a accounts news reporter annie mccormack has a look at the damage. >> but we will begin with meteorologist melissa magee with a look at what is to come , medical lays. >> czar and walter we are seeing a break in the active but heavy rain exiting off to our south and east. storm tracker six live double scan radar showing you light delaware and scattered about lehigh valley. we will go in tighter on street level with storm track er straveling along i-95 metro area couple light showers, activity on route 322, between malvern and media at this hour also that moisture pressouth jeg route 30 and medford heaches some rain, light in nature for elmer and glassboro, but as far as what we can expect weot that flood watchtonight up and flood advisory for the smaller creeks and some of the streams and some of these locations, one to 3nches on have rain has already fallen so we have to watch carefully for some of the streams and creeks with some rising water. as far as rain we have seen so far the jackpot was down in south jersey and delaware, dover close to 3 inches of rain, blackbird new castle county

e mccormack live in south philadelphia with that part of the coverage, annie. >> reporter: what we're seeing around here is mostly wet road s, wet sidewalks, just before 5:00 we started to see precipitation coming down, it started out as rain and then 5:15 it turned to icy conditions. now back to rain. we will take a look at this video from earlier where we are right now, oregon and swanson, and that is at the penndot salt yard. it was earlier around midday that they started to prepare for this, it was about 400 trucks that they are going to have around the entire area, the multiple count that is penndot does to have take care of. they are starting off as a salting operation, front end loaders dumping that salt in the dump trucks before they headed out. one of the things they do have on their side they say that is their roadways are warmer, which means even if there is, precipitation, icy precipitation that is falling it is less likely then to stick. but still, they do want to be prepared. we did catch up with some folks from penndot to take, lets take a listen. >> we're pretty prepar

reporting live from south philadelphia, annie mccormack for channel six "action news". >> thanks, anni: get updates on possible snow totals tonight and tomorrow and check storm tracker six live anytime on your phone or tablet at six abc app a free down load for your mobile device. >>> be sure to wake up with the morning team meteorologist chris sowers will have very latest on the weather conditions beginning at 6:00 a.m. >>> well, florida high school massacre is sparking a call for less fire power, surviving students rallied with other protesters in south florida this afternoon urging stricter gun laws in the wake of wednesday's massacre. abc's jim ryan has more from fort lauderdale. >> reporter: anger, frustration boil over at a rally in fort lauderdale. >> enough, enough, enough. >> reporter: protesters calling on the florida legislature to push for more firearm safety. >> if all our government and president can do is send thoughts and prayers then it is time for victims to be the change. this is about protecting our children. >> reporter: drive for stricter gun laws was ignited by h

"action news" reporter annie mccormack is live at the philadelphia car show, christie ileto is with fans in abington. >> meanwhile ducis rodgers is there in u.s. bank stadium at the practice field but we will begin with "action news" anchors brian taff and sharrie williams live at the mall of america. there has been no shortage of eagles fans, hi there, guys. >> hey there, alycia and walter, yes, come this time tomorrow, we will be just a few minutes away from kick off , fans will be taking their seats and gathering around their television toss watch this game. here at mall of america in the meantime people are trying to find ways to pass the time, inching for kick off come tomorrow. >> there are so many eagles jerseys and hats you would never necessity we weren't in philadelphia. >> absolutely, yes. >> few more patriots that would normally make us comfortable but we will tolerate that this weekend. we are in the thick of the action as fans jammed in the nfl experience, live, in downtown minneapolis. take a look, this is how it looked at eagles nation co mingled with the patriots faithfu

"action news" reporter annie mccormack was there for all of the action, hi there, annie. >> reporter: hi there sarah, that is right jason kelce was officially a mum tore day. he marched with the band, he played with the band, and, he even wore that costume, again that he made so famous at the super bowl parade. hundreds lined manayunk's main street for mummers mardi gras parade and this year marching with the avalon string band... >> ♪ >> reporter: philadelphia eagles jason kelce. >> i'm just happy, excited to play saxophone and march with these guys in the avalon string band. >> reporter: kelce ace is a card carrying dues paying member and now wearing that famous suit the group gave him for eagles parade. >> they were kind enough to lend me one of their suits for super bowl parade so least i can do is march with these guys and enjoying their parade >> reporter: kelce's connection to the ban his hairdresser husband is a member. >> she has been a fantastic opportunity for avalon string band and fantastic opportunity for the string band association, and, the city of philadelphia. >> w

reporting live from wilmington , annie mccormack for channel six "action news". walter, back to you. >> so heart breaking, thank, ann ie. >>> people in south philadelphia jumped in to action when they witnessed a vehicle smashing into cars. more than a dozen cars and trucks were damaged before neighbors stepped n "action news" reporter bob brooks spoke with those brave civilians. >> reporter: it was a pretty scary couple of minutes, hard to see, but you can nearly hear is what happening. police say a man in a ford pickup truck smashed into 16 cars. near third street around 10:30 last night. finally neighbors would put a stop to the chaos and yanked him out of the trucks. mike mcgee was one of those good samaritans. >> i was able to open up the door up and grabbed him out of the car. >> reporter: his quick thinking likely prevent further damage. >> we had to stop him. we don't know when would hit someone kill someone. >> reporter: one of the suv damaged belonged to scott. >> slammed right into it. >> reporter: he said he and his girlfriend bren a were inside watch

team coverage, action news reporter annie mccormack is live with more on some of the flooding. >> but we begin with meteorologist melissa mcgee with the first check of the accuweather forecast. >> the good news, we are start ing to see improvement with the heaviest of the rain moving offshore and along the atlantic. storm tracker 6 live double scan radar. light rain, mist and drizzle of low level moisture overhead. the moisture starting to exit stage east. even note rain is exited, we have a flood advisory for the smaller creeks and streams. up until 1:00 in the morning. even though the water is exiting , the water levels in some of these streams are still running fairly high across portions of our region. as far as the rain we've seen so far, blackbird in new castle county in delaware, 3.75 worth of rainfall. close to 3 in linden walled. atlantic city, 3.56 and 2.5 in dover, delaware. moisture overhead, it is exiting but temperatures and the dew point number are close together. so a lot of saturation going on. lehigh and burkes and lancaster county, visibility reduced to less than a

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. >> "action news" reporter anni e mccormack joins us live from the scene with the very latest on the investigation, annie. >> reporter: and, sarah and walter, this fire was placed under control hours ago but still, fire fighters continue to work, putting out, those hot spots, also, all around the area of olde city road is still remain closed, every where including portions of market street, chestnut street tonight. fire officials are still investigating the cause, luckily no one was injured. just after 3:00 a.m. four alarm blaze broke out at third and chestnut, the flames and thick smoke forced 160 people out of their apartments at 239 chestnut and guests at best western hotel. the philadelphia fire department responded with 150 fire fighters and medics, and at this point residents believe that the fire started on the top floor of the apartment building, officials are still assessing the total damage to build goes on the block, the museum of the american revolution was not damaged and will reopen monday the owner, little lion said she's still waiting to find out the extent of damage

reporting live from wilmington , annie mccormack for channel six "action news". walter, back to you. >> tragic story, thank you ann ie. >>> police are investigating a shooting this afternoon in the frankford section. this he were called to scatter good and charles street where a person was found shot in the head. victimes name, condition and details of the shooting remain unknown. >>> out of control, vehicle left a path of destruction in south philadelphia. investigators say a man in the ford pick up, smashed into 16 cars there, and this was the scene near porter and third street at 10:30 last night. neighbors helped end chaos by yank ago this driver from his truck. >> we had to stop because we don't know whether he was going to go all the way down the block so we had to do something. >> we will hear more from the victims coming up 59:30 during this newscast. >>> ahead on crash in the overbrook section of the city sent one person to the hospital, this morning. it happened, shortly after 6:30 at lansdowne and haverford avenue. investigators say a man was driving o

reporting live in northern liberty, annie mccormack. back to you. >> that is a big one. thank you. >>> we have the info you need to report a pothole at 6abc.com/ pothole. we have the phone numbers and web links you need to report a problem on area roads. >>> a section of route 202 after a crash killed two people in chester county. it took place at about 8:00 this morning in the southbound lanes between sweetsford and mill roads. state police say that tiff -year-old melvin baskerville crashed into 32 monique pierre. both died at the scene. it took responders seven hours to clear the scene. >>> a car ended up on top of an suv following a crash in camden. just before 6030 in the westbound lane was admiral wilson boulevard. there were injuries, but we don't know how serious. >>> a fire on a bus left tourist s from china stranded on a delaware highway in the northbound lanes of i-495 near the ramp to i-95 in clayton about 4:00 this afternoon. the group from shanghai was on its way from washington, d.c. to new york city. no one was hurt. passengers were take ton a nearby visit

reporting live, from olde city annie mccormack for channel six "action news". >>> fire investigators are still trying to figure out what sparked a deadly fire last night in the cities fox chase section. woman was killed and two fire fighters were injured. crew where is called to the 7600 block of verree road at 6:30, and victim believed to be in her 70's was found dead on the second floor. both fire fighters were taken to the hospital, in stable condition. >>> a 15 year-old is safe and sound after being trapped in the cave at lancaster county for more than six hours. more than 60 rescuers were part of the rescue operation in the township. teen was with a group of friends and adults when he got wedged in up to his armpits. crews had a tough time getting to the victim and had to work carefully not to injure him but around midnight he was freed and taken to the hospital for, observation. >>> the snow that fell in wilmington delaware has already melted away but earlier today the action cam was in bell castle recreational park where we found people enjoying what was left of the snow, ther

"action news" reporter annie mccormack is live from southia. what is the scene there, annie ? >> reporter: fans have been here since 2:00 today. let's get this game going. are you ready. >> yes. >> all right. they are obviously frozen with excitement down there, so far, we will get back there, to ann i. mccormack in a little bit. lets get to "action news" reporter chad practice dell any south philadelphia along broad street tonight. >> you caught up with crews greasing up the poles in the city tonight, is that right. >> reporter: that is right, monday contact they are getting these poles ready. they are expecting big crowds on broad street if the birds do get a victory in this super bowl. a couple weeks ago they were called crisco cops they were using crisco. now they are using hydraulic fuel, the pole patrol and i guess that fuel is a little bit more resistant to the elements. that is what they have been greasing up these poles to make sure people don't climb them later tonight when bird or if the birds do get a victory and the celebration gibbs. now we're here on broad stree