Have accuweather and traffic. Reporter get the mittens and arves out yet again. Reporter its colder this hopefully you paid attention to the forecast and not surprised by the cold air that moved in overnight. Satellite and radar unlike yesterday well extort off with with well start off with beautiful sunshine. Temperatures have dropped colder than yesterday morning. 31 in philadelphia. Allentown, 30. Only 27 in reading and lancaster. 28 in millville. 25 degrees right now in atlantic city. A little bit of a factor with the windchill, as well. It feels cold this morning. Even the dog doesnt want to go out 7 00 a. M. It will be below freezingnd 31 degrees. Lunchtime, 39 despite beautiful sunshine. 3 00 p. M. , 42 degrees. 5 00 p. M. , 4 7 00 p. M. , dipping down to the upper 30s 37. Well be clouding up in the overnight hours. Today is a dry and pleasant day for this first day of winter. Here the headlines that were tracking today. A cold starttures 20 degrees colder than yesterday morning. Were tracking saturday rain. I know a lot of people have errands to do the weekend before christmas. Christmas were watching the chance for a wintry mix. We could see wet snowflakes mixing in with rain. Well have the latest model forecasting on that in just a few minutes. Long as we sit at home with the fireplace or the fireplace on our television well be all right. Were watching an overturned truck ac expressway, east of crews are clearing out the overturned truck. Head to the route 30 the white horse pike or 322 black horse pike. Coming off the ac expressway, 42 northbound youre moving at a good pace up along 295. No major delays on 42. Morning in croyden, bucks this i i95 in the on going work zone 413. No crane malfunctions overnight both lanes i95. Overnighter construction on the schuylkill expressway has cleared and vehicle on the onramp to the schuylkill expressway. 18 street is blocked because of the water main break. And a crash kingsessinging at springfield avenue. The accident involving the deer in Schuylkill County has cleared out. Lets give you the breaking news out of australia. Investigators say a driver deliberately drove suv into a crowd of people in melbourne. This is between the rail station and a shopping area. 19 people were injured four critically. Video from the scene shows paramedics working on the victims right in the middle of the street. The suv ran into large crowds at high speed outside the railroad station a busy transport hub in melbourne. They have the driver, a man of afghanistan decent. The man is known for drug offenses he has a history of Mental Health issues, while the act is intentional they are not sure about the motive. Firefighters battled a house fire on the westbound side of maple avenue. When they got to the scene flames were coming from the second floor of the home. Everybody mate it out safely. Investigators are trying to determine how the fire started. Heartbreak for a family days before the holidays. An 8yearold boy was killed in a hitandrun. Police say the driver that fled is in custody but still so many questions here, Jeanette Reyes live outside the Accident Investigation Division with the latest on this heartbreaking story. Jennette. Reporter alicia, this accident happened around 2 00 p. M. Yesterday afternoon the boy died, his father survived the hitandrun the driver of the car that fled, he told police he had a reason, but they say it does not explain why he ran off after the accident. I want over there and talking to the little boy telling him to hold on, he just started making noise like he cant breathe. Viewer video shows a badly damaged car and stunned witnesses moments after a horrific hitandrun that killed an 8yearold boy. Neighbors jumped into action to help the boy and his father. The father turned on to jericho. His car was hit by a 34yearold driver of a 1996 minivan. He was going at a high rate of speed and swerving in and out of lanes before the accident. He was bad. Reporter witnesses say after the accident, the driver got out to check his then drove off. He was later found several miles away. The driverlained to he suffered some kind of diabetic event but police say it doesnt explain why he fled the scene. It break my heart because i have two children, i know how hard it is at the end of year having to lose a child at this time. Reporter the driver is facing charges for fleeing the scene of the accident. Meanwhile, police are looking into the explanation of thatmedical emergency just before the crash. They are looking into whether or not he was under the influence of Illegal Drugs or alcohol at the time of the accident. Reporting l philadelphia, jeanet news. Alicia. Thank you. Philadelphia police are searching for two men who children as t school in circle. It happened around 8 30 a. M. In the 900 block of deavereau avenue. One man was inside the green van the other was standing by the open trunk. One made a gesture instructing the kids to get in the van. The quickthinking children ran away to the Elementary School and told the staff. A tax cut has been passed and some companies are making good on their claims they would pass the win fall along to their employees. Several plans Companies Plan to hike the minimum wages to 15. At t and comcast will give employees 1,000dollar bonus. Boeing said they will spend money on training andg charitable contributions. Futures are pointing to a mixed open and report jobless claims are thats it biz. Happy holidays anderry christmas, tam and alicia. Reporter the arctic air is diving in. Its good time to give scarves and hats. Reporter yeah, you know where i live, pack them up own send them my way. No weatherrelated concerns. Its cold this morning. Its the of winter, supposed to be cold,ht . Sky6 livpenns landing, its all lit up, no one out there just yet. Well have lots of sunshine today. A pre than yesterday. Temperatures, on the cold sideto start. 31 degrees the the wind are out of the north northwest. Unlike yesterday, that was gusting, we have light wind at 5 miles per hour. Windchill 26 degrees. Youre feeling the cold air as you step outside. Satellite and radar showing we have clear skies and a few high clouds that are trying to stream in. The high today 42 degrees, its about average its colder than yesterday morning. 31 degrees at 8 00 a. M. 10 00 a. M. Youre in the mid 30s be by lunch time, 39 degrees with sunshine. 3 00 p. M. , 42. Thats the high. 6 00 p. M. , 38 degrees. Well cloud up in the overnight hours. I want to jump ahead to saturday the weekend before christmas, a lot of people will be running around visiting grandma and doing last minute errands. 2 00 p. M. In the afternoon periods of rain. It will not be a driving rain but yes, messy enough as you derived around with temperatures in the 50s. Rain in the day on saturday. Thats storm number one. The first area of low pressure that rides through. The flow around that, well be mild with the southwesterly flow. The question is what is the second wave of low pressure that rides through. I think theres a good chance well see more snowfall mixing ran west of city. Watching that carefully, the big question will be at one point does the cold air rush in while the moisture is still here. Does it end as a little bit of snowfall through the region. Its something we are tracking couple of days away, the model are back and forth with this one. Today its dry mostly sunny skies, winter officially arrives, 42. Tomorrow not as cold, 50 degrees is the high. Friday night, we could have rain or drizzle. Saturday not raining constantly, 59 is the high. Sunday cloudy, Christmas Eve 46 degrees. We cloud up sunday night into monday thats the area of low pressure that comes through the area. Looks like it could be wet for us but perhaps changing over to snow for the an west. 40 degrees is the high. In the afternoon dry with sunshine returning. Tuesday, youre feeling the winter chill. 35 for the high for the first day of kwanzaa. Overnight low 18 degrees, thats arctic air. Wednesday, bitter cold we never make it above freezing. 31 degrees were tracking the possibility of snow on thursday, as well. A lot of happening with the active pattern. It is now 61 00 a. M. , still ahead on action news, the vigil is held for the victims deadly Train Derailment in washington state. If your iphone is running slower apple said its happening on purpose. We flew it. Reporter at least its running this car isnt. It wont run in the westbound lanes of the schuylkill expressway approachingnshohocken. The good news it is off to the side. A water main break in Montgomery County ill tell you where thats at when action news continues on this thursday morning. Welcome back weve got breaking news from the fire weve been telling you about two people were injured in the fire. This is video just in springfield avenue in southwest philadelphia. En firefighters got to the scene, they could see flames shooting out of the basement. Firefighters were able to rescue two people from the fire, but seems they were hurt, a 54yearold man suffering Second Degree burns to his face and hands. We are told he is in serious condition. Fering from smoke inh treated at the scene. 6 15 a. M. , matt pellman takinglook at the roads as you head out. Reporter we had initially gotten reports of an accident in southwest. That is a fire at 54th and springfield avenue by new life ministries good intersection to avoid this morning. 18th street Rittenhouse Square avoid it because of a water main break. 16th or 20th are easy alternates. Expect congestion there. I95 dropping in the 40s between allegheny and girard. Schuylkill expressway westbound disabled vehicle approaching conshohocken that is luckily is off to the side. New water main break in franconia township, getting word along cow path road at erie beggary bergie road or 4th street. 422 is beginning to slow from trooper into 23. Nothing were not used to. Its the Early Morning crowd starting to gather heading into king of prussia. 422, they are closing tonight westbound side this Time Starting at 9 00 p. M. Between the route 100 and ben franklin highway merge. In conjunction with that starting at 9 00 p. M. They are closing the temporary ramp they opened last week connecting 422 westbound with stowe. Something is not working out with that ramp. That stowe ramp will be closed at 9 00 p. M. The ac expressway we have an overturned truck they are clearing from the eastbound lanes of the expressway past hammonton, would you want forstrictions there. Dozens of boy scouts and cub scouts brought the Community Together to remember the victims of the Train Derailment in washington state. Federal investigators are working to figure out what was happening in the cab of the amtrak train moments before the crashed outside seattle. The engineer may have been distracted when the train went into a curve at more than twice the speed limit and then plunged to interstate five below. Officials have removed parts of the train. They have reopened two lanes of the major north south artery in dupont washington. Tennis star venusll not be d florida in palm beach gardens. Both vehicles stopped for traffic. They found williams did not violate the other vehicles right of away. The passenger was conscious and speaking at the time of the accident but he died two weeks later in the hospital. Well be right back. Reporter appearing admits to slowing down older iphones. 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Reporter you can tell me how well it worked out. Reporter sounds good, in delco, blue route 476 route 3 the broomall, upper darby interchange. Open in both directions. Sweeping crews out between Baltimore Pike and route 30 in villanova. Watch out for the crews roving around. On the mass transit front ten minute delays on the Paoli Thorndale line. On the broad street subway, southbound trains are behind because of equipment issues. Reporter 30 in pottstown, 26 in coatsville. Waking up in kirkwood. Look at the number, 23 degrees. Center city, 31 degrees as you head out. Lets look at the suburbs in new jersey. Its clear skies only 27 in browns mills. These are new numbers, 24 in hammonton. Reporter 27 in 26 in smyrna. Delaware. How does this compare to yesterday morning 17 degrees colder in philadelphia than yesterday. 24 degrees colder in dover. So were back to reality this morning, this afternoon it will be bright and sunny seasonable high of 42 degrees on this winter solstice, not a lot of sunshine sun today 4 39 p. M. Flu season is off to an tart this year and it could get worse in the coming weeks because more people are traveling and spreading their little holiday. Cases of flu are up in new jersey and delaware. Dozens of states in the deep south are reporting widespread flu cases. The Pennsylvania Department of health said the best way to avoid the flu is to get a shot even though there are questions about its effectiveness. A family of one of the elderly victims last month in the senior home fire hired a lawyer. The daughter of 85yearold Teresa Malloy spoke about her mother at a News Conference yesterday. She had just move into the Senior Living complex weeks before the deadly inferno. It killed four people and injured dozens more. Authorities determined the fire started outside of the building in the area of a covered patio were still awaiting official results of the atf investigation. Happening today the city of philadelphias on going battle from trying to stop a Horse Carriage company from operating will go to court. Yesterday the city filed a preliminary injunction to take away three horse from the Carriage Company that would keep the company from operating. The city noticed the company a cease operations after finding building violations. Animal rights activists say the horses are kept in inhumane conditions and too sick to work. Police trying to figure out what led to a traffic tragedy in philadelphia. A father survived a hitandrun crash that takes the life of his 8yearold son. Spread some cheer kin donuts for 6. 99. 12 tasty t reats with with holiday flavo rs sprinkled in. Grab a dozen holiday d onuts or any classic donut s. 99 ome merry out there. The holidays run on du nkin. S demanding. 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Good morning 6 30 a. M. Thursday morning. Alicia is here, Matt Odonnell is off. Lets go over to karen rogers with the forecast, in for david. And matt has the roads. I enjoy a rollercoaster ride, but not temperatures. Todays temperatures right at average. Lets look at radar. Ine highn from t west. Bright sunshineain has dipped to the south, not impacting us today. Lets look at the numbers right now. 29 in beach haven. Were sitting below freezing, in philadelphia. 31 degrees. 28 in dover and wilmington, 27 in lancaster and reading 30 degrees right now in allentown. Its a cold start to the day especially when you remember yesterday, temperatures were in the 40s and 50 os. Thats a big change in 24 hours. The afternoon will be where temperatures should be, temperatures in the low 40s. It will be cold to take the dog out for a walk. My lacey will not want to not that good at sitting. Noon, 42 thats the high. Its a pretty day today. At 5 00 p. M. 40. 7 00 p. M. Dipping down to the upper 30s no big weatherrelated problems today. What we have is a cold start to the day, on the first day of winter. I guess we can expect that. Saturday were tracking rain not white on saturday, te mild. We see snowfall changing over at the end of the wintry mix. Well talk about end of the forecast. Reporter lacey can gnaw on on a slipper with the best of them. We all have our talents. Good morning were not complairning complaining no issues in croyden the road is not closed. Coming southbound by 413 youre clear. The speeds farther south cottman to girard, 20s and 30s heading toward center city. In center city, 18th street is blocked off at rittenhouse fire because of the waterak morning. 16th or 20th can get you around. Watch out for water on the road in west philadelphia. Theres a fire in springfield at new life ministry. Were watching a broken down vehicle on the schuylkill expresr the curve, looks like its clear, youre seeing westbound traffic, even though the eastbound travel time is a few minutes slower at this point. Water main break in franconia cow path road and erie avenue. Broken down vehicle township line to 100 close tovers