Story on action news is the projected record setting travel rush heating up ahead of santas arrival. People are flooding into the Philadelphia International airport making their move for the holiday get away at this hour. This is the scene before it even warmed up and the flight image shows all the planes in midair right now, as usual our area is center stage for all of this congestion. Of course that is the challenge air Traffic Controllers are dealing with on this friday before christmas. Most of the hundred plus Million People traveling this weekend and before the new year are going by car or truck. Give yourself more time on the roads and runways a rails a certainly at the airport as well. John rawlins is live at 30th street station, people are trying to beat the rush asto ge destinations. That is right. Overall it is a big holiday extravaganza for travel. Not so much for trains, interestingly enough. We are here at 30th street station, we are told by amtrak its not incredibly busy for them. Unlike thanksgiving with the four day holiday but different if you are expected to use the roads. Aaa expect 90 of us that travel in the region travel by car. That is a whopping 1. 1 Million People on four wheels this holiday period. And 7 of us go by air. And today the 22nd one of the busiest days for the airlines this young man going south and west. Travel is great came from boston and to philly for the past couple of days and about to go home for houston seeing friends and family. Im excited to see them. And some travelers headed to family for christmas and ginny expected a busy Christmas Morning and then solitude on i think a lot of noise with great nieces and nephews on christmas day. And then total silence after that. With christmas not until monday many of these friday travellers will be back home tonight. The plan a day trip to manhattan. Going north today to new york and my son is meeting me attrai the tree and do shopping and have dinner and my daughter will meet us. Reporter its interesting we talked to a number of people here, unlike the people at the airport going on long distanc. They are taking short distances taking in the sights and being back in the Delaware Valley for christmas. John rawlin, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Of course the final count down for the last minute shoppers, you only have a few days left to get the gifts at a few retail chains and kohls and toys r us are staying open around the clock and the malls have extended hours to accommodate the procrastinators, both king of prussia and the Cherry Hill Mall are open until 7 00 this evening and tomorrow night and until 6 00 p. M. On sunday. Both malls are closed on christmas day. Turning to the weather, you may want to hit the stores today because we are in for a soggy saturday tomorrow. As we look live outside. Sky 6 hd showing you the view of the ben franklin bridge at lunch time, not bad out there right now. But this shot is more dreary come this time tomorrow, meteorologist, david murphy is off and Melissa Magee has the first chesk the forecast. We are tracking changes into the weekend one already is that temperatures are mild right now. Philadelphia we come in at 43 degrees that sour typical high. 42 for only town unreading and dover down at 44 and cape may 49 degrees. As we go throughout the rest of the afternoon numbers are in the upper 40s and eventually the 50s. And 2 00 today numbers are in the 50s and then we have the 40s later on this evening. Here is satellite 6 along with action radar a mostly cloudy skies across the region and you notice the unsettled weather right now across interior sections of the northeast. Where we have snow and mixed precipitation and farther to the south we are tracking rain. Stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you we have Winter Weather advisories and warnings to the north of our region. As some folks here can find up to 7 inches of snow and a prolonged period of ice. Back here at home for the start of the weekend we track milder air and that leaves to wet weather moving on through. Future tracker 6 showing you 7 30 tomorrow morning across much of the i95 corridor. We have the rain overhead. And temperatures are mild. Well tell you what to expect as we press into the Holiday Weekend and mild and damp on and off through the day tomorrow. And dry for Christmas Eve and we track pcipitation overnight Christmas Eve into christmas day. And wet snowflakes mixing in and early christmas morn before we cool off and chill down. A closer look with the full accuweather forecast. Thank you. And this reminder you can stay ahead of the changes to the forecast and check real time views from stormtracker 6 live double scan by visiting 6abc. Com and downloading the free 6 abc apps for your mobile device. Breaking news from south philadelphia. An elderly woman is struck and killed and police say that two vehicles were involved. Action news reporter, jeff just got more information from investigators. What is the latest. Reporter rick, police say that no charges are filed but the investigation continues, the incidents happens at 6 22 this orng, an hour befse at 24th and washington avenue. We are told that an 83yearold woman was crossing in the crosswalk and may have taken more time than the light allowed. Struck first by a car and the driver pulled over and an suv hit the woman a second time. The elderly woman died at the scene and both drivers are cooperating with police. At this point, no one is taken into custody. Again no charges are filed and that investigation continues. We are live at head, channel 6 action news. All right thank you. An update to the shooting in southnight. Officials say that one victimief 58th street where a 21yearold man opened shooting four other men and this stemmed from a dispute earlier if the evenin her children. The suspect is still at large. Well, in the last hour President Trump signed the gop tax bill and the president says that people will notice me money in their paychecks come february and the tax cuts are for people and businesse already sparking job creation but democratic critics believe that the gop will hurt the middle class with the legislation. Earlier republicans and democrats in congresssed r bill stop gap spending funding the government until january 19th and the president is flying to florida for the holiday. The eagles are getting ready for the christmas night matchup for the Oakland Raiders a game you see live here on 6 abc. A win will clinch Home Field Advantage for the playoffs and our show countdown to kickoff is at 8 00 and the game at 8 30 and followed by a late edition of action news including a full post game report. Show us how you are getting hyped for the big game. A cheer or tailgate and send in your photos and videos and send in 6abcaction or email jointheaction 6abc. Com. Still to come on action ia you what is behind the gifts are sure to bring smiles to people in need this season. And the miss America Pageant loses their producer and we have that story. And meteorologist, Melissa Magee, is back with a closer look at thecast. Whonews continues. The search continues for a teenager accused of stealing two cars and crashing one of them in the matter of minutes. It ened at east falls ligasht and slam into an on coming car and jumped out aan away. A moments before he was spotted in a different stolen car driving erratically near roxborough high school. Pice in california are desperately searching for a driver they say is targeting Rural California firing guns at passing vehicles. There has only been one person actually hit. And a woman was struck in the chest with shrapnel while driving and it happens in the evening and morning rush hours and the shots are coming from a dark colored pickup with oversized tires. A relief for residents near the massive wild fires in southern california. Officials now say that the worst appears to be over. Most of the evacuation orders near the thomas fire are called off. The blaze is 65 contained and has burned more than 400 square miles and makes it the second largest wild fire in california history. Dick clark production says that it has cut ties with the Miss America Organization over inappropriate emails. Published reports revealed the zations ceo sam haskell send emailsing past winners appearance. And he has apologized to the board. Dick clark productions called the emails appalling and the a big draw for Atlantic City for many years. Septa employees work hard to make the season bright for people in need. They have collected 18,000 toys for the 37th annual yule toy drive and today they get put on septa buses and delivered to agencies helping families this christmas. And if you loominute christ a lot to buy in cente city cifi village. The ac cam w as que gifts including the unusual chocolate made to look like ball bearings and a tiny vespa scooter. Love park is open until Christmas Eve. If you need extra spending money you may want to take your chances with the lottery. Mega millions and the power ball are more than 500 million. A Winning Mega Millions could be w estimated 247 million and the power ball tomorrow night is close to 270 million. Good luck. This Holiday Season get a deal that will save you money for the next two years guaranteed. Fios is here with a great offer on tork. 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Well, millions of people in spain are hoping to land a piece of the huge christmas lottery of called the fat one. Dishing out 2. 4 billion eur 2. 4 or two million. The top prize for a Winning Ticket is 400,000 euros but there are smaller prizes as well. Turning to health check, three foods show they can improve your health even in children. Apple, tomatoes and fish. Researchers in penn state children aged 9 to 11 years old that ate fish once a week had higher iq test scores than people that consume fish less regularly. And the the lungs aging process and apples and tomatoes could repair the lungs of exsmokers. And the Wells Fargo Center is offering a feature for the typy estefans and moms and a new nursing suite is available to give mother a private place to breast feed and has benches and a fold down table for plugging in a breast pump and the suites are already at the philadelphia zoo, and temple university. The Action News Team is work on news stories for later today at 4 00, that includes freebie friday. And Wisconsin Middle School is forced to cancel a test after someone called the police over the content. So many parents say the questionnaire was inappropriate. And using your f dial your cell phone is so 2017. Coming up today at 4 00 well show you the new mobile manny technology telling people to literally talk to the hand. The forecast is coming up with Melissa Magee when we come right back. As we live live sky 6 hd at the city Hall Christmas tree on the friday before action news will be right back. Shawn evans its 6 am. 40 million americans are waking up to a gillette shave. And at our factory in boston, 1,200 workers are starting their day building on over a hundred years of heritage, craftsmanship and innovation. Today were bringing you americas number one shave at lower prices every day. Putting money back in the pockets of millions of americans. As one of those workers, im proud to bring you gillette quality for less, because nobody can beat the men and women of gillette. Gillette the best a man can get. A female High School Football player made history this week at the home of the dallas cowboys. A High School Senior and the only female on her team she became the first female Football Player to score points in a texas state championship game. She scored nine field goals and the 16 points helped her High School Team to a 7842 state championship. And the temple owls won their bowl game last night. He teamed with isiah wright on the 45 touch down play in the Fourth Quarter after scoring on a 40 yard run to give the owls the lead. You are a Big College Football fan. I am certainly. Have you a favorite . Ucla is my favorite. What is where i went to school. Time for the accuweather forecast now we have changes upp down as we head into the weekend ill show you what is going on outside. Stormtracker 6 live double scan you see it is dry, and no issues with precipitation and a fairly cloudy sky and here is the picture sky 6 hd as we look at city hall and dillworth park in skating at minute holiday shopping, rignow. Temperatures are in the 40s and 40s in the city and 42 in allentown and reading and down in dover, 47 and cape may 49 degrees and beef haven 46. Here is satellite 6 along with action radar clouds are around and all the unsettled weather is around the interior portions of the northeast where we have Winter Weather warnings posted and snow to the north and moving north of buffalo and rain to the south. This stays well away from our region and we are actually tapping into the southwest wind flow as we head into the weekend but with the southwest wind comes rain, so here is the setup for our friday. High pressure situated to the the north and all the colder air draining across the interior portions of the northeast. Lots of clouds around today. And its mild as we track the warm front lifting northward and coming if at 52 degrees. As we come into the weekend it travels up the frontal boundary, cutting up to the west. On the warmer side of the system wh e southwest wind flow it 9 degrees tomorrow and we track on and off rain throughout the day and calling for a quarter inch to half inch of precipitation and areas of fog as well. We are dry as we get into the second half of our Holiday Weekend on sunday and overnight sunday and Christmas Eve night into christmas day. We have more changes on the way, here is future tracker 6 showing us at 1 00 christmas morn swreg rain in philadelphia and points to the south and east and to the north you notice light snowfall and light snowflakes down into reading and mixed precipitation, as we get into 5 30 in the morning this model has rain and the snow shower activity is what it is over the Lehigh Valley starting to depart and by the time that most people wake up on christmas day. The rain and the snow will be well out of here. Well talk about what to expect overnight Christmas Eve into christmas day, a quick hit of light precipitation. Mainly rain for philadelphia. And wet snowflakes to the north and west and the ground will be relatively warm as the precipitation moves on in and anything we see in the city and points south and east will melt. And an inch of snowfall in the northwest suburbs. Well keep you posted if that changes. And pretty nice to see as you wake up Christmas Morning. Here is the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast turning milder and 52 and milder on saturday and high of 59 and rain is around on and off through the day and somo keep in mind for the last minute shoppers. Brisk and chilly and High Temperature of 46. On monday for christmas day, morning rain in the city and light snow showers to the north and west. High temperatures of 38 it will be cooler and cooler at the linc christmas day. As the eagles plan a prime time matchup brisk and colder and 37 and 34 on wednesday and bitterly cold on wednesday and high of 32 degrees. Ups ddowns on christmas day. And the Football Game on sunday lots of layers. Absolutely. An oklahoma mothers call to 911 ended with a pile of cted gifts under the christmas tree. Sophia reed thought her son went missing and called the police and when darius came home he said he was raising money to buy his mother a gift and that touched their heart and the department showed up with gifts for the entire family. They called us and we are so blessed and grateful. And they raised 800 for the nice story. Next on action news at 12 30, Philadelphia Police tell us what they think set off a burst of gun fire. And oprah is setting the record straight she has a warning for anyone that read online she is giving away cash this Holiday Season. Action news at 12 30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. Hello again sara is off and here are the stories we are following for you now on action news at 12 30. An alleged Sexual Assault is being investigated and we have the latest. What police think set off the gun fire. And also late this morning in the Nations Capital President Trump signed the new trillion dollar tax bill into law. But first we begin with the Big Christmas rush. That 97 million americans will travel now between now and new years day and many are facing snow and rain. And there are hazardous Road Conditions from they rockies to the midwest. And this was the scene bright and early aladelphia International Airport a huge crowd of travelers were lined up at 4 30 this morning hoping to make it to their destinations on time. Traveling got off to a rough start for those traveling through dallass rough field. Smoke filled the terminal forcing people to evacuate. An air conditioning unit overheated causing the alarms to go off. One person says it was crazy and everyone handled it well and a terminal as quily as possible. Some were boarding planes and owners were boarding trains. John rawlins joins us once more from 30ee
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