The winds are pretty brisk and they will dry off some of the roads however standing water could be problems, this is what to expect overnight, any snow showers tapering off to flurries and temperatures dropping down to below freezing and we have problems with black ice and that will be a problem especially with the bridges and overpasses, be careful around that, and ill talk about the return of sunshine and gradually warming temperatures coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Check back in later cecily thank you. Now lets switch to ardmore, Annie Mccormick is out talking to people today. Keeping up with the annie theme, when i think of a day that is gray and lonely, and right now there is no precipitation, you still have the winds and its making it cold out here. Its kind of crumb and nasty. This week noreaster continues to linger, Holiday Shoppers enjoyed a break by Late Afternoon but earlier in the Day Center City residents ventured out and commuters dodged the wet flurries that turned to snowflakes. Its invigorating, im super excited. This is the first time you have ever seen snow. Yes, im catching it with my tongue now. People were excited to see snow, especially those from australia. Its very nice, i enjoy the cold. Mexico city its been like ten years since i have seen snow so its a treat. And columbia . Never, never. We have no seasons there. So its nice. Its amazing. You know exciting. The philadelphia sites are worth taking in during the light snow, today drivers heeded caution on slick roadways and are bracing for what tonights traffic might bring, and meanwhile the tourists that are impressed they may have a different opinion come february. I hear the snow gets very bad later on and uncomfortable when have you to deal with it in terms of the roads and whatever. I am looking forward to it maybe but not really though. Maybe not really but shopping certains like suburban square are prepared for the weather. If are you head the out to do shopping, put on layers and gloves and something to cover your ears. Reporting live Annie Mccormick, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Of course follow the wintry weather at 6abc. Com weather, we are always updating the hourly and sevenday forecast, and Storm Tracker 6 radar shows you the path of any weather and well have the accuweather forecast find it all at 6abc. Com weather. The man accused of killing Police Officer moses walker jr. Was found guilty this afternoon. The verdict was handed down to rafael jones, a second suspect, chancier mcfar land admitted his role and testified against jones. Jones will be formerly punished in march. The attorney for rafael rab argued for a new trial or a reduction in the 25 million reward distance him. He is in prison for the beating death against his wife, ellen. His daughter was awarded that money and her family contends that he has vast sums of money hidden away. The fire marshall is looking for the cause of a fire in kensington today. At the vacant home of east clear field street in kensington. It spread to vacant homes, fortunately no injuries were reported. At the action news big board, the protest against the death of eric garner, they are now international. This is the scene in london as Police Arrested 17 people that participated in a demonstration against garners death. He died after a Police Officer placed him in what appears to be a prohibited chokehold maneuver. Many want to require Police Officers to wear body cameras, action news reporter, sara bloomquist is following this story, she is live at the 22nd precinct where officers are testing this technology. Reporter well, officers give them high marks and say so far the public has been receptive. This is an initiative in motion long before the controversial grand jury decisions and the protests that followed. 30 officers and one sergeant have volunteered to wear the cameras. The department put six models on displ display, these are the models that they started wearing in recent weeks part of a test program for the next six months. The bottom line is we are moving in this direction and this is the pilot but i have every intense of expanding this. The camera models range in price from 300 up to 1,000. They have varying features, they record internally and the video gets archived after each shift. Some models all you do is switch is down and switch is on and its not, some you do more and some are bulky but they are pretty easy to use. This video is from evesham township, commissioner Charles Ramsey was named on president obamas task force on 20th century policing. The president proposed an investment of 70 million to help Police Departments purchase cameras like these. It shows trust and shows the public what we go through on a daily basis and the type of stress and violence we go into. You can see first hand what we do. It will protect them against a frivolous lawsuit and an unnecessary complaint and also give the public a layer of protection also. The officers tell everyone they interact with they are recording and in some cases though turn off the cameras if asked. For example if they go into someones private home and they ask to turn it off. Live in philadelphia, im sara bloomquist, channel 6 action news. Okay sara thank you. In keeping with the president s initiative, the Justice Department is conducting a civil and criminal probe into the shooting death ofplyingal brown, eric holder will be in chicago tomorrow to discuss Law Enforcement issues as he continues a series of meetings around the nation. Artist, james dupree can stay in his studio in the mantua section of philadelphia, the city dropped their fight to evict him. They had condemned the building to make way for a parking lot and super market. Today the authority said fighting the appeals would be too expensive. December marks the time of year that many forms spend a lot of money and the reports about our local economy shows its a great time to do it. David henry is live with more on that. The numbers outed to indicate a stronger economy than people thought and of all places philadelphia is among the leaders of the pack. More people working and more people investing. Its for real and there is real opportunities to make it healthier. The city has seen a huge drop in the unemployment rate, down to 6. 6 , and 3 points lower than a year ago, its a healthy trend, the citys mayor for Economic Development says it reflects significant job growth that out weighs people dropping out of the job market. That indicates there are more jobs in the city of philadelphia and more philadelphians working than there have been in ten years. Greenberg says all sectors are investing in the city than ever before. Construction projects that are completed or startd this year. People across the nation are opening their wallets more, Consumer Spending sup9 in november and spending up 5 over the past year. Shoppers in center city today say they feel pretty confident. I still havent went shopping yet, but im still spending more. The kids are having a good christmas . Yes, yes they are. My employer was not able to give us raises for three years, so this is really kind of the first year that i have had a little bit more money. Consumers are benefiting from the lowest gas prices we have seen in years but not everybody is rushing out to spend it right away. Its there to spend in case i need it. Its nice to see the gas coming down. Most people are feeling flushed this Holiday Season many are still reeling from the worst recession in history but at least things are looking much brighter than just a year ago. Live in center city, david henry, channel 6 action news. All right david thank you. Lets get a check of the traffic report now. Matt pellman is in the traffic center. Things dont look bright except for the flashing lights on the schuylkill. Westbound side the travel time is four to five times what it should be. Jammed from passyunk to this point under 30th street station, an accident involving a couple of vehicles, that car is brave squeezing through but for the most part blocking off the lanes here on the schuylkill. Big mess in university city. See that on the big picture and big delays from belmont on in, because of a broken down vehicle that is now gone. And also still investigating one in cheltenham township along washington lane and township line road. And stay clear of the blue route, 476, a crash past the route 1 media bypass, a stand still from villanova to media. A mess on the highways well check them again in the next half hour. Still to come this evening, testing on a potential ebola vaccine has hit a road block, ali gorman will explain why. And students at st. Joes university found a way to beat exam stress. And well check back in with cecily tynan. This Holiday Season, my good friend gave to me 7 powerball tickets 6 match 6 chances 5 cash 5s 4 big 4s 3 daily numbers 2 Mega Millions joe happy holidays, rita. rita thanks, joe man what a great gift announcer Pennsylvania Lottery tickets make great gifts, like the new 1 million peppermint payout. joe happy holidays and best wishes from the lottery testing for a potential ebola vaccine has hit a road block, they stopped because of unexpected side effects. Reporter in geneva the testing has been suspended because of mild fevers but that is to be expected but some complained of join pain a couple of days later and that was unexpected. They want to make sure it goes away before its tested again. Researchers are trying to see if vaccines are safe and if they spark an immune response. We are a long way away from having an ebola vaccine. And for College Students its finals week and it could be stressful. Some students were treated to a fun study break. Students at st. Josephs university are blowing off steam during finals week in a healthy and fun way with yardy sweats. Its a mobile dance and Fitness Company based on moves from the caribbean. From jamaica to trinidad and we take the street dances and merge them with fitness, stephanie and tiffany say the hour long class aims to be fun but also its a great workout focusing on areas that women like to work. Your core and leg muscles and your buttocks and just get in shape and do something different. I have a hard time. For these freshman friends it was the perfect study break. Same for area. It was a fun break. Its not just for students, yardy sweat offers classes for students in philadelphia and they will come to your workplace or party or church and bring the workout to you and your friends, we have information on 6abc. Com. I can see you doing that rick. Now i need a nap, thank a lot ali. Eastbound is reportedly rolling outlayoffs that will impact 10 of their employees, the auction site is considering eliminating up to 3,000 people according to the wall street journal. This after the Company Announced they were separating the company from the Online Service paypal. And now a brand new hiking trail along the Schuylkill River that extends to Montgomery County next fall. Its a Ground Breaking ceremony for the west trail, a panel way that starts in philadelphia and extended to conshohocken and upper merion township, when finished its the perfect get away for enthusiasts and nature lovers that live inside of the city. Now its sort of like a juggling act, sort of like the kid party they had in port richmond. And a juggler riding a unicycle was just one thing they had. The kids were treated to holiday gifts. Party on people blinds to gos 60th anniversary sale continues celebrating with 20 off the entire store. You heard right, 20 off the entire store. Were talking employee pricing baby hey, you need em, you want em, and now theres no better time to get em. Blinds to go. Blinds for life. Now cecily tynan is here at the big board. Snow is predicted . There are snow showers around and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing a few showers and they are beginning to diminish in reading and now its tapering off to flurries across route 422 and another batch near coatesville and downingtown, all thanks to the gift that keeps on giving the noreaster that is stuck in northern new england, and creating scenes like this, from townsend delaware, the snow is covering the grass and puts you in the holiday spirit. The snow is melting on most road surfaces and temperatures begin to drop now and this could cause icy patches. Allentown and reading 32 and millville 32 and Sea Isle City 35 degrees. Factor in the winds, the windchill make its feel like 25 in philadelphia and 24 in allentown and 22 in lancaster. All thanks to the low pressure, that continues to spin the moisture our way, we can see snow over buffalo too. Its really the origin of that the snow, its beginning to lessen in intensity. The low pressure is not moving quickly. That means our atmosphere will gradually be drying out. Patchy black ice around and below freezing and allentown 24, and reading 28 and cape may 33 degrees, the day planner showing tomorrow its brighter than today. A lot of clouds especially early in the day, at 7 00, 32 degrees and 1 00, 38 and peeks of sunshine so looking a little bid better. Its a gradual process. 45 tomorrow and breezy and still more clouds than sun and by the weekend partly sunny on saturday and 42 and sunday 46 degrees and dry with temperatures in the 30s for the cowboys eagles game at the linc. Tuesday it clouds up for monica and 48 degrees, what happened behind the system ill have in the full accuweather forecast. Finally the low pressure is running out of steam. It took a while. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, Rick Williams and h Monica Malpass. Hello again, here is what is happening on action news tonight. Philadelphia lawmakers one again considering mandatory paid sick leave for employees, well have reaction from both sides of the argument. Thief was not let anything including a wall get in the way a kensington burglary and a frantic search for four boys comes to an dramatic end on a california highway. And now revamped proposal for mandatory sick leave for employees. The specific requirements have changed but the feelings on the debate have not. Vernon odom is live outside of city hall tonight, with more on the controversy. Reporter good evening rick, Key City Council members tell me tonight they do not anticipate another veto confrontation with mayor nutter, there is no done deal yet, powerful interests still oppose it. Lauer is a food serving along the corridor and like 2,000 other philadelphia workers she doesnt get sick days and much choose between her health and no pay and some employees may even lose their job. We work just as hard if not harder than a lot of people out there. And there was a couple of people i worked so many days in a row that i sprained one of my ankles, i still had to come to work because i conafford it. A new law to force employers to provide sick days to employees, the threshold number of employees at 10, up from 5 and 7 that the mayor vetoed. The smaller businesses are working every day just to get by and turn a profit, but employee people and keep people employed and grow the business, that is good for the economy. We are not hurting businesses, this law has not hurt businesses in other cities and we have no reason to believe it will be any different in philadelphia. Mayor nutter wants to sign the sick pay bill but now put the threshold at 15. To more debate is in the offing. More things put on the cost burden on top of the Small Business that they dont have to face in the suburbs. And the lower wage works need it the most. The city council will hold another round of hearings on the sick pay law, when they reconvene in january, they hope to have a new law in the books by sometime in midfebruary. Vernon odom, channel 6 action news. Vernon thank you. Slick roads likely led to this crash today. This is a stretch of 222, and a car carrier somehow ended on its side in the median, and it was trapped for an hour before emergency crews could get to him. He was rushed to the hospital and police are not commenting on his condition, they left a pile of cars strewn in the median. The road was closed for hours for the clean up and vestdgation. Philadelphia police are looking for a crook that targeting a deli, the woodlawn deli surveillance shows the crook knocked down a surveillance gate and then knocked down rows of merchandise and took 1200 in cash and a han gun. And in new jersey depford county police are looking for the pen that robbed a macys employee, they are showing the picture of the white vehicle they believe the suspect was driving. They say he walked in and demanded cash from the register, he got away from 1100. If you recognize the car police want to hear from you. The current cia chief made comments on the Senate Report blasting the cias use of torture in post 9 11 detainees, that valuable intelligence came from investigations, brennan says the abuses occurred because they were unprepared for detentions and interrogations when they were thrust in terrorism after 9 11. The operational guidelines to governor the entire effort. In a limited number of cases Agency Officers used interrogation techniques that were not authorized and were abhorrent and should be repudiated by all. He defended his agents saying that the vast majority used ethical methods and there are policies in place to prevent future abuses. The subject of an amber alert is over and the father is in custody, they loektsed the car driven by daniel perez, and after a chase they stopped him on an overpass in san diego. He got out of the car with two children and he pulled them closer and they swarmed him and took him into custody. Scott ruden the producer has apologized for remarks he made in leaked emails. Ruden called actress director, a quote, spoiled brat and made jokes about president obamas race and he says the emails were written in haste and not meant to be taken seriously. There is more on the sony hacking scandal