The pick for secretary of state. His russian ties causing concerns for some. More on those stories, but first the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast with meteorologist chris sowers. Winter weather advisory today, chris. Reporter good afternoon to you guys, everything is in line with what were seeing this morning. We see a band of snow south of pittsburgh, right about here, this is overrunning moisture that is developing. Most of it is west of State College at this point, but this is all starting to fill in. We are expecting a period of light snow for the western suburbs to develop this afternoon. Thats why the Winter Weather advisory remains in effect through this afternoon for the western suburbs. Heres philadelphia, here, south jersey is in the clear at least as far as any accumulating snow. It will be the western suburbs, the Lehigh Valley and the poconos that will see accumulation before going over to rain, cold rain overnight tonight. Speaking of cold, very, very cold this afternoon, its only 33 degrees in philadelphia. 30 in reading, allentown, 31. Millville, 33. They are freezing down there in wilmington with a present temperature reading of 32. So forecast for today in and around the immediate philadelphia area, the remainder of the afternoon, cloudy skies, a couple of snow flurries is possible for the eagles game, nothing will stick, 36 degrees is the forecasted high. Again, a period of light snow is expected this afternoon for the western suburbs including the Lehigh Valley. Ill be back in ten minutes and have the timing for you on the arctic blast in the sevenday forecast. The action news morning team, matt, tam, karen and david will bring you an update on the soggy monday morning commute. Tune in at 4 30 a. M. , ill be joining them tomorrow. The cold temperature is holding the delaware and Lehigh Valleys in the its grip. Many have not seen temperatures like this since last february. Along with them is Katherine Scott. Reporter we are outside the lincoln financial field with seasoned eagles fans. As you look around theres happy fans hoping the eagles will beat the redskins today. Some setups arrest elaborate, some are elaborate, some are just having hot coffee. Many pressed on with their plans and a few extra layers. Eagles reporter as eagles fans vocal chords warm up they are looking for warmth. Some for go the approach of traditional type layers. Even face paint helps. In the summertime its like sunscreen, i dont get burned. And in the winter it keeps me warm. I want to flex, keeps the body warmth in. Reporter theres the chicken sizzling on the grill or piping pot of hot chocolate. From waiting to home games to watching for hatchables. The line stretched outside a target store in cherry hill with folks trying to get their hands on the seasons hottest toy. Ive been here since 7 00 a. M. Yesterday. Reporter target announced a new shipment on the store shelves and released today. Some were willing to bundle up and brave the plunging temperature. Ive been here since 11 00 p. M. Last night picking up a hatchable for my niece who is 6 years old. The one thing she wants and its the one thing nobody can get. Reporter and back here live outside the linc where the tail gate are full swing, the food smells delicious, its cold outside, as many said at least its not snowing, that makes it harder, as you can see they push through anything. Go eagles, Katherine Scott channel 6 action news. Cold, but fun, thank you so much. Folks we now know that a heater malfunction caused an explosion and fire in a south philadelphia refinery complex. This happened on the 3100 block of West Passyunk avenue next to a 120foot smokestack. Nobody was hurt. It was a close call for a driver whose car crashed abbey burst into flames on i95 in chester early this morning. The action cam was on the scene on the somebody lanes of i95 before 3 00 a. M. Crews say the driver was southbound south of curlin street when the car went out of control and rolled over and caught fire. The driver was taken to crozerchester hospital for treatment. A wilmington firefighter was honored yesterday promoted to lieutenant before her funeral services. Hope is the first africanamerican woman to achieve that rank within the wilmington fire department. Hope was honored with the medal of valour for attempting to save her fellow firefighters in september. Jerry fickes and Christopher Leach died in the fire. Firefighter Brad Speakman survived his injuries. Wilmington chief called her a fighter and super woman. Ardythe hope, the daughter, the sister, the mother, the aunt, the firefighter, emt, lpn, rn was all about caring for others, caring for us. The fire chief told hopes three children their mother now sits along sings and queens and is watching over their every move. A hero laid to rest. New new jersey state troor Frankie Williams will be laid to rest killed in a collision on route 55. He will be remembered at boardwalk hall in atlantic city. The public can pay their respects 8 00 a. M. To 10 00 a. M. Visitation from law enforce begins enforcement begins at 10 00 a. M. A City Attorney involved in a politically charged video will not be charged. Duncan douglass was seen holding a glass of wine while a man spray painted the store. He is on a two week leave from the City Solicitors Office and ordered to complete 40 hours of community service. Republicans on the Senate Armed Services committee are joining democrats in calling for examination that russia interfered in the president ial election. The cias report of russias intervention should with concern for every american. President elect donald trump is leaning toward rex tillerson, but has not offered him the job yet. Kellyanne conway was the 150th grand marshall of the Hammonton Christmas parade. When she was a teenager he had picked blue berries on the local farm. I loved her, looked up to her like a big sister. Ladies and gentlemen after 8 years i would ask you to pray for our outgoing president and vice president. I would ask you to pray for our new president and vice president. The there were protesters in the crowd voicing their criticism of donald trump. Most attende es salutes one of their own. Joe piscapo is looking to run as governor in his own state. Exiting times eagles are looking to reverse their fortunes they are in need of a big win today the Division Rivals washington redskins. Jamie apody is at the linc with a preview. Hey jamie. Reporter hey, its freezing outside, i have breaking news, Brandon Brooks will not play today in a late scratch he woke up i will. Brandon brooks is beckham will not play for the eagles. Lets take a look at the birds warming up a little bit. They are getting ready to face the redskins. We thought this would be a key Division Matchup a few weeks ago, turned out to be a little bit of an afterthought for the birds. The eagles have a three game losing streak. They are still alive in the playoff hunt, yes, its a long shot, but they are giving up hopefully. Were still in the conversation even though its down there, were still in the conversation, four games is a a lot of football, its a quarter of the season. By no means do we want to ease up now. This is not the time, this is the time to push forward and be aggressive. Nobody likes to lose especially in this business as a quarterback, im wired to be a winner. I can say the same thing for the guys in the locker room, well prepare and be the same win or lose, thats what it takes to be great. Well have more often game coming up on action news sports sunday. Ducis rogers will be joined by a special guest host today hopefully breaking down a new york win. You see number 81 matthews out catching passes. He will be playing, the first game he missed in his nervous system career going back to little league. He said it was painful to sit on the bench and watch. Carson wentz gets his number one weapon back. Eagles and redskins on deck. Lets hope this is a win to break the losing streak. Im prepared for anything i have my 6abc hat. The perfect cheerleader. Theres much more coming up on action news sunday afternoon. A onetwo punch is causing issues from snow across the country as mid sex. A dinosaur find was made in a very odd place. Action news continues after this. So glad you stayed with us, a onetwo punch from Mother Nature has left a lot of california under water. Look at that, these cabins in soda springs are usually along the river not in the river. The area was hit by two snowfalls and rainfall. Officials hope temperatures will drop to freeze run off in the mountains to prevent flooding in the cabins. Chicago is getting its first significant snowfall of the season. They battled through the night to keep highways clear. However slippery conditions got the best of drivers along interstate 88. Everyone is under to stay home. Midway and ohare have canceled 100 flights today. Im glad that kind of snow is not coming here. Not yet. Reporter youre messing with me. Can you imagine if i was in control of the weather . It would look like alaska around here. Lets get you to Spring Mountain live on sky6 live hd. You can see they have made snow. The snow guns working overtime this morning, trying to lay down a Nice Foundation on the slopes. Mother nature will provide fresh winter white as well, not much, but a coating in the area. Temperatures will be cold enough all week long once we get past monday for them to continue to make snow. Which is good news for the skiers. Temperature chilly, double scan live, for the most part its clear, 33 in philadelphia. 31 in the mountains. Approximate 3 in philadelphia and millville. Dover, 34. Theres a light breeze, but its enough to put the windchills in the mid 20s, so you need to bundle up if you have not done so and making your way to lincoln financial field, you better hurry up youre running out of time to get there. Windchills in the mid 20s, thats pretty much where they are camping out all afternoon. Heres double scan live we set it in motion for you, the warm front is stretching across the ohio valley. This is that ribbon of snow were expecting for this afternoon in the far western suburbs. Out through here, its going to be very light. With temperatures right there on the freezing mark, everything is going to stick. There will be a couple of slick spots across the Lehigh Valley county poconos this afternoon. Future trash tracker even though its not showing anything out here, there will be later on. Well catch a lull in the axe later on this evening. Temperatures are milder, its mainly rain, a cold rain at that. Allow yourself extra time tomorrow morning. The rain will be coming down, visibility will be reduced, things will clear out nicely by the time we get into the evening hours. What to expect, this is mainly for areas north and west of philadelphia. In the city of philadelphia, just a couple of flurries. The western suburbs far western suburbs, Lehigh Valley, from now through 4 00 p. M. , a period of very light snow is expected. From 4 00 p. M. To midnight, cloudy skies were watching a break, a lull in the action. From midnight to noon, the rain washes snow away and remains damp throughout the day. Before we change over to rain, 1 to 3 in the poconos. Half inch to an inch in the Lehigh Valley, a couple of flakes in the far western suburbs. For today, cloudy skies in philadelphia, flurries, this includes south jersey and delaware, 36 degrees is the forecasted high. Overnight tonight, rain developing probably after midnight. This is where we start out around midnight. These temperatures rise all the way up to 49 degrees. The as we head into tomorrow, were partly sunny. Tuesday is the day to get the outdoors things done. Raking the yard and putting up the christmas lights, here comes the arctic blast temperatures are cold, windchills are worse. The latest computer information coming in, i dropped friday down to 28. It was colder than that. Im trying to break the news gently there. Keep it real. A chinese pal a dinosaur. He told the vernld what it was and vendor what it was and how important it was, the vendor did not even raise the price. I would have jacked it up a little bit. Still ahead on action news, the season starts for a key player on the sixers. Just ahead a Philadelphia Program to deal with picky young eaters, well be right back. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. That means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. So in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song. His sister can live stream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month online for the first year. Cable cant offer that. Only fios can. Hey, look at all the folks out there, sky6 live hd taking live look at city hall, looking good on skates everyone. Can you skate, gray . No, i try. Were so a like. Heroin and opioid deaths surge in the u. S. For the first time more americans died in from heroin than gun homicide. Opioid deaths topped 3,000 last year. Its from the explosion in the use of prescription pain killers. Congress passed a billion dollar package to fight the epidemic. We know toddlers can be picky eaters. The good news many children grow out of it, but when an old childs range ofoo so small because they are stressed or interruption, experts say theres time for professional help. Erin ohern has the word on a local program. Three, two, one. Reporter 12yearold eating yoga makes her gag. Her food limitations were causing extreme mood swings and concerns about her health. Other diet pasta, mashed potatoes and rice. She was not getting the vitamins she needed. Theres a growing level of anxiety. I try to keep my mind occupied. The use of distraction thats fine by me. Picky eating is not an anxiety disorderly its an eating disorder. While watching her during a session is not easy. There have been improvements. Doctors likens herself to a sports coach helping kids to practice until they can do it on their own. She helps them recognize sweet, sour and savory and praise them when they try new things. Basesl treatment for picky eating is eating. It is not talking about it, its not trying to find the cause of it, its practice. The old technique try a bite to see if you like it, that doesnt work. I try at least seven bites. Reporter she is eating hamburgers and fruit and calzone. For more advice on how to help your picky eater, head to my facebook page. Erin ohern channel 6 action news. Seven bites it starts to get better. Up next, including sports. The flyers notch another win and go for nine in a row. Details when action news continues. So glad you stayed with us, happening today, the flyers are going for their 9th straight win within in detroit. They have not won that many games in a row since Eric Lindross was on the team. Brayden shenn scored a hat trick to lift the home team to a 42 win. That doubled his goals for the season. He now has 7. The sixers are in michigan to play the detroit pistons, nerlens noel will come off the bench to play his first game of the season. He has been recovering from knee surgery. Joel embiid will not play he has inflammation in his elbow. We caught up with the team who made their way back home from hershey. The hawks defeated pittsburgh central catholic 42 High Pressure 7. Congratulations to the hawks. Awesome. Another halfhour of action news coming your way straight ahead. Investigators look at whether a local homeowner should be charged after a deadly home invasion. Air travelers are accusing an airline of going overboard with plans to charge for using overhead bins. Those stories and the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, and a whole lot more when action news comes right back. Happening right now on action news, bundling up, theres the new normal for the area as cold temperatures settle in. 8 months after being ousted from ancient pal palmyra, isis reclas the central syrian city. More on all those stories in a moment, but first a check of the exclusive accuwether sevenday forecast with meteorologist chris sowers, chris, tell us about the snow. Reporter its just a little bit no need to get too upset and worried gray, its way west and north of philadelphia. 29 degrees, thats the big story. Its cold. 29 in slatington, 29 in fleetwood. Pottstown, 27. Quaker up to, 27. Tanersville, 26. Cinnaminson, 33. Glassboro, 32. Vineland, 33. Hammonton, 33 degrees, double scan live you can see the snow is flying for most of the great lakes and the northeast. Ill tell you what if you like to watch the football in the snow theres a ton of them. Cleveland will be played in the snow. Pittsburgh buffalo in the snow. Seattle green bay in the snow. Even the eagles game there could snowflakes later this afternoon. But mainly our western suburbs that run the risk of seeing at least a period of light snow. Cloudy skies in philadelphia today, a couple of snow flurries around 36 degrees is the forecasted high. When i come back in just a few minutes ill talk about the light snow for the western suburbs and focus on this, Polar Express heading this way wednesday night. Thank you for the update. As chris said its a cold sunday some areas will see wintery precipitation and residents are dealing with the chill in the air. Scott ask the has been checking in Katherine Scott has been checking in with them throughout the day. Youre bundled up. Reporter hi, gray, im with eagles fans, its cold out here, their minds are not on the cold, but the game. They want a victory today. Were at the tailgates outside lincoln financial field. Some are heading inside, other tail gate are going strong. People fire up their grills they have hot food from chicken toriso and you get extra points if you come with face paint and costumes. They are going to stay hopeful and have fun, doesnt matter what the weather is. They are out for the birds and their budsies. Budsies buddies. I am out here to support my team and ive met the best people in a parking lot in philly. At 4 00 a. M. , i start out wearing shorts and ts, i add layers, by 8 00, ill be cold. He employees strategy others wear halts and scarves. Some folks are packing up headin