curl championships. Hes also al certified personal trainer and Sports Nutrition any of the and hes taken up bodybuilding. Hell compete at the gladiator classic next month. He wants to open a Fitness Training center for disabled athletes. He has the to your lift peoples spirits and he knows it. I weighed 11pound 13 hundreds when i was born. I was near death already. I want to exhaust everything i can so that when i go rest i know i did everything i was supposed to do and some more. Reporter jaime apody channel6 action news. Also on rorys resume, motivational speaking. Yes, there you go and thank you ducis. Good report, jamie. Some camden youngsters had the right idea on this very cold day. They were warming up by not slowing down. These students at pride Charter School took part in a fundraiser at the american heart association. They spent the day shooting hoops and jumping rope. 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Everything is good to go this friday eveningly were catching a break from those intense winds intense cold and no precipitation presently but as we go through the valentines day weekend weve got to talk about the snow squalls for tomorrow and then a brutal monday morning but the good thing about monday morning, many of us have the day off given the holiday. So, snow squalls many of you may go, what is a snow squall. Its an intense band of snow that passes through very quickly but does reduce visibility and create whiteout conditions temporarily. Were expecting some of those to pass through between 3 oclock and 8 oclock tomorrow afternoon and evening. They will be accompanied by very strong wind gusts and they can quickly drop 1 to 3 inches of snow in a very short amount of time and that also could create some travel conditions on the roads because of how cold it will be and how quickly the snowfalls. Then come monday morning thats when were watching some records that could be either tied or broken. Philadelphia we could hit that record of 2 degrees which was set back in 1888. Wilmington 2 degrees reading zero, Atlantic City coming in around three and trenton possibly hitting 1 degrees. Right now temperaturewise were at 23 in philadelphia, 21 in millville, 22 in dover teens to the north and west but we still have a breeze out of the northwest. Its not as strong as it was this morning but even a small breeze will bring those wind chills down, nine in trenton 10 in allentown and wilmington. 21 in millville not too bad but at the shore feeling close to 10 degrees. Satellite and radar, heres the clipper system. Again, not a lot of moisture with it but the difference with this one compared to the one that just passed through it is stronger, it also is going to throw the atmosphere for a loop because the winds will be so strong and the temperatures are going to crash so fast find it that it gets extra lift in the atmosphere so thats when well start to see some of the snow showers develop around noon north and west hitting the city about 3 oclock in the afternoon and then well start to see those bands set up. Again they can wont last long but they will reduce the visibility pretty quickly and then everything starts to exit the coast by around 9 oclock tomorrow night. After that line passes through some of the snow showers and snow squalls, the winds kick up. 56 miles an hour overnight saturday into sunday morning around millville wildwood 45, philadelphia 51 miles an hour and allentown and with those powerful winds saturday night sunday that could reach speeds of 60 miles an hour could bring branches and trees down easily. That could create some localized Power Outages so have a backup flan case you lose power or susceptible to losing power just because of how brutally cold its going to be. Eight to 16 tonight. Not too bad when you take a look at the wind chills we had this morning which were near minus 15 and the exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, 36 degrees tomorrow and then wind chills on sunday zero to 15 below all day with a high of just 19. One would say i would think Mother Nature has been dumped recently by the forecast shes giving us and near 10 degrees monday at 23 but feeling much colder than that and the clouds thicken up tuesday. There could be snow showers tuesday night wednesday morning. Doesnt look like a big system as it slides to the south but brings back the 20s in the middle of next week. Ill have an update tonight at 11 00 on the snow squalls and the timing of them. Thank you adam. Yes. Travelers who stopped at the Farley Service plaza on the Atlantic City expressway today thought they might have been on broad street for new years day. Polish american strength band performed as part of the february. Representatives from the Atlantic Cape may Community College were also on hand to talk about the schools programs. Abcs world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6. Action news continues at 10 00 on phl17 with brian taff, shirleen allicott, adam joseph and Ducis Rodgers. And please join us at 11 00 here on channel 6 for a special troubleshooters report. Nydia han shows us a deserted home in philadelphia that is the source of serious issues for neighbors. Were calling this one rat house rescue. Theses are is all over the place and these rats are big. I mean, as big as a boot. The man who lives here says the rodents are coming from the home next door. Find out what happens when the action news troubleshooters step in tonight on channel6 action news at 11 00. And for Cecily Tynan Adam JosephDucis Rodgers and the entire action news team, im jim gardner. We hope youll join us at 11 00. On this friday night, 60 million americans, the brutal cold and the blizzard. Bracing for hurricaneforce wind gusts. Warnings that travel will bottom nearly impossible. And why the sniper allegedly took aim at chris kyle. And three Muslim Americans killed. Tonight, the president weighing in. The school bus swerving children panicked calling 911. And the image that reminds us of one of the hardest things we face growing up. Can you guess our person of the week