International airport, live, right now where many are braving the crowds to get where they need to go. As our anita oh reports clear skies here, are helping speed up the journey. Im going to chicago. Yeah. Im going to new orleans. We are going to disney world with the crew, tamly and i. While their test continue nations are all over the map this part of their journey is the same, lines, lines and more lines. Im tired so i really didnt want to stand in line, obviously early enough to avoid this. Reporter that is because more americans are on the move for the holidays this year according to triple a. They expect a record breaking number 103 million americans to travel over the next week and a half. We have seen a rebound in the economy, we have seen job market rebound, Housing Market rebound, we have seen low gas prices throughout the year. Reporter some travelers have had it easy. It wasnt too bad not as bad as we thought it would be. Reporter more crowd can also cause more headaches. M
International airport, live, right now where many are braving the crowds to get where they need to go. As our anita oh reports clear skies here, are helping speed up the journey. Im going to chicago. Yeah. Im going to new orleans. We are going to disney world with the crew, tamly and i. While their test continue nations are all over the map this part of their journey is the same, lines, lines and more lines. Im tired so i really didnt want to stand in line, obviously early enough to avoid this. Reporter that is because more americans are on the move for the holidays this year according to triple a. They expect a record breaking number 103 million americans to travel over the next week and a half. We have seen a rebound in the economy, we have seen job market rebound, Housing Market rebound, we have seen low gas prices throughout the year. Reporter some travelers have had it easy. It wasnt too bad not as bad as we thought it would be. Reporter more crowd can also cause more headaches. M
Reporter turns out the driver was right. Turned out there was a paramedic here took him right in and took him to the hospital. Reporter it was a chaotic situation that could have turned out worse. The driver was passing through the area of tenth and highland. A stray bullet came through and grazed him in the shoulder. He made a beeline for murphys. At this point detectives say they dont think the ups driver was the intended target but rather caught in crossfire. They add hes lucky he was only grazed. The packages were loaded onto another truck and sent back out for delivery. Lucky indeed that help was here. Now we are hearing that that ups driver was a 13 year veteran with the company. Were told there also was a delivery helper aboard there truck. They were uninjured. For now reporting live in chester, bob brooks channel6 action news. Jim. Thank you, bob. A Montgomery County woman whose missing adoptive daughter was found dead was released from jail this afternoon. Police sasarara pack
As we head into hanukkah and christmas. And a little bit of soggy weather for us as well. Melissa magee is outside on the terrace with a quick check of the forecast. Reporter hi there rick soaking up the sunshine while it lasts across the region, its nice and mild on this friday, we are above average. The typical high is 43 and 44 in the city and 41 in lancaster and 44 chilly in the poconos and 45 for millville and Atlantic City season dover coming in at 44 degrees. If you step out later on today maybe doing travel by road we have you covered. The weather looks to be okay. 4 00 p. M. The number coming in at 44 and 5 00 p. M. 42 degrees and partly to mostly cloudy skies and 6 00 this evening at 41 and upper 30s on the way at 7 00 p. M. Tonight and mostly cloudy skies. Here is what is heading our way. Stormtracker 6 live double scan radar 3d you see the snow to the north in omaha and minneapolis and pressing into chicago and we also have the rain a little farther to the south that moves
She was he was struck in the shoulder. No point if he was the intended target but we know things could have ended up much worse. The ups driver is expected to be okay. Another live look out here at murphys ford. You can see Police Actively looking things over. Luckily the help was unside waiting. Were told the Delivery Driver a 13 year driver with the ups and a her they were ungirard. Reporting live in chester bob brooks channel6 action news. Rick and sharrie. Bob, thank you. Now to the holiday crunch. Both christmas and hanukkah are right around the corner. Thats right. Whether youre traveling to visit loved ones or rushing to the mall to grab last minute gifts get ready to encounter some big crowds. Action news hawes covered with live reports from Philadelphia International airport and the king of prussia mall. Were also keeping an eye on traffic conditions for you throughout the day but lets start with meteorologist Melissa Magee and the changing holiday weather forecast. Melissa. Y