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WPVI Action News At 4pm February 19, 2015

With the biting winds allentown we are predicting 2 below and trenton and wilmington and dover 1 degrees and farther to the south not records but still brutal cold, 2 in millville and Atlantic City 2 above zero. And on top of that for philadelphia if we hit that low of 1 degrees, its the record for the date, 1 degree set back in 1979 so the coldest temperature we have seen in the month of february in 36 years but if you look at philadelphia as a whole for the entire year its the coldest temperature in 21 years. And Winter Weather advisories go into effect. If we break them down for you, the North Western suburbs, Lehigh Valley and lancaster 25 to 30 below and windchills tomorrow morning 10 to 15 below in the far southern areas well talk much more about the temperatures that try to recover over the weekend. Thank you adam. And as we mentioned these temperatures are very dangerous and unfortunately, we have seen at least six deaths in our area linked to the weather, chad pradelli is live in center city with the details on this. Chad . Reporter shirleen these are people that basically froze to death, i spoke with the medical examiner that did most of the autopsy and i says most of the deaths could have been prevented. These bitter colds claimed half dozen lives across the area. A few were found on the streets, like an 86yearold man in allentown that died just steps from his door, and dr. Walter hoffman did the autopsy on five of the bodies. These are the folks that fall through the cracks and it is very frustrating to have preventible deaths and no one does anything about it. Dr. Hoffman says that hypothermia can set in within an hour and more quickly in water earlier this week an elderly couple lost heat to their home. And they stayed in a hotel and he got concerned that the house was empty and someone may break in so he moved back into the house and she stayed one night and came back to the hotel, and came back again and he was founded. This is a Community Effort for people to look in after their elderly neighbors. Cheryl is a nurse with the Philadelphia Corporation with aging she urges friends and family and neighbors to look after the most vulnerable especially with record breaking cold on the way. Shivering is one symptom, but not the only one. Cold, pale person, that will involve into somebody with a low heart rate and loss of consciousness and possibly death, it happens real quick. And if you would like to find tips or resources go to the website, keepseniorswarm. Org or call the corporation for aging hot line. Im live at the art museum, chad pradelli, channel 6 action news. Thank you. A serious situation, we are learning about several School Closures because tomorrows cold temperatures including the brandywine and Colonial School districts in delaware and check 6abc. Com for the full list and as the temperatures drop, be sure to stick with 6abc. Com weather, we have both the hourly and sevenday forecasts, so you can be prepared no matter how cold it gets. A gunman shot a man in the head there, he was followed into the building by a suspect, and they have not yet announced arrests or a possible motive. Murder charges have been filed against the man that allegedly killed his coworker at the plant yesterday, peter adam stabbed Danny Vazquez to Death Outside of the facility yesterday the conflict was sparked by a prank when vazquez tried to pull a chair out from underneath him. The pair got into a physical fight, that is when he killed vazquez before stabbing himself one person is after a crash on the blue route, it happened this morning in ridley township. The car when off the highway and up the embankment. Police have not told us the victims name or what caused the crash. Today marks ten years since a local couple vanished without a trace and despite a decade since their disappearance their loved ones made a plea. This was a heartwrenching day but the fbi says they have not given up the search. Its a heartwrenching situation with that passing of time ten long years fbi investigators are hoping that someone that knew Something Back then may be more willing to help them out now. Ten years is too long to wait for justice for two people that did nothing wrong and did not deserve this. Her son richard and his friend danielle disappeared. They left a bar and headed to his pickup truck and simply vanished. Investigators say it was not an accident, and no crime of opportunity. They say they were the victims of a professional hit job. This just didnt happen we feel it was an orchestrated act. Two people and a truck do not simply go missing. But who would want them dead. No one is ruled out as a suspect at this time. We are going back and looking at the leads we have covered in the past. The fbi is dedicating new resources to reexamine the evidence collected so far with fresh eyes but they admit the key is help from the public from someone that knows who was involved. Whoever comes forward could collect a 50,000 reward. You come down and we got the cash. Joseph imbow moved to North Carolina shortly after and i spoke to him a while ago, he says the fbi has got to do what it has to do and he told agents a couple of days ago he is glad they are reinvestigating the case and hopefully this is the year they find out what happened. Live at the federal building, david henry channel 6 action news. Thank you. We have much more on the couples disappearance on 6abc. Com. We have posted a gallery of photos there, showing the couple along with detailed descriptions of the two and a phone number to call if you have any information. Police in Montgomery County are looking for an Engagement Ring thief who may have struck twice, he was captured on camera at the mall in pottstown investigators say he posed as an interested customer and an employee let him hold an 8000 diamond ring and that is when dashed out of the store. And they believe he was involved in a similar theft at the Franklin Mills mall. Lets go live now to the Traffic Center and matt pellman. A lot of people are stuck northbound is backed up but its southbound at girard where we have an earlier crash that got us off to a bad start you slow on down to the vine, one you get on the vine you see heavy westbound delays because of this earlier accident by broad street, now off to the gore point, and all lanes are open, but again stop and go traffic from 95 from this point at broad, watching a bunch of suburban accidents this afternoon, one along upper dublin at dresher town road and one at whitpain at Skippack Pike. And all day long icy conditions closing down the road and look for a wreck at eagleville road and feather lane and still the water main break along delsy drive and academy street. Lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this thursday almost friday afternoon. Animal friends on 95 heading towards the girard point bridge. I dont know what kind but watch out for them. Good warning, thank you platt. Almost 200 patients at a california hospital may have been exposed to potentially deadly bacteria, they know the source of the contamination. Reporter Ucla Medical Center is scrambling to find out why 179 patients treated from october to january were exposed to a super bug and has a death rate as high as 50 . Its a potent organism that could cause death. Staff at ucla says it was spread by two endascopes. And two patients have tested positive so far and the outbreak could be factors in two deaths and similar outbreaks in seattle, pittsburgh and chicago in recent years they claim the scopes were cleaned properly but now they are using a process that go as above and beyond the national standards. There is something going on here whether they have to change the procedures or not but there is a reason that scopes are spreading this in hospitals. The fda today listed a safety alert asking hospitals to closely following guidelines for cleaning the reuseable scopes. We have a warning for parents that comes from a action news special investigation, a highly dangerous drug is makes its way into the hands of teens, and Wendy Saltzman has the preview of a report youll see only on action news at 11 00. Have you no idea these overthecounter drugs are being abused by teens but chances are your kids already know about it we investigate this risky high is so easy to get its the drug of choice for many youngsters and parents warned that the pcp like effect turned their son down a dangerous path. He lost his way and wound up committing a crime and now he is incarcerated for many years. A story that parents and kids need to watch only tonight at 11 00. We are following breaking news the sixers have just traded Michael Carter williams. Its unclear what the sixers will get in return and the Action News Department is working to get the details its a complicated trade more coming newspaper sports at 5 00. Meanwhile the phillies officially opened spring training under the palm trees of florida. Jeff skversky is live for us once again in clearwater. Reporter 48 degrees and i needed my gloves but they want to talk about the team, day one of pitchers and catchers all the talk of possible trades and rebuilding but the phillies say they are not upset with cole hamels even though he expressed his desire to play elsewhere, the phillies believes that hamels is just competitive and wants to win. Look at cole hamels and cliff lee, both on the mound pitching today on day one of spring training and ruben amaro the general manager expects them both to be on the mound come day one in april. Whether these two are on this team by the end of the season remains to be seen, that is out of the players control and the phillies are taking the approach like this. Would you like to opportunity to be traded somewhere else i cant answer that one. Let me do another one. Concentrate and ask again. Reporter that is phillies pitchers cliff lee having a good time today with his magic eight ball he brought it out to dodge questions about trading cole hamels or being traded himself. Coming up whether or not cole hamels expressed his desire to be traded to phillies management. Jeff skversky channel 6 action news. I wish we could shake that magic 8 ball and find out when this weather will warm up. Concentrate and ask again. Three days can you weight three days, temperatures in the upper 40s, basically similar to what jeff is dealing with on sunday and double scan live radar shows anything but warm across the country, notice its below freezing as far southst 19 philadelphia 13 in lancaster and even at the shore right now in the upper teens we have the wind out, there you felt it and heard it rattle the windows, its feeling below zero and wilmington 4 below is how it feels, 1 in philadelphia and 0 in Atlantic City. Its all compliments of this fresh arctic high, a beast of a high that pushed in from the north and canada and the good thing about arctic highs they squash any type of precipitation its quiet across the lower 48 and that will change into the upcoming weekend as the warmer air tries to push in. Record cold for tonight and biting wins and 2 below in the Lehigh Valley and factor in the winds and tomorrow morning when you step out 2below allentown and 20 below in lancaster and 30 below in some areas. This we have do really continue to kind of warn you about the frostbite times for the delaware and lehigh salies with windchills that low you can get frostbite on exposed skin in 15 to 30 minutes and in the poconos as soon as 15 to 30 minutes, dress in layers and kids heading to school make sure they stay in the car with you if they head to the bus stop you dont want them out there with the wind. On top of that, it cant get any worse saturday afternoon the warm air pushes in and squeezes snow showers out and light snow saturday afternoon into saturday evening as we get deeper in saturday night we have snow and sleet and freezing rain and eventually rain and not a big storm but a nuisance here, we can see around 1 to 3 inches of snow before the change over. Brisk and cold tomorrow and full sun just 17 degrees in the afternoon and the afternoon snow stays snow in the evening and starts to change over and left over showers on sunday morning and we pump it up to 46 here on sunday afternoon but that doesnt last long because more bitter air as we drop down to 27 degrees for a high so its like an open wound throwing salt in it when you have this kind of cold. Adam its worth reminding our viewers that most of the Public Schools in the state of delaware are closed for tomorrow in anticipation of the cold. Go to 6abc. Com and get the complete list. Thank you adam. To business now its a mixed day for stocks and the dow was down 44 points and the nasdaq was up 18 and the s p was down 2 points. And the Biggest Company in the world is giving employees a raise. 5,000 full and partTime Employees will get a pay bump taking them to 9 an hour, that is 1. 75 above the federal current minimum wage, by february 31 of next year the pay rises to 10 an hour and it affects employees of sams club. Uber continues to raise an incredible amount of cash from investors and they expect to bring in another billion dollars in funding, there is overwhelming demand from investors that want in. Its valued at 40 billion dollars overall. We are counting down the oscars this weekend, even the nominees that dont take home the gold statue wont walk away empty handed. Far from tx the consolation prize is a gift bag worth 160,000. It includes a 14,000 luxury train ride through the rockies and 20,000 worth of mind control lessons and thousands in beauty and weight loss products. So Alicia Vitarelli enroute to hollywood now, she will have live reports starting tomorrow and watch the oscars here on sunday on 6 abc and you can always see it live on the watch abc app. Attend the oscars or get the goody bag . Goody bag. All the way. Coming up a Living Legend comes to south jersey, the local students that got a firsthand lesson from one of the tuskegee airmen. And more on the controversial decision that is making headlines and as we go to break we look at the battleship new jersey in camden, its surrounded by ice, we continue to track dangerously cold temperatures. Hiiiii. Hi. Sorry, were closed. What . I need help with my deposit. The bank has rules. Its really quick. I cant hear you. I promise, im gonna be really quick. I dont under. I cant hear you through the glass. Ill. Be. Quick youll be quick. Thats what you just said . Yes. Im sorry, i cant hear you. Were closed. You know what . Okay, thats. Hey. Sir . I just. Okay. [ male announcer ] its time to bank human again. Thats why td bank has the longest hours and even stays open an extra ten minutes for when you run late. Td bank. Americas most convenient bank. Students in new jersey heard some incredible war stories today straight from the person that lived them, dr. Eugene richardson went toed middle school in mount laurel to share his stories as a tuskegee airman. They served our country despite being subjected to segregation laws. We have an update all Public Schools in the state of delaware are closed tomorrow because of the cold temperatures meanwhile two collected officials got to relive their High School Days in delaware and this time around it included cameras and an entourage, arty duncan walked the halls and sat in on class they joined a round table discussion and it was a chance for officials to show off their latest initiative. Check out 6abc. Com for the complete list of School Closings. And the black madam murder trial begins and the latest on an aspiring rapper, for allegedly killing a woman with illegal butt injections. Youll love todays saving 6 abc, we have cool deals for your deck or. Its that easy to play. Pick 3. Easy to play. Simple to say. It doesnt get much easier than picking two things. You pick two, and. Youre basically done. Thats why the Pennsylvania Lottery created pick 2. Just pick two numbers. Done. Pick 2. Easy to play. Simple to say. Action news continues with adam joseph Alicia Vitarelli, Shirleen Allicot and brian taff. Its 4 30 and action news continues with developing news about the deadly road rage case in nevada the suspect is now in custody be the family is returning donations. And he sprung out of jail and how he got out of his cell and into the cleaning closet in the first place. And a woman remembers walking out a dallas bar, what she doesnt remember is how she wound up half naked inside of a Cardboard Box at a landfill. But the aspiring rapper accused of killing a woman by using illegal silicone injections in 2011. Reporter padge victoria winslow testified to the judge that she was the mike angelo of butt injections. A 20yearold aspiring dancer from london died after getting silicone injections in her backside. Padge winslow was a performer, who did silicone injections on the side. She charged about 2000 a session and now winslow is on trial accused of murdering a client. An aspiring video dancer from london. Winslow told the judge everyone was calling me the michelangelo of buttocks injections. I made lots of money in lots of ways. In 2011, they met winslow at the Philadelphia International airport for a second treatment. Her assistant testified she performed her usual procedure, filling the buttocks with silicone and then closing it with crazy glue, she claimed chest pains and was taken to the hospital and later died. She fled and spent months on the run. And the prosecutor told the jury today that the silicone was the same substance used to make cars and military tanks, this trial is expected to last several weeks and the jury is weighing third degree murder and manslaughter and other charges. Thank you sara. Police say that a bear man tried to kill a wawa employee this morning. Police say that reed walked into the beaver brook wawa and tried to order so

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