Transcripts For WPVI Action News At 4pm 20141223 : compareme

Transcripts For WPVI Action News At 4pm 20141223

Pockets of moderate moisture moving in in the area. Well show you what to expect, rain. 75 to inch of rainfall, poor drainage is a concern and ponding on the roadways. And High Temperatures tomorrow in the 60s, well let you know if the warmth and rain is sticking around for Christmas Day. Thank you melissa. The rainy day is not much of a holiday for people. The rain is piling up at Philadelphia International airport, that is where walter perez is talking to travelers all day, he joins us now live. Reporter hey shirleen, we are talking about the heavier rain moving our way but before it arrives, the thick cloud cover is creating all kinds of problems, not many cancellations to report but on time arrivals and departures are coming from around the corner. The security lines are growing longer at Philadelphia International the primary culprit is an enforced ground delay because of the thick ground cover across the region. This allows us to compensate. Aaa is projecting that 98. 6 million americans will travel 40 miles or more during the Holiday Season, you can expect the roadways and airways to be congested. The bright spot is in the cost of the travels. The price of gasoline stands at 2. 55. Meanwhile, airfares fell 7 this year, a trend driven by low cost carriers, we spoke with a bunch of Holiday Travellers that say that the lower fares are great but we were delayed an hour and then they moved it up an hour. We are not sure when we are taking off. But we are here ready to go. Making the best of it, and staying in good spirits. An hour is not a big deal but well see. Now pile on the people traveling over the next 24 hours or so when the rain arrives and vut potential for a Holiday Travel nightmare. The good news is, its not snow. Walter perez, channel 6 action news. Thank you. The soggy forecast barely slowed down shoppers that were waiting to get items trekked off their list, like most malls Lawrence Town mall has ex tended hours, studies show that 15 of us will wait until the last minute to finish our holiday shopping, we asked shoppers what was left on their list. I am getting a scarf for my wife and a thing for my grandchild. Something for my mom and nieces and my friends at church. Some shoppers told us they were able to find deals out there as retailers slashed prices in hopes of one last holiday rush. We know that lots of you could end up with a new smart phone this season, we want to remind you to download the 6 abc family of apps. We have the 6 abc news app and the 6 abc Storm Tracker app. Plus the events and alarm apps, they are all free to download for your apple or android device. The lockdown is now over at a Gloucester County high school and police say no one was ever in danger. This started at clear view Regional High School in mullica hills, police say that a Maintenance Worker found a single bullet in the parking lot and the school went into lock down as a precaution, and now they are trying to figure out where it came from and there was no real danger and no one was hurt. There was no threat or mention of a gun on campus, we didnt find any gun or threat of a gun, just the one round, and we like to take the most precautions to keep the students and staff safe at the school. This is the last day of classes before christmas, students went home once the lock anddown was lifted. It looks like the movie, the interview on christmas after all, several independent theaters have agreed to show the movie. And north koreas internet went black again today. The u. S. Will neither confirm or deny whether they had anything to do with that. If the u. S. Did this, they will defining the parameters for this activity. This could be devastating if it escalates to this type of warfare. And the movie studio says that people are tweeting pictures of leaked emails and sony is trying to protect intellectual property. Twitter has not responded. From our delaware newsroom, 12 people were hurt when a school bus crashed this morning in newark. We learned that 11 of the victims are children and Katherine Scott has more on the accident that happened on school property. Upon hearing their children were involved in a school bus accident. All the injured were minor. This was the last day of school before the holiday break, and some spent it in the hospital, the front wheels were lifted off the ground and crushed on the base of a light post in newark. 24 students were on the bus and 11 of them complained of injuries, mainly bumps and bruises and were taken to Dupont Hospital for children and the bus was the only vehicle involved. The driver works for the Christina School district transportation department. The district did not provide information regarding her driving record or how long she has been with the district. This accidents remains under investigation, Katherine Scott, channel 6 action news. Still ahead, are new cars getting safer . Well tell you what one group has to say about that. And they have broken up a smuggling range at the airport. One airline was the center of it all. Federal investigators just released new information about a major gun smuggling operation, they say that an Airline Worker was at the center of it. Ation, the fbi has arrested four men overall and one of them is delta baggage handler, eugene harvey, he says he helped another man sneak guns on to his carryon luggage. He was arrested in new york after an undercover sting. They say he helped harvey smuggle weapons on at least 17 flights since may, that includes a. K. 47s, some of when were loaded. Police say they used henrys cell phone and security records to put the pieces together and they arrest toward other men in brooklyn who tried to sell the weapons to an undercover officer. And more in the wake of the deadly ambush that killed two police officers. Mayor deblasio attended a Memorial Ceremony today. A moment of silence for the two police officers, lui and ramos. They want a city filled with peace and unity. Flags flying at half staff and city officials calling for calm in the movement against police growing in the wake of the choking death of eric garner and michael brown. Flowers were put at the site where the two officers were ambushed while sitting in their patrol car. They identified the man as ismaaiyl brinsley, who had a grudge against police. It shows you, that police are our first line of defense and our last line of defense. Mayor deblasio visited the site and after standing in silence, left a bouquet of flowers. Eric garners daughter came to let her thoughts known. We have to stand together. We must come together in unity to stop the tragedy that happened. Officer ramoss funeral is for saturday and officer luis family is coming from china and they will make arrangements when they arrive in the country. An historic day on wall street, the dow gains over 65 points to close above 18,000 for the first time ever, the nasdaq down 16 and the s p rose 3 points and change. Keurig is recalling 7 million of its coffee brewing machines after reports of people getting burned. The recall affects the mini plus brewing systems with the number k 10 and an idea number that starts with 31. The machines overhead and spray water after brewing, and it happened to at least 90 people that say they got hurt. The company is offering a free repair. New cars are getting safer, that is what the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is saying after 71 vehicles took home the groups title of top safety pick this year. Compared to 39 last year and stricter requirements and tough new crash tests and toyota had the most the group and honda was second. On the note time for the traffic report, we know its a busy day today. Lets go to matt pellman in the Traffic Center. We have a ton of accidents out there on the damp and slippery roadways, one of them popped up here, in the southbound lanes of roosevelt extension approaching fox street, taking out the left lane, no emergency crews on the scene yet and this is a spot is that normally delays up the schuylkill expressway to this point at fox street. A crash at route 1, the state portion in delco at springfield road and normal southbound slowing on the blue route. As you pass the route 1 media bypass and a bad crash at dutton mill road. We are watching one in cheltenham, avoid old york road and one here where street road meets up with i95, and lots of emergency crews on the scene and a few vehicles right into each other and debris on the roadways, and down in christiana, delaware, watching a crash at 273 with slowing in the northbound lanes of 95. Lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report. I believe this is Christmas Eve eve. And lots of people are out doing shopping and trying to get one place or north. Slow speeds on the schuylkill just Miles Per Hour and a crash on the lincoln drive northbound has cleared. Well check it again brian and shirleen in the last half hour. Christmas eve eve, known as festivous. The Chester County Health Department is investigating the death of a local high school student. Sharrie williams is live now in the newsroom. Hey brian, the 17yearold passed away shortly after collapsing at a parttime job. Andrew speck was a senior at downingtown west high school, we are waiting for official confirmation on the cause of death, we are learning that Health Officials are see first degree his death is flu related. Ali gorman has the latest on the investigation coming up at 5 00. Plus, a former nfl star gives back to families in need and well show you more of the moving acts of kindness and those stories and more coming up when we join you at 5 00. Thank you sharrie. Up next melissa is back with a look at your holiday forecast. Plus, new laptops are a popular gift this time of year, if you are looking for sales watch out. We put low cost laptops to the test, which ones give you value and some missing key features. You can take 6abc. Com wherever you go, the smart design changes to fit any device including tablets and smart phones. Check it out by visiting 6abc. Com any time anywhere. And as we go to break here is some more of the Holiday Light displays are you sending us with ~ 6 abc lights. Check it out some teacher in the hot seat at Maple Shade High School today. They agreed to have pies smashed in their faces during the winter pep rally and five very lucky students, chosen to do the honors. It raised money and awareness for especially trained guide dogs, all benefits the seeing Eye Organization in morristown. Good sports that is for sure. Its time now for the holiday accuweather forecast. I hope it at least tasted good. Melissa magee is standing by live with a forecast that does not taste too good. No, not too good if are you traveling the day before christmas. You can see on stormtracker 6 live double scan we have a lot of moisture down around the Southern States, we have tornado watches along the gulf states as well. With the area of low pressure near the western sections of louisiana, all the moisture is making its way into the delaware and lehigh valleys, and as we show you the visibility map down to two and a half miles and down to 1. 5 in allentown. Check with your carrier for weather related travel delays and extra time on the road ass withle. Temperatures are nice and mild, 50 in philadelphia, and 52 for millville and dover, and 46 in allentown and the lehigh valley, this time yesterday we were sitting at the freezing mark and its up to 40 now and 50 at the boardwalk and the same at sea isle city. Really not a lot of movement tonight with the temperatures. The overnight low 49 in philadelphia and 49 in dover and the overnight low falls to just 45 degrees in reading, its damp and the drizzle is around and areas of fog with the moisture overhead and moisture from the south working its way north and eastward. Here is satellite 6 along with action radar, with mist and drizzle around to the north and east, you look to the south and east, than is the beginning of the rain on the way, well time it out for you, future tracker 6, 4 00 in the morning for Christmas Eve, that moisture is approaching areas in philadelphia and south and westward, we get into 8 00 in the morning, some pockets of moderate if not heavy rainfall across the region, it continues into wednesday afternoon as we are calling for. 75 inch of rainfall in the region. At 6 00 on wednesday keep in mind youll need the wet weather gear along with you. Christmas eve is a busy day, if you are out and about in the city, 4 00 p. M. , 60 and 61 at 8 00 tomorrow night. As we get close to midnight the temperature around 61 degrees, its a day we track the moisture first and as the day progresses, we get the southerly might our coming on in and we reach our temperature at midnight and record warmth at that. Wednesday its warm and rainy and a high of 63, the record 64 set in 1990, and thursday winds gusting as high as 40 Miles Per Hour and a high of 55 and 50 on friday and 54 on saturday, this time last year for Christmas Day we had a high of 32. Its amazing the difference. That is how weather goes. You know too well. Fference. A veteran from bethlehem got a special surprise for the holidays, he won a contest to have his home professionally decorated. Someone nominated dan lasko, and he had no idea a crew was coming to his house to deck the halls, he retired from the military in 2005 and now he raised money for wounded sveltes by running marathons around the world. Dont you love that. I vhave a line for you, shae shake shake senora, shake your body line. What is that from . Beetle juice. I love that movie. Its the time of year for making lists. At chevrolet, weve made it onto a few lists ourselves. In fact this year, weve been at the top of more awards lists than any other car company. Now during the chevy year end event, put us on yours. Choose an impala in stock the longest and get cash back for 20 percent of the msrp. Thats over sixtyfive hundred dollars on this impala lt. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. Its time for the buzz. An unusual pick for entertainer. Year award usually goes to a person but this year, take a look it goes to frozen. Although the movie opened in 2013, the ap says it turned into a phenomenon this year, the award goes to the cast that had the most influence on entertainment and culture and a song you cant get out of your head. The uss enterprise is about to go to warp speed to fast and furious, justin lynn will sign on to direct the third installment, he directed the fast and furious movies and takes over for j. J. Abrams. Its due out in 2016. And finally more sequel news, tim burton is closer than ever to making a second beetle juice movie. There is already a script but wont make the movie unless actor, Michael Keaton signs on, he played the title role in the original and said if february he did a sequel as long as burton is involved. We may be jumping in the line and moving our body in time. Shirleen thank you. There is much more to come in the next half hour of action news at 4 00. Including details in an arrest made in a deadly hit and run, the woman accuses of running down a teenager and leaving her to die. Plus shopping for a laptop for christmas and getting one in the new years your Consumer Report is coming up. Action news continues with meteorologist adam joseph, Shirleen Allicot and brian taff. It is 4 30 and action news continues, details on the Montgomery County woman for charges for what she allegedly did to a teen at a school function. And a story that may make you think twice before reacting on the road. She is pushing off oft road. What two women did before a rage fueled driver started terrorizing them. And love the idea of taking part in a race but love the idea of running . We may have the event for you in the worlds shortest race, dubbed philadelphias first ever instant gratification run first a Chester County family dealing with the loss of two children in as many months. Gena bennett surrendered to police today, the 48yearold was drunk when she ran over keesha gray, leaving that teen to die on the side of the road. Now we go to Annie Mccormick live in thorndale where the young girl was killed. Reporter brian and shirleen, according to the affidavit, the suspect told friends she thought she hit a construction barrel but police say she was driving under the influence when she hit the young girl. Bennett is now charged with multiple counts for driving under the influence for 19yearold gray of coatesville. Police allege that bennett took off after she struck and killed the teen on the 2400 block of lincoln highway. Today in that same spot, family members lit candles after hearing news of an arrest. She began drivening at this vfw post and continued at the lancaster bar. And then a surveillance camera caught bennetts car on tape before and after the accident, the footage shows damage on the vook consistent with hitting the vehicle. And then a tip from an auto body shop helped Police Identify gray as the driver. Its like a shock because it doesnt seem real yet but like i said its a sense of relief that they got somebody and the lady came forth and turned herself in. Back out here live, you can see the memorial here at the scene continues to grow and Something Else in the affidavit police say that on the Surveillance Video say green jeep liberty following the vehicle, they are urging the driver of that vehicle to come forward. Reporting live in

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