This 9 00 a. M. Hour. 26 in philadelphia. 36 in millville. 11 degrees with the wind in the poconos. Weve turned on the lake effect snow machines, lake erie and ontario seeing lakeeffect snow coming in across upstate new york and western portions of pennsylvania. Well not have to deal with that today maybe a few clouds, if youre traveling west maybe along 76 be mindful you could run into flakes this afternoon. For us back home, clouds and sun mix to start chilly. More sunshine to start as the day wears on. High temperatures top out 45, 46. Normal february is right on par where we should be for this time of the year. Because weve been in the 70s for so so long, it will feel colder. Tomorrow we start warming up. Ill talk about midweek rain and springlike thunderstorms coming up tuesday and wednesday, as well him ill have the details in about ten minutes. Nydia . Thank you. Developing this morning Philadelphia Police are trying to determine if a man found dead inside his home was killed by his pet pitbull. The action cam was at the scene the 5300 block of risen sun avenue in olney. The brother of the 21yearold man found the body in the rear bedroom of the apartment. The man had several by the wounds to his face, the mans 8monthold dog was in the park covered with blood. A Carbon Monoxide leak forced people out of their apartments in haverford township. The action cam was at the scene on 1300 block of darby road. A resident was showing signs of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Crews discovered elevated leaves of Carbon Monoxide and ordered everybody out of the building. Peco is looking for the source of the problem. A woman is in serious condition after being wounded inside club onyx in south philadelphia. The action cam was at the scene the 2900 block of south Christopher Columbus boulevard. Someone opened fire inside the strip club a4 15 a. M. The bullet right ricocheted off the mirror and hit the girl in the side. The suspect is on the loose. Detectives are interviewing witnesses and looking at security video. To the horror in new orleans where a Mardi Gras Party came to anbr people the man was intoxicated. Reporter overnight chaos during the final weekend of mardi gras at 6 42 p. M. , this gray pick up truck was seen driving on carolton avenue. Moments later a truck barreled into the crowd of revelers near the start of one the lrade h bwo dozennded l the carinng us screaming get out of the street. Most of the parade watchers in the trucks path had to be sent to the hospital some in critical condition. The driver immediately arrested. The subject was highly intoxicated. Reporter as ems railed to helped the injury raced to help the injured the parade was seen marching on. Debris littering the street this car mangled from the collision. It happened so quick you didnt have time to think about it. Reporter one of the witnesses said he saw the driver swerving to avoid people. Police are investigating. Adrienrt abc new orleans. A man was shot and killed at a barbecue after he pointed a gun at officers. Officers received calls of a man poin during barbecue. When Police Arrived they asked him to drop the weapon. Officers say he pointed it at them instead thats when police opened fire killing the man. President Donald Trumps war with escalating. He announced he will avoid meeting the press facetoface for the traditional Correspondents Dinner. As a prominent republican called for a special prosecutor to look into the alleged ties between trump and russia. After dining at his hotel in washington d. C. , this morning the president is battling reports of ties to russia with a Senior Member of his own Republican Party now saying the reported contacts need a special investigation. We need to investigate the activities and we needed to it because they are bad people. Reporter california congressman, darrell issis saying the attorney general should bow out and appoint a special prosecutor. Jeff session who was on the campaign and appointee you have to use the special prosecutors statuewe owe after weeks of sparring with the news media the trump tweeted i will not be teapgd attending the Correspondent Dinner this year. You fired gary bussey, these are the kinds of decisions that would keep me up at night. That was abcs david curly reporting. New chairman of Democratic National committee thomas perez received his first tweet from President Donald Trump. He said perez tweeted back, call me tom and dont get too happy eat ellison and i will be your worst nightmare. You can watch the prime time event live on president trumps speech, action news will be there, Monica Malpass will have live reports from washington d. C. Beginning on action news at 4 00 p. M. On tuesday. Delaware state Senate Remains in democratic control following the special election to fill a vacant seat. Stephanie hanson won the seat. She will replace bethany long hall who is the states lieutenant government. The last day to glide across the rothman ice rink in center city. The rink sits in the shadow of city hall at dil worth park. Bill worth park dilworth park. If youre craving lickerrous during your pregnancy why you should avoid the sweet street. The oscars will be handed out in just a few hours well have a live report. The strong storms that whipped through the area left damage in their wake. Looking live through sky6 live hd Philadelphia International airport, chris sowers has the the exclusive accuweather fiveday forecast when we come right back. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 150 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20oz. Cup of coffee,n download 4can up 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. Get 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds99 per month for the first year. Ble cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. Severe weather left behind serious damage in parts of the maryland yesterday. This was the scene after the storm passed the area. There were no injuries reported. Happening today officials from the National Weather service will be in Luzerne County trying to determine if a tornado touched down during the violent weather. The trees brought down trees and power lines. Several homes damaged no injuries reported. The storm caused Property Damage in parts of Lancaster County yesterday. Action news viewers sent us pictures of the home caught in the tornados path. Tornado warning was posted but no official word that one hit. Lets get you caught up with the forecast. Sing one day winter next. Reporter i cant wait to see what summer has to offer. Theres the view on sky6 live hd down in cape may beautiful morning its blustery on out there. Not too bad. Were seeing sunshine . Some locations, well see a dose of sun and clouds, a nice, mix blustery and colder. You can see flurries popping up west of philadelphia. Shades of gray out in reading and lancaster. The big story is the temperatures. Look at how much colder it is. 73 degrees yesterday. 14 hours later the temperature dropped to 37 and thats not taking into effect when you factor in the winds. Windchills are in the 20s hes are the air temperatures. Millville, 38. Philadelphia 37. Allentown 36. Even the lehigh valley, low to mid 70s. The numbers are 20 to 30 degrees colder than same time yesterday. One day shot of arctic air old man winter is shove into the region here. The good news its out of here in a day. Tomorrow we start warming up. We could be easily in the mid to upper 50s tuesday and wednesday, 60s and 70s return. Its colder, but it wont last long. Satellite and radar shows a lot of clouds this morning they will be thinning out over the next few hours yesterday we had 60s and 70s out here, now were seeing teens 20s and 13s. 13 in bills bismarck, chaig 30 degrees. Take a look at the temperatures we saw across the county. Brownsville the normal high is 70 they hit 101. They have to check the instrumentation to make sure the reading is correct. You have to figure its somewhere in the ballpark. Its crazy for the month of member. Oklahoma city, 88 degrees. The high plains were well up in the 70s with the warm shot weve seen over the past week. Were getting a dose of colder air, one day of chilly conditions it retreats back up into canada and the numbers tart to respond. Future tracker 6 windchill values in the 30s by the afternoon. 37 in philadelphia. A little bit cooler north and west 20s for the poconos. Tomorrow morning well start out chilly air temperatures in the 20s and 30s, feelslike temperatures in the 20s by afternoon you can see the warmer wind. See the wind shifting out of the south, all of a sudden the cold air retreats and we get back up into the 50s high tomorrow, 60 Degrees South and east of philadelphia. Today is blustery, windy windchills in the 30s starting out with clouds and increasing to sun as the day wears on. Late in the day well see more sun than clouds, more clouds than sun to start. Overnight tonight 36 degrees outlying suburbs 30 degrees center city. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, chill today, mild tomorrow, balmy tuesday and wednesday. There will be wet weather with the warmup february and march standards not too bad. 46 57, tuesd wednesday were up to 70 degrees thursday partly sun where, friday is an interesting day guys, we have 42 degrees some oft showing a bit of snow for friday afternoon. Ill talk about tha little later in the forecast. You kind ofwhen you said it. Reporter well see. Thanks chris were tak you live, live look at the dolby theater in hollywood. Mother nature notperating tinseltown. An awning is over the red carpet protecting those the oscar ceremony. Were hours away from the big show, the awards will be handed out to the best of the best. The big night is building in anticipation of the 89th Academy Awards. Were live in hollywood with the preview of the big show, you look lively by the way whats in store. Reporter thank you, good morning to you guys, lots of surprises in store two races people are looking at, best picture and best actor could be a surprise there in these categories you guys mentioned this is where the Hollywood Alisters will be walking down the red carpet dolby theater for tonights award. Before any award is given away, oscars are already breaking records. Its hollywoods biggest night. In the Entertainment Industry its our super bowl. Reporter it is 89 annual Academy Awards could be full of surprises. This is one of the first years in a long time it feels like anybody could win anything. Reporter among the favorites, hollywood musical la la land with 14 nominations including best picture along with moonlight, manchester by the sea fences and hidden figures. On top of surprises the oscars are setting records. The viral oscar so white may be a thing of the past after two years of having no actors of color amongst the 20 nominees, Denzel Washington and viola davis two of the record seven nominated. Seven people of color received nods. They are not being thrust into the limelight because of their skin they are being thrust in the limelight because of their talent. Reporter it marks the appearance of a star many thought couldnt be forgiven, mel gibson nominated for hack saw ridge the first nomination in 21 years bringing him back into the spotlight after 2010 domestic Battery Charge and drunken dui arrest. Abcs jimmy kimmel is getting ready to take the stage as the host. Reporting live from hollywood channel 6 action news, gray . Thank you for the update. Knack will be on an hour earlier, 5 00 p. M. Take notes at 6 00 p. M. , it will be the oscar preshow annual Academy Awards at 8 30 and action news at 11 00 p. M. We have extended coverage on oscarsescenes look for prep operations for the big prepa the big talked about moments. Well be right back. avo this holiday. Get the president ial treatment. With a special tradein offer. February sixteenth through the twentyeighth. And let enterprise car sales. Flip your thinking about buying your next vehicle. Healthcheck this morning, eatingorice may affect babies in the womb. Researchers study children who were born to mothers who ate the candy. They suffered cognitive tore behavioral problems, a natural sweetener allows for changes in the placenta that lets cortisol travel to the baby. Researchers took a look at 3 and 4yearolds at high risk for celiac. Mother who were not diagnosed reported more negative psychologic symptoms. It affects a persons inability to process gluten properly. A new study sheds lights on dangers of fruits that contain fructose. They assessed fat in the liver and how much fructose was in their daily died. 38 had expensive liver damage they had a higher than average consuming of fructose in their diet. They consumed more than 70 grams of fructose per day. Reporter welcome back everyone, 9 25 sunday morning say goodbye to the 60s or 70s, we have a trough or colder pocket of air setting up across the eastern half of the United States. Things will warm up tuesday wednesday, thursday, by friday well get cold shot. It will be followed by an of low pressure what wel a clipper. Well have some snow, i emphasize the word some. The scream will carve out like that, this will dive south in the mid atlantic and the northeast. The low will travel east, the question will where does it travel . If it travels north of philadelphia great. If it travels south of philadelphia, its going to be snow. The model dont show a ton of it, there can be some accumulations north and west of philadelphia. This is funny mentioning this coming off three Straight Days in the 70s. Firefighters used control burns in burlington county. Nora muchanic explains. Reporter it seems counter intuitive boo the firefighters are setting fire part of the Burning Program to clear away the leaves and twigs abbey other debris from the forest floor in the pinelands. Its the ground. Its dry with low humidity high winds. Reporter that makes the debris on the ground fuel for a wildfire. Theres a spark hits or fire or lightning or Human Interaction that can spark up. Reporter the forest fire identifies specific areas and conducts prescribed burns under control conditions. We do this around improved property houses, cranberry farms, things of that nature ed to protect. Reporter usinged torch the Forest Fire Service is fighting fire by fire. The control burns help the of life in the forest particularlily the pine trees particularlily the pine trees. From this new trees will grow. Controlled burns like are expected to continue through the end of march. Forest fire says they will burn between 10 and 20,000 acres this year. In the pienl lands im Nora Muchanic channel 6 action news. Did a tornado touchdown during this weeks Stormy Weather . A driver losing control and goes through a fence at the airport in northeast philadelphia. And one of these ladies is our new miss philadelphia we have details on who won the crown. First outside we go to meteorologist chris sowers, are you trying to warm up out there. Reporter this is not fun, i was enjoying the 70s over the last few days. This is a slap in the face. Windchills in the 20s air temperatures in the upper 0s at this point. Dont forget the heavy winter coat first thing this morning gloves and hat and add a few layers here with the windchills in the 20s this is not going to be too long when youre out and about to start cooling down. Look at the feels like numbers 26. Remember yesterday we were at 73. The day before 74. The day before that 73 degrees, all of a sudden it feels like numbers are almost 50 degrees colder. Reading, 26. Feels like 28 in trenton. 11 in the poconos. 32 degrees freezing mark down there in cape may. Satellite and radar lots of clouds out here this morning and its going to be difficult for the sun to warm things up early on because of this cloud cover as the day progresses a lot of this should stand out him well see sunshine, that will get us up to 46, 47 degrees which is average for this time of the year. Because weve been in the 70s for the last three days, it feels colder. Brisk and chilly, sun and clouds, 46 feeling no better than the mid to upper 30s throughout the day. This is the water vapor shot you see the clouds moving west to east across the country. That is pacific air racing across the nation that gets in here as early as tomorrow. We could make another run by wednesday. Ill have the details in ten minutes. Look forward to wednesday. This morning cleanup is beginning after strong stormsvage two counties in pennsylvania. Weather officials are looking into whether a tornado was to blame. Jeanette reyes has the details. Reporter Mother Nature showed off a little with a bit of everything except snow. Ill take this for a little bit. Reporter why dont you like the snow. Stays longer. Reporter people allong the wild boardwalk wasted no time to soak it in. I was down by the river today, i loved it, i was sitting there looking out over the water and had just aittle hoodie on it was great. Reporter but the skies grewominous and lit up wi the occasional flashing of lightning. Torrential town ownpours fold with gusty winds. The winds damaged this roof and playground was left in shambles. By nighttime south trees was buzz winning pedestrians layered up. This is a summer shirt and jean jacket. Reporter did you ever think you would be wearing that in february. I thought it would be snowing. Reporter what would you be doing if things were not this way. Staying in the house. Reporter old man winter was a no show today and some hope when he does pay a visit he doesnt make up for lost time. If he stays in a ten degree variance its preservingly fine. Fine perfectly fine. Ink were good, put away i think were good, put away the snow bl