imagine when they were children, imagine a little girl growing up in wilmington, delaware. during world war ii, the daughter of irish and italian catholic family working class, her uncle ran numbers in wilmington. she grew up with dozens of cousins because her mom was the second youngest of 17 kids. she had a difficult father. a man who drank far too much and frankly, didn't think that women should be educated. and yet this young girl, pretty and shy, was driven. was bright, was inquisitive, and she became the first person in her family ever to go to college. in 1956, my mom, eleanor graduated from rice university with a degree in math. and became a pioneering computer programmer in the 1950's and 1960's. [applause] senator cruz: imagine a teenage boy, not much younger than many of us here today, growing up in cuba. jet black hair, skinny as a rail involved in student council and yet cuba was not at a peaceful time. the dictator, batista, was corrupt. he was oppressive, an this teenage boy joins a revolution. he joins a revolution against batista, he begins fighting with ot

through philadelphia wilmington and delaware with the snowfall as well. and the model has shifted to the south. and snow assumeccumulateingaccumulating. and it's continues 10:00 a.m. and through the afternoon, some of the snow is lingering. if you were watching earlier this afternoon, we had more widespread now. the latest update puts it south with a cut off north and west. you may have noticed the lehigh valley and the poconos, no snow. this is showing more widespread as we go through the morning and afternoon thursday. this is something we have to watch very closely. we will update it tomorrow morning with more model runs coming in as we get closer. the details tend to get a little more specific. but we could see more widespread show. and some snow could be

that's a live look sky6 live hd wilmington, delaware, you can see the rain coming down, a dreary day today if you're heading out make sure you grab a rain raincoat or umbrella. >>> milwaukee spring training the team has banned pink eye in the wake of an infection spreading through the team. >>> temple coach has something to celebrate this weekend and e ducis rogers has that and hope for the phillies. >> reporter: nova will likely get a number one seed in the ncaa tournament thanks to reaching the final in the big east tournament. josh hart has been money off the bench over the past week or so. the cats lead by 13. providence gets back into it. under 20 seconds to play, a costly turnover, chris dunn scores a game high 22. nova gets a two point lead. cats escape 63-61. >>> good game there. moving on now temple in memphis, the owls trying to solidify their tournament resume owls up 6. now a tie game late, a scramble for the loose ball, temple wins by 5. coach dunphy 500th career victory. >>> heartbreaker for la salle, la salle hanging on to a 1-point lead. at the buzzer, explorers lose

sky6 live hd looking live into wilmington delaware, 5:55, 33 degrees norm snow flurries falling out there, at least not this morning. >>> apple is hoping to take a bite out of the online tv services. the tech giant is planning to offer a bundle of well-known channels that would include abc espn and others. the service would be available from apple tv and cost 30 to $40 a month. this comes after apple launcheses hbo subscription service. >>> the british beverage maker will put nutritional label object on the bottles. it will include alcohol by volume calorie and carbs and fat content by serving. >>> a designer clothing sale is happening, here's nydia han with the details. >> reporter: a boutique in bryn mawr is giving things away this weekend. if you could use cow boy boots or cute dress for spring. this is your chance to get it. >> this is is an awesome by. they are all beautiful and travel well. >> reporter: the sale is happening this weekend. all kinds of designers clothing for summer and fall and time ltz pieces. >> take this jacket which was $425 it's now 75. fry and old gringo boots

. >>> back here in wilmington, delaware, celebrated st. patrick's day with a big parade. bag pipers led people down it's parade this morning. a big breakfast for the homeless they raised over $2 million in 21 years for the breakfast at st. patrick's sentner downtown wilmington. >>> meantime visitors to the uss new jersey were greeted with live music on the battleship's deck. in honor of st. patrick's day wears green they get 20% off the tour you can see the tomahawk launch pads and sleeping quarlters and more. >>> still ahead on "action news" at noon a new way to tell if someone is really in love. we'll explain the scientific test in health check when we come back. the world is filled with air. but for people with copd sometimes breathing air can be difficult. if you have copd, ask your doctor about once-daily anoro ellipta. it helps people with copd breathe better for a full 24hours. anoro ellipta is the first fda-approved product containing two long-acting bronchodilators in one inhaler. anoro is not for asthma. anoro contains a type of medicine that increases risk of d

. >> but first it was all "the buzz" around wilmington delaware. these folks were flying high with drones. melissa. >> and walter, clouds increase as we go throughout the overnight hours and tracking light rain showers and even wet snow showers for some locations early tomorrow morning. let's talk about the details in the accuweather forecast music: etta james "at last" (plays throughout) ♪♪ sometimes, at last doesn't happen at first. ♪♪ ♪♪ your dad just kissed my mom. ♪♪ turning two worlds into one takes love. ♪♪ helping protect that world takes state farm. >> high flying fun in delaware. team delaware was one of 130 groups from 40 countries to sgaernl today. their mission to educate the public about positive uses for drones like search and rescue and conservation efforts and cinemaing tofy. drones enthusiast demonstrated this in way of fun competitions brandywine state park in wilmington. >> time tore a check of the accuweather forecast. melissa magee with the brand new workweek around the corner. >> reporter: overall this wee

, delaware not for us. we ended up with about .2 inches of significant to cause a big problem on the roadways, but now we will be done with it. 9 future cast by 10:30. here we are completely dry. i do think that the model is showing a little bit too fast of clearing. so by about 10:00 and 11:00 we'll be done with a drizzle. then by monday morning sunshine comes back in to the forecast and then at noon we'll still have that sun with us. but by tuesday here we go again with another system approaching. but this time there won't be too many cold air in place with the potential for that wintery mix to the north of the beltway onward in to the evening commute as you can see here as you are driving home on tuesday right now that there will be potential for sleet as i was looking at some of those soundings. that is a vertical profile of their atmosphere, which looks like sweet sounding to me. on wednesday though milder air will move in as it will be a very short lived event on tuesday as we have a lot of active wea

, delaware. but, again temperatures above freezing so probably acting mainly like rain on roads. you slow it down, though, visibility will be an issue as it pushes through in the next hour or so. eventually the clouds will break we'll see the return of sunshine. the precipitation is centered mainly over the next hour or two. 35 degrees in philadelphia, so still above freezing there. 34 in millville. we dipped a little bit as the snow popped through. 37 in wilmington and dover arc 37 in wildwood and 34 in allentown. as we roll through the day it will be milder than yesterday. yesterday we got to 46 today 58. we'll get in a 58 high around 4:00 p.m. the afternoon spent in the mid to upper 50s effortly we'll get milder -- eventually we'll get milder air in later this week, but there's more chance of precipitation, i'll have that coming up. >> reporter: even my kids are sick of winter that's you know when it's sad. this is knights road, the police are blocking the lanes, you can see the snow coming do

. >>> meanwhile the action cam was in wilmington, delaware, as snow fell, most people put up their hoods but some braved the snow without a hat or even gloves. they are ready for spring. meanwhile, snow hit the garden state as well. nora muchanic joins us live in ewing with more. >> reporter: hi there rick, we are on spruce street now where the snow is continuing to fall and the quality of it has changed though in the last hour or so we get bigger heavier flakes and the snow seems to be coming down harder just what you expect for the first day of spring. >> this is what you expect for winter time. >> but today is the first day of spring. >> don't believe that, it's winter time. >> the snow was falling but didn't get in the way of anything but sitting at the bus stop was not ideal. >> i didn't know it would be crazy like this. >> what do you think of this, it's the first day of spring? >> it doesn't look like it. >> amazing, you won't know the seasons from the seasons, okay. >> you think we have reached that point? >> i have had enough of snow, i want flowers, and i want sun and i want a

hey are everybody looking live at wilmington, delaware, it's raining right now. the official temperature is 37 degrees. we have school closures, philadelphia schools closed today. we're keeping our eye on this winter storm bringing in snow. matt pellman it could be a rough day for most of the day. >> reporter: another one it's been a rough week and rough start to march. definitely in like a lion, nothing lamby about this. as we head outside the montgomery/bucks county border. 202 parkway county line road. a few people getting an early jump on this morning. now is the time to get out because the roads are just wet. you can see that the changeover has happened on the county line and snowflakes are now falling on the roads but there have not been enough to stick to the road, the road is too warm at this point. at this point, wet conditions, but the snow is falling. elsewhere in bucks county, middletown township there was a soar main break big oak road was shut down stay up ton by maple point middle school to get around that. in royersford, montgomery county a big po

. >>> much more to come on "action news" tonight a show of faith on the streets of wilmington delaware today when hundreds of young catholics dedicated their at day morning to do. >>> but first new information about the the pilot at controls of that plane that went down in the french alps what investigators found inside his home. >>> plus a count down is on to the phillies opening day so how are they looking so far? jeff skversky has results of their latest grapefruit league game when "action news" comes right back. yeah, i'm married. does it matter? you'd do that for me? really? yeah, i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ ♪ >>> new details are emerging about the the pilot who may have deliberately crashed a plane in the french alps ki

and in wilmington delaware and now to portions of salem and gloucester counties light snow this morning. and temperatures will be climbing, so any additional showers during the day right in here you can see that thin line will come through as rain right around lunchtime. and then tomorrow as we get sunshine this morning, the clouds are back with rain developing to likely last into the afternoon. so the umbrella weather to start with today, but then sunshine will be bright this afternoon. and the winds are gusting to 30 miles an hour today. temperatures in the 50s today. cold tonight. we'll drop down to 35 degrees. but before the rain arrives, temperatures will be climbing. so rain falling on tuesday. you'll be out of here for wednesday with a temperature going lower. 50 is the high temperature on wednesday afternoon. but they will turn around on thursday with a high of 63 degrees. and even warmer on friday. even though we will get some rainfall. was a that sound for the 68 or for the rain? >> for the 68 yeah. we'll take the rain when it is 68. that's fine. >> we can deal with that. >>>

, delaware as well. future tracker 6 also picking up the idea of a possible sprinkle or shower ticket up north. most of us stay dry. by noon, still kind of cloud dean i did want to show you how we are probably going to transition to more sun later in the afternoon. but at the same time watch what happens with the winds. right now they're light coming up out of the south but they're going to start to turn out of the northwest by noon. start to pick up, wind gusts going as high as about 30 miles per hour in some spots. and then the rest of the afternoon the winds really start to come down from the northwest drawing in that colder air and getting more blustery. so, changes today tranquil in the morning but a different kind of afternoon. and then tomorrow sunny and cold. we'll get up to a high of 43 which doesn't sound too bad but with wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour or more, a wind chill will make it feel like it's in the 30's the entire day. your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast shows that you today

it was heading from wilmington, delaware to orlando last night. 105 passengers and five crew members were on board they got off just fine eventually arrived in orlando on another plane. dozens of people are back in their homes now after a gas main leaking in mt. holly new jersey. sky fox over parkers mill boulevard in kirby court this afternoon. the gas company says crews hit mainline. officials evacuated the neighborhood as precaution. it took crews several hours to fix that leak. >>> a spring chill in your fox5 29 weather authority forecast. the calendar says late march frankly, it doesn't feel like it chief meteorologist scott williams live in old city tonight. what is the deal? >> yeah, i think mother nature is confused chris. yeah the calendar says spring but we have a winter like chill in the air. high today only 43 degrees. feels like temperatures have been in the 30s. folks are bundled up dressed for winter not spring today in old city. let's talk about the current conditions right now if you're stepping outdoors. 42 degrees. look at that wind chill it feels like 37 degrees r

. >> ♪♪ >>> new this morning, police in wilmington delaware are investigating a shooting that sent a plan to the hospital. someone opened fire on him as he sat in a minivan. she is this shooting comes hours before the release of a new report on policing in wilmington. the community is invited to tonight's town hall meeting at 6:00 this evening at bayard middle school. mayor dennis williams plans to address public safety and upcoming initiatives that he hopes will reduce crime in the city. >>> convicted cop killer mumia abu jamal is not in jail this morning, he's in the hospital. we've been working on this story all night. let's go over to erin o'hearn. >> reporter: good morning, tam. niece intensive care. the 60-year-old inmate was rushed to the hospital from prison but there's no word on the cause of his illness. in fact, his lawyer says prison officials won't even tell him why he is there. and this news comes the same day of a federal hearing over a new pennsylvania law which was passed in reaction to abu jamaal. back in october he gave a recorded commencement address to a college

, delaware where the rain is expected to hang over southern parts of our area before the forecast takes a wintry turn into time for the weekend. melissa magee is at the big board with more. >> reporter: hi there rick, we are still tracking damp conditions down around south jersey and delaware we'll show you stormtracker 6 live double scan it's dry for the i-95 corridor for the most part and points to the north and west but the rain lingers in south jersey and delaware. lets go to street level of stormtracker 6 live double scan light rainfall in hammonton and mays landing and millville and points north of sea isle city, into middletown smyrna and dover, the showers look like they will persist because we have more moisture from a northeast direction. pottsville 1.7, and doylestown over an inch and philadelphia close to an inch. and half inch in quakertown and quarter inch in atlantic city. cloudy and cooler than yesterday. 10 degrees cooler in the city, 10 degrees cooler in dover keep in mind we had highs in philadelphia upper 60s and today we will not get out of 40s. it's cloudy and much

we say good morning to wilmington, delaware where the current temperature is 34 degrees and you could also see some rain and fog there in northern delaware this morning as well as many other areas. we'll get more on that snow coming later on tonight coming up. >>> an suv that hit a snow bank in massachusetts caught fire and exploded. it happened yesterday morning in quincy. officials say a boston ems driver was behind the wheel. they say the fire started in the engine compartment and crews were fighting the flames when an oxygen tank exploded. two firefighters were hurt in the blast. >> police are looking for the man who attacked a woman inside a southwest philadelphia chinese restaurant. this video shows a man approaching the victim on february 20. he demands her purse. when he tries to grab it from her she puts up a fight. the two tussle before she manages to get away. if you recognize this man please call police. >> 4:58. coming up next on "action news" a report with a troubling tale to tell. federal officials say the kind of pattern of racial discrimination with the ferguson, miss

delaware at ai dupont hospital for children a place they necessity well. >> it has been six times sips i have been here. >> reporter: he lives with a syndrome, birth defect that occurs in one in every 200,000 children. the kind of care he needs doesn't exist in chile but it does in wilmington. so he makes the trip over and over again. the latest came after pablo's trachea and aorta became twisted and he needed surgery. >> we are having a hard time ago awake. he was falling asleep because of the lack of oxygen. >> reporter: is there nothing easy about traveling 5,000 miles over two continents through two different cultures but they know when they arrive in wilmington they always have a place to stay. the ronald mcdonald house of dell wear. >> it is inspiring helpful. they understand. they can help us. >> it is amazing. to have activity, they have crafts for the children. the rooms are really nice and comfortable. really nice atmosphere and really comfortable. >> reporter: it is here across the street from du pont hospital that pablo and solange find solace and other families from differ

we will show you picture outside, sky six live in hd, we are down there, in wilmington delaware. we have got mostly clear sky and a few clouds overhead and it is definitely not as cold tonight as it was last night when we had those record lows across the many locations even in wilmington. and high today in philadelphia, much better. 39 degrees. still 11 below average, average for us this time of the year is 50. we are getting closer to 50 degrees, as early as tomorrow. and it is 33 in philadelphia. thirty-two in the poconos. thirty-six in trenton. forty-one, in wildwood. 39 degrees in dover on west ward and some have of our suburbs there. thirty-five in reading. 34 degrees, currently in wilmington. the here's satellite six with action radar. there is that disturbance ride ago cross upstate new york and northern sections of pennsylvania. we can see through the mountains behind the terrain where we're dealing with some flurries especially across the poconos a lot of this is starting to die out moving off to our north and east. high pressure, out across the ohio valley, will work it

brazilian police traveled to wilmington delaware to retrieve the preserved fishery mains from agents today. the 100 million year old fossils were discovered while agents investigated the illegal sale of a dinosaur fossil online. the trio is worth an estimated $20,000 on the black-market. >>> health officials in delaware are considering changes in vaccination requirements for students entering high school. children could soon be required to receive whooping cough and meningitis vaccines before the ninth grade. right now delaware is one of four states that does not require booster shots for tote us in diptheria and whooping cough and men united states vaccine is only required for students entering college. >>> new jersey lieutenant girlfriend kim guadagno kicked off a mission to help local heroes when they return home. the dress our vets clothing drive got under with in trenton. guadagno says it supports the suiting warriors foundation, a mobile concierge service that personally fits veterans with business attire to reenter the civilian workforce. the focus this march is outfitting fem

. >>> now looking live sky6 live hd wilmington, delaware, meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. when will we warm up? the answer when we come right back. # around here, we're all about fast. that's why xfinity is perfect for me. with millions of wifi hotspots all over the place including one right here at the shop now we can stream all things fast and furious. you've done it again, carlos! with the fastest in-home wifi and millions of hotspots xfinity is perfect for people who love fast. don't miss furious 7 in theaters april 3rd. 14 irresistible flavors. one for the mood. one for the moment. each one can make every day more delicious than the last. the taste could only be baileys. the experience could only be yours. baileys coffee creamers. this is the one. >> at least the sun is shining chris. >> reporter: it does, it makes it feel a lot better out there. you got to look at the positive. the glass is always half full. when we look at the numbers it might be depressing to some of you, we have sunshine out there. in the meantime you can see the fl

, delaware and across my state. we have 15 deaths per month from overdoses and it is touching all backgrounds. all income levels. all communities. and we are eager to work in partnership with you and all of federal law enforcement in finding more effective models for diversion of treatment addiction and prosecution of the related crimes. it is something that is a significant challenge for our community. as it is from baltimore to miami to wisconsin and all over our country. we are really seeing a significant shift from the prescription drug epidemic into heroin. let me turn from a program the violence reduction network the five cities that were participate ng the first round are oakland, chicago, detroit camden and wilmington delaware and i'm grateful for the opportunity to talk with yo u about it. the office of national drug control policy, the financial services subcommittee and their program is also newly engaged in the work in delaware. despite the small size wilmington has one of the highest rates of violent cr

oakland, chicago detroit, camden and wilmington delaware. the office of national drug control policy which is under the financial services subcommittee, and their hida program is newly engaged in the work in wilmington, delaware, despite our fairly small size relative to detroit or chicago wilmington has one of the highest rates of violent crime and murder in the last few years. and a newly energized and engaged mayor and police chief and statewide elected officials and community leaders are tack tackling this challenge effectively. i would like to hear from each of you. what you're hearing about progress in wilmington, what you think are the resource challenges that might remain, and if you've got any input for me on what's going to be critical to turning the corner. the reports i'm hearing so far about the federal role is very positive. so my simple input is to say thank you for the resources being delivered. the advice, the mentorship and guidance to my hometown. but if there are other things that i need to hear or things we can do to str

. >>> new this morning, police in wilmington delaware are investigating a shooting that sent a man to the hospital. someone opened fire on him as he sat in a minivan. the shooting comes just hours before city leaders are set to release a new report on policing in wilmington. the community is invited to tonight's town hall meeting. wilmington's mayor dennis williams plans to address public safety and upcoming initiatives to reduce crime in the city. >>> investigators continues to build a possible murder case against the girlfriend of darby township police officer mark hudson. he was shot and killed in his home on saturday. tyaina finch is the only other person who was there at the time. for now she's behind bars on lesser charges including making terroristic threats and simple assault. >> there are serious questions this morning surrounding the health of convicted cop killer mumia abu jamal. he's been rushed from prison to the hospital. "action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live in the sat center with an update on his condition. good morning, erin. >> good morning, nid i can't remembe

taking a live look at wilmington delaware where the official temperature according to accuweather 25 degrees and where we will be getting up to 48 degrees. look out for some rain later. >> south jersey police are investigating a deadly crash in gloucester county. a driver hit and killed a pedestrian late last night at tuckahoe road near route 322 in williamstown. the driver remained at the scene. >>> a 23-year-old man caught with his hands in a donation jar has issued an apology. surveillance cameras caught peter if any at tony's please is a. he showed up to apply for a job. when the cashier went to get the boss he looked around and grabbed $10 out of the jar. what he didn't realize is that tony in the back could see everything that was going on on a computer in his office. >> i got upset. it's money for the kids. >> tony then walked to the front put him in a headlock and took him to the ground until police arrived. he issued a statement saying that he had been drinking and regrets what he did. >> don't do it again. a recruiting drive is in the works for the world meeting of families

imagine a little girl growing up in wilmington delaware. during world war ii daughter of hydrogen and italian catholic families working class her uncle ran numbers in wilmington and she grew up with dozens of cousins because her mom was the second youngest of 17 kids. she had a difficult father, a man who drank far too much and frankly didn't think that women should be educated. and yet this girl pretty and shy was driven and was inquisitive and she became the first person in her family ever to go to college. in 1956 my mom a lot graduated with a degree in math and became a pioneering computer programmer in the 1950s and 1960s. [applause] imagine a teenage boy not much younger than many of you here today growing up in cuba. black hair, skinny as a rail. [laughter] involved in the student council and yet cuba wasn't at a peaceful time and they were corrupt and this teenage boy joined a revolution. he joined a revolution and began fighting with other teenagers to free cuba from the dictator. this way at age 17 finds himself thrown in prison,

taking a live look at wilmington, delaware. look out for some rain, some fog and a wintry mix depending on where you are this morning. a lot of this changing over to snow later on tonight. could be a pretty big storm that we'll be dealing with thursday morning. >> and matt pelman it's definitely the kind of morning that if you're not careful a curve can go very badly. >> yeah, you could go slip sliding for sure. we still have some slippery patches out there. it does look a little better than last evening. what a mess we had matt and tam. we started at 4 o'clock and all things were just wet and then something switched around 4:30, 5 o'clock and it became a really dicey treacherous situation for the ride home. this morning on the highways, we're looking at mainly wet conditions as we head to painter's crossing here in chadds ford delco. this is 202 right at route 1 baltimore pike. you may be able to make out a little bit of slush here in the intersection but for the most part, these roadways are just wet. but again, you have to b

. >> no snow today fortunately plenty of sunshine sky 6 hd looking at wilmington delaware and a little bit of wins now. the winds have died down since yesterday and it's another chilly day despite the sunshine temperatures 45 in philadelphia and that is 9 degrees below normal and allentown 43 and wilmington 44 and trenton 42 and millville 44 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing there is moisture that is building to the south you look at the cloud cover and the clouds are really moving from the west to the east and they will gradually be thickening up in the overnight hours 31 in philadelphia and millville 27 and wilmington 26 and trenton 28 degrees the cold air is in place and this sets the stage for snow for really a big error future tracker showing at 8:00 in the morning, this is when the moisture moves in from the south and west. it gradually moves in throughout the day and it's heavy through the afternoon and at 4:00 south of wilmington and south of lakehurst, it is all changed to rain and philadelphia snowing and it moves out and it all out of here by friday night

widely a veritable -- widely available heroin is killing people in wilmington, delaware. it is touching all backgrounds all income levels, all communities, and we are eager to work in partnership with you and with all of federal law enforcement in finding more effective models for diversion treatment, and prosecution of the crimes. it is something that is a significant challenge for our community, as it is from baltimore to miami to wisconsin, all over our country. we're seeing a smith shift from the prescription drug epidemic into -- we are seeing a significant shift in the prescription drug epidemic into heroin. the first cities participating ok oakland, and i'm grateful to talk to about it. the program is newly engaged in the work in wilmington despite are fairly small side relative to detroit and chicago. wilmington has one of the highest rates of violent crime and murder in the last three years, and a newly energized mayoral and policed -- mayor and police chief are tackling this challenge effectively. i would love to hear from each of you, and i will invite you to s

delaware. all of the northeast seeing at least a thawing out temperatures are in the 30s up in new england where they saw snow today but they've actually been rising over the past couple of hours. 49 in baltimore. 59 in charlottesville and 51 in clarksburg west virginia. we'll see clouds clear that's a front passing wake up to sunshine tomorrow. sunday we'll have a lot of sunshine a beautiful bright day. but it will be cooler and noticeably so behind that front. 32 in the city, 25 in the suburbs. 43 for the high temperature tomorrow so that's about 10 degrees colder win that wind gusting over 20 miles an hour at times it will feel brisk like winter but at least it's a good lookinglooking day. warmer weather still ahead in the seven day forecast. >> dawn and joyce. >> thank you caitlin. >>> speaking of today and how great it was, what a difference a day really does make. that's yesterday's driving snow replaced by all that beautiful sunshine today. and fox 29's sabina kuriakose reports, a lot of

thirty-one down in dover. 29 degrees in wilmington, delaware. factor in the wind which aren't a big deal this morning. many wind are calm out there but we have a bit of the wind chill. i would just plan for those temperatures in the 20's. hopefully you didn't put your winter cota away even though we had a temperature in the 60's earlier in the week. it is still winter, it is still cold. 50 degrees is our high today. fifty-seven for tomorrow with all that rain. fifty-two on sunday at least a dry day on sunday for the philadelphia st. patrick's day parade, bob kelly, but it is in the the looking real good for the one in springfield, dell will co, or the conshohocken parade. >> yeah, i got an update coming up in just a second on that. 5:18. good morning, everybody. tgif. we are looking good the on the the schuylkill expressway rolling out of the king of prussia heading in toward conshohocken, no delays on the schuylkill, in delays on the bennie either, coming into downtown philadelphia right there near the lightening bolts. the here's the latest on

you can see him in wilmington, delaware, at the grand opera house on march 26th. please welcome hannibal burress! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: what's up? >> i'm doing well. >> jimmy: how long have you been in town? >> monday. feels like way longer than that. yeah. >> jimmy: hitting it pretty hard? >> time moves slow when you're destroying yourself. >> jimmy: and you're working probably like sometimes almost an hour a day, right? >> yeah, man. an hour. sometimes yeah, up to an hour and ten minutes. it's been fun. it's a fun time. >> jimmy: are you in the middle of your comedy tour? >> yeah, i've been touring since october. it's been heavy. >> jimmy: since october. you go all over the country? >> all over, everywhere. >> jimmy: so this is kind of a big stop in the middle of the tour. was this part of the tour? >> this was -- i did a last-minute gig with funny or die in austin. we added this. then i saw you doing the show, i asked to do your show. >> jimmy: we said, yeah, we'd love to have you do the show and here you are, like magic, unbelievable. >> like magic

warm spot, wilmington delaware at 52. you can see how cloudy it is far to the south. we're getting some breaks of sunshine here and there, especially in northern sections. and the rain continues in parts of sussex county delaware. that is about it. that area of rain is not moving up to the rest of the area as you can see. that's not necessarily the case for later this week. at noon the showers stay in sussex county delaware with increased sunshine temperatures get near 60 degrees. more about the timing and the rain that will affect the weekend with the seven-day in a few minutes. >> the scandal is growing at the university of oklahoma following that racist chant caught on video. two of the fraternity members have been identified and we're hearing their apologies for first time as gabe gutierrez reports, also a claim that the song was taught to one of them by a fellow fraternity members. >> reporter: on the ou campus new outrage. >> i hope he genuinely is poll jettic and not just apologetic because he got caught. >> reporter: this morning the apologies for this video a

some foggy conditions coming up from wilmington, delaware, all the way up the i-95 corridor. this is live look at i95 right near highland avenue. as you roll north on 95, two situations to look out for. first of all i291 here, the short cut from chester delaware count any toward the airport area closed when construction northbound the an off ramp to exit ten also closed. so that's going to be with us for the next couple of months. philly international, no problems now but the fog could cause some delays, as we get into the height of the morning rush hour. and some fog thick fog out coming in from the suburbs like downingtown, chester county, rolling through 202 malvern, be prepared for. that will mass transit looking good with no delays. chris, lauren, back to you. >> let's get back to the fog for just a minute. >> people think chip kelly might and little foggy right now. new stunned eagles nation, nick foles has been traded to the st. louis. eagles get rams quarterback bradford in return. came out of the university of oklahoma first overall pick in the 2010 draft. he won the

my mom grew up in wilmington delaware. she grew up in an irish-italian working class family. her mom, my grandmother was the second youngest of 17 kids. i mentioned that my mom's uncle ran the numbers in wilmington. i got to admit my mother was a little horrified that i said that up there. and my grandfather my mother's father, was a tough man. he drank too much. and he didn't have very enlightened views. he didn't really think women should get an education. and my mother is very soft spoken, but she's strong-willed and very bright. and she stood up to her dad. she battled her father. >> 17 kids. >> well, that was her mother. and she became -- my mom became the first person in her family ever to go to college. and she went to rice, graduated 1956 with a degree in math and went into computer programming at shell. i mean was shattering glass ceilings. my mom is 80 this year. she was there at the event. and she is a woman of strength and fortitude but also incredible compassion. she is a wonderful mom and an incredible grandmother to our two little girls. >> and your dad fought

sky6 looking live in hd in wilmington delaware. how about the numbers through the region, 33 degrees, we dropped another degree in philadelphia. sitting at the freezing mark, we looked at wilmington you're barely above freezing we have the wet snowflakes mixing in. they are melting at the surface. i want to show you a wider view of temperatures, it's not pretty. in pittsburgh it's 16. 11 in buffalo. this air is coming our way. when i came in it is 37 degrees, we're down to 33. we'll drop into the 20s in areas where it is melting it will not be the case as this continues. let's look at satellite and radar, you'll see the changeover in the overnight hours it's moving on in, we're watching the progression of the line as it gets closer to the shore. future tracker 6 showing at 11:00 a.m., some of the darker shades of purple are the heavier bands of snow moving in. future tracker showing snow from allentown on down through the region. we thought it would be wrapping up at lunchtime in philadelphia, now it's 1:30. the snow will take a lo

. >>> seven people were hurt after a three car crash in wilmington. delaware state police one vehicle swerved to avoid debris and hit the barrier. another vehicle sideswiped that car and a limo crashed into them. four children and three adults were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. >> a kensington man is hospitalized after his homes collapsed inside. take a look at the video of the man climbing out of rubble on the 2700 block of he would recalled street. -- he street. >> reporter: this dramatic video was captured by an "action news" viewer. >> i woke up, my brother woke up, he was like what happened. >> i woke my husband up and said eric's house fell. >> reporter: the footage shows the homeowner trying to climb out of the debris. but his sister said he was partially paralyzed on his right side before the collapse and was having difficulty getting out. >> thank god he's alive. >> it's like he has nine lives. he's been through everything. >> reporter: relatives say he recently lost his mother and best friend and aunt all within the last few mon

moving south we will see 32 in wilmington delaware. in the a problem for everybody but it could be at your house this morning. look at the past seven days when last friday our high temperature was only 26 degrees. we had a bitter cold morning. it improved saturday were 41 50 was the the high yesterday a and 50 is where we are supposed to be this time in march. we will exceed that later today after we get a rough little ice situation in some places and then tomorrow afternoon we will get some rain as our next chance of precipitation, that could linger into the early part of wednesday. then we have an excellent golfing day on thursday for you, mostly sunny, chris murphy high of 52. a wintry mix may move in friday morning depending on how cold it gets changing over to rain lasting into saturday. now we're getting into spring, or close to spring bob kelly we will get spring showers every now and again as well. >> those spring showers bring. >> may flowers. >> good morning. everybody. it is monday just a cautionary flag here stepping out of

wind chill of 14 below in mount pocono and three below zero in wilmington delaware. here is your seven day forecast, something to look forward to. we will get sunshine today. we have a first dry weekend in three that we haven't had any storm of any kind and we will see temperatures start to rise a little bit. still cold tomorrow with a normal high of 48. we are only going to get to 38. it the is better to day in the upper 20's and by middle of next week we are in the upper 40's and by wednesday and thursday, in the fabulous 50's bob kelly. >> hopefully that will melt all of the yuck out there this morning. good morning everybody. on your way to work major roadways in pretty good shape but look ought for those patches of snow that will pop up out of in where and here in the cop trucks zone like i-95 at girard avenue what is the left lane there. there is no shoulder. so any snow that was plowed is kind of like rolling up on to that concrete barrier. you don't have a full left lane here coming south on i-95, in toward the city. you'll know exactly what i'm talking about

reduced visibility in wilmington delaware. fog kind of comes and goes with that moisture in the air. 42 degrees in the city. only 33 in the mountains which is why we are seeing that change over of precipitation. could be slippery travel. forty-one hand caster. forty-one in reading. forty-five down in dover, delaware. and yesterday, well, rainy and mild we did not make it to 70 degrees. sixty-seven ended up being a high temperature. here is your seven day forecast after that 67 yesterday we will get to 50 today. if we're lucky. it will be a chilly one with a a rain mostly just in the morning and lingering cloud for the the rest of the day, 40 degrees tomorrow, palm sunday day is sunny, but still kind of chill which a high of 47 milder on monday, we will get a few showers and it stays in the 50's through wednesday, and inching back in the 60's by thursday. so here we are the weekend before easter bob kelly. >> i can't believe it. >> exactly. >> live look at a disabled bus on the platt bridge. it is platt bridge coming from the a

delaware. but only 33 in atlantic city. 30 degrees the temperature in millville. we will need to warm up in those places before the precipitation, arrives. 58 degrees, is the average high, for this time, the end of the month of march. fifty-seven was our high yesterday, big improvement, from the weekend and 53 will be our high today and then 50 tomorrow. zooming into the 60's for thursday and for friday but the trade off for friday is of course the the rain, cool things off on saturday with a high of 55. mid 50's for easter sunday. monies when the phillies play their home opener season opener as well with the red sox and it will look pretty decent the at least at this point, early call is for a high of 60 degrees and some sunshine as well bob kelly. >> i like your chicks in the basket there little popping up. >> peep, peep. >> beep, beep, we're open on the schuylkill expressway. we are looking at sky fox over the scene of what had been a accident in the last hour or so. they have just reopened

delaware tonight. this is 42-year-old jay gotti albert and 38-year-old richard pretty ricky wilson. authorities say a search of albert's recording studio uncovered 22 bags of heroin and an abandoned car. both men were taken into custody and being held on several hundred thousand dollars bail each. >> and now we have some breaking news from gloucester county, new jersey tonight. this is the woodbury heights section of the county and as you can tell from this billowing smoke this home is on fire and we're told at least one person is hurt. now, they've been rushed to cooper university hospital with some burns apparently. gloucester county crews have been battling this fire for almost a half hour now here in the 300 block of barlow avenue. there was heavy fire and smoke when they arrived. again, one person is reported injured but no word yet on how this fire started and as you can tell t-the flames are still burning inside of this home here in woodbury heights new jersey. we'll keep an eye on the situation

delaware new castle five, hockessin 4.7. wilmington four and a half. milton one. dover, we have .4 reported. snow this season in philadelphia, 20 inches but look at boston, it paleness comparison 105.7 inches, they are in on the snowfall as well and we will have an updated total for philadelphia, but it is confirmed this is the biggest snow of the season for city and widespread throughout the region. right now in philadelphia down to 20 degrees. we will start off with that wet, heavy snow with temperatures in the 30's this morning. it is light and fluffy. in the poconos 13 degrees but look at this temperature contrast. we have 37 in raleigh-durham. almost 40 degrees warmer in charleston. you can see the the cut off between warmth and the the cold air, natural seeing heavy snow, kentucky a mess in the snow. snowing for hours last night into today. we are watching low pressure, squeezing all of the moisture toward northeast as well. tomorrow we are talking about bitterly cold temperature, a freeze, with temperatures only in the 20's. so overnight tonight, the the lo

happening in wilmington delaware federal report on the violence among african-american men will be released. cdc and local officials will join together to turn things around. lead the investigation leading the investigation the enters for disease control and prevention is involved because it has seen as a public health problem. >>> new jersey state police release aid sketch of the man wanted for two attempted luringness tabernacle. >> investigators say twice this month man followed young girls walking on the street. children's descriptions of the man in both instances match. so police also released a sketch of the truck. it is a black and gray truck with a white stripe, running through it. or along the the bottom of the truck there. if you know about this at all that is a pretty good sketch isn't it? very recognizable truck. call police if you seen that guy or the truck. >>> delaware county police say there is a man peeping under the bathroom stalls at a wawa in upper chichester. >> chichester yeah. >> woman caught him in the rest room. an employee saw the man run out of the store and jump

milder across south jersey and delaware. overnight tonight, some areas are staying above freezing for a shine. monday 50 degrees, for philadelphia. 51 in wilmington. millville and dover, 352 and 53. the numbers get warmer in the seven day forecast. sun an clouds, milder, breezy, 48 is the high today. the shower developing in the lehigh valley and the poconos. 28 degrees north and west, 32 center city. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast showing a quiet weather pattern with the exception of the tuesday night into wednesday morning, 48 today. 352 monday, 49 tuesday wednesday, 56 that will be the warmersest temperature since january 4 of all dates where we shot up to 59. 53 thursday, rain friday, 44. saturday mostly cloudy and 53 degrees, what's the one thing you didn't see in the seven-day forecast? snow! >> reporter: right. >> a town in the popular show walking dead is up for sale on ebay. several episodes of the show have been filmed there. the going price is $680,000 that includes 9 downtown buildings. the mayor bo

forty-two in wilmington delaware. you can see all this rain on ultimate doppler but up to the north, upstate new york, northern part of the pennsylvania, and around new york city, there is snow in vermont and new hampshire but nothing to show you around here just a few echos not making it to the ground. that is lucky as well. for this morning we have temperatures that will remain in the 40's. chilly start to the day. and then by this afternoon we will hit an early high of 63 degrees, partly sunny and mild. wind pick up this evening, going out tonight and we will lose 10 degrees by five or 6:00 o'clock. the quite windy and chilly tonight. there is your st. patrick's day forecast. the here's man of the hour and day, bob kelly. >> 5:01. coming up, i will tell you how to bring your family to celebrate st. patrick's day with our fox 29 family in northeast philadelphia and it is all free. live look at i295 in south jersey in, problems or delays at all. we are off to a nice quiet start this morning as you get ready to pull o