And close to the same in reading and lancaster. Still in the 20s and millville. So, how about the visibilities . Were still seeing some lower visibilities farther out west you go but its not too bad in and around philadelphia. Just slow it down if you see a little bit of patchy fog out there. As we take a look at the bus stop weather, looks like 334 at 6 oclock. Still on the chilly side for the morning commute. But as we take a look at the afternoon it is going to be a bit milder and things are going to get better. Still 36 by 8 oclock but by noon, 51 degrees and this afternoons high is going to be that 55degree reading at about 3 oclock with overall partly sunny skies in store and light winds. Even milder air coming in toward the weekend. That story hasnt changed matt. Well have details coming up. And hopefully it doesnt. Good morning to you david. The traffic story is changing a little bit in were getting rid of some of our overnight construction zones. Which is a loss we dont mind. Looking live at 95 here in southwest philadelphia this is the scene close to Philadelphia International airport. Crews were working in the northbound lanes here overnight but theyre not working anymore so at this point if youre coming north from the delaware state line up to the airport its a good ride unlike last evening when we had that overturned truck. What a mess that was. This is the vine street expressway overnight construction also gone here between the schuylkill and broad street. Everything is reopened. But it will shut down again tonight at 11 oclock. I think were used to that by now. Roosevelt boulevard in east falls looking good this morning. No problems by fox street unlike yesterday morning with that awful accident and downed pole on the offramp. This morning everythings moving fine headed toward the schuylkill expressway. But theres still some overnight work going on in Lawrence Township Mercer County along 95 northbound between 206 and princeton pike. Couple lanes and exit ramps are blocked for the next half hour and in Burlington County theres still some work in Cinnaminson Township along 130 northbound near riverton road. That, too, is until 6 00 as is work along 38 but the construction on the southbound turnpike in mount laurel has cleared. Everything reopened there on this wednesday morning. Tam. Okay, thank you, matt. Donald trump continues to defend his call to ban muslims all muslims from the u. S. Speaking exclusive to abc news. But the backlash against him has gone global and includes a prominent set of critics here. Action News Reporter Katherine Scott is live outside of Philadelphia City hall. I dont think mayor Michael Nutter left any confusion about how he felt, katherine. Reporter no, he certainly did not, tam, but donald trump stands by his comments. He says this ban could potentially be short term until the country gets back on track, but what he has said has drawn a lot of sharp criticism including from here at city hall. Somebody in this country has to say whats right. Hes taken a page from the playbook of hitler. Reporter donald trump has called for a ban on muslims entering the country, an idea that had mayor Michael Nutter wishing he could ban trump from entering the city. Donald trumps comments are a threat to the moral security of the United States of america. Reporter nutter gathered with faith and political leaders to address trumps comments and this weeks incident in kensington where someone in this red pickup truck threw a pigs head outside a mosque. He condemned what he called trumps very dangerous antimuslim rhetoric but in an interview with Barbara Walters trump countered that he has tremendous relationships with many muslims who he says agree with him. He says the ban could be short term until this country gets its act together. They knocked down the World Trade Center they tried doing it twice. Other things have happened. They have a lot there are people that have tremendously bad intentions. We have to be tough. We have to be smart and we have to be vigilant. Reporter and as for fellow republicans who have denounced trumps comments, as for trump he says to them theyre behind in the polls. Theyre trying to begin a little bit of publicity for themselves. Were live at city hall, Katherine Scott channel6 action news. French officials have just identified the third terrorist inside the bataclan concert hall during those attacks on paris. The 23yearold man was fouadaggad. He left france for syria back in 2013. He was among a dozen young french men recruited. This new information means all the attackers identified so far were either french or belgian heightening fierce of an entirely home groan european plot. Back here the house of representatives passed a bill to ban visa waivers for those who have traveled to syria and iraq in the past five years. The measure would affect citizens from 38 countries who are currently allowed to enter the United States without first obtaining a vees s the white house supports the bill. The proposal could end up attached to a spending bill now being finalized on capitol hill. New this morning, a fast moving fire spread through an abandoned louse in philadelphias powelton section. Firefighters were called to the 600 block of brooklyn street late last night. They say squatters had been living there. There are no reports of injuries. A philadelphia fugitive who has been on the run for five years is now behind bars. U. S. Marshals arrested kayree reid in orange park, florida, near jacksonville yesterday. Police say his most recent crime is the shooting death of Grocery Store clerk Maurice Mcdonald back in november. Mcdonalds stepmother now says she feels peace knowing an arrest has been made. We need him off the streets, you know, so and, uh, i appreciate everything the detectives whoever was in charge or whoever, i appreciate them very much. Authorities say reid was staying with a friend in florida when officers showed up at the house yesterday, both men jumped into a vehicle and fled. They collided with several Law Enforcement vehicles and were captured. Reid is being held in florida awaiting extradition. And we have new information this morning on a deadly crash near new hope bucks county. Police now say two people were killed. Chopper6 was over route 202 near sugan road in Solebury Township last night. Police say a nissan suv and a volvo Station Wagon collided head on. Both the driver and palser . Of the volvo died at the scene. A medevac crew airlifted the man driving the nissan to a trauma center. Police are asking any witnesses of the crash to call them as they try to figure out what happened. New here on action news, a grinchlike thief in berks county lab stealing holiday decorations. Muhlenberg Township Police have received reports of at least four thefts in the past few days. Police say the thief or thieves are stealing lights and decorations from peoples homes and lawns. The thefts have been reported around the temple section of the township. While the decorations may not be worth much police are calling this an especially upsetting crime. Its the spirit of the season that makes this such a heartbreaking loss for people is that theyre trying to do something festive and fun in the spirit of the Christmas Season and then its stolen. If you have any information on the thefts, please contact muhlenberg police. Also new and also in berks county, a fan of the classic holiday movie a christmas story is causing a bit of controversy in the city of reading. Recorder of deeds fred sheiler rehe created the scene of the living room. It includes an overloaded outlet a crooked star atop the Christmas Tree and that famous leg lamp. The countys chief operating officer claims the display poses safety concerns. County commissioners will decide if they should relocate the display. You know, david just yesterday the phrase youll shoot your eeeewwww eye out ki. Thats such a good movie. I actually visited the house. Its outside of cleveland. It was closed that day. It was still fun. They have a thing in the door. Storm tracker6 double scan now you have vacation plans in the summer, you can see the christmas house. Nothing going on and precipitation is elsewhere this morning as we take a look outside, weve got some clouds in place over the airport but winds are calm and once that sun gets up over the horizon we do think most neighborhoods are going to see a pretty good chunk of it. A couple of highlights in your forecast. Were in the 50s again today for now but we will be heading into the 60s over the next several days and by the weekend, could be challenging some records. Might even hit some new records. 36 degrees is your temperature currently so nothing warm about this morning. Winds are calm as i mentioned. Might be a little patchy fog particularly out in the western suburbs out to the west of philadelphia and places like Chester County, Lancaster County but that should be burning off pretty quickly after sunrise and overall the cloud cover appears to be giving way to a good chunk of sun and then well wind up with kind of partly sunny skies for the afternoon in all likelihood. 36 degrees by 8 00 a. M. But things do get better today. By 11 oclock were up to 47 and then by 2 oclock, 54 with a high of 55 around 3 oclock this afternoon. Winds are light and this is about 5 degrees better than where we hit yesterday across the region and high temperatures little bit cooler up north. In allentown well get to about 50. 51 in reading and trenton, 54 in wilmington and then 56 degrees highs anticipated in both millville and over towards atlantic city. Partly sunnpartly sunny skies ee through the afternoon. Tomorrow a little weak disturbance comes through in the overnight hours perhaps giving us a real quick light sprinkle or shower while youre sleeping. In the morning looking at just clouds and then some sun returning in the afternoon and it will be milder as the flow he will continue to come up out of the south. Well get up to 60 on thursday and gradually milder and milder as we head through weekend. Your exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, todays high 55 degrees, a little better than yesterday. Well above average. Our average high in the 40s. And partly sunny today. Then tomorrow 60 and on friday still mild with a high of 61. And then were saving the best for the weekend. On saturday for the armynavy Football Game and Everything Else you want to do it will be relatively comfortable in the afternoon with a high of 63 degrees, a mix of sun with maybe a few more clouds around as we go through the afternoon. And then sunday were aiming for record warmth. The record high both saturday and sunday is 65 and on sunday were actually going to pull a 67 right now. So, it looks like we do have a pretty good shot at breaking the record there and it will be gorgeous for the eagles game of course. Hopefully it will be gorgeous football as well. More clouds on monday, 63. Some rain possible late in the day or at night and then thats gone for tuesday and we cool down to 54, still above average. Even 54, thats thats fine. Better than it could be. Better than 34. Right. Still ahead on action news thousands of coffee containers supposed to be on their way to puerto rico ended up on a south florida beach. Details how they got there. Taylor swift loving lip syncing Delaware Police officer is flamed on an elite list. Matt. Still pretty quiet out here. Well see that construction on the pennsylvania turnpike is gone yet and check on king of prussia after the break. Also when we come back just in time for the holidays a gift box, those are big deals, these box subscriptions what about one with philadelphia flavor . Well tell you about one later on action news. Okay. What makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. The best simple veggie dish ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. The best simple dinner ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. Great tasting, heart healthy california walnuts. So simple. Get the recipes at walnuts. Org. Welcome back. Taking a live look here out across penns landing. Gorgeous start to your wednesday. 5 44. Its 39 degrees out there. A little chillily. What you got there matt. How is that Holiday Shopping coming along . Havent started. Really. Uhuh. That surprises me. I actually did start this year which is also kind of shocking because im usually one of those Christmas Eve shoppers but if youre keeping track, 16 shopping days left if youre headed toward any of the area malls including the king of prussia mall right here this morning traffic looks pretty good on the suburban routes. This is 202. Taillights headed southbound toward the schuylkill expressway with no problems to report so far. No issues northbound either coming out of exton or paoli headed toward i76. But some construction zones to warn you about. In parkesburg this started late last week during the mid days through may theyre doing some water main installation in parkesburg shutting down main street in the process. First avenue, 372 is your alternate to the south to get around that main street closure during the mid days. And another day of this today in limerick theyre going to be shutting down Linfield Trappe road between long view and church roads. If youre trying to get to 422 use Bridge Street through royersford as an alternate. Overnight construction on the pennsylvania turnpike in Chester County cleared out eastbound side between 29 and valley forge. All lanes reopened but theyre still working in bucks county on the westbound side between Delaware Valley and street road taking out the left lane. That should be clearing any time. And in mount laurel still have this Railroad Crossing work shutting down hartford road through tomorrow at marne highway. Youre being director over to briggs road to get around that blockage in Burlington County. Time for the commuter report brought to you by the waze app. One of our pals tim talking about a pothole in the road in Washington Township Gloucester County and one of karens favorite roadways, county house road, watch out for that if youre out and about early on this wednesday. Matt. Thank you, matt. Hundreds of coffee cans washed on to Melbourne Beach in florida yesterday. Crowds scrambled to snatch up the strange souvenirs. The coast guard says a barge lost containers between Cape Canaveral and palm beach last weekend but at this point they havent found any connection. Happening today, the defense is expected to start presenting the case for an officer accused in the death of freddie gray. Prosecutors rested their case with testimony that the baltimore officer William Porter failed in his duty to ensure grays safety while custody. Gray died last april from severe spinal injuries suffered in the back of a police van. Five other officers also face charges ranging from Involuntary Manslaughter to misconduct. A Police Officer in dover, delaware, wont be able to shake off his memorable taylor swift lip sync any time soon. It just made youtubes top 10 list of the year. Master Corporal Jeff Davis says he knows the words to the hit song thanks to his daughter but the moves are all his own. Nearly 37. 5 Million People have watched the clip since january. The number one video of the year is fouryearold heaven kings take on the nae nae. This weekend on fyi philly the ladies are getting into the holiday spirit. If youre looking for some great ideas heres little preview of some uniquely philadelphia things. Custom gift box full of products that are made in philadelphia. Reporter from philly soft pretzels and hearse potato chips to tastykakes and wawa coffee this gift box brings together all of your favorite philly treats. We cure rated every philly snack that you can think of and we narrowed it down to what people wanted most. Reporter philadelphia native tim norton and Kelly Brinker were inspired to create the box after their loved ones moved out of the region. We thought about the people who lived in different states that we knew. The first things they got when they came back here. I think its something thats nostalgic like iconic things youre used to seeing growing up. Reporter each box is tailored and includes app personalized note to send to your loved ones. Theres a lot of icon in thii can nickthings like the lo. They can customize it however they want. Theyre a huge hit because people get that little taste of home that they miss. Reporter and you can philly. Go ahead. Fill in a box. You can watch fyi philly saturday night at 7 30 and sunday night at midnight. Time right now 5 49. Still ahead on action news, jilted jets. A malaysian airport is on the hunt for the owner of three abandoned cargo planes. Details are up next. Catch holidaycookie cheer on the tip of your tongue with Dunkin Donuts holiday cookieflavored coffees. From 2 00 to 6 00 p. M. , enjoy any medium latte or macchiato for 1. 99. From 2 00 to 6 00 p. M. , enjoy any medium latte Dunkin Donuts unbelievable selection of breakfast sandwiches, freshly made all day, so you can enjoy them any type of way, any time of day. Thats breakfast whenevs. America runs on dunkin. Saint flick has a new look at a mall in toronto. Paul mason calls himself santas younger brother. The veteran fashion model grew out his white beard and put a design are spin on Kris Kringles clothes. Hes posing with shoppers. Each picture posted online results in a donation to a childrens foundation. Theres also a traditional santa claus at the mall but ill take handsome santa. Im not seeing any kids with this guy. Its all women. Theyre like hello, santa. [laughter] okay. Lets go outside this morning. Northern liberties here by sugar house casino, this is Delaware Avenue at frankford avenue. Traffic just stopped at the light here but i wanted to give you some warning. I got word from penndot yesterday that next wednesday a week from today theyre going eclose the ramp from Delaware Avenue to northbound 95 and its going to stay closed long term. Youre going to be detoured onto richmond avenue, going to make some turns eventually and get on 95 northbound via castor avenue. Again those changes taking effect in a week. First trains out of the gate this morning on the regional rails are on time. Getting some new schedules coming up on sunday on the airport line but for now everything is normal. Just the way we like it david. All right, matt, on the big board we have chilly numbers once again this morning for that you. Were only at 30 in pottstown and coatesville and oxford and chester. 30 in quakertown a little better in warrington. Center city next to all that asphalt and those warm buildings, still at 40 degrees so not quite as cool right in philadelphia. Across the river in south jersey, though, cinnaminson 31. Around the freezing mark in glassboro, gandys beach 26 and lamon ton 29 and woodbine. Looks like we range from the lower 30s to upper 20s up and down the state of delaware this morning. If youre dressing the kids cold enough for the winter gear early but this afternoon were going to get a little milder than yesterday. Not much wind so you can probably ease back on the gear after school. And if youre running errands today, might want to wait until later. Still rather cold at 9 oclock, 39 degrees but by noon 51 and your high a pleasant 55 degrees. 5 degrees better than yesterday, matt. Thank you david. You can find the sevenday forecast and a live look at storm tracker6 double scan radar any time of the day on 6abc. Com weather. New this morning, the man behind two major clothing lines has died. Doug tompkins cofounded the north face and esprit. He died while kayaking. He and his wife had retired from fashion and moved to south america to focus on environmental projects on that continent. New this morning malaysias main airport has a harsh message to the owners of three abandoned jets. Get your aircraft out of here soon or the airport will. Airport officials posted photos of the three boeing 747ness two major newspapers. The jumbo jets have been sitting idle for more than a year. The notice warns the owners that the airport has the right to sell or dispose of the planes unless theyre collected within 14 days George Washington High School Lab plagued by violence. Those troubles cost the principal his job. There have been a wave of violence there including an assault on a ninth grade teach are monday. In recent months other fights have been captured on video and other teachers have come under attack. The School District sales it reas zuneed principal gene jones and replaced him with two coprincipals in an effort to reset the climate of the school. Mayor elect jim kenney is not convinced Temple University needs a football stadium on its north philadelphia campus. The board of trustees tabled talk on the subject yesterday after kenny voiced opposition to the plan. Kenny thinks the university should work out a more profitable deal with the eagles to continue using lincoln financial field as their home stadium. Kenny also cited parking and congestion as concerns. Temples Trustees Plan to pleat with kenny about stadium planning in the future. Its 5 57. Next and new at 6 00 a. M. Kathleen kanes future is in the hands of lawmakers and they could begin deciding her fate as early as today. There may still be some holiday flights that will get you to grandmas house on the cheap. Thats next in business. The only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and thats what were doing at xfinity. We are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. And this includes our commitment to being on time. Every time. Thats why if were ever late for an appointment, well credit your account 20. Its our promise to you. Were doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. Because we should fit into your life. Not the other way around. Action news Delaware Valleys leading news program. With matt odonnell, cam cam, karen rogers and meteorologist david murphy. Good morning, its 6 00 a. M. On this wednesday december 9th. Were working on a developing story. Raging flames have engulfed a barn in berks county. We have more of this new video he. One of philadelphias most wandered will finally go before the court for murder. Another cold start in the delaware and lehig lehigh valles but our mild december continues as we are set to hit a record high this weekend. Lets head out to dave murphy. Hes chilly now but has good news for later and matt pelman is in for karen taking a look at your roads. Good morning. Were starting out on the
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