Channing street. Caution there. We have a red line delay. A full look at traffic next. Back to you. 7 oclock is our time right now. Developing overnight the power is back on at the worlds Busiest Airport. But now thousands are backed up after being stranded and delayed in atlanta. All right in the thick of Christmas Travel of course and fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live at Reagan National airport with how these major delays are affecting us locally. Mel. Reporter hey, good morning, and, yes, it is definitely affecting us locally. We had a number of passengers who told us that they came here to the airport yesterday, their flight was canceled they were rebooked on flights for this morning. They got here this morning and those flights were canceled and thats why weve seen such big backups here at the terminal and also at the at the check in counter as people are trying to figure out where are they going, how can they get there and when can they get there, all of this because of that power ou
Artists from the 80s hoping to cash in. My backstage adventure on this december 25th. It is Christmas Morning, everybody, in america and other countries. And everywhere. From abc news, this is world news now. Oh, my gosh. It is Christmas Morning. Erielle reshef is here with us. Good to be here, merry christmas. Merry christmas, happy holidays. The fire is set. Weve got the yule log behind us. Is it pretty warm back there . I can feel it. We have carefully been watching norad, watching santas progression. We will be updating. A lot of people are up at this hour wrapping presents, which is great. Were going to start with the dangerous conditions. Facing millions of americans this morning. Two storms are merging bringing snow and ice to the northeast and mid atlantic and rain to the south. But Winter Weather is impacting travel in the midwest. Central illinois will be seeing its first White Christmas in seven years. That snow is going to stick around because of bitter cold temperatures in
Fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of aweso awesome. Right now storms sweeping through the area. Live look at allentown getting hit right now with heavy rain and lightning. Live radar you can see the reds and yellows all part of that system covering the area. Some bearing the brunt of the storm. A live look from the ben franklin bridge tonight here in philadelphia the rain was kind of scattered throughout the night. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland and we have live team coverage. Chris oconnell out with concert fans adventurous diners dodging all of this. We begin with Scott Williams tracking the storms. Were not done with the rainfall yet. You can see that frontal boundary continues to move through our area. A break from the rain right now around philadelphia but take a look into sections of Chester County to the west of west chester moving toward the malvern area west vincent looking at some downpours and in particular berks county right now looking at v
Through our area. A break from the rain right now around philadelphia but take a look into sections of Chester County to the west of west chester moving toward the malvern area west vincent looking at some downpours and in particular berks county right now looking at very heavy rain around reading moving toward allentown. The pocono mountains. Some locations there have seen up to 2inches of rain. You can see as we move toward delaware, more showers and thunderstorms moving in your direction and take a look at some of the rainfall totals just to our west around york moving toward harrisburg. To to 5inches and once again toward berks county one to 2inches of rain. All of this because of that cold front that continues to move through our area. But out ahead of its very tropical. So we can squeeze out a loft moisture we still have that Flash Flood Watch in effect until friday morning. I95 north and west and as we go overnight you can see by 3am, still watching some scattered downpours acro
We have been telling you about lawmakers in state after state, passing bills to protect people who cite religious beliefs for refusing to serve or employ gay or transgender people. We wondered why so many of these laws including some that limit ak tess to Public Restrooms are surfacing right now. Well Dean Reynolds found out. Being transis not a crime. Reporter demonstrators against the socalled bathroom bills were out in force in South Carolina chants echoing those in other states where they say legislatures have enacted laws allowing bigotry. While they protested, the conservative group that helped author many of those measures prti orientation was working at the orlando area office on new ways to uphold what it says is really at sta. It is only about being free to pursue your faith. We have no interest in discriminating against any one. Reporter the founder and chairman of Liberty Council which is affiliated attorneys in 50 states drafting bills advising lawmakers and defending clie