Thousands on the parkway and watching on t. V. Its wednesday night. The big story on action news tonight is thetry state area making lastminute preparations for thanksgiving. Two of the most important components of the holiday are cooking and traveling. Melissa magee will have the latest facts and figures from accuweather. Dann cuellar is standing by for his parade preview extravaganza. Christie, lets start with you. More people are traveling for the holiday. What is the situation tonight . Jim, a lot of long lines and crowds we saw at the airport and train station have thinned out. People are still on the roads trying to get to their loved ones in time for the holidays. We are on the way to north carolina. We are from connecticut. We left new haven around 1 00 this afternoon. We are making pretty good time. We should reach our destination in about five more hours. They are part of 51,000,000 americans traveling 50miles or more this thanksgiving holiday. 94 of us are traveling by car.
Ones in time for the holidays. We are on the way to north carolina. We are from connecticut. We left new haven around 1 00 this afternoon. We are making pretty good time. We should reach our destination in about five more hours. They are part of 51,000,000 americans traveling 50miles or more this thanksgiving holiday. 94 of us are traveling by car. Its expensive. Gas prices are up there, though. Yes, indeed, but still cheaper than flying a family of four. 86,000 flyers touched down wednesday alone. We flew into boston friday night. We stayed in new york three nights. We are here tonight. We leave tomorrow and go to washington. 30th street travelers found ways to cope with the clouds. I did it best i could with a margarita before hand, a drink on the train. And at the citys greyhound terminal crystal jackson took comfort in being driven to her destination. Would you say the bus is the best way to travel . I like it. I get to meet people. I see the scenery and i can just have fun on the
Reminder to all parents. Please do not leave your baby inside of a running car. Reporter police are still searching for that white town and country minivan, anyone with information should give police a call. Recording live, familiar a la osborne for nbc 10 news. Take another look at this new video we got in to the newsroom about five minutes ago before we went on the air. It shows a man open his umbrella, then slowly walk up, there goes the minivan. He drives off with the baby inside. Again, police are still looking for that man. To the weather were tracking more showers. Nbc 10 was in camden where this person was met with cool and damp conditions out there. And as you can see from pamelas live shot there is wind out there as well. Hard to handle the umbrellas. A lish picture from center city, the gusts are flapping. You can barely see through the raindrops. The rain will be with us throughout the evening. First alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz is back from the flu. G
Germantown. Turns out the boys father also left his cell phone in the van. So he used another phone to text his cell phone and the thief actually texted back telling him where to find the baby boy. Again, thankfully the baby is just fine. Police say they got really lucky in this case. Probably its a rainy morning, sees the engine running, takes an opportunity. Thats the reason we tell people leaving cars running for any moment can be very tragic. Were fortunate this kid is unharped. Now watch another part of the surveillance. You see a man opening the Convenience Store door for the thief, the man opening the door is apparently the boys father. He is unaware of the man he is holding the door for is about to steal his van with his baby inside. Again, investigators are looking for the thief and the stolen van. Call Philadelphia Police of course if you know anything about this crime. We can tell that you nbc 10s Pamela Osborne has been working on this. A complete report from her is ahead o
With the memory of a national championship. Everyone has been really hyped up, you know a couple of early exits the last couple of years, and to make it this far and go to houston for the final four is amazing. There are be a viewing Party Saturday evening beginning at 5 30 at the connelly center, the Student Center here on campus. Im chad pradelli, channel 6 action news. All right thank you. And speaking of viewing parties. The villanova flag is flying high outside of jack mcshays a Family Restaurant and bar in ardmore, the mcshays are pretty nostalgic. This reminds them of 1985 and not only do they get butterflies in their stomach watching them soar to the top of the bracket. They watched them soar together. Mcshays is one of the spots with fans and alum nies packing the place. And they are getting ready. We are going to party like its 1985. We were partying here on scan last thursday, its just great. The whole community and its so great for the whole community. I dont think people r