when we can start to see some delays and you mix that with the rain and the wet roads and things can get busy today and right now things are off to a good start as far as the roads go in chester county. the route 30 bypass eastbound right near route 340. starting to see more volume on the roads and as you can see traffic is moving and not reporting any accidents there. construction for drivers in delaware. 95 northbound and route 96 off ramp and that is blocked as a result of that road work. so far no significant delays to report on mass transit and that includes new jersey transit and even patco and d.a.r.t. off to a good start and if you re heading to the philadelphia international airport. 95 in that area is clear and not reporting any delays there. chris? 88 million americans will do it and chances are you are among them. drive somewhere for christmas. holiday ground travel kicks off today and katy zachary is live in cherry hill. this rain could make the drive a little
sony hack? and road rage. oh, my god! she just hit our car. she s pushing us off the road. a frightening incident in northern california all caught on tape. the driver of a pickup truck prelentlessly pursuing two women in another car until they safely reach police leaving us wonder where is the holiday spirit today, tuesday, december 23rd, 2014. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. welcome to today on a tuesday morning. that scene out of northern california on a highway reminds you while the holidays are supposed to be a joyous time, not for everybody. to hear the screams and the panic in the voices of those passengers, we ll have more details of what went down there. exactly. let s get right to our top story, though. huge storm is coming at the worst possible time, on christmas eve. it could be a nightmare for millions of travelers. so if you can get to where you re going today, you might want to try to do that.
good afternoon, sara bloomquist is off and in the news, a man is shot just two blocks from his home in south philadelphia. the lucky reason is he expected to survive. and a gift for local drivers, the new jersey gas station driving less than $2 a gallon today. but the big story is the wet weather affecting travel plans as people head out for the holidays, rain and low clouds are causing delays at the philadelphia international airport and flights are canceled or late elsewhere in the country and one today s rain clears out there is another round on the way and is expected to linger on christmas eve. lets begin with meteorologist, karen rogers at the action news big board with the latest from accuweather. that is right. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing no rain out there right now, just a little touch of drizzle we are currently dealing with and that is it. and the issue is the fog, that is still plaguing us, for this hour in the day, 1.3 mile visibility is a big dea
pockets of moderate moisture moving in in the area. we ll 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, we ll 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 projecti
mirrors and warmer air. the calm is before the holiday storm. double scan radar shows an enormous amount of moisture coming our way from the south. it s going to make for a very wet christmas eve day. meteorologist, melissa magee is at the big board. what is the latest from accuweather? we are tracking it from the north and sor south direction. you seed the leading edge of that precipitation over the ohio valley. south of our nation s capitol. there is more moisture to come. area over the northern sections of mississippi you see the moisture streaming in from the gulf of mexico. it works in as early as tomorrow morning. we are showing you the arrival of the rain as we press forward. rounds of heavy rainfall pressing into the delaware and lehigh valleys. you have at moisture to contend with. visibility is a concern. expect the visibility we are down to 2.7 miles. slow travel concerns down to .7 in millville. things will mix out. we get breezy conditions in the afternoon ho