While now as well as 422 out further to the west. So the steadier showers are out to the north and west right now but theyll be moving through the area. Satellite6 and action radar kind of slowing this in motion how this has moved right into place. Today were getting about a quarter of an inch of rain so not a lot of moisture but were going to have some showers, some rain on and off and that will be the first half of the day. Look at the temperatures, though. Its about 10 degrees above yesterdays temperatures. 50 degrees in quakertown, 52 warrington, 54 already in center city, 51 in chester and some of the suburbs in new jersey youre in the low to mid50s. 52 in hammonton but 53 he in woodbine. Already sitting at 55 degrees this morning in dover, delaware. Heres what you can expect today. Again, the first half of the day is wetter so by 9 00 a. M. , 56. Were going to have rain in spots. By noon already starting to dry out, 60 degrees. Some showers around. By 3 00 p. M. , it should be mostly just cloudy skies and by 6 00 p. M. , 60 coming down from your high of 64. It gets milder it gets wetter in the coming days. Im going to walk you through the sevenday forecast and show you which days are the wettest. I know there are a lot of people making some holiday plans. Ill help you through in it just a few minutes, matt. Santa better get his rain slicker and duck boots ready to go. Along 95 theres a new issue even though the overnight construction is gone now were watching a disabled vehicle here in the northbound lanes approaching cottman avenue. Penndot is out there assisting and looks like they have it mostly pushed off to the northbound right shoulder but as you come north of Bridge Street entering the work zone i would say left to be safe. Southbound building volume as you can see headed down towards center city. In center city this is the vine street expressway. All reopened after overnight construction. The crews will return at 11 oclock tonight, close it one more night before their holiday break but for now its opened. Little bit damp but traffic doesnt look too bad so far. We have a crash though this morning near Village Green in delco shutting down 452. Now were hearing both ways at old pennell road there by the Storage Depot. Just stay over on 352 instead of 452 this morning. Still some overnight construction wrapping up along the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound past willow grove. Couple lanes are blocked. So you may see a little bit of slowing. Burlington bristol bridge no longer blocked. It just came back down after an opening so traffic is starting to move there but a little bit slow on both sides and now were getting word of a crash in Hamilton TownshipMercer County. Its along 29 northbound just past 295 but were hearing that its mostly off to the side so not causing a huge delay at this point. You can expect a little slowing on the a. C. Expressway eastbound between the garden state parkway and route nine. Construction taking out two lanes for the next half hour but that zone on the northbound garden state parkway is clearing out on this tuesday morning. Tam. Okay, thank you matt. Philadelphia homicide detectives are looking for the gun plan who shot a plan to death while that man was walking his dog. This happeneddology the 300 block of horten street in West Philadelphia around 7 30 last night. Its not clear if the victim was targeted or if this was random. Investigators say he was shot once in the head. When the neighbors saw him raping on the sidewalk he still was holding the leash in his hand and the dog was attached. So although he was unconscious and laying on the sidewalk law Still Holding i dont ton his dog leash. So far police have not identified a suspect and the motive here remains a mystery. This is new a fast moving fire broke out at a home in the kensington section of philadelphia overnight and investigators say it may have been intentionally set. The action cam was on the scene on the 3000 block of d street. Authorities say everyone was able to escape without getting hurt and the red cross is helping the fin families find a place. A prominent philadelphia psychiatrist has been found dead. His body was discovered in a Center City Hotel and police say his death may involve foul play. Action News ReporterKatherine Scott is live at the road way inn at 12th and walnut. Shes got the latest on this story. Good morning, katherine inch good morning, tam. Still a lot of unknowns here, how this doctor died remains under investigation. Police have obtained Surveillance Footage and were told theyre working to identify the people coming and going from the doctors hotel room. As for the doctors identity we know his name but were not releasing it since family members are still being notified about his death. The crime scene unit carried bags of evidence from the Center City Rodeway Inn where a prominent psychiatrist was found dead yesterday. Police sources say a housekeeper discovered his body on the floor of his hotel room shortly before noon. They say the 75yearold had a cloth wrapped tightly around his neck and there were adult toys around the room. This is a suspicious death in manner so at this point theyre looking at it investigating it pretty much taking it step by step from there. Reporter sources say there was no other visible trauma on the doctors body and there was no sign of forced entry. They he add the psychiatrist frequently used the fifth floor room as his apartment. His office just blocks away. A bartender who works nearby says the hotel is known to attract a variety of people. Definitely a mixed crowd. Lot of transients, lot of shady quote unquote but also a lot of business people. And police are still awaiting results of the medical examiners terrorist try to determine how this doctor died. Were live in center city, Katherine Scott, channel6 action news. Okay, katherine, thank you for that. And members p of a local wrestling team injured in what seems to be an intentional crash on the Las Vegas Strip are set to come back home today. They were on their way to see nine new star wars movie after working out before a tournament. The driver seemed to intentionally drive up on the curb hitting them and other pedestrians. Rather than compete the team spent yesterday counting their blessings. Everyone is out of the hospital recovering from mostly bumps and bruises. The woman behind the wheel in that awful situation is scheduled to be in a las vegas courtroom today. Police say 24yearold lakisha holloway was living in that car with her threeyearold daughter for days. But investigators are still trying to determine why holloway allegedly drove onto the sidewalk killing one person and injuring dozens more. Federal Health Officials are investigating chipotle again. The mexican food chain is linked to a new series of e. Coli outbreaks. Maribel aber has the story in our market watch report live at the nasdaq in times square. Hi, maribel. Reporter hi, matt. The centers for Disease Control is looking into this latest outbreak of e. Coli at chipotle restaurants. As you mentioned the cdc is focusing on five people who got sick in north dakota kansas and oklahoma. Investors were not reassured by the companys statement that it is overhauling its food safety program. Shares of chipotle fell three and a half percent on the news of the cdc investigation. Stocks staged a late day rally on wall street. The dow closed up 123 points. Shares of pep boys stock rallied 7 percent on news of an increased buyout bid from icahn enterprises. Fewer americans have high Speed Internet at home. Theres a new study from the Pew Research Center finds more and more of us are relying instead on our smartphones instead of online access. More bad news for cable providers. Study found about 70 percent of those without broad band service have no intention of getting it. Are people actually saving enough money using their smartphones for streaming to forego broad brand. Yeah, streaming is big. And it can be a big problem for many reasons. Thank you maribel. Its warm out there but its getting wet, too and you know what, thats the way its going to stay. Storm tracker6 live double scan slowing that we dont have any rain in south jersey, most of delaware is dry, even in philadelphia its only a bit damp. Some showers have already moved through but i want to go in a bit closer with double scan with our street level view so we can see who is getting the rain. Happening here in coatesville. We see it on the 30 bypass. Heres 322 and you see its wet here not quite at malvern just yet. Pottstown wet along route 100 through quakertown, allentown, 222. Reading you have been in it for awhile and you can see that on 422 riding in. Its certainly wet out there. Lets go on outside and see what it looks like. You can take a look yourself. Looking live on sky6 with our Temple University camera. We have lots of clouds. We have the rain. Weve got a plane flying along right now as well. How about those numbers right now . Its 55 degrees currently in philadelphia. Its 43 he in allentown. Its 52 in millville so certainly on the mild side. But this entire week is looking damp and rather dreary as well as mild. Satellite6 and action radar slowing that rain moved right into place. We can see the heavier rain is to our west at this point and i think thats going to shift and pull through the area but today were only getting about a quarter of an inch of rain. Thats not really a lot of moisture to work with. Were going see a few periods of rain, some showers around. Its the first half of the day thats wettest so if you have some plans maybe you can shift it until after the lunchtime hour. Future tracker6 showing at 10 oclock some rain moving through parts of the region. We see some heavier pockets developing here as well. We advance this to lunchtime and i think there might be the heaviest period. This model i think might be overplaying it just a little bit but its showing some pockets of heavier rain mixing in. Well at least be in and out of the showers and a couple of periods of rain up through the first half of the day and then we look at 5 oclock and you can see youre basically dry, maybe just a shower through the region and not really looking too bad at that point. Lets can check out your forecast for you. 64 for your high today. Milder than yesterday. We were in the 50s. Some rain around at times, especially the first half of the day. You can kind of see that here. By 8 00 a. M. , 56 with rain in spots. By 11 00 a. M. , 59. I think its raining pretty good then. But by 2 oclock, you mostly just have cloudy skies and 63. And by 5 00 p. M. , coming down from your high of 61 degrees. Tomorrow we have heavier rain. This is when the warm front comes through. We get a good soaking rain. In addition to that we have dense fog. Tomorrow is a big travel day for a lot of people heading towards christmas and i think this is going to be tricky to travel in with the fog and the rain. Thats kind of a bad combination even for flying out with the fog thats kind of a bigger deal so watch for that tomorrow. Heres your exclusive accuweather 7day forecast. Weve played some changes to the forecast for christmas so look closely. Today periods of rain 64. I think its the first half of the day thats kind of bad, second half not so bad. Thursday the record is shattered. The record high is 64. Were forecasting more than 10 degrees above that, 76 for your high for Christmas Eve. Looks like well have some rain Christmas Eve as well. Clouds and sunshine so were adding more clouds to the picture christmas day. Its still mild, 66 but it looks like well have some rain at night christmas night. On saturday, its damp, its cooler as you begin kwanzaa and while youre out there clearing for the eagles it could be damp at times and 56 degrees. On sunday, clouds, a few showers around and 60. Are you looking at this . Every day now in the seven day period were forecasting some sort of precipitation. Mostly just damp conditions. Cloudy skies, mostly cloudy skies, 54, a few showers and 54 but obviously with temperatures soaring above average its just rain. Its baffling. I know. But its true. Thank you karen. 6 12. Up next more stories you didnt see last night. A grand jury decides if anyone is to criminally blame for a womans jail cell death down south. Doctors challenge the fat but fit theory. Well tell you what they found later in health check. Matt. Roosevelt boulevard fit for a morning drive. Here tam by ninth street no major problems but theres trouble up ahead in those northbound lanes. Well tell you what is going on after the break. Philadelphias mayor elect takes a side job as santas helper in full costume later on action news. Holiday seasons just like football season. You got your big games. And regular games. Get it all at a great price. And the Holiday Season is won. Everything in one place. My giant. You got your big games. And regular games. Get it all at a great price. And the Holiday Season is won. Everything in one place. My giant. Welcome back. Youre taking a live look here the view of the river rink there at penns landing. May not be the best day tour skating. Youll be dealing with some precipitation out there today. Its 6 15, 54 degrees getting up to 63 later in the day. And its not good if you have to go to work or school today, right, matt. Thats right. Yeah, its becoming not the best morning to take a drive on the roosevelt boulevard, thats for sure matt and tam. Northbound direction now were hearing about an overturned vehicle crash just a single vehicle accident, the car flipped over in the northbound lanes at whitaker avenue and were hearing that the northbound outer drive is blocked on the roosevelt boulevard. When it can kerr is where the days inn is on the southbound side but this is the northbound outer drive shut down because of an overturned vehicle accident. The action cam is heading to their scene so well keep you post pedestrian. On the big picture were watching this broken down vehicle along 95 northbound approaching cottman. Its way up there in the distance. Kind of on there northbound shoulder so not causing a big problem at this point but southbound you can see the volume is starting to build in here at cottman and again as you enter the work zone farther south at girard avenue. Speaking of the work along 95 dont forget that as of yesterday, the ramp from aramingo to 95 southbound at the betsy ross bridge interchange is closed until september as they widen that ramp so that ramp no longer available to you as of yesterday. Also not available to you this morning 452 near Village Green in Delaware County by the Storage Depot. There was an accident at old pennell road so instead of 452 stay over on 352 as you head down toward chester. Meanwhile were watching a crash in Hamilton TownshipMercer County along 29 northbound past 295 but luckily thats off to the shoulder. Elsewhere on 295 in mansfield township Burlington County the ramp from the southbound side to columbus road is going to be closed most of the day today. And in lindenwold park avenue will close again today, this is each day through Christmas Eve from 7 00 to 3 30. Laurel road gets you around that work zone. Matt. Thank you matt. New on action news, texas grand jury decided to not indict anyone in the death of sandra bland. The 28yearold woman was found hanging in her jail cell from a noose made from a plastic bag. Police in Waller County arrest heed her three days before that claiming she assaulted an officer during a traffic stop. They had ruled blands death a suicide. An attorney for the bland family says they still have questions about the case. The socalled affluenza teen is still out on the run and texas officials are saying when hes caught he may be facing jail time officials are concerned that 18yearold ethan couch skipped town after missing one of his mandated check ins with his probation officer. His mother tonya is also missing. The fbi says they received hundreds of leads. His lawyers used a affluenza defense claiming his wealthy family never taught him right from wrong. That defense spared couch jail time after a deadly drunk driving crash. 6 18. Making his move. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is climbing in a crucial primary state. Karen. As you look at todays high, 64 degrees, well above the average high of 43 even in the overnight hours. Staying so far above average, 52 for the overnight low. Well have details on what you could expect during the day, how much rain were getting when action news comes right back. Blank. In todays tech bites one of apples newest features now works on facebook. Apple live photos turns your favorite photos into three seconds of video. The catch the photos are only visible on facebooks ios app. A reality app directs the device. To the areas there owners would like cleaned. Users can point their phone camera at areas that need extra cleaning and the vacuum will head to that location. Not so sure about that one. Pretty smart. You can react to your friends Text Messages just like Kim Kardashian would with kimojis. It includes a manicure hair dryer and of course a selfie. 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Chopper six just arrived at the scene you can see theres an overturned car. Were told this is a single vehicle accident and the driver somehow was able to get out of that vehicle on his or her own and is being checked out at the scene. Matt has more coverage. Yeah, looks like a nasty one, matt. You see the vehicle there on its side. This is the boulevard northbound at whitaker avenue. Outer drive completely blocked off. If youre headed southbound thats where the days inn sits off to the right side but this is the northbound direction outer drive shut down this morning as you come north watch out for that actually as chopper pans out looks like maybe a couple lanes are opened in that outer drive contrary what we original had heard so traffic is getting by at this point without too much of a delay but something to look out for. Crash along trooper roads at ridge one alon. Karen. Matt storm tracker6 live double scan showing the rain thats been out to the west just inching its way closer scotcloser tothe city. Good soaking in allentown red and lancaster. Hasnt quite hit philadelphia the 95 corridor just yet but we can see he that approaching the area right now. Heres what you can expect through the day. By 9 00 a. M. , 56 degrees. Rain will be going through the area by 9 00 a. M. The first half of the day is wettest. By noon, 60 degrees. Were still going have some rain in spots and by 3 00 p. M. , 64. Thats your high. I think by that point we just have lots of clouds so if you have a lot of errands to run or shopping to do the second half of the day after lunchtime you should be a lot better. By 6 00 p. M. , 60 degrees. Essential mild but the first half of the day is going to be wet at times. Heres a quick look at your accuweather forecast. I want to show you this damp and dreary pattern that were entering although very mild. 64 for your high today. Tomorrow dense fog rainy 64. Christmas eve records are being shattered, 76 for your high with some showers at night, matt and tam. Thank you karen. Going on to health check, a new study challenge that is idea that you can be fat but f. A major study looked at more than a million men and it brushes by the idea there a high degree of aerobic fitness can compensate for the complications of obesity. Researchers in sweden found that yes, low levels of exercise are associated with earlier death but even more fatal with lier body mass index even for people who worked out regularly. The temple owls take on the toledo rockets in the Boca Raton Bowl today. The owls got in final preparation for the big game yesterday. Coach matt rhule knows his defense will be tester by toledo team that averages 35 points per game. Always a friendly hello. Always a perfectly flaky crust. Always mrs. Smiths flaky crust pies. The only one made with real butter and abundant seasonal fruit. 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All of the Marathon Town Hall meetings, the bar visits, house parties and overall time invested in New Hampshire finally seems to be paying off for the republican. Poll after poll shows the governor making gains in the first in the nation primary state. Christie is still running fourth in New Hampshire but has doubled his support in a month. The states primary is on february 9th. Santa claus had some special help in south philadelphia. Mayor elect jim kenney dressed up as buddy the elf and helped saint nick meet dozens of children. It happened at the berks playground Holiday Celebration at second and jackson streets and included hot chocolate and train rides for the kids. Buddy the elf whats your favorite color. I dont know the answer. Its a line from the movie. Many times you told mel during the break. 6 27. A Philadelphia Police is removed from his post for the second time in recent years. New from the overnight dangerous fumes fill one home reason so strong they set off a device in the neighbors home. New on action news, dangerous fumes force several families from their homes in the middle of the night. Also new abullet flies through a car in berks county wounding a child inside. Accuweather is tracking a wet and a mild start on this first full day of winter. Good morning, its 6 30 now on this tuesday, december 22nd. Dave murphy is off. Lets head on over to karen rogers, she he got accuweather. Matt pelman has traffic. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. Its just a little damp out here right now. Currently on our terrace i dont even need the umbrella but i want to show you storm tracker6 live double scan because weve been watching this rain kind of inch closer and youre wet right now in your western suburbs. I want to go he in a little closer with double scan and our street level view, i can slow you the updates that are just happening right now. In coatesville and the 30 bypass do you see that area of yellow right now . Starting to pick up in intensity right there with the showers as well as on three h 322. Not quite yet in malvern yet but you will be momentarily. This is pushing in from the west. In pottstown youre wet, reading, quakertown now on 309 thats new right now. Showers have moved over to 309 so youre wet there as well as allentown and certainly out in areas farther to the north and west. So that rain starting to move in. Its pretty light rain today and its really the first half of the day but storm tracker6 live 3d showing theres a lot of moisture thats going to work its way through the region not just today, over today and the next couple of days. Heres your three day outlook. Future tracker was showing us briefly that we had over an inch of rain expected over the next three days. Heres what you can expect right now as youre leaded out the door. Its mild. 55 degrees right now in philadelphia. Its 43 in allentown. 52 in millville so temperatures are way up there. By 8 00 a. M. , its going to be raining in spots and 56. By noon tthe rain is still coming down and 60 but the second half of the day youre just going have a a lot of clouds, 64 thats your high today. By 6 00 p. M. It looks mostly dry and 60 degrees. The rain gets even heavier tomorrow as a lot of people are traveling. Well talk more about that in the sevenday forecast coming up in just a minute, matt. Karen, mostly dry here this morning along the roosevelt boulevard. Nonetheless, a pretty serious accident is in the northbound lanes here by whitaker avenue. Its a single vehicle crash. This vehicle flipped over onto its side. You can see police on the scene here. Were here that the driver was able to pull himself out of the car but northbound in the outer drive that right lane is blocked at this point you still have five lanes in which to get by on the northbound boulevard so its not causing a huge delay. This is northbound at whitaker avenue wher where the days inn sits on the southbound side. 95 broken down vehicle northbound by could the plan off to the side. The slower speeds are southbound just in the 20s there by cottman in the 30s as you travel down near girard. Starting to drop those speeds along the schuylkill expressway here in the eastbound lanes by the blue route as you head in towards the conshohocken curve, just normal morning volume starting to set in there. Near Village Green in delco crash by the Storage Depot that was closing 452. Thats gone. Everything reopened there but in lower providence by the auto he zone watch out for a wreck along trooper road at ridge pike. One in Fairless Hills along lower morrisville road also 29 northbound in Hamilton TownshipMercer County on the side and a few trains not stopping on the southbound broad street line at allegheny susquehanna if you have fin and cecil b. Moore. Well keep tabs on there matt. A Carbon Monoxide investigation into the frankford section of philadelphia forced officials to evacuate three homes. It happened on the 4300 block of Potter Street just after 2 30 a. M. Officials say a co detector woke up an elderly couple and the fumes were coming from the neighbors howls. The neighbors were reportedly running a portable generator in a spot where it wouldnt ventilate. Medics checked out one person at the scene. Fire crews evacuate add third house and began airing out all of the homes. Pgw crews were also on the scene. There were no injuries reported and residents should be able to return shortly. Also new, gunfire in berks county strikes a little girl who was riding in a car with her mother. Action News ReporterAnnie Mccormick is live in the Satellite Center with new reaction. Annie. Reporter matt at this hour police are releasing Little Information but it does appear that the young girl was in a vehicle at the time shots were fired and she was hit. This happened around 8 30 last night in reading. Witnesses say that it happened at the intersection near maple and muhlenberg streets in the south side of the city. Witnesses also say it was several blocks from there in the 100 block of 11th street when the young girls mom screamed for help. Witnesses saw bullet holes in the passenger side of the vehicle the little girls mom was driving. It appears her daughter was shot in both legs. She walked out of the car panicking and saying dial flynn 11, dial 911, my daughter was shot and so we went to go look at what was going on and there was two gun shots holes in the door and when we looked at her legs she was shot in both her legs. Reporter and witnesses also say that the little girl was alert and conscious when she was in the ambulance. Theres no word on her condition at this time and police have not released a suspect description. For now reporting live from the Satellite Center, Annie Mccormick, channel6 action news. Thank you an flee for those annie for those details. A woman in her 20s said a stray bullet struck her leg. Police found one shell casing on the 3100 block of custer street. There are no arrests and that woman is now in the hospital. The philadelphia archdiocese has placed a priest on administrative leave. Father Steven Harris served as pastor at saint Bridgets Church in east falls. A letter sent to parishioners says the decision follows concerns about his suitability for ministry but it goeit goes on to clarify this does not involve allegations of criminal activity. Law one of several priests cleared of allegation there is a grand jury report on misconduct. Loved ones came out to mourn the three women whose lives were cut short in a fiery wreck over the weekend. Candles flowers and stuffed animals lay steps from where Amonie BartonGiavanna Scavo any an and unidentified passenger were killed. Slammed into a parked trailer carrying herbicide and both vehicles burst into flames. While Police Continue to investigate what caused barton to crash her family says theyre clinging to their faith. To be honest with you i have faith in god and and its not our will but its his will be done so well get through it. Weve also learned the passenger Giavanna Scavo was the only survivor of a murderous rampage back in 1997l she was a toddler her father was coin visibilitied of killing her mother her mothers boyfriend and her grandmother during a custody dispute. Scavos father died in pries on. 6 37. Happening today the u. S. Department of justice will release its six month Progress Report on the Philadelphia Police department. Todays report is a followup from the initial one released in may. The department is now implementing many of the 91 recommendations spelled out in the federal report. Police commissioner Charles Ramsey ordered the investigation of his department back in 2013 in response to an increase in officerinvolved shootings. Time now to turn to accuweather and warmer than usual but also more wet than usual when we get to christmas week. The entire sevenday forecast were talking about a little bit of rain or a few showers at least every day. Storm tracker6 live double scan slowing tha showing startih today you can see the raining in from the north and west. Its light today but going closer in we can see it along coatesville its piing up a little bit, along 322 you see there movement up here to the north and east, in pottstown on 422 youre getting wet, in quakertown on three oh flynn as well as 611 in milford and easton. Its wet out there. Lets go on outside and see what it looks like this morning and a lot of moisture out there. Still not picking up any delays just yet at Philadelphia International airport. I think that will be more of a problem tomorrow because we not only have rain which is going to be heavy tomorrow but fog as well so today you really dont have too much fog. 55 degrees currently in philadelphia, 43 in allentown, 52 in millville. Temperatures running a good 10 degrees above yesterday and you can see hour by hour on our always on day planner. Satellite6 and action radar showing the rain moving right into place. For the most part its steadier in our western suburbs going to move through philadelphia as well. Today overall only getting about a quarter inch of rain. Its really the first half of the day well have these periods of rain and showers. 10 oclock in the morning future tracker6 showing the rain moving through the city and south jersey and delaware some pockets showing heavier rain. Thats indicated by the yellow and the orange. We advance this to lunchtime at 12 oclock, still rain through the area but look what happens in the afternoon. We really dry out. Were just talking clouds, maybe a little damp at times but its the first half of the day so if you have a lot of errands to do after lunchtime youre better off. Tomorrow we have a soaking rain coming through on and off through the day, a good inch of rain as this warm front lifts through so yes, its mild but real rain tomorrow as well as the dense fog and i think thats going to be a real issue tomorrow its a big travel day for a lot of people and the weather is not going to be helping us out. Heres your exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, periods of rain today, especially the first half of the day. Rain on and off showers, second half not so bad. 64 for your high. Tomorrow dense fog, rainy agood soaking rain with about an inch of rain, 64 for your high temperature. The record high is 66. Thursday were shattering the record. Last year we tied the record at 64. Were forecasting 76 for Christmas Eve. Looks like the daytime itself is dry but late at night were going to get a few showers around on Christmas Eve. Santa should be okay, no worries. Friday clouds and sunshine for christmas day, 66. The record high is 68 so chasing that one. Looks like now we may see a couple of showers at flight on christmas night. Saturdays rather damp for the eagles and as you celebrate kwanzaa, 56 degrees. On sunday, clouds with still a few showers around and 60 degrees. It even looks damp on monday. Mostly cloudy skies, 54 degrees with at least a couple of showers so the entire sevenday forecast well above average, even the overnight hours are above our average highs but we are talking about a little bit of rain each day. Thank you karen. Its 6 40. Talk about a close call. A teen survivors a construction mishap in massachusetts. A shoplifting suspect makes a snap decision an bad one at that when he comes face to face with a law enforcer on an escalator. Matt. A new crash in Lower GwyneddMontgomery County by the william penn inn along dekalb pike at sumneytown pike. Police are on the scene. Traffic can get by but there are restrictions. Its one of a number of accidents were watching this morning. Well show where you not to go coming up when action news continues on this tuesday morning. [ dog barks ] [ bark ] there it is [ gasps ] oh no look, the skys awake that. Was. Epic [ bark ] just about 6 44. Taking a live look at the clock at Philadelphia City hall, 55 degrees on city avenue. Its raining in a lot of western suburbs right now. Its going to taper off later and get up to a high of 63 degrees. Lets go over to matt pelman see what it looks like if youre trying get out and about on this tuesday morning. Good morning. Tick tock. The more minutes you wait the worse it gets in chester county. Eastbound side quite slow as you can see from 340 through this point at three he 22 on into 113. Volume is building for sure in the roadway here is quite wet but on the westbound side its looking much better. The traffic headed out towards coatesville moving along without too much of a problem. Getting elsewhere theres a bunch little issues this morning. A disabled vehicle in limerick along game farm road at ryan ford roadblocking a lane. A crash in lower providence along trip road at ridge pike. Close to the ought so zone. Speeds starting to slow on the seaboard side of 422, 26 Miles Per Hour as you pass trooper road in that location. And word coming in of a crash in upper moreland. If youre headed to the bk for breakfast along blair mill road at moreland avenue no big issue. On whitaker a car flipped over and took down a pole so the right lane of the outer drive is blocked but not a big delay in that location. 95 northbound by cottman that broken down vehicle is gone so thats good news and we still have the crash in Fairless Hills bucks county along lower morrisville road but a wreck in Hamilton Township near 29 is gone. Tam. A crane top needle a massachusetts home with a teen girl inside of a home. It happened yesterday afternoon in plymouth. 17yearold rebecca foreman was on the first floor when that crane sliced through the second floor. Her younger sister rachel came home to find all the chaos. I didnt even know what happened. I was trying to get her to tell me everything and then i was like oh my gosh thank god youre okay, thank god everything is okay. No one was hurt. Officials say it will be awhile before the home is livable again. There are new claims about what might have set off new york giants star Odell Beckham jr. During sundays game. The wide receiver is appealing his one game suspension for personal fouls including this late helmet to helmet hit on josh norman. Giants source tells our sister net pork espn norman might have been involved in a pregame incident. A panthers practice squad player reportedly brought a baseball bat onto the field while others directed antigay slurs towards beckham. The panthers explain the bat is a motivational symbol they bring out before each game. A suspected shoplifter jumped head first off an escalator while running from police in ohio. 21yearold Marcel Wallace was running down the escalator in a Miami Township macys when an officer started coming towards him so he jumped and the officer tried to catch him but wallace kicked at the officer and fell landing on his head. Minutes earlier police say wallace was caught switching price tags and then having his sister a cashier at the store ring them up. Both are now facing theft charges. 6 47 now. Live preview of gma is coming up next. Also fat tuesday drawing is under way for that lottery called el gordo. Karen. Storm tracker6 live 3d showing that we have a lot of rain moving through the area not just today but tomorrow and the coming days. Well see he if this is causing any traveldays delays when we come back. Or macchiato for 1. 99. What makesheart healthysalad the becalifornia walnuts. R . The best simple veggie dish ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. The best simple dinner ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. Great tasting, heart healthy california walnuts. So simple. Get the recipes at walnuts. Org. To take your coffee at dunkin. Every cup as unique as you. Always fresh with that signature smooth taste. We take pride in every cup, but only one is your coffee, your dunkin. America runs on dunkin. It has reached the point where we get a preview of good morning america. Wonder whats going on. Lets check in with abcs dan sheriff. Great to be with you. Donald trump oneonone in his first interview since the Miss Universe pageant the republican frontrunner talks to our john karl about Hillary Clinton pushing back against the theory that he would be the easiest candidate for the democrats to beat. Also coming up the latest on there terrifying crash in the vegas strip. New details now about the woman behind the hit and run attack injuring dozens leaving one person dead. What were hearing about her this morning. Plus abc news exclusive. We saw the shocking tend to the Miss Universe pageant people still trying to figure out exactly how steve harvey crowned the wrong winner. Some now say this may not have been an innocent mistake. Pageant judge perez hilton is going to join us live to weigh in on this and its our last minute Christmas Gift challenge with christmas just days away many are shopping at the last minute. This morning well put two of our own reporters to test to find the perfect gift. All coming up only on gma. Well see you soon. Thanks dan. She you shortly. This reporter is im sorry. I wonder what the perfect gift would be. I dont know. Ill give you a list later. This reporter is going to be put to the test later on i got a bunch of gifts to get. Busy around the malls today. Busier here along 42 northbound side from 55 up to 295. Not terrible delay but definitely starting to slow. 295 getting word of a new crash northbound in mansfield township Burlington County approaching to 06. It involves an overturned vehicle but the lanes are opened at this point. Construction that we had on the ramp from the southbound side to columbus road has cleared. So thats reopened. And on septas broad street line southbound trains are not stopping at allegheny, susquehanna dolphin and cecil b. Moore. There are some track problems this morning. Karen. Storm tracker6 live double scan showing its just damp in philadelphia but the rain hasnt quite moved in just yet. We can see its now moving into malvern almost to norristown. Doylestown a couple of showers but in quakertown youre wet currently and in pottstown picking up a little bit. See the area of yellow with this as well so its moving in from the west and starting to hit us certainly in the western suburbs and soon in philadelphia. The rain is not terribly heavy today but its the first half of the day that were going to have rain at times and showers on and off. By 9 00 a. M. Its raining and 56. By noon, still raining and 60. By 3 00 p. M. I think were mostly dry at this point, just lots of clouds and 64 degrees. Thats our high certainly mild and by 6 00 p. M. , 60 degrees. Lets take a live update and see if there are any travel delays just yet. Looking at our travel cities on the east coast and not seeing any at this point. It is raining in newark as well but no flight delays just yet. I think well see more flight delays tomorrow. Such a busy travel day and well have rain and dense fog tomorrow. Matt and tam. Thanks karen. A fire caused a partial Building Collapse in chicago. Flames were shooting from the top floor of the renovated warehouse last flight. The building can which had been turned into offices shares electric and gas lines with a coffee roasting plant across the street and that company is concerned the fire will delay production at one of its busiest days of the year. This is new video overnight of the drawing its said to pay out more than 2. 4 billion in prizes. The top prize per Winning Ticket is 436 million but there are many smaller prizes as well. El gordo is ranked as one of the worlds richest lotteries. Welcome back. Here are your top stories. Detectives looking for the gunman who shot a plan to death while that man was walking his dog in West Philadelphia. This happened along the 300 block of horten street around 7 30 last night. Its not clear if the victim was targeted or if this was a random act. Investigators say the man was shot once in the head. A fast moving fire broke out at a home in kensington section of philadelphia overnight. Investigators say it may have been intentionally set. No one was hurt. The u. S. Department of justice will release its six month Progress Report on the Philadelphia Police department today. Its a followup from the initial report claw released back in may. Bunch of accidents blocking lanes on these damp roadways this morning. These one is in Lower Gwynedd southbound lanes of dekalb pike at sum flee town pike by the william penn in. Right lane blocked but traffic can squeeze by. On the roosevelt boulevard northbound at whitaker avenue have an overturned vehicle taking out the right lane of the outer drive. Karen. Matt its all going get worse because the rain is going to pick up. 55 degrees right now in philadelphia its at least mild and here is the rain moving. For the most part its light rain. Its the first half of the day thats going to be the wettest but very mild, a high of 64 degrees. So, if you dont want to slop in the rain do it in the second half of the day. Okay. Gotcha. For matt pelman why is everyone so silent all of a sudden. cause were listening to you. You have the floor. I do. Goodbye. [laughter] son, the Holiday Seasons just like football season. You got your big games. Cheese plates, turkey, appetizers. And regular games. Get it all at a great price. And the Holiday Season is won. Thats my boy fill your cart with everything you need this season, all at one place. My giant. Good morning, america. Coast to coast Holiday Travel alert right now. Severe weather snarls travel, flooding, tornadoes and powerful storms threaten to wreak havoc or millions on the air and road. 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