We do have some showers. For the most part theyre in center city and exiting the coastline. Thats the only batch of showers i think well really see but its going to feel damp touch of drizzle here or there out there this morning and lets take a look right now at satellite6 and action radar. You can see that rain from yesterday certainly evening hours we had some steady rain. Thats pushed off the coast. A few leftover showers. Behind that well see clouds and a little spotty drizzle through the morning hours. We still have one area of concern in the poconos in the higher elevations. You could have freezing rain. Advisory there still continues until 7 oclock in the morning. For the rest of us no worries with. That look at these temperatures. Its 35 in Martins Creek 34 pottstown but already 40 in saint davids. Its 43 this morning already in center city. Above the average high. Thats not bad. 43 in hammonton, 44 in dover delaware. Today well make it up to 52 degrees. We have some fog. Not so much in philadelphia. Its 1 mile visibility in reading, 3mile visibility in millville, fog is an issue in Atlantic City though where visibility is less than a half a mile just. 3. 52 for your high today. Its going to be a milder afternoon just not very pretty. Lots of clouds a little damp to start you off matt but it does get brighter in the seven day. Ill have the details on that in just a minute. Something to look forward to. You know those signs slippery when wet karen, yes, thats the word this morning. We expect slippery conditions with the wet conditions rain still coming down in some spots. Its wet in bucks county along route one. Where were not contending with this morning is the overnight construction closure so everythings opened here along route one at Oxford Valley road. Thats the good news. They will likely close it tonight at 9 oclock. Vine street expressway is opened in center city. No overnight construction there. Our big closure of the morning so far is in West Conshohocken. Its route 23 shut down at balligomingo road because of a crash and fuel spill. Well talk more about the accident there thats giving us problems p matsonford road would be an alternate. Well talk more about that in just a few minutes. Matt odonnell. Thank you, matt. Breaking right now former president george h. W. Bush is hospitalized this morning. His chief of staff says the 41st president was recently admitted to houston Methodist Hospital after becoming ill. The official did not specify the illness. The 92yearold is expected to return home in a few days. The president ial inauguration is just a little bit more than two days away. President elect donald trump plans to meet with new York Governor Andrew Cuomo today. Cuomo is a democrat an possible 2020 white house contender. Over on capitol hill the fight over the Affordable Care act will take center stage. Abcs lana zak reports from washington, d. C. We have Great Respect for your countries. Reporter at a d. C. Dinner with foreign diplomats mr. Trump joked about his confirmation hearings and rex tillerson. Takes the oil, goes to another country. [laughter] politicians. Were going to be so incredible. Reporter today the senate takes up another cabinet nominee, congressman tom price for health and Human Services amid growing concern about the potential repeal of obamacare. Representative prices approach is moving us in exactly the wrong direction. Reporter the Congressional Budget Office estimates 18 Million People could lose their insurance meanwhile in an interview with fox news mr. Trump discussed his tweeting habits something he previously said he loved. I dont like tweeting. I have other things i could be doing. But i get very dishonest media. Reporter d. C. Is making the final preparations for inauguration. Mr. Trump choosing to be sworn in on two bibles the one his mother gave him as a child and the lincoln bible used by president barack obama. The number of democrats boycotting continuing now to rise. One in four democrats in the house saying they will not attend on friday. And there could be another problem brewing for representative price. Democrats are asking the sec to investigate a stock trade he made last march. He introduced legislation that directly benefiting that company but price says it was all done by a broker without his knowledge. Reporting from washington, lana zak, channel6 action news. Be sure to stay with action news for continuing coverage of trumps inauguration this friday. Action news anchors brian taff and Sharrie Williams are heading to washington, d. C. For all of the events leading up to the swearing in and the ceremonies to follow. You can see their reports from the nations capitol starting today on action news at 4 00. And action news will have up to the minute updates on social media. Follow us on facebook at facebook. Com 6abcaction news and on twitter we are 6abc. If youre in d. C. Friday or saturday share your experiences with us using hash zag 6abc action or email us at join the action at 6abc. Com. The Philadelphia District attorney has agreed to pay an unprecedented amount of money to the citys board of ethics. Officials issued the 62,000 fine after determining Seth Williams violator the edges much ethics code. The democrat failed to expose 89 gifts worth 160,000 as well as five different sources of income. Williams issued this statement saying these mistakes were my own and i accept full responsibility for my failure to do everything that was required of me as a public official. He also apologized to the people of philadelphia. New this morning ta man is fighting for his life after he was shot several times in wilmington. The action cam was on the 200 block of north rodney street at around 1 oclock this morning. Wilmington police say they found shell casings across a two block area. So far theres no word on a suspect or a motive. Ill try to get that you video soon. The family of a recent murder victim says the outbreak of violence in wilmington has been hard to comprehend. 66yearold charles mays was shot several times while driving near the 200 block of lamont street saturday afternoon. The life long wilmington resident died at the hospital. Why so much killing . Uhhuh. And then when it touches home, why did it happen . Why would someone want to just take a life . Its almost like a life doesnt matter anymore. Mays niece tells action news she has no idea who would want to hurt her uncle describing him as a man who constantly went out of his way to help others. Wilmington police are still searching for his killer. A 16yearold was shot and robbed at a bus stop in philadelphias germantown section. It happened at 3 30 yesterday afternoon. The teenager was on the 6500 block of wister street when he was shot in the hip. The attacker also stole his iphone. No arrests have been made in this case. We are learning more this morning about a partially clothed man who went on a chaotic tear through a Lehigh Valley school. Security guards restrained 37yearold Rafael Maldonado inside the Innovative Arts AcademyCharter School in catasauqua yesterday. Its man was high on cocaine and armed with a screwdriver as he ran around screaming. No students made contact with the suspect. New and first on action news, Temple University has announced it is renaming its school of media and communication in honor of broadcasting pioneer lew klein. Action News ReporterKatherine Scott is live on the temple campus with the details. Hey, katherine. Reporter hey, matt,. That its going to be the Lew Klein College. Of course lew klein is a legend in the broadcasting street. Hes closely tied to temple. Theres going to be a formal dedication ceremony in the spring. Lew klein is a pioneer in the broadcasting industry and today Temple University announced thats school of media and communication will take his name. Temple says the Lew Klein College of media and communication honors his career in television. His more than six decades of Teaching Service to the university. And recognizes a historic multimillion dollars gift to the school from lew and janet kline. Launch many careers including bob sagget and dick clark. Klein produced band stand which would go on to be American Band stand with dick clark. He put captain noah on the air. Dont forget to say your prayers. Carter was a show man. Reporter clue lew klein began teaching tv courses at temple in 1952. He was proceeding gram director at channel6 when it launched its action news format in 1970. Hes been a executive producer for fills telecast and more and through it all hes supported temple as a benefactor a teacher and a mentor. And kline kline is also the cofounder of the National Association of Television Program executives and hes actually in miami today receiving a Lifetime Achievement award. Were live in north philadelphia Katherine Scott channel6 action news. Matt, nydia. Well deserved. Thank you katherine. He made a lot of great contributions. Still hanging around there, too. Yeah. New this morning were following yet another shooting this week at an area of mexico popular with u. S. Tourists. Plus a brawl erupts on the hardwood during a local College Basketball game. Karen. Starting off this morning with showers in center city and new jersey but theyre exiting out of here. Whats next . The answer coming up. And it was quite a light show over new york city. Ah immediately after the break well explain what caused this spectacle. New video from new york this morning. A transformer explosion caused a power line to come down and it created a light show in the sky over queens. It happened around 9 oclock last night but crews worked through the night to fix the issue and clean up. Meteorologist karen rogers joins us. We have some fog, some rain out there as well. You go to the watch for your morning commute. We have some showers. Most of the morning will feel damp but we have the showers right here exiting the coastline. You can see the showers through center city and lifting into new jersey trying to push off the coast. Lets go in a little closer to this with double scan. Its wet in hammonton and chatsworth and medford lakes. In center city the rain is pushing easter warpush eastwarde off the coast by the time people get up. If youre heading out early right now roads are still wet. Lets go outside and see wait looks like currenting. Looking live at Philadelphia International airport and the visibility there is 6 miles but in some areas we are seeing less than that so i certainly would call ahead if youre flying out this morning on Philadelphia International airport. Lets check the current numbers for you right now. It is mild. So, 40 is our actual high for this date. Normally, today were starting off here not even 5 oclock in the morning were already at 43. The dewpoint 41. Air nearly saturated. The Pressure Holding city. Winds out of the northnortheast. Its a drier wind. It will pick up and be breezy at times today. The ocean temperature is 41. Satellite6 and action radar showing the rain from yesterdays out of here. The cool front is moving through. We do have lots of clouds, some leftover showers early on. But theyre going to dissipate move off to the coastline and were going to see just a little drizzle through the Early Morning hours. Todays high 52 degrees. This afternoons going to feel pretty good, good 12 degrees above average. Not touching the record but you get the idea. We continue to be above average in this sevenday forecast. Todays high 52. That low pressure moving off the coast. High pressure trying to build in. In the meantime weve got a bit of a damp start but the clouds hang on today. Even though were talking about mild conditions this afternoon its not going to be a very pretty day. Tomorrow things change a little for us. This high settles right up above. You get a slice of nice finally rather bright. Well have clouds, partly sunny skies but rather bright and mild. Thats a good combination for your thursday. Lets take a look all right exclusive accuweather 7day forecast. For today, cloudy, but milder, 52 for your high. Yesterday we were at 45. So working in a good direction if you like the mild temperatures. Tomorrow finally some sunshine but a high of just 50 with that bright sunshine nonetheless. Tomorrow on friday late day rain arrives so 50 degrees for your high. I think some communities will struggle to get out of the 40s but nonetheless a decent start to your day. Late in the afternoon and evening you get that rain. Saturday turns milder. How about that . 56 degrees. Saturday is a good day. Sunday mostly cloudy skies and 50 chance for some drizzle at night and then monday rainy windy it laos looks like were tracking another storm. It is just rain with a high of 52 but a nasty day. Tuesday you splay some leftover showers mostly cloudy skies and 55 degrees. Dont forget to go to 6abc. Com. Thats a great place to check the weather discussion. We write them up around the clock behind the scenes giving you insight into some of the changes we see with the weather. I know for the snow lovers this hasnt been terrific. For that those that normally dont like winter theyve been pretty happy about it. But it is an extended period of time were talking about above average temperatures and it looks to last until the end much. And some will enjoy it some will not. A mixed bag matt. Two consecutive days of shootings in areas frequented by tourists in mexico have left flynn people dead. Four people were killed yesterday when gunman attacked the state Prosecutors Office in cancun. Just one day earlier and 42 miles away gunfire erupted at a club in Playa Del Carmen killing five people including a u. S. Citizen. Investigators contributed both incidents to organized crime in mexico but played no comment on whether they might be linked. A Nigerian Air Force fighter jet mistakenly bombed a refugee camp. More than 100 refugees and aid workers were killed in the bombing. Doctors without borders condemned what it called a large scale attack on vulnerable people. A general said he ordered the Mission Based on information that boko haram insurgents were gathering in the area along with geographic word fantastics. A brawl broke out. Our sister station espn reports the fight began when it refs called a foul towards the end of the fourth quarter. The coaches went on the court to break it up but ended up exchanging a few words themselves. Sienna ended up winning the game. Now afterwards rider coach kevin baguette took his team off the court skipping the handshake line. Sienna coach jimmy pat you see down there went down the line shaking invisible hands. Pretty ugly. Under review. 4 47 right now. Up next matt pelman will give us a live look on the roads on this foggy wednesday morning. A celebrity chef abruptly closes two of his philadelphia restaurants. Details in business next. Hey, its had you ever been day. Good wednesday morning to you. Live look at the plaza there in front of the Municipal Services building looking live from city hall it is wet out there this morning, a little bit dreary to start things off and possibly little bit slippery on the roadways with the wet conditions. Looking live at 95 by the exit for the betsy ross bridge. Yes, indeed, it is very wet. There means theres no overnight construction here along 95 by the betsy so i guess thats the good news. And the southbound lets headed towards center city are moving just fine at this point. In center city live look at the vine street expressway. Also free of construction this morning. So, youre moving freely between the schuylkill and broad street. Just have to drop those speeds with the wet conditions. But so far as we look at the big picture feeds speeds are okay. 40s and 50s mostly acrosstheboard. We do have that accident and fuel spill in West Conshohocken blocking off 23 this morning. Accident happened at balligomingo road, one of my favorites. Stick with 320 as an alternate around. That one last live look at our good buddy ben, the ben franklin bridge from camden, fine here. We have 35 Miles Per Hour speed restrictions at the betsy and the commodore because of the inclement weather. Matt. Home improvement giant lowes says it is laying off 2400 fulltime workers. The retailer issued a statement to effect of affected workers saying the changes will help efficiency and productivity. Most of the cuts are at the store level but will also include jobs at Distribution Centers and some of the companys Vice President s. Walmart is doing the exact on that is. Reporter the Worlds Largest retailer plans to add 10,000 retail jobs in the united states. It is building new stores and expanding existing ones. Walmart says that will also create about 24,000 construction jobs. Bad day for bank stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial average Third Straight loss yesterday. Nasdaq s p and also in the red much futures it wont to a higher open. Kevin sbraga closed two of its restaurant in philadelphia sbraga located on broad street thats the name of the restaurant and the University City location of the fat ham closed after dinner last night. The chef posted a statement saying the closings are temporary. The fat ham in king of prussia will remain opened. A Musical Instrument made from the rocket of an american disaster was donated to a music center in michigan. This 127yearold harp was made from wood left behind from the great chicago fire of 1871. The harps owner says it is the first harp ever made by the lion and healey harp factory in chicago. It will be on display at the Saint Cecilia center. A new study ranks cities according to their rat problems and determines philadelphia is the big cheese. Thats coming up later in the morning buzz. Most of us have heard of hospice care but up next well tell you about a local hospice care for dogs. Well be right back. Police captured a man wanted for a deadly shooting in kensington. They and found carl howard hiding in a cubby hole near a closet inside a nome Norfolk Virginia yesterday afternoon. The 29yearold is accused of shooting man to Death Outside of the kell his bar on kensington avenue back in september. As many pet owners know coping with and helping a dog nearing the end of life isnt easy. Now theres a rescue nome south jersey to care for those beloved pooches. Monkeys house a 6acre hospice for senior dogs began two years ago in southampton. Michelle allen has 23 dogs, 50 volunteers an vets constant guidance. Its for senior dogs around the country. I probably turn away two dogs away in email. Im across posted people on facebook would ask me tag me on dogs and its really hard to say they dont meet our criteria when at 6 oclock theyre going to be killed. Monkeys house is neighborhood after one of the first dogs receive care there. For information on how you can donate head to our web site 6abc. Com. What a very needed facility. Humane thing to do good 4 57. Still ahead more stories you didnt see last night. An encounter with a bobcat turned violent for some women who were just eating lunch. The age old question, is coffee bad for you . Researchers are in agreement more than ever the answer is a resounding no. Thank goodness. Well explain. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With matt odonnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. Good morning. Its 5 oclock on this wednesday january 18th. Tam is off. Nydia han joins us. Heres whats happening on action news. Just two days before Donald Trumps swearing in, tensions continue to rise as the president elect heads toward his inauguration. A woman is left dumb founded when falling debris severely damages her car and injures her dog while traveling on a philadelphia highway. Were live with the story. More mild weather but it wont be pretty. Give yourself plenty of time early commuters. Patchy fog could impact your drive. David is off. Lets turn now to meteorologist karen