Nothing like a few days ago. We have clouds around and you might be able to detect a couple sprinkles and showers making it across the state of pennsylvania and some of these might cruise through during the morning commute but probably done by about 7, 8 oclock this morning and after that no problems at all. 43 degrees is your current temperature in philadelphia and 42 even up in allentown where there have been some mornings where youve been below freezing so were really looking good. Mild out there. 41 degrees in trenton. 43 degrees in wilmington. 39 degrees in millville. And 45 currently in cape may. As we roll into the afternoon, this is going object mild one this week. Weve got 41 degrees by 7 oclock but by noon some sun mixing with clouds 52 degrees and by 3 oclock probably a fair amount of sunshine and a few clouds and a high of 56 and even as late as 5 oclock were probably still in the low 50s. By 7 oclock, clear skies and 48 degrees. Not too shabby out there as we go through the day. As we take a look ahead toward christmas, i know a lot of you always think, well, you know, its six days away i wonder what the weather is going to be like maybe it will be a little bit chilly and maybe even a light christmas right. Historically that doesnt happen a whole lot around here, only about a 7. 9 percent chance of a white christmas. This year no higher than that. Active patterns are setting up but it does look like the cold air ironically holds off until the day after christmas and if we get precipitation on Christmas Day this year, probably wet and not white but were on the cusp so karen will keep our eyes on that as we head closer to the holiday well have the complete weekend call for you a little bit of a cooldown tomorrow, a lot to talk in the exclusive accuweather 7day, karen. Santa is running late in our house, so were i dont know. This is the schuylkill at 30th street. Thats your westbound traffic headed towards center city. Overnight construction is slowing you down. Eastbound weve got lanes blocked as all lanes blocked. Westbound weve got the left lane blocked an slight slowing right now. Were going to see those ramps and lanes reopen shortly. Eastbound i think you a seeing the first signs of the traffic move through eastbound on the schuylkill. This is 422 which closed overnight between the ben franklin highway split and route 100. Stick to 724 instead of 422. Should be reopened again within another half hour so i think theyll reopen shortly. An Early Morning accident here on west valley road at school lane. Watch for this one in Delaware County causing some restrictions. Outside live on 42 thats and northbound traffic coming up from deptford or turnersville, nice easy ride. Thank you, karen. Federal investigators said overnight the amtrak train that derailed in Washington State killing at least three people was going 80 Miles Per Hour in a 30 Miles Per Hour zone. The train was making its first ever run along a faster new route yesterday. It careened off an overpass about 50 miles south of seattle spilling some of its cars onto the highway below. Today will be the first full day on the scene for investigators from the National Transportation safety board. Our Investigative Team is usually on scene between seven to 10 days. And our mission is to not just understand what happened but why it happened and to recommend changes so that we can prevent another tragedy from happening again. Adding to the difficulty out there, it is raining right now. Lets go to abcs maggie rulli live in Tacoma Washington with more on the crash. Good morning, maggie. Reporter matt, youre right, its raining, it is freezing cold but crews still have been working out here throughout the night in these can conditions. That is where the train jumped off the tracks crashing directly onto the cars traveling on this highway below. Authorities still working trying to figure out exactly what went wrong. An Early Morning commute interrupted by chaos. Track 501. Emergency, emergency. Reporter amtrak train 501 had just left portland. The train was traveling at 80 Miles Per Hour near the curve where the speed should have been reducedper hour. Theyre requesting all possible units. Theres bodies on the freeway. Reporter 13 cars careened offer both sides of the overpass crashing onto the interstate below. Started shaking really badly. Reporter the daniel and his girlfriend were on their way to work when they saw the derailment. Oh he rushed in to help. People were in shock and a lot of them initially when they got out of the train, they just went and they sat down with their heads with their, you know, their face in the palm of their hands. Reporter the crash happened on a new line for amtrak. This train carrying its first paying customers. Just last month, in the nearby town of lakewood mayor don anderson warned about the possibility of a crash. This project was [inaudible] reporter federal report following a 2015 amtrak derailment noted a culture of safety lessons at amtrak. This positive train control idea is something that was mandated by law long ago but amtrak has been very slow to implement it. Reporter crews have been here on the scene working throughout the night. One officer telling me when he first got here he could not believe what he saw that it almost looked unreal that someone had taken toy train cars and tossed them around. In dupont washington maggie rulli channel6 action news. Thank you maggie. The crash in Washington State was reminiscent of the deadly amtrak derailment in port richmond. Amtrak 188 went off the tracks while going into a turn at more than 100 miles an hour in may of 2015. Eight people were killed and more than 200 were injured. The ntsb investigation found the train was going more than twice the speed limit and that existing Safety Technology to automatically slow down the train could have been prevented the crash. Amtrak, as you heard, says that technology was not in use with the washington derailment, either. We will be following the latest developments for the fatal amtrak derailment on action news. You can also head to 6abc. Com for updates and to view video clips and pictures from the scene. New this morning a gunman is it on the run after shooting a man to death in his own home. Police were called to the 600 block of Oxford Street in overbrook at 8 30 last night. They found a 27yearold man in the basement of the home. He had been shot several times. The victim was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Family members were upstairs, thats when they heard the gunshots coming from the basement. They didnt realize at the time there was anybody even in the basement with their family member. Detectives are now interviewing several of those family members. A police chase in Burlington County ended in a crash that left three people dead. New Jersey State Police were chasing an suv when it crashed into a utility pole at flyatt and carranza roads in tabernacle township. Those inside the suv, two adult men and a Young Pregnant woman were all killed. Well have much more on the story in a live report coming up at 5 00 a. M. A car struck and killed a woman who somehow fell into a roadway in atlantic county, new jersey. It happened near aloe street and new orleans avenue in galloway township. The victim was walking with another woman who suffered serious but nonlifethreatening injuries. The crash remains under investigation. Happening happening today, dozens of pedestrians and cyclists will protest in center city demanding safer bike lanes. This mornings protest is in response to the death of a cyclist last month at 11th and spruce streets. The 24yearold victim was on her bike when she was hit by a private sanitation truck. Happening today, the republicans drive to deliver their tax reform package begins with a vote in the house. Action News Reporter Jeanette Reyes is live in our Satellite Center with the latest details. Good morning. Reporter good morning, tam. This bill has been talked about around the hill and the country. 2018 taxes will be cut across all incomes but the biggest tax cuts will be seen by those with much higher incomes. President donald trump is set his presidency allegislative before years end. But it does not come without controversy. Today Congress Votes on the much talked about tax bill and there are big winners and losers. The tax cuts for Corporate America are permanent while cuts for individuals come with an expiration date. A recent analysis by the Tax Policy Center a Nonpartisan Group indicates that well over half of the tax benefit in the first year will go to the top 20 percent and after the first decade the top 20 percent will get nearly all of the benefit. This while the bottom 40 percent will see a jump in their taxes. Republicans argue that these tax cuts to businesses and the wealthy will ultimately boost the economy and benefit everyone. Democrats reject that theory and are expected to unanimously rejecte bill. President donald trump insists the bill is aimed at the middle class and those americans will see a big relief. The bill is projected to add 1. 5 trillion to the deficit over the next decade. Reporting live in the sat center Jeanette Reyes channel6 action news. Matt and tam. All right, thank you, jeanette. It is now 4 40. The aftermath of the power outage at the worlds Busiest Airport keeps going on. Coming up the problems people have been having with their luggage. A jokester uses puns and many of them to decorate his house for christmas. Well try a few on your next david when we get them. We have temperatures this morning that are on the mild side. Just about everybody in the low 40s. Ill have details on that, a cooldown coming in the accuweather 7day and well start taking a look at the holiday weekend. To celebrate hanukkah wilmingtons Jewish Community took to the streets for the annual menorah light parades. Large menorahs were attached to cars. They paraded down route 202 Rodney Square and trolley square. Aspiring young dancers from the philadelphia area are performing with the moscow ballet. Theyre dancing in the russian version of the famed nutcracker. Each student auditioned for their role and has been rehearsing for this moment for three months. The final performance is tonight at the Annenberg Center in university city. Gorgeous. So, every time old man winter tries to get in, he is shoved back out the door. Just punched back out. It does look like well be mild today. A little cooler the next couple of days but mild again as we go through the holiday weekend. A little bit unsettled weather coming but well talk about that in the sevenday. Your exclusive look at storm tracker6 live double scan right now shows you that were not completely dry. Up until about 7, 8 oclock this morning well have a few sprinkles and very light showers coming through out of the west and these are pretty much tracking directly from the west and then scooting over toward the east and you can see that. Right now most of this activity to the west of our area but if youre in reading and Chester County youre starting to see a little bit of that. As we take a look outside we have clouds start out. Theres looking just off of city hall on our sky6 camera back toward love park and Christmas Village and i was driving past there about a week ago and man, was it just sort of fun and festive with all the folks at night Milling Around at night picking up odds and ends. 43 degrees in philadelphia. Its a mild start. You feel the difference as you step outside and winds are light again for now. Winds out of the west at 6 Miles Per Hour, probably picking up a little bit once we get past sunrise. Temperatures currently 42 in allentown, 41 in reading and tren wilmington. Still 39 in millville and 44 degrees in cape may, new jersey. As we take a look at satellite and radar there are again are those sprinkles. A lot of clouds around right now but we expect to break out some sun today and it should be a clouds and sun mix overall. And its going to be mild. A little bit breezy at times. 42 degrees by 8 oclock. 47 by 10 oclock. But then by noon, a very comfortable 52. And by 3 oclock, 56 degrees. Well above the average high, which is down around 40 degrees this time of year. 49 degrees by 6 oock. So, getting a little bit of a mild break and if you have last minute shopping to do or Something Like that pretty good day to get that done. Highs of 56 in wilmington, philadelphia and millville this afternoon. 55 in trenton. Probably holding 50 in allentown and about 49 in reading. And if youre down in cape may, 57 degrees there and almost 60 on the boardwalk in a. C. Then as we head into tomorrow, of course today is mild, 56 degrees. 12 degrees above average with that mix of clouds and sun. But tomorrow there is a bit of a shift as a cold front comes through. Should come through dry but behind it a high of just 45 degrees and still a little bit breezy tomorrow. So, a bit of a cooldown but still not too bad for this time of year. And by the way, if you have plans to get out there and wash some of that salt that you accumulated over those couple of snows we had last week, today might not be a bad day. The next rain were expecting is no sooner than friday night and it might actually hold off until saturday. Then this afternoon of course if you have the day off and you want to do it yourself 52 degrees by noon, 54 by 4 oclock. Car washes are opened until about 5 00 or 5 30 tonight and you can let them do the work if you want. Heres your sevenday, breezy and nice 56 degrees is your forecast high. And then tomoow breezy and cooler but still not bad, 45. Then thursday, lots of sun and chilly, a high of 41 degrees. The cool coolest day of the week and thats appropriate since witness arrives at 11 28 in the morning. Friday increasing clouds 52. It now looks like we may hold off the rain until late friday night on saturday mild with spotty showers a high of 61. Christmas eve clouds are in place. Looks like most of the day is dry on saturday on sunday i should say but late rain is possible. Possibly holding off until night. 49 degrees. Santa may be getting the rain gear together for himself and the reindeer t Christmas Day looks cloudy trending mild 50 degrees. Colder air is just on the outskirts of the area and should be crushing in on tuesday actually but for now it looks like if we get precipitation monday its probably wet and not white. Santa likes a challenge every now and then. Yes. Thank you david. Delta airlines hopes to be mostly on schedule today following sunday nights ninehour blackout at Hartsfieldjackson International Airport in atlanta. There have been problems trying to connect people to their luggage. Many passengers were forced to go from carousel to carousel in search of theiring. New on action news people often donate a few dollars when they pass the Salvation Army bell ringer but an anonymous donor in minnesota real did go above and beyond. The Salvation Army received a check for 200,000 in one of those red kettles. The gift gives a big boost to the twin city Salvation Army which shows donations have been down 10 percent compared to last year. Also new, a Southern California man transformed his home into a winter pundtrland. The decorations involved clever puns. There is an alphabet missing the letter l. You get it no l, noelle. Theres a cardboard cut of a rock around a Christmas Tree t a red haired moon sells bread which is the gingerbread man and a silent night. Brought a lot of laughter and smiles to people. Thats the goal. His Christmas Parade of puns has gone viral getting more than 20 million views on facebook. Good good morning, everybody. How you doing today . Its tuesday, matt odonnell. Lets look outside. Im doing great. In case you didnt know. Thank you. This is the schuylkill here at 30th street. Eastbound traffic headed towards the walt whitman bridge. Eastbound construction has cleared. Last time i showed you this, everything was backed up. The schuylkill eastbound was shut down. That has cleared. Westbound ref construction but its a christmas miracle its all cleared maybe not a miracle but its clear. An Early Morning accident but were learning more details that its an accident involving an overturned vehicle at west rose valley road closed at school lane. Watch for this Early Morning closure and stick to knowlton road as your alternate for that one. Another accident here northeast extension southbound past quakertown so a few accidents at this Early Morning hour, matt. Karen has been spreading christmas cheer today. I have. Has us all a little giddy today so excuse us. First look at business. It was a record setting day on wall street. Optimism about Congress Passing those tax cuts today led to all three major indices posting record highs. Analysts say the biggest stock gains are surprise, surprise going to companies that pay higher tax rates since they will more likely benefit from the cuts. The dow was up 140 points, the nasdaq 58. At a record close at 6994, s p up 14 and this morning futures are point to go even more gains when the opening bell rings at 9 30. Camden based campbells expanding into more snack foods. The Company Announced the purchase of snyder lance in a deal t neither lance is best known for making pop secret popcorn, snyder of hanover pretzels and cape cod potato chips. A Grocery Store employee in massachusetts serenades shoppers as they make their way through the aisles. Wow. That is beautiful. 23yearold gilias used to be a professional singer in his homeland of brazil. He says he always dreamed about being a professional musician but he knows it is a hard path to follow. He studies computers and works there at russos in watertown to put himself through school. 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A grainy surveillance image shows the vehicle of the person who installed the device. Police say the person removed it before the atm was used by any customers. Its 4 57. And a Police Chase Ends in a crash that killed three people in Burlington County. Action news is live with the details. And police say they have found the car involved in a deadly hitandrun and left a Delaware County father dead. Honoring a legend. See why kobe bryants jersey retirement was really one of a kind. Action action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With matt odonnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. Good morning everyone, it is 5 oclock on this tuesday december 19th and heres what were following. The work now begins to piece together what caused this Train Derailment in Washington State that killed three people. We are live on that scene. Well have new information this morning on what happened. We do know from the ntsb that the train was flying down a low speed area. And the official the official start to winter just days away but it almost feels like you should get out your shorts and some sunglasses. Maybe, okay, thats stretching it but we are in the middle of a winter warmup. You wouldnt want to wear a
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