Winter weather advisory north and west and they are blowing snow around and temperatures are very cold. We didnt climb out of the 20s, when you factor in the winds, the windchill make its feel like 16 degrees in philadelphia. 14 in reading, and 14 in trenton. 15 at the atlanta take airport and the poconos windchill is only 1 degree. So this evening well fin to see scattered snow showers combining with the wind and blowing snow and reduced visibility, be careful as you drive for the evening commute. Shouldnt be sticking to most roads and one situation where its mostly cloudy and all of a sudden you get the snow shower moving through quickly changing conditions and ill let you know when the sunshine returns and when we finally warm upcoming up in the full accuweather forecast. Sounds good. Thank you. The action cam in berks county where the slush and snow turned into an icy mess and the plows have not been able to get them yet. Getting around is a problem in the city of philadelphia, action News Reporter sara bloomquist continues the Team Coverage from 3rd and new street in old city. You see the snow is swirling this evening in old city. Lets talk about the streets, north 3rd street behind me down to the pavement and down to one lane. That is making for slow going, this is the real problem getting around here in the city today. And all this have icy snow build up around the curbs that make its difficult for people including me to walk around. And if you look out here on new street, its actually a cobblestone street and you see it is too snow covers and slick in spots. Not easy to get around anywhere in the city this afternoon. The sound of tires sounded in the city, here in Northern Liberties the brothers from brunos come sayy had to give this car a push to get in in the driveway. Made the snow much harder with the snow and sleet. To dig the cars and trucks out that we had. The streets, they were navigated slowly. A lot of really hard packed snow and ice. The ice is the big problem. A lot of places where your treads land its all ice. With so much snow along the streets in old city. Catching the bus meant standing in the street. And at allegheny and kensington. This street was so snow covered, cars stayed stuck. We didnt even send our quids to school. We have to drive them and we dont have a car and too cold to walk. Many did walk. Plenty of sidewalks were clear. Many remain ice covered in north philadelphia parents set out early with the kids, knowing there would be mounds of snow and ice to navigate. We went the whole walk, the kids were playing and everything in the snow, they love tropical disturbance a lot. Back here live, if you need to see a plow or a salt truck, you can call 311 in the city. The city is asking that you wait until tomorrow to do it. Live in old city, im sara bloomquist, channel 6 action news. Thank you. It was a similar scene today in trenton, roads and sidewalks around the citys chambersburg neighborhood were covered in snow and ice and that did not stop people from digging out and marking their spots with folding chairs, restoring power was a major concern in delaware, this was its scene on tulip street. During yesterdays storm which people were working to fix today. Crews in new jersey and delaware are getting help from peco, the utility dispatched 50 contractors to help ac electric restoration yesterday and another 50 today. Other peco Energy Employees are assisting del have a power in delaware. The fbi says that two fugitives wanted for murder in california may be hiding out in the delaware valley. They have been connected to a deadly shooting during a drug transaction in october. Two people died a third person was injured. Both suspects are from philadelphia with ties to new jersey. The Sonoma CountySheriffs Office is offering a 2500 for an arrest. If you have information call the february or Philadelphia Police. The cost of a meal plan at Temple University is going up in part for the citys new beverage tax. Students will have to pay 136 for a mere because of the tax on sweetened beverages. John rawlins spoke to students on campus and has more from north philadelphia at 6 00. And workers from some of philadelphias most popular Historic Sites say they are suffering from a budget squeeze, it means hours are limited and other sites had to colleagues indefinitely. Vernon odom has that story from Independence Mall new at 5 00 tonight. Reporter phillies declaration house a recontracts where Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of independence in 1776. The tour hours down by far because of cuts. The ben franklin sites in old city are locked up and the cuts as a result of budget squeezes and anticipation of white house plans to take the axe to the parks budget good for us, the ben franklin for us has been closed. Its quite popular with visitors and students go through. And we print up copies. The declaration for folks. There is no one to clean the halls, and the townhouse once the home of dolly todd madison, the first lady of the president that shaped the constitution all of this as President Trump ordered a hiring freeze as of march 1st. The tour through Independence Hall probably the most popular besides the liberty bell is shortened. There were nearly 5 million tourists attracted to andance park in 2015 and spent 250 million in the park supporting nearly 4,000 jobs, even though. Highprofile sites remain open. Promoters are disturbed. The sites that goat the most traffic are the ones still open but we dont know what it will do for the high season. The cuts are expected to be announced tomorrow. The federal employees and here are bracing themselves for months now. At Independence Mall, im vernon odom, channel 6 action news. Time for a check of the action news traffic report. Wednesday night. Lets go live to matt pellman in the Traffic Center and see whats up. You heard beware of ides of mar march. Beware of slick spots and falling ice and all sorts of stuff. You see the snow squall moving through olney here this is the resolutionreally coming down at the moment and the squalls move quickly and at this point the highways are just wet and v visibilities are down as a result of them. And a broken down truck taking down the center lane. And snowing in sent steer with jammed traffic on the vine and not surprising because as soon as you get off the vine at city hall, Market Street remains blocked at 8th and 12th, falling ice is the issue there. That area at city hall is totally gridlocked. And ice at the delaware Memorial Bridge, watch out below the inner lanes are blocked in both directions because of ice fears there. Thanks matt. More ahead on action news at 5 00. 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Billions of accounts were affect, some wanted money and some wanted personal information. Reporter the Justice Department identifying and dating four people including two russian intelligence agents accusing them of stealing the personal of information of millions of yahoo users. Both are fsb officers protected and directed and facilitated criminal hackers to collect information in the United States and he is where. The breach affected at least 500 million yahoo accounts and the indictment alleges that the two criminal hackers wanted money and the two officers of the Russian FederalSecurity Office wanted stolen information to spy on specific dissidents including russian and u. S. Orlandos. These were usb officers using usb tools and technique. Where it came from in their command i cannot tell you that. The russian government is accused of hacking the dna and clinton manager. And the Justice Department contends there is no connection between this indictment and the dnc investigation and they maintain they will do everything in their power to track down these cyber criminals. The fbi will use the long arm of the law to hold hackers accountable for their crimes no matter where they are locate. Four indicted and one arrested in canada this morning. Channel 6 action news. The Federal Reserve has raised the bank mark interest rate, the fed researrve chair ss it comes in an increased economy, two additional hikes are forecasted for later this year, the dow jones closed up triple digits gaining 112 points and the nasdaq gained 43 and change and the s p 500 is up almost 20. And rich negron got annence endorsement for his campaign. From the Guardians League and National BlackPolice Associations all announced their support for his candidacy. Negron is a former city manager under mayor Michael Nutter and left that job to work in a private form and he says that negron earned this endorsement. As Police Officers sometimes we have conflicts with the District Attorneys Office that is fine. What we are looking for is fairness and equality and open door communication. I am fighting against violence and bringing people together to make a difference my entire life. Current da Seth Williams is under investigation and announced he will not seek a third term. Rocket from the harlem wizards was full of tricks today he visited the elementary and the students with pumped up with a game and the goal was to get each of them out of the circle but a kindergartner here dennis made it to the end and beat rocket at the game and he got a head band and a ticket to the upcoming gape. Good for you dennis. Still ahead the ncaa basketball tournament starts tomorrow. 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Delaware reported three more flu deaths all people with Underlying Health conditions, all 65 years of age or under. And nearly 90 of the flu deaths were 65 and over and nationwide flu is still raining from virginia to the south to texas. Hard to believe with the snow on the ground but spring allergies are on the rise. Local doctors that keep the official pollen count say that levels of tree pollen are high and warmer weather causes the tree pollen to bloom and if you need medication its time to take it regardless of the weather. With the ncaa tournament there is a lot of basketball coming up and according to doctors interestingly a lot of vasectomies too. Between 2014 and 2016 the Cleveland Clinic noticed a 10 increase for men before the tournament. At the urging of their wives three los angeles men had theirs done the same day. If we are going to do it might as well do it all together. Doing it all together with my friends really helped a lot. I was open in the office and i mentioned a couple of my coworker, they said you know maybe ill do that. Men happen to choose march madness so they can easily take time off spending the weekend recovering and watching basketball. There you go. Okay. Still to come on action news at 5 00. A check of the forecast for you outside. Live outside sky 6 hd showing you Atlantic City where they have snow falling of course and limited visibility and cecily tynan has the exclusive accuweather forecast when action news comes right back. I have asthma. One of many pieces in my life. So when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my longterm control medicine. I talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. Oncedaily breo prevents asthma symptoms. Breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a longterm asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Breo wont replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. 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The snow is not completely gone we have in ours and squalls moving through now and one potent ban over i95 near cotman this is moving up to the north and east. When you see that color pink that is more intense snow squall that can reduce visibility and we have some of that across south jersey not quite as intense but hammonton had a snow squall heading towards 206 and the garden state parkway, this is a troth behind the system that brought the ice and rain and snow yesterday. And today it brought cold air, so far the high in philadelphia a measly 28 degrees, that is 24 degrees below the average high for this time of year. And only the fourth march day stuck in the 20s, recorded in the past decade the fifth day goldest day this winter and the winds are gusty and right now wind gusts of 30 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia and dover 38, lancaster 39 and the wins are out of the west pulling in the cold air so the current windchill makes it feel like 17 in philadelphia and 14 in allentown and the same in trenton and beach haven and lancaster currently feels like 15 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing this morning we saw some peeks of sunshine at 8 30 in the morning and then the troth moved through and brought showers and squalls and the good thing is things quiet down as far as snow showers. 21 in philadelphia, and allentown 15 and wilmington and trenton 19 and Atlantic City 24 and windchill 5 to 10 degrees so bundle up. We are not alone, freeze warnings extend all wait to the deep south and a hard freeze warning up in parts of northern florida, and temperatures tomorrow morning, future tracker 6 showing low 20s and not that much warmer in parts of florida. Jacksonville 29 degrees this likely will cause big problems for the peach crops, tomorrow it gets better, sunshine is back and a cool day with winds up to 20 Miles Per Hour and the windchill in the afternoon will be in the 20s, not as brutal as today. The fiveday at 5 00 showing tomorrow sunshine and brisk and still cool but temperature as above freezing and 37 degrees and st. Patricks day 43 degrees and increasing clouds and a warm front and mixed precipitation friday night and behind that system we have slightly warmer air and a little bit unsettled with mostly cloudy skies and 46 and sunday 46 and monday a spring chill as spring officially arrives, didnt feel like it. 46 degrees. Okay sounds good thank you. More action news coming your way. Action news continues with adam joseph, jaime apody and Monica Malpass. Hello again, here is what is happening on action news tonight. Residents in berks county are digging out from a foot of fresh snow while dea