Chester county of west cthese through and as they pull through definitely if youre on the roads, you have to take a minute to stop as you can see it is nowut to engulf center city itself and these also continue into parts of southern new jersey as well. Whats going to happen for this evening for that rush there . Hit or miss with these snow squalls but they bring very poor and visibility. A quick cf inch. Right now its melting on the roads but as we get closer to sunset and just after those temperatures are going to drop below freezing. In fact by 8 30 were 28 philadelphia 23 in allentown, at freezing in millville. Everything is going to freeze up once that s sets and squalls, pastnset hourould start to accumulate on the roads. Well talk about a very cold week storm threat for next we all right adam thank you. The well, the Lehigh Valley was one of the hardest hit places by todays system. Jeanette reyes continues our Team Coverage from allentown tonight. Jeanette good evening. Reporter good evening rick. We had one of those snow squalls that adam is talking about coming down just about an hour ago and it really affected the visibility and that may have that contributed to a seven car pileup that happened here early this morning. I said he cant stop. He doesnt have enough time so brace yourself. Reporter Regina Snyder its hard to believe just 24 hours ago temperatures were in the 60s and now her brand new pickup truck is totaled after being involved in a seven car pileup likely caused by snowy conditions. All of the snow started coming down really heavy so people slowe so it was hard for anybody to re reporter the accident happened just before 10 30 friday morning along the northeast on thepennsylvania turnpike in both lanes wer shut down for hour. Was in the accident and i was able to stop and it just happened that quick. The lady thats behind me she said you look like youre going to pass out of. Are you okay . But it was just you know adrenaline. Reporter the same treacherous snow was cause for celebration and also confusion for the younger members of the lesko family. Yesterday at School Everybody was like going outside and we were all having recess and everybody wastaking off their coats. Reporter ask little gianna shell assure you she has Mother Nature all figured out. March is goes in. Like a lion and out like a lamb. Reporter but those he only kids on the block out enjoying the snow before the sun meltit away. These next door neighbors made the best of the white stuff. All right, last one for the season i hope. Reporter the afternoon shoveling often interrupted by discussions about Mother Nature and which of her weather moods was better. Its a nuisance. Its a nuisance. In march, yeah. For m great. Look how beautiful. Trees are whit im ready for springtime. Reporter obviously opinweather. Coming back out live i want to give you an example of just how bad t today. We are about 200 yards from tbarely because of that snow squall earlier today so certainly be careful. Spring is not here yet and that good weather not here to stay just yet. Be careful as you head out today. Reporting live in allentown, Jeanette Reyes channel6 action news. Monica. Thanks jeanette. Police in Delaware County trying to track down an attacker after a woman was assaulted outside her apartment complex. The incident happened not far from three similar cases in delaware all of which unsolved. Action News Reporter john rawlins live in Chester Heights with that story. Good evening, john. Reporter good evening monica. Well those incidents in delaware are located about 10 to 20 miles from here but there are some similarities as far as the assailant is concerned and how the assailants behaved. Given that investigators here, the Pennsylvania State police, have been in contact with New Castle County detectives. About 7 15 tuesday evening a 65yearold woman was about to enter her apartment when she was confronted by a man. He came up behind her and then as she turned around thats when the struggle ensued. Ensued. It was a physical confrontation. Reporter he was armed andwearing a mask. Yes. Reporter in the end she got the best of him. She did. Reporter resident thankful management too put out an alert about the attack and are advising people to be situationally aware. I think twice when i get out of the car. Reporter you take their advice to be wear. Id be crazy not to. I actually related it to the delaware stuff because we saw on the news there are things going on in delaware. Reporter this incident at the madison glen mills occurred one day after a armed masked men tried to over well a delaware woman. Delaware investigators think that man may be responsible for two previous attacks and sexual assaults of delaware women last month. We have been in contact with delaware. However, at this time we cannot say that this is connected with delaware. Reporter well connected or not what occurred here tuesday an armed having an armed assault is a worrying matter for the folks who live here who have always in the past thought themselves as being comfortably see secluded here. The state police say they have some leads theyre following but theyre also asking anyone who has any information about that armed individual who was here on tuesday night to please give them a call at the media barracks. Live in Chester Heights, john rawlins channel6 action news. Rick. All right john thank you. In other news tonight pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf is speaking out against the gops new healthcare plan. The action cam was in germantown where the governor focused on the legislations impact on seniors. He called the law harmful and restrictive. Wolf says if the plan passes 700,000 pennsylvanians are in jeopardy of losing their healthcare coverage. The white house and Republican Leadership continue to defend the new healthcare plan. Gop leaders met with President Trump today. One of the topics of discussion was the time line for phasing out the expansion of medicaid. Today the white house said the time line is not a question of negotiation for the president. There are some new birds in the nest in south philadelphia today. The eagles officially introduced their newest free agency signings. Sports reporter jaime apody is live inside the novacare complex with the additions to the team. They spoke to the media today jamie, hm . Reporter they did rick and monica and a big celebration here at the eagles complex because Howie Roseman managed to add not just one but two big time free agent Wide Receivers to a core that really needed them despite the eagles salary cap shortcomings. Quite impressive. Take a look as we met these new guys today. Torrey smith was the first to sign the first to be introduced. Classy and confident is what id call him. And then after that we met Alshon Jeffery. He told me that he plans to play with a bit of a chip on his shoulder this year after injury and suspension caused a dee cress in his numbers. When he plays all 16 games hes a sure fire thousand yard plus guy. Jeffery could have had more money elsewhere. He took a one year deal because he wants to catch passes from carson wentz. Both jeffery and smith happy to be part of things here in philadelphia. Im glad to be a part of such a great organization. The coaches i cant wait to get startd the. Im excited. I had to figure out what was best for me at the time and that was here this organization i think is headed in the right direction as a great young quarterback great leadership coach pederson. Reporter now smith has himself a super bowl ring that he won with the ravens and he thinks he can win another one right here and he plans on trying to do just that. Of course hes here on a three year deal and you know Alshon Jeffery also used twith him. Hes here one year 14 million but plans to try to turn that into somethinglonger. Much more from both these here at the eagles complex a little bit later at 5 30 and6 00. Live at the novacare complex home of two brand new receivers Alshon Jeffery and torrey smith. Im jaime apody channel6 action news. Rick and monica. Jamie, thank you. Time now for a check of ourfic report friday night. Lets take it live to matt pelman in the action News Traffic Center see whats up with all the weather concerns. Matt. Good evening monica and rick. The snowflakes have been flying. In fact you just missed a squall here al richmond. It was really coming down just abou30 s in fact enough to pile up . There along the side of the shoulder. Southbound traffic has been heavy near on 95 because up ahead by girard there was a e. Gone now. Also our crash southbound in delco by 420 is gone but still plenty of slowing as you come down from the airport. Lets see if we can see this spot right here i city. Minute ago we couldnt. T. The snow still moving through center city here along the vine street expressway. Trust me its heavy volume in both directions. Jam solid in Chester County on the 30 bypass westbound because of a crash by 100. Stick with business 30 or the turnpike instead. And here by the promenade along route 73 at marlton parkway watch out, crash taking out the right lane as you head northbound so jammed up there as well but not snowing there, rick and monica. Well check it again in the next half hour. All right. Sounds good. The action cam at the pap Convention Center this afternoon for the Preview Party of this years flower show. The pennsylvania horticultural societys members got a sneak peek at what the annual event has in store. Meteorologist cecily tynan has been giving us an inside look into the Philadelphia Flower Show. Shes live at the Convention Center tonight with more. Hey, cecily. Reporter hi, monica and rick and i beautiful here. The theme this year is holland flowering the world and im in the central exhibit now. Weve got the bridges and the canals that youll see when you go to holland. Also the thousands and thousands of acres of flowers and this exhibit alone we have more than 30000 blooms. Also behind me we see the iconic wind mills. These are 30 feet tall that you see in holland. Theres a dutch saying god made the world but the dutch made holland. Thats because the netherlands much of the country is either below or barely above sea level and if the dutch didnt build a series of dikes and pumping stations and dams, the north sea actually would have washed it away and wind mills have been supplying the power to keep the water out of the country for more than 600 years and this is pretty impressive. The dutch plan to have 10 percent of the countrys energy needs supplied by Renewable Resources including Wind Turbines by the year 2020, kind of a nice lesson for the rest of the world. A lot to show you. Stay tuned. Live here from the Philadelphia Flower Show. Back to you guys. Very impressive. Thank you cecily. Much more ahead on action news at 5 00. The weather problems Officials Say are to blame for this deadly Helicopter Crash overseas. Also the new support for philadelphias beverage tax as a Court Considers an appeal against mayor kenneys plan when action news comes right back. My belly pain and constipation . 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Talk to your doctor about managing your symptoms proactively with linzess. A hell continue crashed on this highway in istanbul turkey and all seven people on board were killed. Officials say the chopper hit a tv tower in dense fog. Witnesses say they saw the helicopter falling down bursting into a ball of fire. One of the road blades hit a vehicle on the ground. The driver was inside but was not hurt. Employers added more jobs in february than analysts expected and that is the conclusion of todays jobs report. The first one reflecting a full month under the trump administration. The Labor Department says 235,000 jobs were added nationwide and pay went up at a healthy pace. The Unemployment Rate dipped to 4. 7 percent. Experts believe the Federal Reserve will raise short term Interest Rates next week based on that new data. Philadelphias beverage tax is getting some official backing by a number of local business groups. More than a dozen groups filed socalled am icu s briefs. Supporters of the africanamerican camer were of commerce and the american heart association. The court is considering an appeal from the soda industry asking it to overturn a ruling from a lower court that the tax is legal. Coming up abc news investigation. 20 20 delves into the secret world of christian programs for teens that many call gay conversion camps. The word god it is not biblical. Theres a hundred more nobody knows about that nobody is exposing on tv. Abcs brian ross will tell the story of 16yearold lucas greenfield who is gay. He was sent by his mother to a series of christian run youth camps in alabama. He said beatings there were commonplace. Tonight at 10 oclock see the confrontation with one of the pastors accused of abuse by greenfield. Its an all new 20 20 tonight right here on 6abc. Actionaction news at 5 00 will be right back. If this didntdidnt see it. vo what if we could go back . What if our car. Could stop itself . In iihs prevention testing nobody beats the subaru impreza. Not toyota. Not honda. Not ford. The allnew subaru impreza. More than a car, its a subaru. Freight train derailed and caught fire w the tankers contained ethanol alcohol. Flames could be seen 8 milesfour homes had to be evacuated. The conductor and engineer were the only two people on the train and escaped without injury. Health check tonight. Raw milk products are a natural food trend growing in popularity but you may think twice before you consume them since raw milk is not pasturized it can harbor germs that can make you sick. Cdc investigating an outbreak of listeria they believe is connected to a soft raw milk cheese. Six people were hospitalizied. Doctors urge everyone to play it safe and choose pasturized products. Two Alaska Airlines employees are taking their friendship to new heights. Captain jodi harscamp is donating her kidney to Flight Attendant jodi stancil. Doctors put her on dialysis and told her she needed a newdney. Y turned to facebook. Jodi says she didnt hesitate especially for a coworker here brought over dinner right after her house burned down. People say kidney for lasagna thats a huge trade. It was really made with love. [laughter] is scheduled for monday in seattle. How incredible. Thats nice. Amazing. Still ahead on action news at 5 a check of that forecast. , whoing live outside sky6 hd showing you the center city skyline on a friday night. Starting to clear out a little bit from all that snow we had today. Meteorologist adam joseph has your exclusive chilly ac when we come right back. Time for accuweather at the action news big board. Thats right. Meteorologist adam joseph here to check in on our snow and our cold situation today. Yeah, big change from yesterday of nearly 70 degrees. We got anywhere between a half inch near dover this morning to as much as 6 inches in the Lehigh Valley, around an inch in philadelphia. Now we have snow squalls and this squall is meaning some business as it is now pushing away from philadelphia, cherry hill medford, Medford Lakes tabernacle marlton. As it pushed through roxborough that part of philadelphia there was some thundersnow reported and in fact im now seeing a little lightning bolt its hard for you to see but i see it right here near cherry hill so hearing thundersnow just an indication of how violent the atmosphere is with these squalls as they pass through reducing visibility and you can see more squalls here lining up along the garden state parkway heading towards Atlantic City, sea isle city. Theyre quick but they are mighty as they pass by. In fact, got this shot in just from shannon on my facebook page. You for commenting with me on facebook and twitter. Ive been seeing them. Ive been a little busy but ill respond to many of you as much as i can. Shannon showing this. You can see the sun right here glistening through that squall reducing visibility and quickly coating some of the cars. Right now wind chills aretty much across the area and these wind chills will continue to plummet overnight. Arctic winds are now coming in and thats whats supplying these squalls this afternoon as the atmosphere is undergoing a change a big change from the last three days. So, partly cloudy very cold tonight after the early evening snow squalls, 14 to 19 so do expect a quick freezeup here this evening. In fact these squalls could linger through 7 oclock