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WPVI Action News Weekend 6AM March 18, 2017

Saturday morning, the storm system that is moving through the area this morning. Lets take you live through the sky6 live hd camera overlooking the ben franklin bridge. Right now conditions outside, pretty quiet not too cold. Were once again missing a direct hit for any significant snow or rain. Meteorologist chris sowers joins us with a look at the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Hey, chris, we got the noreaster already were talking about more snow. Were two days away from spring buddy. Reporter the noreaster was the entree, this is like the appetizer, not even the appetizer. Lets get you outside, we look live on sky6 live hd from our Temple University camera lots of lowlevel clouds and light rain and snow breaking out across the area. Well look at the radar in a moment. If youre heading out the door this morning, dont forget your warm, winter coat, temperatures are not as brutal as two days ago, but chilly enough considering spring is a couple of couple of days away. You will need the boots if youre in the north and west with five inches of snow on the ground. Youll need the umbrella in dover, gandys beach and east ward in millville and jersey shore. We have frozen precipitation north of the pennsylvania turnpike, upper bucks county and lehigh and North Hampton counties, bethlehem, allentown, flakes being reported and snow showers out in kutztown and fleetwood, again, very, very light. Temperatures are borderline at best. What youre seeing more than likely is not sticking to the ground. Allentown you have dropped to the freezing mark of 32. Everybody else is above freezing. 40 in millville. 40 in wilmington, 36 in lancaster and philadelphia 39 degrees. Forecast for today, whatever light snow shower youre seeing this morning north and west of the city will quickly change over to plain rain showers later this afternoon, temperatures around 45 degrees, gray . All right, chris, thank you for the update. You can find the sevenday forecast and double scan radar at 6abc. Com weather. Your time now, 6 03 a. M. , happening right now police are looking for the suspect who sexually assaulted a woman inside a vacant home. It happened in germantown. Police responded to the 100 blocks of roberts avenue. Neighbors reported a woman screaming for help. She said a man with a gun forced her into the house and assaulted her and ran away. The woman escaped to another home to call police. A form Pennsylvania State trooper has been charged with Involuntary Manslaughter in the death of his wife and unborn child. Joseph miller shot his wife joe anna in the head in east norton township three years ago. The baby died shortly after this. Miller claimed it was an accident while cleaning his gun. He was found negligent, but not criminally liable. New tests revealed the gun was inches from his wifes held. Miller is free on 100,000 bail. The leaders of germany one of americas most important allies had her first visit under the leadership of President Donald Trump. President trump could not avoid questions about his widely disputed charge that former president barack obama spied on him during the campaign. A claim that echoed across the atlantic. Reporter President Donald Trump rel welcomes german chancellor to the white house, even the german press couldnt stay away from the wiretapping allegations. He made a quip about president obama eavesdropping on nicole a merkels cell phone. He didnt use the nsa and he didnt use the department of justice, gchq. Reporter in a rare public denial, British Intelligence called the claim nonsense and you tell you are utterly rid. That was a statement made by a very talented lawyer on fox, usual be talking to fox. Reporter short time later shepherd smith said fox news knows of any evidence that the president of United States was surveilled anytime in anyway full spot. Reporter sean spicer said he was Reading Press accounts of British Intelligence and not endorsing them and the british were ashowered he would not do that again. The were assured he would not do that again. A hearing will include testimony about former Intelligence Leaders about ways russia works to influence campaign. Fbi has scrutinized contacts between russia and Trump Campaign officials including former National Security advisor michael flynn. Secret Service Investigating the theft of an agents laptop. Authorities say the laptop was encrypted and did not contain any classified information. It was stolen from the agents car outside her home in brooklyn. Police believe it was a crime of opportunity. 6 07 a. M. Delaware state leaders will begin to search for a new warden at the james Vaughn Correction Center in smyrna. The department of corrections put the former warden on paid leave following the incident. He was reassigned that happened yesterday. Four staffers were taken hostage and lieutenant Stephen Floyd was killed in the prison uprising. Five thousand jc penny workers are about to lose their job. The retail giant is closing 128 Stores Nationwide including king of prussia and willow grove mall and philadelphia mills and rio grande plaza in cape may county. Jeff chirico has more on how the closings will impact the delaware valley. Reporter it didnt take long for bargain hunters to show up at jc pennies look for bargains. Were going to miss them, because i shop here all the time. Ashame its closing its been around for a long time. Reporter its been a rough year for Traditional Department stores. Its a retailing model that doesnt work. Saint josephs marketing professor, said jc penny like Many Department stores failed to innovate. Off price retailers like Nordstrom Rack have learned to give customers what they want. They can go in every few days and see new stuff on the shelves. For young people thats very important. Jc penny has not been able to compete because they have for the most part have a very reporter moving for thedel. Record successful retailers will sell product and experience. Stores that offer cooking classes or build the bear workshops or the American Girl phenomenon. Those stories have a real future, because they are allowing people to do two things at once. Reporter the closings are expected to affect five thousand employees, Liquidation Sales start in april and most stores will be closed by june. Jeff chirico channel 6 action news. If youre just waking up, it is 6 09 a. M. There are changes coming to the popular monopoly game. Villanova continue in the dance of the sweet 16 when they take to the hard court. Two planes collide over a canadian Shopping Mall. Reporter theres snow showers north of the pennsylvania turnpike. More snow showers expected overnight tonight. The big story in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast is the warm up on the way, it is close to 60 degrees by tuesday. Details coming up right after this. Two planes collide he had over a busy Shopping Mall in montreal canada. One plane crashed into the roof the other in the parking lot. The pilot, a 21yearold man was killed. The other, 23yearold man was injured. The planes belonged to a flight school. Its not clear what caused them to collide. Were tracking the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, meteorologist chris sowers tracking it with accuweather. Chris you said showers, i wasnt concerned, and then you said snow showers should i be concerned . Reporter no, just showers, a couple of snow showers. Looking at the camden waterfront the hilton lit up in green as everybody enjoyed their green beer yesterday for st. Pattys day. Nice and quiet out there, we have temperatures that are fairly mild compared to what weve been through. North and west, as we flip it over to the radar. North and west, temperatures are around freezing. Because of that, we have light snow breaking out in the Lehigh Valley, doylestown and quakertown, i do want to stress the word light. I want to work south to cumberland, cape may county, you can see the darker shades of green over cedarville all this is pushing east into tuckahoe and ocean city. Light rain, snow a couple of sh. Light shades of green, a little bit farther to the north, you have to go way up to the north to get frozen precipitation, doylestown, quakertown, Lehigh Valley, snow showers, and snow pellets mixed in. Thats about it. This is the first round of moisture that will swing through. When the next round comes in here its pretty much all rain. 45 is the high today. The normal is 53. Starting out at 39 degrees which is above average. 29 in quaker torn. Same number for pottstown quakertown, same number for pottstown. Chester, 36, most numbers 40s across the delaware abbey south jersey. Gandys beach, 39 degrees. You see the counter clockwise swirl, that curly q there . That will swing through overnight tonight. Look at the rain up there, were not woargd about any accumulating were not worried about any accumulating snow. 3 00 p. M. , showers, gray skies, mild, testers in the 40s. That continues in the late evening hours, 11 00 p. M. , snow showers for most of us. Snow showers mixed in from the north. That line drops to the south as colder air works in overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. The heaviest by far will fall across baltimore and washington, d. C. Metro area. Rain and snow showers for the immediate philadelphia area. Temperatures close to freezing tomorrow morning there could slick spots out there. What to expect overnight tonight. Rain showers early transitioning to snow showers. Were seeing the opposite right now. A coating for areas north and west of philadelphia. There could slick spots on the back roads north and west of philadelphia, first thing tomorrow morning, overall on a scale of one to ten, this is just a one. 45 degrees in philadelphia today. Close to 50 in the south. Upper 0s to the northwest. Cloudy skies and a few showers. Overnight tonight, snow showers developing a coating north and west, 32 in reading, 36 in philadelphia and close to 40 degrees for the delaware bay region, as well as the jersey shore. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, the first day of spring is monday. Thats actually going to feel like spring. 45 today. 48 and partly sunny and breezy tomorrow. 53 milder for monday, tuesday, not too bad at all. 57 degrees, combination of sun and clouds. Cold shot wednesday, 40, one and done, next weekend temperatures in the 50s not bad. After this weekend are we done . Reporter i could see a chilly day or two around, i dont think well be going through what we went through last week. Its going to be better. Its about to be spring. 6 57 a. M. , creative students from south jersey displayed their works of art, the art two class deployed their intricate wire frame exhibits. They got to speak to mall customers will their creativity. Whats the story behind Green Mountain coffee and fair trade . Lets take a flight to colombia. This is boris calvo. Boris grows mindblowing coffee. And because we pay him a fair price, he improves his farm and invest in his community to make even better coffee. All for a smoother tasting cup. Green mountain coffee. So glad you stayed with us 67 20 a. M. , the number of new mortgages is on the rise. So are those only require down payments of 3 to 5 are used by first time home buyers, fha loans are being offered by nonbank lenders and have more lenient credit standards than banks. On demand songs are coming to pandora music service, its called pandora premium for 9. 995 month. You can play any album. Current user were sent invites with options for all users to upgrade in the coming weeks. It is another end of an era involving monopoly. That classic board game is booting the wheel barrow and the boot is gaining pieces, can you believe that. Online voters opted for penguin, trex and rubber ducky. Chris loves the trex. Ill be right back. Reporter welcome back everyone, 6 23 saturday morning, forecast saturday morning, some of you waking up to snow showers, north and west of the pennsylvania turnpike, by late morning its all liquid. Jersey shore, 47 degrees, clouds and rain showers. City of philadelphia, rain showers, 45. Poconos youre starting out with light snow and you guys will switch over to a mixture of rain and snow later on. More snow showers are possible tonight. Whats going on we have a warm front thats in the process of pushing through. Thats whats triggering the precipitation this morning. Area of low pressure is sitting out here. Temperatures in the 40s to the south. That pulls north. Everybody gets in the 40s this afternoon and we see melting today. That upper level low swings through tonight. It will be positioned here first thing tomorrow morning. Winds shift out of the northwest putting the colder air in the delaware and Lehigh Valleys overnight tonight and after midnight tomorrow. There could be light snow breaking out in that circle area there. Perhaps a slick spot or two tomorrow morning, a slushy coating on grassy surfaces out through here, but, again, doesnt look like a big deal, looks like well dodge a bullet with this one. Villanova plays this afternoon and the sweet 16 berth is on the line. Sixers demolish dallas. Heres ducis rogers. Reporter good morning, blowout, the sixers have seen plenty of those so season, dont be so quick to assume they were on the wrong of it last night. Nerlens noel makes his return to the wells fargo center. Nerlens noel scores 9 points. Later in the quarter, are rashan homes on cleanup duty, 16 points. More of the same in the third quarter, Robert Covington finishes on the fast break, a piece of cake for the sixers. They lead by 31 points after the 3. Its a boring game for mark cuban, but not the sixers they win 11674. For villanova a tougher challenge lies ahead. The cats draw wisconsin in the ncaa tournament. That game is set for tuesday afternoon. Jeff skeverski has more from buffalo. Villanova faces a Wisconsin Team that has one more games than any other team in the country, the wildcats cannot shoot themselves in the foot like they did in the opening round game against mount st. Marys. Reporter villanova star Chris Jenkins said he didnt know he was in the shooting slump. Jenkins started 0 for ten. We play defense and rerebound here. Reporter for villanova to have are a chance to win another title, they need jenkins to find that shot. Even though he is having his worst shooting season since his freshman year. Coach jay johnson said fire away against wisconsin. Keep shooting. He is not going to tell him dont shoot. Dont throw the ball. He is a great shooter. Reporter wright said he would be more concerned if jenkins would be afraid to shoot the ball. They expect him to bounce back in a big way against wisconsin. Jeff skeverski channel 6 action news. The phillies are beginning to down the roster. 6 hits coming in, 3 run homer in the third inning. 31 phils. Triple in the 4th inning. They walk 4 batters, the phillies lose 75. It happens every now and then you get the games, thats usually why im good at it, i had a couple of balls getaway from me. Get him strained out. Opening day a little more than two weeks away. Thats a look at sports this morning, im ducis rogers. Rain and snow showers heading our way, were tracking a system that will dampen any of your week plans. Details straight ahead from accuweather. Also, emergency crews working feverishly to remove a driver from a mangled car follow a crash overnight. You could be paying more to ride septa in the future. What riders are saying about the fare hike. Were tracking rain and snow across the region. Lehigh valley might see snow, in philadelphia you may see tuesdays rain washed down the drain. If youre outside, keep the umbrella and raincoat handy. The man you love meteorologist chris sowers. Reporter i dont know about this week. We had the noreaster, snow lovers got their snow. Reporter although i have to tell you i got rain. I was not happy. I got to move north and west. Get what happened in my yard a whole a bunch of snow. Reporter lets get you outside and go live on sky6 live hd down in Atlantic City we go. It is nice and quiet, although we are starting to see a few rain showers popping up across parts of the area. We flip it over to the radar. We set it in motion, a lot of time viewing area we have shades of green. The frozen stuff is way to the north. Temperatures are marginal at best, they are close to the freezing markup here. Were close to 40 degrees in philadelphia. In the 40s across new jersey and delaware. Snowflakes in Lehigh Valley and upper bucks and montgomery counties. There would be that light wintry mix of snow and rain. Theres allentown and bethlehem. Kutztown fleetwood, wintry precipitation up through here. Most of this is not sticking to the ground. What are youre seeing is very, very light and lighter rains to the south. You get south of the pennsylvania turnpike its all rain. Temperaturewise if you look closely at the wind arrows, the wind are shifting out of south southeast. Whatever wintery precipitation youre seeing that will go over to plain rain later this afternoon. Doesnt look like a nice day, cloudy skies, shades of gray, periods of rain. Showers in the afternoon. 11 00 a. M. , 40 degrees, 1 00 p. M. , 43. 3 00 p. M. , 45. On a positive note that will help to met the snow. It gets better for the second half of the weekend, ill have the details in the seven day in just a bit. I would like to remind you can find the sevenday forecast and live look at Storm Tracker 6 live double scan radar at any time of the day, go to our website 6abc. Com weather. Your time 6 33 a. M. , new information to tell you about this morning, police say the driver of this mangleed pickup was speeding and under the influence. The truck broke a pole in half in the 8200 block of frankford avenue in the holmesburg neighborhood. We learned that a woman who was a passenger in the truck was trapped in the wreckage. Crews had to turn live wires off and pull them off the truck before firefighters could get to t

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